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A California high school is training students in truck driving amid a national shortage of drivers in the industry.

Shoppers frustrated by national product shortages took to social media Thursday to lay the blame squarely at the feet of President Joe Biden, taunting him with the hashtag #EmptyShelvesJoe across social media.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Thursday criticized U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg for being missing in action as thousands of flights get canceled and United States ports face record-breaking delays.

Halloween decorations and costumes are becoming increasingly harder to find as supply chain issues plague the United States.

Appearing Thursday on the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” MGA Entertainment CEO Isaac Larian criticized President Joe Biden’s directive aimed at alleviating supply chain issues at U.S. ports, saying the move is “too little too late.” 

In a Thursday interview with Yahoo Finance, Mario Cordero, Executive Director of the Port of Long Beach, warned that the cargo backlog at some U.S. ports has become a “national crisis.” 

Republican Congresswoman Michelle Steel (R-CA) on Tuesday introduced legislation that risks hindering easy access to Orange County coastline ports.

Most Americans have noticed supply chain shortages where they live and believe the government should take action to address the mounting issue, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Thursday found. 

A Moody’s report revealed supply chain disruptions will continue to increase costs for consumers before the crisis will resolve itself –perhaps in 2023, CNN reported Wednesday.

Over 100,000 American workers are reportedly threatening to strike this week amid the supply chain crisis, citing “low staffing levels” and “burnout.”

The president will meet at the White House with the executive directors of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach as well as representatives from Walmart, UPS, FedEx, Target and Samsung.

CEO of Freight Right Global Logistics Robert Khachatryan on Tuesday told Breitbart News some 62 ships remained unable to unload at California ports, delaying inventories for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

The shortage of toys, holiday gifts, Halloween costumes, and Christmas decorations is threatening the Christmas joy from the growing supply chain shortage.

This incompetent moron we call His Fraudulency Joe Biden has bungled the basics of keeping our supply chain moving.  

Coresight Research Founder and CEO Deborah Weinswig told Yahoo Finance Live on Tuesday the supply chain crisis will continue throughout 2022 and into 2023.

Home Depot on Tuesday is reportedly joining other large companies chartering ships to circumvent the supply chain crisis.

Fast-food chain Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers is sending a significant number of its corporate employees to work as cashiers and fry cooks amid labor shortages. 

Appearing Monday on the Fox News Channel, toy maker Basic Fun! CEO Jay Foreman warned that a supply chain “crisis” will delay holiday shopping.

South Carolina Ports Authority President and CEO Jim Newsome on Monday sounded off on the issues with jammed supply chains at ports around the United States.

Consumers may not find bargains on Columbus Day because of supply chain kinks and the push for Indigenous Peoples Day.

Shipping companies across the nation on Monday are reportedly struggling to find truck drivers to ease port backlogs on the east and west coasts. 

Jammed supply chains are already beginning to threaten the possibility that holiday shoppers will fulfill their wishlist, financial experts say.

President Joe Biden is still struggling to meet the immediate challenge of clogged sea ports, as American consumers face major shortages ahead of the Christmas holiday season.

‘You are getting poorer,” Steve Cortes said of inflation and supply chain breakdowns yielding a “Biden Blue Christmas” for Americans.

Ramifications loom for supply chains as more than 60 container ships were backlogged this week as they waited to dock and unload goods off of the coast of California.

Costco is implementing new consumer limitations on purchases of household essentials including toilet paper, paper towels, and Kirkland bottled water as the company has seen an increase in demand due to a surge in the delta variant and supply-chain complications.

National security concerns were raised after a report found the UK is almost exclusively reliant on China for tens of thousands of products.

Chinese state media on Friday said Americans might see fewer fireworks on the Fourth of July because Chinese-made fireworks are “caught up in the global supply chain disruption resulting from the pandemic,” but with half a year to go until Christmas, “much-needed goods” from the “world’s factory” in China should make it to the U.S. and Europe on time.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) torched the extended jobless benefits on the Senate floor Monday afternoon, saying they are “holding back our economy.”

On Thursday, the U.S. intelligence and security launched a “call to action” to address supply chain threats from foreign powers.

Biden focused on recent glaring examples of shortages of personal protective equipment during the height of the coronavirus pandemic and recent shortages of semiconductor chips, slowing auto manufacturing.

A government advisory body in India recently launched a campaign to boycott Chinese-made plastic lights for the upcoming Hindu festival of Diwali in favor of domestically manufactured oil lamps made of cow dung.

The Japanese government is considering changes that would effectively cut China out of the supply chain for its unmanned aerial vehicles, reports indicated on Friday.

The British government sent up to £320 million to Chinese companies with links to the ruling communist party (CCP) during the rush to acquire ventilators and protective gear for healthcare workers in the initial outbreak of the China virus pandemic.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Wednesday released a white paper that outlined the threats the Chinese Communist Party poses to the United States in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, and recommended 129 steps the U.S. could take to address those threats.

Former Vice President Joe Biden unveiled a proposal on Tuesday to “rebuild” America’s supply chain infrastructure, with an explicit focus on preventing future shortages of vital medical equipment.