President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-appears-to-read-aloud-pause-instruction-from-teleprompter">Joe Biden</a> has been slammed for telling yet another lie &#8212; and it’s one he’s repeated several times after claiming that he used to “drive an 18-wheeler” truck.
At a speech in Florida at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa Bay, Biden made the false claim about his biography, telling the crowd, “I used to drive an 18-wheeler.”
RNC’s Zach Parkinson, who is also the director of RNC Research, posted the video on <a href="https://x.com/AZachParkinson/status/1782875113265766667">X</a> of Biden and said, “There is *zero evidence* that Biden &#8216;used to drive an 18 wheeler.’”
“The extent of Biden&#8217;s trucking experience is that he **rode in** a truck once, for one night in 1973 (he made sure to return home by plane though),” he added, sharing a newspaper clip of Biden’s ride in a truck.
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Reminder, there is zero evidence that Biden &#8220;used to drive an 18 wheeler.&#8221;
The extent of Biden&#8217;s trucking experience is that he **rode in** a truck once, for one night in 1973 (he made sure to return home by plane though). <a href="https://t.co/miT2EIBSXN">https://t.co/miT2EIBSXN</a> <a href="https://t.co/AjGhQASQjP">pic.twitter.com/AjGhQASQjP</a>
— Zach Parkinson (@AZachParkinson) <a href="https://twitter.com/AZachParkinson/status/1782875113265766667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2024</a></blockquote>
“Biden has always been a chronic liar — now, coupled with his cognitive decline, he’s a national security risk,” the official account for RNC Research wrote on <a href="https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/1782926300950450436">X</a>.
CNN ended up <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/24/politics/fact-check-biden-driving-18-wheeler/index.html">fact checking</a> the claim, too, and admitted it is fictional, despite the repeated times the president has used the debunked tale.
“Biden’s claim remains untrue. There is no evidence he ever drove an 18-wheeler,” the outlet reported.
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In 2021, during a tour of the Mack Trucks facility, the <a href="https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/1420441422067552259">president</a> claimed, “I used to drive an 18-wheeler, man. I got to,” the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13348007/Biden-81-blasted-CNN-repeating-lie-drive-18-wheeler.html">Daily Mail</a> noted.
That same year at another event, he <a href="https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/03/joe-biden/no-joe-biden-wasnt-tractor-trailer-driver/">told</a> college students, “I used to drive a tractor-trailer. I only did it for part of a summer, but I got my license anyway,” the Daily Mail noted.
Last week, Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-claim-that-his-uncle-was-eaten-by-cannibals-might-actually-be-his-most-plausible-tall-tale-yet">claimed</a> that his uncle Ambrose Finnegan — “Uncle Bosie” &#8212; “flew those single-engine planes as reconnaissance over war zones, and he got shot down in [Papua] New Guinea. They never found the body because there used to be, there were a lot of cannibals, for real, in that part of New Guinea.”
Megyn Kelly, the host of “The Megyn Kelly Show” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN6iBtWH-rA">podcast</a>, reacted to Biden’s “Uncle Bosie” tale and said, “He can’t go two seconds with telling another familial lie, something about his background, his son. … The latest one is about Uncle Bosie.&#8221;
Kelly then played a clip of Biden’s claim of cannibalism. “Okay, so virtually none of that was true,” she added. “There is a dead uncle. Died in WWII. Was not in a single engine, he was in a double engine plane. Was not shot down. Officials say they don’t know what happened to the plane, both engines failed.”
“There were no cannibals,” Kelly continued, recalling what the survivor of the crash said, “and went on to tell us what happened.”

Joe Biden By A Vehicle

‘Zero Evidence’: Biden Slammed For Once Again Lying About Driving ‘An 18-Wheeler’

