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He/She/They is killing this! Bravo Councilman Webb!! https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/may/1/ryan-webb-delaware-county-indiana-councilman-mocks/ Republican Ryan Webb may look like a typical straight White male, but he wants the voters of Delaware County, Indiana, to know that he identifies as a lesbian woman of color. The county councilman ruffled some feathers after announcing last month on Facebook that he has “decided to come out and finally feel comfortable announcing my true authentic self,” even though he hasn’t changed his appearance or conservative views in any way. “It is with great relief that I announce to everyone that I identify as a woman and not just any woman but as a woman of color as well,” he said in the April 12 post. “I guess this would make me gay/lesbian as well, since I am attracted to women. Indeed, Mr. Webb said he is happily married to his wife Brandy Webb, with whom he has six children. “I am continuing to retain my preferred pronouns of he/him, and I am married to my beautiful wife Brandy,” Mr. Webb said Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime.” “She’s running for the Muncie City Council in tomorrow’s election.”

SF is thinking that all of the brands out there that have been planning "out of the closet" ad campaigns to cater to the LGBTQIA(or whatever else they choose to go by) crowd during "Pride Month" are now getting a true wake-up as to the stupidity of all this as brand after brand is being shunned. Here is a female "Pregnant Male" charade (which is scientifically impossible)......Yet, here we are.....A pregnant chick pretending to be a dude. “Hey look, a pregnant woman with an elective mastectomy who can’t breastfeed her child because she’s cosplaying as a man,” https://nypost.com/2023/06/02/fashion-magazine-cover-featuring-pregnant-transgender-man-logan-brown-sparks-outrage/ A topless pregnant transgender man featured on the cover of Glamour U.K.’s June issue ignited a fierce reaction from online critics Thursday. Author Logan Brown, a 27-year-old who was born female but now identifies as a transgender man, posed as the cover star of British Glamour Magazine’s digital issue celebrating Pride Month in a painted-on suit, showcasing a large baby bump. Brown unexpectedly became pregnant with partner Bailey J Mills, a non-binary drag performer in the U.K., while taking a break from testosterone treatments due to health reasons, the fashion magazine said. The interview, conducted, by Glamour’s Chloe Laws two weeks before Brown gave birth to a daughter, details Brown’s “accidental” pregnancy experience as a transgender man. In her introduction, Laws wrote that Brown and Mills were thrust into the spotlight after they were subjected to “rampant transphobia” from people online who repeatedly commented that “men can’t get pregnant” on Brown’s social media posts. “I’ve been brought up in a very close-knit family, and so to bring a baby into the world in a queer relationship is the best feeling ever,” Brown said in the interview. “I feel like we’ll be able to love and appreciate each other, and my daughter will be able to grow up knowing that she’ll always be loved and accepted for whoever she is. And I think that’s a really important thing for her to be around.” Brown, who is writing a children’s book called “My Daddy’s Belly: The Miracle of Male Birth,” described suffering from “really bad mental health” issues as a child. After coming out as lesbian, Brown wanted to explore an “identity of being trans” and now identifies as queer. Brown was on a break from testosterone treatments but had “this weird feeling” about the possibility of being pregnant. “I took a pregnancy test and it was positive…it was like my whole world just stopped. That everything, all my manlihood that I’ve worked hard for, for so long, just completely felt like it was erased,” Brown said. “It was really hard because how do you tell your partner, ‘Oh, I’m pregnant, but oh, I’m also your boyfriend as well,’” Brown added. “The reaction was mixed emotions for both of us.” “I spent so much time feeling shame and being hard on myself until I thought, ‘You can enjoy this process or make it really difficult for yourself.’ I’m a pregnant man, and we’re very lucky, and I’m proud to do what we’re doing.” Logan Brown poses as the cover star of British Glamour Magazine’s digital issue celebrating Pride Month in a painted-on suit. Glamour Magazine Brown documented the pregnancy journey on a blog and social media. The Glamour cover model told Laws about receiving support from the LGBTQ community, but not being surprised by the negative reaction online because “obviously, this is not a usual everyday thing.” But, Brown declared, “We’re real living people. And at the end of the day, I am a trans pregnant man and I do exist. No matter what anyone says, I am literally living proof.” The interview, and especially the images, ignited a strong reaction online, with some calling for Bud Light-style boycotts and others slamming the language of the interview, calling out phrases like “he gave birth.” Former trans influencer and detransition activist Oli London tweeted, “Just when you thought Woke Companies could not sink any lower- Glamour UK magazine has featured this ‘pregnant man’ on the cover to kick off Pride Month. Time to BudLight @GlamourMagUK.” Breitbart reporter Wendell Husebo called the feature “an example of the West’s rapid decline.” “So, a pregnant straight woman for @GlamourMagUK’s Pride month cover. That makes complete sense these days. Pride month has become a competition amongst trans panderers to see who can most completely lose the plot about what Pride was created to commemorate and celebrate,” gay rights activist Fred Sargeant tweeted. Piers Morgan reacted, “Living proof of what? Logan’s a biological female who got pregnant, as hundreds of millions of biological females do each year… why are you presenting this as a man getting pregnant which is biologically impossible?” The U.K’s Glamour site, glamourmagazine.co.uk, displays Logan Brown on its front homepage. Glamour Magazine Author Helen Joyce responded, “Every single baby ever born was gestated within a woman’s body. But there’s only one way to get on the cover of a magazine for performing this everyday miracle.” “Hey look, a pregnant woman with an elective mastectomy who can’t breastfeed her child because she’s cosplaying as a man,” conservative influencer Classically Abby wrote. Sen. Josh Hawley’s, R-Mo., communications director Abigail Monroe tweeted out a photo of Brown’s forthcoming book. “A biological woman is pregnant but thinks she’s a man and wrote this book. The elites and media clap like seals promoting it. Is no one brave enough to pause and say, ‘Wait. This is insane,” she wrote. “To answer the question, ‘What is a woman?’ I think we first need to understand a woman can be a man who is no longer a woman but can get pregnant like a woman but is a man,” author Dr. Jebra Faushay tweeted sarcastically along with a Glamour U.K. TikTok video featuring Brown. Deborah Joseph, GLAMOUR’s European Editorial Director said in a statement obtained by the Intercept, “When we first met Logan and heard his incredible story, we were blown away by his strength and courage. We knew he would be the perfect cover star for our June Pride issue, as a shining example of empowerment, inclusivity, and equality. “Logan and his partner Bailey bringing their beautiful baby into the world is a story of love and acceptance;” Joseph added, “things that we are sadly often reminded that the world could use a little more of.” The fashion magazine wrote in the introduction that the Pride issue focuses on “the allyship that exists between women (cisgender or not) and transgender people through our shared experiences – in particular pregnancy, healthcare, and childbirth – something that is not often talked about with regard to the transgender community.”

