The lockdown was just a proof-of-concept exercise; now it's coming into full force, with rule by Executive and Administrative power
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The “Paris Agreement” was entered into by Obama, guided by John Kerry”; it’s not a treaty, because treaties, under our constitution, must be ratified by Congress, and Congress made it clear that such ratification was not forthcoming.
But big deal; who needs Congress, when those who are wisest know what is best for the country? So now we have “National Emergencies” and the Executive branch, neither of which has the power to enact laws, regulate industry and personal behavior, and strip away the rights of citizens with the stroke of a pen. Obama hugely expanded its use, Trump used it too, albeit in a more limited fashion, and then it exploded under Biden. Here’s the latest:
Biden’s handlers invoke War Powers Act to “fight” global wrming
President Biden invoked a Cold War-era law in a surprising move Friday to pour taxpayer funds into domestic manufacturing of electric heat pumps, an alternative to gas-powered residential furnaces.
In a joint announcement with the White House, the Department of Energy (DOE) said the federal government would award a "historic" $169 million for nine projects across 15 sites nationwide in an effort to accelerate electric heat pump manufacturing. The significant level of funding was made possible after Biden utilized the 1950 Defense Production Act (DPA) to increase domestic production of green energy technologies.
"Getting more American-made electric heat pumps on the market will help families and businesses save money with efficient heating and cooling technology," said Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. "These investments will create thousands of high-quality, good-paying manufacturing jobs and strengthen America’s energy supply chain, while creating healthier indoor spaces through home-grown clean energy technologies."
"Today’s Defense Production Act funds for heat pump manufacturing show that President Biden is treating climate change as the crisis it is," added John Podesta, the White House clean energy czar. "These awards will grow domestic manufacturing, create good-paying jobs, and boost American competitiveness in industries of the future."
And Ali Zaidi, who serves as Biden's national climate advisor, said the president was "using his wartime emergency powers under the Defense Production Act to turbocharge U.S. manufacturing of clean technologies and strengthen our energy security."
Under the actions announced Friday, the DOE will send millions of dollars to companies like Copeland, Honeywell International, Mitsubishi Electric and York International Corporation, all of which are billion-dollar multinational corporations. The projects will advance manufacturing of industrial, commercial and residential heat pump technology.
"This is absolutely shameful corporate welfare. But we're to believe that, because it's for the sake of climate change, all is well. I think that's ridiculous," Ben Lieberman, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, told Fox News Digital in an interview.
"Of all the Biden administration's claimed climate emergency declarations, this may be the craziest of them all," Lieberman continued. "There is no shortage of heat pumps — it's just that not every homeowner wants them. Consumers ought to decide for themselves. The government has no role in tilting the balance in favor of one energy source over another. That's clearly what's happening here."
The action Friday comes less than two months after the DOE issued new regulations targeting traditional home gas-powered furnaces as part of its climate agenda and broad effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
According to the Congressional Research Service, the DPA, which was passed during the Cold War, gives the president a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industry "in the interest of national defense." Invoking the law opens the door for the president access to hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funding for a given national security-related purpose.
Biden previously invoked the DPA to accelerate domestic critical mineral production and to pause tariffs on Chinese solar panel imports, claiming that climate change is a national emergency.
Biden’s puppet masters have canceled pipelines and oil exploration leases, and dictated a mandatory switch to electric cars — all the result of executive orders and non-elected regulatory bureaucrats. They’ve prosecuted and imprisoned their political enemies; and essentially canceled our immigration laws by throwing open our southern border to ten million — and counting — illegal aliens, and ended the deportation of almost every one of them.
Yet the majority of us peasants seem to be perfectly happy with what’s going on. “A republic, if you can keep it.”
