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The flu shot CAUSES the flu. Duh. Been saying this for 25 years. https://t.co/4otY8XdkC9 — HealthRanger (@HealthRanger) April 9, 2025

The Trump administration just yanked $1 billion for Cornell and nearly $800 million for Northwestern. Turns out they’re now under Title VI investigations. Basically it deals with discrimination. The freeze hits major grants from agencies like Defense, Education, and HHS. The real question is, why was the government giving these schools over $1 billion dollars in the first place?! Are they not already getting millions by price gouging their students by way of expensive tuitions? Trump admin freezes $1B in federal funding to Cornell, $790M to Northwestern amid investigations into both schools https://t.co/CuurXZMEVq pic.twitter.com/zwnEfUa1DW — New York Post (@nypost) April 9, 2025 Looks like gravy trains are stopping all over the place now that President Trump has arrived. New York Post reports: The Trump administration is freezing more than $1 billion in federal funds to Cornell and $790 million in funding for Northwestern University in response to civil rights investigations at both schools. “The money was frozen in connection with several ongoing, credible, and concerning Title VI investigations,” a Trump admin official told Fox News. The pause largely involves grants and contracts to both schools with the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Education and Health and Human Services, two administration officials told the New York Times. A spokesperson for Northwestern told The Post they haven’t received any notice from the federal government regarding a funding freeze – stating they were informed of President Trump’s supposed decision by members of the media. “Federal funds that Northwestern receives drives innovative and life-saving research, like the recent development by Northwestern researchers of the world’s smallest pacemaker, and research fueling the fight against Alzheimer’s disease,” the rep for Illinois institution said. “This type of research is now at jeopardy. The University has fully cooperated with investigations by both the Department of Education and Congress.” Both Cornell and Northwestern were both included on a list of 60 colleges and universities that the Department of Education’s civil rights arm warned earlier this month could have federal funding taken away. Here’s one of the “bright” students that Cornell is cranking out. Our government was giving them over $1 billion to create this: “Liberalism maintains and upholds power, white supremacy, capitalism and an imperialism, US imperialism,” says a Cornell student and grad worker who organized and participated in pro-Hamas protests and encampment at the university. Momodou Taal is a British-Gambian PhD student… pic.twitter.com/ZAaufh0X5y — I Meme Therefore I Am (@ImMeme0) March 12, 2025

The Department of Justice just released a shocking discovery in the case of would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh. According to newly-dropped documents from the DOJ, Ryan Routh tried to buy military weapons from Ukraine in order to kill President Trump. Ryan Routh, who tried and failed to shoot President Trump at his Florida golf course, was a Ukraine sympathizer and believed President Trump was “not good for Ukraine.” So, he asked an associate affiliated with the Ukrainian army to give him an RPG or Stinger missile to use to assassinate President Trump. Routh allegedly told the associate, “I need the equipment so that Trump cannot get elected.” Here’s what we know: BREAKING: We now know—and this is the biggest bombshell—that Ryan Routh attempted to contact the Ukrainian military to obtain an anti-aircraft missile to blow up President Trump’s airplane during the campaign pic.twitter.com/qsDxfvv5bc — Jack Poso (@JackPosobiec) April 8, 2025 Would-be Trump ender Ryan Routh tried buying a “rocket propelled grenade” from “an associate Routh believed to be a Ukrainian with access to military.” Routh said, “I need equipment so that Trump cannot get elected” as he wouldn’t be “good for Ukraine.” Who was