He has turned up - in an undisclosed location, hidin from the Bidens...... https://nypost.com/2023/05/31/missing-biden-family-corruption-probe-witness-gal-luft-speaks-out-living-as-fugitive-in-undisclosed-location/ Gal Luft, the “missing” witness in the House Oversight Committee’s Biden family corruption investigation, has told The Post he is alive and living as a fugitive in an undisclosed location. The former Israeli Defense Force colonel vanished from Cyprus last month while on bail awaiting extradition to the US on seven charges. He denies the allegations, which include five charges relating to the Arms Export Control Act of conspiring to sell Chinese products to the United rab Emirates, Kenya and Libya, as well as a violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, and of making a false statement. Luft claims he was forced to skip bail because he is the victim of a political persecution by the US to protect Joe Biden and his son Hunter, and brother Jim. “The chances of me getting a fair trial in Washington are virtually zero,” he said in a call from an undisclosed foreign country, explaining why he skipped bail. “I had to do what I had to do.”

This loony old bat needs to stick to her acting......"There would be no climate crisis if it wasn't for racism" https://nypost.com/2023/05/30/jane-fonda-blames-white-men-racism-for-climate-change/ Jane Fonda issued a stark warning about climate change on Saturday while placing the blame on white men. “We’ve got about seven, eight years to cut ourselves in half of what we use of fossil fuels, and unfortunately, the people that have the least responsibility for it are hit the hardest — Global South, people on islands, poor people of color,” the “Book Club: The Next Chapter” actress said at the Cannes Film Festival. “It is a tragedy that we have to absolutely stop. We have to arrest and jail those men — they’re all men [behind this].” The two-time Oscar winner added that climate change would not be possible without racism or the patriarchy, in which “white men,” she said, are at the top. “It’s good for us all to realize, there would be no climate crisis if there was no racism. There would be no climate crisis if there was no patriarchy. A mindset that sees things in a hierarchical way,” she argued. “White men are the things that matter and then everything else [is] at the bottom.” The 85-year-old actress has made headlines for her activism since the Vietnam War, when critics branded her “Hanoi Jane” for posing on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun that made it seem like she would shoot down US planes. Meanwhile, at Cannes, the “80 For Brady” star urged everyone to rally around environmental justice. “It’s important because we have to get out of the silos — feminists over here, environmentalists over here. That’s what I learned when I started being an activist around the Vietnam War,” she said. “The more you go down any issue, whatever it is, you realize that it’s all connected. And if we solve the climate crisis, and we haven’t solved those other things, we’re gonna be in trouble.” This is not the first time Fonda — who has been arrested several times while participating in climate change protests — has connected climate change to social injustice. In January, she said everything — such as “sexism, racism, misogyny, homophobia” and “the war” — is related. “And if you really get into it, and study it and learn about it and the history of it and everything’s connected. There’d be no climate crisis if it wasn’t for racism,” she stated on “The Kelly Clarkson Show.”“ “Where would they put the poison and the pollution?” Fonda continued. “They’re not gonna put it in Bel Air. They’ve got to find some place where poor people or indigenous people or people of color are living. Put it there. They can’t fight back. And that’s why a big part of the climate movement now has to do with climate justice.” Earlier this month, the “Grace and Frankie” actress called for “all hands on deck” as the climate emergency continues. The social justice warrior told Page Six she didn’t understand “how you could not” protest. “I have grandchildren,” she said at the premiere of “Book Club: The Next Chapter.” “I love animals, I love nature. We’re going to destroy it all if we don’t.”

