by Michael Nevradakis‚ Ph.D.‚ Childrens Health Defense: Tens of thousands of people rallied over the weekend in a central Tokyo park to protest the WHO’s proposed pandemic treaty and amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) — proposals that critics allege threaten Japan’s and other countries’ national sovereignty. Tens of thousands of people rallied over […]

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Former U.S. Senator and two-term Florida Governor Bob Graham passed away on Tuesday at the age of 87. 

Conservative Twitter having a bill with woke new NPR CEO Katherine Maher's tweets drew a New York Times story (which isn't in the paper). The headline was gentle‚ about criticism over &;quot;Tweets Supporting Progressive Causes.&;quot; Benjamin Mullin noticed one showed Maher wearing a &;quot;hat with the logo for the Biden presidential campaign.&;quot; (He left out the Covid mask). He also noticed this colorful tweet:  &;quot;Had a dream where Kamala and I were on a road trip in an unspecified location‚ sampling and comparing nuts and baklava from roadside stands. Woke up very hungry.&;quot; NPR spokeswoman Isabel Lara rebutted Maher &;quot;was not working in journalism at the time and was exercising her First Amendment right to express herself like any other American citizen.&;quot; Now she is &;quot;fully committed to NPR's code of ethics and the independence of NPR's newsroom.&;quot; Maher repeated that line: NPR is independent‚ beholden to no party‚ and without commercial interests.&;quot; But just like her tweets‚ our search of Maher's campaign contributions show she's a fan of the Democratic Party:  -- In 2017‚ $1‚500 to former congressman Tom Perriello in an unsuccessful run for governor of Virginia. -- In 2018‚ $500 to Matthew Brown in an unsuccessful run for governor of Rhode Island. -- In 2020‚ it was a year for women of color: $275 (in 11 donations of $25) to Jennifer Carroll Foy in an unsuccessful run for governor of Virginia‚ $100 to MSNBC pundit Maya Wiley in an unsuccessful run for mayor of New York City‚ and $500 to the “Fair Fight PAC” of election-denying leftist Stacey Abrams‚ who still thinks she won the governor's race in Georgia in 2018. That's back when election denial was cool in Democrat media circles. Mullin's story ended with Maher at a &;quot;town hall-style meeting&;quot; with NPR employees‚ and naturally‚ she was asked about NBC's ill-fated decision to give a contributor slot to former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel‚ who was too close to election deniers. Maher proclaimed “I think that the most effective way that I have seen this play out is‚ if you’re bringing somebody into a story that is pushing a deliberate distortion‚ be extraordinarily well-prepared to push back and very prepared with the information necessary‚ the irreducible facts.” Take that‚ Stacey Abrams&;#63; PS: Christopher Rufo appeared on Fox News to underline Maher's wokeness:  Fox's Jesse Watters brings on Chris Rufo to describe NPR CEO Katherine Maher's old tweets: &;quot;It is the most vapid left-wing propaganda imaginable....It's like Mad Libs for Left-Wing women.&;quot; I hope @davidfolkenflik can realize if this sounds one-sided....what is NPR&;#63; pic.twitter.com/d9NntyCTR5 — Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) April 17‚ 2024

