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𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕡'𝕤 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟝 𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕤: 𝔸𝕟 𝔸𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕪𝕤𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕃𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕄𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕡'𝕤 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟝 𝕌ℕ 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕝𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕤, $𝟛𝟝𝟘 𝕓𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕌𝕜𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕒𝕚𝕕, 𝕕𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕗𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖, 𝕖𝕩𝕒𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕠𝕝𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕖. 𝗜 n his UN and military addresses, President Trump made several blatantly false claims, exaggerating achievements and distorting facts to enhance his image. Starting with his September 23, address to the United Nations General Assembly and his September 30 speech to U.S. generals and admirals at Quantico, Virginia, President Donald Trump delivered messages heavy on self-congratulation and criticism of predecessors, but riddled with factual inaccuracies, exaggerations, and outright falsehoods.  These speeches, ...

The real danger is the president, not the pills 𝗦 trange and dangerous claims by Donald Trump aren’t unusual, but this week’s effort is a particular doozy.  His latest outburst — or the last one before an extraordinary speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday — targeted pregnant women, warning that taking acetaminophen ( Tylenol,  paracetamol) puts their babies at risk of autism.  It’s a claim both utterly unsupported by actual science and currently being slammed in health experts’ reactions to his announcement.   In reality,  Tylenol/ P aracetamol  is one of the very few medicines that pregnant women can take.  New Zealand’s Ministry of Health says it continues to be the safest medicine to take in pregnancy if you require pain relief or treatment for fever.  But while Trump is yet again wrong, as usual his nonsense is dangerous.  Pregnancy already comes with a minefield of both real warnings and a Greek chorus of jud...

𝕂𝕚𝕣𝕜'𝕤 𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕧𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕘𝕠𝕕𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪𝕣 𝕚𝕟 𝕄𝔸𝔾𝔸 𝕞𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕪 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕖 𝕂𝕚𝕣𝕜'𝕤 𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕧𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕘𝕠𝕕𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪𝕣 𝕚𝕟 𝕄𝔸𝔾𝔸 𝕞𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕪, 𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕫𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕄𝔸𝔾𝔸 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕔𝕦𝕝𝕥, 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕫𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕠𝕣. Trump Under Fire Over Epstein Files Your browser does not support the audio element. Drag & drop an audio file here to play 𝗖 harlie Kirk's assassination on September 10, during a Utah campus event has catapulted him into MAGA mythology as a martyr for conservative values, free speech, and Christian nationalism.  Framed as a victim of leftist aggression, his death—despite the shooter's MAGA-aligned background—reinforce...

𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕡'𝕤 𝔻𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕧𝕖 ℝ𝕙𝕖𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕔 𝔸𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕂𝕚𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝔻𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕡'𝕤 𝕕𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕚-𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥 𝕣𝕙𝕖𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕔 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕖 𝕂𝕚𝕣𝕜’𝕤 𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝟙𝟘𝟘𝕥𝕙 𝕤𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕝 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕝𝕪 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥, 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕤. 𝗢 n one day in September, America reeled from twin horrors: the sniper assassination of conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk on September 10 at Utah Valley University, and the 100th school shooting milestone, marked by the Evergreen High School rampage in Colorado that same day, where an 18-year-old gunman wounded two students before taking his own life.  These gut-wrenching tragedies—Kirk's death amid a surge of political killings, including the June murder of Democratic Rep. Melissa Hor...

RNZ-Reid Research poll: More voters blame struggling economy on coalition than previous govt. 𝗠 ore people blame the coalition for New Zealand's struggling economy than the previous Labour government, according to the RNZ-Reid Research poll.   And voters are becoming more pessimistic about the direction of the country.  The economic blame game has ramped up in recent months, with the government acknowledging times are tough but saying the previous government left it a mess it has had to clean up.   The now-opposition, meanwhile, rejects that, saying the coalition has had more than enough time to take some responsibility, and has made the wrong choices.  In the latest poll, 1000 voters were asked "who do you hold most responsible for NZ's struggling economy right now?".   Thirty-seven-point-six percent of respondents said the current coalition government was responsible (that is, National, ACT, and New Zealand First), while 30.8 percent blamed the ...

ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕖 𝕂𝕚𝕣𝕜'𝕤 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕡 𝕋𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝔽𝕦𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕕 ℙ𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕫𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟, 𝕊𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔹𝕝𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕍𝕚𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝔻𝕖𝕓𝕒𝕥𝕖 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕖 𝕂𝕚𝕣𝕜'𝕤 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕡 𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕒𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕕𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕣𝕙𝕖𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕔, 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥-𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕌.𝕊. 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖. 𝔸𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟 𝕊𝕖𝕡𝕥 𝟙𝟘, 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕖𝕩𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥, 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥-𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝔻𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕎𝕙𝕚𝕥𝕞𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕝𝕠𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕁𝕒𝕟. 𝟞. 𝗧 he killing of far-right provocateur Charlie Kirk is a jarring shockwave through America—yet utterly predictable, as MAGA-stoked political venom and schisms hit their boiling point. Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), was a polarizing conservative activist whose alliance with Donald Trump amplified divisive rhetoric, intensifying debates over his role in fosterin...