News24 | ‘Ready to work under Trump’s strong leadership’: Zelensky appeals to Trump after US halts Ukraine aid– www.news24.com Source Link Excerpt:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said he wanted to “make things right” with Donald Trump and to work under the US President’s “strong leadership” to secure a lasting peace in Ukraine.
In his first public comments since Trump halted US military aid to Ukraine overnight, Zelensky called for a “truce” in the sea and sky as a first step to securing an end to the three-year-long war.
“Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. Nobody wants peace more than Ukrainians. My team and I stand ready to work under President Trump’s strong leadership to get a peace that lasts,” Zelensky said in a post on X.
He said Ukraine was ready to agree to a “truce in the sky – ban on missiles, long-ranged drones, bombs on energy and other civilian infrastructure – and truce in the sea immediately, if Russia will do the same.”
That Was Quick: Polish PM Confirms US Military Aid to Ukraine Has Been Suspended – Including Supplies Already En Route | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com Source Link Excerpt:
Globalist Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk
That was quick – Polish Prime Minister Tusk says US aid to Ukraine has already been shut down.
President Trump on Monday announced he was immediately canceling all US military aid to Ukraine.
Trump made this announcement after President Zelensky spoke out in London to a reporter insisting the end to the Ukraine War was still “very, very far away.”
President Trump, who has made it a personal goal to end the killing and war in Ukraine lashed out at the unpopular Ukrainian leader and announced that the US was pausing all military aid to Ukraine due to its leader who will not seek peace.
President Trump: This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy, and America will not put up with it for much longer! It is what I was saying, this guy doesn’t want there to be Peace as long as he has America’s backing and, Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelenskyy, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the U.S. – Probably not a great statement to have been made in terms of a show of strength against Russia. What are they thinking? apnews.com/article/russia-ukra
VP JD Vance & Family Moved to Undisclosed Location After Pro-Ukraine Protestors Ambush Ski Trip– wltreport.com Source Link Excerpt:
Vice President JD Vance, his wife, and three children were forced to relocate to an undisclosed location after pro-Ukraine protestors ambushed them during what was supposed to be a family ski trip in Vermont.
Hundreds of crazy protestors gathered, waving Ukraine and gay pride flags.
Many held signs that read stuff like: “Go Ski in Russia,” “Nazi Scum,” and “Trump Serves Putin.”
Here’s some footage:
Pro-Ukraine protesters, armed with Ukraine flags and transgender pride flags, gathered in Vermont where JD Vance and his family were vacationing. It’s always the same people. pic.twitter.com/pjrWekzah2
🇺🇸🇺🇦 Protestors against Vice President JD Vance was held in the American state of Vermont.
People were holding posters and signs in the blue and yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag with various inscriptions, such as “Vance = Traitor”, “Zelenskyy is a hero”, “Vance is a traitor.… pic.twitter.com/yC4i4ZhtFS
Zelenskyy, congressional allies seek new cards in high-stakes Ukraine fight – Roll Call Source Link Excerpt:
A White House official said Monday evening that the administration had frozen all deliveries of U.S. military and other aid to Ukraine following Friday’s dust-up between the two leaders.
“The president has been clear that he is focused on peace. We need our partners to be committed to that goal as well. We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution,” the White House official said. The official did not disclose how long that “review” might last, but it was clear the next move was Zelenskyy’s.
One longtime Senate ally, who has supported the billions in U.S. aid allocations to Ukraine, already appears to be playing a new hand.
“The Europeans are piling on in support of Zelenskyy. Here’s my message to the Europeans: Maybe it’s time for you to defend your continent. Maybe it’s time for you to stop hollowing out your military,” Sen. Lindsey Graham told SiriusXM on Saturday.
“And if you want to use tough rhetoric toward [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, how about back it up with some muscle? When a European leader speaks, no bad guy listens,” the South Carolina Republican said. “When Trump speaks, everybody’s on edge. I was never more proud of President Trump than I was [Friday]. He stood up for America. He refused to be lectured to.”
State Department Stops Funding to Rebuild Ukraine Power Grid– legalinsurrection.com Source Link Excerpt:
NBC News reported that the State Department stopped a USAID program that sent money to Ukraine to help rebuild its power grid earlier this week:
Power outages have been applied overnight in some regions of Ukraine due to the attacks on energy facilities. The country’s systems have sustained near-constant impact throughout the course of the three-year war.
