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DeSantis campaign, Elon Musk tear into Biden White House over LGBTQ-themed tweet about 'our kids'​

'Our kids are not fodder for the government,' Musk tweeted

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' 2024 presidential campaign and Twitter chief Elon Musk took aim at the Biden administration Tuesday after the White House shared a video to social media celebrating the "LGBTQI+ Community" and "our kids" that are a part of it.

"To the LGBTQI+ Community — the Biden-Harris Administration has your back," the White House wrote in a tweet on Monday. The post — shared four days after President Biden and first lady Jill Biden participated in a Pride Month event at the White House — was accompanied by a video showing the presidential estate lit in rainbow colors with narration from Biden.

"These are our kids. These are our neighbors. Not somebody else's kids; they're all our kids. And our children are the kite strings that hold our national ambitions aloft," Biden said in the video. "It matters a great deal how we treat everyone in this country. LGBTQ Americans, especially children, you are loved, you are heard, and this administration has your back."

Biden's remarks drew immense backlash on social media, with hundreds of users reminding the Biden administration that their children are not the government's kids.

Sharing screenshots from the clip, the DeSantis campaign echoed that sentiment and wrote in a tweet: "They are not your kids."

Similarly, Musk, who has weighed in on several social and political issues since taking over Twitter last year, targeted the White House's messaging and insisted that children aren't "fodder" for the government.

"Our kids are not fodder for the government," he wrote.

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[nivek]

What a disgrace, pathetic senile old fuck...

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Biden bizarrely ends Connecticut speech with 'God Save the Queen,' sparking uproar: 'Truly incapacitated'​

President Biden caused an uproar of confusion Friday after closing his remarks at a Connecticut summit on gun control reform ended with a phrase more closely identified with the country that his previously declared its independence from.

As he closed his speech at the National Safer Communities Summit in West Hartford, Biden told the crowd a storm might be approaching the area and that he would be unable to shake hands with all attendees.

He also uttered another iconic line once used toward a student who questioned him about his fourth-place standing in the 2020 Iowa caucuses:

"Is that the truth? Now, do not make a lie – as that scene in the John Wayne movie – don't make me a dog-faced, lying, pony-soldier," Biden said, this time about the reported incoming storm.

"I will stand in front of each section – no, I really mean it -- if you can see the camera they can see you. It is the least consequential part of this whole meeting for you, I promise," he said.

To the confusion of observers, he concluded, "All right. God Save the Queen, man," before looking around to figure out where to walk offstage.

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[nivek]

2024 White House race is dubbed 'election of dread' as both Democrats and Republicans say they're unimpressed by prospect of likely rematch between Biden, 80, and Trump, 77​

Next year's White House race has been christened the 'election of dread,' as both Democrats and Republicans say they're unenthused about the likely-rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

Both men went head to head in the presidential election four years ago with Biden coming out victorious and they are running for office again.

But voters from both parties have grown tired at the idea of another face-off between the elderly candidates, with Biden America's oldest ever president at 80 - and Trump not far behind at 77.

Many Americans - both conservative and liberal - say they want new politicians at the forefront of the race, as polls show that most Democrats do not Biden to run again.

New polls show Trump hammering Ron DeSantis in the race for the nomination, and Biden in a presidential race. But many Republicans say two indictments the president faces - one of them federal - and his antagonistic style of governing leaves them cold.

A recent poll found that former president Trump leads Biden by six points if the two leading candidates ending up facing each other again.

The survey found that 45 percent of voters would choose Trump out of the pair if the presidential elections were held today, while 39 percent said they would pick Biden.

But another 16 percent said they were unsure or did not know who they would choose in the poll from Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll which was shared with The Hill.

The potential rematch between Biden and Trump might come down to who is the least unpopular.

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[nivek]

I think Kennedy is right about contaminated water changing the children...

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Atrazine: the Most Common Toxic Contaminant in Our Water​

(Excerpt)

One of atrazine’s scariest effects is that it is an endocrine disruptor. These are chemicals foreign to the human body that, after a certain level of exposure, disrupt our endocrine — also known as hormonal — systems. Endocrine disruptions can cause adverse developmental, reproductive, neurological and immune effects in people and wildlife.