Soooo, in the US, on the HS track team, not a US or lawful resident......Yet he is a(n) (Indian American) White Supremist? SMH......Wondering who paid him to run a car into the WH......SF - being the frequent traveler, knowing what it takes to be able to get through airport security, onto a flight, and rent a car (with a valid ID) is wondering how this guy got to DC in the first place. https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/driver-of-u-haul-that-rammed-white-house-gate-not-a-us-citizen-prosecutors-say/3354565/ The man accused of ramming a U-Haul truck into barriers near the White House earlier this week isn't a U.S. citizen or a lawful, permanent resident, prosecutors said Wednesday. Sai Varshith Kandula, a 19-year-old from suburban St. Louis, wore an orange jail-issued jumpsuit in his brief courtroom appearance when prosecutors requested pre-trial detention. The government also revealed that Kandula is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident — though his national origin wasn't mentioned in court. A college student who was on the same high school track team with Kandula told NBC News on Tuesday that they're both members of the sizable Indian American community in Chesterfield, Mo. Kandula answered routine questions from Magistrate Judge Robin Meriweather confirming his name and that he understood the proceedings. Kandula's defense lawyer Diane Shrewsbury, requested a new pair of glasses for Kandula, telling Judge Meriweather that her client's spectacles had been taken upon his arrest and he was having trouble seeing. Judge Meriweather said she'd take care of that issue.

Dude (who claims to have the goods on the Bidens) is still missing...... https://www.jpost.com/international/article-739675 Israeli professor Gal Luft, who is wanted by US authorities for arms dealing, has gone missing in Cyprus after a Larnaca court had released him on bail, Cypriot website Philenews reported on Wednesday. Luft had been arrested at Larnaca International Airport, in southern Cyprus, after Interpol issued an arrest warrant against him on suspicion of arms trafficking to Libya and China. He was then slated for extradition to the United States. Luft released on bail The Larnaca District Court released him while deliberating on the US extradition request after it ordered him to pay €150,000 as a guarantee, to put up another €250,000 with a guarantor, and to present himself at the central police station of Paphos, where he lived at the time, at regular intervals. On March 28, Luft did not appear at the Paphos police station as required. On the same day, his lawyer declared Luft a missing person and expressed concern for his client's life. Luft's abandoned vehicle was discovered a day later, and according to Philenews' sources, Cypriot police are considering the possibility that Luft has left the country entirely. Since Luft did not appear for his court date on April 3, the €400,000 he put up as a guarantee has been frozen. Larnaca police spokesperson Haris Hadjiyiasemi stated that another European and international arrest warrant was issued against him, according to the Cyprus Mail. Luft denied all accusations Luft had denied the accusations leveled against him, affirming that he has "never been an arms dealer" and further claiming that the US Justice Department is "trying to bury me to protect [US President Joe] Biden" and his family. Luft, an author and an energy security and diplomatic expert, serves as the co-director of the Washington-based Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS), a think tank focused on energy, security and economic trends, as per its website. He has been publicly critical of American foreign policy, as well as the Biden administration as a whole, in the past. In a 2021 Beijing summit, titled 'International Forum on Democracy: the Shared Human Values,' Luft accused the Biden administration's "commitment to democracy going only as far as its interests allow."

Maybe he "identifies" as white.......

