Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ripped Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) for slamming the Trump administration’s plan for a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.
On Tuesday, Kinzinger tweeted, “Do not let my colleagues pretend today that Trump and Pompeo didn’t set in motion the Afghanistan withdrawal. They did. I knew Pompeo in the house. He was a hawk on Afghanistan until Trump. He knew better, he owns this as well. Trump Pompeo and Biden all to blame.”
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Do not let my colleagues pretend today that Trump and Pompeo didn’t set in motion the Afghanistan withdrawal. They did.
I knew Pompeo in the house. He was a hawk on Afghanistan until trump. He knew better, he owns this as well. 
Trump Pompeo and Biden all to blame.
&mdash; Adam Kinzinger🇺🇦🇺🇸✌️ (@AdamKinzinger) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamKinzinger/status/1559553953360125954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Pompeo fired back, “Adam Kinzinger repeatedly asked me for job in Trump Admin (Air Force Sec, Amb), and for wife. Now attacks our Afghan plan that saw no US fatalities/no Taliban takeover/no Americans left behind. Adam, I enjoyed our work in Congress. What’s happened to you? YOU should know better.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/AdamKinzinger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@adamkinzinger</a> repeatedly asked me for job in Trump Admin (Air Force Sec, Amb), and for wife. Now attacks our Afghan plan that saw no US fatalities/no Taliban takeover/no Americans left behind. Adam, I enjoyed our work in Congress. What’s happened to you? YOU should know better.
&mdash; Mike Pompeo (@mikepompeo) <a href="https://twitter.com/mikepompeo/status/1560243822961065985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In August 2021, Kinzinger <a href="https://kinzinger.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=402790">wrote</a>, “The Taliban has always said that America has the watches, but they have the time. Under both President Trump and President Biden, the U.S. announced that our time in Afghanistan is over, effectively letting the Taliban know they were right, they could simply outwait us. And today, we watched as the Afghan government collapsed and the Taliban regained full control.”
“This is the result of a shortsighted, weak, and utter failure of both the previous White House and the current Administration. The naïve Trump Administration legitimized the Taliban by having ‘talks’ with them about peace and openly negotiating with terrorists, while the Biden Administration tried to fulfill a campaign promise without any semblance of a plan or forethought into how this would play out.&#8221;
In mid-August 2021, as Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, Pompeo <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/watch-pompeo-nukes-biden-in-response-to-biden-trying-to-blame-trump-for-afghanistan-debacle/">spoke</a> with Chris Wallace, then of Fox News, about President Biden blaming the Trump administration for the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“President Biden released a statement yesterday in which, in effect, he blamed President Trump and your administration for the deal that you made with the Taliban back in 2020, which resulted in a promise at that time — that President Trump had stayed in office — to pull all troops out by this past May,” Wallace stated, then quoted Biden saying, “When I became president, I faced a choice: follow through on the deal or ramp up our presence and send more American troops to fight once again in another country&#8217;s civil conflict.”
“If the risks weren&#8217;t so serious, Chris, it would be pathetic,” Pompeo replied. “I wouldn&#8217;t have let my 10-year old son get away from this kind of pathetic blame-shifting&#8230;. it&#8217;s worth noting, this did not happen on our watch. We reduced our forces significantly and the Taliban didn&#8217;t advance on capitals all across Afghanistan.”
“Critics say that for the U.S. to cut a deal with the Taliban without the Afghan government even in the room was hugely demoralizing and led inevitably to where we are today,” Wallace pressed.
“That&#8217;s just simply not true,” Pompeo answered. “Go read the deal. Go read the conditions that were built into the deal. I was in the room. I was at the center of working to deliver that. The Afghans were in the room. We had the Afghans all in the room for the same time in 20 years; we had Afghan leaders. &#8230; We were working diligently to deliver on the president&#8217;s two missions: to get our young people home, to reduce the risk of the United States from having our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines there in Afghanistan, and second, to create the conditions where we could make sure that a terror attack on the United States did not happen from there. We did it in the Philippines. We did it in Syria. We reduced terrorism risk all around the world. We would have done it in Afghanistan as well.”
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YouTube has banned Steven Crowder from the platform for two weeks after Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake appeared on “Louder with Crowder&#8221; for an interview, according to Crowder&#8217;s team.
Lake had informed Crowder that if elected, she would investigate claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election. On Wednesday, Crowder posted on Instagram a message from YouTube saying the podcast had been removed for violating the platform&#8217;s misinformation policy. Crowder has since doubled down, saying he will now interview Kari Lake again.
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YouTube suspended this show over our <a href="https://twitter.com/KariLake?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KariLake</a> interview. So, you know what? We&#8217;re interviewing her AGAIN! Because f*ck YouTube. <a href="https://t.co/3gej9ZsJd7">https://t.co/3gej9ZsJd7</a> <a href="https://t.co/2Dm0D3m99y">pic.twitter.com/2Dm0D3m99y</a>
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The video also showed Lake’s assertive, proactive approach to the huge illegal immigration problem facing Arizonans as well as her willingness to take on the drug cartels flooding the United States with narcotics.
“We’re in a worse place than I thought. This is about saving America,” Lake asserted to Crowder. “We have a million problems, but if we can’t get our secure border &#8230; then this whole amazing beautiful constitutional republic may be over.”
“It’s all interrelated; we can’t deal with our homeless problem and our drug addiction and all of that until we secure the border,” she declared. “If we keep letting these drugs pour in, we’re never going to be able to deal with it.”
“That’s why my first day, we’re going to call it what it is on the border,” she said bluntly. “It is an invasion; we’re going to issue a declaration of invasion, and we’re taking control of our border. We’re taking it back from the federal government. They have failed us.  We’re putting our National Guard troops on the border and we’re going to stop people from coming across.”