Actor and alleged comedian John Leguizamo joined Tuesday’s edition of The Daily Show on Comedy Central to have a calm and rational‚ adult-like reaction to polling that shows Donald Trump leading among Latinos. Just kidding‚ he decided to torture a pi&;ntilde;ata while going off a profanity-ridden Spanish tirade. Translated into English (hat tip to NewsBusters' Jorge Bonilla)‚ as he mauled the poor pi&;ntilde;ata‚ Leguizamo ranted‚ &;quot;Shit‚ [bleep]dammit‚ triple son of a [bleep]‚ mother[bleep]‚ [unintelligible] bastard&;#33;&;quot;     After the torture session concluded‚ Leguizamo continued‚ “I’m sorry. Where was I&;#63; Oh‚ yeah‚ right. It looks like the Democrats are in trouble‚ and you might be thinking‚ how is this possible&;#63; Donald Trump is winning Latinos&;#63; ‘Build the wall’ Donald Trump&;#63; ‘Mass deportations’ Donald Trump&;#63; Guy who thinks Daddy Yankee is a baseball player Donald Trump&;#63; But the truth is‚ in 2024‚ Latino voters have something else on their minds. Following a couple of news clips explaining that Latino voters are more worried about inflation than his race-based politics‚ Leguizamo claimed to understand‚ “That's right. For Latinos‚ this election is all about inflation&;#33; And that makes sense&;#33; Inflation is bad right now. They're going to have to change the name of the game show to The Price is [bleep] what-now&;#63;&;quot; And if your top concern is high prices‚ I get why you might lean Trump. People associate him with lower prices‚ even though he sells $400 sneakers that look like my cousin's Papo's teeth.” However‚ “The problem is‚ when it comes to fixing inflation‚ this cuchifrito-looking mother[bleep] ain't got shit.” After more news clips of Trump declaring his plan to reduce inflation includes additional oil drilling‚ Leguizamo reacted‚ “Well‚ you heard it here first‚ mi brothers: Trump's one and only plan to fix inflation is to drill for oil. But guess what: President Biden is already drilling more oil than anyone in history. More than Trump did when he was president&;#33;” Of course‚ Biden is also trying to appease the environmentalists‚ which doesn’t help with prices‚ but Leguizamo would rather make a Stormy Daniels-sex joke than discuss that‚ “Now‚ you know‚ maybe Trump has discovered some new special drilling technique that no one else knows about. Maybe he drills the oil real hard for 30 seconds‚ and then makes it sign an NDA. Just saying.” Somehow‚ it seems unlikely that going full Hulk on a party device and sex jokes are going to get people to change their voting preferences. Here is a transcript for the April 16 show: Comedy Central The Daily Show 4/16/2024 11:18 PM ET  JOHN LEGUIZAMO: Excuse me for a second‚ please. [Speaking Spanish] I’m sorry. Where was I&;#63; Oh‚ yeah‚ right. It looks like the Democrats are in trouble‚ and you might be thinking‚ how is this possible&;#63; Donald Trump is winning Latinos&;#63; &;quot;Build the wall&;quot; Donald Trump&;#63; &;quot;Mass deportations&;quot; Donald Trump&;#63; Guy who thinks Daddy Yankee is a baseball player Donald Trump&;#63; But the truth is‚ in 2024‚ Latino voters have something else on their minds.  … That's right. For Latinos‚ this election is all about inflation&;#33; And that makes sense&;#33; Inflation is bad right now. They're going to have to change the name of the game show to The Price is [bleep] what-now&;#63;&;quot; And if your top concern is high prices‚ I get why you might lean Trump. People associate him with lower prices‚ even though he sells $400 sneakers that look like my cousin's Papo's teeth. The problem is‚ when it comes to fixing inflation‚ this cuchifrito-looking mother[bleep] ain't got shit.  CNN TOWN HALL ATTENDEE: If elected president again‚ what is the first thing you would do to help bring down the cost to make things more affordable&;#63;  DONALD TRUMP: Drill‚ baby‚ drill.  MARIA BARTIROMO: Is your answer to getting inflation down‚ drill‚ drill‚ drill‚ independent oil&;#63;  TRUMP: Well‚ among other things‚ it's drill‚ drill‚ drill‚ yes.  BARTIROMO: What else&;#63;  TRUMP: It's drill‚ drill‚ drill.  BARTIROMO: What's your answer to getting inflation down&;#63;  TRUMP: There is no else. You have to get the oil.  LEGUIZAMO: Well‚ you heard it here first‚ mi brothers: Trump's one and only plan to fix inflation is to drill for oil. But guess what: President Biden is already drilling more oil than anyone in history. More than Trump did when he was president&;#33; Now‚ you know‚ maybe Trump has discovered some new special drilling technique that no one else knows about. Maybe he drills the oil real hard for 30 seconds‚ and then makes it sign an NDA. Just saying. 

Many immigrants to America arrived with little but the clothes on their back; others arrived in chains. Even as our history bears witness to the horrors of slavery‚ it also records numerous men who reacted to enslavement with incredible feats of valor. One such man was Robert Smalls. A skilled boat pilot‚ the 23-year-old worked with six other enslaved men crewing the Confederate steamship Planter‚ docked in the Charleston harbor. It was just before dawn on May 13‚ 1862‚ and the white captain had left the ship in the care of the black crew‚ as he often did. It was then that Smalls carried out his meticulous and extremely dangerous plan. Impersonating the captain by wearing his straw hat‚ and aided by the cover of darkness‚ Smalls steered the ship out of the harbor and past several heavily armed sentries‚ as well as Fort Sumter – captured by the Confederates the year before. He made it to a wharf where 16 other escapees waited‚ among them Smalls' wife and two children. From there they reached one of the Union ships blockading the harbor‚ narrowly avoiding being attacked as an enemy vessel. They were finally free and had given the Union army one more ship and a trove of munitions. The Union rewarded Smalls and his crew half of the value of the Planter. Smalls' share was enough for him to buy the house of the man who once enslaved him. Smalls went on to fight for the Union after personally lobbying Secretary of War Edwin Stanton to allow black soliders to serve. He ended up taking part in some 17 military actions‚ including the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1863‚ ultimately reaching the rank of captain. Smalls did not let his enslavement embitter him against America. Following the war‚ he served in the South Carolina state Assembly and Senate‚ as well as five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. &;quot;My race needs no special defense for the past history of them and this country‚&;quot; Smalls once said. &;quot;It proves them to be equal of any people anywhere. All they need is an equal chance in the battle of life.”