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“Genetic female” and “genetic male” are the “two most common chromosomal patterns,” the slides say, “but there are others.” For example, they should say, “People with cervices need to undergo yearly cervical cancer screening,” instead of “women need to undergo yearly cervical cancer screening.”

Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said he would not support the GOP nominating former President Donald Trump if he is convicted.“You did say, Governor, at that August debate when the question was put to the entire panel if Donald Trump is convicted, will you still — and he is the nominee, would you still support him?” co-host Willie Geist said. “And you raised your hand. You’re a lawyer. You served in the Navy. You were well-trained at the greatest schools. Do you really believe that a man who’s...

NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli (top) and Loral O’Hara (bottom) team up during their first spacewalk for maintenance on the outside of the space station. Credit: NASA TV NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara concluded their spacewalk today at 2:47 p.m. EST after 6 hours and 42 minutes. Their spacewalk began at 8:05 a.m. Moghbeli, designated extravehicular crew member 1 (EV1), was wearing a suit with red stripes. O’Hara, designated extravehicular crew member 2 (EV 2), was in an unmarked suit. Moghbeli and O’Hara were able to complete one of the spacewalk’s two major objectives, replacing one of the 12...

According to charging documents, Lewis assaulted two men in separate incidents at Wortham Park last Thursday while Miker recorded. In one incident, deputies reported that Lewis used a gun and physically assaulted the victim to rob him of his iPhone 14, valued at approximately $1,000. Deputies say Lewis approached a man walking on the park's trail from behind. Lewis allegedly demanded the man's cell phone with a gun pointed at him and threatened to shoot him in the foot. When the victim refused to give up his cell phone, Lewis reportedly passed the gun to Miker, who was filming the...

Hunter Biden blamed Republicans Thursday for weaponizing his cocaine and alcohol addictions through “fruitless congressional investigations” and waging a “disinformation” campaign against his father, President Biden. In an op-ed published in USA Today, Hunter Biden also complained that his status as the president’s son is the main reason the Justice Department is prosecuting him for illegal gun possession. He said his father is getting the blowback unfairly. “My struggles and my mistakes have been fodder for a vile and sustained disinformation campaign against him and an all-out annihilation of my reputation through high-pitched but fruitless congressional investigations and, more recently,...

Gaza resident among the ruins: "All this is because of Hamas's dogs" A woman who was filmed next to the bodies of those killed in the bombings chose to attack the terrorist organization - and was silenced immediately • Surfers on the Arab networks wrote: "This is the opinion of the innocent in Gaza" The war against the terror regime of Hamas results in damage to the Gazans who serve as human shields. Hamas is taking advantage of this through their propaganda emissaries to press for a ceasefire, but one document distributed on the Arab networks created a boomerang effect....

The home of a top fundraiser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams was raided by the feds Thursday morning — as Hizzoner bailed on his slate of Washington, DC, meetings. The FBI raided the Brooklyn home of Brianna Suggs, who has served as a close consultant to the mayor, The Post has confirmed. The mayor canceled his meetings just minutes before he was supposed to sit down with White House officials for a long-sought face-to-face over the migrant crisis in NYC. Adams even flew down for the meetings, but turned around as soon as he landed to head back...

Without warning, hundreds of noncommissioned officers were ordered via email to report to the recruiting school at Fort Knox, Kentucky, in less than a week, with hundreds more set to start at the school in December -- a sudden unexpected move by the Army as the service scrambles to boost its recruiting force by 800 by the end of the year. The orders came after a breakdown in how the Army tracks how many recruiters it has coming through the pipeline along with retention of existing ones, according to Lt. Gen. Douglas Stitt, the Army's top personnel officer. The sudden...

VIDEOA very nasty and highly condescending Malcolm Gladwell of the New Yorker insisted on purposely mispronouncing the name of Matt Taibbi even after being corrected as well as calling British author Douglas Murray "Doug" during a debate about the mainstream media. In addition, Gladwell repeatedly played the race card in a desperate attempt to win the debate. In the end, Gladwell is served up with a delicious heaping of Karma as you can see as well as alienating the audience with his antics.

With the Covid Inquiry reaching boiling point, your co-pilots dissect the political finger pointing and blame shifting amongst the witnesses. Allison is feeling infuriated and disgusted at the events unfolding, whilst Liam feels it’s simply 'political theatre' and a show trial for people that dislike former PM Boris Johnson. In light of said inquiry, strapping into the rocket this week is Professor of Epidemiology at Oxford University, Carl Heneghan who reveals how he felt ‘ambushed’ and subject to a ‘character assassination’ when he was called to give evidence. Elsewhere Allison reveals what happened when she interviewed the Israeli ambassador and...