“We’ll finish President Trump’s wall,” she promised. “We’re going to blow up the drug tunnels. We’re not going to just put a little piece of concrete in for them to jackhammer it out and get them functional again. And we’re going after these cartels.”
“We act like it’s impossible to deal with this problem; it’s not impossible if we have the will and the strength to do it. And we will starting in January 2023,” she guaranteed.
Segueing to the problem of the homeless, she continued, “Once we stem the flow of the drugs coming in, then it’s going to be a lot easier to start working with the drug addiction problem.&#8221;
&#8220;We can’t ban ‘urban camping’ as they call it, unless we have enough beds for homeless people in shelters, so we are going to build, almost tent-city style, shelters to get people off the streets and band the ‘urban camping,” she added.
“A lot of times when you’re able to do that, when you’re able to just use on the street, when we make it to where we’re not pushing any of the laws and we’re not coming down on you for that, they will continue to use until they die of an overdose,” she noted. “And I don’t want to see that. So we’re going to get people off the street; we’re going to get them into drug treatment; we’re going to spend money to get them the treatment , the mental health that they need, and we’re going to lift these people up and get them to where they are functioning and contributing members of society.”
Crowder pointed out the leftist policies in Spokane, Seattle and Portland, wondering if the Democrat politicians running the cities ever questioned why their policies weren’t working.
Lake referenced a video of young children getting off at a bus stop in a drug-infested neighborhood, saying, “I would be scared to death if I had to get off at that bus stop as an adult. And all these little ones, they get off, they got their backpacks on, and they’re walking by this every day. The fact that they walk by it, we’ve become numb to it, is really horrifying.”
One segment is still available on YouTube below:
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“Louder with Crowder” can still be seen on <a href="https://get.blazetv.com/lwc/">MugClub</a> and <a href="https://rumble.com/c/StevenCrowder">Rumble</a> Monday through Thursday at 10 a.m. Eastern time.

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Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) ripped the Biden administration’s plan to hire 87,000 IRS agents by 2031 in a speech on Wednesday, <a href="https://grabien.com/story.php?id=390382?utm_source=cliplist&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=cliplist20220818&amp;utm_content=story390382">calling it</a> “a middle finger to the American public.”
Many of those new tax collectors, funded by $80 billion from President Biden’s <a href="https://time.com/6204537/inflation-reduction-act-whats-in-it/">Inflation Reduction Act</a> will be bearing arms while they hunt for money. Those special agents, according to the agency&#8217;s job <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/irs-seeks-armed-accountants-ready-for-deadly-force">description</a>, will “carry a firearm and be willing to use deadly force, if necessary.”
“Why would they do that?” DeSantis snapped of the Biden IRS plan. “Because you’re not going to be able to contend with the audit. So they’re going to crush a lot of people by doing that.”
“And I think of all the things that have come out of Washington that have been outrageous, this has got to be pretty close to the top,” he charged. “And I think it was basically just a middle finger to the American public that this is what they think of you. All these problems we have to deal with, and they think the way is to do 87,000 IRS agents. There’s going to be more people in the IRS than in a lot of these other agencies combined now.”
“They’re not putting very much money down at the border; I can tell you that right now,” DeSantis commented. “But they want to be able to do it, unleash them on American taxpayers. So that’s wrong.”
“Fortunately, that’s one of the reasons we don’t have an income tax, because if you don’t have an income tax, you don’t empower revenue agents,” he pointed out of his home state.  “Once you do that income tax, that gives them the ability to really go in and potentially target &#8230; And it’s going to be targeted at the people the government doesn’t like.”
In addition to carrying guns and badges, investigators in the IRS Criminal Investigation branch, who have carried firearms and used special equipment for years, will be outfitted with all the trappings of police officers. Other <a href="https://www.irs.gov/irm/part9/irm_09-011-003">investigative equipment</a> at their disposal includes fleet and surveillance vehicles, radio communication equipment, body armor, electronic surveillance equipment, audio and video equipment, cameras and lenses, night vision equipment, optical equipment, and something called &#8220;padded training suits.&#8221; The IRS <a href="https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/government-verify/internal-revenue-service-did-buy-nearly-700k-in-ammunition/536-0ce9f538-a372-4c26-8013-1ab4e571578c#:~:text=On%20July%201%2C%20Congressman%20Matt,of%20dollars%20worth%20of%20ammunition.">bought $700,000 in ammunition</a> earlier this year.
Nonpartisan watchdog Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that as much as <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/08/03/why-irs-80b-expansion-is-a-nightmare-for-small-business/">90% of the estimated $200 billion</a> in additional funds the IRS will collect as a result of beefing up its ranks <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/31/senate-gop-argues-data-shows-schumer-manchin-deal-raises-taxes-on-earners-under-400k/">will come from small businesses.</a>
Related: <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/guns-body-armor-spy-gear-heres-what-bidens-beefed-up-irs-investigation-unit-will-pack/">Guns, Body Armor, Spy Gear: Here&#8217;s What Biden&#8217;s Beefed-Up IRS Investigation Unit Will Pack</a>

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Finland’s Prime Minister, 36-year-old Sanna Marin, has protested that she was not using drugs after a video leaked showing her dancing wildly with her friends.
Marin’s protestations came in response to people who asked whether she had taken drugs during the party, with Finnish MP Mikko Kärnäeven even asking her to take a drug test.
“I have nothing to conceal or hide, and I haven&#8217;t done anything illegal,&#8221; she said on Thursday. “I still don&#8217;t know that anything illegal has happened. It would hardly be a police matter then.”
“Personally, I did not take drugs, nor did I consume anything other than alcohol. I danced, sang, and partied &#8211; perfectly legal things. And I&#8217;ve never been in a situation where I&#8217;ve seen or known of others [using drugs]” she <a href="https://yle.fi/news/3-12581734">asserted</a>.