Routh’s contact? pic.twitter.com/lOu4y38aKm — Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) April 8, 2025 Thank the Lord that Ryan Routh was not successful in his plot. However, this new information opens up as many questions as it answers…. Who was Ryan Routh’s contact? Was Ukraine aware of and involved with the assassination plot? BREAKING: DOJ reveals Ryan Routh, 58, sought a Stinger missile from Ukraine to kill Trump, believing he was “bad for Ukraine.” Routh’s letter offered $150K to “finish the job.” Did Ukraine know & stay silent? Are U.S. weapons fueling a black market? [1/2] pic.twitter.com/VUqBTwhIZV — Publius (@OcrazioCornPop) April 8, 2025 BREAKING: The DOJ revealed that Trump assassin Ryan Routh tried to buy military weapons from Ukraine to kill Trump, including a ROCKET LAUNCHER. Routh asked the Ukrainian Military for a “Stinger or RPG to take out Trump”because Trump would be “Bad for Ukraine” Routh goes on to say the weapons of war — that are paid for and supplied by the US military — get lost “all the time on the battlefield” and no one would miss them. Has Ukraine illegally smuggled US weapons to kill other world leaders or State enemies? Most importantly, the Ukrainian Government KNEW about the Trump assassination in advance!?!? Did they warn anyone? This is absolutely massive. Fox News reported: Federal prosecutors revealed that Ryan Routh, the accused would-be assassin of President Donald Trump, sought to obtain military-grade weapons – including a rocket launcher – from a Ukrainian contact as part of his alleged assassination plot. Routh told his associate to “send me a rpg [rocket-propelled grenade] or stinger, and I will see what we can do… [Trump] is not good for Ukraine,” according to court documents obtained by Fox News. The pair discussed Routh’s purchase options, with Routh inquiring if his associate could “ship it to me???” before explaining his intent for the military-grade weapons: “I need equipment so that Trump cannot get elected.” Routh went on to say the weapons of war get lost “all the time on the battlefield” and “one missing would not be noticed,” according to the court records. Prosecutors say that Routh also floated the idea of obtaining a rocket or missile launcher, with the suspect sending his associate an image of President Trump’s plane and writing, “Trump’s plane, he gets on and off daily.” Routh’s defense also submitted court filings on Monday, including a 13-page motion alleging that law enforcement used “impermissibly suggestive” tactics when interviewing an eyewitness identified as T.C.M. They claim the witness felt pressured to identify Routh because of the intense atmosphere created by the presence of multiple law enforcement agencies. “All of these circumstances created a heightened pressure to make the identification,” the filing said. “It would not be difficult for any well-meaning individual to identify the one, and only, person law enforcement presented to them in this manner.” The New York Post added: Ryan Wesley Routh tried to buy a rocket launcher from Ukraine just weeks before he was arrested for allegedly attempting to gun down President Trump at his Florida golf course, court papers reveal. The 58-year-old accused would-be assassin tried to make the purchase from someone he believed to be a Ukrainian with access to a haul of military grade weapons, federal prosecutors alleged in a motion filed Monday. In one exchange, which unfolded via an encrypted messaging app, Routh allegedly asked the associate to “send me an RPG [rocket-propelled grenade] or Stinger and I will see what we can do… [Trump] is not good for Ukraine.” “I need equipment so that Trump cannot get elected,” he added, according to the filing. At one point, Routh allegedly acknowledged he couldn’t just go to a store to buy a rocket launcher. “Going to the local store for such an item is impossible – however you are at war so those items lost and destroyed daily – one missing would not be noticed,” he allegedly wrote. He later sent the apparent associate a photo of Trump’s plane, writing “he gets on and off daily,” the court papers state.    