This occurs because the endocrine system includes hormone-secreting glands and is in charge of regulating blood sugar, our reproductive systems, metabolism, brain function and the nervous system. Our bodies are kept in check with a delicate balance. When one hormone goes out of whack, it can have serious ripple effects throughout the body.

When it comes to atrazine, its endocrine disruption abilities are frightening. A 2011 study published in The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology summarized a huge swath of research on atrazine, dating back to 1997. The study alone features 22 authors from around the globe. (8)

The study confirmed what researchers have been saying for years: atrazine “demasculinizes” and “feminizes” vertebrate male gonads. In other words, atrazine is a “decrease in male gonadal characteristics,” because the herbicide shrinks testicles and reduces sperm counts. By “feminizing” male gonads, atrazine can lead to the growth of ovaries in males.

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[AD1184]

I think Kennedy is right about contaminated water changing the children...

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Atrazine: the Most Common Toxic Contaminant in Our Water​

(Excerpt)

One of atrazine’s scariest effects is that it is an endocrine disruptor. These are chemicals foreign to the human body that, after a certain level of exposure, disrupt our endocrine — also known as hormonal — systems. Endocrine disruptions can cause adverse developmental, reproductive, neurological and immune effects in people and wildlife.

This occurs because the endocrine system includes hormone-secreting glands and is in charge of regulating blood sugar, our reproductive systems, metabolism, brain function and the nervous system. Our bodies are kept in check with a delicate balance. When one hormone goes out of whack, it can have serious ripple effects throughout the body.

When it comes to atrazine, its endocrine disruption abilities are frightening. A 2011 study published in The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology summarized a huge swath of research on atrazine, dating back to 1997. The study alone features 22 authors from around the globe. (8)

The study confirmed what researchers have been saying for years: atrazine “demasculinizes” and “feminizes” vertebrate male gonads. In other words, atrazine is a “decrease in male gonadal characteristics,” because the herbicide shrinks testicles and reduces sperm counts. By “feminizing” male gonads, atrazine can lead to the growth of ovaries in males.

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Atrazine - Wikipedia

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Atrazine's primary manufacturer is Syngenta and it is one of the most widely used herbicides in the United States, Canadian, and Australian agriculture. Its use was banned in the European Union in 2004, when the EU found groundwater levels exceeding the limits set by regulators, and Syngenta could not show that this could be prevented nor that these levels were safe.

Syngenta - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Syngenta AG is a provider of agricultural science and technology, in particular seeds and pesticides with its management headquarters in Basel, Switzerland.[1] It is owned by ChemChina, a Chinese state-owned enterprise.

Syngenta was founded in 2000 by the merger of the agrichemical businesses of Novartis and AstraZeneca, and acquired by China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina) in 2017.

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Syngenta’s contributions to U.S. federal candidates, parties, and outside groups totaled $140,822 during the 2018 election cycle, ranking it 20th on the list of companies in its sector. Its lobbying expenditures in the U.S. during 2018 were $770,000, ranking it 7th in its sector.

Switzerland to stop exporting banned pesticides | Pesticide Action Network (PAN)

Earlier this week the government of Switzerland announced that it will no longer allow exports of five pesticides that have long been banned in their own

www.panna.org

Earlier this week the government of Switzerland announced that it will no longer allow exports of five pesticides that have long been banned in their own country due to known health and environmental harms.

Switzerland banned atrazine use domestically in 2012.


A Pesticide Banned, or Not, Underscores Trans-Atlantic Trade Sensitivities (Published 2015) (NYT, Paywall)
https://archive.is/jLHeR (Non-paywall)

 

[nivek]

Atrazine - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Syngenta - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Switzerland to stop exporting banned pesticides | Pesticide Action Network (PAN)

Earlier this week the government of Switzerland announced that it will no longer allow exports of five pesticides that have long been banned in their own

www.panna.org

Switzerland banned atrazine use domestically in 2012.