“In the leaked video footage, unidentified people are heard shouting about ‘flour,’ which is a slang term for cocaine in Finland,” <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/08/18/finlands-pm-sanna-marin-denies-taking-drugs-video-leaked-partying/">The Telegraph</a> noted.
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Finland’s Prime Minister <a href="https://twitter.com/MarinSanna?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarinSanna</a> is in the headlines after a video of her partying was leaked today.
She has previously been criticized for attending too many music festivals &amp; spending too much on partying instead of ruling.
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Marin said the videos came from a party that started in two apartments and continued in two bars.
“Even there I sang, danced and hugged my friends and drank alcohol,” she admitted, adding, “These are private videos and are not intended for the public. &#8230; I&#8217;m still going to be friends with my friends.”
“I have a family life, I have a work life and I have free time to spend with my friends. Pretty much the same as many people my age,” she told reporters, according to the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62588480">BBC</a>. “I am going to be exactly the same person as I have been until now and I hope that it will be accepted.”
Security expert Petteri Järvinen conjectured that Russia may have been involved in the leaking of the video because Marin had requested to join NATO after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, ending years of taking a non-aligned position.
Some of the people shown in the video include singer Alma, influencer Janita Autio, TV host Tinni Wikström, YouTuber Ilona Ylikorpi, radio host Karoliina Tuominen, stylist Vesa Silver and at least one MP from Marin’s Social Democratic party, <a href="https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/cc979c9c-c331-42f5-afe6-d30bdb869e3a">Iltalehti</a> reported.
Juha Pylväs, the chair of the parliamentary group of the Centre Party, said he asked members of his party not to comment on the video, saying, “As my own opinion, I have asked the representatives to refrain from commenting.” He reportedly sent a text message saying “our commenting in public does not serve the image of the party of cooperation.”
Columnist Saga Cavalli slammed Marin, writing that she “seems to love surrounding herself with celebrities and likes to pose on social media,” calling Marin’s behavior  “celebrity ass licking.”

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Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott expressed his anger when federal Border Patrol agents reportedly unlocked a gate that the Texas National Guard had closed to prevent immigrants from crossing the southern border and entering Texas.
The gate, which is on private property, had been left open in the past, but the Texas National Guard had closed it, according to Fox News reporter Bill Melugin.
“Unbelievable,” Abbott tweeted. “While Texas secures the border, the federal government is enabling illegal immigration. Biden’s open border policies caused this crisis. The federal government must do its job &amp; fix it.”
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Unbelievable.
While Texas secures the border, the federal government is enabling illegal immigration.
Biden’s open border policies caused this crisis.
The federal government must do its job &amp; fix it. <a href="https://t.co/4yqR8uQMo8">https://t.co/4yqR8uQMo8</a>
&mdash; Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1559990850721140740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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NEW: For the first time, we witnessed the TX National Guard close &amp; lock a gate on private property at a major crossing area in Eagle Pass, denying entry to migrants who just crossed illegally &amp; expected to be let in. Border Patrol then came w/ a key &amp; let them in for processing. <a href="https://t.co/S1fZaTJnEi">pic.twitter.com/S1fZaTJnEi</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1559958934865301506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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This was the moment Border Patrol arrived with the key and let the migrants in. The landowner allows both TX DPS/National Guard and Border Patrol to work here. The gate has always been left open in the past. TX is now closing it, &amp; migrants have to wait for BP to be let in. <a href="https://t.co/AR4S9Vn3qH">pic.twitter.com/AR4S9Vn3qH</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1559959296707891201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Border Patrol opening gates etc to allow migrants in is not new. They have to process migrants on U.S. soil per federal law. What’s new is TX is now closing the gate &amp; denying entry at this major crossing location. Always open in months past, including this video I shot in May. <a href="https://t.co/FfWWvoch6r">pic.twitter.com/FfWWvoch6r</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1559963911578861575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Earlier in the day, in response to a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fentanyl-seizures-southern-border-jumped-200-percent-july">report</a> that fentanyl seizures at the southern border had soared 200% in July, Abbott declared, “66 people on the terrorist watchlist have been arrested at the border this fiscal year. Fentanyl seizures increased 202% in July. Texas continues to step up to combat the influx of crime &amp; deadly drugs crossing our border. Biden must end this crisis.”
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66 people on the terrorist watchlist have been arrested at the border this fiscal year.
Fentanyl seizures increased 202% in July.
Texas continues to step up to combat the influx of crime &amp; deadly drugs crossing our border.
Biden must end this crisis.<a href="https://t.co/zJoaAtFmnz">https://t.co/zJoaAtFmnz</a>
&mdash; Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1559947718881067010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The report stated that over 2,100 pounds of fentanyl had been seized last month, the most in any month in the last four fiscal years.
The Texas National Guard has been working with Abbott and the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to implement Operation Lone Star. <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/operation-lone-star-spotlights-national-border-crisis-in-busing-mission">According to Abbott</a>, since the operation was launched, the effort has “led to more than 292,700 migrant apprehensions and more than 18,400 criminal arrests, with more than 15,700 felony charges reported.”
“In the fight against fentanyl, DPS has seized over 326 million lethal doses during this border mission,” Abbott said.
“As governor of a southern border state, I have had to deploy unprecedented amounts of state resources&#8211;including more than $3 billion over the past 18 months&#8211;to the Texas National Guard, Texas Department of Public Safety, and local partners to help address the president’s national security failure and ensure the safety of Texans,” Abbott wrote in a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/nyc-dc-mayors-border-crisis-real-call-biden-step-up.amp">recent op-ed</a>.
He pointed out “Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz has said his city is being overrun with migrants that U.S. Border Patrol dumps there. ‘We’re taking the overflow [from McAllen and the Rio Grande Valley]. We can’t handle it here.’”
