{"id":1708739,"date":"2022-10-24T06:30:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T10:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1708739"},"modified":"2022-10-24T10:50:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T14:50:39","slug":"michael-barone-bidens-tammany-machine-revs-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-barone-bidens-tammany-machine-revs-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Barone: Biden\u2019s \u201cTammany\u201d Machine Revs Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichael-barone-bidens-tammany-machine-revs-up%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1708739&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png?w=76&#038;h=69&#038;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Michael Goodwin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png?w=38 38w\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to agree with Washington Democrats to acknowledge they are putting on a clinic in how to use power to reward their friends and punish their enemies. From canceling student debt to freeing federal pot prisoners to restricting oil and gas production to getting arch-nemesis Steve Bannon locked up, they are ending their two-year run with a bang.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their conclusion came last week when the partisan Jan. 6 committee<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/21\/jan-6-panel-issues-subpoena-to-former-president-trump\/\"> issued a subpoena<\/a> to former President Donald Trump. The timing was impeccable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After managing to stretch out the panel\u2019s work for nearly two years, Nancy Pelosi\u2019s worker bees saw to it that the Trump subpoena conveniently dropped just before the midterm elections. Given the likelihood the subpoena will not be adjudicated before the current Congress expires in December, the chief purpose is to keep Trump\u2019s name in the headlines, because nothing stokes lefty voters and unites factions like hating him. It\u2019s practically a requirement for party membership these days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If the polls are right, the GOP will <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/21\/senate-polls-swing-toward-republicans-as-economy-sours\/\">take the House<\/a> and maybe the Senate, leaving little chance Trump will ever be forced to testify. Still, Republicans should learn from the Dems\u2019 ruthless use of power to advance their agenda and not fritter it away with their usual intramural squabbling.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>GOP House must act\u00a0<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/goodwin-biden-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/goodwin-biden-6.jpg\" alt=\"Hunter Biden\" class=\"wp-image-24368826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/goodwin-biden-6.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/goodwin-biden-6.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/goodwin-biden-6.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Federal agents investigating Hunter Biden believe they have evidence to charge him with tax crimes. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NICHOLAS KAMM\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course, the overarching work of the new Congress will consist of trying to correct the administration\u2019s ruinous energy, tax and economic policies, but a big test will involve the Big Guy. Will Republican lawmakers keep their promises to probe Joe Biden\u2019s connection to his son\u2019s lucrative <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/21\/jill-biden-says-hunter-biden-innocent-during-federal-probe\/\">influence-peddling schemes<\/a> around the world?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is far more than a matter of turnabout being fair play. Thanks mostly to The Post\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/17\/hunter-bidens-infamous-laptop-confirmed-in-new-york-times-report\/\">coverage of Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop<\/a> and public statements by Hunter\u2019s former partner, Tony Bobulinski, there is an abundance of compelling evidence showing that Joe Biden, as vice president, was participating in and profiting from schemes put in motion by Hunter and Joe\u2019s brother, Jim Biden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>That evidence alone makes a lie of Joe\u2019s repeated claim he never discussed Hunter\u2019s business with him. It\u2019s such a stupid, obvious lie that the only possible explanation is that an honest answer would be the first step in unraveling an enormous scam that stretched over many years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To cite just one vulnerability, consider that many of the millions of foreign dollars the Biden family got <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/06\/biden-claims-gop-bought-chinese-talking-points-on-manufacturing\/\">came from China<\/a>, which raises a distinct possibility that the president has been compromised by our most important adversary. As I have noted, China\u2019s communist leadership knows far more about Joe Biden\u2019s role in Hunter\u2019s business than the American people do.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Already there is more evidence of Joe Biden\u2019s wrongdoing than there was when a special counsel was appointed to probe Trump over his supposed collusion with Russia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Biden evidence creates an overwhelming conflict of interest for the Department of Justice and thus cries out for a special prosecutor, but that\u2019s not going to happen because it would require the attorney general to appoint one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/goodwin-biden-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/goodwin-biden-5.jpg\" alt=\"Biden salutes as he steps off Marine One upon arrival at Gordons Pond in Delaware on October 21.\" class=\"wp-image-24368811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/goodwin-biden-5.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/goodwin-biden-5.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/goodwin-biden-5.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Biden salutes as he steps off Marine One upon arrival at Gordons Pond in Delaware on October 21. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Merrick Garland is a partisan hack, but not a fool, and he\u2019s not going to let someone else decide the fate of the president who appointed him, a process that would also reveal Garland\u2019s dereliction. So congressional probes are the only option left for now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even then, it\u2019s possible Garland will do all he can to obstruct the search for truth. One potential avenue involves closing the Hunter case and sealing crucial evidence, perhaps with a civil settlement or a plea to a minor crime, before the new congress begins in January. FBI whistleblowers have warned congressional Republicans of those outcomes and complained that top Justice officials have been giving Hunter special treatment in the probe, which is now more than 4 years old.