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9:25 Peter Schiff with the straight economic talk he delivers best:
https://youtu.be/NHwMbMoeiX4
13 min on our dystopian financial reality. It looks now, as I long suspected, that keeping the cost of money cheaper and longer than ever in history was a set up. People have enslaved themselves with debt, and now will rely on government once the financial rug is pulled from beneath them. Simple and predictable:
For most of my life we were encouraged to save money and the economists worried because we didn’t save enough. Now we are encouraged to spend and they complain if we save some money.
Investigators Claim FBI Knew Identify of Zodiac Killer Since 2016, Kept DNA In Headquarters
By Anthony Scott May. 18, 2023 7:30 am0 Comments
A group of private cold case investigators is claiming the FBI has known the possible identity of the Zodiac Killer since 2016.
Thomas Colbert, an investigator for the Case Breakers a volunteer cold case investigator group, reported an FBI whistleblower came forward and claimed Air Force veteran Gary Francis Poste was previously identified as a suspect by the FBI for the Zodiac serial killings that occurred in the San Francisco Bay Area between 1968-1969.
In a press release obtained by the Daily Mail, Colbert said an FBI whistleblower stated “Poste has been secretly listed as the Zodiac suspect in Headquarters’ computers since 2016.”
Colbert also shared that DNA from Poste is still secure in FBI labs in Quantico, Virginia.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/investigators-claim-fbi-knew-identify-zodiac-killer-since/
Montana Becomes First State to Ban TikTok — Prohibits App Stores From Offering it in the State
By Cassandra MacDonald May. 18, 2023 7:15 am19 Comments
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, a Republican, has signed legislation banning TikTok in the state.
The law, which goes into effect in January, prohibits TikTok from operating in the state and Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store from offering it for download to customers.
Montana is now the first state in the nation to pass a law banning the social media company. TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, has ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
“To protect Montanans’ personal and private data from the Chinese Communist Party, I have banned TikTok in Montana,” Gianforte tweeted on Wednesday.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/montana-becomes-first-state-ban-tiktok-prohibits-app/
Conservatives Boycott Target Over Sales of Chest Binders and ‘Tuck-Friendly’ Bathing Suits for ‘Transgender’ Children
By Cassandra MacDonald May. 18, 2023 6:45 am71 Comments
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Conservatives have launched a boycott of Target after it was revealed that the retail giant is selling “tuck-friendly” bathing suits and chest binders for “transgender” children.
The items are part of a sizeable LGBTQ-themed selection of children’s apparel, books, and accessories aimed at gender-bending minors.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/conservatives-boycott-target-sales-chest-binders-tuck-friendly/
The word “gender” can go back to simple grammar term: declension of nouns and adjectives in foreign languages.
– – el muchacho
– – la muchacha
(Only gay communists do the Latinx-thing. It can’t be pronounced in Spanish.)
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Suggests He is Open to Defying U.S. Supreme Court Over Abortion Pill
By Mike LaChance May. 17, 2023 11:10 pm372 Comments
As we recently pointed out, Democrats have launched a campaign to delegitimize the U.S. Supreme Court.
They’re also trying to pack the court. It’s all about abortion, as this story shows.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has now gone on record saying that he is open to defying SCOTUS if they rule against the abortion pill.
Democrats think they can get away with defying SCOTUS if it is seen as illegitimate. Do you see the endgame now?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/new-jersey-governor-phil-murphy-suggests-he-is-open-to-defying-u-s-supreme-court-over-abortion-pill/
24 Republican Governors Offer to Help Texas Defend Its Southern Border
By Mike LaChance May. 17, 2023 9:40 pm491 Comments
Texas Governor Greg Abbott put the word out that Texas needs help handling the situation at their southern border.
24 Republican governors stepped up and answered the call.
This is the job of the federal government, but Joe Biden is MIA so someone has to fill the void.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/24-republican-governors-offer-to-help-texas-defend-its-southern-border/
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Introduces Resolution to Expel Adam Schiff from Congress
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) on Wednesday introduced a resolution to expel Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff (CA) from Congress.
Luna’s resolution comes days after Special Counsel John Durham released a report about the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign for alleged Russian collusion.
After a years-long investigation, Durham determined the FBI should not have launched an investigation into the Trump campaign. Durham concluded, “the Department and the FBI failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law in connection with certain events and activities described” in his report.
https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2023%2F05%2F17%2Frep-anna-paulina-luna-introduces-resolution-expel-adam-schiff-congress%2F
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Thailand’s new Leftist government a sign of Chinese influence
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https://intelreform.org/leftist-party-of-thailand/
Streaming with Laurie Gagan – Prions
KevinMcCairnPhD – May 16, 2023
***Kevin McCairn @ 1:57:01 – 2:06:36
https://rumble.com/v2o7ad2-streaming-with-laurie-gagan-prions.html
What is the Trusted News Initiative?
Jennifer Brown – March 14, 2022
https://docbrown77.substack.com/p/what-is-the-trusted-news-initiative
8-Year-Old Illegal Immigrant Child Dies Unexpectedly After Suffering Medical Emergency While in Border Patrol Custody – Second Dead Child in One Week
By Jim Hoft May. 18, 2023 8:15 am100 Comments
Joe Biden has blood on his hands.
On Wednesday, an 8-year-old illegal immigrant girl died unexpectedly after she suffered a medical emergency while in border patrol custody in Harlingen, Texas, with her family, according to FOX News correspondent Bill Melugin.
The young child was transported to the nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Customs and Border Protection is now conducting an investigation into the incident, according to the press release.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/8-year-old-illegal-immigrant-child-dies-unexpectedly/
(Richard: Why is the US funding bio labs in other countries?)
NIH Finally Cuts Off Funding to Wuhan Biolab But 27 Chinese Labs Still Make the List
By Jim Hoft May. 18, 2023 8:00 am122 Comments
The National Institute of Health (NIH) finally cut off funding to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, widely believed to be the source of the COVID-19 global pandemic that killed millions of people around the globe.
Dr. Tony Fauci and the US government funded the lab linked to the Chinese Communist Party for decades. Robert Kennedy, Jr. recently asked, “Why is nobody asking Dr. Anthony Fauci about why he funded the controversial Wuhan Lab at the epicenter of COVID-19?”
The pharma-funded mainstream media was never interested in investigating this dangerous program funded by Dr. Tony Fauci and the Department of Defense for decades.
The Wuhan Biolab was still on the donations list last month in April.
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The National Institute of Health was donating US dollars to the Wuhan Biolab and 27 other Chinese research facilities in April 2023.
It’s as if the COVID-19 pandemic never happened.
Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute (BTTTRI) F20-00489
BioDuro Co., Ltd. – Jiangsu F21-00534
BioDuro Co., Ltd.-Shanghai F16-00286 (A5974-01)
China Medical University F16-00250 (A5938-01)
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai F17-00345
Crown Bioscience, Inc. (Beijing) F16-00215 (A5896-01)
Cyagen Biosciences – China F17-00321
Fudan University F16-00168 (A5732-01)
GenScript-China F16-00214 (A5892-01)
Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) F18-00400
Labcorp Pharmaceutical Research and Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. – China F22-00535
Medicilon Preclinical Research (Shanghai), LLC F16-00300 (A5989-01)
Motac Beijing Services Ltd – Beijing, China F22-00537
Nanjing Medical University F16-00191 (A5797-01)
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine F20-00470
Pharmaron Beijing Co., Ltd. (Taihe) F16-00202 (A5844-01)
Pharmaron Ningbo Technology Development Co., Ltd. (Ningbo) F23-00575
Shanghai Chempartner Co., Ltd. F16-00265 (A5953-01)
Shanghai Model Organisms Center, Inc. – China F21-00510
Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, CAS – China F20-00462
Sichuan Primed Shines Bio-tech Co., Ltd F19-00450
Southern Medical University F16-00208 (A5867-01)
Sun Yat-sen University F20-00471
University of Hong Kong F16-00111 (A5486-01)
WuXi AppTec (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. F16-00281 (A5969-01)
Wuhan Institute of Virology – China F16-00279 (A5967-01)
Wuhan University in Wuhan, China F18-00398
Zhejiang University – China F20-00460
The Wuhan biolab was finally taken off the list in May.
