Biden to ‘join the picket line’ with UAW strikers: ‘Time for a win-win agreement’

By Victor Nava Sep. 22, 2023,

President Biden announced that he will “join the picket line” with members of the United Auto Workers union next week in solidarity with their demands for higher pay and a shorter work week from Detroit’s “Big Three” automakers.

“Tuesday, I’ll go to Michigan to join the picket line and stand in solidarity with the men and women of UAW as they fight for a fair share of the value they helped create,” Biden, 80, tweeted on Friday.

It’s time for a win-win agreement that keeps American auto manufacturing thriving with well-paid UAW jobs.”

The president’s announcement comes after UAW President Shawn Fain extended an invitation to the commander in chief to join striking workers on the picket line.

“We invite and encourage everyone who supports our case to join us on the picket line, from our friends and families all the way up to the president of the United States. We invite you to join us in our fight,” Fain said in livestreamed remarks Friday.

The union, which has withheld its endorsement of Biden over concerns about his support for electric vehicles, also revealed that it’s expanding its strike Friday to include 38 Stellantis and General Motors facilities in 38 locations and 28 states.

Fain said the union has made progress in negotiations with Ford and will not ask employees of the company to walk off the job at any more of its facilities for now.

Biden’s Michigan trip will take place one day before former President Donald Trump’s previously announced Detroit visit, during which the 2024 GOP presidential primary front-runner will host a rally featuring 500 autoworkers and other tradesmen.

Trump’s event will take place on the same day as the second GOP primary debate in Simi Valley, Calif., whichthe 77-year-old will not attend.

(The rank and file will see the pathetic attempt of Traitor Joe!)

https://nypost.com/2023/09/22/biden-to-join-the-picket-line-with-uaw-strikers/

Cardinal Dolan on Biden’s NYC migrant response: ‘He doesn’t take my calls’

Angela Barbuti

(Has Dolan been replaced, or is this a body diuble, it doesn’t look like him in these pictures?)

When it comes to the migrant crisis, President Biden has committed a cardinal sin.

The Archbishop of New York, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, told The Post he has reached out to POTUS about the “tragic, broken” migrant system — to no avail.

“He doesn’t take my calls or answer my letters,” he said.

“New York just can’t handle them all, we know that,” the cardinal added. “It’s very unfair. This is a New York problem, but it’s not just a New York problem. It is an American problem.”

While the nation’s two most powerful Catholics have not spoken about the migrant crisis, Dolan has talked to Gov. Hochul — and is unimpressed.

“I’ve spoken with the governor a number of times and haven’t gotten too much consolation,” he said.

On the other hand, Dolan said, Mayor Adams is not afraid to have a candid conversation about the 110,000 migrants that have poured into NYC this year.

“I give Mayor Adams a lot of credit. He tells us where he needs help,” he said.

“He’s been very good about rallying religious leaders, asking our help to advocate with the federal government, which has done hardly anything, [and] with the state government, which hasn’t done much.”

A few months ago, Adams publicly called for underutilized buildings to be used to house migrants.

The New York Archdiocese — with nearly 300 parishes and 156 Catholic schools — heeded the call and lent the city about 10 facilities, such as former convents and closed schools.

The church also helps with migrant intake, Dolan said.

“The mayor told us that he really needed some desk help in meeting the people and taking their records and helping to get them settled,” he said, pointing to the work of Catholic Charities, an Archdiocesan provider on Maiden Lane.

“Every day hundreds come in,” Dolan said. “We look them in the eyes, get their names and we love them and we say, ‘You’re part of us now. You’re not a number.'”

Dolan, who has headed the nation’s largest and most influential archdiocese since 2009, said the church is also helping find migrants housing, schooling, healthcare, and legal assistance.

But the task is overwhelming.

“Like everybody else, we’re squashed,” he said. “But we can’t give up.”

Individual parishes — like St. Teresa on Henry Street and Ascension on West 107th — also do their part to welcome migrants and provide them with food, clothing, and school supplies.

“We make sure that the priests are there, that the people feel welcome for mass and the sacraments,” Dolan said.

Dolan feels the current system is “terribly wrecked” and needs “dramatic immigration reform.”

“The church has always been very supportive of the right of a nation to have borders and border security . . . we don’t just want borders where anybody can come in,” said Dolan, who is known to visit the migrants housed at the Roosevelt Hotel.

However, he and the church still have a “high obligation” to care for the newcomers.

“For us, it’s not so much about politics and policy . . . we have to leave that to others,” he said. “Our sacred responsibility is to help them. We hate to see these people suffer.”

https://nypost.com/2023/09/23/cardinal-dolan-says-biden-doesnt-take-his-calls-on-migrants/

23 Sep, 2023 15:10

London and Moscow held secret talks – British media

Discussions between the UK and Russia do not include “making peace agreements on anyone’s behalf,” a UK official reportedly said

UK government officials have held secret diplomatic talks with Kremlin representativeson international security measuresthroughout the conflict in Ukraine, according to a Friday report by British publication The i.

The dialogue took place in cities such as Vienna and New York over the past 18 months, addressing issues such as grain shortages and nuclear safety, according to the report. However, finding a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine was not discussed, the newspaper said, citing an anonymous British official.

“We have been keeping in contact and we feel it’s crucial to maintain an open dialogue during the war in Ukraine,” The i reported, quoting the unnamed senior UK diplomat. “We are in no way divvying up parts of the country or making peace agreements on anyone’s behalf, but it’s vitally important to keep that line of contact open.”

Grain prices have soared since Moscow withdrew from the 2022 Black Sea Grain Initiative in July – a deal which allowed Ukraine to export grain from its ports to countries in Asia, the Middle East and Africa in exchange for lifting Western sanctions that prevented Russian agricultural exports.

However, Moscow has insisted that the West continued to make it impossible for Russia to ship food and fertilizer. UK officials also requested assurances over nuclear security throughout the conflict, the report said, on matters including the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, amid fears of a potential radiation disaster.

The British diplomat told the newspaper that the United Kingdom has a “clear strategic position” on Moscow’s military action in Ukraine, and that it is “one of the few subjects”where the UK is in lockstep with NATO and other allies. Therefore, it would be “very odd” if British diplomats had been given authority to attempt to negotiate a truce.

A spokesperson for the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) confirmed to The i that discussions with Russian officials had taken place only when “absolutely necessary” but stressed that it is not the position of the United Kingdom to make any decision on behalf of Kiev.

“It is for Ukraine, and the Ukrainian government to determine its position in any negotiations,” the spokesperson said. “Just as it is for Ukraine to determine its free and democratic future.”

In July, it was reported by NBC News that a group of former senior US national security officials had held discussions with prominent Russian figures, including Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The meetings were intended to form a basis for methods to end the Ukraine conflict, the report said.

On Saturday, Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, told reporters that Moscow has maintained informal discussions with some of “our European colleagues,” where issues such as “life, various affairs and politics” are discussed.

https://www.rt.com/news/583444-uk-russia-secret-talks/

"Ukraine's counter offensive has been a total failure" Col. Douglas MacGregor

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17:38. Three weeks ago

MacGregor…Kek!

“Regarding Mark Milley I haven’t heard the truth out of him for 45 years. He’s typical swamp that goes along to get along” and supports the status quo! Milley is a fraud, forget anything he says!”

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