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Anons, When did Twit add Fact Checking Back?
https://twitter.com/speakerpelosi/status/1641594971462541315
You Go Girl…
Sanna Marin, the Finnish prime minister fighting for re-election
From steering her country into NATO to headlines about partying, Sanna Marin is a modern, feminist leader who has nonetheless proved a polarising prime minister of Finland.
The 37-year-old became the world's youngest elected head of government in 2019, running a centre-left coalition with five women party leaders, four under the age of 35.
She is now fighting to stay in power at legislative elections on Sunday.
Having deftly navigated Finland through the Covid-19 pandemic and led its historic NATO membership application process, Marin is the country's most popular prime minister this century, according to polls.
She has also proved one of the world's most vocal critics of the war in Ukraine and of President Vladimir Putin in Russia, which neighbours Finland.
But her Social Democrats are facing stiff competition from two parties on the right, with all three hovering around 20 percent in the polls in the final days of the campaign.
Before Marin, few people abroad knew the name of any head of government in the small country of 5.5 million.
But in just a few years, she went from relative unknown in Finland to one of the most recognised leaders around the world.
First elected a member of parliament in 2015, she became prime minister in December 2019 and was almost immediately thrown into the global Covid-19 crisis.
"Solemnly, usually dressed in black, she gave very clear instructions, managed to calm the people and create the impression that the government had the pandemic under control," said Marko Junkkari, a journalist at Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat.
'Party Sanna'
Her popularity peaked during the pandemic, building her reputation as an unwavering crisis leader.
Navigating those difficult years while keeping her clashing coalition in check shaped Marin into a pragmatic, assertive leader.
But she was soon entangled in headlines relating to her private life, polarising her reputation.
In August 2022, leaked social media videos showing Marin partying with a group of Finnish celebrities made news around the world, prompting her to take a drug test to clear suspicions of wrongdoing.
In December 2021, she came under sustained criticism after it was revealed she stayed out dancing until the early hours despite having been exposed to Covid-19.
For some, the criticism overshadowed her political accomplishments. To them, she is "Party Sanna" whose behaviour is inappropriate for a person in her position.
Others defended her right to a private life.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230401-sanna-marin-the-finnish-prime-minister-fighting-for-re-election
Like I said, You [gota] go Girl…
Classy. She’s just a Dick Pick away from US Presidential material.
Should Tan up First though…
It will stop after the First “Legitimate” Arrest. President Trumps arrest imo will not wake the masses. The Arrest of Fauci Will…
Those Inner Circle ⭕️ fens you speak of, we all have them and they all speak the same Reality - Nothing ever happens, they all break the laws, they always get away with it.
That Thinking Ends when “Something Happens”
We are a Nation of Laws and Orders. A Second Court House under Construction will be completed in June of 2023…
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Remove the Bottle, replace with Water, and u got him…
Yup…
The Nashville shooters manifesto has been released to the public.
FBI experts conclude the shooter was a conservative Christian, far-right MAGA extremist.
I prefer my tits with whip cream…
Watch the Water…
UN to start allowing deep-sea mining applications from July
The UN's decision to take deep-sea mining applications comes when there is no mining code in place. Several countries have insisted that industrial undersea mining should require strict rules.
After two weeks of negotiations, the International Seabed Authority has decided that it will start taking permit applications in July from companies that want to mine the ocean's floor.
The undersea mining will be conducted to extract key battery materials — cobalt, copper, nickel, and manganese — from potato-sized rocks called "polymetallic nodules" found at depths of 4 kilometers to 6 kilometers (about 2.5 miles to 3.7 miles).
The Jamaica-based ISA was established under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. It holds authority over the ocean floors outside of its 167 member states' Exclusive Economic Zones.
The mining code is missing
The draft decision of ISA's governing council allows companies to file permit applications from July 9. In a virtual meeting to be held before July, the governing council will debate whether permission to applications can be delayed.
In the absence of a mining code, which has been under discussion for nearly 10 years, the 36-member council is uncertain about the process it should adopt for reviewing applications for mining contracts.
In 2021, Nauru invoked a clause that allowed it to demand a mining code be adopted within two years.
