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Stephen Green wonders why the media isn't talking about RFK, Jr.'s darkest open secret.

Quoting from the NY Post, 2012:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife, Mary, who battled her husband's rumored philandering by turning to alcohol and prescription drugs, hanged herself in a barn on their Westchester estate yesterday, sources told The Post.

The 52-year-old mother of four -- the latest victim of a family dynasty cursed with tragedies -- may have taken her own life because she was haunted by her broken marriage, her friends lamented.

I'm sure Obama and the Clintons are giving the media their marching orders and we'll be hearing a lot about that.

Speaking of dynastic dum-dums with sketchy histories: Canada may finally be fixin' to boot Fidel Castro's bastard spawn out of office.

A new poll out of Canada found that if national elections were currently held, a political thunderquake would shake the nation, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party thrown out of power and the Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre, completely dominating the Canadian Parliament.

Abacus Data, one of the country's most accurate pollsters, surveyed over 3,500 adults between March 16 and March 24, and found that 41% of committed voters would vote for the Conservative party, 23% would vote for the Liberal party, 19% would vote for the New Democratic Party, and 4% would vote for the Green Party.

Now I believe the New Democratic Party are absolute leftwing lunatics -- like our own new Democrat Party. So that means the left, collectively, has a near-majority of the vote.

There must be some wrinkle I'm missing because this article says that 41% would put the Conservatives in power.

59% of voters disapproved of the job Trudeau is doing as prime minister. 58% of voters had a negative impression of Trudeau with only 24% having a positive view, leaving him 34 points underwater, while 38% had a positive view of Poilievre and 34% had a negative impression, leaving him four points to the good. Only a paltry 15% of voters thought Trudeau and his party should be reelected. 52% of voters thought it was time for a change.

61% of voters thought Trudeau was focused on the wrong priorities; 48% thought him ineffective, and 53% thought he was not transparent about his actions.

Sounds like the American Democrat Party would welcome him as a candidate.

Star investigative reporter Catherine Herridge -- whose stories were frequently spiked by Fox's liberal editors and executives, and who was sidelined by CBS before being fired -- is in talks to do some kind of reportorial show for Twitter/X.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence wants to ban more terms as "hurtful."

The United States' top intelligence agency wants to ban its spies from using "biased language," including the terms "radical Islamists" and "jihadist," saying these words "are hurtful to Muslim-Americans and detrimentally impact our efforts as they bolster extremist rhetoric," according to a language guide published internally.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), which is responsible for handling the country's spy apparatus, seeks to ban a range of common terms because it says they offend Muslims and foment racism against employees. In addition to terms describing Islamic terrorists, ODNI instructs employees to avoid phrases such as "blacklisted," "cakewalk," "brown bag," "grandfathered," and "sanity check."

"Blacklisted," for instance, "implies black is bad and white is good," while "cakewalk" is said to refer "to a dance performed by slaves for slave owners on plantation grounds."

I looked it up, and the presumed etymology of "cakewalk" is indeed about blacks walking as pairs in the south in the 1860s and winning a cake as an award. The source didn't say anything about slavery but I think it's fair to guess that was in play.

This is still stupid.

"Brown bag," a term most often used to describe a paper bag that holds one's lunch, actually "refers to the 'brown bag' test practices in the 20th century within the African American community," according to ODNI, which outlined these terms in an internal magazine produced by the agency's Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility.

That's just conspiratorial crankery.

A New Hampshire Congresswoman says she won't seek re-election in 2024.

In a surprise announcement, longtime Democratic Rep. Annie Kuster of New Hampshire says she won't seek re-election to the House of Representatives this year.

"I always said I was not going to stay in Congress forever -- I will not be seeking re-election in 2024," the six-term representative in the key general election battleground state said in a statement released on Wednesday.

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During her years on Capitol Hill, Kuster became known for working across the aisle on key issues, and for her openness in sharing personal experiences, including that she was a survivor of sexual assault during her youth.

A woman in England has fought a lawsuit against her, and the complaining party withdrew it.

So it's not illegal -- yet -- for a woman in the UK to say that only women can menstruate.

Elspeth Duemmer Wrigley, a UK government lawyer, successfully defends her right to express gender-critical views after being sued for stating that only women can menstruate.

Legal Battle Withdrawn: The lawsuit against Elspeth Duemmer Wrigley, known for her remarks on biological sex, was formally withdrawn, yet the claimant still seeks remedies that could impact gender-critical voices within the Civil Service.

Freedom of Expression: Wrigley defends her statements under Articles 9 and 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, emphasizing the legal protection of beliefs regarding sex and gender, akin to religious or philosophical beliefs.

Support for Gender-Critical Views: As chair of the Sex Equality and Equity Network (SEEN), Wrigley champions a space for civil service staff to express gender-critical perspectives.

The case of Elspeth Duemmer Wrigley, a lawyer for the UK's Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, stands as a testament to the enduring value of free speech and the complexity of gender debates. According to the Daily Mail, Wrigley found herself at the center of controversy for stating, during a work seminar, that only women can menstruate--a view that led to a lawsuit accusing her of creating a hostile work environment.

An illegal alien shelter in Chicago has a second outbreak of measles, particularly among the unvaccinated children.

Illegal aliens don't have to get any vaccinations. They are Above and Beyond US law. It's only the Sucker Citizens who have to keep up with the government's allegedly-required vaccines.

The Chicago Department of Public Health said the new policy was necessary because of the continued increase in measles cases among young children at the Halsted Street shelter. The second dose will help protect preschool children until their immunity to measles is fully developed and will also help stop the spread to other children who haven't received a second dose of the shot.

The city has reported 26 measles cases, 19 of which have been in children younger than 5. Most of the cases have been associated with the Pilsen migrant shelter.

Measles are breaking out in a blue city due to its Sanctuary City policy.

That must mean it's time to attack Ron DeSantis for Florida due to ten cases of measles:

The Washington Post published an opinion piece by former Planned Parenthood head Dr. Leanna Wen called, "Florida's measles outbreak is a devastating -- and preventable -- tragedy." Fewer than 10 kids in the state came down with measles, and none of them died, despite it being called a "devastating tragedy."

Ron DeSantis wants to know why she failed to notice Chicago's much-worse measles problem.

Florida Politics @Fla_Pol

'So it just goes to show you the phony narratives that get put out all to drive an agenda.'

@GovRonDeSantis alleges bias in media coverage of measles outbreaks

Biden was repeatedly shouted down by Hamas Hecklers (TM) at his $25 million fundraiser (hosted by Legendary Unfunnyman Steven Colbert).

Click the link to see one of the interruptions.

This shows what was going on outside the venue:

Earlier I said that Taylor Lorenz always wears an ostentatious face mask -- except when she's around low-level celebrities.

Well, there are some low-level celebrities she keeps the mask on for.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:20 PM

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