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gaetz mccarthy
September 18, 2023
News
Politics

REPORT: Rep. Gaetz Mulls 2026 Florida Governor Run.

In Tallahassee, Florida, the possibility of Rep. Matt Gaetz running for governor in 2026 has become a topic of discussion among political insiders. Gaetz, a Republican, is widely considered to be on the shortlist of potential candidates for the GOP nomination for governor. The current governor, Ron DeSantis, will be term-limited out of office, and Gaetz has allegedly implied his intention to run. During a reception for the incoming speaker of the Florida House, Gaetz was overheard “holding court” and indicating his interest in running for the powerful position, according to four people who attended the event.

Gaetz, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, served as a top adviser to DeSantis during his 2018 gubernatorial campaign, but Gaetz has been one of the most vocal supporters of Trump.

In addition to Gaetz, several other Florida Republicans are eyeing a potential run for governor in 2026. Among them are Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, Rep. Mike Waltz, and Attorney General Ashley Moody. Gaetz’s entrance into the race would likely shake up the already crowded field and could have significant implications for the Republican primary. Trump’s endorsement, if given to Gaetz, could further boost his chances of securing the nomination.

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In Tallahassee, Florida, the possibility of Rep. Matt Gaetz running for governor in 2026 has become a topic of discussion among political insiders. Gaetz, a Republican, is widely considered to be on the shortlist of potential candidates for the GOP nomination for governor. The current governor, Ron DeSantis, will be term-limited out of office, and Gaetz has allegedly implied his intention to run. During a reception for the incoming speaker of the Florida House, Gaetz was overheard "holding court" and indicating his interest in running for the powerful position, according to four people who attended the event. show more
desantis ken griffin
September 18, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics

Early DeSantis Donor Backs Down, Blasts ‘Unclear’ Campaign.

Billionaire money manager Ken Griffin, who was ready to bankroll Ron DeSantis’s presidential run in 2022, now says he is “on the sidelines” in the GOP race, with the Florida Governor having failed to impress.

“So we’re… now through the first debate, and I’ll tell you what, I’m still on the sidelines as to who to support in this election cycle,” Griffin said.

“I don’t know his strategy,” Griffin blasted about the Florida Governor’s increasingly embarrassing campaign, which has been plagued with staffing issues, overspending, and links to both establishment RINO figures and politically extreme incidents. Recently, his national spokesman Steve Cortes appeared to imply a Trump vs. Biden rematch was “inevitable,” while his own staff are trying to reframe expectations in Iowa, where DeSantis languishes in a distant second despite his PAC spending five times more than Trump’s.

“It’s not clear to me what voter base he is intending to appeal to,” Griffin told CNBC.

“First-term governor – just a phenomenal job,” he said of DeSantis’s record. “But that hasn’t been how this last few months has played out.”

Griffin abandoning the DeSantis camp comes as the Governor is polling at 10 percent nationally and 23 percent in his home state, with Donald Trump far ahead on 57 percent and 59 percent, respectively.

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Billionaire money manager Ken Griffin, who was ready to bankroll Ron DeSantis's presidential run in 2022, now says he is "on the sidelines" in the GOP race, with the Florida Governor having failed to impress. show more
September 18, 2023
Jake Welch
Culture
News

British Medical Council Erases the Word ‘Mother’.

The British General Medical Council (GMC) has updated its internal policy to remove all mentions of the word “mother” for its employees, opting instead for “parent” to avoid female-specific language.

The guidance also changed the term “surrogate mother” in favor of “surrogate parent,” explaining in a maternity document that the “GMC offers maternity to all colleagues going on maternity leave,” including so-called surrogate parents.

The GMC further updated its menopause advice to suggest that it does not only impact women, making clear that it “will work proactively to make adjustments where necessary to support individuals experiencing the menopause.”

Heather Welford of the maternity action group With Woman told one outlet following the guidance update, “[t]he decision by the GMC to obscure the fact that only women have babies is ideologically driven, medically inaccurate and unhelpful to women and babies. It moves away from the drive for plain English and makes medical literature unclear.”

“For medical professionals, the sex of a person is salient to their health care. Reputable organisations such as the GMC should not be changing language on a population level to pander to ideologically driven pressure groups,” she added.

This follows a British government-funded LGBT organization recommending people refer to vaginas as “bonus holes” to increase inclusivity earlier this summer.

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The British General Medical Council (GMC) has updated its internal policy to remove all mentions of the word "mother" for its employees, opting instead for "parent" to avoid female-specific language. show more
September 18, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Health
News

‘Epidemic’ of Infertility as Women Delay Having Kids to Work on Careers.

Western nations face a “silent epidemic” of infertility, according to reproductive health specialist Dr. Helen O’Neill, who has sounded the alarm bell against leftist tech corporations like Facebook and LinkedIn offering to freeze female employees’ eggs so they can focus on work.