The Epoch Times reported:
The National Institute of Health (NIH) has quietly removed the Wuhan lab suspected as a source of COVID-19 from its list of foreign facilities eligible to conduct animal experiments on taxpayer dollars.
The name Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), which was still on the list as recently as April 23, was absent from the page last updated on May 17. The current list consists of 27 other laboratories from China.
The WIV has for years been a partner of the New York-based EcoHealth Alliance, conducting bat coronavirus research with U.S. funding, which totaled more than $3 million between 2014 and 2019.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a vocal critic of the NIH funding to Wuhan, cheered the news as a “victory for taxpayers.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/nih-finally-cuts-funding-wuhan-biolab-27-chinese/
JUST IN: Rand Paul Issues Blunt Ultimatum To Peters Over COVID-19 Origins
WHO issues alert about ‘unusual’ cluster of deadly infant myocarditis cases in the UK
The United Kingdom has been rocked by a cluster of deadly cases of myocarditis in babies.
The World Health Organization issued an alert Wednesday, indicating that there was an “increase in severe myocarditis in neonates associated with enterovirus infection in Wales” between June 2022 and March 2023.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed the report, noting that a “higher than average number of cases” of enterovirus had been seen in “very young babies” in the fall and winter months, reported the Telegraph.
The biggest spike in myocarditis cases occurred in November.
The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses noted that enteroviruses, a genus of single-stranded RNA viruses, “multiply primarily in the gastrointestinal tract or the upper respiratory tract or sometimes both, but they can also multiply in other tissues, e.g., nerve, muscle, etc. Infection may frequently be asymptomatic. Clinical manifestations include common cold, mild meningitis, encephalitis, myelitis, myocarditis and conjunctivitis.”
While enterovirus infection in babies is reportedly common, the WHO acknowledged that the “increase in myocarditis with severe outcomes in neonates and infants associated with enterovirus infection is unusual.”
Fifteen babies have been afflicted under these “unusual” circumstances. Nine babies are known to have been admitted to the hospital. One child has died. All were less than 28 days old. As of May 5, one patient remains hospitalized.
Several of the babies rushed to intensive care presented features of sepsis and cardiorespiratory arrest extra to having inflamed hearts.
Since there are no specific antiviral therapies available for enteroviruses, treatment focuses on prevention of complications, said the WHO.
Dr. Christopher Williams, consultant epidemiologist for Public Health Wales, said in a statement, “This cluster is unusual due to the number of cases reported in a relatively short time frame, and so investigations are now ongoing in collaboration with the paediatric team in the children’s hospital of Wales to understand the reasons why and to investigate any further cases that may be reported in the coming weeks and months.”
Williams added, “Parents should be reassured that although there has been an increase in cases, this is still an extremely rare occurrence.”
The Daily Mail detailed the case of one newborn, just a few weeks old, who died on March 9 in southwest England. While the boy, Elijah Edwards, tested positive for enterovirus, his case was not included in the official tally, suggestive that the problem may have affected more than the officially reported 15 babies.
Elijah’s mother, Joann Edwards, said her family has been ignored and that she was “gobsmacked” to learn that other children were affected, especially after her family was “led to believe that we were a one-off.”
“To be left in the dark made us feel then like as if there’s something to hide,” Joann Edwards told the BBC.
Dr. Shamez Ladhani, a consultant pediatrician at UKHSA, indicated that officials were looking into whether England had suffered similar cases and “whether there are any factors driving the increase in cases.”
While some scientists reckon the cluster was an anomaly — perhaps the result of testing or diagnostic quirks — not all are convinced.
The Telegraph reported that some reckon “it could have been brought about due to changes in epidemiology as a result of Covid pandemic lockdowns.”
Dr. Liz Whitakker, a consultant in pediatric infectious diseases at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, said, “What I think is slightly unusual about this one, like with everything else, is there weren’t many in 2021. … It may be that the epidemiology of everything has shifted a bit so they have occurred in a slightly different time period,” noting various other contagions, such as group A strep, have undergone changes in infection patterns following the lockdowns.
A 2021 study in the infectious disease journal Eurosurveillance indicated there was a “rapid increase” in enterovirus infections following the COVID-19 lockdowns. Babies under 3 months accounted for 5% of enterovirus D68 infection cases; 4- to 12-month-olds represented 11% of the total number of cases detailed in the study.
An April 2022 study published in the journal Infection revealed “an extraordinary increase in the number of viral respiratory infections, predominantly caused by human Rhino-/Enterovirus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), was observed after relaxation of preventive measures,” adding that enterovirus infections increased 16-fold after reopening.
Despite the uncertainty surrounding the unusual cluster, health officials continue to reassure parents that there is no need to be worried, reported the Telegraph.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/who-issues-alert-about-unusual-cluster-of-deadly-infant-myocarditis-in-the-uk
MAY 18 2023 – WHO recommends updating COVID shots to add XBB.1 variants
Following a meeting of an advisory panel, the World Health Organization announced its recommendations on Thursday supporting the use of COVID vaccines updated for the currently dominant variants such as XBB.1
Noting that XBB.1 descendent lineages have outnumbered other COVID variants globally as of May, the WHO’s Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition recommends reformulating the currently used COVID shots.
According to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the XBB group of COVID viruses, such as XBB.1.5 and XBB.1.16, dominate the U.S. making up an estimated 64% and ~14% of cases, respectively.
Citing the similarities between the two strains, the WHO panel recommends that developers use either XBB.1 or XBB.1.16 to reformulate their vaccines to improve protection, particularly against symptomatic disease.
While reiterating that the currently approved vaccines continue to protect against severe disease and death, the group recommends a pivot to reformulated shots citing a lack of antibody response generated by the former shots against the latest variants.
The WHO recommendations precede an FDA advisory committee meeting in June scheduled to discuss the strain composition of COVID vaccines to be used IN A FALL IMMUNIZATION DRIVE .
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3973169-who-recommends-updating-covid-shots-to-add-xbb1-variants
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JUST IN – FDA now recommends only a single bivalent mRNA injection, rather than multiple doses of the original monovalent injection, for “most unvaccinated individuals.”
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1659308609912598530
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MAY 18 2023 – FDA NEWS RELEASE
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Changes to Simplify Use of Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
What You Need to Know:
– Most individuals, depending on age, previously vaccinated with a monovalent COVID-19 vaccine who have not yet received a dose of a bivalent vaccine may receive a single dose of a bivalent vaccine.
– Most individuals who have already received a single dose of the bivalent vaccine are not currently eligible for another dose. The FDA intends to make decisions about future vaccination after receiving recommendations on the fall strain composition at an FDA advisory committee in June.
– Individuals 65 years of age and older who have received a single dose of a bivalent vaccine may receive one additional dose at least four months following their initial bivalent dose.
– Most individuals with certain kinds of immunocompromise who have received a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine may receive a single additional dose of a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine at least 2 months following a dose of a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, and additional doses may be administered at the discretion of, and at intervals determined by, their healthcare provider. However, for immunocompromised individuals 6 months through 4 years of age, eligibility for additional doses will depend on the vaccine previously received.
– Most unvaccinated individuals may receive a single dose of a bivalent vaccine, rather than multiple doses of the original monovalent mRNA vaccines.
– Children 6 months through 5 years of age who are unvaccinated may receive a two-dose series of the Moderna bivalent vaccine (6 months through 5 years of age) OR a three-dose series of the Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent vaccine (6 months through 4 years of age). Children who are 5 years of age may receive two doses of the Moderna bivalent vaccine or a single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent vaccine.
– Children 6 months through 5 years of age who have received one, two or three doses of a monovalent COVID-19 vaccine may receive a bivalent vaccine, but the number of doses that they receive will depend on the vaccine and their vaccination history.