Just another chapter in the "Republicans and Orange man Bad" fictional work exposed as a fraud (that everyone just needs to ignore). https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12090847/DAVID-MARCUS-FBI-Keystone-Cops-CIA-stooges-Pulitzer-lapdogs-Theyre-Dems-pockets.html DAVID MARCUS: The FBI's anti-Trump Keystone Cops… the CIA's 51 laptop-trashing stooges… the NYT's biased Pulitzer lapdogs: now we KNOW they're all in the Dems' pockets and - terrifyingly – it's derailing democracy The deranged partisan hacks running America's once-respected institutions are completely, utterly, maybe irredeemably, shameless. What other verdict can one reach after reading Special Counsel John Durham's report on the FBI investigation of President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign? It should never – never in a thousand years – have been launched. And the news media – the supposed independent servants of democracy, who demand that every Republican swear on their children that the 2020 vote was free, fair, and won by Biden – were more than happy to go along with it. But now we know, the real election meddling was state sponsored. The FBI 'failed to uphold their mission of strict fidelity to the law,' wrote Durham. He found that the agency kicked off a full-fledged probe, at the height of an election, into a presidential campaign based on 'raw,' 'unevaluated,' and ultimately, dud information. They ignored exculpatory evidence and were blinded by preconceived notions. At best, they're the Keystone Cops. At worst, they're direct descendants of J. Edgar Hoover. It's damning. America was told Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulous had secret connections to the Kremlin. He didn't. The public was fed the ridiculous Steele dossier, a document about as authentic as a Rolex purchased from a briefcase, as if it was the Ten Commandments. It wasn't. What other verdict can one reach after reading Special Counsel John Durham's (above) report on the FBI investigation of President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign? It should never – never in a thousand years – have been launched. At best, they're the Keystone Cops. At worst, they're direct descendants of J. Edgar Hoover. It's damning. (Above) Former FBI Director James Comey'A The FBI should be humiliated. The media that promoted this garbage should be begging the public for forgiveness. But they're not. The FBI released a statement suggesting this is all in the past. 'Leadership already implemented dozens of corrective actions, which have now been in place for some time,' the statement reads. Translation – there's nothing to see, move along. And here's what the New York Times had to say about Durham's comprehensive four-year probe into the multi-million-dollar, Russian collusion hoax that paralyzed the nation, on which they eagerly reported. 'The special counsel's final report… did not produce blockbuster revelations of politically motivated misconduct, as Donald J. Trump and his allies had suggested it would,' their sub-headline blared. They must be joking! This is not 'blockbuster' enough for the Gray Lady? I challenge them to ignore clear evidence that former FBI Director James Comey is either totally incompetent or rotten to the core. In 2018, while hawking his unashamedly titled book, 'A Higher Loyalty,' Comey pushed the disgusting lie that Trump engaged in golden showers with Russian prostitutes in the presidential suite of a Russian hotel, on the very bed which President Obama and the First Lady slept. 'I honestly never thought these words would come out of my mouth, but I don't know whether the current President of the United States was with prostitutes peeing on each other in Moscow in 2013, It's possible, but I don't know,' he somberly told ABC News. How grave, salacious, disturbing, and absolutely false. As Durham revealed, by 2017, the FBI already knew that the source of these so-called 'pee-tape' allegations. He was a general manager at the Ritz Carlton Moscow, and he denied ever even hearing about these claims. Plus, he told the FBI that Trump never even stayed in the presidential suite. But a year later Comey is still struggling with the truth? What a sanctimonious fake! America was told Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulous (above) had secret connections to the Kremlin. He didn't. In 2018, while hawking his unashamedly titled book, 'A Higher Loyalty,' Comey pushed the disgusting lie that Trump engaged in golden showers with Russian prostitutes in the presidential suite of a Russian hotel, on the very bed which President Obama and the First Lady slept. Comey should never be permitted to speak another word in the media without the disclaimer: suspected liar. That's not compelling enough to rouse the New York Times from its fog? If the last seven years have shown America anything, it is that the Justice Department, the CIA, and their liberal media lackeys will do nearly anything to mislead the public, smear Donald Trump and protect his political opponents. There are two standards in our nation, one for Democrats and one for Republicans. Trump's Mar-A-Lago home was raided by the FBI, while Joe Biden's homes were searched by appointment. Hillary Clinton was found to be hiding reams of public documents on a private server – that she then destroyed – and she was let off with a public scolding, while Trump makes a perfectly legal hush money payment to a porn star, and he's indicted. It's a pattern and it continues unabated. At the height of the 2020 election, 51 former intelligence agents, recruited by former deputy CIA director Michael Morell, wrote a public letter dismissing the Hunter Biden laptop as Russian disinformation. Morell has since confessed that he spearheaded the effort to 'help' Biden 'win the election,' after some encouragement from Biden's then-campaign staffer and now-Secretary of State Antony Blinken. This week we learned that none other than Obama-era CIA Director John Brennan – one of the men in the room at the birth of the Russia hoax – admitted to House investigators that the infamous dirty memo was 'political.' And, there are reports that at least one active CIA employee was lending his hand in pulling together signatories. For two years, the mainstream media condoned the laptop lie with their silence, even though they had the same access to its raw contents as nearly everyone else. Then, only long after the election, did they admit the laptop is very, very real. So now that we know – beyond a doubt – that the entire Russian collusion investigation was nothing more than partisan smoke and mirrors will the New York Times and the Washington Post retract their hysterical coverage of it? Will the Pulitzer Prize committee strip these outlets of their farcical awards? So now that we know – beyond a doubt – that the entire Russian collusion investigation was nothing more than partisan smoke and mirrors will the New York Times and the Washington Post retract their hysterical coverage of it? (Above) Staff members from The New York Times and The Washington Post accept the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting At the height of the 2020 election, 51 former intelligence agents, recruited by former deputy CIA director Michael Morell (above), wrote a public letter dismissing the Hunter Biden laptop as Russian disinformation. Don't count on it. Former Acting Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe, who is specifically scolded in the Durham Report, is amazingly a legal analyst at CNN. This is a man, mind you, who the DOJ Inspector General referred to prosecutors for lying under oath in connection to this very investigation. You want to know why 80 percent of Americans don't trust the news? It's because they aren't stupid. They won't be lied to over and over. And above all else, will America's law enforcement and intelligence agencies change their ways? Sadly, I wouldn't hold my breath. The federal investigation into Hunter Biden for possible tax and gun violations has been underway for four years. That's nearly double the length of time of Robert Mueller's probe of Trump. Drug-addled Hunter was the alleged conduit for millions of dollars from China and other foreign countries to flow into Biden family coffers, including while his father was vice president. Will the DOJ ever wrap this up? Will they find wrongdoing? Will the media report on it accurately? Who knows? But I am certain of one thing – America's patience for these institutions has finally run out and for good reason. It's a terrifying prospect for us all.

