Elderly politicians threaten the US system’s ability to perform. Washington is turning into a gerontocracy with an increasingly old and infirm Congress

n October of 1984, former US President Ronald Reagan, who was then an incumbent 73-year-old commander-in-chief, participated in the second presidential debate against his Democratic Party opponent Walter Mondale. The president was asked about his age and mental fitness for …

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Private texts reveal incredible detail about Fox News’ inner workings.

In disclosing Fox News hosts, executives, and even Rupert Murdoch’s private texts and emails, Dominion Voting Systems has underlined the enormous risks for the company that goes beyond Dominion’s claim for $1.6 billion in damages. https://www.businessinsider.com/texts-from-the-dominion-lawsuit-reveal-the-real-fox-news-2023-3 Media insiders would often …

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First Republic Bank (FRC) PLUNGES -30% on Open

View post on imgur.com https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/FRC/ First Republic deposits dropped 40% in the first quarter. Cutting 25% of workforce. Pursuing strategic options. Stock down after hours. Here we go again. pic.twitter.com/ijMWHUkUNm — Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) April 24, 2023 We’re running …

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BE AFRAID…..WHO is going nuts again

You can not make THIS shit up. WHO is at it again. Be scared, very scared. One side of the conflict. as war-torn Sudan has taken control of a polio lab, AFP reports. https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Rr77qd/aftonbladet-direkt?pinnedEntry=1106862     h/t Limpan    

‘Huge biological risk’ after Sudan fighters occupy lab: WHO. Ground Zero – Ebola, Marburg?

The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that fighters in conflict-ravaged Sudan had occupied a central public laboratory holding samples of diseases including polio and measles, creating an “extremely, extremely dangerous” situation. https://insiderpaper.com/huge-biological-risk-after-sudan-fighters-occupy-lab-who/ https://twitter.com/_/status/1650807844537528324 1/3WHO Monitoring Marburg WHO Dr. Abdi Rahman …

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Glenn Greenwald gave an excellent summation of Tucker Carlson’s history at Fox, from advocating for Julian Assange to criticizing the war in Ukraine from the outset. (Bonus: Dunking on AOC!)

I think the whole video is well worth the watch, but if you’re in a hurry, start at 1:21:42 for the “little tyrant” coverage, lol. “Like so much of what she says, it is not just authoritarian, but incredibly stupid and ignorant.” …

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