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https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-changes-simplify-use-bivalent-mrna-covid-19-vaccines
FDA Advisory Committee Votes in Support of Approval for Pfizer’s Vaccine Candidate to Help Prevent RSV in Infants Through Maternal Immunization
The positive vote is based on compelling scientific evidence presented, including Phase 3 efficacy and safety data in pregnant individuals and their infants
FDA decision expected in August 2023
If authorized, the vaccine candidate would help protect infants at first breath through six months of life against RSV disease and its potential complications
NEW YORK, May 18, 2023–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) voted that the available data support the efficacy and safety of its unadjuvanted bivalent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prefusion F vaccine candidate RSVpreF or PF-06928316. The Committee voted 14 to 0 on effectiveness and 10 to 4 on safety. The vaccine candidate is currently under FDA review for the prevention of medically attended lower respiratory tract disease (MA-LRTD) and severe MA-LRTD caused by RSV in infants from birth up to six months of age by active immunization of pregnant individuals.
“We are encouraged by the outcome of today’s VRBPAC meeting as it is a critical step forward in the scientific community’s long-sought-after goal to help prevent RSV disease in infants during their most vulnerable first six months of life,” said Annaliesa Anderson, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Vaccine Research and Development, Pfizer. “If approved, our RSV vaccine candidate has the potential to be the first maternal immunization vaccine to help protect infants at first breath through their first six months of life from this potentially serious infection.”
The VRBPAC based its recommendation on the scientific evidence shared by Pfizer,
The VRBPAC based its recommendation on the scientific evidence shared by Pfizer, including primary analysis results from the pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial (NCT04424316) MATISSE (MATernal Immunization Study for Safety and Efficacy) announced in November 2022. These results were also recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
The role of the VRBPAC is to provide recommendations to the FDA; however, these recommendations are not binding. The FDA’s decision on the potential approval of RSVpreF for the prevention of MA-LRTD and severe MA-LRTD caused by RSV in infants by active immunization of pregnant individuals is expected by the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date in August 2023.
Burden of RSV in Infants
RSV is a contagious virus and a common cause of respiratory illness.1 The virus can affect the lungs and breathing passages of an infected individual and can potentially cause severe illness in young infants, older adults, and individuals with certain chronic medical conditions.2,3,4
In the United States, approximately 500,000 to 600,000 cases of MA-LRTD due to RSV occur annually in infants less than 12 months of age.5 Worldwide, there are an estimated 6.6 million cases of RSV annually in infants less than six months of age, with approximately 45,000 dying each year from complications associated with the infection, and the vast majority in developing countries.6,7,8
About RSVpreF
Pfizer is currently the only company pursuing regulatory applications for an RSV investigational vaccine candidate for both an older adult indication, as well as a maternal indication to help protect infants through maternal immunization.
In December 2022, Pfizer announced that the FDA had granted priority review to a biologics license application for RSVpreF for the prevention of RSV disease in older adults with a decision on whether or not to approve RSVpreF expected by thePDUFA goal date later this month. This was followed by the February 2023 vote by VRBPAC in support of the safety and effectiveness of RSVpreF in adults 60 years of age and older. The FDA’s VRBPAC based its recommendation on the scientific evidence shared by Pfizer, including interim data from the pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial (NCT05035212) RENOIR (RSV vaccine Efficacy study iN Older adults Immunized against RSV disease). Top-line results for RENOIR were previously announced by Pfizer in August 2022 and presented at IDWeek and the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) in October 2022, as well as recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
In February 2023, it was announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) accepted for review Pfizer’s Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) under accelerated assessment for RSVpreF, as submitted for both older adults and maternal immunization to help protect infants against RSV. The formal review process by the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) currently is ongoing. Also in February 2023, Pfizer Japan announced an application was filed with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for RSVPreF as a maternal immunization to help protect infants against RSV. In April 2023, Pfizer Canada announced Health Canada accepted RSVpreF for review for both individuals ages 60 and older and as a maternal immunization to help protect infants against RSV.
Earlier this month, Pfizer also announced it would be initiating multiple clinical trials evaluating RSVpreF in healthy children ages 2-5; children ages 5-18 with underlying medical conditions; adults ages 18-60 at high-risk due to underlying medical conditions; and adults ages 18 and older who are immunocompromised and at high-risk for RSV.9
Pfizer’s investigational RSV vaccine candidate builds on foundational basic science discoveries including those made at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which detailed the crystal structure of prefusion F, a key form of the viral fusion protein (F) that RSV uses to enter human cells. The NIH research showed that antibodies specific to the prefusion form were highly effective at blocking virus infection, suggesting a prefusion F-based vaccine may confer optimal protection against RSV. After this important discovery, Pfizer tested numerous versions of a stabilized prefusion F protein and identified a candidate that elicited a strong anti-viral immune response in pre-clinical evaluations. The bivalent vaccine candidate is composed of equal amounts of recombinant RSV prefusion F from subgroups A and B.
About Pfizer: Breakthroughs That Change Patients’ Lives
At Pfizer, we apply science and our global resources to bring therapies to people that extend and significantly improve their lives. We strive to set the standard for quality, safety and value in the discovery, development and manufacture of health care products, including innovative medicines and vaccines. Every day, Pfizer colleagues work across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness, prevention, treatments and cures that challenge the most feared diseases of our time. Consistent with our responsibility as one of the world’s premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, we collaborate with health care providers, governments and local communities to support and expand access to reliable, affordable health care around the world. For more than 170 years, we have worked to make a difference for all who rely on us. We routinely post information that may be important to investors on our website at http://www.Pfizer.com. In addition, to learn more, please visit us on http://www.Pfizer.com and follow us on Twitter at @Pfizer and @Pfizer News, LinkedIn, YouTube and like us on Facebook at Facebook.com/Pfizer.
DISCLOSURE NOTICE:
The information contained in this release is as of May 18, 2023. Pfizer assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements contained in this release as the result of new information or future events or developments.
This release contains forward-looking information about Pfizer’s respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate (RSVpreF), including its potential benefits and regulatory applications pending with the FDA, the EMA, and other regulatory authorities for a maternal indication to help protect infants through maternal immunization and an older adult indication, that involves substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the uncertainties inherent in research and development, including the ability to meet anticipated clinical endpoints, commencement and/or completion dates for our clinical trials, regulatory submission dates, regulatory approval dates and/or launch dates, as well as the possibility of unfavorable new clinical data and further analyses of existing clinical data; risks associated with interim data, including the risk that final results from the Phase 3 trials could differ from the interim data; the risk that clinical trial data are subject to differing interpretations and assessments by regulatory authorities; whether regulatory authorities will be satisfied with the design of and results from our clinical studies; whether and when biologic license applications may be filed in particular jurisdictions for RSVpreF for any potential indications; whether and when the regulatory applications pending with the FDA and the EMA, and other regulatory authorities and any such other applications that may be pending or filed for any indications for RSVpreF may be approved by regulatory authorities, which will depend on myriad factors, including making a determination as to whether the product’s benefits outweigh its known risks and determination of the product’s efficacy and, if approved, whether RSVpreF will be commercially successful; decisions by regulatory authorities impacting labeling, manufacturing processes, safety and/or other matters that could affect the availability or commercial potential of RSVpreF; uncertainties regarding the ability to obtain recommendations from vaccine advisory or technical committees and other public health authorities regarding RSVpreF and uncertainties regarding the commercial impact of any such recommendations; uncertainties regarding the impact of COVID-19 on our business, operations and financial results; and competitive developments.
A further description of risks and uncertainties can be found in Pfizer’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, and in its subsequent reports on Form 10-Q, including in the sections thereof captioned “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Information and Factors That May Affect Future Results”, as well as in its subsequent reports on Form 8-K, all of which are filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and available at http://www.sec.gov and http://www.pfizer.com.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fda-advisory-committee-votes-support-205900547.html
BEYOND PARODY: Allies of New Chicago Mayor Release Economic Plan Titled ‘First We Get the Money’
By Mike LaChance May. 18, 2023 8:45 am213 Comments
The political allies of Brandon Johnson, the far-left mayor elect of Chicago, have released an economic plan for the city and it’s called ‘First We Get the Money.’
You couldn’t make this up.
Naturally, the plan involves the implementation of new taxes.
Stephen Green of PJ Media has more:
Insanity Wrap: Who Wants to Help Me Watch Chicago Commit Suicide?