Abbott quoted McAllen Mayor Javier Villalobos asserting he needed federal support while slamming the Biden administration’s response to his pleas as “a callous disregard, to have Border Patrol just drop off immigrants in downtown McAllen.”
&#8220;Regardless of the federal government’s indifference, a dangerous situation continues to intensify. Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 45, but President Biden allows it to continue pouring across the border from Mexico,&#8221; he concluded.

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The Democratic state prosecutor who Florida GOP Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-on-education-florida-is-the-place-where-woke-goes-to-die/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> suspended allegedly made several taxpayer-funder trips to attend events held by an activist group featuring some of the most famous radical Left district attorneys in the country, according to a report.
The <a href="https://www.theflstandard.com/andrew-warren-used-taxpayer-money-for-activist-agenda/">Florida Standard</a> reported that it obtained records through the Freedom of Information Act confirming a source a sources&#8217; allegation that Andrew Warren used Florida taxpayer money to fund meetings and events that involved trips across the U.S. from 2017 to 2022. The records, which were not posted online, allegedly show Warren traveled to events held by the group Fair and Just Prosecutions in Seattle in July 2017, Boston in September 2017, New York in August 2018, Houston in December 2018, New York in September 2021, and Washington D.C. in May 2022.
When asked about this fact at a press conference at which he spoke of his lawsuit targeting DeSantis, Warren replied, “If your question isn’t about the lawsuit I’m not taking the question.”
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JUST IN: suspended Soros-backed prosecutor Andrew Warren refuses to answer questions about traveling to left-wing political events on Florida taxpayers’ dime <a href="https://t.co/kDKMjZUVmf">pic.twitter.com/kDKMjZUVmf</a>
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Fair and Just Prosecutions boasts on its <a href="https://fairandjustprosecution.org/meet-the-movement/">website</a>, “With communities across the nation reimagining public safety and calling for an end to mass incarceration, a new generation of elected prosecutors has emerged with a powerful vision to transform the criminal legal system.”
Some of the notable left-wing district attorneys who are <a href="https://fairandjustprosecution.org/meet-the-movement/">members</a> of the group include prosecutors like Chesa Boudin, Kim Foxx of Cook County, Illinois, Marilyn Mosby of Baltimore, Maryland, Larry Krasner of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and George Gascon of Los Angeles County, California.
“State Attorneys have a duty to prosecute crimes as defined in Florida law, not to pick and choose which laws to enforce based on his personal agenda,” DeSantis stated earlier this month when he announced his suspension of Warren. “It is my duty to hold Florida’s elected officials to the highest standards for the people of Florida.”
Warren had <a href="https://www.fox13news.com/news/ousted-hillsborough-state-attorney-andrew-warren-to-discuss-his-next-steps-following-suspension">promised</a> not to prosecute anyone who violated the <a style="font-style: inherit;" href="https://www.fox13news.com/news/gov-desantis-signs-15-week-abortion-ban-into-florida-law">state&#8217;s 15-week abortion ban</a> or anyone who provided gender re-assignment surgery for minors.
In his <a href="https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Executive-Order-22-176.pdf">executive order</a>, DeSantis wrote that Warren “demonstrated his incompetence and willful defiance of his duties as a state attorney as early as June 2021, when he signed a ‘Joint Statement’ with other elected prosecutors in support of gender-transition treatments for children and bathroom usage based on gender identity.”
“Warren has acted as a law unto himself by instituting a policy during his current term of presumptive non-enforcement for certain criminal violations, including trespassing at a business location, disorderly conduct, disorderly intoxication, and prostitution,” he added.
“Warren’s erroneous understanding of his duties recently culminated in his public declaration that he would not enforce criminal laws enacted by the Florida legislature that prohibit providers from performing certain abortions to protect the lives of unborn children,” DeSantis continued, before noting the gruesome process entailed in abortions performed after 15 weeks’ gestation.

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who was named by a former Palestinian arch-terrorist as having secured funding for the <a href="https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skeyspkrq">brutal Palestinian terrorist attack</a> at the 1972 Munich Olympics in which 11 Israel athletes were murdered, engendered harsh criticism after having claimed, as <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/mahmoud-abbas-holocaust-israel-germany-condemn-munich-olympics-rcna43459">NBC News</a> reported, that Israel had committed “50 Holocausts.”
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The PLO leader would have gained sympathy if he had apologized for the terrorist attack on Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics 1972. Accusing Israel of „50 Holocausts“ instead is the most disgusting speech ever heard in the German Chancellery <a href="https://t.co/35O8QYcPYt">pic.twitter.com/35O8QYcPYt</a>
&mdash; Armin Laschet (@ArminLaschet) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArminLaschet/status/1559617142982643718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Abbas made his incendiary remarks after being asked as a Palestinian leader whether he planned to apologize to Israel and Germany for the 1972 attack, since the 50th anniversary comes next month.
The Palestinian terrorist group “Black September,” which was linked to the Fatah party headed by terrorist Yasser Arafat and Abbas, took the Israeli hostages at the Olympic Village on Sept. 5, 1972. According to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/sports/long-hidden-details-reveal-cruelty-of-1972-munich-attackers.html?_r=1">The New York Times</a>, the widow of one of the murdered Israeli athletes said photos showed the Palestinian terrorists castrated her husband during the attack.
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) official Mohammed Oudeh, known as Abu Daoud, claimed to be the mastermind of the attack; in his autobiography, he named Abbas as having secured the funding, <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2003/07/does-mahmoud-abbas-murky-past-matter.html">Slate</a> noted.