'Zero Evidence': Biden Slammed For Once Again Lying About Driving 'An 18-Wheeler'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Swift</a> reportedly handed out massive bonus checks to truckers toting Eras tour concert equipment across the country as the superstar&#8217;s sold-out tour comes to a close, with only six shows remaining in the U.S.
Sources told <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/08/01/taylor-swift-gifts-bonus-eras-tour-truckers/?adid=social-tmzlikeshop" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TMZ</a> that the 33-year-old pop star reportedly handed out $100,000 bonus checks to each of the 50 &#8220;The Eras Tour&#8221; truckers ahead of Saturday&#8217;s show in Santa Clara, California.
The truck drivers have been kept busy hauling all the equipment for 20 plus shows across 20 cities that kicked off in Glendale, Arizona, in March and will come to a conclusion on August 9 in Los Angeles at SoFi stadium.
Sources told the outlet that the six-figure bonus checks were an &#8220;end of the tour&#8221; bonus for production truck drivers who have been hauling Taylor&#8217;s equipment for the entirety of her U.S. tour ahead of the launch of Swift&#8217;s international leg of the tour, which starts August 24 in Mexico City.
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Taylor Swift reportedly gifted 100k bonus checks to each production truck driver that hauls equipment for the Eras Tour. <a href="https://t.co/HBzFQZCEGc">pic.twitter.com/HBzFQZCEGc</a>
&mdash; Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href="https://twitter.com/PopBase/status/1686379971214974977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Truckers were reportedly not the only ones who earned big bonus checks described as &#8220;very generous.&#8221; Other reported recipients included band members, dancers, lighting and sound technicians, caterers, and more, with the total of bonus checks coming to more than $55 million from the &#8220;All Too Well&#8221; hitmaker, <a href="https://people.com/taylor-swift-gives-bonuses-totaling-55-million-every-person-working-eras-tour-7568556" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People magazine</a> reported.
The tour has been a hit for the artist, raking in $1 billion in sales, and putting the &#8220;Shake It Off&#8221; hitmaker in the running for &#8220;highest-grossing tour of all time,&#8221; TMZ noted.
Swift&#8217;s massive tour includes a trek for Swifties across the albums of her life and career  — delivering a 44-song set list, singing her heart out for more than 3 hours with little to no break the entire time.
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Opening acts during the Eras tour have included Paramore, Phoebe Bridgers, HAIM, Gracie Abrams, and OWENN, just to name a few.
In November, the &#8220;Delicate&#8221; singer broke the news that she was going back out on tour after her &#8220;Love Fest&#8221; mini-tour in 2020 was canceled due to the COVID pandemic.
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I’m enchanted to announce my next tour: Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour, a journey through the musical eras of my career (past &amp; present!) The first leg of the tour will be in stadiums across the US, with international dates to be announced as soon as we can!<a href="https://t.co/KFuqvrhSGo">https://t.co/KFuqvrhSGo</a> <a href="https://t.co/eVyTcuW8sK">pic.twitter.com/eVyTcuW8sK</a>
&mdash; Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) <a href="https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/1587420273325838336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I&#8217;m enchanted to announce my next tour: Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour, a journey through the musical eras of my career (past &amp; present!),&#8221; Swift&#8217;s tweet read. &#8220;The first leg of the tour will be in stadiums across the US, with international dates to be announced as soon as we can!&#8221;

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Taylor Swift Hands Out Massive Bonus Checks To Eras Tour Truckers: Report

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Yellow, a trucking company that has been around for 99 years, will be filing for bankruptcy — costing up to 30,000 jobs, according to the company&#8217;s union. 
The trucking company, which was founded in 1924 in Oklahoma, has <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fall-of-a-trucking-giant-why-yellow-is-on-the-verge-of-collapse-3724f662" target="_blank" rel="noopener">struggled</a> with debt in recent years, taking about $700 million in loans from the federal government during the COVID pandemic. 
“Today’s news is unfortunate but not surprising. Yellow has historically proven that it could not manage itself despite billions of dollars in worker concessions and hundreds of millions in bailout funding from the federal government. This is a sad day for workers and the American freight industry,” <a href="https://teamster.org/2023/07/teamsters-notified-that-yellow-corp-operating-companies-have-closed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien.
In a company notice obtained by the Wall Street Journal, Yellow <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/trucker-yellow-lays-off-a-swath-of-workforce-2297e8b2?mod=article_inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that it was “shutting down its regular operations on July 28, 2023, closing and/or laying off employees at all of its locations.”
The company has already laid off hundreds of workers, with thousands more facing unemployment if the company officially files for bankruptcy, which is widely expected. Reported first-quarter debt for the company was $1.47 billion with just $806 million in assets, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2023/07/31/why-yellow-trucking-company-is-shutting-down/?sh=3f8c06ff3970" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Forbes. 
According to the Journal, Yellow had a fleet of around 12,000 trucks which moved freight across the country for companies like Home Depot and Walmart. 
Union leadership has blasted the management of the company, saying that company brass was largely responsible for the financial problems. 
“Teamsters have kept this company afloat for more than a decade through billions of dollars in wage, pension, and work-rule concessions,” a union spokesman said. “Yellow couldn’t manage itself, and it wasn’t up to Teamsters to do it for them.”
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The company <a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/yellows-demise-2-decades-in-the-making" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has</a> faced bankruptcy before, nearly collapsing in 2009, but managed to stay afloat after employees took wage cuts and it negotiated a $470 million debt-for-equity deal. 
Federal loans to the trucking company during the COVID pandemic have been heavily criticized, with one congressional report saying that federal policy during national emergencies needed to be evaluated. 
“While the national security loan program may have been a well-intentioned response to extraordinary events, it ultimately proved to be unnecessary and morphed into something Congress never intended — a risky taxpayer bailout for businesses, like Yellow, that struggled financially before the COVID-19 pandemic and were not critical to maintaining national security,” a congressional oversight <a href="https://coc.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-06-27-Yellow-Report-final.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> said.