You’ve got to appreciate brand-spankin’ new Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for being so forthright about what he intends to do to his struggling city. Johnson promised at his inauguration on Monday to “build a Chicago that means our economy gets to grow by rerouting the rivers of prosperity to the base of disinvestment,” whatever that means, “So that no one goes thirsty.”
What it really means is new and higher taxes, and Johnson’s “progressive” allies, Saqib Bhatti and Gabriela Noa Betancourt, stepped immediately into action, releasing a fiscal blueprint for the city called “First We Get the Money.”
The name was chosen by the Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE) policy organization after “Pay Up, Sucka” scored slightly lower with focus groups.
The package includes a metric butt-ton of new spending, naturally, but it’s the $12 billion in new taxes that will make people scream in agony. For reference, Chicago’s “historic” “recovery” budget last year was “just” $16.7 billion.
How is this real?
Will the last person to leave Chicago please turn out the lights?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/beyond-parody-allies-new-chicago-mayor-release-economic/
Rep. Jamaal Bowman harassing Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on US Capitol Steps
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and far-left Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) got into a nasty tiff right on the Capitol Hill steps Wednesday evening.
Bowman started screaming at Greene on the steps of the US Capitol
Marjorie Taylor Greene did her best to stand up to the threatening blowhard from New York State.
On Thursday morning Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced Articles of Impeachment against Joe Biden.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/jamal-bowman-was-down-there-cursing-me-telling/
WATCH: Radical Biden Judicial Nominee is Left Bamboozled After Being Asked Legal Question by Louisiana Senator John Kennedy
By Cullen Linebarger May. 18, 2023 9:30 am60 Comments
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) is a national treasure complete with an incisive wit and dry sense of humor. He has displayed these talents throughout his time in the Senate whether by stumping unqualified Biden nominees and or in interviews with reporters.
He once again put these talents to great use Wednesday by confounding a radical left Biden District Court nominee named Ana de Alba during her confirmation hearing. One of De Alba’s jobs before becoming a judge was working for the American Civil Liberties Union.
De Alba currently serves on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. She has been nominated by Biden to serve on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
One would think as a judge she would understand basic constitutional law. Alas, she repeatedly flunked a question that a first-year law student could answer.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/watch-radical-biden-judicial-nominee-is-left-completely/
(Richard: Remember all Congress can do is investigate people and incidents, they can’t indict anyone. They have to refer crimes to the Department of Justice requesting them to indict. Under all semi normal Presidents this is all that is necessary. Under Obiden there has never been any actions on criminal referrals.)
Schweizer: Oversight Committee Has Subpoenaed Phone Records for Joe Biden Phone Paid by Hunter Biden
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All hat and no cattle.
Illegal Alien, Charged with Raping Teen Girl, Released into U.S. by Biden’s DHS
An illegal alien is accused of raping a teenage girl in Prattville, Alabama, after having been released into the United States at the southern border by President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Grevi Geovani Rivera Zavala, a 29-year-old illegal alien from Honduras, was arrested and charged with the first-degree rape of a teenage girl late last week.
According to WFSA 12 News, Zavala allegedly raped the girl in the women’s restroom of a restaurant. Police allege that the illegal alien forced the girl into a bathroom stall, held her down, and raped her in a completely random attack.
“This rape never should have happened,” Autauga County District Attorney CJ Robinson told local media of the incident, noting that Zavala was an illegal alien who first arrived at the southern border in November 2021 using a fake name.
Despite having a criminal record in Honduras, Zavala was apprehended, processed, and quickly released into the U.S. interior by Biden’s DHS — ending up in Prattville, Alabama, to work in the local construction industry, illegally.
“We’re not interested in negotiating with the feds,” Robinson said of keeping Zavala in local custody. “They can take custody of his body when
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EU’s Borrell asks for 3.5 billion euro boost to fund used for Ukraine military aid
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has proposed adding 3.5 billion euros ($3.85 billion) to a fund used to finance military aid for Ukraine, EU sources said on Wednesday.
The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Borrell had asked EU governments to raise the financial ceiling on the European Peace Facility (EPF), a fund that has already allocated some 4.6 billion euros in military aid for Ukraine.
“He’s just made the proposal,” a European diplomat said.
Borrell’s proposal requires approval from the EU’s national governments. They agreed last December that, “in case of need”, such an increase could be justified.
The fund, established in 2021, was conceived for the EU to help developing countries buy military equipment. But the 27-member union quickly decided to use it also to get weapons to Ukraine after Russia’s invasion in February last year.
The fund is separate from the EU’s budget, which is not allowed to finance military operations.
But the fact that EU countries clubbed together to buy weapons and ammunition for a country at war with Russia marked a historic step for the bloc, which for decades avoided involvement in defence and military matters.
The war has meant that the EPF has burned through cash far more quickly than planned. It originally had a budget of 5 billion euros, meant to last until 2027. That ceiling has already been raised once, by 2 billion euros, last December.
The fund allows EU countries that supply weapons and ammunition to Ukraine to claim back a portion of the cost. EU countries contribute to the fund according to the size of their economies.
A senior EU official said Borrell had decided to ask for a boost as the fund was running low and the EU’s foreign policy service wanted to be sure the EPF had enough cash to finance military aid for other countries as well as Ukraine.
“We have to top up,” said the official. “The gist of the European Peace Facility … has a universal character. It was not conceived by Ukraine. It was conceived for any conflict that the European Union could deal with.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eus-borrell-proposes-35-bln-euros-ukraine-via-military-aid-fund-sources-2023-05-17/
CNN – See how Russian media is covering damage to Patriot system in Ukraine
Ukraine War Latest – Col Doug Macgregor
Judge Nap is pretty despicable, a superannuated hippie.
But he’s worth watching because of Douglas McGregor, who’s got it just right. Listen to his description of Russia and Russians today. Westerners are still stuck in the Soviet era. “Kremlinologists” haven’t read anything, talked with anyone, visited the country in decades. (If ever.)
And he’s not parroting RF talking points, like just about all the English-language pro-Russian commentators. The Lord He-Haws of today.
MAY 18 2023 – Russian-annexed Crimea’s return to Ukraine will ‘happen for certain’ – Zelensky
Russia shows no sign of abandoning Crimea, home to its Black Sea fleet, and has used the peninsula as a platform to launch missile strikes on Ukrainian targets.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky set up a reintegration council on Thursday to advise on the restoration of Ukrainian rule over Crimea, saying liberation of the peninsula, seized by Russia in 2014, will “happen for certain.”
He was speaking at a gathering in Kiev to mark the anniversary of the mass Soviet-era deportation of Crimean Tatars from the peninsula in 1944.
Zelensky said that more and more countries realized it would be impossible “to return peace to international relations and the full force of international law” without first returning Crimea.
“We continue our work in order to liberate the Crimea. It will happen for certain – its full-fledged return to Ukraine’s state system,” Zelensky told Tatar community leaders and senior officials.
“We are preparing to reintegrate Crimea. I signed the decree about the advisory council on reintegration and de-occupation of our Crimea and the (Crimean port) city of Sevastopol.”
Russia shows no sign of abandoning Crimea, home to its Black Sea fleet, and has used the peninsula as a platform to launch missile strikes on Ukrainian targets.
Ukraine’s counteroffensive in the works
Kiev is planning to launch a counteroffensive against Russian forces and hopes it will change the dynamics of the war that has raged since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February last year. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly said that seizing the peninsula back from Russia is one of its key objectives.
Zelensky and other officials held a minute of silence to remember victims of the 1944 deportation of some 200,000 Crimean Tatars to Siberia and Central Asia under the orders of Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
Zelensky also said Ukraine was working hard to free Crimean Tatars who were being held in Russia.
Moscow has denied accusations of human rights abuses in Crimea and says a referendum held after Russian forces seized the peninsula showed that Crimeans genuinely want to be part of Russia.
The referendum is not recognized by most countries.
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-743491
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NEWSWEEK – Kissinger Tells NATO to Ignore Putin’s Threats
Henry Kissinger, a former U.S. secretary of state and national security adviser, said in an interview published Thursday that NATO should make Ukraine a member despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warnings.
“For the safety of Europe, it is better to have Ukraine in NATO, where it cannot make national decisions on territorial claims,” Kissinger told The Economist.