“Some companies will pay £27,000 per employee for fertility treatment. There is a subtle underlying message that by choosing not to freeze your eggs, you are either being careless or not prioritizing your career,” she said. “Instead, why wouldn’t workplaces say to a woman in their twenties or thirties, ‘We’re here to support you and make sure you do not fall into the trap of needing fertility treatment’?”

Bloomberg Businessweek infamously ran a cover story on tech marketer Brigitte Adams under the headline “freeze your eggs, free your career” after she spent $19,000 on the procedure in 2014. It was reported in 2021 that all of these eggs failed when she tried to use them, leaving her screaming like “a wild animal”.

Dr. O’Neill, who runs an at-home hormone-testing company for women concerned about their fertility, said she was faced with “the devastating graph that shows ovarian reserve — the number of eggs — decline so dramatically over time, with the sharpest drop being after 30” on a “daily basis” in her own work.

“I remember staring at it at a conference, counting the years ahead of me [and] thinking, I’m not in a relationship, I need to find someone, I need to be going out with them for a normal enough amount of time so we can procreate together. It felt so unfair,” she recalled.

Men are also increasingly facing fertility issues in the modern world, however, due a dramatic and accelerating drop in sperm counts.

All told, one in six couples now face fertility issues.

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Western nations face a "silent epidemic" of infertility, according to reproductive health specialist Dr. Helen O’Neill, who has sounded the alarm bell against leftist tech corporations like Facebook and LinkedIn offering to freeze female employees' eggs so they can focus on work. show more
desantis trump iowa
September 18, 2023
News
Politics

Trump Has 2X The Iowa Caucus Pledges as DeSantis Despite Being Outspent 5-to-1.

Former President Donald Trump is intensifying his campaign efforts in Iowa, in a bid to “put the nail in the coffin” of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s campaign, with his campaign reporting over 27,500 signed caucus pledge cards in the state, while Team DeSantis stands at just over 13,000.

Trump is currently in Iowa by around 30 points, though his campaign staff insist they are not “taking anything for granted” with remarks planned for the Grand River Conference Center in Dubuque this Wednesday.

DeSantis’ Never Back Down SuperPAC has outspent the pro-Trump MAGA Inc. PAC by $15.6 million to $2.9 million – or over five times over.

Opponents of Trump are targeting evangelical voters in the state, attempting to portray the 45th President as pro-transgender and LGBT. Campaign mailers have hit some Iowa homes calling Trump a “transgender trailblazer”. Despite the attacks, polls show evangelical voters still prefer Trump.

“No candidate has ever won Iowa [GOP caucus] by more than 12 points and even the most conservative polls have us at double that margin,” said Alex Latcham, the Trump campaign’s early states director. “But I try to continuously remind our team and our staff and everybody that we do not take it for granted.”

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Former President Donald Trump is intensifying his campaign efforts in Iowa, in a bid to "put the nail in the coffin" of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's campaign, with his campaign reporting over 27,500 signed caucus pledge cards in the state, while Team DeSantis stands at just over 13,000. show more
nato
September 18, 2023
Jake Welch
News

‘Prepare For A Long War,’ Says NATO Chief.

Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg has warned members of the military alliance the war in Ukraine will not be over in the near future and that they should prepare for a “long war” against Russia.

Stoltenberg made the remarks in an interview with German media over the weekend, shortly before Ukrainian President Zelensky is due to visit the United States to demand more military assistance, in which he argued:

“Most wars last longer than expected when they first begin… We all want a quick peace, but at the same time, we must recognize: if President Zelensky and the Ukrainians stop fighting, their country will no longer exist.”

“If President Putin and Russia lay down their weapons, we will have peace,” Stoltenberg added, suggesting there’s little appetite among NATO members to make concessions to bring peace.

Pressure has begun to mount on Ukraine and its NATO allies over the summer’s failed counter-offensive, with the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs telling reporters to “shut up” about the effort.

Former President Donald Trump has been repeatedly attacked for promising to bring a swift end to the war, including his Vice President Mike Pence suggesting the 45th President is not conservative because he is anti-war.

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Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg has warned members of the military alliance the war in Ukraine will not be over in the near future and that they should prepare for a "long war" against Russia. show more

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lamar smith
September 18, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics

DeSantis Fundraises With RINO Impeachment Donor Who Works as Foreign Agent.

Ron DeSantis is attending a Texas fundraiser hosted by Lamar Smith, a former Texas Congressman who is now a registered foreign agent and a donor to Democrat politician Jamie Raskin, who led impeachment efforts against Donald Trump over January 6th.

Smith is advertised by Team DeSantis as one of the hosts of the Friday fundraiser in San Antonio. The Florida Governor is currently polling at 10 percent to Trump’s 61 percent in Texas, and Smith seems unlikely to help burnish the Floridian’s America First credentials, being a registered foreign agent.

Despite his background as a GOP legislator, Smith is also a donor to Representative Jamie Raskin, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings. Raskin was a prominent member of the January 6th Committee, and served as House impeachment manager against then-President Trump in 2021.

