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Backpage publisher James Larkin, 74, dies by suicide a week before prostitution trial

While prosecutors say the site published many ads that depicted children who were victims of sex trafficking, no one in the federal case in Arizona is charged with sex trafficking or child sex trafficking.

https://nypost.com/2023/08/04/backpage-exec-james-larkin-dies-by-suicide-a-week-before-trial/

Clinton Never Returned Donations From Owner of Site Linked to Underage Prostitution

Democratic politicians who received funds from Backpage.com's owners have been donating the money to charity

https://freebeacon.com/politics/clinton-never-returned-donations-owner-site-linked-underage-prostitution/

CDC Recommends Use of Sanofi, AstraZeneca RSV Drug for Infants

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Aug. 3 recommended using a new monoclonal antibody from Sanofi and AstraZeneca to protect infants against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

The CDC’s advisory committee voted unanimously to include the nirsevimab antibody drug, called Beyfrotus, in the Vaccines for Children program, which will provide access to Beyfrotus at no cost to eligible children.

“Today, we have turned the corner on the threat of RSV to our youngest, most vulnerable population,” Thomas Triomphe, executive vice president for vaccines at Sanofi, said in a press release.

Infants under 8 months old entering their first RSV season can get one dose of Beyfrotus. It is also recommended for children between 8 and 19 months old who are at increased risk of severe illness and entering their second RSV season.

The CDC said that Beyfrotus is a long-acting monoclonal antibody—man-made proteins that mimic the natural antibodies—which has been proven to reduce the risk of hospitalizations and health care visits for RSV in infants by about 80 percent.

Beyfrotus was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month to prevent RSV disease in infants. The FDA said the safety and efficacy of Beyfortus were supported by three clinical trials and the results were favorable.

Sanofi stated that “across all clinical endpoints, a single dose of Beyfortus delivered high, consistent and sustained efficacy against RSV lower respiratory tract disease extending through five months.”

“As a long-acting antibody provided directly to newborns and infants as a single dose, Beyfortus offers rapid protection to help prevent lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV without requiring activation of the immune system,” it stated.

The estimated price of the monoclonal antibody drug is $495 per dose in the private sector. It can be administered as an intramuscular injection using a single-dose pre-filled syringe, according to the CDC.

https://www.ntd.com/cdc-recommends-use-of-sanofi-astrazeneca-rsv-drug-for-infants_934691.html

Arizona RINOs Vote AGAINST Hand Counting Ballots, Say Election Integrity Too Expensive.

“Republican” officials in Mohave County, Arizona have voted down proposals to strengthen election integrity by hand-counting ballots in 2024. They claim that secure elections would be an unaffordable indulgence.

The Board of Supervisors for the county – comprised entirely of so-called Republicans – decided not to swap dubious machine counting for a traditional hand count by three to two, with one of those who voted against the proposal, Supervisor Travis Lingenfelter, saying that “the first thing that we have to do in Mohave County in good conscious [sic] is to balance the budget.”

“You can’t talk about any other spending when you have 18-20 million dollar deficit,” he weaseled, claiming that introducing measures to ensure election integrity would be fiscally “irresponsible.”

Mohave County did conduct a test hand count on a batch of 850 test ballots from the 2022 election before voting against a hand count.

This test went suspiciously poorly, with the count reportedly taking so long that officials calculated that counting all 105,000 ballots cast in 2020 would have taken 245 people working “seven days a week, including holidays, for nearly three weeks.”

Looking to countries like the United Kingdom, where paper ballots counted by hand are near-universal and counts are typically completed over the course of election night, the Mohave County test seems to have been so slow that some would question whether it was designed to fail.

https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/08/04/arizona-rinos-vote-against-hand-counting-ballots-say-election-integrity-too-expensive/

Devon Archer Confirms Joe Biden Involvement in Burisma Interests

Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s best friend in business, confirmed then-Vice President Joe Biden’s involvement in the firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor investigating Burisma Holdings.