Putin has said that one of his objectives for starting the war in Ukraine was preventing the expansion of NATO on Russia’s borders. That goal backfired when Finland and Sweden were motivated by the invasion of Ukraine to apply to join the military bloc.
Putin has been especially opposed to Ukraine joining NATO. During the early weeks of the invasion in 2022, Ukraine and Russia reportedly discussed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky committing to not join NATO in exchange for a ceasefire, but that condition was dropped when peace talks were halted.
Putin also said during a press conference shortly before the war began that Ukraine joining NATO might increase the chances of a Russia-NATO conflict that could turn nuclear.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has long supported Kiev’s admittance, though the country joining while still at war seems unlikely. Last month, he went so far as to say that Ukraine’s “rightful place” is in the military alliance.
“What the Europeans are now saying is, in my view, madly dangerous,” Kissinger told The Economist. “Because the Europeans are saying: ‘We don’t want them in NATO, because they’re too risky. And therefore, we’ll arm the hell out of them and give them the most advanced weapons.’ And how can that possibly work?”
He continued, “We shouldn’t end [the war] in the wrong way. Assuming the outcome is the probable outcome, that would be somewhere along the line of the status quo ante that existed [prior to February 24, 2022]. The outcome should be one in which Ukraine remains protected by Europe and doesn’t become a solitary state just looking out for itself.”
Newsweek reached out to Kissinger via email for comment.
Kissinger’s comments to The Economist represent a course reversal compared to a statement he made last year.
During a September discussion with the Council on Foreign Relations, he said he “thought it was not a wise American policy to attempt to include Ukraine into NATO.”
He softened that stance somewhat by the time he spoke at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, in January.
“Before this war, I was opposed to membership of Ukraine in NATO because I feared that it would start exactly the process that we have seen now,” Kissinger said at the forum. “The idea of a neutral Ukraine under these conditions is no longer meaningful.”
In his interview with The Economist, the retired diplomat acknowledged he had changed his mind, saying that he’s “in the weird position that people say, ‘He’s changed his mind, now he’s in favor of full membership of Ukraine in NATO.'”
Kissinger has also changed his stance in regard to Ukraine and its territory. When he spoke at the World Economic Forum last year, he said Zelensky should accept giving up land in order to reach an immediate peace deal with Putin. Now, he seems to feel Russia will walk away with the conflict with little more to show other than possibly holding on to Crimea.
“We have now armed Ukraine to a point where it will be the best-armed country and with the least strategically experienced leadership in Europe. If the war ends like it probably will, with Russia losing many of its gains, but retaining Sevastopol (Crimea’s largest city), we may have a dissatisfied Russia, but also a dissatisfied Ukraine—in other words, a balance of dissatisfaction,” he said in his Economist interview.
In another reference to Crimea, which Putin invaded and annexed in 2014, Kissinger said: “I want Russia to give up much of what it conquered in 2014, and it’s not my job to negotiate a peace agreement.”
As for NATO, Kissinger said Russia would also benefit from Ukraine joining the bloc.
“If I talked to Putin, I would tell him that he, too, is safer with Ukraine in NATO,” he said.
https://www.newsweek.com/kissinger-tells-nato-ignore-putin-threats-1801278
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Kissinger’s reversal doesn’t smell right.
NEWSWEEK MAY 18 2023 – NATO Forges Secret Plans Against Russia—’We Are Ready To Fight Tonight’
NATO leaders are set to approve plans outlining how the alliance can respond to an attack by Russia.
The proposed move comes as a top NATO official, Admiral Rob Bauer, warned that preparations were needed because “a conflict can present itself at any time.”
NATO, which has been involved in smaller conflicts such as Afghanistan in recent years, has not drawn up such detailed plans for defending against a Russian attack since the end of the Cold War, but President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has led to a rethink.
The plans, running into thousands of pages, will also guide its 31 members on how to upgrade forces and logistics.
The move, which will be approved at the alliance’s annual summit in Vilnius in July, may take several years to fully implement, although the NATO officials said that it could head into battle immediately.
“We are ready to fight tonight,” said Lieutenant General Hubert Cottereau, vice chief of staff at NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), according to Reuters.
He said that the alliance does not believe that increasing troop numbers in the east are required, which is what Baltics states have demanded. “If the Russians are massing troops on the border that will make us nervous,” he told the agency, “if we are massing troops on the border that will make them nervous.”
Last year, NATO agreed to put 300,000 troops on high alert, up from 40,000. However, it has struggled to keep pace with Ukraine’s demands for military equipment and would have to upgrade logistics to allow troops to be deployed quickly via rail or road.
Historian at SHAPE, Ian Hope, told the agency that a possible conflict with Moscow would be different to the threat posed during the Cold War, but drones, hypersonic weapons and the internet “present new challenges.”
There are questions over NATO’s readiness for a conflict with Russia. In September 2022, a former senior NATO commander, General Sir Richard Shirreff, told Newsweek that the alliance was not ready to engage in a war with Moscow if its full-scale invasion of Ukraine turned into a “worst case” scenario.
“Being ready for the worst-case means mobilizing reserves,” he said. “It means rebuilding lost capabilities thrown away in years of defense cuts.”
Last month, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that all member countries agreed that Ukraine will join the alliance, once the war is over. The alliance has increased in size to 31 members after Finland’s accession last month, which doubled NATO’s border with Russia to 1,600 miles.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to attend the NATO summit although officials in Kyiv want this to be preceded by a roadmap for membership of the alliance. Newsweek has contacted NATO by email for further comment.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-nato-alliance-war-1801199
Stoltenberg: Grandson of a Nazi, leftist with deep financial ties to the Clintons, who gave to Nobel Prize to the Kenyan POTUS, a jooo-hating, tard-loving…
Ukraine’s Suicidal Offensive – Phil Giraldi fmr CIA
redacted – “Putin just launched the BIGGEST attack of the war so far
Is the West just sending weapons to Ukraine for kindling?
As soon as they arrive, they are targeted and destroyed by Russia.
How long can the West afford this and how many more people have to die before this conflict ends?
Western leaders are calling on the Biden administration to support peace now.
1,000,000 Russian soldiers now marching to the Polish border
US Leading Economic Indicators Tumble For 13th Straight Month, “Weaknesses Were Widespread”
Tyler Durden’s Photo
BY TYLER DURDEN
THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2023 – 09:29 AM
The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) continued its decline in April, dropping 0.6% MoM (in line with the 0.6% decline expected).
The biggest positive contributor to the leading index was stock prices at 0.16
The biggest negative contributor was average consumer expectations at -0.26
This is the 13th straight monthly decline in the LEI (and 14th month of 16) – the longest streak of declines since ‘Lehman’ (22 straight months of declines from June 2007 to April 2008)
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/us-leading-economic-indicators-tumble-13th-straight-month-weaknesses-were
Interesting article by Glenn Beck
Some 60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a chemical used in both fertilizer and a component in explosives “ went missing “ as it was shipped by rail from Wyoming to California last month prompting four separate investigations.
An official from the company that makes the ammonium nitrate in pellet form says he believes the material — transported in a covered hopper car —fell out from the car on the way to a rail siding called Saltdale about 30 miles from the town of Mojave in eastern Kern County.
The rail car was sealed when it left the Cheyenne facility and the seals were intact when it arrived in Saltdale.
You’ve been scarce, no?
I have been assessing things — I want to get out before the next plandemic — tired of wing-nut progressives— mental deficiencies. The sky is not falling, abortion is murder, LGBTQ is off the charts, there are a lot of dead vaccinated peoplekind, and there is a God, an Almighty God.
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60,000 Lbs. Explosive Ammonium Nitrate Missing From Train In Commie California
Sixty thousand pounds of ammonium nitrate, used as a fertilizer but also in explosives, are missing from a rail shipment that was due to arrive in Commie California from Wyoming.
Bay Area public radio station KQED reported Tuesday:
A railcar loaded with 30 tons of the chemical left Cheyenne, Wyoming, on April 12. The car was found to be empty after it arrived two weeks later at a rail stop in the Mojave Desert, according to a short incident report from the explosives firm that made the shipment.