“It significantly undercuts this administration’s abilities to negotiate on the ceasefire, and it’d signal to Russia that we don’t care about Ukraine or our past investments,” one USAID official involved in the Ukraine mission told NBC News.
The official continued: “Russia is fighting a two-pronged war in Ukraine: A military one but also an economic one. They’re trying to crush the economy, but USAID has played a central role in helping it be resilient, [including] shoring up the energy grid…We’ve provided vast amount of support to the Ukrainian government to avoid a macro economic crisis.”
Trump threatens further tariff hikes after Canada retaliates | Trade War News– www.aljazeera.com Source Link Excerpt:
US president posts warning on social media after Canada PM Trudeau slammed ‘dumb’ trade war.
US President Donald Trump has warned Canada that he will escalate his trade war after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced retaliatory tariffs on US goods.
Trump’s 25-percent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday, prompting Trudeau to announce retaliatory tariffs on more than $100bn of American goods that will take effect over 21 days.
The US president responded on Truth Social, the social media platform he owns, saying: “Please explain to Governor Trudeau, of Canada, that when he puts on a Retaliatory Tariff on the US, our Reciprocal Tariff will immediately increase by a like amount!”
Musk rises to Bondi and Patel’s defense after DOJ’s chaotic Epstein files rollout– www.washingtonexaminer.com Source Link Excerpt:
Elon Musk warded off critics of Attorney General Pam Bondi who were furious about how she handled the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
After she released some Epstein records on Thursday, a social media firestorm sparked, including concern over why thousands of documents were missing. Bondi said that evening that the FBI failed to follow her directive to release all the files. FBI Director Kash Patel was ordered to “deliver the full and complete Epstein files to [Bondi’s] office” by Friday morning, the attorney general wrote in a letter calling for an investigation into the matter.
While some allies of the Trump administration questioned Bondi’s rollout and created a deluge of theories as to the Epstein “cover-up,” Musk defended the freshly appointed leaders of the Department of Justice and FBI, suggesting they were the victims of a “hostile crew” of employees leftover from the Biden administration who were trying to thwart the full and transparent release of the Epstein files.
“Imagine if you were suddenly appointed AG or head of the FBI,” Musk said on Friday. “You were just thrown on a ship with a hostile crew.”
“Until you appoint some new crew members and figure out the ropes, you can’t steer the ship effectively. It’s literally impossible,” he continued in a post to X.
Imagine if you were suddenly appointed AG or head of the FBI.
You were just thrown on a ship with a hostile crew.
Until you appoint some new crew members and figure out the ropes, you can’t steer the ship effectively. It’s literally impossible. https://t.co/cN2fQnZtGR
Trump Tariffs Will Raise Prices ‘Within Days,’ Target CEO Says – MSN Source Link Excerpt:
President Donald Trump’s new tariffs went into effect on Tuesday, rattling businesses and consumers. Target CEO Brian Cornell said on Tuesday that shoppers will see higher prices on the shelves as soon as this week.
The Details: Cornell told CNBC in an interview that prices for fresh fruits and vegetables will rise, including avocados, strawberries and bananas imported from Mexico due to the 25% tariff now in place.
Canada’s Trudeau slaps 25% tariff on US imports, calls Trump’s trade war ‘very dumb’– timesofindia.indiatimes.com Source Link Excerpt:
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared on Tuesday that Canada will not back down in its escalating trade war with the United States, calling US President Donald Trump’s tariffs a “very dumb thing to do.” In response, Trudeau announced 25% retaliatory tariffs on $30 billion worth of US imports.
“The United States launched a trade war against Canada… Canadians are reasonable. We are polite. We will not back down from a fight,” Trudeau said, emphasizing that while he considers Trump a “smart guy,” his trade policies are reckless. Trump’s endgame? Trudeau alleges annexation motive
China reveals its response to Trump’s surprise tariff: New taxes of up to 15% on U.S. chicken, cotton, pork, soybeans and other farm products– fortune.com Source Link Excerpt:
The tariffs announced by China’s Commerce Ministry are due to take effect from March 10. Read More
Democrats Look to Blow Up Budget Bill Over DOGE Cuts, Forcing a Government Shutdown – PJ Media– pjmedia.com Source Link Excerpt:
The Democrats in Congress appear to be rousing themselves from a long sleep. Axios reportedthat they are going to drag out the oldest leftist protest tactic in the book: making unpleasant noises when a political opponent speaks.
