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LOS ANGELES, CA—JUNE 19, 2023—Democratic Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. responded today to remarks by Secretary of State Antony Blinken last Friday in a speech in Finland, in which Blinken dismissed calls for a ceasefire in the conflict and called for further transfers of high-tech weaponry and aircraft to Ukraine. In response, Mr. Kennedy said: “Blinken’s speech highlights once again that the Biden Administration has no intention of ending this conflict peacefully. The plan, which members of the administration including Blinken have explicitly admitted on numerous occasions, is to use Ukraine to achieve the larger geopolitical goal of weakening...

You will wear the ribbon! “As we wrap up the observance celebration of #Juneteenth we switch gears in honoring all those who partake in #PrideMonth. Join us later this month as we come all together for the Respect, Service and Dignity as the Division MEO team hosts the Pride Month Observance Event,” the Twitter account for the 82nd Airborne, once known for ‘Death From Above’ now known for its delightful rainbow colors. From Juneteenth to Pride Month to a military no longer interested in winning wars. Servicemembers, past and present, were not happy. That’s when Sgt. Maj. Michael Grinston jumped...

For patients with adenomyosis, mifepristone is efficacious and has acceptable tolerability, according to a study published online June 12 in JAMA Network Open. Xuan Che, Ph.D., from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, and colleagues examined whether mifepristone is effective and safe for adenomyosis treatment in a multicenter trial conducted in 10 hospitals in China. A total of 134 patients with adenomyosis pain symptoms were enrolled and randomly assigned to receive mifepristone 10 mg or placebo once a day for 12 weeks. Overall, 126 patients were included in the efficacy analysis: 61 and 65 in the mifepristone and placebo groups, respectively....

On 13 February 2023, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Equatorial Guinea declared an outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) after suspected viral haemorrhagic fever deaths were reported between 7 January 2023 - 7 February 2023 and a case testing positive on 12 February 2023 for MVD.1 Six clinical experts from the Emerging Diseases Clinical Assessment and Response Network (EDCARN) were rapidly deployed to Equatorial Guinea to support the Ministry of Health in its response to the outbreak. The clinical experts in infectious diseases, critical care, and paediatrics were recruited through the Global Outbreak and Response Network (GOARN)....

Gay and bi men in some counties in Florida may be at greater risk of a resurgence in mpox (formerly known as monkeypox). It appears that only a minority of gay men in the state received both doses of the mpox vaccine. Since the mpox outbreak of last summer, 30,000 people in the US have been diagnosed with the infection, with the majority of infections among gay and bi men. There have been around 40 deaths. Just over half of those were in people with advanced HIV and compromised immune systems. In recent weeks, there have been concerns of a...

Eleven people were shot, one fatally, at a party early Father’s Day morning in Democrat-run St. Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the party was being held on a fifth-floor loft in downtown, and police arrived on the scene to find multiple firearms and “multiple types of shell casings” spread about. The deceased individual was identified as 17-year-old Makao Moore.

This celebrity-hyped injectable could cause cancer, blurred vision, pancreatitis and gallstones — so is it really worth shooting your shot? Ozempic has become the hottest prescription on the market, beloved by the A-List and touted as a quick fix for shedding unwanted pounds. But the medication, initially designed for people with Type 2 diabetes, can have serious side effects, with doctors now reportedly witnessing a spike in ER admissions among users. However, that sensation can cause an array of health problems that are becoming more pervasive as Ozempic and Wegovy continue to surge in popularity.

Increased sedentary time from childhood through young adulthood worsened low-grade inflammation in a new study. However, the results also showed that light physical activity (LPA) may completely reverse the adverse process. Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) did not have a similar effect. Low-grade inflammation has been associated with diseases ranging from cardiovascular, metabolic, neurological, and musculoskeletal diseases to cancer. The current study included 792 children aged 11 years who were followed up until age 24 years, with a total follow-up time of approximately 13 years. Accelerometer measures of sedentary time, LPA, and MVPA were collected at ages 11, 15, and 24...

The U.S. is an “outlier” among Western nations in providing body-altering drugs and surgery to children who identify as transgender, as concern grows in the scientific community about the results of such treatments. Described by many Democratic politicians as “gender-affirming care” for “trans kids,” puberty-blocking drugs and sex reassignment surgeries at a young age may not reduce psychological distress, and may have long-term and irreversible consequences that children cannot factor into their decision-making at a young age. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday: The U.S. is becoming an outlier among many Western nations in the way its national medical institutions...