In 2014, Archer and Hunter Biden both joined the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company with legal challenges, as it was under investigation for wrongdoing. In turn, Burisma paid Hunter Biden $83,000 a month to be a board member and provide the Biden brand.

Archer testified Monday that in December 2015, co-founder of Burisma Mykola Zlochevsky and Burisma executive Vadym Pozharski put pressure on Hunter Biden to get help from Washington, DC, regarding the Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin, who was investigating Burisma for corruption.

Years later, in 2018, Joe Biden bragged about the firing of Shokin, which he pushed for during an official visit to Ukraine in 2015.

“Joe Biden, of course, was the driving force behind his firing?” Tucker Carlson asked Archer during an interview released Friday.

“Yeah, he was involved in that,” he replied.

“Joe Biden knew that his son was on the board of this company that was being hassled by the prosecutor whose firing he was calling for?” Carlson asked.

“Right,” Archer said.

Carlson questioned what the Burmisa board members thought of Shokin’s firing. “What did you think?” Carlson asked.

“Again, they’ve tried to beat this into my head a million times because it does work on paper as far as the, you know, the logical steps,” Archer said. “But we were told that Shokin had already been taken care of, that he was under control and that this was going to be a whole big problem for Burisma now.”

Archer said the point where the Burisma relationship went sour for the Bidens is when the energy company released a photo and announcement that Hunter Biden joined the board.

“Long story short … they released some picture on the website that Hunter had joined the board,” Archer said. “And that was kind of — that was like the tipping point where Icarus had arrived a little too close to the sun.”

Emails obtained from the National Archives show that Joe Biden approved the official statement in December 2015 about Hunter Biden’s position on Burisma’s board – despite claims he was not involved with the family’s business.

“Burisma released it, didn’t tell us,” Archer said of the announcement. “And, and it was like the most Googled news story in the world for 18 hours. And I was like, this is going to be different.”

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/04/devon-archer-confirms-joe-biden-involvement-burisma-interests/

Farage Tells Breitbart we are on the Verge of Banks Running ‘Word Checks’ on Customers Social Media

Banks are working with credit agencies to roll out “word checks” of social media accounts to assess how worthy of banking facilities members of the public are, Brexit’s Nigel Farage tells Breitbart as his new freedom of speech campaign gains momentum.

Having a bank account is essential to exist in the modern Western world and yet moves to further debank the public if they hold views that don’t align with the prevailing elite view are developing, Brexit leader turned anti-woke capitalism campaigner Nigel Farage told Breitbart News Daily on Sirius XM Patriot Friday morning.

Far from merely being institutions which serve an important role in society by taking deposits then making loans — and making some profit by doing so — banks have now become “highly politically active”, Mr Farage warned. This is a campaign he has taken up to increasing effect in the United Kingdom after he was debanked for not aligning with his bank’s newfound left-wing values.

This will be part of a growing trend if it isn’t nipped in the bud now, Farage warned, revealing even more intrusive steps to ensure those with conservative opinions can’t pay bills or make purchases are coming. He said banks signed up to Environmental, Social and Governance programmes seemed to be employing “wokies” who “are just filled with an almost hatred for people who don’t subscribe to their world view”, and that:

The argument I’ve been making is if they can do it to me, they can certainly do it to you. What we do know is the British clearing banks are now working with some of the credit agencies to put in place word checks on the social media accounts of their customers. You can see the direction… we are litreally on the verge of this happening. So we really have to start shouting.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/08/04/farage-to-breitbart-on-verge-of-banks-running-social-media-checks/

ACLU sues Texas over 'unconstitutional drag ban' — compares drag queens to karaoke and cheerleaders

The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas announced that it has sued the Texas attorney general over what the group described as an "unconstitutional drag ban."

Texas Senate Bill 12 was signed by Governor Greg Abbott on June 18, 2023, and goes into effect on September 1, 2023.

The bill not only protects children from being exposed to sexually oriented performances, but it also prohibits such performances at commercial enterprises or on public property.

SB12 restricts "sexually oriented performances" on the "premises of a commercial enterprise, on public property, or in the presence of an individual younger than 18 years of age," the bill's most updated text said.