A Pesticide Banned, or Not, Underscores Trans-Atlantic Trade Sensitivities (Published 2015) (NYT, Paywall)
https://archive.is/jLHeR (Non-paywall)

Thanks, Robert Kennedy brought this to my attention during this interview he had with Jordan Peterson, an interview that youtube took down claiming it violated its vaccine policy...Anyway I think there could be a Atrazine link to some of the gender disorders prevalent in the US...There should be more non-biased research on the subject...


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[nivek]

What RFK Jr., now a presidential candidate, has said about Ukraine, vaccines, more

The son of former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, he has garnered widespread attention for his long shot bid to beat Joe Biden in the Democratic Party primary

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I like Kennedy, I'd vote for him...

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[Dejan Corovic]

I like Kennedy, I'd vote for him...

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Only thing where he's wrong is don't cut military budget that much, maybe only $50 B.
China is real threat to world's democracy and Chine should be made into democracy one day.

 

[pigfarmer]

Military spending is the prop holding up our economy, so I've heard, and we are constantly casting about for places to inflict freedom and democracy upon. Afghanistan had poor political optics so let's lust have a proxy war in Ukraine. Good for business.

 

[Dejan Corovic]

Military spending is the prop holding up our economy, so I've heard, and we are constantly casting about for places to inflict freedom and democracy upon. Afghanistan had poor political optics so let's lust have a proxy war in Ukraine. Good for business.

War can't be good for economy because economy is circular thing. I buy from you and you buy from me and so on and on.

But, when a bomb goes boom, there goes money that went into a bomb never to return back into the circle. Even worst, when missiles sit in a silos and become obsolete, that as well turns into economic waste. Ask Soviet Union, that how their money they made through hard work, turned into waste.

 

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[pigfarmer]

President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address (1961)​

A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment. Our arms must be might, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction. . . . American makers of plowshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well. But now we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense; we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions. . . . This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. . . .Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. . . . In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

 

[Dejan Corovic]

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The reason No. #1 because of which you can spend so much on military is because US dollar is world's reserve currency, you can essentially print as much as you like ( while oil is relatively cheap ).

But US military spending is good for science and science is good for everything. So that's a benefit.

Although it could be argued that it would be better for you to spend that extra money you get for being world's reserve currency on your own healthcare and social welfare, like Europeans do, so you get some taste of civilised life. But that would have a downside of shooting less kids when they attend your own schools. So, healthcare and welfare might be a really bad things.

 

[AD1184]

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I can see many of the problems that such large defence spending causes. I believe that defence industry lobbying was decisive in influencing Bill Clinton to expand NATO into the Eastern Bloc countries in the 1990s, as they were a then-untapped market for US defence industry products. There are also many sordid tales of profiteering by defence contractors in the Global War on Terror, and the misadventures in Iraq and Afghanistan.

However, on the other hand: each dollar that America spends on defence does not go as far as it does in China. How much would your smartphone cost if it were made in the USA, for example? Also, America's allies outsource a lot of their own defence spending to the US, as they rely on the US military as part of their own national defence.

 

[nivek]

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[nivek]

The stunning revelation in Durham hearing should chill us to the core​

Special Counsel John Durham recently appeared before Congress to answer questions about his bombshell report on the FBI’s botched handling of Donald Trump’s alleged Russian collusion in 2016, and what Americans heard in the hallowed halls of the Capitol should chill them to the core.

Durham told the House Judiciary Committee, "The FBI was too willing to accept and use politically funded and uncorroborated opposition research, such as the Steele dossier. The FBI relied on the dossier and FISA applications, knowing there was likely material originating from a political campaign or political opponent."

And whose political campaign you might ask was funneling this false information to the FBI? Why that would be Hillary Clinton’s, Trump’s 2016 presidential opponent.

As if this weren’t bad enough, and it most assuredly is, at almost the same time as the same FBI was opening a case on Trump under false pretenses, it was closing its investigation on Clinton’s mishandling of classified materials with no charges.

In the report, Durham called the treatment of Democrat Clinton and Republican Trump "markedly different," which is a nice way of saying it stinks to high heaven.

Put bluntly, according to Durham, the FBI had ample evidence to believe that the dirt dug up on Trump was coming from Clinton’s camp, that it was opposition research, not the product of a legitimate investigation, but they didn’t care.

