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“Some donors have discussed ‘elegant’ ways for Biden to step aside to preserve his reputation,” while others “believe that dropping out sooner is better,” the NYT’s DealBook newsletter said.

DealBook cited its sources as saying that prominent financiers and investors, including Larry Fink of BlackRock, Jon Gray of Blackstone, and Peter Orszag of Lazard, and Robert Wolf, a former US executive “close to Barack Obama,” are discussing whether to “stick with Biden.”

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Adam,

I am a retired emergency room nurse, and I also had two relatives die

of Lewy Body Dementia around 2009.

For men with that diagnosis, from the time they are diagnosed they are

usually dead within 2 years, plus or minus a few months.

They also have a tendency to get violent/abusive with caregivers (and family) and end up

in locked nursing homes where the staff (and the building) are prepared

to deal with violent outbursts, escape attempts, and patients who are resistant to

their care plan and nursing home rules.

They also tend to deny they have a problem, but I can say that for the

patient during a violent outburst it feels like they are in a nightmare, but

they are aware something is wrong. Its their awareness of being irrational that

causes frustration and angry outbursts toward caregivers and family members.

Imagine being stuck in a nightmare where everything goes wrong and makes

you mad, nobody listens or understands you.

Their final weeks of life are usually bedridden and asleep most of the time.

Their head CT scans usually show a physically shrinking brain.

Sir Greg Stoddard

Mesa, AZ

Abortion: Project 2025 calls for using every governmental lever possible to torch access to abortion and restrict reproductive health care. The plan would rescind the FDA’s approval for commonly used abortion medication like mifepristone, or otherwise restrict its use; limit access to emergency contraceptive options such as the morning-after pills and IUDs; and dissolve the Reproductive Healthcare Access Task Force established by the Biden administration and replacing it with government-wide directives promoting anti-choice policies.

Roger Severino, who served as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights under Trump, wrote in the chapter on the HHS that “the FDA is ethically and legally obliged to revisit and withdraw its initial approval” of mifepristone and that abortion pills are “the single greatest threat to unborn children.” The plan would also utilize federal government agencies for the purpose of “abortion surveillance.”

Climate: Project 2025 calls for rolling back emissions regulations and reversing all of the Biden administration’s progress in fighting the climate crisis. The plan would dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act, increase fossil-fuel extraction on public lands, eliminate clean-energy programs, gut the Environmental Protection Agency, and enact other measures that would supercharge America’s drive toward climate disaster. The plan says explicitly that the United States has an “obligation to develop vast oil and gas and coal resources,” and calls for ending “the focus on the climate crisis and green subsidies.”

Immigration: Project 2025 also serves as a blueprint for cracking down on immigration. It calls for eliminating visas that grant legal status to immigrant victims of crime and human trafficking; the mass arrest and deportation of undocumented migrants; restricting eligibility for asylum claims and implementing fees for the application process; and finishing the border wall. The plan also suggests “a creative and aggressive approach” to taking on drug cartels. Rolling Stone reported earlier this year that Trump has proposed sending kill teams into Mexico to take out cartel leaders — regardless of whether the Mexican government is on board with the plan.

And those are just the toplines — virtually every aspect of the current functions of the federal government are covered by the policy package. Project 2025 would also codify policies advancing legal, social, and medical discrimination against LGBTQ+ Americans; slash corporate tax rates and significantly reduce the budget of the Internal Revenue Service; and fulfill plenty of other right-wing fantasies.

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Good morning, Adam. The post-_Chevron_ toppling of regulatory dominoes began yesterday. The HHS regulation that would have withheld federal funding from states that refused to provide sex changes is now on hold nationwide. (So this is two issues in one.) Highlighted and annotated article attached.

This case proves that the whole notion that we must trust agency “experts” with making decisions is bullcrap. It’s just a way for the Executive branch to override Congress and the Judiciary. As Obama once quipped, he didn’t need Congress because he had a phone and a pen.

I expect an initial wave of suits seeking to overturn many kinds of regs. And I expect many questionable regs to fall. But this wave won’t be anything the courts can’t handle—such waves happen _every time_ the law changes. When Congress enacted CERCLA in 1980, it created a tsunami of Superfund litigation. And just a few months ago, the EPA _created a new CERCLA rule_ that is expected to create a fresh wave this year. This evergreen cycle never stops. I mean, with so many greedy lawyers out there, it’s par for the course.

As with all things, the expected wave will subside. Litigants and judges will reacquaint themselves with _Skidmore_ deference. They’ll soon realize that it’s not open season on every reg out there; the agencies retain significant influence—just not the overriding influence they once had. And as extreme regulations get vacated, we can hope that future administrations will be more thoughtful about the policies they try to ram down the country’s throats. (I repeat: We can hope.)

I want to send over this short report after John mentioned his experience and perspective on working in the administrative state, I could not agree more and I am ashamed that I have landed in such a dark place mentally during my tenure. A little bit of background on me is that I have worked in corporate finance (financial analyst) for nine years, and for the last year I have been working for the state of Oregon. 32 year old working professional who wanted to test the waters around working for the state; here is my analysis.

The main reason I am reaching out is because I am part of Oregon’s education agency.

In my last year working for the state I would like to summarize the following:

- Oregon has numerous workers who are well beyond working years (there is someone who is turning 75 and they make over 300K, they do not use the computer since it is "not something they can learn")

- Along with that there are folks in “leadership” who talk about how their jobs are only performative

- Our senior leadership team all makes well over $250K, and some have no expertise or knowledge around what their department does

- We have someone who has held their position as department head for six years and they are just discovering aspects of their department and are trying to write missing policy and procedures

- Our Procurement Department is over a year behind getting money out the door, we are still trying to process contracts from **last** May

- Our leadership and Procurement department doesn’t know the difference between a contract and a grant

- This feels like a small item, but this is a huge decision point in terms of how the money goes out the door, and we are all confused internally

- Our budget team gives us an update that trails by 4 months, so this month (July) we are reviewing expenditure results from April

- Employee’s are still in the wrong business units

- None of the directors know how to budget or how to adjust them

- Any analysis I try to do is rug pulled away with a new dataset or a refreshed budget model

A few weeks back someone else shared a story about the federal education department. I think this is a huge part of the problem. I am an analyst for OREGON, I have traveled to; Montana, DC, Louisiana, Colorado, and South Carolina all in the last year. Along with that there have been numerous conferences in Oregon that I am sent to.

Here is where the issue comes in with the feds, it is called maintenance of effort, a well intended policy with some brutal unintended consequences. What is means is we as a state must spend as much or more on our education programs year over year. Same applies for the school districts as when accept **any** federal funds. So what this does is it puts schools in a bind, they have to make certain budget cuts where they can, but are forced to keep certain spending levels in a perpetual growth model.

There is also an issue with what is called technical assistance, which is the process where we, the state of Oregon will have a question for our partners in DC. These calls at minimum have four federal partners on each call. The amount of money that is pulled into a meeting is truly wild; they have a facilitator, a note taker, a project officer, a program manager and a federal lead.

Final thought is around what are called assurances. As a state we sign assurances, same with schools. For example the state of Oregon signs assurances about what we will assure the feds what we do with the money and compliance with the rules and regs for accepting the money. There is absolutely no follow up to these assurances, and the same with schools. What I mean by that is for example Oregon have 197 districts that each need to sign an assurance for each federal grant. As a state we do not have the proper human capital to help these schools be in compliance or to even check to see if they are.

So in sum my analysis is the way federal funds flow for education is all based on a handshake agreement, from the top to the bottom. Oregon’s state entity is bloated with bad salaries and coupled with unexperienced leadership while our districts and children are in desperate need of more funding.

One more side note, is there are many schools who will decline funds because of how many hoops they have to jump through or because some do read the assurances and then say no thank you. Truly wild to see play out as schools struggle for general funds, but don’t want to take on the burden of a federal fund source.

Again I would appreciate some anonymity as I am trying to break free from this wild ride.

12 ships there that can bring them home in the 'deep end' (of the pool)

The NTSB said the plane was parked overnight at the New Orleans airport on May 16 during thunderstorms that packed gusting winds up to 84 mph, heavy rain and a tornado watch.

On May 23, the plane underwent scheduled maintenance, and afterward pilots noticed the rudder pedals moving when the yaw damper was engaged. Pilots on the May 25 flight felt the pedals moving during the Dutch roll and even after landing, the NTSB said.

John Cox, a former airline pilot and now a safety consultant, said the NTSB preliminary report indicates that the plane was most likely damaged during the storm. He said the near hurricane-force winds could have caused the rudder on the parked jet to slam back and forth.

Cox said there was “absolutely no way in the world” the Dutch roll caused such severe damage, nor does he think it was related to the maintenance work.

“I do not see this as a Max issue. I do not see this right now as a 737 issue,” he said. “I see this as a one-off.”

Southwest inspected its 231 Max jets last month and found no other cases of damage around the rudder power units and no problems in new planes it has received since, according to the NTSB.

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I t was the speech that made Nigel Farage's reputation: inflammatory, insulting and riddled with distortions. Speaking on the floor of the European parliament, Farage addressed Herman Van Rompuy, an erudite, softly spoken former Belgian prime minister, appointed to the new post of European Council president. ''I don't want to be rude,'' Farage began. ''But, really, you have the charisma of a damp rag and the appearance of a low-grade bank clerk and the question I want to ask is: 'Who are you?'''

Van Rompuy's job was to chair meetings between EU leaders, rather than, as Farage put it, be ''the political leader for 500 million people''. Amid heckles and boos in the far-from-full Strasbourg chamber, Farage said Van Rompuy's intention was to be ''the quiet assassin of European democracy'', before going on to insult the Belgian's home nation as ''a non-country''.

The new MP for Clacton, who is due to be sworn in on Thursday, is not likely to get away with such unparliamentary behaviour in the House of Commons. (Farage was fined for the attack on Van Rompuy in 2010.) But allies and EU officials agree it was that 1 min 24 sec speech in 2010 that propelled him to public attention '' and notoriety '' all across Europe.

''Suddenly the media sat up and took notice,'' said Gawain Towler, Reform UK's head of press, who has been working with Farage for 20 years. ''That really put Nigel Farage on the map,'' he said, recalling ''hundreds of thousands of views'' on Greek, Italian and Dutch YouTube.

For EU insiders, the insults were not a surprise. ''It was the usual stuff,'' said Guy Verhofstadt, the veteran Belgian MEP, who is standing down from the European parliament and was in the chamber that day. ''His style of debating was always like that,'' Verhofstadt said. ''What he did was attack everybody that stood for Europe. You could know from the start of the debate what he was going to say.''

But it took time for the Ukip MEP to craft his style.

Farage was first elected to the European parliament in 1999, benefiting from proportional representation, introduced by Tony Blair for the UK's European elections that year. He was not yet the boisterous performer he would become, but his message was consistent. In one of his first speeches in 1999, his notes shake slightly in his hand as he urges the government to ''leave this club and get into the real trading world''.

He and his MEPs were known for stunts: heckling, wearing protest T-shirts and fixing little union flags to their desks in the chamber. But they struggled to get the British media attention they craved. Towler '' who along with a later Ukip leader, Paul Nuttall, once dressed up in a chicken suit for a photo opportunity about EU leaders' alleged cowardice for not holding referendums on a treaty '' complained that the British press ignored them.

The arrival of the European parliament's streaming service in 2008 combined with the rise of social media was a gamechanger. Short, punchy clips of Farage haranguing European politicians went viral on social media, getting far more views than the EU's official channels at that time.

Richard Corbett, a long-serving Labour MEP, recalls initial puzzlement over speeches from Farage and his Ukip team. ''They'd get up and start doing a rant about something that had sometimes nothing to do with what was on the agenda, it was completely out of context '... but of course, the reason was that it was geared to making a YouTube clip.''

In their occasional meetings on trains or planes, Corbett recalls someone who was ''chatty'' but ''tried to avoid getting caught into discussing facts, figures''. EU civil servants remember a disrespectful attitude: ''It was clear that he despised the civil servants, he despised any rule or custom,'' said one former civil servant. ''His demeanour was very dismissive, unpleasant.''

''He never did any proper work,'' the person added. ''He was really just there to disrupt things.''

He had frequent run-ins with officials over expenses '' and was docked half his MEP salary in 2018 over allegations of misuse of public funds. And he appointed a woman he met in a Strasbourg bar, long rumoured to be his girlfriend, to a job as a parliamentary researcher.

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While the chamber was an important stage, Farage made no impact in the committee rooms, where the legislative work was done. Over a three-year period, he attended only one of 42 meetings of the parliament's fisheries committee when it was negotiating decisive reforms. In 2014-2016, he took part in four in 10 European parliament votes, the worst voting record of all British MEPs.

For the anti-EU party, that was the point. Farage and his MEPs ''were voted [in] to fight it, not to take part in it'', Towler said. ''And they won. In 2016, they won.''

As an MP, Farage will face new demands from his 78,000-strong constituency in Clacton. ''The one thing we know from his time as an MEP is that he likes being in the limelight,'' Simon Usherwood, a professor of politics at the Open University, said. ''He is not a great paperwork guy.''

Towler, Reform's spokesperson, said Farage saw his constituency work as ''absolutely vital'', as was ''ensuring you had a good team of caseworkers who can pick it up and do the job''.

Usherwood will also be watching to see whether Farage and the other Reform MPs join House of Commons committees. ''He could justify not participating in the life of the European parliament because he rejected its legitimacy and its authority, but clearly he can't do that with Westminster,'' Usherwood said.

The jury is out, he added, on whether Farage tries to be ''constructive and useful'' or uses his seat ''as a platform for protest''.

''I can imagine that [Farage] wants to be seen as being in parliament and speaking from the green benches. It is going to be part of that curation of an aura of respectability, which is presumably the next stage of his plans for getting ahead in the world.''

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The Hungarian prime minister has described the Turkish president as the only leader with success in mediating the conflict

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to join him in an attempt to find a peaceful solution to the Ukraine conflict. The two leaders met on the sidelines of NATO's summit in Washington.

In a video from the event published to his Facebook page on Wednesday, Orban called on Erdogan to ''support us in our mission of peace,'' adding that ''with joint efforts we can take the next step towards peace.''

Orban noted that the positions of Moscow and Kiev remain ''far from each other,'' but named the Turkish president as the only leader with prior success in mediating the conflict. Orban was referring to the grain deal concluded in Ankara in 2022.

The Hungarian leader is on a ''peace mission'' since his country assumed the rotating European Council presidency this month. Orban has said that he aims to find a resolution to the Ukraine crisis by holding talks with the ''five main actors'' in the conflict, including Ukraine, Russia, China, the EU and the US.

Over the past few weeks, Orban has already met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, traveled to Kiev to meet with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, visited Moscow to talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.

Top EU officials have however disavowed Orban's diplomatic tour, insisting that no negotiations can be held without the direct involvement of Ukraine, and particularly not with Russia. Some EU officials are even considering revoking Hungary's presidency due to Orban's actions, according to Politico.

Orban has dismissed the criticism and pointed out that he does not need any special mandate to speak to the parties to the conflict in an effort to find a peaceful solution. He has also said that his meetings cannot be considered bona fide negotiations, and therefore do not need the approval of the bloc.

At the same time, the Hungarian leader has acknowledged that his country does not possess enough political clout to have a significant impact on the conflict, which he says must eventually be resolved by larger powers. Nevertheless, he has stressed that Budapest has the potential to be a ''good tool in the hands of God'' in promoting peace.

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CNN has announced plans to lay off at least 100 employees, with potentially more on the chopping block, as part of a new strategy focused on shoring up the network's failing cable news ratings and making a second attempt for a foothold in the digital realm.

The Wall Street Journal reported that CNN Chief Executive Mark Thompson, in a memo sent to staff on Wednesday, outlined his plan to shave hundreds off the company's payroll, mostly through a merger of the television newsgathering and digital-news divisions. The shift away from traditional TV will be painful, he added. ''We recognize its potentially enormous impact on the individuals affected,'' Thompson wrote to his 4,000 employees world wide. He declined to provide the Journal with further details about his shift to digital but said the move would ''be significantly built out of CNN.com.''

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In addition to a streamlined focus on traditional news topics, Thompson wrote that a separate division would expand CNN's ''lifestyle journalism,'' an admission that political news coverage will not save the network from its ratings free fall. TV news ''can no longer define us,'' he added, writing that the network is ''nowhere near ready for the future.''

Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns CNN, has announced separate plans to conduct a small number of layoffs in the coming weeks, according to sources who spoke with the outlet. The challenge of cord-cutting continues to force mainstream media outlets to adapt to new platforms, fewer paid subscribers, and even slash the seven-figure salaries of their on-air talent.

In May the network reported its lowest viewership levels in decades. Between May 13th and 19th, CNN nabbed an average of 83,000 viewers in the crucial 25-54 age demographic between 8 and 11 p.m., the lowest level seen in over 30 years. Across all demos, the network lagged far behind its peers in a news ratings race it no longer appears qualified to run. In the past period, CNN garnered 494,000 viewers compared to 2 million for Fox and 1.1 million for MSNBC. Thompson at the time attributed the sagging ratings to a holdover effect as his CNN transitions away from traditional news and directs more of its focus to pop culture topics.

''We don't believe news is just politics. Business and tech are news. Climate and weather are news. Health, wellness, and living longer are news. So expect to see us build new branded verticals in all these areas on TV, on our apps, and across our other platforms,'' Thompson said.

One of Thompson's first major moves was to propose dramatically slashing the salaries of its biggest talent. Top-earning anchors include Anderson Cooper at $20 million, Wolf Blitzer at $15 million, Jake Tapper at $8.5 million, and Chris Wallace at $8 million. Lower-level anchors including John Berman, Kate Bolduan, and Sara Sidner hold annual salaries between $1 million and $2 million. However, Thompson will have to wait until at least 2025 or even 2026 when contracts expire and he can renegotiate paychecks for his top stars.

No matter where it turns, CNN seems to fall victim to itself. Thompson canned former NBA star and notorious anti-Trumper Charles Barkley after his show ''King Charles'' failed to deliver and the basketball icon was reported to have called the network a ''s***show'' while it was courting him. Even when CNN succeeded by hosting town halls with Trump, the moves prompted grumbling among its reporters and media personalities who blamed network executives for amplifying so-called falsehoods.

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BBC Five Live racing commentator John Hunt's wife and two daughters have been revealed as the victims of a deadly crossbow attack at their home.

Mother Carol, 61, and daughters Louise, 25, and Hannah, 28, were found fatally injured at their £800,000 detached home in Bushey, Hertfordshire, last night.

Police sources said the three women were tied up before being shot in a 'targeted attack' that may have also included 'other weapons'.

A huge manhunt is underway to find suspect Kyle Clifford, 26, who is the ex-boyfriend of John's daughter Louise.

Helicopters were seen circling the Hilly Fields area of Enfield, north London, on Wednesday afternoon before police raided an empty property in the area.

They then turned their sights on a nearby primary school which has gone into lockdown after locating the suspect's car.

Police have warned Clifford may be armed and dangerous, and urged the public not to approach the man if they see him, but to instead call 999 immediately.

At a press conference today, Hertfordshire Police urged Clifford to 'make contact with the police' as the suspect in the killings remains at large.

Victim Louise Hunt is the ex-girlfriend of crossbow suspect Kyle Clifford

Hannah Hunt, sister of Louise and daughter of John, also died after being shot with a crossbow at the family's £800,000 home

Carol Hunt, who was married to BBC horse racing commentator John Hunt (pictured together), was found fatally injured along with her two daughters at her home last night

John with his wife Carol, who was found with fatal injuries at their £800,000 detached house in Bushey, Hertfordshire last night

Carol Hunt (pictured) and her two daughters were tied up before being shot with a crossbow, MailOnline understands

A huge manhunt is underway to find suspect Kyle Clifford, 26, who is the ex-boyfriend of John's daughter Louise

Police stand at a cordon in front and blue tent which has been erected outside a property in Bushey, Hertfordshire following the deaths of three women

Two armed police officers stand guard at the scene on a street in Bushey where three women, believed to be related, were discovered with serious injuries

Police have said they have launched a manhunt for Clifford

Clifford, from Enfield, north London, used to work as a security guard, it has been reported.

This morning, the usually quiet cul-de-sac was swarming with armed police and forensic officers as the triple murder investigation continued.

Although the police have not officially released the identity of the victims, the BBC revealed this afternoon that the three women were the wife and two daughters of its racing commentator John Hunt.

He had been working at Lingfield Park Racecourse in Surrey yesterday before returning home in the evening to discover the horror that had unfolded.

Shocked neighbours said Louise ran a dog grooming business called Groom and Glow from the detached house in a cul-de-sac.

Local resident William Nourallah paid tribute to the 'beautiful young girl'.

He said: 'She was a gorgeous girl. She really was a young, hardworking girl. I met the mum once or twice because she opened the door for me. I met the father

'She was happy every time I saw her. We would have a laugh and a joke. She was a beautiful young girl. It's a waste of a life.'

Another neighbour Glyn Nicholas, 77, said that Louise had been left upset at breaking up with a boyfriend and crashed her car last week as a result.

A blue and white forensic tent has been erected in the front garden of one of the homes in the cul-de-sac in Bushey

Forensics outside a home in Ashlyn Close, Bushey, where three women were found 'murdered'

He said: 'Louise was a very nice girl. She ran a dog grooming business from the house.

'I heard that she split from a boyfriend last week and was very upset about it. So much so that she was driving home at some point last week and drove into a wooden telegraph pole not far from the house.

'Another dog groomer - who is a friend of Louise's - told me that her car door had caved in because of the crash.

'Who the boyfriend was, I don't know, I never saw him. I believe Hannah, Louise's sister, was also killed along with their mother Carol.

'I didn't know Hannah too well but Carol was very quaint, a nice, polite and quiet lady. She was at home a lot of the time.

'Her husband John is a BBC radio commentator. He commentates on horse racing mostly. I believe he may have been at Lingfield racecourse yesterday.

'This is such an awful incident, the whole community is in shock.'

A neighbour, who lives on the 'serene and quiet road' and did not want to be named, said they were a 'friendly family'.

'We would see them every day passing by and they would say 'good morning',' she said. 'It's really sad what's happened, very shocking.'

In a note sent to staff at BBC Five Live today, the corporation described the incident as 'utterly devastating'.

The note read: 'The news today about John Hunt's family is utterly devastating.

'Our thoughts are with John and his family at this incredibly difficult time and we will provide him with all the support we can.'