The company, Dyno Nobel, made the report May 10 to the federal National Response Center, or NRC. The report also appeared last week in an NRC database of Commie California incidents managed by the state office of Emergency Services last Wednesday.
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Dyno Nobel says it believes the material — transported in pellet form in a covered hopper car similar to those used to ship coal — fell from the car on the way to a rail siding called Saltdale, about 30 miles from the town of Mojave in eastern Kern County.
Ammonium nitrate was the explosive in the massive bomb used in the Oklahoma City terror attack of 1995. It was also the substance that caused a deadly explosion in a warehouse in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, in 2020.
Foul play is not suspected yet, but the loss of a hazardous chemical is just the latest rail problem in the past several months. In February, a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, eventually leading to a massive explosion that spread potentially hazardous substances to the surrounding community.
The post 60,000 Lbs. Explosive Ammonium Nitrate Missing from Train in Commie California appeared first on American Partisan.
https://ussanews.com/2023/05/17/60000-lbs-explosive-ammonium-nitrate-missing-from-train-in-california/
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BREITBART – 60,000 Lbs. Explosive Ammonium Nitrate Missing from Train in California
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/05/17/60000-lbs-explosive-ammonium-nitrate-missing-from-train-in-california/
Thank you Martin
Something about this doesn’t smell right.
Evicting Vets for Migrants Is Rock Bottom Amid Border Meltdown
A government that prioritizes foreign nationals over our children and homeless veterans cannot command the support of the governed.
By Brian Lonergan
May 17, 2023
Americans have been so inundated with news and images of our immigration crisis over the last few years that they have become largely desensitized to it. The first few stories about illegal alien crime or catch-and-release excesses were shocking. After hundreds and even thousands of such stories, the reaction is mostly resigned disgust.
Now that the Biden Administration has opened the floodgates at the border by allowing the Title 42 public health order to expire, we are seeing the horrific results of our feckless leadership. While it takes a particularly offensive immigration story to command the country’s attention today, a recent tranche of news items stands out.
Naturally, the 1,951-mile border from San Diego to Brownsville is the epicenter of the crisis, but New York has emerged as the area most impacted outside the border states. In New York’s Orange County, 70 miles northwest of New York City, outrage is building after 20 homeless veterans were evicted from hotels to make room for a group of migrants who recently entered the country. The migrants were sent to Orange County from New York City, which has been overwhelmed with migrants since last summer.
https://amgreatness.com/2023/05/17/evicting-vets-for-migrants-is-rock-bottom-amid-border-meltdown/
Sex-Change Procedures at Texas Children’s Hospital
Doctors said that they would stop such medical interventions. Whistleblower documents prove that they haven’t.
Last spring, executives at Texas Children’s Hospital announced that they would cease performing transgender medical procedures on children, citing potential legal and criminal liability. The hospital’s chief pediatrician, Catherine Gordon, an advocate for “gender-affirming therapy,” abruptly resigned.
I have obtained exclusive whistleblower documents showing that, despite its public statements, the Houston-based children’s hospital—the largest in the United States—has secretly continued to perform transgender medical interventions, including the use of implantable puberty blockers, on minor children. (When reached via email, hospital spokeswoman Kelley Carville responded: “We have no comment.”)
As an institution, Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) has openly promoted “gender-affirming care” to its physicians. In January of this year, TCH and Baylor College of Medicine, which works in partnership with the children’s hospital, hosted a “pediatric grand rounds” presentation titled “Medical and Psychological Care of Gender-Diverse Youth,” describing the process of sex-change interventions, from puberty blockers to cross-sex hormones to genital surgeries.
According to this presentation, TCH and Baylor College of Medicine encouraged doctors to begin treatment with puberty blockers and hormones during adolescence, and then consider surgeries, including breast removal and genital reconstruction, in adulthood—though the presenters explained that some surgical procedures could be appropriate for “adolescents on [a] case-by-case basis.”
Richard Roberts, a University of Virginia-trained endocrinologist and assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine who co-presented the grand rounds, is also listed in medical records as performing transgender medical procedures on minors at TCH. According to these records, Roberts has managed patients ranging in age from 12 to 17 years old for “gender identity” and “gender dysphoria,” with indications for “medication,” “testosterone levels,” “medicine refill,” and “specialty services.”
Despite the hospital’s statement that it had ceased these practices, Roberts has continued to manage a heavy caseload for “gender-affirming care,” including multiple patient visits in a single day last week for “gender dysphoria” and “gender identity,” and another for “HRT [hormone replacement therapy].”
Another doctor at Texas Children’s, a Harvard-trained surgeon and assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine named Kristy Rialon, has also been involved in conducting transgender surgical procedures on minors. The records indicate that Rialon inserted and removed “non-biodegradable drug delivery implant[s]” for “gender dysphoria in pediatric patient[s]” throughout 2022 and 2023—including one procedure on an 11-year-old “female-to-male transgender person,” listed in records for three days after the hospital had announced that it had stopped performing “gender-affirming care.”
The patients getting implants (or removals) from Rialon were 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 years old. Other medical records confirm that Rialon has administered the drug Supprelin LA, an implantable gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) medication that is one of the most commonly used drugs for blocking puberty in transgender-identified children.
The executives at Texas Children’s appear to be playing a duplicitous game. They announced that the hospital had stopped performing transgender medical interventions on minors, but this is simply untrue. TCH doctors administered such procedures days after the announcement, and they have continued to perform them throughout 2022 and 2023.
If “gender-affirming care” is truly the gold standard in medicine, TCH should defend it openly, not perform it in secret. State legislators, currently considering a bill to ban such procedures, should launch an investigation into the hospital and require those involved to account for their practices—or face severe consequences.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/sex-change-procedures-at-texas-childrens-hospital
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A psychiatrist working with Texas Children’s Hospital’s child sex-change program explains how he circumvents “parental rights” concerns by telling families that if they do not affirm their child’s “preferred name and pronouns,” they will increase “the risk of suicide.”
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https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1658889892762615808
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Baylor College of Medicine ethics professor Claire Horner, who trains doctors working at Texas Children’s Hospital, explains that “parental rights” are the biggest “hangup” that might stop them from performing sex-change procedures on children.
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https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1658902623339290624
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MARCH 2022 – Texas Children’s Hospital pauses certain therapies for gender-affirming service
MARCH 2022 – Texas doctor explains gender-affirming care
…“Well it’s life saving care…”
MAY 16 2023 – Parents left without answers after physicians at Dell Children’s Adolescent Medicine clinic ‘depart’
…. they were performing illegal gender transitioning procedures on children…
MAY 12 2023 – Paxton continues attack on trans health care, launches hospital investigation
The intent of the probe is look into what gender-affirming care treatments were administered and whether any of them break the laws recently put in place to contradict the medical community.
Paxton is on a crusade to officially label as child abuse the care that leading healthcare organizations and medical associations see as important for the health and wellbeing of the patients they treat.
CNN – Texas sends ban on gender-affirming care for minors to governor’s desk
The Texas legislature Wednesday night voted to ban gender-affirming care for most minors, sending a bill to the governor’s desk that, if enacted, would put critical health care out of reach for transgender youth in America’s second-most-populous state.
Senate Bill 14 would block a minor’s access to gender reassignment surgeries, puberty blocking medication and hormone therapies, and providing this care to trans youth would lead to the revocation of a health care provider’s license.
The legislation was held up for days by protests and procedural delays by Democrats in the House. House Republicans approved an amendment that makes minor exceptions for children who had begun receiving non-surgical gender-affirming care before June 1, 2023, and underwent 12 or more sessions of mental health counseling or psychotherapy six months prior to beginning prescription drug care.
Children to whom those exceptions apply can continue their care but must “wean” off from the treatment with the help of their doctor. The Senate vote to agree to that change was the last step required for final passage.
“Here in Texas, we will protect our kids! Thank you to everyone who supported and helped pass my bill. I look forward to @GovAbbott’s signature soon,” bill sponsor state Sen. Donna Campbell tweeted after the Senate’s vote.
If signed by Abbott, the ban will take effect September 1.
Gender-affirming care spans a range of evidence-based treatments and approaches that benefit transgender and nonbinary people. The types of care vary by the age and goals of the recipient, and are considered the standard of care by many mainstream medical associations.
