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It is important that we all understand how the 25th Amendment works. To this end, please read it. It is pretty easy to understand, but there are some subtleties that are not so obvious. Also, it is not bullet proof. Here's the text: https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/amendment-25/ This thread is to discuss the 25th Amendment, and how it might be invoked and operate both in theory, and in the present circumstances. Please refrain from snarky remarks about President Biden's and Kamala Harris' respective mental abilities, unless it's truly funny in a way we haven't seen before. Not that they aren't warranted. It's just...

NEW YORK (AP) — The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride reached its exuberant grand finale on Sunday, bringing rainbow-laden revelers to the streets for marquee parades in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and elsewhere across the globe. The wide-ranging festivities functioned as both jubilant parties and political protests, as participants recognize the community’s gains while also calling attention to recent anti-LGBTQ+ laws, such as bans on transgender health care, passed by Republican-led states. Thousands of people gathered along New York’s Fifth Avenue to celebrate Pride. Floats cruised the street as Diane Ross’ “I’m Coming Out” played from loudspeakers. Pride flags...

A four-man burglary crew was caught on surveillance cameras hugging and high-fiving after successfully breaking into a safe at a West Hollywood jewelry store and making off with precious, one-of-a-kind pieces made by the shop’s owners. The incident occurred at Huener Jewelry in the 7900 block of Santa Monica Boulevard on June 16 – Father’s Day. “To be honest with you, it’s very hard,” Robert Goukasian, an owner of the shop, told KTLA’s Mary Beth McDade. “I’ve been going through hours of surveillance videos and it’s hard to watch.

For months the American people have expressed doubts that President Joe Biden has what it takes to serve in office for the next four years. His chaotic debate performance confirmed those doubts. Now, once die-hard Biden supporters are forced to reevaluate their decision to vote for the 81-year-old president. Despite Biden claiming his debate performance won over more undecided voters than former President Donald, polls tell a different story. According to a JL Partners poll, nearly 70 percent of Independent voters want Biden to drop out of the 2024 race, while only while 32 percent of Democrats disagree. Biden’s debate...

Biden’s debate collapse was reportedly a set-up as part of a “soft coup,” and a prominent replacement may already be waiting in the wings. The Daily Mail spoke to Democrat operatives on Saturday who say Biden’s debate was part of a set-up to ensure he fell flat on his face so they could eventually replace him with someone younger and more competent. “There has never been a debate this early before,” a former Hillary Clinton aide explained to the outlet. “Traditionally, the debates are held after the Republican and Democratic conventions, which are in July and August.”

Tommy Robinson live speech on 'Free Speech' in Canada, now free after immediate arrest in Alberta after his first speech - the irony. Passport taken, no reason given - since returned, they backed down.

Pro-Palestinian protesters have blocked Pride marches in several cities across the country, including Boston, Philadelphia and Denver. Rainbow flags typically go unrivaled at the nation’s LGBTQ Pride marches. But this year, another symbol has played an outsize role in the annual celebrations: the Palestinian flag. Waving red, white, green and black, hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists have disrupted some of the nation’s largest Pride parades this month in protest of the Israel-Hamas war and the tens of thousands of deaths and untold suffering it has caused since October. In Philadelphia, pro-Palestinian demonstrators temporarily blocked the city’s June 2 march, confronting participants...

United States military bases in Italy, Germany, Bulgaria and Romania have been put on high alert with a potential terrorist related threat event eminent. Given the nature of domestic USA politics, in combination with the catastrophic results about to come from France, the timing of some form of Intelligence Community (IC) event would make sense.The IC has two wings, DHS (domestically) and CIA (internationally). Distracting people away from the problems the IC faces within the Joe Biden collapse would be a paramount objective this upcoming week.DHS goals – domestically (borders etc) – could be tripped up by Biden trouble, and...

The singular difference between the United States and all the nations that had gone before was its open, explicit recognition of natural rights, the idea that all humans are created equal and granted unalienable rights by their Creator. And that, therefore, governments can’t arbitrarily and capriciously take those rights away, as has happened in virtually all monarchical and totalitarian governments throughout history. If that is the “godliness” that so disturbs the MSNBC talking head, so be it. The founders did not intend for the United States to be an overtly Christian nation, in terms of an official, government sanctioned religion....

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), a stalwart supporter of President Joe Biden, admitted Sunday that there are talks among Democrats on “whether he’s the candidate or whether he isn’t the candidate” after a poor performance against former President Donald Trump in the first presidential debate. Raskin’s comments are a major departure from what most ranking Democratic lawmakers have said publicly in defense of the president, as most have at least acknowledged Biden had a “bad” debate, while stopping short of calling him to drop out of the presidential race.“We’re having a serious conversation about what to do,” Raskin said in an...