A paramedic can be seen talking into his radio at the crime scene while a police officer stands guard at one of the houses

Police in Ashlyn Close, Bushey, Hertfordshire, where three women, who police believe to be related, died last night

A police car is seen parked up outside a police cordon in Ashlyn Close, Bushey

In a press conference on Wednesday, Chief Superintendent Jon Simpson from Hertfordshire Police told reporters the murders are believed to be 'targeted'.

The force also warned the public not to approach the suspect who 'may be in possession of a crossbow'.

He said: 'Our overarching objective today is to protect public safety and to locate Kyle Clifford, who is wanted in connection with the murder of the three women in what we believe is a targeted incident.

'We have extensive police resources deployed to various locations in north London and also the Bushey area.

'The manhunt also involves armed police officers and specialist search teams responding at pace in the wake of what has been a horrific incident involving what is currently believed to be a crossbow, but other weapons may also have been used.'

Addressing Clifford directly, he said: 'Kyle, if you are seeing or hearing this, please make contact with the police.'

Armed police were seen forcing their way into a house in Rendlesham Road, Enfield, this morning in a raid that is believed to be related to the horrific killings.

An aerial view of the scene of the suspected triple murder in Bushey, Hertfordshire

Two officers stand outside a police cordon at the scene of a triple murder in Ashlyn Close

A lone police officers patrols the road at the scene of a triple murder in Ashlyn Close

The house, which is close to Gordon Hill railway station, had two officers stood guard outside this afternoon hours after helicopters were seen patrolling the skies overhead.

While this was taking place a nearby primary school in Enfield was sent into lockdown as police searched for the triple murder suspect.

Jade-Simone Bacon, headteacher of St Michael's CofE Primary School in Brigadier Hill, in Enfield, said pupils have not been allowed to go outside.

But parents will be able to pick up their children at 'the normal time' at the end of the school day, Mrs Bacon confirmed.

She told the PA news agency: 'We've locked both buildings and just kept the children inside. So we've not had them on the field or the playground. It's not a lockdown as in under the desks or hidden or anything, it's just a lighter lockdown.

'We have just kept them within the building as though it were like a wet playday so we don't cause the children any distress and we keep everything as calm as possible.'

Several police cars can also been seen parked on the road. One resident claimed 11 police cars, an armed response unit, 4 ambulances and a fire engine descended on the scene last night

An officer stands next to a police a car outside the scene of a triple murder in Ashlyn Close, Bushey

A police officer walks down the road at the site of a triple murder in Bushey on Wednesday

The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is being kept 'fully updated' on the killings of the three women who were found in Bushey, Hertfordshire, and has urged anyone with information about the case to contact police.

The Labour MP said in a post on X, formerly Twitter: 'The loss of three women's lives in Bushey last night is truly shocking. My thoughts are with the family & friends of those who have been killed & with the community.

'I am being kept fully updated. I urge people to support (Hertfordshire Police) with any information about this case.'

Earlier today police revealed they were looking for Kyle Clifford following the incident and warned members of the public to call 999 immediately if they saw him.

In a statement released this morning Detective Superintendent Rob Hall from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit said: 'This is an incredibly difficult incident for the victims' family and we would ask that their privacy is respected as they come to terms with what has happened.

'Whilst we are still in the early stages of this investigation, we are actively seeking Kyle Clifford who we believe could be in the areas of Hertfordshire or North London.

'Given the serious nature of the incident, I would ask anyone who knows where he is to contact police immediately. If you believe you see him, please do not approach him and dial 999 straight away.

'He may still be in possession of a weapon.

'Our enquires will continue over the coming days to ascertain the full circumstances of what happened but I would also like to take this opportunity appeal to anyone who was in the area around Ashlyn Close from around lunchtime on Tuesday until 7pm, and believes they may have seen anything that could assist the investigation, to contact us.

'This incident will of course be of concern to local residents. Officers from the Neighbourhood Policing Team will be in the area today so please do speak to them if you need to.'

An East of England Ambulance Service spokesperson said: 'We were called around 7pm on Tuesday July 9 to a property in Ashlyn Close in Bushey.

'Three ambulances, a rapid response vehicle, an ambulance officer vehicle, the Hazardous Area Response Team, the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance and London Air Ambulance were sent to the scene.

'Sadly, despite the team's best efforts, three women were pronounced dead at the scene.'

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The Heritage Foundation's 887-page policy proposal was crafted with the help of several figures with close ties to the former president

Donald Trump has plenty of plans for his second term, even if he's publicly pretending he doesn't know anything about them.

In early July, the former president sought to distance himself from Project 2025, claiming he knows ''nothing'' about the Heritage Foundation's ''Mandate for Leadership,'' conservatives' 887-page policy agenda for the next Republican president. The plan offers a terrifying vision for America, one that the Heritage Foundation is dead set on implementing. ''We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be,'' the group's president, Kevin Roberts, said in early July after the Supreme Court ruled that presidents are immune from criminal prosecution.

Trump's attempt to distance himself from the project isn't very convincing. Rolling Stone identified at least seven members of the Republican National Committee charged with developing the GOP's platform in preparation for a second Trump term who have ties to the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025. Close advisers and former cabinet officials who served the former president, including adviser Stephen Miller, former White House Director of Personnel John McEntee, and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson have been linked to the project.

Trump and his allies are very much aware of Project 2025, and are primed to put the plan into action the day after Trump is sworn in for a second term. Here's everything you need to know about Project 2025, and what it could mean for the future of life in the United States.

What is Project 2025? Project 2025 is shorthand for the Heritage Foundation's ''2025 Presidential Transition Project.''

The plan is described by the right-wing think tank as ''the conservative movement's unified effort to be ready for the next conservative administration to govern at 12:00 noon, January 20, 2025.''

''It is not enough for conservatives to win elections,'' the group writes on its website. ''If we are going to rescue the country from the grip of the radical Left, we need both a governing agenda and the right people in place, ready to carry this agenda out on day one of the next conservative administration. The project will build on four pillars that will, collectively, pave the way for an effective conservative administration: a policy agenda, personnel, training, and a 180-day playbook.'' Editor's picks

Essentially, the Presidential Transition Project is a guide and handbook for a potential second Trump administration on how to achieve a laundry list of conservative goals and reshape the government and American institutions in their image. Trump was very amenable to the Heritage Project's aims during his first term in office, and there's plenty of reason to believe he'd embrace their plan if he were to win another term.

What's in Project 2025?The nearly 900 pages that comprise Project 2025's Mandate for Leadership tackle everything from abortion and immigration to the future of federal agencies and civil rights laws.

Critical to Project 2025's implementation is the notion that ''personnel is policy.'' The creators of the project have touted work on a database of hyper-conservative Trump loyalists that would ''collect r(C)sum(C)s and vet thousands of potential applicants in advance of Jan. 20, 2025, when the next president takes office.'' This of course would require the forced ouster of thousands of current government employees.

These appointees and staffers would be tasked with implementing the project's wider agenda, which includes proposals that would overhaul America's approach to several key issues, including:Related

Abortion: Project 2025 calls for using every governmental lever possible to torch access to abortion and restrict reproductive health care. The plan would rescind the FDA's approval for commonly used abortion medication like mifepristone, or otherwise restrict its use; limit access to emergency contraceptive options such as the morning-after pills and IUDs; and dissolve the Reproductive Healthcare Access Task Force established by the Biden administration and replacing it with government-wide directives promoting anti-choice policies.

Roger Severino, who served as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights under Trump, wrote in the chapter on the HHS that ''the FDA is ethically and legally obliged to revisit and withdraw its initial approval'' of mifepristone and that abortion pills are ''the single greatest threat to unborn children.'' The plan would also utilize federal government agencies for the purpose of ''abortion surveillance.''

Climate: Project 2025 calls for rolling back emissions regulations and reversing all of the Biden administration's progress in fighting the climate crisis. The plan would dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act, increase fossil-fuel extraction on public lands, eliminate clean-energy programs, gut the Environmental Protection Agency, and enact other measures that would supercharge America's drive toward climate disaster. The plan says explicitly that the United States has an ''obligation to develop vast oil and gas and coal resources,'' and calls for ending ''the focus on the climate crisis and green subsidies.''

Immigration: Project 2025 also serves as a blueprint for cracking down on immigration. It calls for eliminating visas that grant legal status to immigrant victims of crime and human trafficking; the mass arrest and deportation of undocumented migrants; restricting eligibility for asylum claims and implementing fees for the application process; and finishing the border wall. The plan also suggests ''a creative and aggressive approach'' to taking on drug cartels. Rolling Stone reported earlier this year that Trump has proposed sending kill teams into Mexico to take out cartel leaders '-- regardless of whether the Mexican government is on board with the plan.

And those are just the toplines '-- virtually every aspect of the current functions of the federal government are covered by the policy package. Project 2025 would also codify policies advancing legal, social, and medical discrimination against LGBTQ+ Americans; slash corporate tax rates and significantly reduce the budget of the Internal Revenue Service; and fulfill plenty of other right-wing fantasies.

Critically, many of the powers currently distributed among government agencies would be placed under more direct control by the president. The Department of Education and Department of Homeland Security would be abolished, and the Justice Department would become a vehicle for retribution. The restructuring would advance a conservative ideology known as ''unitary executive theory,'' a legal theory holding that the American president has direct control over all policy made by agencies under the umbrella of the executive branch, and that significantly weakens other government branches' abilities to check the powers of the presidency.

Who is involved in Project 2025? While the project is being coordinated by The Heritage Foundation, they are seeking counsel from a lot of former Trump administration officials.

The table of contents and introduction of Project 2025's primary document features plenty of prominent names from Trump's orbit, including former Trump Homeland Security official Ken Cuccinelli, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, and former White House aide Peter Navarro.

On their website, Project 2025 lists over 100 partner organizations operating as members of the project's advisory board. These include prominent pro-Trump groups like America First Legal, Moms for Liberty, the National Rifle Association, Turning Point USA, and Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.

Critical among these figures is Russell Vought, the former director of the Office of Management and Budget under Trump, who now serves as the Republican National Committee's 2024 platform policy director and also authored Project 2025's chapter on the executive office of the president.

Vought is a leading candidate to take up a position as White House Chief of Staff should Trump triumph in November. Project 2025 senior adviser John McEntee '-- Trump's former head of the White House personnel office, now a viral right-wing TikTok bro '-- is also a top candidate to join the administration, likely in an enforcer role.

What else has Trump said about Project 2025? Trump tried to distance himself from Project 2025 shortly after Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said in July that America is ''in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.''

''I know nothing about Project 2025,'' he wrote on Truth Social. ''I have no idea who is behind it. I disagree with some of the things they're saying and some of the things they're saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal. Anything they do, I wish them luck, but I have nothing to do with them.''

His claim to ''know nothing'' about the project is dubious '-- to say the least.

Trump's followers in Congress also brushed off Project 2025 following Roberts' comments. ''Think tanks do think tank stuff. They come up with ideas. They say things,'' Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) told CBS News, adding that Roberts ''is not running for president.''

What are Biden and Democrats saying about Project 2025?Biden's campaign and Democrats in Congress have sounded the alarm about Project 2025 since the debate. ''He's trying to hide his connections to his allies' extreme Project 2025 agenda,'' Biden said in a statement released following Trump's denial that he knew about the project. ''The only problem? It was written for him, by those closest to him. Project 2025 should scare every single American.''Trending

Biden's campaign has been posting about it on social media, as well, including in a lengthy X thread highlighting the Trump-connected Republicans who have helped author the proposal.

Trump is desperately claiming he has ''no idea who is behind'' Project 2025.Here are some of the top Trump advisors and allies who are behind his Project 2025 agenda.

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'-- Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) July 9, 2024Biden did not, however, mention Project 2025 and what it would mean for the United States during the debate, when he had the attention of tens of millions of voters.

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Oscar-winning actor George Clooney called on President Biden to end his campaign for re-election Wednesday, saying the 81-year-old incumbent ''cannot win.''

Clooney made the call for a new candidate in an op-ed published in The New York Times, less than a month after he co-hosted a Biden fundraiser that raised some $30 million.

However, the receipts were overshadowed by Biden freezing up during the event and having to be escorted offstage by former President Barack Obama.

Actor George Clooney has called on President Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race in a New York Times op-ed. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Clooney with Biden, actress Julia Roberts and former President Barack Obama at a June campaign fundraiser. X/Chris JacksonThe president and his predecessor sat for an interview with ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel and as the men rose afterward, Biden's gaze appeared fixed on the applauding crowd for a full 10 seconds until Obama took his wrist and guided him offstage.

The ''Syriana'' star added that ''I love Joe Biden. As a senator. As a vice president and as president. I consider him a friend, and I believe in him. Believe in his character. Believe in his morals.''

''But the one battle he cannot win is the fight against time,'' Clooney went on. ''None of us can.''

''It's devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not the Joe 'big F-ing deal' Biden of 2010,'' he added. ''He wasn't even the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate.''

Clooney said the Biden he met with at a recent fundraiser was not the same man he knew in 2010 or 2020. AP Photo/Manuel Balce CenetaThe staunch Democrat also called out party leaders on Capitol Hill, who Clooney said ''need to stop telling us that 51 million people didn't see what we just saw'' at the CNN debate June 27.

''We are not going to win in November with this president,'' the actor bluntly said.

''This isn't only my opinion; this is the opinion of every senator and Congress member and governor that I've spoken with in private. Every single one, irrespective of what he or she is saying publicly.''

So far, only eight House Democrats have publicly called for Biden to end his 2024 campaign, with others taking a wait-and-see-approach or standing firmly behind the president.

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However, Clooney insisted Wednesday that ''[t]he dam has broken. We can put our heads in the sand and pray for a miracle in November, or we can speak the truth.

''It is disingenuous, at best, to argue that Democrats have already spoken with their vote and therefore the nomination is settled and done, when we just received new and upsetting information,'' the actor added in a clear response to Biden's defiant Monday morning letter to Democrats insisting he would stay in the race.

''Top Democrats '-- Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, Nancy Pelosi '-- and senators, representatives and other candidates who face losing in November need to ask this president to voluntarily step aside,'' Clooney insisted.

Clooney with then-Vice President Biden in the White House in 2009. ShutterstockThe Times reported Wednesday that the Biden campaign had found out about Clooney's op-ed before it was published and tried to persuade him to change his mind.

According to the outlet, Biden campaign co-chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg '-- the former head of Disney and DreamWorks '-- led the unsuccessful effort.

Clooney is not the only Hollywood bundler taking issue with Biden's insistence on staying in the race.

Last week, Abigail Disney, the grand-niece of studio patriarch Walt Disney, told CNBC she would not give any more to Democrats as long as Biden remained on the ticket.

''This is realism, not disrespect. Biden is a good man and has served his country admirably, but the stakes are far too high,'' Disney, 64, said at the time.

''If Biden does not step down, the Democrats will lose. Of that I am absolutely certain. The consequences for the loss will be genuinely dire.''

Meanwhile, at least one fundraiser scheduled during next month's Democratic National Convention in Chicago has been canceled due to worries about the president's political future, CNN reported Wednesday.

A DNC rep told The Post that the fundraiser was not theirs, and ''is a host committee for a fundraising event occurring the week of the convention.''

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As Boeing continues to face the fallout from two fatal 737 MAX crashes roughly five years ago, the company now meets yet another question about its future.

Could the Justice Department's recent decision to offer Boeing a plea deal to resolve a criminal fraud charge curtail the company's government contracts, including its billions in defense work?

Legally speaking, it's still not clear.

The terms of the deal could provide the answer, or Boeing may separately reach agreements with individual agencies, according to Brandon Garrett, a law professor at Duke University.

Practically speaking, the plea deal is unlikely to bar Boeing from government work, according to five law professors and analysts who spoke with The Seattle Times in June.

The government depends too much on Boeing, the experts said.

''I very much doubt that Boeing's federal contracting work will be interfered with at all,'' said Peter Reilly, a law professor at Texas A&M who represents families who lost loved ones in the MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019.

The Justice Department determined earlier this year that Boeing had violated a 2021 agreement that allowed it to avoid criminal prosecution following the MAX crashes. As the deal was approaching its expiration, an Alaska Airlines MAX 9 lost a panel midflight, reigniting concern that Boeing had not lived up to its promised safety and quality improvements.

On Sunday, the Justice Department said it would offer Boeing a plea deal to resolve the criminal charge, once again raising the question about what a guilty plea or fraud conviction would mean for one of the country's largest defense contractors.

There is a statute that prevents defense contractors who have been convicted of certain felonies from winning future defense contracts, said John Coffee, a law professor at Columbia University. But, in this case, ''that's a hopeless dead end.''

''The government does not have an alternative to Boeing,'' Coffee said.

If necessary, Reilly said, lawmakers would find a workaround. ''Boeing is one of the most powerful companies in the world,'' he said.

From military aircraft to weapons systems to satellites to the Starliner spacecraft, Boeing's government contractors cover a range of research, production and modification services. Most of its federal contracts come from the Department of Defense, which paid Boeing $14.8 billion in 2022, according to the Congressional Research Service.

Globally, Boeing ranked among the top five defense contractors, competing with companies like Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, according to a 2023 ranking from trade publication DefenseNews.

Revenue from the company's government contracts has become increasingly important to Boeing, as the company's commercial airplane business has slowed dramatically following the fatal MAX crashes and resulting groundings, a pandemic-induced travel decline and the federally mandated production cap following the Jan. 5 fuselage blowout of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282.

Last year, government contracts accounted for nearly 40% of the company's revenue, according to Boeing's most recent annual report. In the first quarter this year, Boeing's defense, space and security sector brought in $7 billion in revenue, while the commercial airplanes business reported $4.7 billion.

The future of Boeing's government contracts came into question in 2021, when the Justice Department charged Boeing with one count of fraud following the MAX crashes.

Federal prosecutors accused Boeing of misleading safety regulators about a new software system on the 737 MAX planes. An error with that system caused two planes to nosedive shortly after takeoff, killing 346 people.

The criminal charge was put on hold the same time it was filed when Boeing agreed to a deal with federal prosecutors that would allow it to avoid criminal charges if it met certain conditions, like setting up a new compliance program and encouraging a culture of reporting safety concerns.

The Justice Department in May determined Boeing violated the terms of the original agreement.

Boeing declined to comment on the plea deal or the potential impact to future government contract work. The company has said it complied with the terms of the 2021 agreement.

The families of the MAX crash victims have said they plan to object to the proposed plea agreement, which they described as ''another sweetheart deal'' that does not hold the company accountable for the deaths of more than 300 people.

Reilly, the Texas attorney representing some of those families, said the group has ''no interest whatsoever in interfering with Boeing's federal contracting work.''

''They want Boeing to succeed, and they are well aware of that company's importance to our national security,'' Reilly said. ''The families simply want Boeing products to be safe.''

Mark Lindquist, a Tacoma-based attorney representing victims' families from the MAX crashes as well as passengers on board the MAX jet that lost a panel in January, said the Justice Department is trying to master a balancing act right now.

''They have got to make the victims' families feel like there's been some accountability and justice here,'' Lindquist said. ''They have to do it in a way where it doesn't negatively impact Boeing's status in our economy and our national security.''

''The whole point of the [2021] deferred prosecution agreement was for Boeing to avoid a felony,'' Lindquist said. ''Because the evidence was there.''

Scott Hamilton, an analyst and managing director of aviation consulting firm Leeham Co., agreed that the possibility of a felony conviction or guilty plea would not impact Boeing's government contract work '-- or Boeing's commercial airplane division, known as BCA.

Those customers are more worried about production rates and manufacturing quality than the fallout from the crashes, Hamilton said.

Boeing's commercial backlog grew 23% last year, according to company statements. Revenue from BCA dropped 31% in the first quarter this year, compared to the same time period last year. Deliveries were down 36%.

In response to the panel blowout, the Federal Aviation Administration put a cap on Boeing's production. That cap remains in place, but Boeing is producing far fewer planes than the FAA mandate allows.

''The commercial orders, they have much bigger worries with BCA's performance,'' Hamilton said. ''Boeing has issues with the FAA that are driving the health of BCA.''

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Breaking News We know that vaccines disrupt the regions of the brain that make it possible to socialise with others. Mirror neurons, empathy, sympathy, and intersubjectivity are all affected (sometimes turned way up, often turned way down). Let's call that social dysphoria, Toby Rogers wrote in a post on Substack Notes.

Vaccines also cause sex dysphoria. So, what other dysphoria could vaccines be causing?

Last year Rogers wrote a ''foundational article'' article showing that sex dysphoria is a result of vaccines, in short, it is a vaccine injury.

Sex dysphoria, also known as gender dysphoria, is a condition in which a person experiences distress due to a mismatch between their gender identity and the sex they were assigned at birth. People who have the condition are often referred to, even by themselves, as ''trans'' or ''non-binary.'' Not all those who identify as ''transgender'' experience the distress that those with sex dysphoria experience. However, for many transgender people, gender dysphoria is a common experience.

''If ['trans' is a vaccine injury] then isn't it possible that vaccines trigger all sorts of dysphoria?'' Rogers asked and gave some examples:

God dysphoria: changing our relationship with God.Nature dysphoria: changing our relationship with nature.Animal dysphoria: changing our relationship with animals.Food dysphoria: changing our relationship with food.''Once the brain and gut are injured ALL relationships are changed, not just friendships and intimate partnerships. All interactions in the world are changed,'' he said.

As his post on Substack Notes referred to a ''foundational article'' showing sex dysphoria was due to a vaccine injury without linking to the article, we searched for the ''foundation article.'' While Rogers may publish articles elsewhere, including science journals, we limited our search to his Substack page. We could only find one article, published two years ago, in which he discussed the topic.

The following are extracts from the article 'Trans messaging is too sophisticated to be the work of a small sexual minority dealing with severe health issues' by Toby Rogers published on 18 July 2022. We have noted the section titles from Rogers' article in italics at the beginning of each section for ease of reference.

Note: For those who wish to read more on the subject, other researchers who have been exploring this topic include Steve Kirsch and A Midwestern Doctor.

Sexual Dysphoria Appears to be a Vaccine InjuryThe following is the section titled 'VI. Sexual Dysphoria Appears To Be Vaccine Injury'.

The answer, unfortunately, is HERE:

There are now at least 23 empirical studies that show that people with sexual dysphoria are significantly more likely to be autistic, and vice versa. See literature review HERE (footnotes 12 through to 34).