Though the care is highly individualized, some children and parents may decide to use reversible puberty suppression therapy. This part of the process may also include hormone therapy that can lead to gender-affirming physical change. Surgical interventions, however, are not typically done on children and many health care providers do not offer them to minors.
Some Republicans have expressed concern over long-term outcomes of the treatments. But major medical associations say that gender-affirming care is clinically appropriate for children and adults with gender dysphoria – a psychological distress that may result when a person’s gender identity and sex assigned at birth do not align, according to the American Psychiatric Association.
If Abbott signs the bill, it would make Texas the fifteenth state to restrict access to gender-affirming care for trans youth this year. Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill banning the care in his state Wednesday and Oklahoma placed their own care ban on the books at the beginning of May. Around 125 bills that target LGBTQ rights, especially health care for transgender patients, have been introduced nationwide this legislative session, according to data compiled by the American Civil Liberties Union.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/18/politics/texas-gender-affirming-care-ban/index.html
CNN May 17 2023 – A wave of young women are opting for sterilization. Here’s why
As the future of medication abortion in the US remains uncertain, some young women are opting for sterilization.
MAY 17 2023 – DEUTSCHE PRAVDA – Where do LGBTQ people have reason to fear for their lives the most?
Despite widespread international condemnation, Uganda’s parliament has this week passed an amended version of a controversial anti-LGBTQ bill. The first draft was rejected by the President in March – but if he signs this watered down version into law it could see some same sex acts punishable by the death penalty. For Uganda’s existing LGBTQ community the debate surrounding the bill has already left many fearing for their lives and questioning whether they need to flee the country.
Events are taking place around the world to mark the International Day against homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. Organisers say the rights of LGBTQ people are increasingly at risk in some places. While many countries HAVE passed legislation recognizing the rights of transgender people or same-sex parents, others are rolling back protections. Protests have taken place across the United States, where campaigners say hundreds of new laws have been passed which attack the rights of LGBTQ people.
MAY 12 2023 – Uganda’s New Anti-LGBT Law, Human Rights and Access to Health
With recently passed anti-LGBT legislation in Uganda, Eric and Ben discuss what role global health diplomacy could play (and most likely was) in upholding human rights and ensuring that essential HIV-related services reach those most in need – especially LGBT communities. And we answer your questions, second episode in.
About the hosts:
Eric Goosby is an American public health official and professor at UCSF, where he directs the Center for Global Health Delivery and Diplomacy. An infectious disease specialist, he treated patients at San Francisco General Hospital when HIV/AIDS first began to emerge and take its toll in the early 1980s. Eric joined the Clinton administration to administer newly-authorized Ryan White CARE Act, overseeing the distribution of federal funds and the planning of services in 25 AIDS epicenters, as well as in all 50 states and U.S. territories. He went on to co-found the Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation, where he helped develop and implement HIV national treatment scale-up plans in Rwanda, South Africa, China, and Ukraine. In 2009, he was tapped by President Obama to be his Global AIDS Coordinator, heading up the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a position he held until 2013. He went on to be the UN Special Envoy on Tuberculosis. Eric likes very strong coffee, and is being educated by Ben on the joys of podcasting.
Ben Plumley is a global health strategist, currently the Head of Digital Advocacy and Outreach at the Global Health Listening Project, and founder of the Global Health Strategy Agency, Hunuvat. He was Chief of Staff to the Founding Executive Director of UNAIDS, and Executive Director of the Global Business Coalition on HIV & AIDS. He held senior roles in Glaxo Wellcome and Johnson & Johnson. In 2010, he was appointed CEO of the Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation, succeeding Eric Goosby, where he advised national governments, corporations, the UN and community organizations on infectious disease treatment and prevention strategies in Zimbabwe, Nigeria, China, Ukraine, Laos and South Africa. He is Co-Chair of the MTV Staying Alive Foundation, and President of the San Francisco Community Health Center. His journey into podcasting began in 2018 with A Shot In The Arm Podcast. Eric has been a mentor to Ben since the early 2000s, including his passion for exceptionally strong coffee.
rebel news -May 15 2023 – Ontario public library story time for children now features plump bearded men wearing dresses
CBC – Florida, Texas advance anti-LGBTQ laws affecting gender-affirming care
…. a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for children
…. laws limiting gender-affirming care, bathroom use and drag show access.
MAY 18 2023 – CBC – Canadian’s organ donation wish declined due to screening for homosexual status
Liam Dee’s dying wish was to donate his tissues, including skin, corneas, tendons and bones, to people who needed them.
The Nova Scotia man’s medical records showed his homosexual status on a screening form by a tissue specialist, which meant he was declined as a high-risk donor because he’d had sex with another man in the last five years.
Jacob MacDonald is fighting to change organ donor screening and honour his husband’s legacy.
How Trans Ideology and Drag Shows for Kids Has Become “Religion of the Left,” with Sen. Josh Hawley
…. how parents are being cut out from their child’s transitioning process, how the radical left’s trans ideology has become a new religion, and more.
twitter @SecBlinken
On International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia we call for an end to harmful conversion therapy practices, including those that attempt to change a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics.
https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1658927895711023104
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twitter @SteveGuest
WATCH: AP’s Matt Lee asks Biden State Department why they’ve added mandatory pronouns onto the from line on State Department emails.
“This is not an optional thing. … But the problem is that a lot of them or at least some of them so far, as I’ve been able to tell, are wrong! They’re giving the wrong pronouns! So men are being identified as women and women as men…. It’s ridiculous!”
+ 3 min 06 video
https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1659259857092878337
Billionaire Sam Zell dead:
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/real-estate-legend-sam-zell-dead-81
(I liked this guy. Straight shooter.)
LIVE STREAM VIDEO: FBI Whistleblowers Testify at Weaponization Committee – Democrats Interrupt, Smear Witnesses, Run Cover for FBI – AMAZING VIDEO
By Jim Hoft May. 18, 2023 10:31 am102 Comments
The House Weaponization Committee is holding a hearing today on Capitol Hill. Three government whistleblowers from the FBI are testifying before Congress on Thursday morning.
On Wednesday Chris Wray’s FBI revoked the security clearances of three agents who espoused questioned the aggressive tactics by the FBI in targeting Trump supporters , conservatives, and pro-Life Americans, according to a letter the FBI sent the subcommittee on Wednesday.
FBI agents Marcus Allen, Brett Gloss, and Steve Friend had already been suspended for questioning the agency’s handling of the January 6 case and stating their beliefs that the FBI has been weaponized against conservatives.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/live-stream-video-fbi-whistleblowers-testify-weaponization-committee/
Get Woke, Go Broke: Illinois/Wisconsin Grocery Chain Practically Giving Away Budweiser and Bud Light!
By Brian Lupo May. 18, 2023 10:45 am77 Comments
After Tik-Tok “star” Dylan Mulvaney’s recent promotion of Anheuser Busch, sales across the country absolutely plummeted. Calls for boycott have resounded throughout the nation. The Gateway Pundit reported last week that AB InBev sales were falling off by double digits in every region of the US, piquing in the Rocky Mountain region at a 29% fall. This boycott not only annihilated Bud Light sales, other AB InBev brands fell including Budweiser, Natural Light, and Busch. Consecutively, sales in Miller and Coors beers rose by comparable margins.
The fallout wasn’t limited to American conservatives: a string of gay bars in Illinois also cancelled their orders for the AB InBev product line as a protest to the tailing support of the LGBT community, putting AB InBev between a rock and a hard place.
Now, a chain of grocery stores in Illinois and Wisconsin are literally giving away Bud Light and Budweiser. The mid-west grocery chain is offering cases, yes, cases of Bud Light for $0.99. Normal retail is $15.99. Other beer brands are priced at their normal price in the chains weekly ad distribution. The Berkot Foods grocery stores operate 17 stores in Illinois and Wisconsin.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/get-woke-go-broke-illinois-wisconsin-grocery-chain/
But wait! There’s more! (I just bought a Ford truck and I wish I hadn’t.) Just wait for the backlash:
https://summit.news/2023/05/18/fords-redefining-tough-commercial-features-lgbt-colored-truck/
I wonder if this will cause another boycott?