In a recent interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis clarified his position on former President Donald Trump’s potential nomination as the Republican Party’s choice for the 2024 Presidential elections, in light of ongoing legal investigations.The conversation was prompted by host Willie Geist, who asked DeSantis about an earlier event in which all the GOP candidates, including DeSantis, were asked if they would support Trump even if he were to be convicted in court.

JVN also claims significant portions of the podcast were edited, after a media frenzy over their transgender issues debate. Jonathan Van Ness is looking back at his heated conversation with Dax Shepard. JVN appeared on a September episode of Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast, where the pair discussed the topic of transgender teens in sports. The conversation quickly turned into a tense back-and-forth, with the Queer Eye star, at one point, getting audibly emotional over having to defend issues surrounding trans people and transphobia in athletics. Now, Van Ness, is sharing what bothered him most about the exchange and sharing what...

The report, which would be publicly available, would cover "textbooks, leaflets, pamphlets, magazines, and other instructional materials." Palestinian boys raise their hands at a school in the Gaza Strip supported by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in September 2011. Credit: U.N. Photo/Shareef Sarhan.Palestinian boys raise their hands at a school in the Gaza Strip supported by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in September 2011. Credit: U.N. Photo/Shareef Sarhan. (November 2, 2023 / JNS) The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation...

Dozens of Columbia University students staged a walkout from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's class there on Wednesday in protest of the school’s handling of a truck seen near campus displaying the images of students belonging to groups who signed an anti-Israel statement, a report says. Roughly 30 students of the class of 300 abruptly stood up and left the room a half hour into the lecture on women’s involvement in peace processes hosted by Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, the dean of Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), according to The New York Times. The students reportedly...

(Kitco News) - HSBC Holdings Plc, one of the world’s top bullion banks, has announced the launch of a platform that utilizes distributed ledger technology (DLT) to tokenize the ownership of gold held in its London vault as it looks to help usher in the digital age for the London gold market.According to a report from Bloomberg, the new system creates digital tokens representing gold bars, which can then be traded through the bank’s single-dealer platform. This approach “generates a permissioned digital representation of clients’ physical gold holdings,” said Mark Williamson, global head of FX and commodities partnerships and proposition...

Singer Karen Carpenter passed away 40 years ago at the age of 32. She was anorexic and it killed her. Now author Lucy O’Brien has revealed additional details in her new book, “Lead Sister: the Story of Karen Carpenter.” According to an excerpt shared by the Hollywood Reporter, Carpenter and her brother, Richard Carpenter, formed the duo “The Carpenters.” They were hit musicians who were even invited to meet then-President Richard Nixon in 1972. But O’Brien’s book offers a closer look into Carpenter’s struggle with body image. The text detailed how “Anorexia had become a tyrannical force in her psyche,...

This is the harrowing story of Miki, a father from southern Israel 🇮🇱, who singlehandedly defeated over 10 Hamas terrorists who hunted him and his family in their home during the October 7th massacre. I hope that I find the same courage, strength, and composure he did if I'm ever in such a horrifying situation. And I pray that I never am.

In public education’s latest blunder, the Oregon Department of Education has just decided that basic reading, writing and math skills are not required for students to graduate with a high school diploma. Prior to the passage of Senate Bill 744 in the Oregon Legislative Assembly’s 2021 session, the state’s “Assessment of Essential Skills” requirement for high school graduation was sensible: “read and comprehend a variety of text, write clearly and accurately,” and “apply mathematics in a variety of settings.” Students were required to demonstrate these skills by “earning at or above a cut score on the Oregon Statewide Summative Assessment...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The country’s largest Christian university is being fined $37.7 million by the federal government amid accusations that it misled students about the cost of its graduate programs. Grand Canyon University, which has more than 100,000 students, mostly in online programs, faces the largest fine of its kind ever issued by the U.S. Education Department. The university dismissed the allegations as “lies and deceptive statements.” “Grand Canyon University categorically denies every accusation in the Department of Education’s statement and will take all measures necessary to defend itself from these false accusations,” the school said in a five-page statement....

Former President Donald Trump’s legal team has suggested there is strong evidence of collusion involving the Biden White House in the ongoing classified documents case against him. In a series of tweets, reporter Julie Kelly detailed her account from a classified documents case hearing in Judge Cannon’s courtroom. Kelly reported that Judge Cannon was skeptical of the special counsel’s assurances of the trial dates and questioned the DOJ’s approach. COORDINATION AT THE WH WITH DOJ, NARA TO GET TRUMP More importantly, Trump’s lawyers informed Judge Cannon of evidence suggesting that the Biden White House collaborated with the National Archives and...