If autism is the result of injury from toxicants including vaccines (it is), and autistic people are more likely to be trans (they are), then it is also likely that sexual dysphoria is vaccine injury.

If trans is vaccine injury that would explain why the trans population is growing so rapidly. Like autism, there are few trans people in the oldest age groups but in the younger populations, 3% to 5% identify as trans or non-binary. If trans is vaccine injury, the upper bound of the future size of the trans population is a limit approaching 100%.

(As a side note, one of the common characteristics of autism is mixing up pronouns '' and alternative pronouns have become one of the hallmarks of the trans movement.)

If trans is vaccine injury that would explain Pharma's interest in normalising all things trans and why Pharma would be willing to spend billions of dollars on it (independent of the trans community itself).

Look, I wish it wasn't true. The vaccine debate is already complicated enough without bringing in the gender wars too.

Increasing trans prevalence could also be the result of the pesticide atrazine, which turns male tadpoles into females. Or it could be that vaccines are contaminated with pesticide residues, including atrazine. Theresa Deisher argues that using cell lines from aborted male and female foetuses to grow the antigens used in some vaccines could be wreaking havoc on sexual expression as well. The mechanism of action will be sorted out over time (or not, if Pharma blocks any research into the matter).

But for now, we have a strong association between trans and autism, which raises the question about the role of vaccines, and we are also witnessing the curious fact that trans messaging has all of the hallmarks of a multibillion-dollar Pharma public relations campaign.

Gender, Sex and Big PharmaThe following is extracted from the section titled 'VII. The left and the right are now completely useless for thinking about gender and biological sex'.

Gender and sex are two different things. Gender is socially constructed performative theatre. Sex is biological, given, and refers to chromosomes, hormones and anatomical features (and yes, somewhere between 0.02% to 1.7% of people are intersex). This is what we spent the last century figuring out and it is backed by mountains of evidence from the social sciences and physical sciences (before they went bonkers at the behest of Pharma).

The real issue here is that the pharmaceutical industry is trying to take over the world. They seek to destroy any independent source of power including families, religion, personal sovereignty, women, men, children, democracy, independent media, science, critical thinking, logic, reason and love itself. Pharma loves everything about the trans movement that they appear to have created and run. It enables them to cover up vaccine (or other toxic) injuries; transition surgery is a big money maker for doctors and trans people are dependent on Pharma for life for hormone and other treatments. Pharma uses the trans community to make money and normalises sexual dysphoria to cover up the evidence of Pharma's crimes.

Pharma's astroturf support for all things trans also supports the wider goals of the globalists at the World Economic Forum. Klaus Schwab said the quiet part out loud at a recent conference when he said that power in the future will come from the combination of the material, biological, physical and digital worlds.

''At the end'...it's a fusion of Material, Biological, Physical and Digital Worlds'...what we see now is a break-through'...I think in the end'...we will see'...a combination of Physical, Biological and Digital'...'' -Klaus Schwab#KlausSchwab pic.twitter.com/LALmS1A3sU

'-- Liz Churchill (@liz_churchill10) July 17, 2022The future that Gates, Schwab, Bourla and the predatory globalists want is The Matrix where everyone is chronically ill, plugged into the system and enslaved by the Pharma billionaires. The Pharma totalitarian worldview is mechanistic and deterministic and so human bodies, organs and cells are just seen as gears to be arranged in the global machine that they designed to serve them. Through a combination of toxic injections, political capture and the most sophisticated messaging operation in the history of the world, they are well on their way to accomplishing their goals.

About the AuthorToby Rogers has a PhD in political economy from the University of Sydney, Australia. His doctoral thesis, 'The Political Economy of Autism', explores the regulatory history of five classes of toxicants that increase autism risk. He publishes articles on a variety of topics on his Substack page titled 'uTobian' which you can subscribe to and follow HERE.

Featured image taken from 'New Biden Rules Would Bar Discrimination Against Transgender Students', The New York Times, 23 March 2022

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DALLAS (AP) '-- Investigators say a Southwest Airlines jet that experienced an unusual ''Dutch roll'' in flight had been parked outside during a strong storm and then underwent routine maintenance, after which pilots noticed odd movements of the rudder pedals.

After the May 25 incident, Southwest mechanics found ''substantial'' damage in the aircraft's tail, where the rudder is located, but the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that it hasn't determined when the damage occurred.

The plane, a Boeing 737 Max , was grounded for more than a month but resumed flights last week, according to data from Flightradar24.com.

Dutch roll is a swaying, rhythmic combination of yaw, or the tail sliding sideways, and the wingtips rocking up and down. The Southwest jet experienced the movement at 34,000 feet and again after descending to 32,000 feet while flying from Phoenix to Oakland, California.

The condition can be dangerous, and modern planes have a ''yaw damper'' to stop the oscillations that characterize Dutch roll.

After the plane landed, Southwest mechanics found fractures in the metal bracket and ribs that hold a backup power control unit to the rudder system. Investigators examined the damaged parts last week in Ogden, Utah.

The NTSB said the plane was parked overnight at the New Orleans airport on May 16 during thunderstorms that packed gusting winds up to 84 mph, heavy rain and a tornado watch.

On May 23, the plane underwent scheduled maintenance, and afterward pilots noticed the rudder pedals moving when the yaw damper was engaged. Pilots on the May 25 flight felt the pedals moving during the Dutch roll and even after landing, the NTSB said.

John Cox, a former airline pilot and now a safety consultant, said the NTSB preliminary report indicates that the plane was most likely damaged during the storm. He said the near hurricane-force winds could have caused the rudder on the parked jet to slam back and forth.

Cox said there was ''absolutely no way in the world'' the Dutch roll caused such severe damage, nor does he think it was related to the maintenance work.

''I do not see this as a Max issue. I do not see this right now as a 737 issue,'' he said. ''I see this as a one-off.''

Southwest inspected its 231 Max jets last month and found no other cases of damage around the rudder power units and no problems in new planes it has received since, according to the NTSB.

Dallas-based Southwest declined to comment.

It could be a year or longer before the NTSB determines a probable cause for the incident.

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JACDEC / XA Boeing aircraft mechanic has died after being sucked into the engine of one of its aircraft.

According to TMZ, local technician Abolfazl Amiri was performing routine maintenance at Chabahar Konarak Airport in southern Iran when the tragic incident took place.

During a test check, the right wing engine was running with the cover flaps open. Noticing he had left a tool near the engine, Amiri approached the turbine and was tragically sucked in.

The engine subsequently caught fire, prompting emergency responders to the scene, who later recovered Amiri's remains from the engine.

2024-07-02: Varesh Airlines Boeing 737-500 (EP-VAF, built 1998) was standing at Cha Bahar Airport(OIZC), Iran when maintenance was carried out on the right engine #2. While the engine was running, a ground engineer who entered the safety zone was sucked into the turbine and died'... pic.twitter.com/YL10HVenYY

'-- JACDEC (@JacdecNew) July 8, 2024

The man's death is the latest in a series of terrible PR for the American aerospace giant.

Just this week, the company pleaded guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge related to two separate crashes by its 737 Max planes that killed 346 passengers and crew.

As part of the plea deal, Boeing agreed to pay a criminal fine of $236.6 million.

Meanwhile, a Boeing aircraft also lost its wheel during a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Colorado. Fortunately, the plane landed safely and no passengers were hurt.

WATCH: A United Airlines Boeing 757-200 lost a main landing gear wheel shortly after taking off from Los Angeles on Monday.

Despite the potentially hazardous situation, the aircraft, carrying 174 passengers and 7 crewmembers, successfully landed in Denver without any reported'... pic.twitter.com/Qw6Okvo2TP

'-- Los Angeles Magazine (@LAmag) July 9, 2024

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In a fascinating geopolitical development, Bloomberg reports that Saudi Arabia privately hinted earlier this year it would sell some (or all) of its European debt holdings if the G-7 confiscated Russia's frozen assets.

As a reminder, we noted in May the European Union had approved a US-backed plan to use profits and interest generated from Russian assets to help arm Ukraine; however that was a sharp reversal from the previously proposed plan - one which was heavily promoted by Zelensky and Ukraine - to confiscate some $300 billion in Russian assets. Many were wondering what prompted the reversal.

Now we know, and as Bloomberg notes "the Kingdom's finance ministry told some G-7 counterparts of its opposition to the idea, which was meant to support Ukraine, with one person describing it as a veiled threat." The Saudis specifically mentioned debt issued by the French treasury, two of the people said.

Most of the $300 billion in frozen Russian assets are held in Europe - particularly France, Germany, and Belgium. Which makes today's report from Bloomberg even more interesting from a geopolitical fissures perspective, as it means that as a result of its ability to spark a liquidation panic in Europe's unstable bond market, it has far more leverage than Ukraine and the "virtue signaling" western media.

Now, notably, Macron called an election and that election swung wildly to the far-left in the interim, but since these 'talks' happened with the Saudis, French bond yield spreads to Germany have exploded wider...

Surely this selling panic coming at a time when the Saudis are using French bonds as political leverage, was just a coincidence.

Curiously, while Saudi Arabia has maintained strong relations with Moscow, it has also built ties with Ukraine. And yet, it is clear that when push comes to shove, the Crown Prince is firmly in Putin's corner.

Bloomberg concludes by noting that whatever its motive, Saudi Arabia's move underscores its growing clout on the world stage and the G-7's difficulty in garnering support from so-called Global South nations for Ukraine.

And the US should know: as a reminder back in April 2016, the NYT reported that Saudi Arabia threatened then president Barack Obama to liquidate the $750BN in US Treasuries it owned at the time (a move which would have spawned a bond market crash) if it was found responsible for the Sept 11 attacks

Then - like now - the Saudis won (amusingly, Saudi Arabia proceeded to slash its TSY holdings in half by the end of 2016 anyway). But the bigger point here is two-fold:

While the petrodollar may or may not be dead, its leverage is a pale shadow of its former self; in fact the only leverage goes to those who still own US paper, and can threaten to dump it at weill.Weaponizing the US dollar - as irrelevant as it may now be - against Russia was a catastrophic decision that will reverberate for years, and will force the Fed to eventually buy up all the US debt that the former holders of Treasuries will one way or another sell.Loading...

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Some prominent Democrat donors reportedly believe that ''dropping out sooner is better''

Major donors to the US Democratic Party are discussing ways how President Joe Biden could drop out of the 2024 race without hurting the party's chances of beating Donald Trump in November, the New York Times reported on Monday. Democrats and their supporters have been increasingly doubting Biden's electability after his disastrous performance during the televised debate with Trump last month.

Multiple reports said that Democrats and some of Biden's own aides were ''shocked'' by the 81-year-old's behavior on stage and have big concerns over his mental and physical fitness to serve as president for a second term.

''Some donors have discussed 'elegant' ways for Biden to step aside to preserve his reputation,'' while others ''believe that dropping out sooner is better,'' the NYT's DealBook newsletter said.

Some executives told DealBook that it would be ''a mistake'' for Biden to quit the race without becoming the nominee first. They argued that doing so would ''rob him of the power to anoint his replacement.''

Democrats will meet in Chicago in late August to officially name their candidate for the 2024 election. According to the report, an open convention where delegates are not bound to any particular candidate could create an ''intraparty strife that helped Donald Trump win.''

DealBook cited its sources as saying that prominent financiers and investors, including Larry Fink of BlackRock, Jon Gray of Blackstone, and Peter Orszag of Lazard, and Robert Wolf, a former US executive ''close to Barack Obama,'' are discussing whether to ''stick with Biden.''

The 46th president, however, refused to quit the race, albeit admitting that he does not debate ''as well as [he] used to.'' Speaking to MSNBC on Monday, Biden said that he is ''not going anywhere,'' describing himself as ''the best candidate to beat Donald Trump.''

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The move comes as Michigan confirms the H5N1 virus affected another herd in the state.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis issued an emergency disaster declaration in his state over an outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu in northeastern Weld County as officials recently reported that 1.8 million chickens were impacted by the virus.

The governor ''verbally'' declared a disaster after ''an avian flu outbreak in a commercial poultry facility in Weld County,'' according to a statement from his office issued on July 8. Mr. Polis's office did not name the facility that was impacted by the outbreak.

The declaration means that Colorado can use its emergency powers to ''take all necessary and appropriate state actions to assist with response, recovery, and mitigation efforts.''

In an update

issued on July 8, the Colorado Department of Agriculture confirmed that 1.78 million chickens were impacted by highly pathogenic avian influenza.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

said in a statement on July 3 that a dairy farm worker in northeastern Colorado was infected with the H5N1 bird flu and had direct exposure to cattle infected with the virus. His only symptom was conjunctivitis, colloquially known as pink eye, which was described by the agency as mild.

''He has recovered. This case is an employee at a dairy farm in northeast Colorado who had direct exposure to dairy cattle infected with avian flu. To protect patient privacy, additional details are not being provided,'' the agency said last week in a statement.

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It's not clear if the infected farm worker had any connection to the infected chickens in Weld County. Officials in the state said that the bird flu risk to Colorado residents remains low, noting that the virus is spreading among animals.

The virus is ''not adapted to spread from person to person,'' Rachel Herlihy, state epidemiologist, said in a statement.

''Right now, the most important thing to know is that people who have regular exposure to infected animals are at increased risk of infection and should take precautions when they have contact with sick animals,'' she said.

People were advised not to touch sick or dead animals. If necessary, people should wear protective gear such as eye protection, gloves, and an N95 respirator mask.

The H5N1 virus associated with the cases also impacted about two dozen commercial dairy herds in Colorado over the past month or so, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Colorado had no avian influenza cases throughout 2023, but in 2022, eight commercial poultry flocks were impacted by the virus, according to federal data.

In 2022, a human H5N1 case in Colorado was detected in someone who was exposed to infected birds, according to officials.

So far in 2024, three other dairy workers have been infected with the virus, with one case occurring in Texas in April and two in Michigan in May. Two reported conjunctivitis, while one reported having a cough and eye discomfort with a watery discharge,

according to federal health officials.

Michigan Confirms More CasesMeanwhile, on July 9, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

confirmed that avian influenza has been detected in another dairy herd in Gratiot County, located in the center part of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. So far, 26 herds have been affected, according to officials.

Tests conducted at the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory detected the case and will send the samples to the USDA for confirmation, according to the agency.

The state agency recommended that farms not share equipment with other farms so as to mitigate the risk of spreading the virus, among other steps being taken.

In a statement issued late last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

said that a new study confirmed that ''pasteurization is effective at inactivating'' the H5N1 bird flu virus that sometimes can be found in milk or other dairy products.

The FDA said that its study ''found that the most commonly used pasteurization time and temperature requirements were effective at inactivating [the virus].''

''In each of the total of nine repeated experiments, the virus was completely inactivated,'' the agency stated.

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Two Democratic U.S. senators announced Tuesday that they are seeking a criminal investigation of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas over gifts of travel, a loan for a recreational vehicle and other benefits he received from wealthy benefactors.

Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Ron Wyden (D.-Ore.) said they sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland last week requesting he appoint a special counsel to probe whether Thomas violated ethics, false statement and tax laws.

The action marks a significant escalation in efforts by Democratic senators to address ethics controversies related to Thomas and the court in recent years. Whitehouse's staff said it was likely the first time anyone had requested a special counsel investigate a Supreme Court justice. Whitehouse sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, while Wyden chairs the Senate Finance Committee.

Jeremy Fogel, a former federal judge and executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute, said the Justice Department has the legal authority to appoint a special counsel to investigate Thomas, but whether it would is another matter. ''Inevitably it would be seen as political retribution for rulings the justices made that they don't like,'' he said. ''I just don't know how you get out of that box.''

The Justice Department declined to comment on the request.

Special counsels are generally appointed when the attorney general wants to assure the public that a sensitive investigation will be conducted fairly and free from political considerations; Garland has appointed three special counsels during his tenure, to oversee investigations involving former president Donald Trump, President Biden and the president's son, Hunter Biden.

''We do not make this request lightly,'' Whitehouse and Wyden said in a statement. ''The evidence assembled thus far plainly suggests that Justice Thomas has committed numerous willful violations of federal ethics and false-statement laws and raises significant questions about whether he and his wealthy benefactors have complied with their federal tax obligations.''

Thomas and his attorney, Elliot S. Berke, did not immediately respond to requests for comment, but Berke has said previously that Thomas tried to comply with financial disclosures of gifts and travel as they existed at the time.

''Justice Thomas has always strived for full transparency and adherence to the law, including with respect to what personal travel needed to be reported,'' Berke said in a statement last year. He described any failures to disclose travel as ''strictly inadvertent.''

Whitehouse and Wyden said they wanted a special counsel to examine a $267,000 loan Thomas used to purchase a luxury motor coach in 1999, adding that they have not received adequate answers from Thomas about how he handled the matter. An investigation by the Senate Finance Committee concluded a substantial portion of the loan from Thomas's friend and businessman, Anthony Welters, was forgiven in 2008. The committee found Thomas failed to report the loan on his financial disclosure forms, raising questions about whether he reported it as income on his taxes as required by law.

Thomas has not previously commented publicly on the loan, but Welters told The Washington Post last year that he believed Thomas had ''satisfied the loan.''

The senators also want the special counsel to investigate multiple instances of jet travel, yacht trips, home renovations, tuition, luxury sports tickets, lodging and other gifts that Thomas did not disclose on his annual financial forms. The gifts were reported in a series of articles by ProPublica last year. Many of the items were paid for by Harlan Crow, the Texas billionaire, Thomas friend and major Republican donor.

In addition, the senators want the special counsel to probe $25,000 in consulting fees that were directed to Thomas's wife, Virginia ''Ginni'' Thomas, by conservative judicial activist, Leonard Leo. The payment was first disclosed by The Washington Post last May. Some ethics experts said it raised questions about whether Thomas should have recused himself from certain cases. Neither Clarence nor Ginni Thomas responded to requests for comment about the payment at the time.

The failure to disclose the gifts and payments may have violated a federal law requiring government officials to disclose gifts, loans and other benefits, Whitehouse and Wyden said. They also want to know if Thomas's benefactors paid gift taxes, and whether Leo's payment to Ginni Thomas was part of a coordinated gift program or required any additional disclosures by the justice.

Last month, Whitehouse and Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) asked the officials with the U.S. Judicial Conference, which oversees judicial ethics issues, to explain how they were handling the disclosures about Thomas. They have yet to receive an answer. The lawmakers had previously asked the conference to refer Thomas to the Justice Department for potential ethics violations.

The Senate Judiciary Committee revealed last month that Thomas took three flights paid for by Crow between 2017 and 2021 that he did not disclose. Berke said Thomas was not required to disclose the travel because it happened before the high court clarified its own ethics rules to specify that free travel must be reported as a gift. Thomas reported three trips on Crow's jet during 2022, after the policy change.

The justice also revised his 2019 financial disclosures last month to reflect lodging and other expenses paid for by Crow during trips to Bali and a club in California.

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France's left wing New Popular Front (NPF) is hoping to introduce a 90 per cent tax on the rich, following their surprising win in the snap election.

The alliance - formed just last month - surged to victory in the second round of voting and gained 182 seats, blocking Marine Le Pen's quest to bring the hard-right to power in the country.

Emmanuel Macron's centrist Together bloc came in second with 168 seats, and Le Pen and Jordan Bardella's National Rally (RN) finished third with 143 seats.

The unexpected result leaves French politics in deadlock, with no party able to form a government by itself as they did not gain a majority of 289 seats in the 577-seat National Assembly.

Newly elected lawmakers make entrance into the National Assembly in ParisGettyThe coalition met on Monday to try and agree on who they should put forward for the role of Prime Minister

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The NPF's economic policies include: a new 90 per cent tax on those earning more than '‚¬400,000; raising the minimum wage by 14 per cent; a reduction in retirement age from 64 to 60; implementing price controls on essential foods, electricity, gas and petrol; and spending commitments of at least '‚¬150billion over three years.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal resigned but was then asked by Macron to stay on the role "for the time being to ensure the country's stability", as the Olympics are due to kick off in under two weeks.

Bompard disagreed with the decision and urged Macron to 'respect' the election result, adding: ''There is no question of Gabriel Attal's contribution as Prime Minister, wiping out the vote of the French people.''

Following the shock result, Macron said that while he would respect the ''choice of the French people'', he was waiting for the full picture to emerge before making any decisions.

Manuel Bompard, from the hard-left France Unbowed party, said: 'We are preparing to govern, to apply the programme which is ours'

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Le Pen and Bardella underperformed in the second roundREUTERSHis supporters have said that the election ended inconclusively. G(C)rald Darmanin, the interior minister, said that ''no one won'', and said that both RN and NPF ''had lost''.

Le Pen, whose party was widely expected to win, has refused to admit defeat. She told reporters: ''The tide is rising. It did not rise high enough this time, but it continues to rise and our victory has simply been deferred.''

Meanwhile, Bardella slammed the NFP as a ''disgraceful alliance'' that would destroy France.

Macron had called France's snap parliamentary vote in response to RN's victory in EU elections in June with over 30 per cent of the vote.

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Spotify is launching the ability to leave comments on podcasts. The company already lets Spotify podcasters offer polls and Q&As, so this new feature could give creators new ways to interact with their audiences.

Comments will be private by default (similar to Q&A responses), so creators will have to approve each comment they want to appear. Creators can choose to have comments available for their whole show or just for specific episodes, and, if they don't want to allow comments at all, they can opt out of the feature.

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Creators can manage comments on the Spotify for Podcasters web app starting Tuesday and as part of a revamped Spotify for Podcasters mobile app that is being introduced in a phased rollout over the next few days, according to Maya Prohovnik, Spotify's VP of podcast product. Comments for podcast listeners will also become available as part of a phased rollout beginning Tuesday in most Spotify markets, Prohovnik says.

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As the UK's new, MI6-aligned prime minister takes power, questions are resurfacing about how key files on infamous British pedophile Jimmy Savile disappeared under his watch. In October 2012 , a documentary exposed how veteran British media personality Jimmy Savile sexually abused vulnerable, underage girls throughout his lifetime. This led to an eruption of reports of abuse, spanning decades, and official inquiries into multiple institutions to which Savile was linked. Today, the full extent of his crimes, and the total number of his victims, is unknown. It has nonetheless been confirmed that the BBC , NHS , British police , and many journalists had full knowledge of his pedophilic and necrophilic perversions well before his death.