Astronomical (IMHO)......

In the year 2023 - SF shouldn't be surprised by the level of abnormal craziness this year.......Never would have imagined SI would put an 81 year old on the cover.......I mean, yeah she looks good for 81 - no doubt, but SI Cover-girl ? Could have been worse I guess..... https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/martha-stewart-81-lands-sports-illustrated-cover-poses-daring-swimsuit Martha Stewart has made history as the oldest woman to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit issue. Stewart, 81, posed in a daring swimsuit as she revealed how she prepped for the photo shoot. "I didn't starve myself, but I didn't eat any bread or pasta for a couple of months," Stewart said during the "Today" show. "I went to Pilates every other day and that was great; I'm still going to Pilates every other day 'cause it's so great. And I just, I live a clean life anyway – good diet and good exercise and healthy skincare and all of that stuff." "I mean, they were prodding me and pinching me and pouring water all over my head! ... There's no tricks. They tell you you look okay. That's nice. They sort of reinforce that it's okay to be doing what you're doing." The former cooking show star remembered how she was "shaking" after seeing the cover photo for the first time. Stewart posed in nine different swimsuits during the island photo shoot. The TV personality said the cover photo "turned out okay." Stewart noted she got "good" genes from her mother. "My mom was my role model," Stewart explained. "After four kids, she was still wearing a two-piece bathing suit. And she still had two more after that, and she was still wearing a two-piece bathing suit, so that's pretty fabulous. My genes are good." The businesswoman explained her life philosophy does not focus on aging but "good living" instead. "I think all of us should think about good living, successfully living, and not aging. The whole aging thing is so boring. You know what I mean?" Stewart said. "I have a hospital called the Center for Living at Mt. Sinai. I started this hospital with Mt. Sinai and it's all about growing old gracefully. We don't think about aging, we think about successful living, and we try to install in people the desire to eat well, exercise well, have friends to have pets – to do all the things that make you happy as you get older. So that's what I'm all about."

