Tennessee U.S. Rep.-elect Mark Green alleges vaccines may cause autism, questions CDC data

A soon-to-be congressman from Tennessee told constituents Tuesday he believed vaccines may be causing autism, questioning data from the Centers for Disease Control and other institutions disproving such a theory.

Not only did Republican Mark Green, a Congressman-elect from Clarksville who is also a medical doctor, express hesitation about the CDC's stance on vaccines, he also said he believed the federal health agency has "fraudulently managed" the data.

His remarks came in response to an audience question at a town hall meeting in Franklin from a woman identifying herself as the parent of a young adult with autism. The woman was concerned about possible cuts to Medicaid funding.

"Let me say this about autism," Green said. "I have committed to people in my community, up in Montgomery County, to stand on the CDC’s desk and get the real data on vaccines. Because there is some concern that the rise in autism is the result of the preservatives that are in our vaccines.

"As a physician, I can make that argument and I can look at it academically and make the argument against the CDC, if they really want to engage me on it," Green said.

Despite calls by the anti-vaccination movement for parents not to vaccinate their children against a number of diseases, CDC data disproves the movement's findings.

Through multiple studies, the CDC has found no link between autism and vaccines, including from the mercury-based preservative in vaccines referenced by Green.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has reiterated those findings.

"Claims that vaccines are linked to autism, or are unsafe when administered according to the recommended schedule, have been disproven by a robust body of medical literature," wrote two American Academy of Pediatrics doctors last year. "Delaying vaccines only leaves a child at risk of disease."

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2018/12/12/tennessee-mark-green-vaccine-autism-cdc-congressman-anti-vax/2288164002/

Update: Meadows No Longer Being Considered For White House Chief of Staff

Congressman Meadows is no longer being considered to replace John Kelly as White House Chief of Staff, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in statement Wednesday.

“Congressman Mark Meadows is a great friend to President Trump and is doing an incredible job in [C]ongress. The President told him we need him in Congress so he can continue the great work he is doing there.”

President Donald Trump floated the idea this weekend of naming Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, as his new Chief of Staff.

Citing three sources close to the president, Axios reported on Sunday evening that President Trump asked people privately who they think he should name to replace John Kelly. And Trump has additionally been asking those close to him what they think of Meadows.

Meadows previously said in a statement that serving as Chief of Staff would be an incredible honor.

The North Carolina Congressman is a huge ally to President Trump and is one of the few lawmakers who is actually trying to expose the evil Clinton cabal and Deep State machine.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/12/update-meadows-no-longer-being-considered-for-white-house-chief-of-staff/

House Passes $867 Billion Farm Bill Which Rejects Curbs On Food Stamps

President Trump still does not have a new chief of staff, but at least he now has a green light to hand out bailouts and subsidies to America's farmers.

On Wednesday, the House passed an $867 billion farm bill to help those workers in the agricultural industry, sending the legislation to President Trump for a signature. The measure easily passed with a 369-47 vote. The legislation, which previously passed the Senate in an 87-13 vote on Tuesday, expands farm subsidies and according to The Hill, includes language legalizing hemp production.

The twice-a-decade legislation provides a safety net for farmers hit with unexpected weather or by tariffs, as well as to low-income Americans struggling to feed themselves and their families. According to the NYT, it is one of the most politically sensitive pieces of legislation Congress passes, balancing the demands of urban legislators hoping to maintain or increase funding for nutrition programs and rural lawmakers seeking to protect farmers, a divide brought into sharp relief this year as negotiations continued months after the previous bill’s Sept. 30 expiration date.

While the bill also provides funding for farmers markets and programs for organic farmers as well as authorizes funding for nutrition programs over the next five years, it did not include an earlier provision aimed at placing stronger work requirements for food stamps to the dismay of conservatives. Democrats, who will have a majority in the House starting in January, strongly opposed the provision — which received strong support from House Republicans and President Trump — arguing the change would be detrimental to the safety net relied upon by low-income earners.

Lawmakers passed the legislation following months of negotiations, with Congress allowing the current farm bill to lapse on Sept. 30 after struggling to come to a consensus over changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

But while stronger work requirements did not make it into the final text, the bill does make some changes to the SNAP program. Under the legislation, an interstate data system would be established to prevent multiple states from issuing SNAP benefits to the same individual simultaneously.

The bill only narrowly advanced past a rules vote earlier in the day after language was tucked into a procedural rule preventing for the rest of the year a floor vote on any war powers resolution limiting the U.S. involvement in Yemen. The move sparked backlash from a number of lawmakers. Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern blasted it, urging his colleagues to vote against the rule ahead of it coming to the floor.

"Mr. Speaker, I wanted to be able to vote for this rule today since I said I was going to support the underlying legislation, but my Republican friends screwed it up again," McGovern said during floor debate. "Because tucked inside this rule is language that turns off fast-track procedures for all Yemen resolutions through the end of this Congress. That's right — the Republican leadership has declared that the worst humanitarian conflict in the world, where the U.N. has just announced famine is taking place due to the war, is not worth the time and attention of the people's House."