Section 43.28 of the penal code defines a "sexually oriented performance" as a visual performance that features a "performer who is nude" or "any other performer who engages in sexual conduct" and "appeals to the prurient interest in sex."

"Sexual conduct" is defined as "the exhibition or representation, actual or simulated, of sexual acts, including vaginal sex, anal sex, and masturbation," sexual contact, and the exhibition of sexual devices.

The chapter called the legislation an "unconstitutional law" that "violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments and threatens the livelihood and free expression of many Texans, including drag performers."

In a press release, the ACLU of Texas also said that the law also could "censor" performances such as "touring Broadway plays and professional cheerleading routines [and] karaoke nights and drag shows, anywhere that anyone under the age of 18 may be present."

Attorney for the group Brian Klosterboer, who is listed specifically as having "he/him" pronouns, said the law "flies in the face of the First Amendment."

"No performer should ever be thrown in jail because the government disfavors their speech, and we are asking the Court to block this affront to every Texan’s constitutional rights," Klosterboer added.

The alleged civil liberties organization also sought comment from a number of different performers and activists, including Brigitte Bandit, "she/they," who said drag queens are "targets of threats and misinformation."

The president of the Abilene Pride Alliance, whose pronouns are "they/them/theirs," called the legislation a "thinly veiled assault on the fundamental rights of LGBTQIA+ Texans."

A few miles north, the ACLU Missouri chapter also filed a lawsuit on behalf of a teenage boy who wanted to use the female restroom in his school. Attorneys argued that the school district’s policy violates Missouri’s Human Rights Act and the Equal Protection Clause of the state’s constitution.

http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2023/08/aclu-sues-texas-over-unconstitutional.html

Professor says 'little children' should be exposed to adult genitalia to prepare them for sharing restrooms with trans individuals — swimmer Riley Gaines fires back

A University of British Columbia professor switched her Twitter account to private after receiving a tsunami of blowback for sharing disturbing parenting advice with her social media followers last month.

Social media users torched journalism professor Dr. Katja Thieme for her response to a video of competitive swimmer Riley Gaines.

Thieme labeled Gaines a transphobe for advocating for women's rights. Gaines, who previously competed with trans-identifying swimmer Lia Thomas, has been an outspoken critic of trans ideology and has repeatedly condemned allowing biological men to share restroom and locker room facilities with biological women.

"Lia Thomas is not a brave, courageous woman who EARNED a national title. He is an arrogant, cheat who STOLE a national title from a hardworking, deserving woman," Gaines previously posted on social media.

In response to a video of a testimony given by Gaines advocating for women's rights, Thieme tweeted, "Hey, want to know one of my all time excellent parenting ideas?"

"Let. Little. Children. See. Penises. And. Vulvas. Of. Various. Ages. And. Sizes. In. A. Casual. Normalized. Totally. Safe. Way," Thieme's post continued. "The world will thank you for it. And so will those children when they grow up."

The Toronto Sun and the Daily Mail shared screenshots of Thieme's shocking comments before the professor switched her Twitter account to private.

One Twitter user replied to Thieme, stating that exposing children to adult genitalia is the "absolute definition of grooming."

"If this woman has children she needs to be investigated. She. is. sick," another social media user posted.

Gaines had previously stated that she "felt like I was going into the race with my hands tied behind my back" when competing against Thomas.

In an earlier post from Thieme, she blasted Gaines for being "whiny" and "a sore not-even-loser." She accused the swimmer and those against biological men competing in women's sports of fueling "anti-trans activism."

Gaines replied to Thieme on Monday, writing on Twitter, "You. Are. Deranged. And. Should. Be. In. Prison. I'd tag you, but, naturally, you made your account private. If you need a guest lecturer for you[r] course, let me know. In the meantime, someone should check her search history."

The Daily Mail reported that Thieme did not respond to a request for comment. Additionally, the University of British Columbia did not reply to the Daily Caller New Foundation's request for comment.

http://www.stationgossip.com/2023/08/professor-says-little-children-should.html

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