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In 2020, Democrats promised that if Joe Biden became President, the “grownups” would be in charge again and life would be good. The reality of the Biden administration is an endless parade of bad policy and incompetence. There’s never a dull moment – and that’s not a compliment. Here are some examples pulled from recent headlines:

• Gas prices skyrocket as the global energy crisis worsens
• Here’s why your food prices keep going up – supply chain disruption
• Real cost of inflation to average American household: An extra $175 a month
• Amateur hour: Pete Buttigieg's inexperience exposed as supply chain breaks down
• Republicans sound alarm on IRS account monitoring proposal
• US rejoins UN Human Rights Council, reversing Trump's 2018 withdrawal

Why the US really wants a Palestinian consulate in Jerusalem

International law expert Eugene Kontorovich asserts that the Biden administration push for a separate consulate in Jerusalem for Palestinians is intended to undermine President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and support Palestinian claims to Jerusalem. He writes: “[F]ormer US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro made clear before the last US election that opening a separate consulate to the Palestinians would be designed to signal US support for a Palestinian capital in that city.”

The story behind Iraq’s first pro-Israel conference

JNS reports that more than 300 Iraqis, both Sunnis and Shi’ites, gathered at a conference in a hotel ballroom on September 24 in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Erbil to demand their country join the Abraham Accords and forge ties with the Jewish state.

BDS proves once again that it’s all about the antisemitism

Jonathan Tobin writes that author Sally Rooney and ice cream moguls Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are promoting hatred against Jews. He writes: “What makes it so infuriating is that none of them—and others who also support the BDS movement that targets Israel—are honest enough to own up to the consequences of their actions. By refusing to acknowledge that backing a movement that seeks Israel’s destruction is itself inherently antisemitic, they are not only in denial about what they are doing but demonstrating the way contemporary intellectual fashions on the left are enabling hatred that singles out Jews.” SEE ALSO: Morgan Ortagus on Fox News reacts to author Sally Rooney rejecting an Israeli publisher to show support of the BDS movement.

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