Along the way, there were multiple ''missed opportunities'' to stop Savile's industrial scale sex crimes. Most substantively, in 2007, police made contact with a number of women who had come forward to testify they were assaulted and raped by Savile, leading to the star being grilled by police about the allegations. That investigation was however shut down, and never publicly acknowledged. Details of how the probe was torpedoed didn't emerge until much later, implicating both investigating officers and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

The CPS was at that time led by Keir Starmer, now His Majesty's Prime Minister. As previously documented by The Grayzone , Britain's new premier has a deep, long-running relationship with London's national security establishment and security and intelligence apparatus, as well as the elite Trilateral Commission. He helmed the CPS when the Service protected MI5 and MI6 spooks from prosecution for torture, and connived to sustain a bogus rape case against Julian Assange.

The CPS destroyed key emails related to this subterfuge, which served to keep the WikiLeaks founder holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy while facing extradition to Sweden, when prosecutors in both countries knew the charges had no substance. During this time, the Service also shredded all records of Starmer's four trips to Washington DC. It may be no coincidence that every file held on Savile by the CPS also disappeared in breach of basic protocol.

To say the least, Starmer has clear, grave questions to answer about what he knew about Savile's crimes, and the role he and his then-agency played in insulating the serial pedophile and necrophiliac from justice. The same British media that has fueled Starmer's ambitions has aggressively shielded him from critical scrutiny on the matter. What follows are the dimensions of a very British coverup.

Prosecutors insulate Savile from justice

In February 2022, during a parliamentary joust, disgraced former Prime Minister Boris Johnson accused Starmer of having spent his time as CPS chief ''prosecuting journalists and failing to prosecute Jimmy Savile.'' The broadside ignited a public firestorm, with British politicians of all parties and the entire mainstream media lining up to condemn the premier's comments as a repulsive libel. A senior Downing Street staffer resigned in disgust . The pressure grew so severe, Johnson retracted his comments in a matter of three days.

However, the fact remained that Starmer was Director of Public Prosecutions when British authorities possessed persuasive evidence of Savile's heinous sexual crimes over many years, and he inexplicably refused to move against the pedophile. Sources within the CPS have claimed that he had no knowledge of the decision to drop the case. It is also commonly alleged that a formal inquiry he ordered in 2012 into the failure to prosecute Savile condemned investigating police, not the CPS.

As the inquiry report's contents make clear, this characterization is completely false. Officers who interviewed Savile's victims in 2007/8 were indeed slammed for not providing them with more information '' namely, that others had independently come forward, telling disturbingly similar stories. The report concluded their testimony should've been acted upon, as ''there was nothing to suggest that the alleged victims had colluded in their accounts, nor that they were in any way [unreliable].''

Despite this, ''police treated them and the accounts they gave with a degree of caution which was neither justified nor required.'' It is nonetheless clear officers shut down the investigation under express CPS direction. The Service's designated ''reviewing lawyer'' on the allegations '' an ''extremely experienced 'rape specialist''' '' told police ''at an early stage'' he ''would not be inclined to prosecute these cases because they were 'relatively minor','' and due to the time that had elapsed since the offenses were allegedly committed.

The CPS lawyer's ''relatively minor'' appraisal of Savile's heinous crimes ''troubled'' the inquiry investigator. ''I would hope that any prosecutor would regard a sexual assault as being in and of itself serious,'' they wrote. ''These particular assaults were far from trivial: they represented a course of conduct against vulnerable women and girls by a man who was in effect in a position of trust.'' As a result, the investigator had ''reservations about the way in which the prosecutor reached his decision'':

''The allegations made were both serious and credible; the prosecutor should have recognised this and sought to 'build' a prosecution. In particular, there were aspects of what he was told by the police'...which should have caused him to ask further questions'...I have been driven to conclude that had the police and prosecutors [emphasis added] taken a different approach a prosecution might have been possible.''

Starmer's irresistible, corrupt path to power Despite these grave criticisms, the investigator concluded, ''I have seen nothing to suggest that the decisions not to prosecute were consciously influenced by any improper motive on the part of either police or prosecutors.'' Which might be true, if only because all CPS files on Savile were destroyed in October 2010. The report was therefore ''dependent on material provided by the police to show what documents were seen by the reviewing lawyer and the advice which was given.''

Even these records were ''in parts either incomplete or [contained] internal inconsistencies,'' which ''made it at points difficult to assess what happened,'' and ''impossible to recreate with any certainty'' what was actually seen by the reviewing lawyer. For its part, the CPS had ''no record at all'' of the case. The inquiry was told this was due to the decision to take no action against Savile resulting in the Service's files being ''automatically deleted,'' according to the CPS' ''normal policy.''

However, Service guidelines on ''retention and disposal'' of evidence clearly state that documents on ''discontinued cases,'' in which ''no proceedings have taken place or where the case was discontinued before trial,'' must be kept for five years. The destruction of the Savile file was a flagrant breach of these rules. The decision to violate the guidelines on such a high profile case had to have been made at the highest levels of the CPS. We are thus left to ponder whether Starmer himself made that call, and if so, why.

It is also an open question how, after reviewing the Service's handling of the Savile case in 2012, Starmer reportedly ''came very close to rubber-stamping the original decision not to prosecute,'' before appointing his own CPS chief legal adviser, Alison Levitt, to conduct the formal inquiry. Her report's findings unambiguously assert that Savile had a very clear case to answer based on the allegations collected against him at that time alone.

In April 2014 , Levitt was rewarded for her CPS service with a lucrative job at high ranked law firm Mishcon de Reya. That June , Starmer joined her. The company has been fined enormous sums for facilitating money laundering, and frequently helps wealthy individuals and powerful corporations abuse the British legal system to ''intimidate and destroy'' journalists. Starmer was forced in July 2017 by then-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to depart his well-remunerated position there, after taking a Shadow Cabinet role.

Starmer received over $20,000 for just 24 hours of work at Mishcon de Reya in 2016. Losing the post was undoubtedly a bitter pill to swallow, but he landed on his feet. His position as Shadow Brexit Secretary afforded ample opportunity to undermine Corbyn, pushing Labour towards a pro-Remain stance, contrary to the party leader's official position, and against the will of swaths of its voters. When the May 2019 European elections rolled around, Starmer was openly demanding a second referendum on Britain's EU membership, in defiance of other shadow ministers.

Due to intense bullying and threats from Starmer and other anti-Corbyn elements, Labour finally adopted a formal policy of a ''people's vote'' on leaving the EU in July that year. It was a cataclysmic error , making the party's crushing defeat in the December 2019 general election a fait accompli . Was this a conscious act of sabotage by Starmer and his clique to doom Corbyn, and pave the way for their own rise to power? Academic analysis from months earlier showed Labour's only shot at victory was to target Leave-voting Conservative marginals.

It must not be forgotten that, as The Grayzone revealed , the second referendum policy originated with a little-known political party, Renew, set up by individuals tied to NATO's stratcom division, MI6, and British Army psychological warfare unit 77th Brigade. On the contemporary campaign trail, Starmer has admitted he knew Labour would lose in 2019. Whether or not that was his explicit mission, it paved the path for his own premiership, and empowered his confederates within Britain's security and intelligence services.

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The Fourth is upon us, and you won't want to miss out on any of these spectacular fireworks (or drone) displays. Here is how you can catch the show from practically anywhere in the Bay!

Fireworks by San Jose Giants: July 3-4, San Jose. This year, the San Jose Giants will celebrate Fourth of July with two days of spectacular pyrotechnic displays. The fireworks will go off after the Giants game on July 3 and the Matt Stell concert on July 4. For the July 4 show, sections of Alma Avenue will be closed so people can watch without having to buy a ticket.

Morgan Hill Freedom Fest Fireworks: July 3-4, Morgan Hill. A Morgan Hill tradition dating back to 1876, this annual Fourth of July festival will feature a Patriotic Sing and Family Music Fest on July 3, plus a freedom run, car cruise, parade and festival featuring live music and 9:30 p.m. fireworks on July 4. Free admission. tinyurl.com/MorganFourth

Fireworks at the Marin County Fair: 9:30 p.m. July 3-7, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. The Marin County Fair will host nightly fireworks shot from three barges over the lagoon in a low-level, choreographed extravaganza of music, rockets, Roman candles, comets, meteoric showers and spectacular bursting cascades '-- all reflected in the water below. Free with fair admission. marinfair.org/fireworks-2/

Atwater Fourth of July Celebration: 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. July 4, Atwater. Celebrate the Fourth with a Run for Independence, a parade through the Merced County city of Atwater, a festival at Ralston Park, and a concert and fireworks show at Castle Air Base Parade Grounds. Free festival admission, $5-$15 concert and fireworks admission. atwater4thofjuly.org/

Pleasant Hill Fourth of July Celebration: 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. July 4, Pleasant Hill. Celebrate the Fourth with a 5K run, a parade and a celebration in Pleasant Hill Park featuring live music, food and fun activities. The fireworks viewing party will take place at 9 p.m. at College Park High. Grab a blanket, round up your loved ones and enjoy the show. Free admission. phjuly4.com/

Martinez Fourth of July Celebration: 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. July 4, Martinez. Start the Fourth of July in Martinez with a flag-raising ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Building. Then paint Main Street red, white, and blue as more than 40 spirited entries march down the heart of downtown with a dazzling display of community pride and celebration. Finally, stick around for a fabulous fireworks show starting at 9 p.m. at the Martinez Marina. Free admission. cityofmartinez.org/home

Concord Fourth of July Celebration: 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. July 4, Concord. Celebrate the Fourth in Concord with a 5K run, a pancake breakfast and a parade at Todos Santos Plaza. Then, enjoy a festival featuring a kids carnival, food, vendors booths, a local artist exhibit and a 9:30 p.m. fireworks show at Mt. Diablo High School. Free admission. concordjuly4th.com/

Redwood City Fourth of July Celebration: 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. July 4, Redwood City. Enjoy a Fourth of July pancake breakfast, a parade through downtown and a festival along Broadway featuring food, drinks, arts and crafts and live entertainment. Stay for the 9:30 p.m. fireworks show launched from over the port and visible from all over the mid-Peninsula. Free. parade.org/

Foster City Fourth of July Celebration: 9 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. July 4, Leo Ryan Park, Foster City. Join Foster City Parks & Recreation, Lions of Foster City and the Foster City Rotary Club for a Fourth of July celebration featuring games, food, entertainment, a dog parade and a grand fireworks finale over the lagoon. Free admission. tinyurl.com/FosterFourth

Petaluma Fourth of July Celebration: 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Fireworks Show, July 4, Petaluma. Enjoy a Fourth of July festival in Lucchesi Park featuring a farmers market, a bike parade, kids activities, live music, food and drinks vendors, a dog costume contest and a nighttime fireworks show. The fireworks will be launched to high elevation from the Sonoma Marin Fairgrounds and will be visible from parks and neighborhoods all over town. Free admission. bit.ly/PetalumaFireworks

Sausalito Fourth of July Celebration: 10 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. July 4, Sausalito. Celebrate the Fourth with a parade through Sausalito, a Dunphy Park picnic featuring food and fun activities like the annual egg toss and tug of war competitions, and an evening extravaganza in Gabrielson Park complete with live entertainment and a 9:15 p.m. fireworks display off Spinnaker Point. Free admission. bit.ly/SausalitoFireworks

Healdsburg Fourth of July Celebration: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. July 4, Healdsburg. Enjoy a Fourth of July festival at Healdsburg Plaza featuring a parade, lawn games, live music, Duck Dash Races, face painting and a fireworks display starting at 9:30 p.m.. Firework viewing will be available at the Fitch Mountain Elementary School parking lot and throughout the city. Free admission. tinyurl.com/HealdsburgFourth

Lakeport Independence Day Around the Lake: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. July 4, Lakeport. Fourth of July festivities include the Lakeshore Lions Carnival, a Fourth of July street fair featuring craft vendors, food trucks and beer and wine booths, plus a 9:30 p.m. fireworks show at Library Park. Free admission. tinyurl.com/LakeportFourth

Sonoma Independence Day Celebration: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. July 4, Historic Sonoma Plaza, Sonoma. The Fourth of July in Sonoma kicks off with a 60-entry parade winding its way around the town's historic plaza. After the parade, enjoy an old-fashioned festival with food, drinks and game booths by Sonoma's nonprofit organizations. At dusk, all eyes shift to the skies above General Vallejo's field for the spectacular fireworks finale. Free admission. tinyurl.com/SonomaFourth

Moraga Fourth of July Celebration: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. July 4, Moraga Commons Park, 1425 St. Mary's Road, Moraga. This annual Fourth of July festival typically features food, drinks, community booths, family activities, live entertainment, jump houses, a dog parade and a grand fireworks display. Free admission. tinyurl.com/MoragaFourth

Suisun City Fourth of July Celebration: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. July 4, Suisun City Waterfront. Spend Fourth of July along the waterfront at this festival featuring amusement rides, pony rides, community shows, live music, a petting zoo, food and retail vendors and a 9:15 p.m. fireworks show. Free admission. tinyurl.com/SuisunFourth

San Jose Fireworks Festival: 3 to 10 p.m. July 4, Almaden Lake Regional Park, 6099 Winfield Blvd., San Jose. San Jose's ninth annual Fourth of July Fireworks Festival will feature live music, a half-time show, food trucks, a fun zone and a 9:15 p.m. fireworks finale. Free admission. tinyurl.com/SanJoseFourth

American Canyon Fourth of July Celebration: Starting at 3 p.m. July 4, American Canyon. The 2024 festivities will include a parade on Elliot Drive and a festival at Community Park II featuring music, food, fun activities and a fireworks show at dusk. Free admission. tinyurl.com/ACfourth

Dixon Fourth of July Celebration: 4 to 9:15 p.m. July 4, Dixon. The annual Fourth of July festivities will include a recreational swim and food truck court at Pat Granucci Aquatics Center, plus pickleball, a live concert and a 9:15 p.m. fireworks show at Hall Park. Prices vary. tinyurl.com/DixonFourth

Antioch Fourth of July Celebration: Starting at 4 p.m. July 4, Antioch. Set up along West Second and Third Streets to watch Antioch's annual parade, then visit Waldie Plaza for live entertainment, local vendors, food trucks, a DJ stage, kids activities and a fireworks show at dusk. Free admission. antiochca.gov/fourth-of-july-celebration/

Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular at Shoreline Amphitheatre: Starting at 5 p.m. July 4, 1 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View. Celebrate the Fourth of July at Shoreline Amphitheatre with family-friendly games and activities, a live concert by the San Francisco Symphony and a spectacular fireworks display. Prices vary. bit.ly/ShorelineFireworks

San Pablo Fourth of July Multi-Cultural Celebration: 5 to 9 p.m. July 4, San Pablo Community Center, San Pablo. Celebrate the Fourth in San Pablo with live music, food booths, carnival games and resource tables. Instead of doing traditional fireworks, San Pablo will present an aerial drone light show this year. Free. bit.ly/SanPabloFireworks

Milpitas 'Red White & Boom' Celebration: 5 to 10 p.m. July 4, Milpitas Sports Center, 1325 E. Calaveras Blvd., Milpitas. Celebrate America's 248th birthday and the City of Milpitas' 70th birthday with delicious food, fun activities, a kids area, a live concert and a festive fireworks show. $6 to $8 admission. bit.ly/MilpitasRedWhiteandBoom

Mare Island Spirit Ship Celebration: 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. July 4, Mare Island Promenade, 860 Nimitz Ave., Vallejo. Celebrate the Fourth of July with an unforgettable evening on Mare Island, featuring food trucks, magic shows, a craft cocktail and mocktail lounge, a kid's zone, music by DJ TURN UP and a dazzling drone show illuminating the sky. $0 to $25 admission. tinyurl.com/MareSpiritFourth

Vacaville Fourth of July Celebration: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. July 4, Andrews Park, 614 E. Monte Vista Ave., Vacaville. Get ready to dance the night away with a Fourth of July celebration featuring drinks, food trucks and a concert by Groove Ride. This 11-piece party band will perform dance music from the 1970s to today. Stick around after the concert for a spectacular fireworks finale. $0 to $3 admission. tinyurl.com/VacavilleFourth

Fireworks at Lake Cunningham: 7 to 10 p.m. July 4, Lake Cunningham Park, 2305 S. White Road, San Jose. Looking for a festive fireworks show to enjoy with your family in San Jos(C)? This year, District 8 Councilmember Domingo Candelas is hosting the first ever Fourth of July Fireworks Show at Lake Cunningham Park, featuring food trucks, fun activities, and a 9 p.m. fireworks finale. Free admission. tinyurl.com/CunninghamFireworks

San Francisco Waterfront Fireworks Show: 9:30 p.m. July 4, San Francisco waterfront. San Francisco's annual fireworks display over the Bay is launched and synced from separate barges to allow maximum viewing. Prior to the show, onlookers can enjoy free Fourth of July festivities at Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39. For a more premier viewing and dining experience with front row seats to the action, consider booking a trip out onto the water with City Cruises (departing from San Francisco and Berkeley).

Gilroy Fourth of July Fireworks: 9:30 p.m. July 4, Gilroy. Gilroy's annual fireworks show sends sparklers skyward from Gilroy High School and can be viewed from nearby neighborhoods and Christmas Hill Park. Free. bit.ly/GilroyFireworks

Fourth of July Fireworks at California's Great America: 9:45 p.m. July 4, 4701 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara. After a day of riding roller coasters and splashing about at South Bay Shores, sit back and enjoy a fireworks display set to a patriotic soundtrack. Fireworks begin at 9:45 p.m. in the skies above the Flight Deck rollercoaster. Free with admission. cagreatamerica.com

South Lake Tahoe July Fourth Fireworks: 9:45 p.m. July 4, Lake Tahoe. Rated one of the top five fireworks displays in the nation by the American Pyrotechnics Association, TahoeSouth's Lights on the Lake Fireworks show will take place at 9:45 p.m. and will be visible from across town. Free. bit.ly/SouthLakeTahoeFireworks

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Summary The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to notify healthcare providers, public health authorities and the public of an increased risk of dengue virus (DENV) infections in the United States in 2024. Global incidence of dengue in 2024 has been the highest on record for this calendar year; many countries are reporting higher-than-usual dengue case numbers. In 2024, countries in the Americas have reported a record-breaking number of dengue cases, exceeding the highest number ever recorded in a single year. From January 1 '' June 24, 2024, countries in the Americas reported more than 9.7 million dengue cases, twice as many as in all of 2023 (4.6 million cases). In the United States, Puerto Rico has declared a public health emergency (1,498 cases) and a higher-than-expected number of dengue cases have been identified among U.S. travelers (745 cases) from January 1 '' June 24, 2024. In the setting of increased global and domestic incidence of dengue, healthcare providers should take steps including:

Have increased suspicion of dengue among people with fever who have been in areas with frequent or continuous dengue transmission within 14 days before illness onset,Order appropriate diagnostic tests for acute DENV infection: reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction [RT-PCR] and IgM antibody tests, or non-structural protein 1 [NS1] antigen tests and IgM antibody tests,Ensure timely reporting of dengue cases to public health authorities, andPromote mosquito bite prevention measures among people living in or visiting areas with frequent or continuous dengue transmission.BackgroundDengue is the most common arboviral disease globally. It is caused by four distinct but closely related dengue viruses (DENV-1, -2, -3, and -4). DENVs are transmitted through bites of infected Aedes species mosquito vectors. Infection with one DENV generally induces life-long protection against infection from that specific DENV but only protects against other DENVs for several months to years. Dengue is a nationally notifiable disease in the United States. Six U.S. territories and freely associated states are classified as areas with frequent or continuous dengue transmission: Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. In the rest of the United States, local transmission of DENV has been limited, with sporadic cases or small outbreaks in Florida, Hawaii, and Texas. However, confirmed local DENV transmission has also been reported by Arizona and California over the past two years.

Approximately one in four DENV infections are symptomatic and can be mild or severe. Symptoms begin after an incubation period of 5''7 days (range 3''10 days) and present as fever accompanied by non-specific signs and symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, rash, muscle aches, joint pain, bone pain, pain behind the eyes, headache, or low white blood cell counts. Warning signs are specific clinical findings that predict progression to severe disease. Warning signs include abdominal pain or tenderness, persistent vomiting, clinical fluid accumulation (e.g., ascites, pleural effusion), mucosal bleeding, lethargy or restlessness, progressive increase of hematocrit, or liver enlargement >2cm. Severe disease, with associated severe bleeding, shock or respiratory distress caused by plasma leakage, or end-organ impairment, develops in 1 in 20 people with symptomatic dengue. Infants aged '‰¤1 year, pregnant people, adults aged '‰¥65 years, and people with certain medical conditions are at increased risk of severe dengue. Although a second DENV infection (i.e., with a different DENV from the first infection) carries a higher risk of severe disease than a first, third, or fourth infection, any infection can lead to severe disease.

Patients with symptoms compatible with dengue can be tested with both molecular and serologic diagnostic tests. All patients with suspected DENV infection should be tested with RT-PCR (i.e., a nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT)) or a NS1 antigen test, and also with IgM antibody test to confirm DENV infection. These tests can be considered regardless of the symptom onset date, although the test sensitivity of RT-PCR and NS1 antigen tests decrease after the first 7 days. IgG detection by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in a single serum sample should not be used to diagnose a patient with acute dengue because it does not distinguish between current and previous DENV infection. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved testing is available at public health laboratories and some commercial laboratories. State, tribal, territorial, and local health departments, and CDC can offer additional testing guidance.

There are no antiviral medications approved to treat dengue. Treatment is supportive and requires careful volume management. Appropriate triage, management, and follow-up remain the most effective interventions to reduce dengue morbidity and mortality. Expectant management of patients at high risk for severe disease and rapid initiation of a standardized fluid replacement strategy recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) can decrease mortality from 13% to <1%. In June 2021, the Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices recommended a dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia, for children aged 9''16 years with laboratory confirmation of previous DENV infection and living in areas with frequent or continuous dengue transmission such as Puerto Rico. While the vaccine is considered safe and effective, the manufacturer (Sanofi Pasteur, Inc., Paris France) has discontinued production citing a lack of demand. Vaccine administration will continue in Puerto Rico until available doses expire in 2026.There are no vaccines recommended for travelers, adults, or persons without a previous DENV infection.