Yellow Roadway Acquires USF Trucking For $1.37 Billion

Large Trucking Company Reportedly Shutting Down After 99 Years, Costing Up To 30,000 Jobs

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Companies are continuing to warn against the diesel fuel shortage and how it will affect the trucking industry moving forward. 
South Carolina Trucking Association CEO Rick Todd recently spoke about the problems facing trucking businesses and the reasons behind the fuel shortage, as well as high costs. 
“Truckers are feeling the hurt right now. Supply chain challenges just keep coming,” he <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/trucking-oil-companies-ramp-warnings-diesel-shortage-put-ourselves-situation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Fox News, adding that truckers often essentially pay cash for gas and don’t get paid for several weeks or more. 
Todd also advocated for a more gradual approach to integrating new technology.
&#8220;We should … as a country take a longer-term view, do everything we can, put everything on the table,&#8221; Todd said. &#8220;But in the meantime, stick with what works until you can replace it, and then make sure that when you do replace it, that it&#8217;s scalable.” 
&#8220;Nobody wants to be force-fed any alternative technologies or anything until they&#8217;re done,&#8221; he added. &#8220;So I think we put ourselves in this situation unnecessarily.”
A few weeks ago, numbers were released that revealed the country has 25 days of diesel reserves, leading to high delivery costs this month. However, as diesel production is expected to continue, the U.S. is not projected to run out despite having limited supply.
The costs are up nearly 40% for the month of November. The smaller companies are the ones who will feel the pain the most. 
&#8220;There&#8217;s no way any company can absorb cost increases like this, and any business that can&#8217;t pass on their costs isn&#8217;t going to stay in business for very long,&#8221; Todd said. &#8220;The larger fleets are a little bit better positioned to deal with these kind[s] of conditions, but the smaller fleets … 91% of the nation&#8217;s truck fleet, these companies have six or fewer trucks.”
&#8220;So we&#8217;re really talking about Main Street-type businesses, and it&#8217;s a huge strain on them to be able to keep up with these costs,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;They try to pass them on, but rarely are they able to do it 100%.”
Fuel supply business Mansfield Energy recently said the northeastern and southeastern areas of the United States will see shortage of diesel fuel, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/energy-company-warns-of-diesel-shortages-in-multiple-parts-of-the-country" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
He said the diesel shortage is “a combination of bad policies,” but added that a lot of factors have been outside of their control, as well. 
In addition, oil costs could get up to $100 this year and be more than $120 in trading in 2023, a leading analyst Amrita Sen of Energy Aspects noted, per <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/oil-prices-diesel-crisis-shortage-eia-biden-energy-europe-russia-2022-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Business Insider</a>. 
&#8220;We are expecting [oil] prices to go towards $100 into the year end, and really trade into the $110s and $120s for most of next year,&#8221; Sen told <a href="https://twitter.com/bsurveillance/status/1587050604765057024?cxt=HHwWgMC4mbqHq4YsAAAA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bloomberg</a> earlier this week. 
However, the diesel shortage is a bigger problem. 
&#8220;We just haven&#8217;t built [diesel supplies] over the summer,&#8221; Sen said. &#8220;And that&#8217;s what we tend to use in the winter if it does get very, very cold.&#8221;

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Trucking CEO Discusses Diesel Shortage, Says ‘Truckers Are Feeling The Hurt Right Now’

South Carolina Trucking Association CEO Rick Todd Discusses Diesel Shortage, Says ‘Truckers Are Feeling The Hurt Right Now’