Smith is not the only DeSantis donor who has supported Raskin financially, either, with key backer ‘Mullah’ Morteza Hosseini and his wife having also funded the Democrat – along with Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, and Anthony Weiner – through an Iranian political action committee.

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Ron DeSantis is attending a Texas fundraiser hosted by Lamar Smith, a former Texas Congressman who is now a registered foreign agent and a donor to Democrat politician Jamie Raskin, who led impeachment efforts against Donald Trump over January 6th. show more
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September 18, 2023
Jake Welch
News
TECH

America Has Lost a $90,000,000 Jet, Unmanned, Flying on Autopilot.

The United States military has called upon the public to help locate an F-35B stealth fighter jet that went missing somewhere over South Carolina after a so-called “mishap” on Sunday afternoon.

Joint Base Charleston, a U.S. military air base in North Charleston, took to several social media platforms, including Facebook and “X” (formerly Twitter), in a public appeal after the $90 million fighter jet – the U.S. Air Force’s most expensive stealth fighter jet – disappeared, stating:

“We’re working with [Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort] to locate an F-35 that was involved in a mishap this afternoon. The pilot ejected safely. If you have any information that may help our recovery teams locate the F-35, please call the Base Defense Operations Center at 843-963-3600.”

“Based on the jet’s last-known position and in coordination with the FAA, we are focusing our attention north of JB Charleston, around Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion,” the U.S. military added.

A Joint Base Charleston spokesman, Jeremy Huggins, told the media following the public appeal that the aircraft’s transponder, which assists in locating the plane, was no longer working “for some reason that we haven’t yet determined.”

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The United States military has called upon the public to help locate an F-35B stealth fighter jet that went missing somewhere over South Carolina after a so-called "mishap" on Sunday afternoon. show more
theresa may
September 18, 2023
Jake Welch
News
UK

WATCH: “Conservative” PM Theresa May Says She’s ‘Woke and Proud’.

Former British Prime Minister Theresa May has openly admitted to being a “woke woman” and supporting uncontrolled, mass immigration in an interview, which confirms her staunchly held left-wing convictions despite claiming to be a “conservative.”

May, charged with overseeing Britain leaving the European Union for several years, despite not having supported it herself, made the remarks in an interview with another liberal “conservative” former leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, Ruth Davidson, for the Murdoch-owned British newspaper The Times, in which she was asked whether she was “woke”:

“‘I am, yeah! It’s a bit like being asked in the old days, was I a feminist? Well, I wore a T-shirt which said ”This is what a feminist looks like…”’

– Theresa May, September 2023.

She was then quizzed on her views about mass immigration to the United Kingdom, whereupon she explained: “I’ve always said that immigration has been good for the country.”

“I think the concern that people have is always around numbers and often, actually, the people who feel most about this issue are people who see least migration in their own communities,” she added. Theresa May presided over a surge in migration to the UK between 2016 and 2019, with 2018 seeing a, then, record high of 825,000 people entering the country.

Chairman of the Bow Group, the world’s oldest conservative think tank, Ben Harris-Quinney, took to X (formerly Twitter) following the May’s remarks, arguing, “[e]very single Tory leader when out of office reveals themselves to be to the left of [Tony] Blair, it’s only a shame a handful of people still don’t see that reality whilst they are in office.”

WATCH:

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Former British Prime Minister Theresa May has openly admitted to being a "woke woman" and supporting uncontrolled, mass immigration in an interview, which confirms her staunchly held left-wing convictions despite claiming to be a "conservative." show more
pence
September 17, 2023
Jake Welch
News
Politics

Pence: Trump Isn’t Conservative Because He is Anti-War.

Former Vice President Mike Pence has suggested that Donald Trump cannot make any promises to govern as a conservative if he is re-elected in the 2024 presidential election because the former President would implement a quick end to the war in Ukraine.

Pence claimed on CNN on Sunday that by ending the bloodshed between Russia and Ukraine, the 45th President would be “embracing the politics of appeasement on the world stage [and] walking away from our role as leader of the free world.”

The ex-VP intimated that the only conservative position, therefore, was a continuation of the war.

“Look, the only way this war would end in a day, as my former running mate says, is if you let Vladimir Putin have what he wants, which, frankly, other candidates for the Republican nomination are advocating as well,” Pence continued, before describing Trump’s adoption of the same populism Pence himself embraced in 2016 as a growing threat.

Donald Trump announced his intention earlier this summer to bring about an end to the Ukrainian war within just 24 hours after re-entering the White House in January 2025, with the number of casualties on both sides continuing to grow. It is believed the Ukrainians have lost around 200,000 soldiers killed or wounded, and the Russians 300,000 similarly killed or wounded since the war began in February last year.

The former Vice President is not alone in fearing a swift peace if Trump were re-elected, as the former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson similarly implored the former President not to abandon the United States’ support for Ukraine.

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Former Vice President Mike Pence has suggested that Donald Trump cannot make any promises to govern as a conservative if he is re-elected in the 2024 presidential election because the former President would implement a quick end to the war in Ukraine. show more