Dengue cases resurged globally after the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, more than 4.6 million cases and 4000 deaths were reported in the Americas region. As of June 24, 2024, more than 9.7 million dengue cases have been reported in the Americas, twice as many as in all of 2023 (4.6 million cases). Dengue transmission peaks during the warmer and wetter months in many tropical and subtropical regions. Dengue cases are likely to increase as global temperatures increase. Higher temperatures can expand the range of the mosquitoes that spread dengue, as well as affect other factors that facilitate virus transmission like faster viral amplification in the mosquito, increased vector survival, and changes in reproduction and biting rates. U.S. summer travel often overlaps with the months of increased dengue activity in many countries. Epidemics in the Americas region increase travel-associated cases and limited local transmission in the continental United States. A higher-than-expected number of dengue cases (total of 2,241 cases, including 1,498 in Puerto Rico) were reported in the United States from January 1 '' June 24, 2024. Public health authorities in Puerto Rico declared a public health emergency in March 2024 because of the high number of cases reported during the low dengue season. Healthcare providers should be prepared to recognize, diagnose, manage, and report dengue cases to public health authorities; public health partners should investigate cases and disseminate clear prevention messages to the public. The CDC is actively implementing several strategies to address the increase in cases of dengue in the United States, including:

Launching a program-led emergency response, which was activated on April 8, 2024.Providing regularly scheduled monthly situational updates on dengue to partners, stakeholders, and jurisdictions.Expanding laboratory capacity to improve laboratory testing approaches.Collaborating with State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Health Departments to strengthen dengue surveillance and recommend prevention strategies.Educating the public on dengue prevention.Recommendations for Healthcare Providers

Maintain a high suspicion for dengue among patients with fever and recent travel (within 14 days before illness onset) to areas with frequent or continuous dengue transmission.Consider locally acquired dengue among patients who have signs and symptoms highly compatible with dengue (e.g., fever, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, aches, pains, rash) in areas with competent mosquito vectors.Order appropriate FDA-approved dengue tests (RT-PCR and IgM antibody tests, or NS1 and IgM antibody tests), and do not delay treatment waiting for test results to confirm dengue.Know the warning signs for progression to severe dengue, which include abdominal pain or tenderness, persistent vomiting, clinical fluid accumulation, mucosal bleeding, lethargy or restlessness, and liver enlargement.For people with suspected dengue who do not have warning signs and are not part of a population at high risk for severe dengue, consider outpatient management with close follow-up.Teach patients about the warning signs that may appear as their fever starts to decline and instruct them to seek care urgently if they experience any warning signs.Recognize the critical phase of dengue. The critical phase begins when fever starts to decline and lasts for 24''48 hours. During this phase, some patients require close monitoring and may deteriorate within hours without appropriate intravenous (IV) fluid management.Hospitalize patients with severe dengue or any warning sign of progression to severe dengue and follow CDC/WHO protocols for IV fluid management .Follow local guidelines to report dengue cases to state, tribal, local, or territorial health departments.Recommendations for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Health Departments

Use FDA-approved dengue tests. Ensure access to dengue testing for all patients with suspected dengue.Remind clinicians of the high risk of dengue among patients with fever who have been in areas with frequent or continuous dengue transmission.Remind clinicians that local transmission can occur in areas with competent vectors and to test patients with compatible illnesses even without a history of having been in an area with dengue.Inform healthcare providers and the public when locally acquired and travel-associated dengue cases are detected in the area.Report dengue cases to CDC via ArboNET, the national arboviral surveillance system managed by CDC and state health departments.Take the lead in investigating dengue cases and outbreaks.Consider targeted outreach about increasing dengue risk to healthcare providers more likely to identify dengue cases (i.e., travel medicine clinics, infectious disease physicians, or healthcare systems serving highly mobile populations such as migrant and border health clinics, and clinics with frequent travelers to areas with frequent or continuous dengue transmission) and messaging to populations at higher risk for dengue.Recommendations for the Public

Learn how to prevent mosquito bites.Use Environmental Protection Agency-approved repellents during travel to and after returning from areas with frequent or continuous dengue transmission.Wear loose-fitting, long-sleeved pants and shirts.Control mosquitos at home indoors and outdoors.Use air conditioning and window screens when possible, to lower risk for mosquito bites indoors.Dump and drain containers that hold water to reduce mosquito egg-laying sites in your home and neighborhood.Seek medical care if you have a fever or have dengue symptoms and live in or traveled to an area with dengue outbreaks .If you plan international travel to a an area with frequent or continuous dengue transmission, protect yourself from mosquito bites during and after your trip.For More Information

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By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor

Published: 07:52 EDT, 8 July 2024 | Updated: 22:48 EDT, 8 July 2024

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President Joe Biden's future in the 2024 race could be decided this week as Democrats return to Washington for the first time since his disastrous debate sparked calls for him to step aside.

The clock is ticking for the 81-year-old's as he faces brutal questions of whether he is up for the job and if he is capable of beating Donald Trump in November.

On Monday morning, he sent a letter to Democrats in Congress saying he will stay in the race 'until the end', and insisted he is still the man to beat Trump. He rejected press speculation and said voters wanted him on the ticket, despite polls that say otherwise.

The desperate Biden then went on MSNBC's Morning Joe to laugh off suggestions he needed to be tested for age-related illnesses such as Parkinson's disease and dared Democrats to throw him overboard.

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Breaking: Democratic Rep. Adam Smith calls on Biden to step down... and reveals who should be the replacement Democratic Rep. Adam Smith has publicly called on President Joe Biden to step aside from the presidential race, and believes Kamala Harris is a 'stronger candidate'.

'I think it's become clear that he's (Biden) not the best person to carry the Democratic message' he told CNN's Jake Tapper.

Smith was on a private call over the weekend with colleagues who said Biden needed to drop out.

But now he has become the highest-ranking member of his party to go public with his calls for the embattled president, 81, to be replaced.

Smith then released a statement through is Congressional website. Read it in full below:

Biden should end his candidacy for a second term as President and release his delegates to the Democratic National Convention to enable the party to nominate a new candidate for President. This must happen as soon as possible to give the new ticket the maximum amount of time to make its case to the American people. Any candidate for the highest office in our nation has a strong burden to bear. That candidate must be able to clearly, articulately, and strongly make his or her case to the American people. It is clear that President Biden is no longer able to meet this burden. Donald Trump and MAGA extremism pose an existential threat to our nation, and we need to be in the strongest possible position to win in this election. If President Biden runs, I will back him one hundred percent and without reservation. Elections are, after all, a choice. The President would still be, by a wide margin, the best candidate in the current field. He has done an outstanding job as President and our country will always owe him an enormous debt of gratitude for the job he has done. But no candidate is owed another term in office based solely on past performance. Every new term must be earned with the clear understanding of what that candidate will be capable of doing in the term to come. If the President continues his campaign, it would be a mistake. He should step aside now so that we can find a new candidate that will put us in the strongest possible position to beat Donald Trump in November. Desperate Biden, 81, laughs at getting tests to explain why he 'can't finish sentences', insists he 'doesn't care' about calls for him to drop out and dares Democrats to challenge him in rambling interviewPresident Joe Biden, 81, pulled a Trump trick on Monday, dialing into a sympathetic TV show to defend himself amid calls to step aside and to dare critics to run against him at his party's convention next month.

He laughed off suggestions that he be tested to explain his stumbling debate performance and insisted he was not going to drop out of the election.

Instead he listed his administration's achievements and painted his critics as an out-of-touch elite as he fights for his political life.

And he chuckled when Morning Joe host Mika Brzezinski asked whether he had been tested for pre-Parkinson's or other diseases that might explain why he had been unable to finish sentence in his debate showdown with Donald Trump.

'I had before. I was feeling so badly before the debate,' he said. 'When I came back, they tested me before. I thought maybe I had COVID. Maybe there was something wrong ... I had an infection or something.

Trump says Biden has too much of an ego to drop out of 2024 raceBy Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

Donald Trump thinks President Joe Biden won't step aside in November because he has too much of an ego to end his reelection bid and that First Lady Jill Biden is having too much of a 'good time' in the White House to want to leave.

Amid rising calls from lawmakers, donors, strategists and members within the Democratic Party for Biden to withdraw from the race, the president has doubled-down that he won't drop out.

Now the former president is weighing-in on the future of his competitor's campaign and claiming he won't cave to the pressure to withdraw.

He told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday:

It looks to me like he may very well stay in. He's got an ego, and he doesn't want to quit. He doesn't want to do that'... nobody wants to give that up in that way. He's going to feel badly about himself for a long time. Biden's doctor dismisses neurologist's frequent visits to the White House, says president hasn't seen him outside annual physicalsBy Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

The movement disorder doctor who visited the White House eight times in eight months is the neurologist who assesses President Joe Biden at his annual physicals.

White House Physician Kevin O'Connor claimed in a memo on Monday that Biden has not seen a neurologist, including Dr. Kevin Cannard, outside of his regularly scheduled physical exams.

Dr. O'Connor wrote:

Seeing patients at the White House is something Dr. Cannard has been doing for a dozen years. Cannard is a specialist at Walter Reed Medical Center focused on movement disorders like Parkinson's disease, which some experts speculate could be a condition that explains Biden's shuffling and stuttered gait.

White House visitor logs revealed that Cannard visited the White House eight times in eight months from summer 2023 to spring 2024.

Donald Trump will reveal VP pick at Republican Convention next weekBy Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

Donald Trump said he will reveal his vice president pick at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin next week '' or right beforehand.

The veepstakes were highly watched before the debate on June 27 but have since been overshadowed by calls from Democrats for Joe Biden to step aside. Trump said weeks ago that he already made up his mind on who will run with him on the GOP ticket in November.

Speaking with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday, Trump said:

I'd love to do it during the convention... Probably a little before the convention, but not much. It could even be during the convention that we're doing. I'd love to do it during the convention. I think would be a very interesting build up and important for the convention. Would make it even more exciting if we did it in Milwaukee. Trump said the most important thing is choosing someone that would make a good president.

Those reportedly in the final consideration for Trump's VP are Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Sen. marco Rubio (R-Fla.). There are a handful of others speculated to be on the short list.

Biden continues damage control by joining call with Congressional Black CaucusBy Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

President Joe Biden is joining a virtual meeting with members of the influential Congressional Black Caucus on Monday evening.

He will discuss on the call the 2024 election and his future as the Democratic nominee.

According to the Biden-Harris reelection campaign:

President Biden will deliver remarks and answer questions from CBC members. It comes as many claim Biden's sway with black voters could be his ticket to remaining a viable candidate in November amid calls within the Democratic Party for him to step aside.

CBC Chairman Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) released a statement on Monday backing Biden.

Biden will do 'what's right for the country' says KaineBy Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor

Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia said Monday President Biden will do what's 'right for the country,' without specifying exactly what that is.

'Joe Biden has given nobody any reason to doubt that he's going to put country first,' said Kaine, who will be on the ballot himself in November.

'This is Joe Biden. He does what's right for the country. He's going to do what's right for the country,' he told reporters amid push and pull for the president to step back amid low poll numbers and a disaster debate performance.

Asked by DailyMail.com if his state was in play and why, he responded, 'I feel very, very good about what I'm seeing in the polls in Virginia, but obviously this changes it. We'll check it out. It's my 11th race in Virginia. I've won every one of them.

On a day when more elected leaders came out to urge Biden to stay or go, Kaine held back. 'I'm not going to tell Joe Biden what the right decision for him is.'

But the former DNC chair and Hillary Clinton running mate didn't rule out the mechanics being in place to find a new nominee if one is needed. 'There's a lot of time between now and the convention,' he said.

AOC breaks silence on whether she'll back BidenProgressive Squad leader Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez broke her silence on whether Joe Biden should run again in 2024.

After Biden's disastrous debate performance against former President Donald Trump on June 27, questions have swirled over the 81-year-old's physical and mental health - and whether he should withdraw from the race.

So far, only a small cohort of Democrat lawmakers have called on the president to withdraw from the race while many more have thrown their support behind Biden.

The Squad leader confirmed Monday she is on board with the president's leadership.

'I have spoken with [Biden] extensively,' AOC revealed. 'The matter is closed. Joe Biden is our nominee.'

Jill Biden says Donald Trump is 'evil'By Emily Goodin, senior U.S. political reporter in Columbus, Georgia

Jill Biden, speaking to veterans and military families in Georgia, called Donald Trump 'evil.

'He's evil,' the first lady said, debuting a new line on the campaign trail.

'He didn't want to be seen with injured veterans because it didn't look good for him. It's disgraceful. But it's not surprising,' she said.

She repeated the story of how Donald Trump called soldiers 'losers' and 'suckers' '' a story which Trump denies.

Jill Biden on Monday launched Veteran uhfd4jmcde6s and Military Families for Biden, campaigning in North Carolina, Florida and Georgia.

Top Biden donor says it will be a 'disaster ' if Joe stays in the race and pulls support until after the conventionA major Democratic donor has pulled his support from President Joe Biden and said it would be a 'disaster' if he stays in the race.

Stewart Bainum Jr., the chairman of Choice Hotels, told CNBC on Monday that it is time for the 81-year-old president to 'pass the baton'.

He confirmed that he will help the Democratic nominee 'whoever that is' after the convention, but won't do it before.

Bainum, who is estimated to have an $85million net worth, joins wealthy backers who are skeptical of Biden's chances of beating Donald Trump in November, following his disastrous debate performance 10 days ago.

He held a fundraiser for Biden in Maryland last year, and he and wife Sandy have already donated $929,600 to the Biden Victory Fund.

He told CNBC.

It's now best for the country and the world for him to pass the baton. It's going to be a disaster for the country for him to stay in the race. We'll help the nominee- whoever that is- after the convention. We won't do it before the convention. We want to know who the nominee is. We think there should be an open convention and the delegates can decide.' Hakeem Jeffries says 'I support President Joe Biden'House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is standing with President Biden even as elected Democrats line up to raise public doubts about whether he can win.

'Yes I made clear the day after the debate publicly that I support President Joe Biden and the Democratic ticket. My position has not changed,' Jeffries said, Punchbowl News reported.

That comes after pundits following Biden's disastrous debate performance called for top party leaders including Jeffries and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi to urge Biden to withdraw from the race.

Biden has been rallying allies and getting statements of support from influential members of the Congressional Black Caucus including Rep. James C. Clyburn of South Carolina. On Monday Biden issued a letter pointing to his overwhelming primary win.

Colorado Senator Bennet calls on Biden to show he has the 'vigor' to campaign and show his debate was a 'one-off'By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor

Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet on Monday called for a 'conversation' about whether President Biden could win reelection '' and asked pointed questions about whether he could harm Democrats down-ballot.

'We need candidates at every level of this campaign who are campaigning with the vigor that it's going to require to beat Donald Trump,' Bennet told DailyMail.com in the Senate as lawmakers openly mused whether the party was better off with or without Biden as their standard bearer.

'The way he's going to be able to convince voters that this was a one off, that it was a bad night, is to be able to go out there and to campaign and to take on Donald Trump to defend the values that we all care about and that he cares about,' he told reporters, referencing Biden's disastrous debate performance.

'We'll have to see. I want him to succeed,' said Bennet, who previously chaired his party's Senate campaign arm, while declining to state his view flat out. But he didn't rule out the practicality of replacing him.

'First of all I'm sure we could figure it out if we had to figure it out. That's no one's first choice '... We have a moral obligation to the country to establish that we can win the presidency, that we can win the House, and that we can win the Senate. We have to do that. And we're here today to have this conversation '' or this week.'

White House planning 'big boy press conference' for Biden as the faces growing pressure from elected DemocratsPresident Biden is setting up the next hurdle as he proves he is up for campaigning amid calls by lawmakers for him to step back '' submitting to what the White House is now calling a 'big boy' press conference.

The commitment came on a day Biden phone into MSNBC and wrote restive congressional lawmakers seeking to provide assurances that he can beat Donald Trump after his shaky debate performance.

'I guess a big boy press conference, we're calling it, and take some questions from you all,' White House national security spokesman John Kirby called it while discussing Biden's schedule.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also used the term '' which came from a reporter who last week wanted to know the nature of the event. Biden will 'hold a press conference - a big boy press conference,' Jean-Pierre said at the White House while battling questions about Biden's health and cognition.

Karine Jean-Pierre admits Biden has seen a neurologist three times but refuses to say why Parkinson's expert visited the White House in chaotic press briefingFrom Rob Crilly, Chief U.S. Political Correspondent at the White House

The White House on Monday said that President Joe Biden was not being treated for Parkinson's disease during a bad-tempered press briefing when officials were accused of hiding his medical details.

Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at times struggled to be heard amid a cacophony of questions about the 81-year-old president's health.

She confirmed he had been examined three times by a neurologist but refused to say why a specialist in Parkinson's disease visited the White House eight times in eight months, citing privacy and security concerns.

But that simply triggered a hubbub of questions from the usually docile front row of reporters who wanted a fuller explanation.

'Ed, a little respect please,' said Jean-Pierre to CBS News senior White House correspondent Ed O'Keefe, who wanted to know why she was not prepared to discuss details of Dr. Kevin Cannard's visits, when they were already a matter of public record, revealed by visitor logs.

White House says there was 'no script' when Biden phoned into 'Morning Joe'White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre got asked point blank if President Biden had a script when he phoned into MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' Monday morning.

'The president spoke from his heart,' she said. 'There was no script at all. He was very detailed.'

At one point during Biden's remarks a microphone picked up what sounded like paper being turned over.

'I'm reading from a list of lies,' Biden said on air after running through a list of statements Donald Trump made during the debate that he took on.

Karine Jean-Pierre holds contentious briefing about Biden's health and medical visitsWhite House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre held a contentious briefing with reporters who pressed her repeatedly about the president's health and fitness and revelations about White House visits by a neurologist from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Jean-Pierre bristled when asked about the White House being forced to clean up her own earlier statement that Biden hadn't had a medical exam following his disastrous debate. (He had a check-in with the White House physician who asked about what he said was a cold, the White House said last week).

'My team does everything that we can to make sure that we get the answers to you,' she told reporters. 'To say that I'm holding information or to allude to anything else is really, really unfair.'

She said Biden 'has seen a neurologist three times '' not more than that' as part of his ordinary annual physical. But she would not describe the White House visits, gleaned from visitor logs, of the expert, citing privacy rules and thousands of personnel who get treated at the White House.

'We want to respect that person and give them the measure of privacy that they deserve,' she said.

White House spokesman John Kirby says he has seen 'no reason' to question Biden's 'lucidity'White House National Security spokesman John Kirby said on Monday that he has seen no reason to question Joe Biden's lucidity after his disastrous debate performance.

He defended the 81-year-old president and suggested he was sharp because he still asked foreign policy questions even he couldn't answer.

As he was peppered with questions on Biden's health, he said he was 'uncomfortable' answering.

In my experience in the last two and a half years, I have not seen any reason whatsoever to question or doubt (President Biden) lucidity, his grasp of context, his probing nature, and the degree to which he is completely in charge of facts and figures. Jill Biden stops at a coffee shop in Tampa, Florida, on her campaign blitz for Joe Biden spokesman John Kirby: President will host a 'big boy' press conference during NATO this weekWhite House National Security spokesman John Kirby has said Joe Biden will host a 'big boy' press conference during the NATO summit in Washington D.C. this week.

He also rejected any concerns that the 81-year-old is not able to lead and rejected suggestions other world leaders are worried about signs of cognitive decline.

Parkinson's disease expert visited Biden's White House EIGHT TIMES in eight months, visitor logs show An expert on Parkinson's disease has visited Joe Biden's White House nine times since November 2022, visitor logs show.

Eight of those visits from Dr. Kevin Cannard, a Walter Reed neurologist, came between last summer and this spring.

It was first reported over the weekend that Dr. Cannard met with Biden's personal physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor in January.

Now the frequency of his trips has been revealed.

The White House documents visits from July 2023 to March 2024.

More recent trips would not yet have been disclosed.

It is unclear if Dr. Cannard was at the White House to discuss Biden's health or whether it was for an unrelated meeting.

But it has fueled more questions about the 81-year-old's health since his disastrous debate peformance.

Stephen King says it's time for Biden to step downStephen King has said it's time for President Joe Biden to end his re-election bid.

The novelist and fervent Donald Trump critic says the 81-year-old president needs to make the drastic move for the 'America he so clearly loves'.

'Joe Biden has been a fine president, but it's time for him'--in the interests of the America he so clearly loves'--to announce he will not run for re-election,' he posted on X.

Top progressive lawmaker on the fence over Joe Biden's future as top DemocratHouse progressive's support of Joe Biden as the presumed presidential nominee is in question.

Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., released a statement Monday indicating the conference is not fully on board with Biden.

'It's true that Democrats are having many conversations among our members and our constituents as we consider the best path forward to protect our democracy,' she wrote.

'As CPC Chair, I am listening carefully to the thoughts of our members from all over the country'--in swing and safe states and districts'--as we work to ensure we defeat Donald Trump and win the House and Senate.'

Her indecision comes as congressional lawmakers are set to return to Washington to a deluge of questions about their loyalty to the Democrat president as his health and ability have concerned lawmakers and voters alike.

Battleground state Senate Democrat defends Biden saying it's time to have his backNevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto came out in defense of President Biden as senators return to the hill on Monday.

'Joe Biden won the Democratic nomination in a landslide because he fights for working people in this country,' she wrote on X.

'He's always had Nevadans' backs, whether it's on the picket lines, protecting our personal freedoms, or lowering costs '-- now it's time for us to have his.'

Nevada is one of the biggest battlegrounds of the 2024 presidential race.

Cortez Masto won a close reelection during the 2022 midterms.

Former DNC chair Wasserman Schultz says any candidate can have five bad days and blasts media for 'dissecting' Biden's wordsEven as elected Democrats break with the president, Biden loyalists are pushing back. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Shultz (D-Fla.), a former DNC chair, told DailyMail.com Biden's letter today was 'very effective' in reminding colleagues to come together.

She expanded on Biden's 'bad day' argument and predicted he might have five bad days during the campaign '' but said it was wrong to obsess over it.

'Do you know any candidate in the United States of America that doesn't have five bad days on the campaign trail? Because I've had five and I'm 57 years old,' said Wasserman-Schultz, a member of Speaker Hakeem Jeffries' leadership team.

'This is the problem, is that the press is intricately parsing and separating and dissecting every single word, every single movement. There's no human being on earth that could withstand that kind of scrutiny.' Asked how Democrats could pull out of the cycle, she responded, 'Focus on Donald Trump and his extremism.'

Democrat Sen. Tester: 'Biden has got to prove that he's up for the job'Democratic Senator Jon Tester has some harsh words for President Biden as the president faces questions over whether he is fit for the job.