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Independent truckers protesting California&#8217;s gig worker law blocked terminal gates at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday, causing officials to cease operations.
For the third day in a row, California truckers have formed en masse at the Bay Area docks to protest AB-5, a 2019 law requiring companies like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash to reclassify independent contractors as employees. However, truck drivers who own and operate their rigs have pushed back on the legislation.
&#8220;These are independent, small businesses that choose to operate their own trucks, and now that right is taken away from them,&#8221; Bill Aboudi, owner of AB Trucking, told <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/20/trucker-protests-over-gig-worker-law-shut-port-of-oakland-terminals.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNBC</a>. &#8220;They do pay taxes; they do have insurance — it&#8217;s their choice to do that.&#8221;
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the California Trucking Association&#8217;s appeal that was in place for roughly two years to protect an estimated 70,000 independent truckers from the law&#8217;s impact.
Aboudi told <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.ktvu.com/news/protesters-challenge-gig-worker-law-at-port-of-oakland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KTVU</a> that his company has independent owner-operators to backfill employee drivers.
&#8220;We can&#8217;t handle the volume with our company trucks,” Aboudi said. &#8220;So you rely on people that are working for multiple people or companies that are considered, they are owner-operators.”
Independent truckers like Ablelon Zersiel told KTVU that the law would complicate their lives with higher taxes, health care insurance, and other expenses used for their operations.
&#8220;They want us either to be employees of the company or become corporations,&#8221; Zersiel said. &#8220;This is the wrong time to do that — the inflation is swallowing us up.&#8221;
The Oakland International Container Terminal (OICT) management closed the port after some longshoremen refused to enter the marine terminals out of fear for their safety. Although some vessel labor operations remain active, Port officials told CNBC that the port’s other three docks have shut down for trucks.
International Longshore &amp; Warehouse Union (ILWU) officials said they protect their members from entering work areas that make them feel &#8220;unsafe&#8221; or &#8220;endangered in any way.&#8221;
&#8220;The workers stood by on health and safety, as is permitted in our contract when conditions at the terminals present a risk,&#8221; Farless Dailey III, ILWU Local 10 President, told CNBC.
Labor Unions have reportedly pledged that they would not strike or have a labor blackout while officials negotiate a new contract.
But with dock workers steering clear of the ports and truck drivers blockading entrances, the impact of the protest has already slowed down productivity, causing longer wait times for cargo ships to export and import containers.
CNBC reports approximately 2,100 trucks move through the Port of Oakland daily, importing goods like aluminum, food, and wine from Australia, China, and South Korea. The port ranks as the eighth largest in the world.
The California Trucking Association said in a statement, &#8220;Gasoline has been poured on the fire that is our ongoing supply chain crisis,&#8221; according to <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.truckinginfo.com/10175946/california-trucking-braces-for-ab5-supreme-court-wont-hear-appeal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">truckinginfo.com</a>.
&#8220;The impact of taking tens of thousands of truck drivers off the road will have devastating repercussions on an already fragile supply chain, increasing costs and worsening runaway inflation,&#8221; CTA added.
Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s (D) office told CNBC it&#8217;s time for truckers to &#8220;move forward&#8221; and &#8220;comply with the law,&#8221; adding that they also &#8220;suspect the landscape may change with independent drivers becoming their own authority and/or then existing firms becoming an employee/driver model.&#8221;
But those independent truckers like Aboudi said, &#8220;it seems the governor is not concerned about taking American workers&#8217; rights away.&#8221;
Sources told CNBC that protests at the Port of Oakland would reportedly continue through Friday.

Truckers Protest California Gig-Work Law

Largest Trucker Protest Over California Gig Worker Law Temporarily Shuts Down Port Of Oakland

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Mike Rowe talked about the skyrocketing diesel prices across the country and said truckers he knows aren&#8217;t buying the &#8220;Putin Price Hike&#8221; narrative as the reason.
During Monday&#8217;s &#8220;Fox and Friends&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8VEAtplPH8">show</a>, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dirty-jobs-host-mike-rowe-rolling-out-own-tennessee-whiskey-line-complete-with-memorable-sea-shanty">host</a> of &#8220;Dirty Jobs&#8221; talked about the new season of &#8220;How America Works,&#8221; as he and the Fox News host discussed how soaring inflation is hurting American consumers from fuel prices to an increase of costs at the grocery story.
Rowe said with diesel prices hitting an all time high at $5.29 a gallon, he has truckers sending him videos of them at the pump after spending more than a thousand dollars to fill up their trucks.
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&#8220;I get video almost every day now from people who we featured on &#8216;Dirty Jobs&#8221; and &#8216;How America Works,'&#8221; Rowe explained. &#8220;They&#8217;re just sending me videos of them at the gas pump and some of them are filling up 18-wheelers. And, I&#8217;m not kidding you, $1,100, $1,200.&#8221;
&#8220;Most people, all we can think about is the price for us at a relative terms know it&#8217;s awful,&#8221; he added. &#8220;When you put $1,200 in your gas tank and just six months ago it was costing you $600 or 700, the exponential reality of it is starting to sink in. You just can&#8217;t walk that back. It touches every single thing that matters in this country. From food production to transportation &#8230; all of it.&#8221;
When the host asked <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mike-rowe-says-theres-a-line-between-civilization-and-anarchy-its-thin-and-blue-in-tribute-to-law-enforcement">Rowe</a> if truckers believe the pain at the pump is because of Putin, he said the ones he knows aren&#8217;t buying it.
&#8220;The guys I know in this business &#8230; [A] guy said to me the other day, it&#8217;s like &#8230; falling down the stairs in slow motion. &#8230; We know it&#8217;s coming,&#8221; Mike explained. &#8220;We&#8217;re watching it happen. It&#8217;s happening in real time, and it&#8217;s not just diesel. It&#8217;s not just gasoline &#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;If you bring it back to food, and tonight&#8217;s episode is all about beef production in this country, and it&#8217;s an eye-opener,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But you have to talk about fertilizer too. &#8230; There&#8217;s no food without fertilizer in this country. The cost of fertilizer is hundreds, hundreds of percent higher than it was. When you combine that with the cost of energy, the average person has now really gotten the memo, but not from the gas pump, from a restaurant, a steak. The cost of a steak is almost two times what it was six, seven months ago.&#8221;
The host of the Fox Business show concluded the segment by sharing how he thinks &#8220;a lot of people are starting to feel untethered from the basic underpinnings that make things sane and commonsensical,&#8221; as he explained that part of his goal with the show is to remind people that pressure on &#8220;food production&#8221; is real and it all comes down to people.
&#8220;How America Works on Fox Business Prime&#8221; airs Monday night at 8 p.m.