So the CIA is now complicit in writing a politically based letter to mislead the public in the last Presidential election per sworn testimony and evidentiary proof. (IMHO) If the CIA was this strategically invested in Bidens' election that they covertly mislead the public prior to the election, there is no doubt in my mind they would have no problem utilizing resources in blue states to "stuff" enough ballot boxes to push Biden over the top. (Also IMHO) - I still do not believe for a second that the current President was able to get the most votes of any President ever in the history of the country. https://nypost.com/2023/05/14/mike-morell-cant-clean-up-this-dirty-letter-that-was-meant-to-secure-bidens-2020-win/ Now we know that the CIA conspired with former acting director Mike Morell and the Biden campaign to produce a letter falsely claiming that emails from Hunter Biden’s laptop were Russian disinformation — and solicited signatures from at least one former intelligence official. But there is much more to come from the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees on the origins of that “Dirty 51” letter cooked up by five former CIA directors and 46 fellow spooks to discredit The Post’s reporting on the laptop. John Brennan, the Obama-era CIA chief, admitted to House investigators in a four-hour closed-door deposition last week that the letter was “political.” James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence, is slated to appear next week. Brennan and Clapper also were involved in the Hillary Clinton campaign’s Russia hoax against Donald Trump and have lied to Congress previously without sanction, but it is unlikely the new breed of Republicans conducting these investigations will be as lenient as their predecessors. Why does the letter matter? Because it was crucial to saving Biden’s skin to deny that he had met with his son Hunter’s Ukrainian paymaster Vadym Pozharskyi while he was VP, as The Post reported on Oct. 14, 2020, citing evidence from the laptop. The Biden campaign knew that the laptop was a serious political liability. Michael Morell testified to the committees that he had no intention of drafting the statement until then-Biden campaign adviser Antony Blinken called him to discuss The Post’s story. Despite their best efforts, with the help of the FBI, Big Tech and a complicit media, to bury it, here was The Post with the story on its front page three weeks before the election. The letter was a domestic disinformation operation by the CIA to deceive the American people and help Joe Biden win the 2020 election. No surprise that last week, Democrats on the committees ran interference for the 51 deceitful spooks, issuing a dissenting statement to combat the majority report. Every sentence is false or misleading, so here goes a partial fact-check: Dems: Former CIA director Michael Morell drafted the letter because he had serious concerns about the Russians apparently once again interfering in our elections. NOPE. Morell testified to the committees that he had no intention of drafting the statement until then-Biden campaign adviser Antony Blinken, now secretary of state, called him on Oct. 17, 2020, to discuss The Post’s story and later emailed him a USA Today article alleging the FBI was “potentially” investigating if it was Russian disinformation. Morell testified that Blinken’s call “absolutely” triggered his decision to draft the letter. Former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos, who helped concoct the letter, testified to the committees: “Morell said that to me, that someone from kind of the Biden world had asked for” the letter. Morell admitted the letter was designed to “help Vice President Biden” in the upcoming presidential debate by giving him a “talking point to push back on [President] Trump on this issue.” Why did he want to give candidate Biden a talking point? “Because I wanted him to win the election.” Morell was hoping to be chosen by Biden as CIA director. Dems: Morell testified that he was the sole person in contact with the CIA’s Prepublication Classification Review Board (PCRB) about getting the letter approved. If others working on the letter had contacted the PCRB, he would have known. RED HERRING. Nobody said “others working on the letter” had contacted the PCRB. Former CIA analyst David Cariens told the committees that a CIA employee from the PCRB had contacted him about his own memoir and, during the call, had solicited his signature for Morell’s letter. Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo said last week that “If there was one [active duty CIA employee involved], there are likely to be others too … That’s politics inside the intelligence community in the most indecent, irresponsible way, and is really dangerous for our democracy.” Dems: Cariens says he heard about the letter via a phone call with the PCRB. But there is substantial reason to question Cariens’ recollection of what happened. For example, Polymeropoulos testified that, based on his “70 or 80” interactions with the PCRB, he has never known it to communicate anything via phone. DECEPTIVE. Cariens has not withdrawn his testimony, and there is no reason to question his recollection. “When the person in charge of reviewing the book called to say it was approved with no changes, I was told about the draft letter,” he told the committees. “The person asked me if I would be willing to sign.” Polymeropoulos was Morell’s willing accomplice, so he is not impartial. Dems: Former CIA officer Kristin Wood produced the email in which Cariens agreed to join the letter. Cariens received the same email as every other signatory and signed on eight minutes later. His response says nothing about the PCRB. IRRELEVANT. Even if Cariens also was approached by others to sign the letter, that does not negate the fact that a serving CIA employee asked him to sign it first. Morell also told Wood, who was helping garner signatures: “The more former intelligence officers the better. Campaign will be thrilled.” Every one of those 51 intelligence officials knew the laptop was real and was not Russian disinformation. Brennan and others in the CIA must also have known about Hunter’s risky behavior overseas while his father was VP. They surely knew the FBI had had his laptop since December 2019. Joe Biden knew, too Not just the 51, but Joe Biden knew he was lying to the American public. He knew it was his son’s laptop and he knew The Post was reporting the truth. That’s why he went into hiding the day we published and sent out his campaign spokespeople to lie on his behalf. On the morning of Oct. 19, 2020, while Morell was gathering signatures, and while the CIA was vetting the letter, then-Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe made a public declaration that The Post’s story was not Russian disinformation. He rebuked Adam Schiff, then-chair of the House Intelligence Committee, who had been all over the media for days claiming that the intelligence community believed that Hunter Biden’s laptop was a Kremlin plot. “Let me be clear,” Ratcliffe said. “The intelligence community doesn’t believe that because there’s no intelligence that supports that.” Within 24 hours, the Department of Justice and the FBI confirmed his declaration. The next day, Morell wrote an email to his co-signatories to congratulate them for getting the letter published. “I just want to thank everyone for signing the letter on the Hunter Biden emails,” he wrote. “I think this is the most important election since 1860 and 1864 when the very existence of the country was on the ballot. Now, it is our democracy and the Constitution that are on the ballot. We all, of course, took an oath to ‘preserve, protect, and defend’ the Constitution. I think all of you did that yesterday by signing this letter.” This was the most dangerous delusion of all.

SMH at the idiocy of this person......