In a statement to a local Montana reporter, the Democrat said the president 'has got to prove to the American people - including me- that he's up to the job for another four years.'

'Meanwhile, I'll continue to do what I've always done: Stand up to President Biden when he's wrong and protect our Montana way of life,' he continued.

It is one of the harshest public statements made to date about the president's ability to lead.

Tester is facing a tough reelection this fall in red Montana as Republicans look to flip the majority in the Senate.

Gov. Gretcher Whitmer swats down 2024 ticket rumorsGov. Gretchen Whitmer - who has been floated as a possible replacement on the 2024 ticket for Biden - is downplaying those rumors.

'It's a distraction more than anything,' Whitmer told the Associated Press on Monday ahead of the launch of her new book.

'I don't like seeing my name in articles like that because I'm totally focused on governing and campaigning for the ticket,' she continued.

2024 Republican platform announced ahead of conventionSEAL THE BORDER, AND STOP THE MIGRANT INVASIONCARRY OUT THE LARGEST DEPORTATION OPERATION IN AMERICAN HISTORYEND INFLATION, AND MAKE AMERICA AFFORDABLE AGAINMAKE AMERICA THE DOMINANT ENERGY PRODUCER IN THE WORLD, BY FAR!STOP OUTSOURCING, AND TURN THE UNITED STATES INTO A MANUFACTURING SUPERPOWERLARGE TAX CUTS FOR WORKERS, AND NO TAX ON TIPS!DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION, OUR BILL OF RIGHTS, AND OUR FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, INCLUDING FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, AND THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMSPREVENT WORLD WAR THREE, RESTORE PEACE IN EUROPE AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND BUILD A GREAT IRON DOME MISSILE DEFENSE SHIELD OVER OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY -- ALL MADE IN AMERICAEND THE WEAPONIZATION OF GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLESTOP THE MIGRANT CRIME EPIDEMIC, DEMOLISH THE FOREIGN DRUG CARTELS, CRUSH GANG VIOLENCE, AND LOCK UP VIOLENT OFFENDERSREBUILD OUR CITIES, INCLUDING WASHINGTON DC, MAKING THEM SAFE, CLEAN, AND BEAUTIFUL AGAIN.STRENGTHEN AND MODERNIZE OUR MILITARY, MAKING IT, WITHOUT QUESTION, THE STRONGEST AND MOST POWERFUL IN THE WORLDKEEP THE U.S. DOLLAR AS THE WORLD'S RESERVE CURRENCYFIGHT FOR AND PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE WITH NO CUTS, INCLUDING NO CHANGES TO THE RETIREMENT AGECANCEL THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANDATE AND CUT COSTLY AND BURDENSOME REGULATIONSCUT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ANY SCHOOL PUSHING CRITICAL RACE THEORY, RADICAL GENDER IDEOLOGY, AND OTHER INAPPROPRIATE RACIAL, SEXUAL, OR POLITICAL CONTENT ON OUR CHILDRENKEEP MEN OUT OF WOMEN'S SPORTSDEPORT PRO-HAMAS RADICALS AND MAKE OUR COLLEGE CAMPUSES SAFE AND PATRIOTIC AGAINSECURE OUR ELECTIONS, INCLUDING SAME DAY VOTING, VOTER IDENTIFICATION, PAPER BALLOTS, AND PROOF OF CITIZENSHIPUNITE OUR COUNTRY BY BRINGING IT TO NEW AND RECORD LEVELS OF SUCCESSFormer Obama speechwriter responds to Biden's claims in Morning Joe interview Barack Obama's former speechwriter Jon Favreau challenged statements Joe Biden made in his rambling MSNBC interview on Monday morning.

The embattled 81-year-old insisted Democratic voters still backed him for the job and insisted his debate debacle was a one-off bad night.

He also blamed the press and 'elites' for pushing that he should drop out of the race.

Favreau, who is now the host of the podcast Pod Save America, hit back and said the concerns started well before the debate.

Testimony for Trump prosecutors pushed back until after his sentencing in SeptemberTrump prosecutors Alvin Bragg and Matthew Colangelo won't be testifying this week.

Bragg will testify only after the ex-president's sentencing in the hush money case, which was pushed back to September 18.

Jill Biden: For all the talk out there about this race, Joe has made it clear that he's all inBy Emily Goodin, senior U.S. political reporter in Wilmington, N.C.

Jill Biden made it clear her husband Joe isn't going anywhere in the race for the White House despite mounting calls for him to step aside.

The defiant first lady said of the 81-year-old president:

For all the talk out there about this race, Joe has made it clear that he's all in. That's the decision he's made and just as he has always supported my career, I am all in too. I know you are too or you wouldn't be here today. And with four more years Joe will continue to fight for you. This is personal for us. We know what it's like to connect with a lagging phone call from across the world, to smile through another holiday at the table. Let me ask you this: Does Donald Trump - does Donald Trump know what it's like? She then repeated the claim that Trump called soldiers 'suckers' and 'losers.'

He didn't want to be seen with injured veterans because it didn't look good for him. It's disgraceful. But it's not surprising. Donald Trump wakes up every morning thinking of one person and one person only: himself. We know what Donald Trump is like as commander-in-chief. He dismissed the military community diminished. America's leadership around the world. It could be worse this time. He said he wants to be a dictator from day one. As Donald Trump weighs his VP pick, new Daily Mail poll reveals who VOTERS want to see on the GOP ticketSen. Tim Scott topped our poll of possible veep picks for Donald Trump, as the former president edges closer to making his decision.

Aides have let it be known that Doug Burgum, North Dakota governor, Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen. J.D. Vance are on a shortlist of three as they tease his announcement ahead of the Republican Party convention next week.

But our poll of 1,000 likely voters offers more food for thought in the meantime, adding extra names into the mix.

Another House Democrat says 'Time is running out' for Joe Biden to prove he can stay in the raceAnother House Democrat is calling on Joe Biden to hurry up and make up his mind about staying in the presidential contest.

Rep. Greg Landsman wrote in a statement Monday: 'President Biden has to be able to make this case clearly to the American people, again and again and again. Now's the time for action, but time is running out.'

The Ohio Democrat's call for Biden to clearly demonstrate his case comes days after Joe reassured voters and lawmakers that he is staying in the race.

'I don't care if he's pooped his pants': Whoopi Goldberg gives her full support of Biden on The View Whoopi Goldberg has given President Joe Biden her full support with an eyebrow-raising defense on The View.

I don't care if he's pooped his pants. I don't care if he can't put a sentence together. Show me he can't do the job and then I'll say, okay, maybe it's time to go. Now, he had a bad night the first time that he went on and debated with [now-Vice President] Kamala Harris, and everybody wanted him to quit then, saying 'You can't talk to women like this,' or 'You're doing this wrong, you're doing that wrong.' He came back, said, 'You know what? I got it,' and gave four years. So yeah, I have poopy days all the time. I step in so much poo you can't even imagine. Now, I'm not running the world, but I don't know anybody who doesn't step in stuff at some point. So I'm just simply saying, yeah, there are two debates. And if he can't do what he needs to do for the second debate, I'll join any crew that says get rid of him. Trump rolls out MAGA themes for Milwaukee convention with public school kids set to inflate balloons for his big momentWith Democrats still infighting over there nominee, Republican Donald Trump's campaign announced the themes for the upcoming Republican convention in Milwaukee. All fit within the MAGA theme, although not quite with the acronym. Monday will be themed 'Make America Wealthy Once Again, Tuesday will be themed 'Make America Safe Once Again.'

Wednesday is headlined as 'Make America Strong Once Again,' and Thursday will reach back to 'Make America Great Once Again.'

The themes come after the convention announced that Milwaukee schoolchildren will help inflate 'nearly 100,000 balloons' set to come down when Trump secures his party's nomination.

Biden to his challengers: Put up or shut upFrom Rob Crilly, Chief U.S. Political Correspondent

Biden used his Morning Joe interview to lay down a challenge to the naysayers in his party, as he insisted that he had been picked fair and square by Democrats as the prospective nominee to run against Donald Trump.

I'm getting so frustrated by the elites. Not talking about you guys by the way ... the elites in the party. They know so much more? If any of these guys don't think I should run ... run against me. Announce for president. Challenge me at the convention. He hit the talking points of his campaign, listing his achievements during the past three and a half years and painting his internal critics as an out-of-touch elite. Instead he pointed to crowds that greeted him during the weekend (above) during a church visit and an 'ice cream social.'

The bottom line here is that we're not going anywhere. I am not going anywhere. I wouldn't be running if I didn't absolutely believe that I'm the best candidate to beat Donald Trump in 2024. Biden cuts indignant tone on Morning Joe as he is peppered with questions about dropping outFrom Rob Crilly, Chief U.S. Political Correspondent

President Joe Biden is pulling a Trump, dialing into a TV show for an interview with Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.

It is a tricky medium for a president who tends to mumble his way through interviews at the best of times, let alone when he is speaking on the telephone.

But he cuts an indignant tone, telling the hosts that losing to Trump is not an option.

Mika asks him how he can reassure voters that he won't suffer another night like his terrible debate peformance.

Look at my career. I have not had many of those nights. It was a terrible night and I really regret it happened. Biden tells Democrats he is 'the best person to beat Donald Trump in 2024'With pressure mounting on him to step aside, President Joe Biden dramatically released a letter to Democrats telling them he is 'firmly committed' to staying in the race to keep the White House.

The 81-year-old issued the letter to lawmakers returning to Congress for the first time since his car crash debate performance with Donald Trump.

Democrats are demanding he step down and polls released in the last week show their candidate could be heading for disaster in November.

But a defiant Biden has insisted he isn't going anywhere and rejected concerns about his candidacy and 'press speculation'.

In the letter, the president took shots at the press, donors and party operatives who have said the party's only chance is to throw him over the side.

'Now that you have returned from the July 4th recess, I want you to know that despite all the speculation in the press and elsewhere, I am firmly committed to staying in this race, to running this race to the end, and to beating Donald Trump.

Biden calls into Morning Joe to combat calls to drop out: 'I'm not going anywhere'Inside Ivanka Trump's emerging role as Donald's fiercest public defenderIvanka Trump has re-emerged as her father Donald's fiercest public defender, even as she defiantly says she won't return to politics.

The former first daughter will attend the Republican National Convention next week, a source close to her told DailyMail.com, but she will be there in a personal capacity to support her father.

She will be there on Thursday, July 18, to see Donald Trump formally accept the nomination. However, Ivanka 'will not serve in any political capacity at the event as a delegate, fundraiser or otherwise,' the source said.

Biden, 81, tells Democrats demanding he drop out that he is STAYING in the race and reveals how he still thinks he can beat TrumpPresident Joe Biden has sent a message to Democrats demanding he drop out that he is staying in the race.

The 81-year-old president attacked the press and insisted Democratic Party voters want him as their candidate, despite the polls telling him otherwise.

In the letter to Congressional Democrats, he said: 'I am firmly committed to staying in this race, to running this race to the end and to beating Donald Trump'.

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Jill Biden's campaign blitz to defend Joe, 81, as he ignores mountain of calls to drop out... and she faces questions on hiding his ailing condition from the publicBy Emily Goodin, senior U.S. political reporter

Jill Biden heads to three key battleground states on Monday to campaign for her husband as more Democrats publicly call on Joe Biden to exit the presidential race.

The first lady will attend campaign events in North Carolina, Florida and Georgia '' all states Biden's re-election campaign is still eying for a win in November, despite the flurry of calls for him to step down.

During her trip she will formally launch Veterans and Military Families for Biden.

Her trip comes as Biden's place on the Democratic ticket is at a tipping point. He, buoyed by his wife and other family members, believes he can turn this around. But members of his party worry the situation is going to get worse.

Jill Biden has been adamant that Joe Biden stay in the race.

But she also hasn't answered questions yet from the media about his condition or addressed questions about whether she worked with staff to hide it from the public

Taylor Swift, Oprah and a 'blitz primary': Well-connected Democrats including a former Obama and Clinton advisor issue bombshell memo detailing wild plot to replace BidenA pair of well-connected Democrats have issued a bombshell memo detailing their wild plan to replace President Joe Biden on their 2024 ticket.

It would require Biden to step down as the head of the ticket by mid-July to pave the way for other Democrats to throw their hats in the ring for a 'blitz primary' that would feature celebrities such as Taylor Swift and Oprah, according to Semafor.

The six candidates with the most votes from delegates would also have to vow to run a positive-only campaign.

The plan is the brainchild of Rosa Brooks, a Georgetown law professor who served in both the Obama and Clinton administrations and as a volunteer policy adviser to the 2020 Biden campaign, as well as Ted Dintersmith, a venture capitalist and education philanthropist who has donated to a number of Democratic campaigns.

They have already circulated the plan to Democrat donors, as well as officials within the Biden campaign and administration - and say they have widespread support.

Major blow for ailing Biden as FIVE more Democrats urge him to step aside in private call - and reveal who they think should be presidential nomineeDemocratic lawmakers held a crisis call on Sunday afternoon to discuss President Joe Biden's viability as their 2024 candidate amid growing concerns over their own political futures in November.

On the call, at least five more Democratic lawmakers called on Biden, 81, to step aside, according to reports.

And most agreed that Vice President Kamala Harris, 59, should be the nominee instead.

Judiciary Ranking Member Jerry Nadler and House Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Mark Takano are among those who expressed they want Biden to end his White House bid.

Reps. Don Beyer, Adam Smith and Joseph Morelle, the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee, also said Biden is done for.

Biden's former press secretary Jen Psaki: His ABC interview 'went just okay'President Joe Biden's former press secretary Jen Psaki admitted on Sunday that his ABC interview may not have done enough to shut down calls for him to step down.

She opened her show on MSNBC by saying:

I would say it went just okay for the president. In many ways, people watching saw what they wanted to see, because for some, he looks better than he did at the debate. He did. He was more clear. He seemed much better prepared to make his case against Trump. There were also some moments '-- not just one '-- that did not go well. Psaki added that Biden seemed 'in denial' about his position in the polls against rival Donald Trump.

When the interview ended, it left us all in this sort of purgatory for the moment. It was better than the debate, not a home run at all. Even if it was a home run, one interview definitely doesn't have the capacity to change the perception out there of 72 percent of voters, according to a CBS poll, who do not believe that Biden has the mental or cognitive health to serve. Even the White House and the campaign know that She also suggested that the panic within the Democratic Party isn't dying down any time soon.

The questions I know I'm getting from text messages from friends, from family are twofold: What's going to happen and what is the best path forward?. And I'm not going to sit here this afternoon and tell you I know the answer to either question. The White House's major Kamala Harris bungle as Democrats struggle to find a viable alternative to Biden, 81, amid calls for the ailing president to step downThe White House has made a major error with Vice President Kamala Harris as Democrats struggle to find an alternative for President Joe Biden following his abysmal debate performance.

Several Democrats - including Rep. James Clyburn, of South Carolina, and Sen. Laphonza Butler, of California - have suggested that the 59-year-old vice president is best suited to take on Trump in the general election if Biden agrees to step down.

Tim Ryan, a former congressman from Ohio, has even called on the 81-year-old commander-in-chief to 'rip the Bandaid off' and promote Harris immediately.

But in the four years since Biden took office, his administration has done very little to promote Harris and properly prepare her to lead the United States, according to The Atlantic.

That failure comes despite the president vowing to stand aside for a new generation of Democratic leaders.

Top Democrat: 'Time is running out' for BidenA top Democrat who has called for President Joe Biden to step aside from the 2024 race has said the deadline for the decision is coming very soon.

Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois told Politico's Playbook on Sunday night:

'People have to act. This isn't a time for contemplation. Time is running out for this process to work effectively, and, frankly, it's time for tough love.' Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, who hasn't called for Biden to drop out, says Joe needs to prove to the country he is capable of doing the job.

He told CNN's State of the Union over the weekend:

I think the president needs to do more. I'm not advising this campaign, but if I were, I would probably suggest that the president get out there and do a town hall, and do a press conference '-- show the country that he is still the old Joe Biden, one of the best retail politicians this country has ever seen. The president says he can do that. I trust that he can. I think this week is going to be really critical for him to answer those remaining questions. Biden's staff give him detailed instructions with pictures and large font that tell him how to 'enter and exit a room' during planned eventsPresident Joe Biden is given detailed instructions with pictures and large font instructing him on how to entry venues ahead of planned events, it has emerged.

A template provided to event staffers, and obtained by Axios, shows how Biden's aides prepare a short document with a photograph that depicts his precise 'walk to the podium'.

The template also reportedly included memos that showed the 'view from podium' and 'view from audience', which were also accompanied by photographs.

The White House has claimed the short memos are 'basic approaches' that are critical to Biden's 'advance work' as president, adding that the same approached is also used by Vice President Kamala Harris' team.

But some event staff have said they were 'surprised' by the memos and do not think a 'seasoned political pro' should need verbal and visual guidance on 'how to enter and exit a room'.

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After this I'm getting back to my job, which is breaking the news that outlets like The New York Times would rather hide unless I give them no choice.

But I want to explain why what Times reporters Peter Baker and Emily Baumgaertner did today in stealing my Saturday scoop about the visits by a Parkinson's specialist to the White House was so offensive - and not just to me.

For the Times didn't merely steal my reporting, it appears to have tried to hide its theft. Their original story - available at the Internet archive called Wayback Machine - claimed the White House had released the visitor logs showing that Parkinson's specialist Dr. Kevin R. Cannard has visited the White House at least eight times since summer 2023 ''in response to a request from The New York Times.''

That line is an apparent effort by Baker and Baumgaertner to explain how they discovered the visits - which the Times reported as ''Breaking News'' - and why they happened to write the article now, two days after mine, rather than months ago.

In reality the Biden Administration's visitor logs are public, online, and available to everyone at any time. The Times did not need to ''request'' them, it simply needed to go to whitehouse.gov and search them, as anyone can. And - after I pointed out that fact on X - the Times secretly edited the story to remove that line.

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( Doing my best to keep them all honest. And you can help! For 20 cents a day.)

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Why? Because the falsity of that claim only highlighted the paper's effort to hide the fact that the Times was late and not early to the news about Cannard.

In reality, this ''breaking news'' was little more than a rewritten version of my article from Saturday - which has been read hundreds of thousands of times on Substack, with its highlights seen more than two million times on X.

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(Two million views, but apparently none at the New York Times'...)

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Baker and Baumgaertner simply did not want to credit me. In the wake of my mRNA Covid jab reporting, the Times now wishes that my decade-long career there had never happened and will do anything to ignore me.

But refusing to credit a clear scoop - as the Times did today - is an upscale form of plagiarism and a violation of journalism ethics. When someone else breaks news you didn't have, and you follow it, you credit them. ( As I did in Saturday's piece, noting that the New York Post had reported one of the visits; it was that piece that led me to check the logs myself.)

Worse, though, by refusing to mention me, the Times has misled its readers. And in this case, that omission does not just damage me. It changes the article.

Why?

Well, as you know, I have sued the President and that many mainstream media outlets despise me for my mRNA reporting. Those facts do NOT change the truth of what I wrote Saturday.

But some readers might be more likely to look skeptically at this reporting if they knew it had begun with me. In failing to report that fact, the Times has denied readers information some might find important.

So the real damage is not just to me, but to everyone who reads the article.

We'll see if anyone at my old employer steps up to apologize, or even admit the truth.

I'm not optimistic.

Now back to work.

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FedEx is using AI-powered cameras installed on its trucks to help aid police investigations, a new report has revealed.

The popular postal firm has partnered with a $4billion surveillance startup based in Georgia called Flock Safety, Forbes reported.

Flock specializes in automated license plate recognition and video surveillance, and already has a fleet of around 40,000 cameras spanning 4,000 cities across 40 states.

FedEx has teamed up with the company to monitor its facilities across the US, but under the deal it is also sharing its Flock surveillance feeds with law enforcement. And it is believed to be one of four multi-billion dollar private companies with this arrangement.

It's led critics to liken the move to rolling out a mass surveillance network - as it emerged that some local police forces are also sharing their Flock feeds with FedEx.

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FedEx is using AI-powered cameras installed on its trucks to help aid police investigations, a new report from Forbes has revealed

The popular postal firm has partnered with Flock, a $4billion surveillance startup from Georgia

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Jay Stanley, a policy analyst with the ACLU, told the Virginian Pilot: 'There's a simple principle that we've always had in this country, which is that the government doesn't get to watch everybody all the time just in case somebody commits a crime.'

'The United States is not China,' he continued. 'But these cameras are being deployed with such density that it's like GPS-tracking everyone.'

In response to Forbes' report that FedEx was part of Flock's surveillance system, he told the outlet: 'It raises questions about why a private company'...would have privileged access to data that normally is only available to law enforcement.'

He went on to bill it as 'profoundly disconcerting'.

Flock Safety's cameras are used to track vehicles by their license plates, as well as the make, model, and color of their cars. Other identifying characteristics are also monitored, such as dents and even bumper stickers.

Lisa Femia, staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, warned that FedEx's participation could prove problematic because private firms are not subject to the same transparency laws as cops.

This, she told Forbes, could '[leave] the public in the dark, while at the same time expanding a sort of mass surveillance network.'

Flock uses real-time data 'to enable and incentivize safer driving,' a description on its website says

FedEx is believed to be one of four multi-billion dollar private companies to team up with Flock Safety

The Shelby County Sheriff's Office in Tennessee confirmed its partnership with Flock in an email to Forbes.

'We share reads from our Flock license plate readers with FedEx in the same manner we share the data with other law enforcement agencies, locally, regionally, and nationally,' public information officer John Morris told the outlet.

He also confirmed his department had access to FedEx's Flock feeds.

Its participation was unmasked after Forbes found the name of the force on publicly available lists of data sharing partners - along with others such as the Pittsboro Police Department in Indiana, located just outside of Indianapolis.

Pittsboro police chief Scott King reportedly did not comment on why his department is participating but insisted the force had not requested access to a private system.

'Only those listed under law enforcement,' he said.

'The United States is not China,' Jay Stanley, a policy analyst with the ACLU, told the Virginian Pilot. 'But these cameras are being deployed with such density that it's like GPS-tracking everyone'

The Shelby County Sheriff's Office in Tennessee confirmed the potentially problematic partnership with FedEx. Lt David Ballars is seen flaunting Flock's technology in a video posted to firm's YouTube

Assistant Chief of Greenwood Police Department Matthew Fillenwarth confirmed its force, also in Indiana, is similarly participating.