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Mike Rowe Says Truckers He Knows Aren’t Buying The ‘Putin Price Hike’ For Skyrocketing Fuel Prices

Mike Rowe Discusses High Fuel Prices, Says Truckers Aren't Buying 'Putin Price Hike' Narrative

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Walmart announced this week that truck drivers will soon start earning up to a $110,000 salary in their first year with the company with additional benefits and salaries offered to drivers who have been with the department store for longer periods of time.
The superstore conglomerate <a href="https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2022/04/07/drive-in-opportunity-walmart-raises-driver-pay-and-launches-private-fleet-development-program">announced</a> the decision this week in a press release, noting that it is investing heavily in its supply chains with the announced raises, as well as a new training program for employees to earn their commercial driver&#8217;s license.
&#8220;Our approximately 12,000 drivers are deeply dedicated to safety and professionalism, and today, we’re proud to announce pay raises to ensure Walmart remains one of the best companies in the world to drive for,&#8221; the company <a href="https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2022/04/07/drive-in-opportunity-walmart-raises-driver-pay-and-launches-private-fleet-development-program">said</a> in a statement.
The company also announced a new initiative that will train drivers, known as the &#8220;Walmart Private Fleet Development Program.&#8221;
&#8220;Now, we have launched the first-ever Walmart Private Fleet Development Program,&#8221; Walmart said in its press release. &#8220;Over the course of a 12-week program, supply chain associates in the Dallas, Texas, and Dover, Delaware, areas earned their commercial driver’s license (CDL) and became full-fledged Private Fleet Walmart drivers.&#8221;
According to CNBC, the announcement comes as the <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/07/walmart-says-it-is-raising-pay-for-truck-drivers-starting-training-program.html">trucking industry grapples</a> with a massive worker shortage that could impact all aspects of the economy:
<blockquote>Walmart, the country’s largest private employer with 1.6 million workers, is ramping up recruiting efforts for truck drivers as the growth of e-commerce changes its business and complicates its supply chain. It is also a tight market for trucking labor.
The shortage of truck drivers in the U.S. hit an all-time high of more than 80,000 workers last year, according to the American Trucking Associations trade group. The lack of workers has stemmed from several factors, according to the trade group, including the grueling hours of long-haul trips, the older average age of current drivers and the small number of women in the industry. The Covid pandemic exacerbated the shortage, it said, as some truck drivers left the industry and fewer people went through training programs.</blockquote>
While the trucking shortage is just one area that has disrupted the economy, earlier this week, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-went-to-the-clinic-of-the-dc-abortionist-accused-of-gruesome-crimes-heres-what-i-saw">reported</a> that food supply chain disturbances caused by the war in Ukraine will also harm consumers around the globe, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen:
<blockquote>For one, global food security is threatened by disruptions in both Ukraine and Russia — which together control nearly one third of the planet’s wheat exports. “Russia’s invasion disrupted the flow of food for millions of people around the world and caused prices to spike,” Yellen said, explaining that financial institutions are “doing essential work to address both the short-term and long-term effects on global food prices and supplies” while “fast-disbursing budget support, financing to support domestic food production, and social safety nets.”</blockquote>
A spokeswoman for Walmart told CNBC that the company expects to train between 400 and 800 new drivers this year alone.