The connection between “Black September” and Fatah was acknowledged in a <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/how-arafat-got-away-with-murder">March 13, 1973 telegram</a> that then U.S. Secretary of State William Rogers sent to American embassies around the world. The telegram alluded to an intelligence brief prepared by the department and the CIA that stated, &#8220;The Black September Organization (BSO) is a cover term for Fatah&#8217;s terrorist operations executed by Fatah&#8217;s intelligence organization. . . . Fatah funds, facilities, and personnel are used in these operations. . . . For all intents and purposes no significant distinction now can be made between the BSO and Fatah.”
Abbas’ comment about “50 Holocausts” elicited reactions like these:
Olaf Scholz, the Federal Chancellor of Germany: “I am disgusted by the outrageous remarks made by Palestinian President Mahmoud #Abbas. For us Germans in particular, any relativization of the singularity of the Holocaust is intolerable and unacceptable. I condemn any attempt to deny the crimes of the Holocaust.”
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I am disgusted by the outrageous remarks made by Palestinian President Mahmoud <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Abbas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Abbas</a>. For us Germans in particular, any relativization of the singularity of the Holocaust is intolerable and unacceptable. I condemn any attempt to deny the crimes of the Holocaust.
&mdash; Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz (@Bundeskanzler) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bundeskanzler/status/1559780922714734597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid: “Mahmoud Abbas accusing Israel of having committed ‘50 Holocausts’ while standing on German soil is not only a moral disgrace, but a monstrous lie.  Six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, including one and a half million Jewish children.  History will never forgive him.”
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Mahmoud Abbas accusing Israel of having committed &quot;50 Holocausts&quot; while standing on German soil is not only a moral disgrace, but a monstrous lie.
Six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, including one and a half million Jewish children.
History will never forgive him.
&mdash; יאיר לפיד &#8211; Yair Lapid (@yairlapid) <a href="https://twitter.com/yairlapid/status/1559651133563539461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Yonathan Arfi, president of the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions: “France must firmly condemn the abject remarks of Mahmoud Abbas accusing Israel of ‘50 Holocausts.’ By wanting to nazify Israel, it defiles the memory of the victims of the Shoah and despises the work of memory carried out in Europe. It is a hateful revisionism to be denounced.”
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La France doit condamner avec fermeté les propos abjects de Mahmoud Abbas accusant Israël de &quot;50 Holocaustes&quot;. En voulant nazifier Israël, il souille la mémoire des victimes de la Shoah et méprise le travail de Mémoire réalisé en Europe. C&#39;est un révisionnisme haineux à dénoncer.
&mdash; Yonathan Arfi (@Yonathan_Arfi) <a href="https://twitter.com/Yonathan_Arfi/status/1559823477758205955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The group Stop AntiSemitism: “6 million Jews &#8211; two out of every three in Europe &#8211; were massacred in the Holocaust.  Meanwhile the Palestinian population has exploded in numbers.  For Mahmoud Abbas to call the I/P conflict a &#8216;Holocaust&#8217; is atrocious Holocaust inversion deemed antisemitic by IHRA.”
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6 million Jews &#8211; two out of every three in Europe &#8211; were massacred in the Holocaust.
Meanwhile the Palestinian population has exploded in numbers.
For Mahmoud Abbas to call the I/P conflict a &quot;Holocaust&quot; is atrocious Holocaust inversion deemed antisemitic by IHRA. <a href="https://t.co/MoGnLEtj7q">pic.twitter.com/MoGnLEtj7q</a>
&mdash; StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1559669292358041600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Former Miss Iraq Sarah Idan: “Mahmoud Abbas also accused Israel of committing ‘50 Holocausts’ against Palestinians. Yup you heard it right. 50 Holocausts. Imagine your whole cause is based on stealing terms from others; South African Apartheid and Jewish Holocaust.”
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Mahmoud Abbas also accused Israel of committing “50 Holocausts” against Palestinians. Yup you heard it right. 50 Holocausts 🤦🏽‍♀️
Imagine your whole cause is based on stealing terms from others; South African Apartheid and Jewish Holocaust. <a href="https://t.co/CecV6CsWK7">https://t.co/CecV6CsWK7</a>
&mdash; Sarai (Sarah Idan) Miss Iraq (@RealSarahIdan) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSarahIdan/status/1559637667574214656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Even some Palestinians denounced Abbas:
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Terrible and antisemitic rhetoric from Abbas. As a Palestinian, I apologize to every Jew and every Israeli for these abhorrent comments. <a href="https://t.co/LMU32lRbhx">https://t.co/LMU32lRbhx</a>
&mdash; Abdelhalim Abdelrahman- عبد الحليم عبد الرحمن (@AbdelA1924) <a href="https://twitter.com/AbdelA1924/status/1559751637564022784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Absolutely shameful. Mahmoud Abbas in Germany refuses to apologize for the Munich massacre (which he helped finance) and accuses Israel of “50 Holocausts” in what <a href="https://twitter.com/ArminLaschet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ArminLaschet</a> called the “most disgusting speech ever heard in the German Chancellery”
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&mdash; Emily Schrader &#8211; אמילי שריידר (@emilykschrader) <a href="https://twitter.com/emilykschrader/status/1559627018953711621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Mahmoud Abbas accusing Israel of committing &quot;50 Holocausts&quot; against the Palestinians in front of the German chancellor is as good as time as any to remind you that Abbas got his PhD in Holocaust Denial from a university in Moscow.
&mdash; Blake Flayton (@blakeflayton) <a href="https://twitter.com/blakeflayton/status/1559625197782704128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Utterly vile, reprehensible and pure Holocaust distortion and unhinged Jew hatred. Mahmoud Abbas underscoring beyond shadow of a doubt why there will never be peace, as long as he remains Palestinian leader! <a href="https://t.co/1Rsv9mMgU5">pic.twitter.com/1Rsv9mMgU5</a>
&mdash; Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ostrov_A/status/1559655953888382981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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From paying salaries to murderers of Jews to outright Holocaust distortion, can we put to rest once and for all that Mahmoud Abbas is any kind of &#39;partner for peace&#39;. <a href="https://t.co/brWMsJpRPz">pic.twitter.com/brWMsJpRPz</a>
&mdash; Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ostrov_A/status/1559798672111566850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Mahmoud Abbas is not a man of peace.
