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Vengeance Well, President-elect Donald Trump certainly is off to a roaring start, isn’t he? Ensconced at his Mar-a-lago beach club with the richest man in the world glued to his side every moment, he’s getting a whole new band together for his second term. Aside from his choice of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio for Secretary of State, this time there’s nary an establishment figure anywhere to be seen as he chooses his new cabinet and White House staff. He’s going directly to the life-blood of MAGA and picking the most controversial, lib-triggering extremists he can find. I mentioned his first group of nominees earlier this week none of whom have anything to particularly recommend them for these jobs but they at least have some government experience behind them. The choice of FOX News celebrity Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense was the first inkling that this was about to go seriously off the rails. Hegseth has no experience running anything and has no government experience beyond serving as a National Guard officer in Iraq and Afghanistan and a prison guard at Guantanamo prison.
Trump’s pick for attorney general shows that loyalty is the only qualification that matters.
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But no How many clowns can Donald Trump fit into that car? Quite a few, it seems. Including a man who in court documents claimed brain damage. “The reason we know about RFK Jr’s brain worm is that he mentioned it during a divorce deposition, to argue that he was cognitively impaired and therefore had limited earning potential,” posted Catherine Rampell of The Washington Post. Trump, himself in mental decline and famous for suggesting people inject bleach to cure COVID-19, chose Brain Worm Guy to head the Department of Health and Human Services. Like his prospective boss, RFK Jr. is a clear and present danger to public health (The Guardian): Alastair McAlpine, a pediatric physician at British Columbia’s children’s hospital, wrote: “It is hard to overstate what a terrible decision this is. RFK Jr has no medical training. He is a hardcore anti-vaccine and misinformation peddler.
A groundbreaking investigation by Jessica Buxbaum reveals that when users engage with pro-Israel accounts, they may actually be interacting with AI bots, not real people, as part of an Israeli government influence strategy.
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Dozens of Democrats still support the bill — giving the Republican-controlled House plenty of breathing room to pass it next week.
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He wouldn’t last a night as a waiter What is a man like this doing in “public service”? He wouldn’t last a night as a waiter. Jessica Valenti posted a TikTok that’s gone viral from a North Carolina a constituent response from a Republican state senator. ABC11/WTVD-TV (Central NC): RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — A viral email from a North Carolina lawmaker’s office is raising eyebrows, after allegedly telling a North Carolina woman to leave the country for raising concerns about our state’s abortion laws. Video of the email has been circulating all over social media, seen over 200 thousand times on TikTok. It all started from a North Carolina TikTok user Lindsay Talley, who shared an email from her friend who she says has a genetic condition creating life-threatening abnormalities. Her friend wrote to her Republican State Senator Danny Britt concerned about the state’s abortion laws and her ability to expand her family. And in response, his official email back told her to leave the country.
“After saying that he would let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ‘go wild on health,’ President-elect Donald J. Trump said Thursday that he would nominate him to lead the Health and Human Services Department, positioning a vocal skeptic of vaccines to wield significant influence over public health policy.” — New York Times
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The American healthcare system is broken—the highest costs in the world and among the worst outcomes. We’ve gradually been losing control, and it’s time to turn back the clock. It’s time to build a healthcare system for 2025 BCE.
We’re facing drug shortages and price-gouging that were unheard of in ancient times, and it’s entirely self-inflicted. Real medicine is cheap and plentiful. The problem is that doctors refuse to prescribe raw onions anymore.
We need to harken back to a time when people drank raw milk and defluoridated water, and you never heard of people dying of ailments like “popcorn lung” or “old age.”
The Prince is suing the publisher of The Sun and the now-defunct News of the World alleging it unlawfully obtained private information about him from 1996 until 2011
Conservative ministers purchased the contaminated land and asbestos-ridden buildings, despite warnings from officials
For the sake of Britain, Europe and humanity, it’s time for us to get back with the European team, argues Mike Galsworthy
The cryptocurrency industry spent hundreds of millions to purge government crypto skeptics, and now it’s ready to reap the rewards.
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In the face of a second Trump term, the left must cultivate a politics of everyday life that goes beyond voting, says columnist Natasha Lennard.
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Paul Niland explains why Trump's talk of a 'deal' for peace will never work
The fate of the new “click-to-cancel” rule will show whether some Republicans are serious about cracking down on anti-competitive practices.
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'I don’t fully understand why so many people would faint from horror at the thought of hearing a dog screaming in agony but have no real issue with the idea of a human doing that'
Any law to help people die is the beginning of a slippery slope for disabled people whose lives are already devalued, writes Penny Pepper in her monthly column
AN upcoming exhibition of the social and cultural history of surfing on the Mid North Coast is generating considerable interest. The Yarrila Arts and Museum initiative, “Swell Chasers: Surf Stories from the Mid North Coast”, will run from 23 November to 2 February. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your...
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THE McCarthy family have been supplying timber products nationally and internationally since it was established in 1961. Coffs Harbour Hardwoods has grown over the years from timber merchant and world champion axeman Ray McCarthy and a few sons, to now employing over 100 staff and having a turnover of millions of dollars. Advertise with News...
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BIG4 Sawtell Beach Holiday Park has won the Customer Service Excellence Award in the BIG4 national awards announced at a gala event on the Gold Coast. City of Coffs Harbour manages all four BIG4 holiday parks on the Coffs Coast. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us....
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