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Throwback Thursday: The Biden Years — Inflation, Chaos, Censorship & Presidential Gaffes

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Afghanistan collapsed in 11 days, and the airport evacuation turned into live chaos.

1. Common Sense with Chad Law uses “Throwback Thursday” to revisit the Biden years and their inflation, censorship, border, and foreign-policy problems. 2. Chad Law is the host, a “recovering marketing executive” who says he is a “lifelong political junkie” and presents the show as one where “logic still exists.” 3. The episode exists to compare Joe Biden’s public appearances with the record Chad Law says the media forgot from 2021 to 2024. 4. He says the Department of Homeland Security announced a disinformation governance board in 2022 and that it lasted about four months. 5. He says White House emails showed communication with Facebook and Twitter about “problematic posts” and frames that as speech control. 6. He says the lab-leak theory about Wuhan moved from being treated as misinformation to being considered plausible by federal agencies. 7. He says D.E.I. became a corporate religion, with banks, airlines, tech firms, retail chains, and government agencies adopting training and pronoun rules. 8. He specifically mentions Los Angeles approving a $750,000 annual salary for LADWP CEO Janice Quinonez. 9. He says the Biden economy featured “transitionary” inflation, 9.1% inflation in June 2022, and egg prices that rose over 60%. 10. He says gas prices reached $5 and sometimes $6 or $7 a gallon, while baby formula disappeared from shelves and mortgage rates climbed from about 3% to 7%. 11. He says the recession-definition debate showed two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, and he jokes that the government changed the dictionary. 12. He says shrinkflation turned cereal boxes, snack bags, and ice cream cartons smaller while prices stayed high. 13. He says the Biden era normalized subscriptions for cars, heated seats, and other products while the Federal Reserve raised rates quickly to slow inflation. 14. He says Afghanistan collapsed in 11 days in August 2021, the U.S. left equipment behind, and the Abbey Gate bombing killed 13 American service members. 15. He says Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the U.S. sent tens of billions in aid, and the Chinese spy balloon crossed from Alaska to the Carolinas. 16. He says border authorities recorded over 300,000 migrant encounters in a single month in 2023 and that cities like New York, Chicago, and Denver felt the pressure. 17. The tone is combative and satirical, with repeated jokes about cue cards, invisible handshakes, and “presidential” optics. 18. The format is a solo monologue with recurring “Remember when?” refrains, ad reads, and direct calls for listeners to call or text 866-LAST-GAY. 19. People interested in conservative media reactions to Biden-era policy. 20. People wanting a neutral policy recap should skip it.

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A sharp Biden-era critique that ties political memory to the cost of everyday life.

The piece frames Biden's public moment as a test of memory more than a simple political recap. It leans hard on inflation, gas prices, censorship boards, the Afghanistan disaster, spy balloons, and record border crossings, then lands on the costs people felt in daily life: baby…

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