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Democrat Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ) called for seizing the trucks of protesters headed to Washington, D.C., and then giving the property to businesses looking to grow.
&#8220;Perfect time to impound and give the trucks to small trucking companies looking to expand their business,&#8221; Gallego tweeted in response to the following news headline: &#8220;Trucker convoy could shut down DC Beltway tomorrow.&#8221;
&#8220;Law enforcement agencies in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. are monitoring what could be a number of trucker convoys coming to D.C.,&#8221; the report <a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/police-monitor-trucker-convoys-threatening-to-block-roads-around-dc/2979490/">said</a>. &#8220;Truckers apparently spurred on by the recent protests in Canada want their voices heard, but the extent of the protests and how disruptive they may be is still unclear.&#8221;
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Perfect time to impound and give the trucks to small trucking companies looking to expand their business. <a href="https://t.co/1pHURh0hbr">https://t.co/1pHURh0hbr</a>
&mdash; Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) <a href="https://twitter.com/RubenGallego/status/1496138717890850819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Notable responses included:
<ul>
<li>Dana Loesch, radio host: &#8220;Also known as theft.&#8221;</li>
<li>Kurt Schlichter, political commentator: &#8220;Siding with foreign dictators.&#8221;</li>
<li>Robert Arce, former law enforcement official: &#8220;Will your distribution of wealth be done at gunpoint?&#8221;</li>
<li>Nick Searcy, actor: &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you just murder them like a good communist, @RubenGallego?&#8221;</li>
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Gallego&#8217;s tweet comes after Canada&#8217;s leftist government enacted harsh measures, which have been widely criticized as being totalitarian in nature, to end the trucker protests in Canada.
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Democrat Congressman: Seize Trucks From Protesters Headed To D.C., Give Them To Growing Businesses