If it does it will do a lot to stop the big corporations from entering the radical arena.
BREAKING: Washington FBI Field Office Confirms Undercover Officers, Confidential Informants, and FBI Assets were Embedded in the Crowds at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6th (VIDEO)
By Jim Hoft May. 18, 2023 10:30 am131 Comments
Garret O’Boyle (FBI Informant)
Rep Matt Gaetz confirmed today that the government was running several assets in the crowds during the January 6, 2021 protests in Washington DC.
As the Gateway Pundit as previously reported — Dozens if not hundreds of government operatives infiltrated the protests at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
The Gateway Pundit previously identified 20 different confirmed incidents and operations involving federal, state, and local government operatives who infiltrated the massive Trump crowds on January 6, 2021.
Each one of these incidents has been confirmed by the far-left press or the government in court documents.
**You can read more here: 20 CONFIRMED INCIDENTS AND OPERATIONS: The DOZENS of Feds, FBI Agents and State Operatives Who Infiltrated the Trump Crowds on January 6th at the US Capitol and Led the Protests
We currently have no idea how many federal, state and local government operatives were working undercover on January 6 but it looks like it is close to 100 operatives leading the charge on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Recent court documents reveal the Biden Department of Justice admitting to at least 40 undercover operatives with the Proud Boys on January 6.
In September 2022, TGP learned the FBI was running operatives inside The Oath Keepers on January 6th. The DOJ sprung this on the Oath Keepers members before their trial in Washington DC before a Kangaroo Court. The US government finally admitted in this letter they sent out before the trial that they were running Confidential Human Sources (CHS) inside the Oath Keepers organization on January 6.
In November 2022, the FBI finally admitted they had 8 informants inside the Proud Boys organization on January 6 and likely more.
The DOJ admitted to 40 government CHS agents were undercover on January 6th.
Proud Boys defendant Dominic Pezzola recently reported this admission.
And the number keeps growing – to 50 or more that they are admitting to.
And now this, Washington, D.C. FBI Field Office confirmed on Thursday that undercover officers, confidential informants, and FBI assets were present at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, despite FBI Director Wray testifying to the contrary.
DC_Draino tweeted: “FBI whistleblower testifies under oath that FBI won’t allow 11,000+ hours of J6 footage to be released b/c it would expose undercover agents committing crimes inside Capitol Not only was J6 a Fed setup, but now it’s confirmed that FBI is also covering its tracks.”
WATCH:
(This is a breaking story. Please check back for more updates.)
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/breaking-washington-fbi-field-office-confirms-undercover-officers/
China’s debt black hole
https://youtu.be/usMSe0lqX6E
GOP files to expel Adam Schiff
https://youtu.be/YSLyrRLC7vs
Edmonton police investigating video of man allegedly pouring liquid on the koran
Canadian bomb-maker granted day parole
Hiva Alizadeh, who was caught recruiting for an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist cell in Ottawa, was sentenced in 2014 to 24 years in prison.
But now he’s been granted day parole, after telling the Parole Board of Canada that he had abandoned terrorism and was ready to move on.
Eric Sorensen explains what Alizadeh tearfully promised to Canadians and how there’s both support and concerns about the board’s decision.
Biden’s Non-Binary Ex-Nuclear Waste Official Sam Brinton Arrested Again
By Anthony Scott May. 18, 2023 1:50 pm80 Comments
Sam Brinton, who previously served as Biden’s senior nuclear waste official under the Department of Energy, was arrested late Wednesday as a “fugitive from justice.”
Brinton was arrested at his home in Rockville, Maryland by a team of officers from both the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police and the Montgomery County Police Department.
In a statement the Montgomery Police departmentspokeperson Shiera Goff stated “Brinton was arrested at approximately 10 p.m. last night.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/bidens-non-binary-ex-nuclear-waste-official-sam/
1,000,000 Russian soldiers marching to the Polish border
https://youtu.be/osIctttStQU
Escape from the cities to make your vote count.
https://youtu.be/KVLKBQ5MCUA
Dirty FBI Revokes Security Clearances of Whistleblowers Before Congressional Testimony – But 51 Signatories of Bogus Hunter Biden Laptop Letter Still Have There’s
By Jim Hoft May. 18, 2023 5:50 pm63 Comments
The House Weaponization Committee held a hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill. Three government whistleblowers from the FBI testified before Congress on Thursday morning.
On Wednesday Chris Wray’s FBI revoked the security clearances of three agents who espoused questioned the aggressive tactics by the FBI in targeting Trump supporters , conservatives, and pro-Life Americans, according to a letter the FBI sent the subcommittee on Wednesday.
FBI agents Marcus Allen, Garrett O’Boyle, and Steve Friend had already been suspended for questioning the agency’s handling of the January 6 case and stating their beliefs that the FBI has been weaponized against conservatives.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/__trashed-82/
Investigators Reveal Cause of Texas Dairy Farm Explosion That Killed Nearly 20,000 Cows
By Cristina Laila May. 18, 2023 5:08 pm331 Comments
Authorities on Thursday revealed the cause of a Texas dairy farm explosion that killed nearly 20,000 head of cattle.
A large explosion at South Fork Dairy in Dimmitt, Texas last month killed more than 18,000 cows and injured one person.
The smoke from the explosion could be seen up to 80 miles away.
Investigators said an engine fire in the manure hauler caused the explosion.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/investigators-reveal-cause-texas-dairy-farm-explosion-that/
TWITTER THREAD –
1. New internal internal #TwitterFiles help explain why privileged reporter hate
@elonmusk and Twitter 2.0.
Musk denied access to Twitter’s formerly “trusted reporters” and allowed inside entree to more independent journalists.
https://twitter.com/thackerpd/status/1658812586073153539
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redacted Elon Musk: Twitter colluded with journalists to get accounts banned
A new round of the Twitter files shows that Twitter was giving special access to journalists who would do their bidding for them.
Basically journalists acting as lobbyists!
They were also rewarding journalists for promoting misinformation and ideology but that’s all stopped under Elon Musk.
French city opens probe into posters depicting Macron as Hitler
France has launched an investigation into public insults and “provocation to rebellion” after posters caricaturing President Emmanuel Macron as Adolf Hitler were found on dozens of billboards in the southern city of Avignon.
Some 30 posters were this week put up on the 120 advertising boards in Avignon. They show the head of state wearing a suit, with greying hair and the numbers “49.3” imprinted as a moustache.
https://s.rfi.fr/media/display/870225cc-f57c-11ed-8839-005056a90284/w:980/p:16×9/000_33CK7HJ.webp
The numbers are a reference to article of the Constitution that was used to force through pension reform legislation in the National Assembly.
The image of Macron is framed by the words “No thank you” and the hashtag #agirousubir (act or suffer), according to photos published by the daily newspaper La Provence.
The posters are a reproduction of a mural created in Avignon by the artist Letko that was erased in April.
Letko is known to have painted a fresco, since erased, on the same wall in 2022 depicting Macron as the puppet of Jewish political advisor Jacques Attali. It was considered to be anti-semitic by authorities.
“How far will they go in the indignity and abjectness? It is high time to sanction in the most severe way possible those who engage in such odious campaigns,” tweeted the president of the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur region, Renaud Muselier.
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Jusqu’où iront-ils dans l’indignité et dans l’abject ?
Il est grand temps de sanctionner de la façon la + sévère possible ceux qui s’adonnent à de telles campagnes odieuses. Condamnation totale, et soutien à @EmmanuelMacron ! https://t.co/x7KNFQ3uRa
— Renaud Muselier (@RenaudMuselier) May 18, 2023
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The town hall of Avignon said it would file a complaint, adding the police were mobilised to remove the posters.
Prosecutors said those responsible for the posters would incur penalties of two months in prison and €7,500 in fines for provocation to rebellion, and €12,000 in fines for insulting the president.
https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20230518-french-city-opens-probe-into-posters-depicting-macron-as-hitler
Lee Smith Discusses the Durham Report and the Purposeful Intent of Bill Barr
by Sundance – May 18, 2023
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/05/18/lee-smith-discusses-the-durham-report-and-the-purposeful-intent-of-bill-barr/