President Trump just announced that tariffs on pharmaceuticals are next. Speaking at a dinner for the National Republican Congressional Committee, President Trump said that he will be “announcing very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals.” Watch what President Trump had to say here: BREAKING: President Trump announces MASSIVE tariffs are coming VERY shortly on pharmaceuticals. THIS is what I voted for: “We’re gonna tariff our pharmaceuticals … we’re going to be announcing very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals.” pic.twitter.com/7prfZCE4Ik — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 9, 2025 This is key for bringing drug makers back to the United States. Right now, most critical medicines are imported from overseas. Not only is that inefficient, but it is also unsafe. We need to bring revamp the pharmaceutical industry within our own borders. President Donald Trump has announced major tariffs on pharmaceutical companies in a push to bring the industry back to the U.S. He called it a major move that will force drug makers to return to America, home of the world’s largest marketplace. Trump said the companies will… pic.twitter.com/xj1TcK0swG — Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) April 9, 2025 From The Wall Street Journal: President Trump defended the sweeping tariffs he placed on foreign countries during a Tuesday dinner on Capitol Hill with House Republicans and said levies on pharmaceutical products made abroad will be announced “very shortly.” Trump said countries are “dying to make a deal,” and claimed the U.S. is currently bringing in $2 billion a day from tariffs. Trump imposed a baseline global tariff of 10% earlier this month, and reciprocal tariffs are due to take effect on Wednesday morning. “We’re going to tariff our pharmaceuticals and once we do that they’re going to come rushing back into our country because we’re the big market,” Trump said. “So we’re going to be announcing very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals and when they hear that, they will leave China, they will leave other places because they have to—most of their product is sold here and they’re going to be opening up their plants all over our country.”

The chief of the IRS is reportedly planning to quit over a deal made with immigration authorities to hand over tax information from illegal immigrants. Earlier today, the IRS agreed to share data from illegal aliens with ICE in order to aid in their arrests and deportations. According to a report from The Washington Post, two sources have confirmed that acting IRS head Melanie Krause will be resigning from the agency because she disagreed with the move. Here’s what’s happening: Acting head of the IRS to QUIT after the agency agrees to share information with immigration enforcement officials – WaPo pic.twitter.com/pi4eIulPxB — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 8, 2025 BREAKING IRS chief Melanie Krauss is quitting because she doesn’t want to share Tax data with immigration officials of illegal Aliens GOOD RIDDANCE pic.twitter.com/VImNwq1DQF — MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) April 8, 2025 Per The Washington Post: The acting head of the IRS plans to resign after being bypassed over a new agreement to share the tax data of undocumented immigrants with Homeland Security personnel, according to two people familiar with the situation. Acting IRS commissioner Melanie Krause — the tax agency’s third leader since President Donald Trump’s inauguration — will participate in the deferred resignation program the Trump administration offered to agency employees in recent days, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal. Disagreements over the agency’s direction also factored into Krause’s decision to leave, the people said. Losing three agency leaders in three months is “unprecedented,” one of the people said. “I don’t think we’ve seen anything like this at IRS.” Treasury Department officials in recent days sought to circumvent IRS executives so immigration authorities could access private taxpayer information, the people said. Those conversations largely excluded Krause’s input. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem signed an agreement Monday allowing the practice, although IRS lawyers had counseled that the deal probably violates privacy law. Krause learned of the deal after representatives from the Treasury Department released it to Fox News, the people said. Krause also felt unable to push back on moves the U.S. DOGE Service was forcing through the taxagency, they said, including dramatic staffing cuts, a technology infrastructure overhaul and long-term IRS priorities. “She no longer feels like she’s in a position where she can impact the decision-making that’s happening,” said a person familiar with the situation. “And [she believes] that some of the decisions that are being made now are things the IRS can never recover from.” A Treasury Department spokesperson said Krause led the IRS “through a time of extraordinary change” as it tries to upgrade its technology and carry out other changes to help make government more efficient. “We wish Melanie well on her next endeavor,” the spokesperson said. Goodbye and good riddance.