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to release its final opinions on July 1, the last day of the current term.The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to release its final opinions on Monday, the final day of the court’s current term.The most significant—and controversial—decision involves a question on whether former President Donald Trump should be declared immune from prosecution in relation to election-related criminal charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith.“At that time, we will announce all remaining opinions ready during this term of the court,” Chief Justice John Roberts said from the bench on June 28, according to courthouse...

Biden meets with his family members at Camp David amid mounting calls for him to quit the election race.The White House on June 29 denied rumors that President Joe Biden returned to Camp David to consult his family members about the future of his re-election campaign.The statement came after NBC News reported that the president had visited Camp David to meet with family members and decide whether to continue or end his campaign early due to growing concerns over his debate performance, citing five anonymous sources.President Biden’s travel to Camp David was scheduled before the June 27 debate.“The premise of...

Nigel Farage is due to address voters at a Reform UK general election rally at Birmingham NEC. Oliver Dowden has described alleged Russian interference in the general election campaign as “gravely concerning” amid calls for an investigation. The deputy prime minister was responding to claims by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that it had uncovered a suspected Russian influence operation, encouraging support of Nigel Farage’s Reform party, after monitoring five co-ordinated Facebook pages.

I've heard that sundowning may happen with dementia. What is sundowning and how is it treated? Answer From Jonathan Graff-Radford, M.D. The term "sundowning" refers to a state of confusion that occurs in the late afternoon and lasts into the night. Sundowning can cause various behaviors, such as confusion, anxiety, aggression or ignoring directions. Sundowning also can lead to pacing or wandering. Sundowning isn't a disease. It's a group of symptoms that occurs at a specific time of the day. These symptoms may affect people with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. The exact cause of sundowning is not...

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The panic inside the Democratic Party is growing.Democratic National Committee members lashed out at the campaign for gaslighting them about President Biden’s health, while the campaign team accused nervous Democrats of “bedwetting” over the debate catastrophe even as another major newspaper called for President Biden to quit his reelection bid.Biden allies rushed over the weekend to ease concerns about the 81-year-old president’s faltering campaign by showing unwavering public support, even as many grumbled that the campaign wasn’t taking seriously enough the fallout from his abysmal debate performance.Mr. Biden stayed out of sight at Camp David as his surrogates flocked to...

More questions about President Biden’s cognitive state are emerging as a new poll showed a jaw-dropping 72% of registered voters do not believe he is mentally fit for the job.While many Democrats were left flabbergasted and sent into a tailspin by Biden’s debate debacle last week, the 81-year-old president’s cognitive slips have been nothing new to his inner circle. White House aides have been meticulously working behind the scenes throughout his presidency to minimize his exposure to situations where his cognitive slip-ups could flare up in public and to adapt the day-to-day of the presidency to the needs of an...

President Joe Biden — who recently invoked commitments to a global governance organization as justification to foist abortion and the LGBTQ agenda on the developing world — has done “more damage to Christianity than anyone but the Devil,” a critic of the new policy told The Washington Stand. The Biden administration has often promoted abortion and the LGBT agenda by citing international commitments to provide “sexual and reproductive health” (SRH), although no international treaty covers either concept. Biden recently took yet another step toward redefining that term this month, promoting abortion, the LGBT community, and taxpayer-funded contraception as he marked...

A Canadian woman was sentenced to prison for falsely claiming her daughters were Inuit to get scholarships and business grants. Karima Manji was given three years behind bars on Thursday after pleading guilty in February to one count of fraud over $5,000, reported The Canadian Press. The woman fraudulently filed out forms claiming her twin daughters, Amira and Nadya Gill, were Inuit children so they could receive benefits from the Nunavut land claim through Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Manji's sentence is the first of its kind in Canada for a 'Pretendian' - a person who has falsely claimed Indigenous identity. 'This...

Several U.S. military bases across Europe are now operating under a heightened state of alert, ABC News has confirmed. The alert level of Force Protection Condition (FPCON) "Charlie" was put in place over the weekend, according to two U.S. officials. According to the U.S. Army, Charlie is the second highest state of alert that "applies when an incident occurs or intelligence is received indicating some form of terrorist action or targeting against personnel or facilities is likely." In a statement provided to reporters, U.S. European Command said it's "constantly assessing a variety of factors" on security and safety.