The Dems plan to use “Hand clappers, red cards, and various other props” to dramatize their displeasure with Trump during his speech on Tuesday evening. They’re also going to hold up strongly worded signs.
If that’s the best they got, maybe they should just stay home.
The Democrats also plan to demonstrate their displeasure with Elon Musk and Donald Trump by deliberately blowing up the budget negotiations, thus forcing a government shutdown. The transparent ploy to try and make Trump look bad while portraying themselves as the heroes who stand up against healthcare and other cuts is how the Democrats believe they can get back in the game.
They need to do something. Musk and Trump have been steamrolling the Democrats by “flooding the zone” with so many cuts, executive orders, and other actions that the Democrats haven’t been able to catch their breaths. One “outrage” after another has them on their back foot, trying to respond.
Pope Francis suffers new respiratory crises, back on ventilation: Vatican – National– globalnews.ca Source Link Excerpt:
Pope Francis suffered two new acute respiratory crises Monday and was put back on noninvasive mechanical ventilation, in another setback to his battle to fight pneumonia, the Vatican said.
Doctors extracted “copious” amounts of mucus from his lungs during two bronchoscopies, in which a camera-tipped tube was sent down into the airways with a sucker at the tip to suction out fluid. The Vatican said the mucus was the body’s reaction to the original pneumonia infection and not a new infection, given laboratory tests don’t indicate any new bacteria.
Francis remained alert, oriented and cooperated with medical personnel. The prognosis remained guarded. Doctors didn’t say if he remained in stable condition, though they referred to the crises in the past tense, suggesting they were over.
The crises were a new setback in what has become a more than two-week battle by the 88-year-old pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed, to overcome a complex respiratory infection.
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In a late update, the Vatican said the episodes were caused by a “significant accumulation” of mucus in his lungs and bronchial spasms. “Copious secretions,” were extracted during the bronchoscopies and the pope was put back on noninvasive mechanical ventilation, a mask that covers his nose and mouth and pumps oxygen into the lungs, the Vatican said.
Pope calls meeting with cardinals as health remains critical
The Vatican hasn’t released any photos or videos of Francis since before he entered the hospital on Feb. 14 with a complex lung infection. This has become the longest absence of his 12-year papacy.
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The Vatican has defended Francis’ decision to recover in peace and out of the public eye. But on Monday one of Francis’ closest friends at the Vatican, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, urged him to let his voice be heard, saying the world needs to hear it.
“We need men like him who are truly universal and not only one-sided,” Paglia said, speaking after a press conference to launch the annual assembly of his Pontifical Academy for Life, the Vatican’s bioethics academy, which has as this year’s theme “The End of the World?”
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Pope Francis Making Slow Recovery from Double Pneumonia
Francis wrote a message to the assembly in which he lamented that international organizations are increasingly ineffective to combat the threats facing the world and are being undermined by “short-sighted attitudes concerned with protecting particular and national interests.” It was dated Feb. 26 and signed “from Gemelli Polyclinic.”
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Doctors often use noninvasive ventilation to stave off an intubation, or the use of invasive mechanical ventilation. Francis has not been intubated during this hospitalization. It’s not clear if he has provided any advance directives about the limits of his care if he declines or loses consciousness.
Catholic teaching holds that life must be defended from conception until natural death. It insists that chronically ill patients, including those in vegetative states, must receive “ordinary” care such as hydration and nutrition, but “extraordinary” or disproportionate care can be suspended if it is no longer beneficial or is only prolonging a precarious and painful life.
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Pope Francis’ health brings ‘anxiety and concern’ about Catholic Church’s future
Francis articulated that to a meeting of Paglia’s bioethics body in 2017, saying there was “no obligation to have recourse in all circumstances to every possible remedy.” He added: “It thus makes possible a decision that is morally qualified as withdrawal of ‘overzealous treatment.’”
Paglia, whose office helps articulate the Catholic Church’s position on end-of-life care, said Francis is like any other Catholic and would follow church teaching if it came to that.