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<h2>Joe &#038; Jill\u2019s two-step\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Another reminder that Hunter could escape with a slap on the wrist came courtesy of the president and first lady themselves. In separate interviews, Joe and Jill Biden went public to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/21\/jill-biden-says-hunter-biden-innocent-during-federal-probe\/\">claim their son is completely innocent<\/a>, an unprecedented, orchestrated move that cannot be dismissed as insignificant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Bidens were surely moved as much by self-interest as parental love. They know the veil on their lucrative Tammany Hall-like schemes could be ripped off by the thorough investigation Republicans have promised.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The chief result would be that Joe Biden\u2019s self-created image as a straight-talking friend of the working class would be shredded to reveal him as a modern equivalent of George Washington Plunkitt. He\u2019s the legendary Tammany boss who famously boasted of his graft by declaring, \u201cI Seen My Opportunities and I Took \u2019Em.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/goodwin-biden-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/goodwin-biden-4.jpg\" alt=\"Jill Biden\" class=\"wp-image-24368810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/goodwin-biden-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/goodwin-biden-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/goodwin-biden-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Jill Biden defended her son-in-law during an interview with NBC News.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBC News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/goodwin-biden-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/goodwin-biden-3.jpg\" alt=\"President Biden\" class=\"wp-image-24368809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/goodwin-biden-3.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/goodwin-biden-3.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/goodwin-biden-3.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Only a fool would believe Joe Biden didn\u2019t have a role in his son Hunter\u2019s business.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Evan Vucci\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To prevent exposure, the Bidens\u2019 sudden public defense of Hunter smells like a double-barreled message to Garland to complete the case by the end of the year while allowing them to say they never discussed it with him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been down this road before, when the White House claimed Biden never urged Garland to prosecute Trump. He didn\u2019t have to because he made sure Garland got the message by having aides tell The New York Times that\u2019s what Biden wanted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s wish was Garland\u2019s command. Trump was soon being investigated on two fronts and the FBI raided his Mar-a-Lago home in the search for government documents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Only a fool would think that was a coincidence. And only a fool would believe Joe Biden didn\u2019t have a role in his son\u2019s business.<\/p>\n<h2>A crime fighter of \u2018late\u2019\u00a0<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/zeldin-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/zeldin-2.jpg\" alt=\"Lee Zeldin\" class=\"wp-image-24368847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/zeldin-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/zeldin-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/zeldin-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Lee Zeldin, who is surging against Gov. Kathy Hochul, campaigns in NYC on Oct. 17.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">G.N.Miller\/NYPost<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Any skepticism about polls showing GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/21\/hochul-campaign-has-ny-dems-worried-as-gop-zeldin-surges\/\">drawing close to Gov. Hochul<\/a> ended with Hochul\u2019s sudden new ad claiming she is committed to public safety.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin has made the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/22\/lee-zeldin-slams-kathy-hochuls-subway-crime-plan-as-he-surges-in-gov-race\/\">surge in violent crime<\/a> his defining issue and successfully pinned the blame on Hochul and other Albany Dems. That she felt the need to push back so late in the race means her own polls reveal that Zeldin is striking a nerve with voters of all kinds, including Democrats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alas, the ad, like Hochul\u2019s performance, is mostly fluff. Her promise that \u201cYou deserve to feel safe, and as your governor, I won\u2019t stop working until you do,\u201d would be persuasive if there was evidence to back<br \/>it up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But she makes no promises to do anything differently, citing only secondary things she has already done. Those measures had little or no impact on the crime wave spreading across the state, so the ad serves to confirm Zeldin\u2019s criticism she is failing voters on their top concern.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For example, Hochul refuses sensible requests from Mayor Adams to give judges more discretion in deciding whether to release suspects. She is also fighting his aim of having 16-year-olds who are charged with gun crimes treated as adults in criminal courts instead of family courts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If Hochul is serious about safety, she will work with \u00adAdams, not against him.<\/p>\n<h2>Ugly Truth for Dems in Florida<\/h2>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fl-gov-candidate-charlie-crists-top-staffer-left-campaign-citing-family-matter-he-was-actually-arrested\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News<\/a>: \u201cFlorida\u2019s Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist\u2019s top staffer resigned, citing a \u2018family matter.\u2019 He was actually arrested and charged with domestic violence.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Talk about giving spin a bad name!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You don\u2019t have to agree with Washington Democrats to acknowledge they are putting on a clinic in how to use power to reward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1708744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1708739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1708739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1708739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1708739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1708744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1708739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1708739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1708739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}