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Even outspoken leftists are now forecasting a Democratic defeat in the November presidential election. Co-creator of "The Young Turks" Cenk Uygur offered a rather blunt statement Thursday concerning President Joe Biden's re-election chances against the presumptive GOP nominee, former President Donald Trump. That is, Uygur doesn't think Biden has a...

Tens of thousands of genetically-modified (GMO) mosquitoes have been released in Djibouti to curb an ‘invasive species that transmits malaria.’ “An invasive species of mosquito from the Indian subcontinent has driven malaria rates through the roof,” GZERO Media stated. NEW: Tens of thousands of genetically modified (GMO) mosquitoes have been released in Djibouti in an effort to stop the spread of an invasive species that transmits malaria. – BBC pic.twitter.com/OEhxiUjSVt — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) May 23, 2024 Oxitec, a UK-based biotechnology company, is behind the technology. In Djibouti, tens of thousands of GMO mosquitoes from Oxitec have been released to combat malaria. These non-biting males carry a gene that kills female offspring before maturity.#CroozeFMNews pic.twitter.com/Kb89H5y7Ug — 91.2 Crooze FM (@912CroozeFM) May 24, 2024 If that name sounds familiar, the Bill Gates-funded biotech firm previously gained EPA approval to release GMO mosquitoes into the United States. Per NBC News: A British biotech firm this week got the green light from U.S. regulators to release over 2 million genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida and California as part of an expanded effort to combat transmission of diseases like Zika, dengue fever and canine heartworm. The experimental public health effort, which still requires final approval from state regulators, follows the 2021 release of 144,000 genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys by British biotech firm Oxitec. Oxitec said its genetically modified male, and thus non-biting, mosquitoes “find and mate with invasive female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, mediating a reduction of the target population as the female offspring of these encounters cannot survive,” thus reducing the overall population. In a news release announcing approval from the Environmental Protection Agency, Oxitec described its release in Florida in 2021 as a “success.” The release of GMO mosquitoes in Djibouti is the second release in the continent. The first batch of genetically engineered non-biting mosquitoes will be released in Djibouti in an attempt to stop the spread of an invasive species that threatens to swamp African cities and set back years of progress on tackling malaria https://t.co/o9QwgiiX1a pic.twitter.com/PY4Azuctpo — Financial Times (@FT) May 23, 2024 BBC reports: Similar technology has been successfully used in Brazil, the Cayman Islands, Panama, and India, according to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More than one billion such mosquitoes have been released around the world since 2019, CDC says. The first batch of the mosquitoes were released into the open air on Thursday in Ambouli, a suburb of Djibouti city. It is a pilot phase in a partnership between Oxitec Ltd, Djibouti’s government and Association Mutualis, an NGO. “We have built good mosquitoes that do not bite, that do not transmit disease. And when we release these friendly mosquitoes, they seek out and mate with wild type female mosquitoes,” Oxitec head Grey Frandsen told the BBC. The laboratory-produced mosquitoes carry a “self-limiting” gene that prevents female mosquito offspring from surviving to adulthood when they mate. Only their male offspring survive but would eventually die out, according to the scientists behind the project. Unlike the sterile male Anopheles colluzzi mosquitoes released in Burkina Faso in 2018, the friendly stephensi mosquitoes can still have offspring. Critics argue that releasing GMO mosquitoes into the environment could have unforeseen ecological consequences. Many residents and environmental activists fear that tampering with the genetic makeup of mosquitoes might disrupt the natural ecosystem https://t.co/1kTdX4YEjy… pic.twitter.com/VlCgWLQXtz — Prince Carlton (@_PrinceCarlton_) May 24, 2024 GZERO Media noted: Malaria has probably killed more human beings over the sweep of history than any other single infectious disease, and African governments have been fighting for decades to eliminate it. Djibouti darn near made it: In 2012, the country recorded just 27 cases. But since then, an invasive species has arrived. Unlike the mosquitoes indigenous to most of Africa, the new bugs thrive in urban environments and bite during the day, making them impossible to avoid. In 2020, over 70,000 people contracted malaria — one in every 15 Djiboutians — of whom 190 died. The invasive bugs are spreading to important cities in Ethiopia and Kenya, and have been found as far away as Lagos, Nigeria, a metropolis of over 15 million.