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Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson proposed confiscating and selling vehicles and other assets taken from Freedom Convoy protesters to cover the cost of policing and expelling the protest.
Watson argued Monday that the assets of protesters should be seized to “recoup some of the costs” of the Freedom Convoy, which took over parts of downtown Ottawa in late January in protest of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other restrictions. Watson said in part:
<blockquote>You (protesters) have disrupted our city, you’ve hurt our small business community, and this is costing a small fortune for the taxpayers of Ottawa. That’s one of the reasons why under the Emergencies Act, I’ve asked our solicitor and our city manager: How can we keep the tow trucks and the campers and the vans and everything else that we’ve confiscated, and sell those pieces of equipment to help recoup some of the costs that our taxpayers are absorbing? So that’s one of the provisions of the Emergencies Act, and we have been a beneficiary of the Emergencies Act. As they debated on the Hill, I asked the members of Parliament to consider [how] it’s helped us a lot on things like confiscating vehicles, not having to swear in peace officers through the RCMP, and so many other things that have been very helpful over the course of this period.</blockquote>
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WATCH: Mayor of Ottawa says he wants to “recoup costs” by selling the trucks and equipment they confiscated under the emergency powers <a href="https://t.co/64pHDiVPGb">pic.twitter.com/64pHDiVPGb</a>
&mdash; Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1495852618144526344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act last week as a “last resort” to handle the weeks-long protest. The emergency powers allowed the federal government to expand police powers and task financial institutions with freezing the assets of individuals involved in the “illegal blockades,” Trudeau said.
On Friday, federal, provincial, and local law enforcement cracked down on the Freedom Convoy protest, moving methodically through the protest area on Parliament Hill pushing out protesters and towing away vehicles.
Canada’s Parliament voted 185-151 to expand Trudeau’s emergency powers for 30 days on Monday. The prime minister <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/canadas-trudeau-calls-national-healing-after-truckers-blockade-over-covid-curbs-2022-02-21/">claimed</a> to reporters before the vote that “this state of emergency is not over. There continue to be real concerns about the coming days.”
In his comments last week announcing the Emergencies Act declaration, Trudeau said that the measures would be “time-limited” and “geographically-targeted.” As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-trudeau-announces-unprecedented-action-freezing-bank-accounts-of-freedom-convoy-protesters">The Daily Wire</a> reported:
<blockquote>“After discussing with cabinet and caucus, after consultation with premiers from all provinces and territories, the federal government has invoked the emergencies act to supplement provincial and territorial capacity to address the blockades and occupations,” Trudeau announced in a press conference. “I want to be very clear, the scope of these measures will be time-limited, geographically targeted, as well as reasonable and proportionate to the threats they are meant to address. The emergencies act will be used to strengthen and support law enforcement agencies at all levels across the country.”
The Emergencies Act powers will “strengthen” law enforcement’s ability to fine and imprison protesters, according to the prime minister. The act will be enforced most heavily in areas of “critical infrastructure” such as airports and border crossings. Trudeau said that the act also ensures “essential services” such as towing away trucks used to blockade roads and highways.
“In addition, financial institutions will be authorized and directed to render essential services to help address the situation including by regulating and prohibiting the use of property to fund or support illegal blockades,” Trudeau added.</blockquote>
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This week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the lightweight, unpopular elected leader of a country with a 93% vaccination rate for those over 60 and a total vaccination rate of 84%, announced that he would invoke the Emergencies Act in order to crack down on the Freedom Convoy — a group of protesters opposed to government vaccination mandates for truckers. Trudeau breathily announced that invocation of the law was in fact &#8220;reasonable and proportionate.&#8221; His public safety minister, Marco Mendicino, said that the actions were required thanks to &#8220;intimidation, harassment, and expressions of hate.&#8221;
Why the government would need to invoke emergency powers in order to move some trucks remains beyond understanding; after all, the police had just removed trucks from the Ambassador Bridge, reopening that trade artery with the United States. Meanwhile, provinces across Canada have already begun alleviating their COVID-19 restrictions, from vaccine passports to masking. There is no emergency here that would justify use of the Emergencies Act — as even the BBC noted, &#8220;It is so far unclear which scenario Mr. Trudeau would rely on to justify the use of the Emergency Act — (the relevant threats have not) been clearly present in Ontario.&#8221;
Nonetheless, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland explained that the government would be extending laws designed to stop terror funding to now encompass crackdowns on political dissent: &#8220;Financial service providers will be able to immediately freeze or suspend an account without a court order. In doing so, they will be protected against civil liability for actions taken in good faith.&#8221; In plain language, this means that the government of Canada has now empowered banks to freeze accounts who give money to political causes the government doesn&#8217;t like.
The move to de-bank disfavored political actors has already been gaining steam — in January 2021, PayPal blocked a Christian crowdfunding site from using its services; the next month, Paypal announced it would work with the Left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center to find users to boot. As one of Paypal&#8217;s original creators, David Sacks, wrote, &#8220;when your name lands on a No-Buy List created by a consortium of private fintech companies, to whom can you appeal?&#8221; In Canada, it&#8217;s worse than that: The de-banking has become government sponsored.
And if Trudeau is able to invoke emergency powers to de-bank his political opponents — people he has labeled racists simply for opposing his vaccine mandates — where, precisely, does this end? What&#8217;s to stop powerful political actors from violating liberties on the same pretext?
The answer, of course, is nothing. And perhaps that&#8217;s the point: from now on, dissent against Left-wing perspectives may be criminalized. Watch what you say — your bank account is on the line.
Over the course of the past century, the political Left made a promise: that if they were granted more and more centralized power, they would protect their citizens, particularly during times of emergency. That promise was always a lie, but the pandemic exploded that lie in particularly egregious fashion. This left the Left with two options: to abandon that article of faith, an idea central to their entire worldview; or to persecute heretics. Trudeau, unsurprisingly, has chosen the latter. Emergency powers will be necessary until the people enthusiastically agree that their betters in government ought to rule them.
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Canada Goes Tyrannical