“Today the pope is giving us an extraordinary teaching on fragility,” he added. “Today the pope, not through words but with his body, is reminding all of us, we elderly people to begin with, that we are all fragile and therefore we need to take care of each other.”
Francis’ 17-night hospitalization is by no means reaching the papal record that was set during St. John Paul II’s numerous lengthy hospitalizations over a quarter century.
Senate Votes on Linda McMahon’s Nomination for Secretary of Education – RedState– redstate.com Source Link Excerpt:
One more nominee has made it across the finish line for President Donald Trump: Late Monday afternoon, the Senate voted on Linda McMahon’s nomination for Secretary of Education, and in a party-line vote, confirmed her.
McMahon served in the first Trump administration as the head of the Small Business Administration. Following Trump’s reelection in November, McMahon, along with Howard Lutnick (now Trump’s Commerce Secretary), served as co-chairs of his transition team.
Denise Carter has served as the acting secretary pending McMahon’s confirmation.
Trump has intimated he’d like to see the department done away with altogether, much to the horror of American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten. And the DOGE team has already been busy slashing close to $1 billion from the bloated department’s expenditures by terminating multiple DEI training grants and a number of other contracts.
SAD! Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren, and Cory Booker Caught Posting Identical Videos, Almost Word-for-Word, Smearing Musk and Trump – Musk Responds (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com Source Link Excerpt:
No one ever said the attacks on President Trump had any originality, but three prominent Democratic Senators were caught on Tuesday basically plagiarizing each other.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Trump will be delivering the first address of his second term to Congress, which the administration is promising will be a must-see TV event.
The theme of the speech is titled “The Renewal of the American Dream,” and will feature four sections according to Fox News: accomplishments from Trump’s second term thus far at home and abroad, what the Trump administration has done for the economy, the president’s renewed push for Congress to pass additional funding for border security, and the president’s plans for peace around the globe.
Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren, and Cory Booker (D-NJ) all delivered a ‘preview’ rebuttal of sorts to Trump this morning that has backfired.
As one will see, they have posted a silly video where they copy each other nearly word-for-word. It opens with Trump vowing to bring down prices starting on Day One before cutting to the Democrats launching tired attacks on him.
WATCH:
BREAKING – 3 democrat Senators Schumer, Warren, and Booker have been caught plagiarizing the same script word-for-word. pic.twitter.com/QmjgaiEwyZ
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) March 4, 2025
Disgraced Former Governor Andrew Cuomo Launches Campaign To Lead ‘Threatening, Out Of Control’ New York City– dailycaller.com Source Link Excerpt:
Former Democratic New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday the launch of his bid to become the next mayor of New York City.
Cuomo, who resigned from office in 2021 after being accused of sexually harassing more than a dozen women — including some of his staff members — began considering entering the mayoral race a week prior to the announcement, CBS News reported. He joins the race involving several opponents including the incumbent mayor, Eric Adams, who was indicted on federal corruption charges Sept. 26, 2024.
The Trump administration’s Department of Justice dropped bribery charges levied against Adams on Feb. 10, 2025. In addition to a leadership crisis involving top Adams administration officials, the city faces issues such as high rent, crime and providing migrants with resources.
Cuomo called the city “out of control” in his 17-minute announcement posted online.
“We know that today our New York City is in trouble. You feel it when you walk down the street and try not to make eye contact with a mentally ill homeless person or when the anxiety rises up in your chest as you’re walking down into the subway. You see it in the empty storefronts, the graffiti, the grime, the migrant influx, the random violence,” he said. “The city just feels threatening, out of control and in crisis.”
North Korea warns of ‘renewing records’ in strategic deterrence over US aircraft carrier’s entry to South – Morung Express Source Link Excerpt:
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday warned of “renewing” the country’s records in strategic deterrence, denouncing the recent arrival of a US aircraft carrier in South Korea as an attempt to “threaten and pressurise” its regime.
Kim Yo-jong made the condemnation as the USS Carl Vinson, a Nimitz-class US aircraft carrier, entered a key naval base in the southeastern city of Busan on Sunday, as part of the US commitment to providing extended deterrence against North Korean threats, Yonhap news agency reported.