He is a Holocaust denialist. 
He is a Jew hater. 
He is a supporter of terrorism.<a href="https://t.co/eRGwzdJYZu">https://t.co/eRGwzdJYZu</a>
&mdash; Julie Lenarz (@MsJulieLenarz) <a href="https://twitter.com/MsJulieLenarz/status/1559882672893300736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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At a certain point, all the 2-state-solution supporters will have to deal with the fact that the man they pin their hopes on, the &quot;moderate&quot; Mahmoud Abbas is a Holocaust denying, Nazi-style Jew hater who is also a terrorist and an embezzler.
&mdash; Caroline Glick (@CarolineGlick) <a href="https://twitter.com/CarolineGlick/status/1559732789016141831?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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‘Monstrous Lie’: Mahmoud Abbas Harshly Condemned After Claiming Israel Had Committed ’50 Holocausts’

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The masks are off in most parts of the nation, but it appears as though the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/first-lady-jill-biden-has-covid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> will extend the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID</a> public health emergency declaration past the current mid-October deadline.
The White House <a href="https://aspr.hhs.gov/legal/PHE/Pages/default.aspx">said</a> in January 2021 that if and when it opts to terminate the public health emergency, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would provide states with 60 days’ notice before doing so.
“To assure you of our commitment to the ongoing response, we have determined that the PHE will likely remain in place for the entirety of 2021, and when a decision is made to terminate the declaration or let it expire, HHS will provide states with 60 days’ notice prior to termination,&#8221; acting United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Norris Cochran <a href="https://aspr.hhs.gov/legal/PHE/Pages/Letter-to-Governors-on-the-COVID-19-Response.aspx">wrote</a> in January 2021 to the nation’s governors.
On July 15, Xavier Becerra, Secr​etary of Health and Human Services, <a href="https://aspr.hhs.gov/legal/PHE/Pages/covid19-15jul2022.aspx">declared</a> that he renewed the public health emergency.
“I &#8230; do hereby renew, effective July 15, 2022, the January 31, 2020, determination by former Secretary Alex M. Azar II,&#8221; he said, noting it had been previously renewed on April 21, 2020, July 23, 2020, October 2, 2020, January 7, 2021, April 15, 2021, July 19, 2021, October 15, 2021, January 14, 2022, and April 12, 2022.​
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HHS’s 60-day deadline for letting states know if they plan to end the federal public health emergency in October quietly passed over the weekend, implying that the PHE (and associated policies) will be extended at least into mid-January.
&mdash; Adrianna McIntyre (@onceuponA) <a href="https://twitter.com/onceuponA/status/1559156342564261890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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On July 29, the American Hospital Association (AHA) <a href="https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2022-07-29-aha-urges-hhs-extend-public-health-emergency-beyond-october">asked</a> HHS to extend the October deadline.
&#8220;Now is not the time to eliminate these vital flexibilities. Hospitalizations and deaths are again on the rise given the B.A.5 variant, and there is a real possibility of additional surges in the fall and winter — along with a possibly difficult flu season,&#8221; the organization said. &#8220;Our providers also are experiencing sicker patients with more critical medical needs due to delays in seeking care during the Delta and Omicron surges.
On August 9, the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) echoed the AHA, <a href="https://www.ahcancal.org/News-and-Communications/Press-Releases/Pages/AHCANCAL-Requests-Extension-Of-Public-Health-Emergency-.aspx">requesting</a> that the COVID public health emergency be extended, arguing that there were new COVID variants emerging and a flu season approaching.

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A former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-party">Democratic</a> governor of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york">New York</a> praised <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas">Texas</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-party">Republican</a> Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/greg-abbott">Greg Abbott</a> for sending busloads of illegal immigrants to New York City, calling it “one of the most brilliant political strategies I&#8217;ve heard in a long time.”
Former New York Governor David Patterson, the first legally blind person to be sworn in as governor of a U.S. state who succeeded Eliot Spitzer after Spitzer resigned in 2008, <a href="https://grabien.com/story.php?id=389990?utm_source=cliplist&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=cliplist20220816&amp;utm_content=story389990">spoke</a> on WABC 770’s “Cats Roundtable.”
“The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, has come up with [what] I think is one of the most brilliant political strategies I&#8217;ve heard in a long time,” Patterson admitted. “Now, I&#8217;m a Democrat and there are a lot of things I don&#8217;t like about what he&#8217;s really doing. However, sometimes you have to tip your cap to your opponent, and in this case, he is sending hundreds of aliens who come into the country by bus to New York City, which is a sanctuary city, [and it] has really paid dividends to him politically.”
“In addition, it puts New York&#8217;s Mayor Eric Adams in the position where he can&#8217;t say he won&#8217;t accept the immigrants because that will be going against what has been the policy most Democrats have about immigration in the first place,” Patterson pointed out.
“But also, if you send the immigrants back to Texas, he is, in a sense, going against his own attempt to get the federal government to help pay for the fact that they’re here,” Patterson said of Adams. “So I don’t Mayor Adams is being hurt in this process at all, but I think nationally, it’s an amazing plan to focus people on the whole immigration process.”
Adams has attacked Abbott for sending the illegal immigrants, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-adams-is-deeply-contemplating-taking-new-yorkers-to-texas-to-get-back-at-greg-abbott">reported</a>. Adams claimed that “for the good of America,” Abbott should be rejected by Texas voters in November’s gubernatorial election. “I&#8217;ve already called all my friends in Texas, and told them how to cast their vote,” he pontificated. &#8220;I am deeply contemplating taking a busload of New Yorkers to go to Texas and do some good old-fashioned door-knocking.”