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Marvel actress Evangeline Lilly called on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sit down with the truckers who spent weeks protesting his COVID-19 related mandates and restrictions.
Lilly, who is Canadian herself, said that the government should be listening to the concerns of the people rather than using force to drown them out and <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/blackfacehitler-trends-as-justin-trudeaus-government-cracks-down-on-truckers/">shut them down</a>.
&#8220;Canadian Actress Evangeline Lilly (known for Lost and Antman) shares a heartfelt plea with Trudeau to sit face to face with the truckers and hear their requests,&#8221; David Cheyne (@awakecanada) tweeted.
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Canadian Actress Evangeline Lilly (known for Lost and Antman) shares a heartfelt plea with Trudeau to sit face to face with the truckers and hear their requests. <a href="https://t.co/ZtsiQFBVFf">pic.twitter.com/ZtsiQFBVFf</a>
&mdash; Awake Freedom TV (@davidcheyne) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidcheyne/status/1494780019712958467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Lilly began by saying that Trudeau had a responsibility to hear what Canadians were saying, &#8220;even those who you disagree with.&#8221;
&#8220;Treating them with prejudice, suspicion, and illegal repression is not care,&#8221; she continued, adding, &#8220;Protesting something that deeply, deeply concerns you in our society is not terrorism. It is the civic duty of every Canadian. It is our job as the people to hold our leadership accountable if they are infringing on our inalienable rights, if we suspect that they have become corrupted or compromised in any way — or simply, if we think they&#8217;re wrong in monumental decisions they are making on behalf their people.&#8221;
&#8220;But you are treating my brothers and sisters, your constituents, like terrorists without ever speaking to their leadership,&#8221; Lilly went on to call on Trudeau to listen to the people instead of simply cracking down on them. &#8220;There are no riots. This is not a violent protest. There is only a mass of deeply concerned citizens at your doorstep who you refuse to acknowledge for what they are: your people.&#8221;
&#8220;To everybody listening, everybody,&#8221; Lilly continued. &#8220;People who disagree with the mandates and people who agree with them. If you think that the person on the other side of this divide is your enemy, please take time to get to know them. Listen with an open heart to what they&#8217;re really saying. And remember that we&#8217;re all humans who get scared and feel pain, and most of us are just trying our best to build the brightest future for the next generation and the happiest, most fulfilling, most peaceful and healthy today.&#8221;
&#8220;Don&#8217;t let the press brainwash you into division and hatred,&#8221; Lilly concluded, noting that &#8220;the antidote to prejudice is knowledge&#8221; and encouraging people to listen to each other rather than what was being put out by media: &#8220;Listening is the only way out of the ideological mess.&#8221;
Lilly sparked backlash earlier for taking a public stand against vaccine mandates, as The Daily Wire <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/twitter-outraged-over-marvel-actress-evangeline-lilly-publicizing-stance-against-vaccine-mandates/">reported</a>:
<blockquote>Marvel star Evangeline Lilly started a social media firestorm this week when she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marvel-actress-evangeline-lilly-comes-out-against-vaccine-mandates-nobody-should-ever-be-forced-to-inject-their-body">publicly denounced</a> COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Lilly had previously expressed unpopular opinions about social distancing in 2020, but now has reignited the controversy by attending a “Defeat the Mandates” rally in Washington, D.C., over the weekend. The “Lost” alum shared photos from the event with her 2 million followers on Instagram.
The caption read in part, “I believe nobody should ever be forced to inject their body with anything, against their will… under any threat whatsoever. This is not the way.”
The Canadian actress wrote, “This is not safe. This is not healthy. This is not love. I understand the world is in fear, but I don’t believe that answering fear with force will fix our problems.”
It didn’t take long for the backlash against Lilly to start. Twitter users expressed their desire to see the Marvel alum canceled and removed from any future projects with the studio.</blockquote>
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Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell said during a press conference over the weekend that Canadian law enforcement officials would continue cracking down on those who participated in the trucker protests well after the protests have ended.
The revelation came in response to a reporter asking if there were going to be &#8220;repercussions down the road&#8221; for the protesters, even if they had retreated and gone home.
&#8220;Are you going to be sort of actively pursuing the people that you&#8217;ve been sort of documenting and filming who are still out there protesting?&#8221; the reporter asked. &#8220;What are your plans after this after the protest is over?&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s a great question. And the simple answer is yes,&#8221; Ball responded. &#8220;If you are involved in this protest, we will actively look to identify you and follow up with financial sanctions and criminal charges. Absolutely. This investigation will go on for months to come. It has many, many different streams both from a federal financial level, from a provincial licensing level, from a criminal code level, from a municipal breach of court order breach of court injunction level, it will be a complicated and time consuming investigation that will go on for a period of time. You have my commitment that that investigation will continue and we will hold people accountable for taking our streets over.&#8221;
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TRANSCRIPT:
<blockquote>REPORTER: So I was in the crowd yesterday, I was, unfortunately hit with some pepper spray. I just have a question. There&#8217;s some video cameras that the police are using, and some news outlets that reporting that you&#8217;re gathering intelligence with those cameras. Can you elaborate, like if the protesters at this point, you know, retreat and go home, are they going to be getting sort of repercussions down the road? Are you going to be sort of actively pursuing the people that you&#8217;ve been sort of documenting and filming who are still out there protesting? What are your plans after this after the protest is over?
STEVE BALL, POLICE CHIEF: Thank you. It&#8217;s a great question. And the simple answer is yes. If you are involved in this protest, we will actively look to identify you and follow up with financial sanctions and criminal charges. Absolutely. This investigation will go on for months to come. It has many, many different streams both from a federal financial level, from a provincial licensing level, from a criminal code level, from a municipal breach of court order breach of court injunction level, it will be a complicated and time consuming investigation that will go on for a period of time. You have my commitment that that investigation will continue and we will hold people accountable for taking our streets over.</blockquote>
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Ottawa Police Chief: Protesters To Get ‘Financial Sanctions,’ ‘Criminal Charges’ Even After Event Ends

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