She accused the US of deploying its strategic assets to the Korean Peninsula at the “constant” level, denouncing the USS Carl Vinson’s South Korea entry as Washington’s expression of its “most hostile and confrontational will” against the North, according to her statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency.
“As indicated by the regional military situation, the US and its stooges’ heinous ambition to threaten, pressurise and bring the DPRK to its knees by force of arms is developing into a more reckless phase,” Kim argued, referring to her country by its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
New inflation data shows ‘very gradual slowing,’ expert says– www.washingtonexaminer.com Source Link Excerpt:
The Center Square — The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released its Personal Consumption Expenditure Index, a key marker of inflation, which showed an increase of 0.3% last month.
Since inflation nearly always rises, what economists look for is not whether or not it rose, but how quickly it rose. These latest numbers came in as experts expected.
“This was as expected, consistent with a very gradual slowing, and ~2.5% underlying inflation,” Harvard economic professor and former advisor to President Barack Obama, Jason Furman, wrote on X.
The index rose 2.5% from the same time last year, 2.6% when excluding food and energy costs. Economists had hoped inflation would have come down more by now, but the figures are still far lower than the rapid inflation rates seen during the Biden administration.
“Nothing in these data change the narrative much. Inflation appears to be gently slowing and that could give optimists hope that it will continue to do so,” Furman added. “But core inflation is also stuck above 2.5% — much higher than the 2.1% that forecasters had expected just a year ago.”
Washington Post Faces Mass Cancellations After Jeff Bezos’ Editorial Changes – MSN Source Link Excerpt:
Newspapers rely on digital subscriptions to survive. Losing subscribers is a big deal, especially for a major publication.
The Washington Post is now facing a wave of cancellations. More than 75,000 digital subscribers have reportedly canceled their memberships, according to Digi24.
This follows changes made by the newspaper’s owner, Jeff Bezos.
NPR reported that the cancellations were linked to new restrictions on opinion coverage. The number came from an anonymous source who feared backlash from the company.
The Washington Post declined to comment on the figures. It also did not respond to criticism about the changes.
Bezos announced a new editorial approach on Wednesday. He said the newspaper would focus on supporting personal freedoms and free markets.
Attorney General Faces Impeachment for Targeting Pro-life Centers– www.dailysignal.com Source Link Excerpt:
The New Jersey attorney general is facing impeachment, in part, for allegedly targeting pregnancy resource centers for investigation because of their pro-life stance and for demanding the names of their staff and donors in the process.
Republicans in the New Jersey Assembly filed articles of impeachment against Attorney General Matthew Platkin on Thursday. They accused him of targeting “certain organizations based upon the political beliefs of the organization, specifically pro-life pregnancy centers.”
The resolution refers to Platkin targeting First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, which has five locations in the state.
Platkin demanded documents and information from First Choice last year, including the names of staff and the identities of its donors. The attorney general brought the investigation under multiple statutes, but most notably under the Consumer Fraud Act, according to Alliance Defending Freedom legal counsel Gabriella McIntyre.
Was Volodymyr Zelensky’s bust-up with Donald Trump a brilliant calculated risk?– www.mirror.co.uk Source Link Excerpt:
The truth behind Volodymyr Zelensky’s Oval office bust-up – has the Ukrainian President played a brilliant but risky hand, taking the US to the brink, risking everything to save his country?
Study of 9 Million Confirms Covid ‘Vaccines’ Cause AIDS– slaynews.com Source Link Excerpt:
An alarming study of nine million people has confirmed that Covid mRNA injections cause vaccine-induced AIDS, also known as VAIDS.
The bombshell study has sent shockwaves through the medical and scientific communities after researchers concluded that Covid mRNA shots have caused a global surge in cases of vaccine-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (VAIDS).
The study has debunked claims from the corporate media and so-called “fact-checkers” that previously dismissed reports of VAIDS as “conspiracy theories.”
During their study, the researchers analyzed the data of a staggering nine million people who had received at least one dose of a Covid mRNA “vaccine.”
The explosive peer-reviewed study was conducted by a team of world-renowned South Korean researchers.
No Medicaid Cuts In Budget Deal but Work Requirements a Possibility › American Greatness– amgreatness.com Source Link Excerpt:
With a March 14 government funding deadline fast approaching, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is promising that Republicans will not be cutting entitlements like Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security.
