Biden admin's mixed messages on fuel pipelines are as muddled as mask mandates
Team Biden seems to be struggling to get on same page
By Angelica Stabile

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It seems to be a bit of a struggle for Team Biden to get on the same page between prioritizing energy pipelines and the sudden move to ditch masks amid the coronavirus pandemic.

As the country worries about the recent Colonial Pipeline hack, causing gas prices to skyrocket and putting national security at risk, the administration continues to portray the incident as a nonissue while pushing the vitality of pipelines for fuel transportation.

Meanwhile, Biden's harsh cancelation of the Keystone XL Pipeline was fully supported by his inner circle, including Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm, who defended the president's decision during her Jan. 27 confirmation hearing.

But Granholm preached during a news conference last week that pipelines are "the best way" to transport energy, and, according to the Duluth News Tribune, advocated back in 2016 to do "everything possible to keep fossil-fuel energy in the ground."

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"This particular area of the country there - this is why we have doubled down on ensuring that there's an ability to truck oil in - gas in," she said Tuesday. "But it's - the pipe is the best way to go."

"It's really apples and oranges when we talk about the consequences of a cyberattack on one pipeline versus the idea of introducing another one, which the president kept his promise that he didn't think that was a good policy and he acted to keep his promise when he took office," Buttigieg said.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who's been sued by 21 states for his hand in shutting down the Keystone Pipeline, repeatedly referred to the Colonial Pipeline as "critical infrastructure" during a news conference Friday.


The administration's muddled pipeline hypocrisy follows a similar change of heart - new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in stark contrast with previous rules, now allows fully vaccinated individuals to trash their masks in most public settings.

The president previously pushed mask-wearing even for vaccinated people up until the CDC pulled this about-face, as first lady Jill Biden encouraged masking "even while walking your dog" in a video message.

Following CDC Director Rochelle Walensky's announcement of the abrupt reversal, President Biden publicly tossed his mask and took to Twitter to harshly express that Americans can either get the vaccine or continue masking.


Some politicians suggested the timing between the Colonial security breach and freedom from face coverings was too perfect. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told "Hannity" on Friday that the two might be in direct correlation to save face.

"You know the only reason why they changed not wearing the mask?" he said. "Gasoline went to $7 and there were gasoline lines and [Biden] wanted to change the news."

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

Edited: 05/18/2021 at 05:08 AM by Fish Killer

There is no fuel shortage.

Another lie.

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I was right.

The Keystone XL pipeline was the equivalent to having your idiot brother-in-laws truck stored on your property.

It isn't yours, yet you bear responsibility if it leaks oil (like it does), it's unsightly and it takes up your space. You don't even get to use it.

Canadian tar sands pushed thru to refineries in Texas (that aren't American owned) and it leaks oil all along the way to be exported to China.

What a lousy deal.

All the gas stations in the keys ran out of fuel on Wednesday. Then they had it again by Sunday and the price was lower than I paid before I drove down. The toilet paper people went nuts. I saw some fuck with about 100 gallons worth of portable cans at a station and lines were spilling out onto the hwy. By the weekend everybody that was topped off wasn't buying any fuel and the fuel trucks were still coming on a regular schedule and crisis averted.

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What, isn't all our oil? Someone said it was a public resource in another thread. You mean that isn't correct?

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And that idiot whitmer wants to close another one off during a supply disruption--way to go libtard!! Isn't she under a criminal investigation?

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Romans 8;18-32 John 3;16-18

To be clear: aren't a bunch of T'rump supporters in jail awaiting trial on charges of kidnapping and giving her a summary trial and then threatening to execute her?