"It is now clear that there is still a long way to go and that the two-week session in July will be largely insufficient to finalize the code," Belgian ambassador Hugo Verbist said Friday.
Mounting concerns
Voicing their concerns, several nationals called for a moratorium on industrial mining at the ISA's council meeting.
Non-governmental organizations and experts have warned against the damaging repercussions of deep-sea mining.
"Deep-sea mining would go beyond harming the seabed and have a wider impact on fish populations, marine mammals, and the essential function of the deep-sea ecosystems in regulating the climate," Vanuatu's representative, Sylvain Kalsakau, said during the negotiations.
Several countries including Canada, Australia and Belgium have insisted that mining cannot begin without strict rules.
https://www.dw.com/en/un-to-start-allowing-deep-sea-mining-applications-from-july/a-65202212
Good luck San Francisco
California Kindergarteners Will Read About Transgender Kids For ‘Transgender Day Of Visibility’
The elementary school is near San Francisco
Children as young as kindergarten will read a picture book about transgender kids Friday as part of one Northern California school district’s “Transgender Day of Visibility,” despite the objections of several parents.
Burton Valley Elementary, about 20 miles east of San Francisco, will have K-5 pupils read a children’s book titled “It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity.” The book introduces children to the concept of “gender identity” with transgender kid characters. It explains the pseudoscientific ideas of “transgender,” “cisgender,” and “non-binary” people.
“This is Ruthie. She’s a transgender girl,” reads the first line of the book. “That means when she was born, everyone thought she was a boy. Until she grew a little older — old enough to tell everyone that she’s actually a girl.”
“This sweet, straightforward exploration of gender identity will give children a fuller understanding of themselves and others,” the book’s introduction states.
Parents in the district have expressed concerns that “gender identity” is an inappropriate topic for elementary school children. On Nextdoor, a neighborhood social media platform, some parents said they plan to pull their children out of Burton Valley Elementary on Friday to avoid the book reading.
The gender identity book reading is part of Lafayette School District’s celebration of “International Transgender Day of Visibility.” On March 15, the school board voted for a resolution to honor Transgender Day of Visibility.
“The Lafayette School District acknowledges March 31, 2023, as Transgender Visibility Day and stands with the transgender community as it fights for freedom, safety, dignity, respect, and, most of all, love,” the resolution reads.
The resolution also ordered that the transgender flag be flown at each of the district’s four elementary schools and its one middle school on every school day this week.
“Next week you will notice a new flag on our flag pole, as we fly the Transgender Flag across all of the schools in LafSD,” Burton Valley Elementary Principal Meredith Dolley posted in her weekly update to parents last week on ParentSquare, a popular school-to-home communication platform.
“We will also be reading a story as a school called It Feels Good to Be Yourself by Theresa Thorn,” Dolley added.
“The conversations that might ensue next week are not new to our school. Each and every conversation we have with our Bobcats is about honoring and celebrating their individual identities; whatever they may be, as we know students learn best when they feel they are seen, valued and appreciated for who they are,” the principal wrote.
Dolley wrote that Burton Valley Elementary students “were wanting to discuss gender diversity in our classrooms, and on our playgrounds” back in November.
The principal said that the school tells its K-5 students who ask about gender identity that “most boys are born with boy parts and identify as boys,” and “most girls are born with girl parts and identify as girls,” but “there are also some kids that are born with boy parts and identify as a girl” and “some kids that are born with girl parts and identify as a boy.” The school also tells its elementary students that some kids “say they are simply ‘they’ – not a boy or a girl, or both.”
“We can be curious and care about our friends, but it’s not our worry which ‘parts’ people have, so take that worry off your plate. It’s also none of your business, just like it’s not others’ business to ask you which parts you have,” the school tells kids, according to the principal.
As of last year, the Lafayette School District also has a new Bias Incident Reporting System, which allows families, students, and school staff to report alleged incidents of bias. The school has already received at least 20 reports of bias related to race, LGBT, disability, sexual harassment, discrimination, and hate speech.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-kindergarteners-will-read-about-transgender-kids-for-transgender-day-of-visibility