Memphis police department also stated it had received camera feeds from FedEx but did not confirm if these were provided by Flock.

When speaking about networks of license plate readers, Brett Max Kaufman, a senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), told Forbes: 'The scale of this kind of surveillance is just incredibly massive.'

He went on to describe to the outlet how the warrantless monitoring of citizens en masse was 'quite horrifying'.

FedEx declined to answer questions about its partnership with Flock, saying in a statement: 'We take the safety of our team members very seriously. As such, we do not publicly discuss our security procedures.'

There is no suggestion the partnership is illegal, but some critics suggest it is flouting the basic tenets of the Constitution

For now, it is currently unclear just how far-reaching the partnership between law enforcement and FedEx actually is or how much Flock data is being shared.

Forbes also found that FedEx was not alone its decision to sign up - with Kaiser Permanente, the largest health insurance carrier in the US, also taking part.

When asked, FedEx declined to answer questions about the partnership, saying in a statement: 'We take the safety of our team members very seriously. As such, we do not publicly discuss our security procedures.' The Flock interface is seen being used by cops in Tennessee here

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in East San Francisco Bay Area. The health firm was also unmasked as a firm currently providing cops with data from Flock cameras

The company shared data garnered from Flock cameras with the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center, an intelligence hub that provides support to local and federal police investigations involving major crimes across California's west coast.

'As part of our robust security programs, license plate readers are not only an effective visual deterrent, but the technology has allowed us to collaborate with law enforcement within the parameters of the law,' a spokesperson confirmed.

'The technology has been used in response to warrants and subpoenas, as well as in other scenarios regarding potential or ongoing crimes on the facilities' premises -and it has supported the arrest and prosecution of those committing crimes.'

The cameras were labeled to disclose to passersby they were filming - but she declined to comment when asked about where the company had these cameras deployed.

Meanwhile, police forces around the world over the past few years continue to pick up Flock as a partner - with more than 1,800 law enforcement agencies taking part.

Overall, more than 3,000 American communities use Flock technology, only ten years since the startup surfaced in 2014.

The firm today is valued at nearly $4billion, and continues to receive a steady stream of venture capital.

In 2022, it raised an astounding $300 million in just seven months, followed by $38 million in Series B funding February the following year.

It uses real-time data 'to enable and incentivize safer driving,' a description on its website states - describing the effort as 'the world's first fully digital insurance company for connected and autonomous commercial vehicles.'

'Eliminate crime in your community' a chyron geared toward businesses in the private sector - such as grocery stores - reads.

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As the Democratic Party convulses over questions about President Joe Biden's mental fitness, a pair of well-connected Democrats is offering an optimistic plan that would involve the president stepping down as the nominee and the party announcing a ''blitz primary'' process ahead of the August convention.

The proposal is the work of Rosa Brooks, a Georgetown University law professor who served in the Obama and Clinton administrations and as a volunteer policy adviser to the Biden campaign in 2020, and Ted Dintersmith, a venture capitalist and education philanthropist who has donated to various Democratic campaigns. They want Biden to flip the script on the current Washington narrative of a Democratic Party in chaos and for the party to see the current period as an opportunity for a reset. ''In the midst of malaise and crisis, we can forge an uplifting path,'' Dintersmith told Semafor.

Their idea goes something like this, according to a memo shared with Semafor that has been circulated to Democratic donors and bundlers as well as officials within the Biden campaign and administration:

Biden would step down as the Democratic nominee in mid-July, and announce the new system, with backing from Vice President Kamala Harris.Potential candidates would have a few days to throw their respective hats in the ring. The Democratic Party then would begin a primary sprint in which the six candidates who receive the most votes from delegates pledge to run positive-only campaigns in the month leading up to the convention.The ''blitz primary'' would involve weekly forums with each candidate moderated by cultural icons (Michelle Obama, Oprah, and Taylor Swift are among the names floated in the memo) in order to engage voters.The nominee would ultimately be chosen by the delegates using ranked choice voting before the start of the Chicago convention on Aug. 19.It would be announced with plenty of fanfare on the third day of the gathering. The memo imagines the nominee unveiled on stage with Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.According to its authors, the country would be captivated. Donations would pour in. And Biden would be celebrated as a ''modern-day George Washington,'' the proponents argue.

''We can limp to shameful, avoidable democracy-ending defeat. Or Democrats can make this Our Finest Hour. While we hope for help from Lord Almighty, the Lord helps those who help themselves,'' the memo states, alluding to Biden's recent interview with ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos in which he said only the ''Lord Almighty'' could force him from the race. ''We need to act. Now.''

In response, a Biden campaign spokesperson pointed to comments made by the president last week about remaining in the race. ''I'm not letting one 90-minute debate wipe out three and a half years of work. I'm staying in the race, and I will beat Donald Trump,'' he said in Wisconsin.

The spokesperson also noted that the Biden Victory Fund received a maximum donation from a top donor last week, and that grassroots fundraising remains strong.

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Given how X has gone out of its way to reveal the depth and breadth of online censorship via the Twitter Files, this makes for an awkward reunion: the company has decided to rejoin the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM).

It's a pro-censorship, World Economic Forum-affiliated advertisers' group, that achieves its objectives through the ''brand safety'' route (i.e., the censorship ''brand'' here would be demonetization). And last summer, it was scrutinized by the US Congress.

GARM is one of those outfits whose roots are very entangled (comes in handy when somebody tries to probe your activities, though) '' and the chronology is not insignificant either: formed in 2019 as a World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) initiative, partnered with the Association of National Advertisers (ANA).

Then came another ''partnership'' '' that with WEF (World Economic Forum), specifically, its Shaping the Future of Media, Entertainment, and Sport project '' a ''flagship'' one.

In May 2023, the US House Judiciary Committee wanted to know what exactly was happening here, and whether ''brand safety'' as a concept, as exercised by these entities, could be linked to censorship of online speech.

So the Committee subpoenaed the World Federation of Advertisers (and GARM), asking for records that might show whether these groups ''coordinated efforts to demonetize and censor disfavored speech online.''

Committee Chairman Jim Jordan was at the time concerned that this conduct might have run afoul of US antitrust laws.

For X, despite the strides the platform has made toward protecting users' speech since the Twitter takeover, the GARM relationship is most likely simply about (ad) money '' and one of the several efforts to make the platform profitable at last.

Those who were hoping for a ''free speech absolutism'' on a platform like this might be disappointed, the Congress might investigate some more; but ultimately, the move represents a ''realpolitik-style'' compromise.

And so X is ''excited'' and ''proud'' to be back as a GARM member. The company's ''Safety'' account posted something about ''the safety of our global town square'' apparently being relevant to this decision, but did not elaborate.

Now listed by GARM along with X are YouTube and Chanel '' and, in between, some of the biggest pharma and telecoms out there.

Big Money, one might say.

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The U.S. Department of State (DoS), the umbrella agency for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), outlines their policy toward the American public through CNN. This truthful perspective is why all foreign governments regard CNN and CNNi as ''state run'' media.

In essence, everyone around the world -except the American public- know that CNN is the State Dept. From that perspective, the viewpoints of CNN then begin to take on an accurate context.

Now, having said that, keep in mind CNN is not necessarily always in alignment with the executive branch, even though the DoS is a silo within the executive branch of government. The hierarchy within the State Dept consider themselves as more important than the USA executive branch, and the 7th floor of foggy bottom is filled with self-entitled progressive globalists who attend fancy cocktail parties and carry multiple passports. They're all professional snobs.

The State Dept operates for the private and foreign interests of the USA elites who hold power around the world and in various consulate offices. The indulgencies are quite remarkable and selling USA influence is big business, really big business. The DoS as an institution operates on a private quasi-international caste system of power and money. This creates the baseline to understand the priorities of the State Dept.

The State Department is very worried that another Trump administration will put them in a financial ''dry spell'' again because President Trump's foreign policy is against the interests of the people within it. President Trump controls the foreign policy of the executive branch by using economic relationships to control national security issues. This means the Dept of State cannot sell foreign policy when President Trump controls the executive branch. I hope that makes sense.

With that context we are able to discuss the following segment. The State Department is very worried that Trump will dry up the Ukraine funding. Therefore, Joe Biden losing to Donald Trump would be horrible for the State Dept'.... ENTER CNN. Now you will understand why Jake Tapper has been unleashed with furrowed brow to remove Joe Biden. WATCH:

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The State Dept, via CNN, recruited Jake Tapper away from ABC news in order to advance their interests.

Tapper was well compensated.

All of the CNN anchors hang out with State Dept people.

In a symbiotic relationship, CNN then protects those State Dept interests.

Because DoS is the umbrella agency for the CIA, the CNN peeps also get insider info from IC sourcing and hire the IC officials after executive branch terms.

Does all of this start nuance to make sense now?

The State Department is worried that Biden doesn't have the juice to beat Trump.

Tapper, with furrowed brow, is there to drive the coffin nails.

Jake Tapper even looks like the State Department snobs now.

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FIRST ON FOX '' House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is demanding that the White House physician appear before Congress to answer questions on President Biden's "declining mental state," while also revealing that the doctor has been involved in the Biden family's business dealings.

Fox News Digital obtained the letter Comer, R-Ky., sent to Dr. Kevin O'Connor on Sunday. Comer is seeking to question O'Connor, given his "connections" with the Biden family, on whether he is "in a position to provide accurate and independent reviews of the President's fitness to serve."

Comer wants to know whether O'Connor's medical assessments of the president have been improperly influenced by his work with the Biden family with the company Americore.

COMER DEMANDS WHITE HOUSE PROVIDE RECORDS TO PROVE $200K PAYMENT TO BIDEN FROM BROTHER WAS A LOAN

"After a concerning debate performance by President Biden against former President Donald Trump on June 27, journalists have rushed to report on what Americans have seen plainly for years: the President appears unwell," Comer wrote.

President Biden speaks at a campaign rally in Madison, Wisconsin. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Comer said that because Americans have been questioning Biden's "ability to lead the country," his committee has been investigating circumstances surrounding O'Connor's February assessment of the president.

Comer noted that O'Connor determined in February that the president "is a healthy, active, robust 81-year-old-male, who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency."

Comer, though, pointed to reports that O'Connor did not recommend that Biden take a cognitive test.

TOP DEMS PLANNING MEETING ABOUT BIDEN'S FUTURE DESPITE PRESIDENT'S VOWS TO CONTINUE CAMPAIGN

"The Oversight Committee is concerned your medical assessments have been influenced by your private business endeavors with the Biden family," Comer wrote.

Comer said the committee has obtained evidence that shows he was involved with Americore Health, LLC, along with the president's brother, James Biden.

President Biden speaks with White House physician Kevin O'Connor as he arrives back at the White House on Aug. 28, 2023. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Americore, a company which operates rural hospitals, has been investigated by the committee as part of its impeachment inquiry against the president '' specifically related to James Biden's work, which brought him more than $600,000.

The committee says James Biden, while serving as a principal at Americore, received payments for hundreds of thousands of dollars. The committee found that James Biden received a $200,000 wire in 2018 from the company that he then used to write a $200,000 check to his brother, President Biden, which he labeled as a "loan repayment."

JAMES BIDEN GIVEN LOAN, DIDN'T PROVIDE SERVICES TO AMERICORE DESPITE PROMISES TO USE LAST NAME, TRUSTEE SAYS

James Biden, according to testimony from other Americore employees, did not provide any services to the company, but instead, promised that his "Biden" name could bring funding to the struggling hospital operator from the Middle East.

That employee, Carol Fox, a Chapter 11 trustee for Americore, testified that the loan was provided to Biden with no documentation in return for the promise of funding from the Middle East that never came. She filed a lawsuit against James Biden, saying he made "representations that his last name, 'Biden,' could 'open doors' and that he could obtain a large investment from the Middle East based on his political connections."

But during James Biden's interview with the committee earlier this year, he told investigators that O'Connor "provided him counsel in connection with the alleged work he was performing for Americore."

James Biden arrives to federal court during Hunter Biden's trial, June 11, 2024, in Wilmington, Delaware. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

"I met with, for example '' my brother wasn't in office at the time. He was a private citizen. And I had gotten through his '' as vice president, his personal physician was Colonel Kevin O'Connor," James Biden testified. "And Kevin O'Connor '' there was a very '' and still there is an outcry for a solution for post-traumatic stress disorder."

James Biden said O'Connor "introduced me to a team" that worked with PTSD and alcoholism amid a "backlog" at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

COMER RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT $200K 'DIRECT PAYMENT' FROM JAMES BIDEN TO JOE BIDEN IN 2018

Comer, in the letter, also notes that O'Connor, along with Hunter Biden, "joined a meeting with Jim Biden and the president of a hospital being acquired by Americore."

Hunter Biden was found guilty on all counts by a Delaware jury. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Meanwhile, the White House maintains that Biden has not been examined by a doctor since February. But during a call with Democratic governors last week, the president himself told governors "he was checked out by a doctor and that everything was fine."

President Biden speaks at a campaign rally at Sherman Middle School in Madison, Wisconsin, Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

"The statements by the White House Press Secretary and President Biden appear inconsistent, and the Committee seeks to understand the extent of your role at the White House at this time," Comer wrote. "Given your connections with the Biden family, the Committee also seeks to understand if you are in a position to provide accurate and independent reviews of the President's fitness to serve."

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Comer requested that O'Connor make himself available for a transcribed interview with counsel for the House Oversight Committee by July 14. He is also demanding all documents and communications that O'Connor has regarding Americore and James Biden.

The request for O'Connor's cooperation with Congress comes amid calls for Biden to suspend his re-election campaign '' even from top Democrats, former staffers and allies.

But the White House maintains that President Biden is "absolutely not" considering dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.

"I am running. I am the leader of the Democratic Party. No one is pushing me out," Biden said last week.

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July 8, 2024Statement on The Economist's Ableist Cover

The cover of the July 6 th issue of The Economist shows a walker with the seal of the President of the United States affixed to the front. Next to it are the words, ''No Way to Run a Country.''

Whatever the editors of The Economist thought they were doing here, they failed spectacularly. People with disabilities are not a punchline. Mobility aids like walkers, canes, and wheelchairs are not prisons that confine us or barriers that limit us. They are not a sign of weakness, but of strength. They make it possible for us to achieve our full potential. To participate. To be visible. And, yes, to run for office and serve in government, as many people with all types of disabilities have.

Abraham Lincoln, perhaps our greatest president, experienced depression. Franklin Roosevelt used a wheelchair. Dwight Eisenhower had dyslexia. John F. Kennedy wore a back brace. In more recent times, Texas Governor Greg Abbott uses a wheelchair. Former New York Governor David Paterson is blind. Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor has diabetes. Are these people limited in their professions by their disabilities?

The answer is no. In its effort to argue that our country needs new leaders, what The Economist did is the exact opposite. With it's ableist take on mobility aids, they are discouraging a new generation of people with disabilities from running for office and perpetuating the discriminatory view that people with disabilities are not capable leaders. That's no way to run a magazine.

It is time to recognize that a truly inclusive society values and supports the contributions of all its members. It is time to discard outdated stereotypes and celebrate the strength and resilience that people with disabilities bring to our communities and our country. Only then can we ensure that no potential leader is ever held back by prejudice and ignorance.

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We knew it was going to happen this way, that's why CTH didn't join in the initial celebration when French President Emmanuel Macron announced the snap election. France is ground zero in the EU for U.S. interference via the U.S State Dept/CIA operations. Macron is a tool of the far left, who are controlled by the intelligence apparatchik.

When the first round was over, CTH said, ''Macron will instruct his centrist seats, who lost, to organize their votes for the far-left socialists, thereby blocking the National Rally party from gaining a working majority. Just like the radical leftists in the USA (Democrats), Macron's followers will do exactly what they are told to do.'' {LINK} Well, that's exactly what happened.

When the Macron coalition started resigning to support the communists, CTH again said, ''For this second round of the election, President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Gabriel Attal have organized 210 candidate exits.'' '... ''All of the opposition research files on the Marine Le Pen supported nationalist candidates are being dropped in advance of the Sunday election, in an effort to stop the conservative French from achieving victory. These are all direct plays from the revolutionary communist playbook.'' {LINK} Well, again, that's exactly what happened.

Now, here's the results of the second-round vote today. The coalition of communists and far-left socialists have won.

(VIA AP) '' The first projections in the 2024 French legislative election say leftists have won most seats. The surprise projections put President Emmanuel Macron 's centrist alliance in second and the far right in third.

['...] French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal says he will resign. This comes after projections show a leftist coalition has surged to the lead in legislative elections. Final election results are expected on Monday.

['...] They had just days to come together. The leaders of France's left-wing parties have acknowledged they made compromises to unite in an effort to keep the far-right National Rally party from taking power in France.

The coalition calls itself the New Popular Front, named after a similar coalition formed in the 1930s against the rise of fascism in France. It includes environmentalist parties, the French Socialists and Communists and the hard-left France Unbowed party. (read more)

As anticipated'.... ''It really is remarkable to watch the similarities between left-wing politics in the USA and left-wing politics in France. Historically, and in actual practice, we see this similarity as history rhymes and repeats. In both instances, you will note how the ''mainstream'' Democrats align with the communists to stop the majority of commonsense patriots.

In the USA, Democrats enjoy the activity of their foot soldiers in Antifa (Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, or RevCom etc.) In France, the Democrats (NPF), within Macron's camp, enjoy the activity of Black Bloc (the EU Antifa socialists and communists).

Now, watch what will happen with the socialists/communists in charge. This is what those new majorities previously pledged they would do:

(Via Bloomberg) '' France's leftist alliance would raise the top marginal income tax rate to 90% if it were to take over the government following legislative elections that run through July 7.

Eric Coquerel provided the figure in an interview in Cnews television, saying that the New Popular Front's proposal would pass muster with French courts and wouldn't be considered confiscatory because it would only have an impact on the highest portion of a taxpayer's income.

While Coquerel, who presided over the finance committee at the National Assembly before its dissolution on June 9, didn't specify the level at which the 90% rate would apply, the plan was previously in the program of his far-left France Unbowed party. In a budget amendment proposed in 2019, the top rate would apply on taxable income over '‚¬411,683 ($440,213).

The income tax rate in France currently tops out at 45% on income over '‚¬177,106. (more)

To stop the commonsense, pragmatic and ordinary patriotic French people from having a voice. The centrists in the French government have now given the majority of their legislature to the communists and socialists.

Also, as we predicted:

''The Nationalists will act flummoxed, stunned, jaw-agape, just like good little French Republicans. The French people will wonder what happened just like American conservatives. Wash '' Rinse- Repeat.

Watch.

There are billions at stake.''

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Video posted by President Zelensky shows extensive damage to Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital

A children's hospital in Kyiv has been hit after Russia launched a wave of missile strikes against cities across Ukraine.

Two people died when the Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital - Ukraine's biggest paediatrics facility - sustained major damage during the blast.

Thirty-six people were killed and 140 people were injured in the strikes, President Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff Andriy Yermak said on Monday.

Lesia Lysytsia, a doctor at the hospital, told the BBC the moment the missile struck was "like in a film" with a "big light, then an awful sound".

"One part of the hospital was destroyed and there was a fire in another. It's really very damaged - maybe 60-70% of the hospital," she said.

Pictures from the scene showed young children - some with IV drips - sitting outside the hospital as it was evacuated.

Vitaliy Klitschko, Kyiv's mayor, said the two who died at the hospital were adults - one of whom was a doctor. He added that rescuers feared more people were trapped under the rubble.

Russia has denied targeting the hospital, saying it was hit by fragments of a Ukrainian air defence missile. But Ukraine says it has found remnants of a Russian cruise missile.

ReutersPatients had to be taken to safety with their intravenous drips still attached

Ohmatdyt is a major hospital which carries out cancer treatment and organ transplants.

"Now we are in the process of evacuating patients to the nearest hospital.. [but] many patients are intubated and on ventilators and cannot have contact with other patients or go outside," Dr Lysytsia said.

Hospital officials told Ukrainian TV that about 20 children were being treated in the ward which was hit.

Following the strike, Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina wore a black ribbon as a mark of respect when she played in the round of 16 at Wimbledon on Monday afternoon.

Mayor Klitschko accused Russia of attempting the "genocide of [the] population in Ukraine".

"Right now the whole world can see how Russian missiles and Kamikaze drones killed Ukrainian citizens in our peaceful city.

The mayor added that a separate maternity hospital in Kyiv's Dniprovsky district had also been partially destroyed by falling debris, killing seven people.

ReutersUkraine's Elina Svitolina wore a black ribbon while playing Wimbledon tennis championships in London as a mark of respect

Mr Zelensky wrote on social media that "more than 40 missiles of different types" had hit buildings and infrastructure in cities including Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.

He called for a stronger Western response "to the blow that Russia has once again delivered on our population, on our land, on our children".

Dnipro regional head Sergiy Lysak said one person was killed in Dnipro city and six more injured. He added that a high-rise building and a business had been hit.

Three people were killed in Pokrovsk, in the eastern Donetsk region, where Russian forces have taken control of a number of villages in recent weeks.

The Russian bombardment comes as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Moscow for a two-day state visit where he is due to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin.

Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko condemns Russian 'genocide'

Russia, which has denied targeting civilian infrastructure, said the damage to the children's hospital was caused by a Ukrainian air defence missile.

However, the Security Service of Ukraine has published pictures of what it says are fragments of a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile recovered from the site.

Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov responded to the attacks by urging the country's allies to help quickly strengthen its air defences.

"Our defence capabilities are still insufficient... We need more air defence systems," he said.

Ukraine's allies have condemned the attack on the Ohmatdyt hospital, with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell accusing Russia of "ruthlessly targeting Ukrainian civilians".

New UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said "we must hold those responsible for Putin's illegal war to account".

UN chief Ant"nio Guterres strongly condemned the strikes, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said, adding he found the attack on the children's hospital and another medical facility "particularly shocking".

"Directing attacks against civilians and civilian objects is prohibited by international humanitarian law, and any such attacks are unacceptable and must end immediately," he said.

The UN's human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine has said civilian casualties have been mounting in recent months, as Russia renewed its air campaign. A recent report said May was the deadliest month for civilian deaths in almost a year.

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President Biden's poor performance in the debate against former President Donald J. Trump has prompted widespread panic and pessimism within the Democratic primary over Mr. Biden's status as their presumptive nominee. As the president is said to be weighing his political future, some Democrats are raising the possibility of nominating an alternative candidate and considering a roster of names.