@ComicDaveSmith I feel so bad for these pro vax scientists who are getting bullied. Us anti lockdown, unvaccinated people never had to go through anything like that.

Jack Poso 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec BREAKING: RIC GRENELL IS EXPOSING THAT JACK SMITH USED PROSECUTIONS AT THE HAGUE TO BLOW UP TRUMP NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN KOSOVO AND SERBIA Real America's Voice (RAV) @RealAmVoice HUMAN EVENTS DAILY WITH JACK POSOBIEC EP 498 1:45 PM · Jun 19, 2023

In the last few years states have advanced a record number of bills that attack LGBTQ rights, especially transgender youth. The ACLU is tracking these attacks and working with our national network of affiliates to support LGBTQ people everywhere

A white supremacist has seen his views radically change after taking a single pill of the drug MDMA. Brendan - whose full name is being kept anonymous - was one of the leaders of the white nationalist group US Midwest faction of the American Identity Movement, a group that openly calls for the country to return to 'white rule.' He took part in a February 2020 trial run by the University of Chicago, which involved giving him 110 milligrams of MDMA. Brendan wrote a cryptic message in his exit questionnaire that read: 'This experience has helped me sort out a...

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, R., called for accountability on both the U.S. and China's parts in wreaking havoc on the world by allegedly fostering an environment for the COVID-19 virus to jump species and spread across the world. During an exclusive "Sunday Morning Futures' interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo, Paul called for slashing gain-of-function research and continued his allegations that the COVID-19 virus originated in a Wuhan, China lab via research funded by U.S. officials. "The blame equally should go not only to Chinese authorities, but to Anthony Fauci and all those who advocated for this," he said. "Look,...

Good evening fellow Freepers. This is going to be an unusual posting. Long and short, I am recently retired, and I've been looking for someplace to retire. I currently live in central Indiana, and I've been looking here but I'm not finding much. With the current housing market being the disaster it is, it's really hard to find someplace else to live. I know this problem is everywhere so I know Indiana is not the only state where people are suffering housing issues, but it also seems like there is a huge racket going on in Indiana to steal from...

Black Catholics celebrate Juneteenth, reckon with church’s history of slavery“Dearest brothers and sisters in Jesus, the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” Cardinal Wilton Gregory said from the altar at Mount Calvary Catholic Church Sunday morning. “Surely that scriptural quotation must’ve captured the emotions of those formerly enslaved people in Texas as the words of the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the Civil War finally had reached them.”Sunday’s Mass in Forestville, celebrated by America’s first Black cardinal, is part of a nationwide commemoration of Juneteenth. President Biden first designated the day as a federal holiday in 2021, a year...

Updated on: June 19, 2023 / 6:23 PM / CBS/AP The shootings follow a rise in homicides and other violence over the past several years that experts say accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic. Shootings with multiple people killed or wounded happened in suburban Chicago, Washington state, central Pennsylvania, St. Louis, Idaho, Southern California and Baltimore, among other places.

[Catholic Caucus] EXCLUSIVE: Italian Archbishop Vigano Prays that “the Divine Majesty May Grant His Church Holy Shepherds Inflamed with Love for the Lord”Archbishop Vigano shared the following message with me on June 14:STATEMENTCONCERNING THE MASS TO BE CELEBRATED TODAY [Wednesday, June 14]:AT HOLY TRINITY PARISH IN WASHINGTON, D.C.Today at Holy Trinity Parish, run by the Jesuits of Georgetown University in the Archdiocese of Washington, a Mass will be celebrated for ‘Catholic’ activists of the LGBTQ+ movement.For years – ever since he was Archbishop of Atlanta – Wilton Daniel Gregory has been abusing his power to promote the homosexualist agenda, much...

Today is my 14th FReeper Birthday. I've posted a total of 5,075 threads and 121,769 replies. Not much compared to some FReepers, but this place is my island of sanity.

Reparations for slavery in the U.S. have been discussed contentiously, not only in the lead-up to this Monday’s Juneteenth holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the country. A survey carried out by Pew Research Center in 2021 shows that two thirds in the U.S. reject the idea of slavery reparations. The picture is different among Black Americans, of whom three quarters support reparations. Support is also higher among Hispanics – where almost 40 percent are in favor – and Asians – one third is for reparations – than among white Americans. Only 18 percent in the group supported...