In another stunning revelation, we learned that the original head of Crossfire Hurricane, as the probe into Trump was known, was never shown key information that pointed to the Clinton campaign as the source. Apparently, upon learning this, that agent, Joe Pientka, was absolutely furious. Who wouldn’t be?

This all came around the time, as you might remember, that FBI employees and star-crossed lovers Peter Stzrok and Lisa Page were texting love notes about how they would never let Trump become president.

Democrats on the committee who have no curiosity whatsoever about the Durham report, even though the FBI itself admits wrongdoing and says it has made corrections, spent the morning berating and insulting the witness.

Durham was called a political hack, and one Democrat lawmaker suggested that his reputation had been sullied by allegedly helping Trump, to which an unbowed special counsel replied, "My concern about my reputation is with the people who I respect and my family and my Lord. And I'm perfectly comfortable with my reputation with them."

What makes Durham’s discoveries so damning, both in the report and in his testimony, is that the very same Department of Justice he so deeply criticizes for playing politics is not just once again investigating Trump as he runs for president, but indicting him this time.

Think about that. Durham has proven that the Russian collusion investigation against Trump in 2016 was poorly predicated and politically motivated. Why should any American have the slightest bit of faith that anything has changed?

Maybe if Democrats took this matter remotely seriously, if they were able to admit the wrongdoing, as the FBI has done, then we could start to rebuild faith in these institutions. But instead, committee Democrats ignored it and amazingly used their time to continue their farcical harping about Trump and Russia.

As committee Chairman Jim Jordan put it, "Sixty percent of Americans now believe there is a double standard at the Justice Department. You know why they believe that, 'cause there is! That has got to change."

Hear hear.

The United States is in uncharted waters. The leading GOP candidate for president is headed to a federal trial that could lead to him campaigning from a jail cell and the majority of Americans do not trust the agency running that case. That is frankly terrifying.

Thankfully Republicans, including many who aren’t named Trump, are sitting up, taking notice and promising to deliver change. That includes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has made DOJ reform a center of his presidential campaign, and Sen. Tim Scott, who says as president he would fire FBI Director Christopher Wray.

All of the GOP candidates and indeed every GOP elected official need to keep the focus where it belongs — on a Department of Justice that far from being blind glares at conservatives like Trump and his associates, while winking at Democrats like Clinton and Hunter Biden.

When there are two sets of laws in a society, there is no law at all, there is only power. John Durham has shown beyond a shadow of a doubt that this is exactly what is going on in the Department of Justice, and if that doesn’t change then nothing else will.

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[nivek]

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[nivek]

Kamala Harris ridiculed for post on Roe anniversary as she recounts rage, need to ‘let it all out’ emotionally​

Critics of Vice President Kamala Harris on Twitter ripped her Saturday for posting a video in which she marked the one-year anniversary of the end of Roe V Wade as a tragedy for women’s rights.

Users blasted the post, declaring there is "no right to kill babies in abortions" and claiming that the "overwhelming majority" of Americans "want abortion restrictions."

Harris posted the video to her official Vice President Twitter account on Saturday morning in recognition of the anniversary of The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case that overturned Roe V. Wade.

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[nivek]

White House confirms Biden, 80, is now using breathing machine to treat sleep disorder - after thick mask lines on his face sparked more health questions​

President Joe Biden, 80, emerged Wednesday from the White House residence with visible indentations on his face - as he's now using a CPAP machine to treat his sleep apnea. 'Since 2008, the president has disclosed his history with sleep apnea in thorough medical reports. He used a CPAP machine last night, which is common for people with that history,' White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told DailyMail.com when asked about the markings on the president's face.

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White House confirms Biden, 80, is now using breathing machine to treat sleep disorder - after thick mask lines on his face sparked more health questions​

President Joe Biden, 80, emerged Wednesday from the White House residence with visible indentations on his face - as he's now using a CPAP machine to treat his sleep apnea. 'Since 2008, the president has disclosed his history with sleep apnea in thorough medical reports. He used a CPAP machine last night, which is common for people with that history,' White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told DailyMail.com when asked about the markings on the president's face.

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If Biden manages to get reelected, we may wind up with a Weekend at Bernie's type situation at the White House!