However, Johnson told CNN that the budget plan narrowly passed by the House on Wednesday will seek to implement President Trump’s agenda to root out waste and inefficiencies.
Johnson explained that finding efficiencies in entitlement programs would require something other than simply cutting benefits to those who are truly in need.
He pointed to strong public support for work requirements as a way to ensure taxpayer money isn’t going to “29-year-old males sitting on their couches playing video games.”
Medicaid is for single mothers with small children who are just trying to make it.
It’s not for 29-year-old males sitting on their couch playing video games.
Trump Is Right on the White House Correspondents’ Association—and Speaker Johnson Should Follow Suit– freebeacon.com Source Link Excerpt:
It’s been a lousy week for the White House Correspondents’ Association. President Donald Trump cut the organization off at the knees when he announced on Tuesday that the White House, not the WHCA, would select the members of the presidential press pool, the rotating group of reporters and photographers who cover the president in places like the Oval Office and Air Force One where space is tight. Cue the hysterics.
The White House has always had the discretion to grant or deny reporters access to White House grounds and, once on those grounds, over which reporters are called on in press briefings. It stands to reason that the White House has the right to decide which outlets get access to tight space that the White House itself is providing.
But taking control of the press pool, the WHCA says, is an assault on the First Amendment. “In a free country, leaders must not be able to choose their own press corps,” the organization’s president Eugene Daniels said Tuesday, shortly after announcing his departure from Politico for MSNBC. “For generations, the working journalists elected to lead the White House Correspondents’ Association board have consistently expanded the WHCA’s membership and its pool rotations to facilitate the inclusion of new and emerging outlets.”
USAID Tax Dollars for India’s First Transgender Clinic Was Just Canceled– lidblog.com Source Link Excerpt:
I know what you are asking: WHY the heck were our tax dollars in the form of cash from USAID going to pay for a clinic for transgender people in India?
That is a really good question. If one is worried about transgender people getting a health clinic, shouldn’t we be spending that cash on American transgender people? As for me, I don’t want ANY of my tax dollars paying for transgender anything, not here or in India. But I sure as HELL don’t want it being spent in India!
Regardless, according to the BBC, that cash has now been cut off and the transgender clinic in India is now forced to exist on its own efforts… as it should have been in the first place.
Think Tank Funded by Elites and Corporations Tells Democrats to Drop Small Donors– readsludge.com Source Link Excerpt:
After the Democrats’ 2024 election losses, the neoliberal think tank Third Way is pushing the party to reduce its dependence on small-dollar donors. While Third Way doesn’t specify how the Democrats should replace those funds, its own funding comes from wealthy investors and groups backed by billionaire Democratic donors like Bill Gates and Reid Hoffman, raising questions about whether these elites are angling for greater sway over the party’s direction.
In a five-page memo of “takeaways” from a recent retreat with Democratic staffers and consultants, Third Way asserts that small-dollar donors’ preferences “may not align with the broader electorate” and urges a shift away from their dominance. The memo stops short of naming alternative funding sources, but the implication is clear: less grassroots support would likely mean more reliance on big checks from super PACs and wealthy donors. Alongside calls to curb “far-left influence,” adopt a “pro-capitalist” stance, and stop “demonizing wealth and corporations,” the memo paints a picture of a party steered by the wealthy, for the wealthy.
Founded in 2005, Third Way has long nudged the Democratic Party toward market-friendly policies, backing corporate-shaped proposals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership while opposing measures like Medicare for All that threaten insurance profits. Closely tied to influential congressional Democrats—Sens. Chris Coons, Colin Allred, and Lisa Blunt Rochester were among its latest honorary co-chairs—the group has a direct line to shape party priorities.
Suicidal Girl Wasn’t Bullied Over Immigration Status, Instead Was Sexually Molested, Say Friends– www.westernjournal.com Source Link Excerpt:
The tragedy of an 11-year-old Texas girl’s passing was not only that she took her own life last month, but that she suffered so much while she lived.
The reality of little Jocelynn Rojo Carranza’s torment was obscured when her death was used as a pawn to criticize the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement.
CNN, for example, proclaimed that “she was bullied about her family’s immigration status.” Over on X, one poster sermonized, “Stop dehumanizing immigrants. Stop celebrating shackled immigrants being led onto airplanes back to war zones and crime scene scenes.”