It’s official: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is running for the U.S. Senate! Paxton announced today that he will be challenging RINO Sen. John Cornyn for his seat in next year’s midterm elections. Take a look: It’s official. I’m running for U.S. Senate to fight for President Trump’s agenda and take a sledgehammer to the D.C. establishment. Together, let’s send John Cornyn packing: https://t.co/rQl0P2UnWU pic.twitter.com/1KIajC0JhN — Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) April 8, 2025 It’s on! https://t.co/t1jadgp0wI — Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) April 9, 2025 AG Ken Paxton has officially announced he’s running for Senate in Texas Time to boot Gun-grabber John Cornyn, who gets booed by his own party in Texas, and put a tried and true MAGA Republican in office Texas deserves a real Republican! pic.twitter.com/WMF2GqDRBL — DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) April 8, 2025 #BREAKING: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is set to announce his candidacy for U.S. Senate TONIGHT! He’ll be primarying sitting RINO Senator John Cornyn, who has been a MASSIVE impediment to the MAGA agenda. LET’S GO! pic.twitter.com/feIhfT9wSf — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 8, 2025 Fox News reported: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle Tuesday night that he will run for the U.S. Senate. The announcement comes as Paxton no longer faces the cloud of a federal corruption investigation that loomed over him as he rose up the ranks in the Republican Party. The announcement by Paxton, a close ally of President Donald Trump and a MAGA firebrand, comes two weeks after Republican Sen. John Cornyn officially launched his re-election campaign as he bids for a fifth six-year term serving Texas in the Senate. “It’s time for a change in Texas,” Paxton told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham, before acknowledging Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas’ other Republican senator. “It’s time that we have another great senator that will actually stand up and fight for Republican values, fight for the values of the people of Texas and also support Donald Trump in the areas that he’s focused on in a very significant way.” On Sunday, Cornyn said he was looking forward to “the competition” amid rumors of Paxton’s candidacy. Paxton, who has been Texas’ top prosecutor since 2015, criticized his GOP rival, pointing to Cornyn’s position on a border wall and opposing Trump during the 2016 election. Sen. John Cornyn has aligned himself several times against MAGA on matters like Second Amendment rights and aid to Ukraine. The Texas Tribune added: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday he will challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in next year’s midterm elections, setting up a barnburner clash of two Republican titans that is poised to reverberate across state and national politics. The contest, teased by Paxton for months, promises to be among the most heated and expensive Republican primaries in the country and in recent Texas history. It also marks the latest flashpoint in a power struggle between the Texas GOP’s hardline, socially conservative wing — which views Paxton as a standard-bearer — and the Cornyn-aligned, business-minded Republican old guard. Appearing on Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s show, Paxton said it was “time for a change in Texas” as he announced his Senate bid and blasted Cornyn’s “lack of production” over his 22 years in the upper chamber. “We have another great U.S. senator, Ted Cruz, and it’s time we have another great senator that will actually stand up and fight for Republican values, fight for the values of the people of Texas, and also support Donald Trump in the areas that he’s focused on in a very significant way,” Paxton said. “And that’s what I plan on doing.” Paxton’s candidacy poses the most serious threat to Cornyn’s political career in decades. It would mark a watershed moment in the Texas GOP’s factional struggle if Paxton — not long removed from an array of career-threatening legal battles and impeachment by his own party — managed to topple Cornyn, a mainstay of Texas politics who had an early hand in the state’s Republican takeover and reached the upper rungs of Senate GOP leadership. Wasting no time framing himself as the outsider in the race, Paxton wrote on social media he was running to “take a sledgehammer to the D.C. establishment,” while calling for voters to “send John Cornyn packing.” Cornyn has easily fended off competition from the right even as his party has taken a sharp turn in that direction. But now, the four-term senator is facing more serious heat over his support for military aid to Ukraine, his public skepticism about Trump’s electability ahead of the 2024 election, and his role leading Senate negotiations on a bill restricting firearm access after the 2022 shooting at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School. Ken Paxton is right when he says it’s “time for a change.” He’s