Thank you for your service - BUT - Excuse me officer, "Automatic Weapons" ARE already banned.....And this LUNATIC shooter in Texas DIDN'T shoot an "Automatic Weapon". Just because your an heroic left-winger who despises Republican lawmakers and your Governor, doesn't mean you get to be inaccurate speaking to the likes of MSNBC, especially since you should have pretty good firearms knowledge..... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12057137/Texas-mass-shooting-witness-calls-automatic-weapons-ban.html 'I'm saying this as someone who loves guns': Texas mass shooting witness calls for automatic weapons ban as he slams Gov. Abbott for blaming mall massacre on mental health Steven Spainhouer, one of the first people on scene at the mass shooting in Allen, Texas, has called for M4s and AR-15s to be removed from the streets despite admitting he is a 'gun lover.' The former police and army officer said that it is long pastime automatic weapons were removed from everyday public life, on account of the rising number of mass shootings. 'It wasn't mental health that killed these people,' he said. 'It was an automatic rifle with bullets,' he told MSNBC.

What in the actual F?

Holy mother of F-ing God - My father must be rolling over in his grave - WW2 & Korean Conflict Navy vet.... https://nypost.com/2023/05/03/us-navy-appointed-active-duty-drag-queen-as-ambassador/ US Navy hires active-duty drag queen to be face of recruitment drive By Yaron Steinbuch May 3, 2023 8:01am The US Navy invited an active-duty drag queen to be a “Digital Ambassador” – as part of a recent drive “to attract the most talented and diverse workforce” and combat plunging recruitment. Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, who identifies as non-binary, was appointed as the first of five Navy Digital Ambassadors in a pilot program that ran from October to March. Kelley, whose stage name is Harpy Daniels, has shared their journey on TikTok and Instagram, where they described how they began performing onboard and became an “advocate” for people who “were oppressed for years in the service.” “From joining to 2016 and being able to share my drag experience on my off time with my fellow sailors has been a blessing,” Kelley wrote on Instagram in November when announcing their appointment as a digital ambassador to their more than 8,000 followers. “Thank you to the Navy for giving me this opportunity! I don’t speak for the Navy but simply sharing my experience in the Navy! Hooyah, and let’s go Slay!” they added. US Navy sailor and drag queen Joshua Kelley, whose stage name is Harpy Daniels, took part in a recruitment drive as a “Digital Ambassador.” Instagram / @harpy_daniels The social media influencer has shared their journey on TikTok and Instagram. Instagram / @harpy_daniels The “Digital Ambassador” program that Kelley took part in ran from October to March and was “designed to explore the digital environment to reach a wide range of potential candidates” as the Navy battles “the most challenging recruiting environment it has faced since the start of the all-volunteer force,” a Navy spokesperson told Fox News. The service branch is evaluating what form the program, which included five active-duty personnel, will take in the future, the rep added. “The Navy did not compensate YN2 Kelley or any others for being Navy Digital Ambassadors,” the spokesperson also noted. “From joining to 2016 and being able to share my drag experience on my off time with my fellow sailors has been a blessing,” Kelley wrote on Instagram. Instagram / @harpy_daniels Kelley took part in the “Digital Ambassador” program from October to March. Instagram / @harpy_daniels Kelley has told Carl Herzog of the USS Constitution Museum that they began dressing in drag and performing in shows long before joining the Navy. In 2017 and 2018, they performed as Harpy in a crew morale-boosting lip sync competition while on deployment on the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. “I started performing in drag in 2013. Drag had no influence with me joining. It was the Navy I feared that would’ve influenced me to stop doing drag,” Kelley told Herzog. “For myself, drag has been a passion, an art, and a way to express myself. … Ship life is difficult. Every day fades into one, and high stress and intensity can bring low morale and can cause suicide and bad behavior,” they said. Kelley said they began performing in drag in 2013 and joined the Navy in 2016. Instagram / @harpy_daniels Kelly said that their performance on the Ronald Regan helped save someone’s life. “This person was gay and felt lost and alone, ready to jump ship. But after getting to view my performance, they felt empowered to be themselves and see that our struggles and low morale are temporary,” the Yeoman 2nd Class said. “They personally thanked me and said they forgot what life was like for a moment. That’s a struggle we all deal with during deployments and we all have our reasons to lose ourselves,” the sailor continued. Kelley said their goal is to “become the first officer in my family.” Instagram / @harpy_daniels Asked what their plans are, both as a drag queen and in the Navy, Kelly told Herzog that their “goals as a sailor are to continue working hard, make first (class) and become the first officer in my family.” “As for drag, I hope to continue performing, building safe spaces for queer individuals, and one day make it on RuPaul’s Drag Race as one of the first active service members,” they added. The ambassador program was launched as the Navy is trying to boost its size to 347,000 members in 2024, up from the current 341,736 serving in fiscal year 2023, according to the Navy Times. It committed to recruit and retain personnel through fostering an inclusive culture and ensuring they feel “included and connected to mission and leaders at all levels,” according to the latest diversity, equity and inclusion policy updates cited by the Daily Caller. The ambassador program was launched as the Navy is trying to boost its size to 347,000 members in 2024. Instagram / @harpy_daniels On April 19, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti told the House Armed Services Committee that the Navy is projected to fall 6,000 recruits, or 16%, short of its fiscal year 2023 goal for enlisted sailors. “To attract the most talented and diverse workforce, the Navy continues to evaluate its compensation package and admission requirements, and how it reaches potential recruits through advertising and career events,” according to the Navy’s budget proposal for 2024, the outlet reported. The ambassador program is one of several ways the Navy uses to reach various populations to overcome what the spokesperson called “the most challenging recruiting environment since the start of the all-volunteer force.”