“It is unimaginable what the governor of Texas has done,” Adams raged. “When you think about this country, a country that has always been open to those who are fleeing persecution and other intolerable conditions. We’ve always welcomed that. And this governor is not doing that in Texas.”
Abbott wasn’t reticent about slamming Adams as he snapped, “What’s horrific is the thousands of illegal immigrants overrunning and overwhelming our border communities with populations smaller than a New York City borough, and Mayor Adams is hypocritically upset about welcoming a few dozen into his sanctuary city. These migrants willingly chose to go to New York City, having signed a voluntary consent waiver, available in multiple languages, upon boarding that they agreed on the destination.”
“If the mayor wants a solution to this crisis, he should call on President Biden to take immediate action to secure the border-something the President continues failing to do,” he continued. “The Biden administration is allowing historic levels of illegal immigrants, weapons, and deadly drugs like fentanyl to surge into our state and dumping migrants in our border towns with little to no help provided.”
Related: <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/eric-adams-is-deeply-contemplating-taking-new-yorkers-to-texas-to-get-back-at-greg-abbott/">Eric Adams Is ‘Deeply Contemplating’ Taking New Yorkers To Texas To Get Back At Greg Abbott</a>
Tim Meads contributed to this report.

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A U.S. Department of Defense agency responsible for developing technologies for the military is proposing a program to militate against cold-weather effects suffered by soldiers in freezing environments.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced on Monday the Ice Control for cold Environments (ICE) program.
“The best performing molecules identified during the discovery phase will subsequently be formulated to develop novel materials with enhanced operational performance, tailored to mitigate extreme cold weather challenges for specific DoD applications, and tested based on stakeholder needs and priorities,” the <a href="applewebdata://C8C8D647-18A5-4CA9-B90A-CEB4631A9CA8/The%20best%20performing%20molecules%20identified%20during%20the%20discovery%20phase%20will%20subsequently%20be%20formulated%20to%20develop%20novel%20materials%20with%20enhanced%20operational%20performance,%20tailored%20to%20mitigate%20extreme%20cold%20weather%20challenges%20for%20specific%20DoD%20applications,%20and%20tested%20based%20on%20stakeholder%20needs%20and%20priorities.">description</a> of the program asserted.
The program is “soliciting innovative research proposals to investigate the physical properties of ice crystals for the development of new solutions to protect warfighters and infrastructure and enhance operational capabilities in extreme cold weather (ECW) environments,” the PDF of the announcement stated.
The announcement cited “the warming of the arctic” permitting “access to new trade routes,” adding that such access “necessitated an expanded operational area where the U.S. military must counter peer adversaries seeking to exploit emerging theaters in ECW areas.”
“Significant physiological and material barriers exist to establishing and maintaining a force capable of sustained operations in ice-prone environments,” the announcement acknowledged. “Many of these challenges are a consequence of the physical properties of ice such as ice crystal formation, recrystallization, and propagation, as well as the impact these phenomena have on the surrounding operational environment and force readiness.”
The announcement pointed out the manifold uses of such a panacea: “Ice control capabilities could include, but are not limited to, the prevention of frostbite injuries, reduction of ice accretion on vehicles, vessels, and aircraft, decreased damage to infrastructure, maintaining aqueous solutions (potable water, medicines), solving transportation and logistics challenges (ice bridges, roads, runways), and enabling field operations.”
Some of the technological advances in other fields that the program hopes to take advantage of include “ice-binding proteins, pigments capable of absorption of defined wavelengths of light and radiative heat transfer to selectively melt snow versus ice,  cryoprotective polysaccharides (bacteria, algae, insects, and plants); and  small molecule cryoprotectants and eutectic mixtures (animals, insects, and plants).”
The first phase of the program is expected to last 18 months, the second phase 12 months.

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DOD Announces Program To Find Solutions For Soldiers In Freezing Cold Temperatures

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Six months after her tragic death at the age of 43, the cause of actress Lindsey Pearlman’s death has been revealed.
An autopsy by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner <a href="https://mec.lacounty.gov/case-detail/?caseNumber=2022-02118">found</a> that Pearlman committed suicide through sodium nitrite toxicity on February 18.
“The presence of non-toxic levels of lorazepam, metoclopramide, and codeine” was discovered in Pearlman’s system, the report concluded.
Pearlman, a Chicago native who appeared on “General Hospital,” “Chicago Justice,” and &#8220;Empire,” had been reported missing on February 13. Four days later, her cousin Savannah Pearlman tweeted that Lindsey Pearlman’s phone was last pinged on Sunset Blvd.
Pearlman was found dead in a vehicle by the entrance of Runyon Canyon Park in Hollywood, <a href="https://people.com/tv/empire-actress-lindsey-pearlman-cause-of-death-revealed/">People</a> reported. Her husband, Vance Smith, wrote on Instagram, “The police found Lindsey. She&#8217;s gone. I&#8217;m broken.”
Pearlman’s neighbor, Chrissy McKay, who saw her roughly a week before her death, <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/02/19/neighbors-friends-shocked-by-death-of-la-actress-lindsey-pearlman/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=NYPTwitter&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow">said</a>, “She seemed really tired and usually she was very peppy.”
After Pearlman’s death, her friend and fellow actress Danielle Pinnock tweeted, “I met the most talented people ever in the Chi. We all moved to LA together in hopes of pursuing our dreams. Our community lost Lindsey Pearlman. She was hilarious, goofy AF, stunning, and ridiculously gifted. Just talked to her two weeks ago. It feels surreal that she is gone.”