At the top the list is Vice President Kamala Harris, whose status as Mr. Biden's running mate makes her an easy candidate for the party to turn to as an obvious successor. But a crop of Democratic governors and other figures are often mentioned as well.

A candidate switch would most likely require Mr. Biden to agree to step aside. The risks of him doing so are real. Some of the highest-profile figures listed below have never endured the vetting and road test of a presidential race. There is a long list of candidates who looked great on paper and withered on the campaign trail.

''It's not as easy as it sounds,'' said Barbara Boxer, the former senator from California. ''Being vetted for president is like no other vetting. We don't know how these people would do.''

Here are a few of the contenders being discussed:

Image Credit... Doug Mills/The New York Times Kamala HarrisVice President Harris, a former prosecutor and senator of California, has at times struggled to define her role at Mr. Biden's side. Initially charged with addressing polarizing and intractable issues like illegal migration and voting rights, she has been viewed by Democratic donors and supporters of Mr. Biden as a potential political liability. Though those concerns have eased, she has been weighed down by low approval ratings that are barely higher than the president's.

Still, Ms. Harris has for months stumped for the president as one of his main campaign surrogates. She has recently become the White House's lead voice as a defender of abortion rights. In March, she met with abortion providers at a clinic in St. Paul, Minn., in what is believed to be the first visit by a president or vice president to an abortion clinic. And Ms. Harris, the nation's first Black vice president, has worked to shore up Mr. Biden's vulnerabilities with Black and young voters.

Democrats have long worried about how she might fare against Mr. Trump, though Ms. Harris has in recent months sharpened her attacks against the former president '-- particularly on abortion '-- in an effort to demonstrate she could hold her own against him.

Image Credit... Jim Wilson/The New York Times Gavin NewsomGov. Gavin Newsom of California, the former mayor of San Francisco who also previously served two terms as lieutenant governor, has become one of Mr. Biden's main surrogates during this campaign.

He was almost first out of the box defending Mr. Biden's performance in Atlanta. He brings some clear benefits: He is an accomplished campaigner from a big state who has used his platform in Sacramento '-- and appearances on national television '-- to make the case against Mr. Trump and for the Democratic Party. He has not shown any reservations about Mr. Biden, but has waited on the sidelines in case Mr. Biden somehow did not end up on the ticket and, in any event, openly considered running in 2028.

But '-- California. For one thing, Mr. Newsom would be saddled with explaining the problems California has had over the past decade: homelessness, high taxes, escalating housing costs. He will probably never be able to escape his decision in 2021 to attend a high-priced birthday dinner with lobbyists at the high-end restaurant the French Laundry.

All that said, should Mr. Biden decide to end his run, Mr. Newsom could benefit from the shortened campaign: It would offer less time for opponents to explore and amplify some of those potential shortcomings.

Image Credit... Erin Schaff/The New York Times Gretchen WhitmerGov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan has risen quickly as a national star of the Democratic Party, helped in part by Mr. Trump's antagonizing her as ''that woman from Michigan.'' A two-term governor, Ms. Whitmer led a 2022 campaign that gave Democrats in the battleground state a trifecta '-- exercising full control of the legislature and state government '-- for the first time in 40 years.

She has used that mandate to enact a laundry list of progressive policies. Her national profile also soared during the pandemic, when she was vilified by right-wing media and Republican officials for her lockdown measures. And Ms. Whitmer is a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, a top leadership position in the national party.

For all of these reasons and more, she is near the top of nearly every Democrat's list of strong candidates for 2028, and she has recently nodded to her post-Biden presidential ambitions. Most important, she comes from a swing state that likes her: She won re-election with more than 54 percent of the vote in 2022.

Image Credit... Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times JB PritzkerGov. JB Pritzker of Illinois, the billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune, has stood out as a Biden surrogate for his knife-twisting insults against Mr. Trump. When the former president was convicted in his New York criminal trial, Mr. Pritzker broke from the carefully worded talking points of most Democrats and hammered the former president as a felon, a racist, a homophobe and a grifter.

Image Credit... Kriston Jae Bethel for The New York Times Josh ShapiroGov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, the former attorney general of the state, is known as a measured leader who has emphasized bipartisanship and largely focused on nonideological issues during his term in office.

Mr. Shapiro, who won the governor's mansion in 2022, had a job approval rating of 64 percent in a recent survey, with just 19 percent of registered voters in the key battleground state saying they disapproved. In contrast, 41 percent of those surveyed said they would vote for Mr. Biden in November.

Mr. Shapiro often talks about his Jewish faith and has plunged into a fierce divide in the Democratic Party over pro-Palestinian student protests, passionately defending his support for Israel and denouncing some of the recent demonstrations as antisemitic.

But this is the most important thing to know about Mr. Shapiro: He is the governor of Pennsylvania. And if there is such a thing as a must-win state for any Democratic challenger to Mr. Trump, Pennsylvania would be it. Mr. Shapiro defeated his Republican opponent in 2022, Doug Mastriano, with 56 percent of the vote, a figure that is sure to be top of mind for Democratic delegates making this kind of decision.

Other PossibilitiesThis list is not exhaustive; the kind of chaos that could be unspooled at the Democrats' convention in Chicago if Mr. Biden withdraws allows for all kinds of possibilities. Among the conventional ones: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Senators Cory Booker of New Jersey and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota. All three have run for president before and are familiar to Democratic voters.

Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, who won re-election in 2023, has also gained national attention for his unlikely success as a Democrat in a red state where Mr. Biden is deeply unpopular. Mr. Beshear defeated his Republican opponent, Daniel Cameron, by five points, even as other Democratic candidates in statewide races lost by overwhelming margins.

In an interview on CNN on Tuesday, Mr. Beshear said he was flattered that his name was being floated, but, he added, ''President Biden is our nominee, and I don't want to speculate.''

And finally, two people who have already lived in the White House: Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama. Former President Barack Obama, while still polling fairly high among registered voters, is barred by constitutional term limits from running for a third term.

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Philly radio host parts ways with WURD after using questions from Biden campaign during interview

Philly radio host parts ways with WURD after using questions from Biden campaign during interview 02:18 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A Philadelphia radio host who said she used questions prepared by President Biden's campaign in a post-debate interview parted ways with WURD, the station's president and CEO announced on Sunday.

Andrea Lawful-Sanders, who hosted "The Source" on WURD 96.1 FM/900 AM in Philadelphia, mutually parted ways with the radio station after she said on CNN that she received a list of eight questions from Mr. Biden's campaign , including four that she approved.

"WURD Radio remains an independent voice that our audience can trust will hold elected officials accountable," Sara M. Lomax, the president and CEO of WURD, said in a statement on Sunday. "As Pennsylvania's only independent Black-owned talk radio station, WURD Radio has cultivated that trust with our audience over our 20-year history. This is something we take very seriously. Agreeing to a pre-determined set of questions jeopardizes that trust and is not a practice that WURD Radio engages in or endorses as a matter of practice or official policy."

After Mr. Biden's poor debate performance last month against former President Donald Trump, he did two interviews with Black radio shows in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania -- two states critical to his chances of winning the 2024 general election. In both, his campaign provided approved questions to two radio hosts, including Lawful-Sanders.

Biden campaign spokesperson Lauren Hitt told CBS News in a statement Saturday afternoon that "it's not at all an uncommon practice for interviewees to share topics they would prefer," calling the questions "relevant to news of the day."

Lomax said in a statement on Sunday that the interview with Mr. Biden was "arranged and negotiated independently" by Lawful-Sanders "without knowledge, consultation or collaboration with WURD management."

"WURD Radio is not a mouthpiece for the Biden or any other Administration," Lomax said. "Internally, we will commit to reviewing our policies, procedures, and practices to reinforce WURD's independence and trust with our listeners. But mainstream media should do its own introspection to explore how they have lost the trust of so many Americans, Black Americans chief among them."

A Biden administration official told CBS News Saturday that the White House was not involved in any preparation for the two radio interviews. The official added that providing questions to interviewers is not standard practice for the White House, and the campaign is not planning to do it again going forward.

Since the debate, Mr. Biden has faced questions about if he should stay in the presidential race. He met with 20 Democratic governors last week at the White House to shore up support.

On Sunday, Mr. Biden was in Philadelphia and said during a speech at Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ that his goal is to "unite America again."

After his Philly stop, he traveled to Harrisburg with First Lady Jill Biden to meet with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and attend an event at a local union hall.

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FIRST ON FOX '' Duke Medical School claims it is "White supremacy culture" to expect people of color to be on time in a strategic plan for creating an "Anti-Racist Workforce."

The medical school said its goal is to "catalyze anti-racist practice through education," in a 2021 plan titled "Dismantling Racism and Advancing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the School of Medicine." The guide '' praised by the school's dean '' called out what it deemed "White supremacy culture," with its purported nitpicking of being on time, dress code, speech and work style. It also contains a series of negative terminology vis- -vis White culture.

"White supremacy culture is the idea (ideology) that White people and the ideas, thoughts, beliefs, and actions of white people are superior to People of Color and their ideas, thoughts, beliefs and actions," the document stated.

The document stated that America is rigged for the interests of White people, who get privileges, i.e. the "unquestioned and unearned set of advantages, entitlements, benefits and choices bestowed on people solely because they are White."

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Duke University says it's White supremacy culture to be on time in guide on dismantling racism. (Fox News Digital-Hannah Grossman)

"CRT scholars note that the social construction of race and racism is a regular component of American society; it is embedded in structures such as law, culture, and economics, which supports the interests of White people," the guide stated in its definition of critical race theory.

It went on to claim that White supremacy culture is "power hoarding" at the disadvantage of non-Whites.

"In the workplace, white supremacy culture explicitly and implicitly privileges whiteness and discriminates against non-Western and non-white professionalism standards related to dress code, speech, work style, and timeliness," the document said. "Some identifiable characteristics of this culture includes perfectionism, belief that there's only one right way, power hoarding, individualism, sense of urgency and defensiveness."

The dean, Dr. Mary E. Klotman, praised the guide for reflecting the medical school's "goals, priorities and strategies."

"Our plan for dismantling racism and advancing equity, diversity and inclusion was created with an intentional and appropriate need for flexibility," she said. "As you read this plan, consider the actions you might take individually, with your teams, and in your local units to support our collective goals. Each of you will play an important role in advancing our mission to dismantle racism and promote equity, diversity and inclusion at Duke and beyond."

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The school outlined a plan to create an "Anti-Racist Workforce." Part of that mission included establishing pipelines for recruitment at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and community colleges.

Duke Dean of Medicine Dr. Mary Klotman. (Fox News Digital-Hannah Grossman)

Another part of the document claimed White people have a "fragility."

The term "White fragility" was coined by Robin DiAngelo in her 2018 book titled "White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism."

DiAngelo argues that many White people have a limited understanding of racism as a systemic issue and often react defensively when their racial privilege or purported unconscious biases are highlighted.

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White fragility is described by the school as "feelings of discomfort a White person experiences when they witness or engage in discussions around racial inequality and injustice."

Allies to the cause of antiracism are individuals who "recognize[e] their privilege and commits effort to work with oppressed groups in the struggle for justice."

Critical race theory holds that America is systemically racist and places people in oppressed v. oppressor categories. (Adobe Stock)

The White person may be triggered to engage in "a range of defensive actions, feelings, and behaviors, such as anger, fear and silence," when discussions about racism come up, the guide said.

"At the Duke University School of Medicine, we believe that equity, diversity, and inclusion are core elements of institutional excellence," the university's website states. "We are committed to developing and implementing'¯a culture of inclusion in which faculty, staff, and students from underrepresented backgrounds experience a genuine sense of value, empowerment, and belonging."

Fox News Digital contacted Duke's medical school for comment and did not immediately receive a response.

Some advocates for DEI and racial equity have embraced notions that professionalism is racially biased.

According to an article published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, "timeliness" is a product of capitalism and "professionalism'... centers productivity over people, values time commitments, accomplishes tasks in a linear fashion, and often favors individuals who are white and Western."

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An article from the UCLA Law Review, published in 2023, calls professionalism a "racial construct."

"It is that the standard itself is based on a set of beliefs grounded in racial subordination and white supremacy. Through this analysis, professionalism is revealed to be a racial construct," the article said.

And in 2020, the National Museum for African American History and Culture explained how whiteness was linked to "delayed gratification; "Objective, rational linear thinking;" "cause and effect relationships;" and "decision-making."

The dean said it relfected 'goals, priorities and strategies' of the Duke University School of Medicine

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GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy may help lower the risk of certain cancers, a new study suggests.

People who are overweight or obese have a higher risk of getting 13 types of cancer, and the risk increases the longer a person is overweight and the more excess weight they gain. About 40% of new cancer diagnoses are associated with excess weight, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2021, there were about 170 new diagnoses for every 100,000 people, CDC data shows.

But a study published Friday in the journal JAMA Network Open found that people with type 2 diabetes who were being treated with a class of GLP-1 drugs were significantly less likely to be diagnosed with 10 of the 13 obesity-associated cancers than those who were taking insulin.

The risk was cut by more than half for gallbladder cancer, meningioma, pancreatic cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma, a kind of liver cancer. It was also significantly reduced for ovarian cancer, colorectal cancer, multiple myeloma, esophageal cancer, endometrial cancer and kidney cancer.

Excess weight can cause changes in the body such as long-lasting inflammation and higher than normal levels of insulin, insulin-like growth factor and sex hormones that can cause cancer, according to the CDC. And GLP-1 medications interact with systems related to insulin production.

The new findings that link GLP-1 treatment to reduced risk of some cancers "compare favorably" with similar effects linked to intensive lifestyle intervention and metabolic-bariatric surgery that have been found in other trials, the study authors wrote.

However, the research found that GLP-1 treatment was not associated with a reduced risk of postmenopausal breast cancer, which CDC data shows is the most common type of cancer associated with obesity.

Risk was also not reduced for stomach cancer or thyroid cancer. In fact, other research has found that GLP-1s may interact with the body's insulin production in ways that negatively affect the thyroid, and the study authors note that patients should be aware of potential thyroid-related risks that are included on the medication's packaging.

The new study also found that the risk of cancer diagnosis for people with type 2 diabetes was not different among those who were treated with GLP-1s compared with those where were being treated with metformin. In fact, the risk of diagnosis with kidney cancer was higher among those using GLP-1s than those on metformin.

For this study, researchers from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the MetroHealth System analyzed more than a decade of medical records for nearly 1.7 million people with type 2 diabetes.

More information is needed about how reduced cancer risk may relate to the scale of weight loss, but the findings provide "preliminary evidence of the potential benefit of GLP-1RAs for cancer prevention in high-risk populations and support further preclinical and clinical studies," the study authors wrote.

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Radio host who interviewed Biden confirms his aides sent questions for approval

CNN's Victor Blackwell speaks with radio host of ''The Source,'' Andrea Lawful-Sanders, who confirms President Joe Biden's aides sent her questions to approve ahead of their interview.

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Mollie Hemingway of The Federalist appeared on the FOX News channel's Media Buzz over the weekend and called out the White House Press Corps for their actions before and after the debate which exposed Biden's mental health issues.

She made comparisons between their behavior when Trump was president and now under Biden and said that they should all resign en masse.

This entire affair has exposed the media's activism and how they target Republicans while shielding Democrats.

Transcript via Real Clear Politics:

MOLIE HEMINGWAY: Well, in that interview, you really didn't see him acting much differently than you've seen him act for many months now, many years now. So you can describe it now as ''halting and low energy.'' But this is what Americans have been seeing for a long time. A lot of even Democrat voters have felt this way about Biden, and yet they nominated him to be their candidate.

And so this Stephanopoulos interview looks more like a Democrat operative ''and he is one'' trying to implore a fellow political ally to get out of the race for the good of the Democrat Party'...

The vast majority of Americans have, with their own eyes and ears, witnessed the decline of this president. It was a major talking point in 2020. We're talking about a White House press corps that had no problem running wild with accusations, anonymous sources, and conspiracy theories when it was a Republican, Donald Trump. But now we're supposed to believe that they were somehow duped, that the rest of the country could see something that they couldn't see. I don't buy it. I don't think any Americans buy it. The level of media corruption that we're seeing is complete at this point. They didn't cover the story because they thought it would be bad for Democrats to talk about the senility of the president. And now they're covering it because they've lost confidence in their ability to drag Joe Biden across the finish line. There's nothing honest about this, and they don't get any points whether they start covering it now or not'...

MOLLIE HEMINGWAY: I would say, probably the White House Press Corps, should resign en masse unless they can show that they aggressively targeted this story for the last five years. Then yes, absolutely.

Watch the video below:

.@MZHemingway "The White House press corps should resign in mass!"

"The WH press corps that had no problem running wild with accusations, anonymous sources and conspiracy theories when it was Donald Trump.

Now we're supposed to believe that they were somehow duped'...I don't'... pic.twitter.com/93vrCqDJzl

'-- Eddie (@Eddies_X) July 7, 2024

It has been truly amazing to watch the press completely fall apart over the last week. They're losing whatever credibility they had left.

Mike LaChance has been covering higher education and politics for Legal Insurrection since 2012.Since 2008 he has contributed work to the Gateway Pundit, Daily Caller, Breitbart, the Center for Security Policy, the Washington Free Beacon, and Ricochet. He has also written for American Lookout, Townhall, and Twitchy.

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Reps. Jerry Nadler, Mark Takano, Joe Morelle and Adam Smith stated Biden should step aside and no longer continue his campaign, sources told ABC News.

WASHINGTON -- At least four senior House Democrats told House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday that they are calling on President Joe Biden to step down from the presidential race, according to several sources with knowledge of the discussion on the private call.

Reps. Jerry Nadler, Mark Takano, Joe Morelle and Adam Smith stated Biden should step aside and no longer continue his campaign, sources told ABC News.

This is notable - it means the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, the ranking member of Veteran Affairs, the highest Democrat on the Administration Committee and the ranking member of the Armed Services Committee have privately conveyed Biden should step aside.

Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia, whose wife was a major Biden fundraiser in 2020, expressed some concerns about the president's path forward, according to multiple sources. A spokesman posted on X that Beyer "supports President Biden and said so on this call and any reporting to the contrary is a misunderstanding of what he said and what he believes."

Jeffries did not express a position, according to one person on the call. That person tells ABC News the Democratic Leader said that he would engage with the caucus throughout the week, starting with these senior Democrats to solicit views on the path forward.

ABC News has reached out to reps for Beyer, Nadler, Takano, Morelle and Smith for comment.

When reached on Sunday, a Biden campaign adviser said the "simple math" shows that the vast majority of the caucus, including House Minority Leader Jeffries and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, is on Biden's side.

The campaign says they aren't backing down and they are "ready to fight."

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Espa±ol The Transportation Administration set a new recording with over 3 million travel screenings.

WASHINGTON -- The Transportation Security Administration has broken a new record after screening the most people ever in a single day.

On Sunday, July 7, the agency processed 3,013,413 travelers at U.S. airports.

The new peak comes just weeks after the TSA set record just shy of 3 million screenings, which was achieved on June 23.

"TSA fully, unerringly, and efficiently checked 35 passengers every second, along with all their luggage and carry-on baggage, while demonstrating unwavering professionalism and respect for travelers during the intensely busy holiday weekend," Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, said in a statement.

Ahead of the 4th of July holiday, the agency anticipated screening a staggering 32 million travelers between June 27 and July 8.

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The Biden family have entered the negotiation stage, as they face two simultaneous enemies aligned in common purpose.Hunter Biden has been brought close into the fold, as the Intelligence Community obviously holds leverage over Dad's disposition through the entry vector of his son.

As this aspect unfolds, the Biden syndicate goes to the mattresses. The threat metric against Hunter is why he is now part of the daily advisory group around the Office of the President.

Meanwhile, in a coded message, Joe Biden technically blamed the Obama network today when he called in to the MSNBC radio show and pointed fingers at the DNC elite.

Everyone knows the DNC is now under the full control of Team Obama. If Biden feels the ''Democrat Elite'' are targeting him, he understands Barack Obama is behind the approvals to unleash internecine attacks against his administration. Death by a thousand Obama cuts.

The Obama network operate inside and outside DC. Simultaneous to this assault against him, Biden is now also facing the Intelligence Community who have decided it's time for Joe to go. Biden is now facing two enemies, the Obama network and the Intelligence Community (IC).

The IC threat became visible first with the opposition from SSCI Chairman Mark Warner, then with the story about Joe Biden's doctor being financially connected to the outcomes of the Biden syndicate. The Biden family selling influence for affluence is a joint collaboration of a considerable tribe. Fifty years in the DC system creates a large rolodex of affluence and influence.

The story of the Biden doctor having a financial stake in the Biden family business only comes to the surface via the IC. That's a direct shot across the bow that tells us the IC now considers Joe Biden's disposition against their interests. The clock ticks faster.

With the clock ticking faster, we leave the ''if'' stage of the exit and come toward the ''how and when'' phase. This now transitions the entire process into a negotiation for the exit price.

Can the Biden syndicate get 10% in perpetuity, or will they have a more traditional DC exit price of books and foundations? Keep in mind, a speaking circuit is out of the question given the health status of the principal. As a result, Hunter, Jill and family will be negotiating for their collective interests. That's what is happening right now.

It's really not a matter of ''if'' '' in truth it never was. They are now working through the ''how and when.''

WASHINGTON DC '' President Joe Biden is attempting to head off more intraparty calls for him to drop out of the race, sending a letter to Hill Democrats Monday morning that emphatically stated he would continue on as the party's planned nominee.

''I am firmly committed to staying in this race, to running this race to the end, and to beating Donald Trump,'' he said in the letter to lawmakers. (more)

[SOURCE LINK]I wouldn't get too caught up on the details of ''how'' the exit happens. Instead, just understand this was all determined long ago and we are watching a very predictable sequence and performance.

Hunter Biden is in the White House because he is a threat vector.

Jill Biden is part of the financial team working out the exit price.

The Donolins and Blackrock group are likely key players ensuring their investments and assets are secure regardless of the outcome.

The Obama network is in control of the DNC apparatus and domestic media presentation. Obama himself will keep above the fray, but watch for the messages and signals from the other members of the team.

The Intelligence Community entered through the door of SSCI Chairman Mark Warner, and now we see strong -not subtle- fingerprints of the intelligence network effort. The ''six ways to Sunday'' team is formidable, and Joe Biden doesn't really have the cognitive or influence juice to push back strongly. They fired the shot with the Doctor story, and they have the potential to leak part of the Hur taped deposition if needed.

Keep watching.

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