already garnering a lot of support on social media: OH MY GOSH! YES! I almost never get involved in primaries, but how can I help? All of my folks in Galveston are ready to assemble. — ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) April 9, 2025 Texans deserve TWO pro-gun Senators. https://t.co/wVkNR010Eg — Texas Gun Rights (@TXGunRights) April 8, 2025 I’m all in. You have my full support and every resource I have available! — Chad Prather (@WatchChad) April 9, 2025 Say no more. You have my vote Sir. — Erik Elliott (@ErikElliott) April 9, 2025 What do you think? Do you want to see Ken Paxton WIN in 2026? I have a feeling Cornyn’s days are numbered…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared the U.S. will help Panama take back the canal from China’s grip. He’s saying Beijing won’t be allowed to “weaponize” the waterway. Bet China wasn’t too happy about that. (And on top of that over 100% tariff President Trump gave them.) Hegseth said China didn’t build or operate the canal. And they won’t control it now. President Trump has made similar warnings and hasn’t ruled out military options. The visit marks the first by a U.S. defense chief in decades. WINNING LATEST: BREAKING: Huge Trump-Hegseth Win as U.S.-Panama Jointly Affirm Shift from China, Secure Canal Traffic, Address Migration.https://t.co/3UrZbyJLdE — YJA (@Yzo57) April 9, 2025 Reuters reports: The United States will take back the Panama Canal from Chinese influence, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday during a visit to the Central American nation. Hegseth, following talks with Panama’s government, vowed to deepen security cooperation with Panama’s forces and said China would not be allowed to “weaponize” the canal by using Chinese firms’ commercial relationships for espionage. “Together, we will take back the Panama Canal from China’s influence,” Hegseth said, speaking at a pier renovated with U.S. assistance in Panama City. “China did not build this canal. China does not operate this canal and China will not weaponize this canal. Together with Panama in the lead, we will keep the canal secure and available for all nations.” More than 40% of U.S. container traffic, valued at roughly $270 billion a year, goes through the Panama Canal, accounting for more than two-thirds of vessels passing each day through the world’s second-busiest interoceanic waterway. Hegseth is expected to get a close-up look at the Panama Canal later on Tuesday, the first full day of a rare visit to a nation still unsettled by Trump’s threats to take back the canal. While Hegseth spoke about removing Chinese influence, Trump has spoken in broader terms and not ruled out using military force, if necessary. Hegseth is the first U.S. defense secretary to visit in decades, and his trip follows reports that the Trump administration has requested options from the U.S. military to ensure access to the canal, which the United States built more than a century ago and handed over to Panama in 1999. Trump has complained that was a bad deal for the United States. Hegseth was greeted by Panama Public Security Minister Frank Abrego and held closed-door meetings with President Jose Raul Mulino and other officials. Given Trump’s tough rhetoric, the stakes are high for Hegseth’s visit. “On the whole, this hasn’t been a winning issue for the United States in terms of public diplomacy in Panama,” said Ryan Berg, director of the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Still, current and former U.S. officials and experts say the United States has found a willing partner in tackling Chinese influence in Mulino. Great visit at the Miraflores Locks of the Panama Canal. President @JoseRaulMulino, Minister @frankabregom, we are grateful to you and your teams, along with the Panama Canal Authority, for safeguarding this canal. pic.twitter.com/QmOVQtoqA0 — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (@SecDef) April 9, 2025 Hegseth sets the record straight: “I want to be very clear: China did not build this canal, China does not operate this canal, and China will not weaponize this canal.” Secretary of Defense @PeteHegseth spoke out about China’s push to take over the Panama Canal. pic.twitter.com/cqTwU0aQPz — Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) April 8, 2025 Remember this headline? Sort of exposed that China did control the Panama Canal. Not anymore. BREAKING: China blocks $23 billion sale of Panama Canal ports to American company BlackRock. pic.twitter.com/3VrMsM6hoB — Globe Eye News (@GlobeEyeNews) March 31, 2025 And here’s a bonus brainteaser for you: The Panama Canal is 48 miles long. According to NASA and AI, after 48 miles the curve of the earth would drop 1,500+ feet.   Let’s see if the engineers factored that in as they designed it… I was looking into something interesting! Panama canal is 80 km long. In this original design you can see the water level is perfectly flat.No built in “Earth curve” pic.twitter.com/TXXb3cVXrg — ƓɾҽվͲօղҟą (@GreyTonka) January 3, 2021 The answer is: Nope. It’s a flat, straight canal. Wonder what that could imply?