The Reform Party of the United States, founded by Ross Perot, has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for President of the United States. The party announced it will give RFK Jr. their “automatic ballot access” in Florida. “The Reform Party has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. @RobertKennedyJr for President of the United States and will hand him our automatic ballot access in the State of Florida as well as our advantages as a qualified party. We look forward to working with Mr. Kennedy,” the Reform Party announced. The Reform Party has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. @RobertKennedyJr for President of the United States and will hand him our automatic ballot access in the State of Florida as well as our advantages as a qualified party. We look forward to working with Mr. Kennedy. — Reform Party of the United States (@ReformParty) May 24, 2024 “The independent political movement is coming together in support of my candidacy. Thank you @ReformParty for stepping up! You’re the party that got the independent movement rolling in 1996,” RFK Jr. said. The independent political movement is coming together in support of my candidacy. Thank you @ReformParty for stepping up! You’re the party that got the independent movement rolling in 1996. #KennedyShanahan24 https://t.co/QOEgQRf5Kz — Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) May 24, 2024 From the Reform Party: The Reform Party of the United States met tonight, May 23rd at 8pm EST. The Reform Party National Convention nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr for President of the United States. Mr. Kennedy will be placed on the Reform Party’s Florida ballot line. Robert F. Kennedy Jr is the leading independent candidate in the 2024 election. Kennedy asked the Reform Party for their nomination in his bid to gain ballot access in all 50 states. Recent polls show that Kennedy would beat both Trump and Biden in head to head races. “Of course we nominated Robert Kennedy Jr. for President of the United States,” said Reform Party Convention Secretary Richard Kasa. “He has more energy than Joe Biden and more maturity than Donald Trump. The Reform Party aligns with him better on the issues than we do with the establishment politicians. We are sure that he will be the next President of the United States”. The Reform Party of the United States is a moderate, centrist party founded in 1996 by the supporters of Ross Perot. The Reform Party advocates for a moderate platform centered around common sense solutions for today’s political issues. RFK Jr. is OFFICIALLY nominated by the Reform Party and is now on the ballot in Florida. That's another State down pic.twitter.com/aYKBXLTeF6 — American Values (@AV24org) May 24, 2024 “The Reform Party lost its ballot access in Florida last year because it failed to comply with an audit. It applied to have its status reinstated, per the party’s Florida chair, but there is no indication that has happened. Until it does, Kennedy is not on the Florida ballot,” ABC News writer Will McDuffie stated. The Reform Party lost its ballot access in Florida last year because it failed to comply with an audit. It applied to have its status reinstated, per the party's Florida chair, but there is no indication that has happened. Until it does, Kennedy is not on the Florida ballot. https://t.co/X38bGpAYss — Will McDuffie (@wrmcduff) May 24, 2024 “In September 2023, the Reform Party lost its ballot access in Florida, leaving the party with no state ballot lines. On their party convention on May 23, 2024, the Reform Party nominated the Kennedy Jr./Shanahan ticket for president and vice president respectively. The Reform Party filed paperwork for re-qualification in May 2024, which would place Kennedy and Shanahan on the ballot in Florida,” Wikipedia stated. Per Ballot Access News: On August 1, the Florida Secretary of State revoked the qualified status of the Reform Party, for failure to file campaign finance reports. The Reform Party is now no longer qualified in any state. However, the Reform Party is free to re-file for qualified status in Florida.

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President Joe Biden was slammed on social media on Thursday after he claimed that the blame for the ongoing border crisis falls on conservatives, whom he says have failed to pass “the toughest border enforcement in history.” Biden posted on X on Thursday evening, blaming former President Donald Trump and Republicans for rejecting legislation that partly addressed the border crisis. The president’s focus on illegal immigration comes just months before the 2024 election, and voters have suggested that illegal immigration will be the biggest issue determining how they cast their ballots. “Donald Trump and his MAGA Republican allies don’t care about securing the border or fixing America’s broken immigration system,” the president wrote. “If they did, they would have supported the toughest border enforcement in history. Instead, they put partisan politics ahead of our national security.” Donald Trump and his MAGA Republican allies don’t care about securing the border or fixing America’s broken immigration system. If they did, they would have supported the toughest border enforcement in history. Instead, they put partisan politics ahead of our national security. — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 24, 2024 Republicans and political commentators were quick to point out on social media that Biden terminated Trump’s strict border policies and diverted funds away from building a wall along the southern border. Fox News reporter Bill Melugin said the president could even take executive action immediately to reinstate the Trump-era emergency declaration and address the illegal immigration crisis. “One executive action Biden could take is to reinstate the national emergency declaration at the border that he terminated immediately upon taking office & declared to be ‘unwarranted,'” Melugin wrote. “3 yrs later, Biden himself has said border isn’t secure, & his DHS Secretary admits a ‘crisis.’” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) slammed Biden for the post and called the president a liar, writing, “On the very first day of your regime, you reversed President Trump’s policies that DID secure our border. Americans see right through your lies, Joe.” Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY) said that Biden was attempting to “rewrite the story.” “You reversed @realDonaldTrump’s policies, creating this disaster. The toughest border enforcement in history is HR2 – the legislation @HouseGOP sent to the Senate over a year ago. Don’t rewrite the story,” the congressman wrote. “This is the #BidenBorderCrisis. You. Don’t. Care.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Author James Lindsay simply posted, “Ol’ Baloney Joe.” After reversing Trump’s policies three years ago, Biden has pushed for Congress to address the border crisis, claiming he doesn’t have the constitutional power to take the necessary action on illegal immigration. House Republicans rejected a bill that was introduced in the Senate in February, with Republican leadership saying that the legislation “fails in every policy area needed to secure our border and would actually incentivize more illegal immigration.” Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) added that he would not “support a bill that doesn’t secure the border, provides taxpayer funded lawyers to illegal immigrants and gives billions to radical open borders groups. I’m a no.” The Senate bill was also opposed by Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, who called it the “stupid bill.” Biden has criticized his Republican opponent for coming out against the bill, arguing that Trump is only doing so for political reasons ahead of the election. “The illegal Aliens that are pouring into our Country are taking over our cities and attacking our police,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social Post earlier this year. “They are forming gangs, and they are tough. Close the Border, you do not need a ridiculous Border Bill that will allow 5000 people into our Country a day. Call it the ‘Stupid Bill’ and make sure it doesn’t get passed. It will make things MUCH WORSE. CLOSE THE SOUTHERN BORDER, NO BILL NECESSARY!!!”