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I met the most talented people ever in the Chi. We all moved to LA together in hopes of pursuing our dreams. Our community lost Lindsey Pearlman. She was hilarious, goofy AF, stunning, and ridiculously gifted. Just talked to her two weeks ago. It feels surreal that she is gone.
&mdash; Danielle Pinnock (@bodycourage) <a href="https://twitter.com/bodycourage/status/1495067248079163392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Actress Lynn Chen echoed, “This is how I will remember Lindsey Pearlman. Effortlessly beautiful and talented. Hilarious. Compassionate. Unapologetic. She lit up every room. She listened intently on stage and off. She so loved animals. I am sorry to her family and all the communities who deeply adored her.”
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This is how I will remember Lindsey Pearlman. Effortlessly beautiful and talented. Hilarious. Compassionate. Unapologetic. She lit up every room. She listened intently on stage and off. She so loved animals. I am sorry to her family and all the communities who deeply adored her. <a href="https://t.co/iypa3ChBB5">pic.twitter.com/iypa3ChBB5</a>
&mdash; Lynn Chen 陳凌 (@MsLynnChen) <a href="https://twitter.com/MsLynnChen/status/1495037665015595009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Fatal sodium nitrite poisonings have risen in number in recent years; sodium nitrite is normally used for curing meat. In July, <a href="https://neurosciencenews.com/sodium-nitrate-suicide-21065/">Neuroscience News</a> reported that Ontario, Canada, had “seen at least 28 sodium nitrite poisoning deaths between 1980 and 2020, with most happening in the last two years of that period.”
“Across the U.S. poison centers are receiving frightening <a href="https://aapcc.org/news-alerts/12760202">numbers of reports</a> on self-poisoning with nitrites and nitrates,” the Missouri Poison Center <a href="https://missouripoisoncenter.org/sodium-nitrite-suicide-trend/">noted</a>. “In 2021, they have seen a 166 percent increase in fatalities in comparison to 2018.”
The Missouri Poison Center also pointed out that the use of sodium nitrite as a means of suicide had been popularized in online suicide forums, which offer information on how to obtain it and step-by-step instructions for its use to commit suicide.

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Cause Of Actress Lindsey Pearlman’s Death Revealed

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The 80-year-old Washington state woman who was banned from her local community pool after she protested men in the locker room, was targeted by trans activists as she attempted to speak publicly about her ordeal, as they heckled her and tore down suffragette banners behind her.
Julie Jaman had been undressing at the <a href="https://www.olympicpeninsulaymca.org/locations/branch/mountain-view-pool/">Mountain View pool,</a> a Port Townsend facility, for <a href="https://thedistance.substack.com/p/woman-80-banned-from-the-city-pool?r=uglk&amp;s=w&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">35 years</a>, but on July 26, the Y’s aquatics manager, Rowen DeLuna, allegedly informed her that some children needed the lane she was swimming in.
Jaman said she headed to the women’s showers, where she soaped up before hearing a man’s voice, then turned to see a biological male named Clementine Adams, allegedly an employee at the pool, “looking at the little girls as they were taking off their suits,” the Port Townsend Free Press <a href="https://www.porttownsendfreepress.com/2022/08/02/mountain-view-pool-punishes-woman-for-her-gender-expression-and-identity-part-one/">reported</a>.
“We’re all here today for all of us. I’m the old lady. &#8230; You may have read some version of my personal experience: A naked old lady in the women’s shower room and what I saw that day,” Jaman began at her public speech.
“Wendy Barth, CEO of the YMCA, told me Pride posters are adequate to let people know, women know, what to expect in the shower room known for 60 years as a female-only,” she continued. “One will now encounter men who identify as women undressing and showering with female humans. I object.”
“I don’t want to be forced to the shower and dress with the opposite sex present,” she declared before screaming trans activists chanting “trans rights are human rights” to drown her out ripped down the suffragette flags behind her.
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The 80-year-old woman who was banned from her local swimming pool for raising concerns about a male in the female washroom was heckled as she gave a speech tonight.
Trans activists ripped down the suffragette flags behind her and tried to sabotage her microphone. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LetJulieSwim?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LetJulieSwim</a> <a href="https://t.co/LjHBFMfBHr">pic.twitter.com/LjHBFMfBHr</a>
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“There were gaps in the curtain and there I was, naked, with soap and water on me, and this guy, right there very close to me,” Jaman said when she initially described the incident. “I asked, ‘Do you have a penis?’ He said, ‘That’s none of your business.’ That’s when I told him, ‘Get out of here, right now.’”
Jaman said she turned to the Y’s aquatics manager, Rowen DeLuna, who was outside the shower stall, and said, “Get him out of here,” but DeLuna responded, “You’re discriminating and you can’t use the pool anymore and I’m calling the police.”
Jaman claimed that when she got dressed and tried to leave the building, a YMCA staff member told her she could not leave, echoed by DeLuna, prompting Jaman to respond, “Bull****! I’m going to the police right now. I want help and I need it immediately.”
Jaman said Wendy Bart, the CEO of the Olympic Peninsula YMCA, spoke to her later that day, and told her that she was banned from the pool, and said a staff member told her that Jaman said to Adams, “You’re going to stick your f***ing penis in those little girls.” Jaman, the mother of two adult daughters, said she reacted, “I am an 80 year-old woman and I do not talk like that.”
Erin Hawkins, communications manager for the pool, insisted Jaman was banned for multiple violations of the pool’s code of conduct.
“Julie Jaman was permanently suspended from the Mountain View Pool due to her repeatedly violating our Code of Conduct, specifically, using disrespectful words or gestures toward YMCA staff or others; abusive, harassing and/or obscene language or gestures toward YMCA staff or others,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/washington-80-year-old-woman-banned-ymca-demanding-trans-employee-leave-locker">told</a> Fox News.
Related:
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