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#10 Russia: It’s up to Trump Team to Make First Move to Improve Ties - Guy Faulconbridge and Vladimir Soldatkin for Reuters and RTE News on X
Russia is willing to work with Donald Trump's incoming administration to improve relations if the U.S. has serious intentions to do so but it is up to Washington to make the first move, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday. Trump, who will return as U.S. president on Jan. 20, styles himself as a master dealmaker and has vowed to swiftly end the war in Ukraine but not set out how he might achieve that beyond getting President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian counterpart President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to agree to end the fighting...#9 Lean-Looking Elon Musk Reveals He’s Taking Mounjaro for Weight Loss in Festive ‘Ozempic Santa’ Post - Victor Nava for The New York Post, Elon Musk, Mario Nawfal, Sean B Flanagan, Snowflake, and Business Today on X
A lean-looking Elon Musk revealed Wednesday that he uses Mounjaro — after previously expressing support for similar weight-loss drugs as a means to curb America’s obesity epidemic. The billionaire Tesla, SpaceX, and X boss made the admission in a social media post, where he included an image of himself donning a Santa Claus suit and flowing white beard. Musk dubbed himself “Ozempic Santa” in the X post, noting it’s “Like Cocaine Bear, but Santa and Ozempic!” “Technically, Mounjaro, but that doesn’t have the same ring to it,” he clarified...
#8 Trump Names Ambassador to Panama After Suggesting Us Control of Panama Canal - Aaron Pellish for CNN, Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera, Newsweek, Mario Nawfal and Proud Patriot on X
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his pick for US ambassador to Panama. Trump named Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera as his choice for the post after suggesting that the US should take control of the Panama Canal – a proposal he first floated over the weekend while claiming that Panama is “ripping off” American ships that pass through the waterway. “I am pleased to announce that Kevin Marino Cabrera will serve as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, a Country that is ripping us off on the Panama Canal, far beyond their wildest dreams,” Trump said in a statement. The president-elect added Cabrera, who also worked for his presidential campaign in Florida, “will do a FANTASTIC job representing our Nation’s interests in Panama!”
#7 The Telepathy Tapes - A Podcast Beyond Words, Mario Nawfal/Joe Rogan, Tracy Beanz, TwitchTV, Charlie Wiser, and Zach Henderson on X
In a world that often dismisses the extraordinary as mere fantasy, The Telepathy Tapes dares to explore the profound abilities of non-speakers with autism—individuals who have long been misunderstood and underestimated. These silent communicators possess gifts that defy conventional understanding, from telepathy to otherworldly perceptions, challenging the limits of what we believe to be real. For years, their parents and teachers have quietly witnessed these remarkable abilities, knowing that the time to share their truth would eventually come. But now, as the evidence mounts, the time has come to reveal what has been hidden in plain sight...#6 Behind Closed Doors: The Spy World Scientists Who Argued Covid Was a Lab Leak - Michael R. Gordon and Warren P. Strobel for The Wall Street Journal, Mario Nawfal,
car and driver had been readied to whisk Jason Bannan from FBI headquarters early one morning in August 2021 to brief the White House on a novel virus that was killing hundreds of thousands of Americans and had stopped the world in its tracks. Bannan had been told by his superiors to be on hand in case the Federal Bureau of Investigation was asked to join a top intelligence community briefing for the president. But the White House summons never came...
#5 UK Online Censorship Laws Set to Impose Substantial Fines on Platforms for Non-Compliance - Tracy Beanz and Michelle Edwards for The HighWire, Vicky Richter, and Reclaim the Net on X
Britain’s latest online censorship law—the Illegal Harms Code and guidance under the Online Safety Act—came into force on December 16, 2024. Under the guidelines published by Ofcom, the regime’s media and telecommunications watchdog, the British government could fine social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter), Meta, and Google up to £18 million or 10% of global revenue, whichever is higher, for failing to remove illegal content. In detailing a range of 130 illegal acts that these platforms must forbid and prevent, the guidelines focus on risks like hate speech, fraud, and online grooming, and they legally obligate online providers to protect users from these harms. Providers must conduct a risk assessment for illegal harms by March 16, 2025, and be set to comply with safety measures the next day, on March 17, 2025...#4 Biden Extends Liability Shield for COVID Vaccine Makers - Maiya Focht Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com, Derrick Evans, and Camus on X
The outgoing Biden Administration has quietly extended a pandemic-era measure that protects COVID-19 vaccine makers from being sued for injuries or deaths. Officials at the Health and Human Services (HHS) say it's necessary because there is still 'a credible risk' the pandemic spirals out of control in the next four years, even though COVID deaths and hospital admissions are at historic lows. The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act was initially enacted in 2020, in part to encourage vaccine manufacturers to speed up their research of COVID-19 vaccines without fear of being held legally responsible for things like side effects...#3 Doctors Told to Cut Back on Prescribing Inhalers to Asthma Patients to Fight ‘Climate Change’ - Frank Bergman for The Right Edition, The Texas One, Leslie Eastman, Coffee Maid, and Butlerson on X
Doctors in Europe are now being told they must “consider the climate impact” when prescribing asthma inhalers for patients. The move is part of a new European-wide curriculum being developed that will “infuse” the green agenda throughout the timetable. Medical school leaders have said that future doctors will be expected to take “climate change” into account when treating patients, The Telegraph reports. They will also have more training on how to recognize and treat heatstroke over claims that “global warming” will impact public health. Mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever will also become a more prominent part of the curriculum at European medical schools.
#2 "Finding the Words" - Special Release from Nicole Shanahan
"Finding the Words" was first released 20 years ago. It was censored from airing in the United States because it reflects the truth about Autism: that it is biomedical, and kids can recover from it. For the first time ever, it is being made available for everyone online. (Thank you, Elon!) This Christmas, may your heart be filled with hope and love. Here is a note from the director, my dear friend, mentor, and warrior mom, Elizabeth Horn.#1 Elon Musk Urges Supporters Not to Donate to Wikipedia After It Spent $50M on Dei: ‘Wokepedia’ - Ariel Zilber for The New York Post, Bryan Lunduke on YouTube, Marc, Elon Musk/Mario Nawfal (community note), Klay Thompson, and Mrs Donosoko on X
Elon Musk urged his supporters not to donate to the nonprofit that runs Wikipedia after the organization budgeted more than $50 million to spend on controversial diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. “Stop donating to Wokepedia until they restore balance to their editing authority,” Musk wrote Tuesday on X, where he has nearly 210 million followers. The Tesla mogul, and key adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, was responding to a post by the right-leaning commentator “Libs of TikTok,” who shared a pie chart that showed 29% of Wikipedia’s $177 million budget for 2023-24 was targeted for “equity” and “safety & inclusion.“