But her life was infinitely sadder, according to a report by Gainesville School District Superintendent DesMontes Stewart that revealed the truth.
Texas school district issues update on Jocelynn Rojo Carranza’s death https://t.co/YwFmKPrhCO
Court OK’s N.Y. Repeal of Religious Exemptions from Vaccination Requirement – Reason Source Link Excerpt:
An excerpt from the Second Circuit’s long (and, I think, generally correct) decision yesterday in Miller v. McDonald (Judges José Cabranes, Richard Wesley, and Eunice Lee):
In 2019, New York repealed the religious beliefs exemption to its school immunization law. The law now applies to all students attending public, private, or parochial schools, except those who qualify for the law’s medical exemption. Two parents of Amish students, three Amish “community schools,” and an elected representative of all Amish schools in New York sued New York officials … claiming that the school immunization law infringes on their free exercise rights ….
New York maintained [health and religious] exemptions until 2019. During 2018 and 2019, the United States experienced the worst measles outbreak in over twenty-five years; New York was the epicenter. Most cases occurred in communities with clusters of unvaccinated individuals. Following that outbreak, the legislature repealed the religious beliefs exemption while retaining the medical exemption….
A neutral and generally applicable law’s burden on religion is constitutional if the law passes the relatively low hurdle of rational basis review—that the state has chosen a means for addressing a legitimate government interest rationally related to achieving that goal. If a law is not neutral or generally applicable, however, the government must demonstrate that the law satisfies strict scrutiny, which requires the law “to further ‘interests of the highest order’ by means ‘narrowly tailored in pursuit of those interests.'”
Federal Appeals Court Lets Schools Deceive Parents About Child Gender Transitions – National Review Source Link Excerpt:
One of the major fronts in the transgenderism wars is the determination of public-school authorities and their allies in blue-state government to encourage gender “transitioning” in underage students while concealing what’s happening from the student’s parents. It’s a government hijacking of the role of parents, preying upon distressed minors not old enough to legally make major life decisions. Review
Christian sabotage: How ‘loser theology’ is poisoning the church– www.theblaze.com Source Link Excerpt:
Why do evangelical Christians have so little power in our society?
According to some surveys, evangelical Christians compose roughly 25% of the U.S. population, and though we are known for our tendency to vote for conservative political candidates, we have little power outside our political preferences.
Smaller groups, by contrast, have much greater power in proportion to their numbers. A Gallup survey estimates that 7.6% of adults identify as LGBTQ, yet despite their numbers, they wield extraordinary power in our society. All major U.S. industries — from tech to business to entertainment to education to government — are dominated by radical feminists, pro-abortionists, LGBTQ activists, and godless secularists.
If evangelical Christians represent a quarter of our population, then where are the prominent evangelical entrepreneurs, up-and-coming business leaders, CEOs, innovators, and tech pioneers? They’ve got to be out there somewhere. So why don’t we know about them?
3D adipose tissue bioprinting method could enhance skin regeneration – Medical Xpress Source Link Excerpt:
To overcome this limitation, a research team led by Assistant Professor Byoung Soo Kim from the Pusan National University, Korea, has developed a novel adipose tissue biofabrication approach. This paper was made available online on February 2, 2025 in Advanced Functional Materials. The highlight of this study was the development of a hybrid bioink, which is a combination of 1% adipose-derived decellularized extracellular matrix and 0.5% alginate. This hybrid bioink limited the migration of preadipocytes, the fat cell precursors, while promoting their differentiation.
Dr. Kim states, “Under standard culture conditions, preadipocytes tend to proliferate and migrate, preventing the formation of lipid droplets that are essential for adipose tissue functions. The hybrid bioink developed in this study maintains the physiological properties of the adipose tissue.”
Additionally, a diameter of ≤ 600 µm was deemed to ensure sufficient nutrient and oxygen delivery for the fabricated adipose tissue. Furthermore, bioprinted adipose tissues arranged with a spacing of ≤ 1000 µm promoted adipogenesis via paracrine signaling. The optimized 3D bioprinted adipose tissues rapidly promoted the migration of skin cells in vitro by modulating the expression levels of cell migration-related proteins (MMP2, COL1A1, KRT5, and ITGB1).
