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Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys and convicted seditionist in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol siege, thanked Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago for his pardon and got an "I love you guys" from the president, according to Tarrio and a New York Times report. read more
Not that long ago, Ron DeSantis looked like the future of MAGA, the iron-fisted ruler of Florida politics who was set up for a White House run. Now the Republican governor faces potential political obscurity, unable to control legislators in his own party who are calling for a federal investigation of his wife's charity. Why it matters: Nothing exemplifies DeSantis' striking loss of mojo in Tallahassee like the scandal surrounding Hope Florida, the state-backed charity of First Lady Casey DeSantis, who's been eyeing a bid to succeed her husband as governor. The charity received $10 million in secret settlement money from a Medicaid provider just days before the charity sent that same amount to two political groups favored by the DeSantises. House Republicans and independent observers allege that the arrangement amounted to an illegal siphoning of Medicaid funds.
U.S. intelligence agencies were told last week to step up their spying efforts related to Greenland and the contingent that supports the self-governing Danish island's independence. Last week, agencies including the CIA, Defense Intelligence Agency, and National Security Agency received a "collection emphasis message" about Greenland-related intelligence from officials under Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing two people familiar with the effort. The intelligence gathering reportedly will focus in part on identifying individuals in Greenland and Denmark who support the Trump administration's interest in taking over the island.
A sweeping new study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) reveals striking disparities in life expectancy across U.S. states and the District of Columbia over the past century. The study provides new insights into how public health policies, social conditions, and environmental factors appear to have fundamentally shaped Americans' longevity based on where they live. Their findings paint a sobering picture: while some states saw dramatic gains in life expectancy, others, particularly in the South, experienced little or no improvement over an entire century. "For females born in some Southern states, life expectancy increased by less than three years from 1900 to 2000," said the study's lead author Dr. Theodore R. Holford, PhD '73, Susan Dwight Bliss Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics at YSPH. That's a staggering contrast when you consider that in states like New York and California, life expectancy rose by more than 20 years over the same period.
Is the brain dead orange pedo going to task slumlord Jared with bringing peace to the region?