Lawmakers included the provision as the Senate appeared poised Wednesday to approve a resolution using the War Powers Act to force a withdrawal of U.S. troops in or "affecting" Yemen within 30 days unless they are fighting Al Qaeda

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-12/house-passes-867-billion-farm-bill-which-rejects-curbs-food-stamps

House GOP Leadership Thwarts Democracy by Once Again Blocking Votes on Yemen

WASHINGTON - In response to the House of Representatives voting 206-203 to prevent a vote on H.Con.Res. 142 or any concurrent resolutions invoking the War Powers Act on Yemen, Paul Kawika Martin, Peace Action’s Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs, released the following statement:

“For the second time in less than a month, Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican leaders in the House have opted to undermine our Democracy by slipping a rule to block a vote on ending U.S. support for the war in Yemen into an entirely unrelated bill. They have once again taken the position that ending or even debating the U.S. role in the worst humanitarian crisis on the planet is not worth serious consideration, even as the United Nations warns the war-induced famine in Yemen could soon become the worst famine in 100 years. There’s a grotesque irony in Republican leadership using the farm bill, legislation meant to ensure Americans are fed, to stop debate on ending U.S. support for a war that is starving millions in Yemen.

“Paul Ryan and others who supported the de-privileging of this Yemen bill, and with it the effective de-privileging of Congress’ authority on war, are condemning more Yemeni civilians to die horrible deaths, and condemning our nation as a democracy in name only. History will not look kindly on those who abdicated their constitutional duty to debate and vote our nation’s wars in the name of petty politics and shoring up future campaign contributions from the arms industry and pro-Saudi lobbyists.”

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2018/12/12/house-gop-leadership-thwarts-democracy-once-again-blocking-votes-yemen

Significant breakthrough in case involving high-profile Australian

A crime has been committed by a high-profile Australian with a worldwide reputation.

9NEWS is prevented reporting the identity of this person, details of their case and their crime.

9NEWS along with other members of the Australian media, are currently working to be able to bring you the full story.

The major newspapers are also restricted from reporting details of this story - and many are using their front pages today to express their anger and frustration at not being able to do so.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/12/13/05/34/high-profile-australian-convicted-crime-supression-orders

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San Francisco invests $215K into world's first recognized transgender cultural district

San Francisco city officials have invested $215,000 into the world's first recognized transgender cultural district situated in the Tenderloin neighborhood, The Daily Beast reported.

The Compton Transgender Cultural District is managed by Honey Mahogany, a drag performer who was a contestant on the fifth season of "Ru Paul's Drag Race" TV show. Mahogany's real name is Alpha Mulugeta.

"The Tenderloin has always held a really special place in my heart as a trans person with the way the community is accepting of gender variant and trans people of color," Mahogany told The Daily Beast. "There's friendliness and an energy to the Tenderloin. People say 'hello' and 'good morning' and 'how are you' and check in with each other, which I think often gets lost in a big city."

In November, city officials passed a measure that would appropriate $3 million for cultural districts. The Compton district received its share of more than $200,000 as part of that initiative.

The district's name came from the now-closed Gene Compton's Cafeteria where the first transgender riot was sparked by a confrontation between a transgender woman and a police officer in 1966.

The area once thrived with gay bars but now it's riddled with high crime rates, a rampant drug problem, and a growing homeless population. Police have made at least 600 drug busts in the neighborhood this year, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

But Tenderloin is still home to many transgender people. The city's investment will help provide affordable housing transgender residents, according to Curbed. A community center is also planned at the site where a gay bathhouse once operated.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/san-francisco-invests-215k-into-worlds-first-recognized-transgender-cultural-district

Preferred Gender Pronouns Required in Virginia's Public Schools. The Bible? Not Allowed.

Last Tuesday, unbeknownst to me, my son stuffed his beloved Bible into his bookbag. He was planning on using his class's show-and-tell time to share with his classmates what he was reading in God's Word. Keep in mind, my son is a second-grader in the Arlington County, Va., public school system. One of the most progressively leftist communities in the country, Arlington County has little room for conservative Christianity. Our neighborhood is filled with multi-colored yard signs proclaiming, "Love trumps hate!" or "All Are Welcome Here!" followed by a scolding for those who don't accept that boys can be girls and vice versa. My son, in his eight-year-old naivety, of course, is mostly unaware that he is a pariah in his own community. His teacher's actions last Tuesday, though, chipped away at his innocence.

"What happened?" I queried after finding out about his missionary zeal.

"The teacher stopped me from speaking," my son sadly said, "and went on to the next person. I didn't get to tell them about Daniel."

You see, my son had been reading the book of Daniel and wanted to tell his friends about it. It was important to him. What he didn't realize is that the Bible, no matter how important to his identity, is verboten in the brave new world of progressive tolerance. The Bible and those who take God's Word seriously are not allowed a platform in leftist America. My son learned that the hard way last Tuesday. His disappointment is only eclipsed by his confusion as to why his teacher wouldn't let him finish.

Contrast my son's experience with that of another student's experience in the Virginia public school system.

This past summer, the parents of a rising ninth-grader informed the school district of West Point, Va., that their daughter believes she is a boy. The district, of course, quickly acquiesced and took steps to ensure that the student's preferred identity is honored. In fact, the district went so far in their support of this student that they fired a French teacher last week because he believes that a "she" is a "she" and not a "he."

https://pjmedia.com/faith/preferred-gender-pronouns-required-in-virginias-public-schools-the-bible-not-allowed/

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