A Delaware court has ruled that state laws on early and permanent-absentee voting violate the state constitution. The ruling states that the 10-day early voting violates the constitution. The state constitution requires the general election to be held on one specific day. They also ruled that the state’s Permanent Absentee Voting Statute violates state law. […] The post Big Win in Delaware for Safe &; Secure Elections appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Multiple political commentators and influential figures expressed concern after Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro revealed his findings on diversity‚ equity‚ and inclusion (DEI) at work in medicine. In a thread posted to X on Monday‚ Shapiro dove into how some medical schools and doctors have pushed DEI in an effort to recruit more minority surgeons and stop hiring so many “walls of white men‚” especially after the death of George Floyd and the ensuing riots in the summer of 2020. The Daily Wire editor emeritus said that his findings even show how some “top hospitals are abandoning key metrics when hiring surgeons.” “It’s bad enough when teachers or government bureaucrats talk like this‚ but valuing intersectionality over merit can literally mean life or death in surgery‚” Shapiro said. The thread has been viewed over three million times and was quickly reposted by over a thousand people‚ including billionaire Tesla and X owner Elon Musk‚ conservative broadcaster and news analyst Mark Levin‚ and former ESPN anchor Sage Steele. “DEI puts the lives of your loved ones at risk‚” said Musk. DEI puts the lives of your loved ones at risk https://t.co/dV6l3MCOPd — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 26‚ 2024 Steele — who sued ESPN alleging the network retaliated against her for making negative comments about the COVID vaccine — added‚ “The last sentence in the final tweet of this must-read thread should scare all of us: ‘Medical error is the third leading cause of death in the US’ … yet these universities &; hospitals are more concerned about DEI than hiring the most qualified person for the job??!!” “MUST READ — the destruction of our medical system by the Democrat bigots and racists is underway‚” Levin wrote. Dave Rubin said he wasn’t surprised by the revelations in Shapiro’s thread‚ even though it should shock people. “I’d say this thread is insane‚ but it’s actually obvious‚” he wrote. “DEI will lead many people to DIE. Some intentionally …” Shapiro began his thread by discussing Kychelle Del Rosario‚ a Wake Forest medical student who is getting ready to graduate from the school and potentially start a career in the medical field. Del Rosario made headlines in 2022 after she injured a patient who laughed at her “She/Her” pronoun pin. The Wake Forest medical student posted about her actions on social media‚ seemingly joking about missing the vein of the patient who made fun of her pin. Del Rosario was defended by fellow Wake Forest medical student Ewen Liu who said the jab was an accident‚ but it “seemed ‘karma-tic.’” Shapiro said that he has learned Liu was recently hired by UPenn Health where she focuses on “substance use disorder‚ LGBTQ+ health‚ community medicine.” “Both UPenn and Liu’s medical school‚ Wake Forest‚ have attempted to hide Liu’s hiring‚” Shapiro wrote. “Wake Forest didn’t list Liu’s hospital in graduation materials‚ and UPenn doesn’t list Liu’s medical school on its website.” Later in the thread‚ Shapiro shows video of award-winning Duke surgical resident Vignesh Raman discussing his goal to reduce the number of white men in surgery after the events surrounding George Floyd’s death “collectively galvanized the consciousness of Duke University and certainly our department to try to do something‚ and recognizing there’s like centuries-long history of racism and slavery in which Duke University essentially was founded [on].” 6/ Raman adds that post-George Floyd‚ Duke made a concerted effort to stop hiring so many “walls of white men.” He says the team is now "abandoning … all sort[s] of metrics" and adopting a "completely holistic" application practice in order to recruit more women and non-white… pic.twitter.com/Jxo93giLoQ — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 26‚ 2024 Raman goes on to say that he and his team are “abandoning … all sort[s] of metrics” and adopting “completely holistic” application practices so Duke can bring on more women and “non-white” surgeons‚ Shapiro said. “Raman also tweeted that he won’t ‘amplify’ medical literature involving only white men – because it’s not as if white men have ever advanced medicine or anything‚” Shapiro added. “Vignesh Raman is just one example of a much larger trend. The American College of Surgeons‚ or ACS‚ recently gave its 88‚000 members a definition of ‘racism’ that implies it’s impossible to be racist against white people.” 