Jeez - some kids are just stupid......These went way over the top. Baby oil/vaseline pranks are one thing, but spray painting and the extras are just going to put unnecessary costs on top of costs in already struggling school systems.

Something from Monty Python "Life of Brian" that couldn't be shown today, but so frickin funny.....

From my financial advisor - Predicting a (real) recession.....(we already hit one in early 2022) 80 years. This chart shows the dramatic increase in cash and mutual fund assets caused by the Covid related federal spending. The growth in money supply during Covid was 2.5 times of what was experienced in the 70s and early 80s. As you can see, the growth in m2 supply caused double digit inflation 50 years ago and interest rates north of 20%. Back then the fed was slow to stop the growth of the M2 money supply and inflation persisted. This go around the Fed is attempting to bring a rapid halt in the M2 growth. This chart shows the dramatic decrease in growth from plus 25% in 2021 to a decrease in supply currently. People with savings are now seeing those balances decrease due to inflation and they are incurring increases in debt to maintain lifestyle. People without savings are incurring debt to stay afloat or are struggling to make ends meet. I am not sure how this does not end up in a recession!

This kid gets an "Atta boy" for standing up to the left. “Who is this protected class?” he asked. “Are their feelings more important than my rights? I don’t complain when I see Pride flags and diversity posters hung throughout the school. Do you know why? Because others have a right to their beliefs, just as I do.” https://nypost.com/2023/05/01/boy-says-he-was-sent-home-over-shirt-that-said-there-are-only-two-genders/ A 12-year-old boy from Massachusetts claimed he was sent home from school a few weeks ago for wearing a t-shirt that declared that there are “only two genders,” which he was told made other students feel “unsafe.” Liam Morrison, a seventh grader at John T. Nichols Jr. Middle School in Middleborough, recounted the incident during a Middleborough School Committee meeting on April 13 — and his fiery speech went viral Sunday after being picked up by the popular right-wing Twitter account Libs of TikTok. Morrison said he was pulled from gym class on March 21 and met with school officials, who told him during what he described as an “uncomfortable talk” that people were complaining about the message on his shirt, which they said made them feel “unsafe.” “They told me that I wasn’t in trouble, but it sure felt like I was,” the boy stated. “I was told that I would need to remove my shirt before I could return to class. When I nicely told them that I didn’t want to do that, they called my father.” The 12-year-old noted that his father was supportive of his stance and arrived at school to pick him up.Liam Morrison, a seventh-grader at Nichols Middle School in Massachusetts, claimed that he was sent home on March 21 for refusing to take off a t-shirt that read, “There are only two genders.” Morrison said he was told the slogan on his shirt was “targeting a protected class” — apparently referring to transgender and nonbinary people — and was a “disruption to learning.” The 12-year-old pushed back against those claims in his address to the school committee. “Who is this protected class?” he asked. “Are their feelings more important than my rights? I don’t complain when I see Pride flags and diversity posters hung throughout the school. Do you know why? Because others have a right to their beliefs, just as I do.” The seventh-grader further argued that his shirt caused no disruption in the classroom. “No one got up and stormed out of class. No one burst into tears,” Morrison told his audience. “I’m sure I would have noticed if they had.” “I experience disruptions to my learning every day,” he added. “Kids acting out in class are a disruption, yet nothing is done. Why do the rules apply to one yet not another?” Morrison pointed out that before he was booted from the school, “not one person” complained to him directly about the words on his shirt — and he said some students had even expressed their support for him. The student emphasized that he did not go to school that day wearing that shirt to “hurt feelings of cause trouble,” but rather to exercise his right to free speech. “I know that I have a right to wear a shirt with those five words,” Morrison said. “Even at 12 years old, I have my own political opinions and I have a right to express those opinions. Even at school. This right is called the First Amendment to the Constitution.” Morrison concluded his address by calling on the School Committee to protect the rights of students to express themselves freely. “Next time, it may not only be me,” he warned. “There might be more soon that decide to speak out.” As the middle-schooler’s defiant speech began drawing attention over the weekend, the Massachusetts Family Institute, a Christian conservative nonprofit, announced on Twitter that it was providing legal support for the boy. The Middleborough school superintendent did not immediately respond to request for comment Monday.