8/ Vignesh Raman is just one example of a much larger trend. The American College of Surgeons‚ or ACS‚ recently gave its 88‚000 members a definition of “racism” that implies it’s impossible to be racist against white people. pic.twitter.com/sKOM3UvNEV — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 26‚ 2024 Shapiro also pointed out how the ACS invited speaker Madeline B. Torres to a 2021 conference where she said‚ “[W]hen patients see physicians who look like them‚ they tend to do better.” Torres also said that surgeons are receiving grants and awards based on their minority status. At another 2021 DEI conference‚ this one at UPenn‚ a surgeon said it is “off putting” to see so many white men as surgeons. “The doctors also state that surgery needs something like the NFL’s Rooney Rule‚ which requires that teams interview minority candidates‚” Shapiro wrote. “But the doctors say surgery needs an expanded version that goes further and ensures that minority candidates are selected.” 10/ This is now the prevailing view in surgical medicine. At a recent conference on DEI at UPenn‚ where Ewen Liu now works‚ one surgeon says that it's "off putting" that so many surgeons are white men. pic.twitter.com/S1wIdWLfmF — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 26‚ 2024

A young female Augusta University nursing student was murdered on her morning jog‚ and an illegal immigrant has been arrested in connection with the murder‚ but CNN insisted on downplaying any connection between illegal immigration and the murder. The body of Laken Riley‚ 22‚ was found last Thursday with indications of blunt force trauma. Jose Antonio Ibarra‚ 26‚ who hailed from Venezuela and illegal entered the U.S. in September 2022 but was paroled into the U.S.‚ has been named as a suspect in the murder. Last year the NYPD arrested Ibarra and he was “charged with acting in a manner to injure a child less than 17 and a motor vehicle license violation.” But CNN’s Monday report stated‚ according to Fox News‚ “Ibarra’s status as an undocumented Venezuelan migrant is now being touted by several state and national GOP leaders to support their calls for tighter border security – though there is little evidence indicating a connection between immigration and crime.” On Saturday‚ Georgia GOP governor Brian Kemp fired off a letter to President Biden regarding Riley’s death. He wrote: Dear Mr. President: As I have stated many times in the past‚ your actions and those of your administration have resulted in every state in the country experiencing the disastrous impacts of an unsecured U.S. southern border. More than nine million illegal immigrants have crossed the border since you took office – additional‚ unknown number of migrants who were not detained and processed – while at least 58 people on the terror watchlist have been encountered between ports of entry this fiscal year alone. Moreover‚ nearly two thousand pounds of fentanyl and five thousand pounds of methamphetamines were seized at the border in just the month of January. In addition to the serious national security implications of this crisis‚ the increased burden on state and local resources is not only unsustainable‚ it also presents a clear and present danger to our citizens and communities. After noting the arrest of Ibarra‚ Kemp pointed out that he had joined 24 other governors last September in a letter to Biden requesting “accurate‚ detailed‚ thorough data and information” regarding all illegal border crossings‚ relocation efforts‚ and how asylum claims were being processed. Another letter from the governors outlined actions Biden could take to secure the southern border. “Frankly‚ Mr. President‚ your continued silence in response to these reasonable requests is outrageous‚” Kemp charged. “The American people deserve to know who is illegally entering our country due to your administration’s failures‚ and what risks and challenges every state must now face.” Kemp then listed a series of questions related specifically to Laken Riley’s murder. “These tragedies are not unique to Georgia‚” he declared. “While we will continue to support Texas with National Guard resources as we have since 2019‚ federal action to secure the border is the only way to holistically address this ongoing crisis and ensure Laken Riley’s horrible fate is not replicated across the country. However‚ if you continue to refuse to exercise your authority as president‚ your administration must provide the information necessary for Georgia and other states to protect our citizens.” Laken Riley's tragic death struck the hearts of Georgians everywhere and has sparked national outrage. Joe Biden's failed policies have turned every state into a border state‚ and I'm demanding information from him so we can protect our people when the federal government won’t! pic.twitter.com/wsD4H6BSr6 — Governor Brian P. Kemp (@GovKemp) February 24‚ 2024  

After more than a year of negotiations‚ Sweden is set to become the 32nd member of NATO. The Nordic country broke with nearly 2 centuries of neutrality in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and formally applied for NATO membership in May of that year‚ alongside neighboring Finland‚ which also abandoned its longstanding policy of neutrality to join the alliance. Joining NATO requires the unanimous consent of all current members – while most NATO nations were quick to approve the applications‚ Finland and Sweden both faced opposition from Hungary and Turkey. Pressure from the rest of the alliance and various concessions appear to have put those objections to rest. Finland formally joined NATO in April 2023. Turkey approved Sweden’s membership bid last month and on Monday the Hungarian parliament also approved it. “The parliaments of all NATO member states have now voted in favor of Swedish accession to NATO.” Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said. “Sweden stands ready to shoulder its responsibility for Euro-Atlantic security.” Sweden is expected to officially join the organization in a ceremony sometime this week‚ after all the necessary paperwork has been finalized. Turkey previously accused the two Scandinavian nations of being soft on Kurdish militants‚ who have been in conflict with Turkey’s government for decades. Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan appears to have backed down in exchange for increased weapons sales to his country – including the transfer of American made F-16 fighter jets. Hungary’s objections appear to have been a response to past Swedish criticism of the Hungarian government under Viktor Orbán. Hungary’s shift in policy also coincides with an arms deal – Hungary purchased four Swedish fighter jets days before ratifying its NATO bid.   Wikimedia Commons The expansion of NATO has been a major point of contention with Russia – one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s stated reasons for invading Ukraine was to prevent the country from joining the Western military bloc and moving its forces to the Russian border. Finland‚ which‚ like Ukraine‚ was also once part of the Russian Empire‚ has an 830 mile long land border with Russia‚ and with the accession of Sweden and Finland the alliance will almost totally encircle the Baltic Sea‚ where the Russian port of St. Petersburg strategic exclave of Kaliningrad are located. While Russia hasn’t taken direct military action against either nation‚ relations have cooled considerably between it and the formally neutral nations. Last year the Russian ambassador to Sweden said the country had become a “legitimate target for Russian retaliatory measures” and Finland closed its border with Russia. “When it comes to Russia‚ the only thing we can expect is that they will not like that Sweden is becoming a NATO member‚” Kristersson said. “What they do in addition to that‚ we cannot know. We are prepared for all sorts of things.”

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A truck driver is near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. He notices a bipedal creature walk out of the woods and toward the road. The size suggests it was a Skunk Ape.I received the following account:“Back in the day‚ when I was younger man‚ I was driving a truck down in Georgia and I picked up a load of mulch. I'm going down this two-lane road and I don't remember the exact area. I remember looking at my atlas as I was driving‚ it was above Jacksonville‚ Florida but on the Georgia side and there was some kind of a National Park there‚ with an Indian name (Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge). But as I was driving‚ I saw what looked like‚ what I thought was‚ a bear or something getting ready to cross the road. I'd never seen anything like that because I'm from Ohio. I'd been staring at the ditch line because I was looking at‚ like‚ a planted forest. I'd never seen‚ you know‚ planted forests before. It was all pine trees‚ symmetrically lined up and everything.So I see this bear start to come out across the ditch and cross the road. So I started covering my brake. I'm like‚ 'Oh my god‚ I'm gonna hit a bear!' And it turned and looked at me. Its face was flat and it didn't have the big nose like like a bear does and I'm like‚ 'Whoa‚ what the heck is that?' It didn't look big and heavy like everybody describes it. It hunched over just like a Bigfoot but it looked smaller‚ like it had really long hair but not as bulky. The thing that ties into this dimensional thing for me is that I had this thought before I ever heard anybody talking about it. It looked at me in the truck and then it turned its head and like a streak of lightning‚ it went back into the woods from where it came. All the trunks on the trees‚ they didn't really have branches on the low levels‚ and so I'm looking at it‚ trying to look at it running through the woods‚ you know‚ to make sure I've seen what I saw and it just vanished. It just vanished! These trees weren't full-grown. They were maybe six to eight inches in trunk diameter and everything was in a perfect line. There's absolutely no way it could have hidden behind a tree. It just turns like a streak of lightning. I saw it running about ten feet and then it just vanished.So I'm pulling over on the side‚ rubbing my eyes‚ like‚ I've been on the road too long. But then‚ all these years later‚ I keep hearing everybody talking about the dimensional thing and that it's perfect with‚ you know‚ never finding the body and all that kind of stuff.” AHAVE A COMMENT? 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