BACKFIRE: James Talarico’s Fauci Action Figure Tweet Resurfaces After Damning Fauci Senate Hearing – “Let’s Help by Getting Vaxxed and Boosted!”
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An old tweet from Texas Senate Democratic Nominee James Talarico has come to light, where he idolized the mass murderer Dr.
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BACKFIRE: James Talarico’s Fauci Action Figure Tweet Resurfaces After Damning Fauci Senate Hearing – “Let’s Help by Getting Vaxxed and Boosted!”
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An old tweet from Texas Senate Democratic Nominee James Talarico has come to light, where he idolized the mass murderer Dr.
The post BACKFIRE: James Talarico’s Fauci Action Figure Tweet Resurfaces After Damning Fauci Senate Hearing – “Let’s Help by Getting Vaxxed and Boosted!” appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Another GOP senator has said he won't give in to a looming demand by President Donald Trump in a defiant op-ed.In a Thursday piece for The Wall Street Journal, Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) made it clear, "I won't change the filibuster," a position that he made the headline of his op-ed."Under no circumstance will I support any effort to end or alter the filibuster, as any party that does so wouldn't be guaranteed survival," Curtis wrote. "Their agenda would be guaranteed death come the next majority." The op-ed lands Curtis in a growing camp of Republicans publicly resisting Trump's push to terminate the filibuster if that's what it takes to force through his stalled SAVE America Act, a controversial voting bill.Curtis defended the filibuster, writing that it "protects independence" and "gives individual senators the ability to stop or slow a bill—a significant amount of influence for one person."He added that the filibuster protects the minority, which "isn't just a party. It can be any senator, on any issue, at any time, whose view doesn't align with the majority." He noted this kind of resistance "happens more often than people might think" and that the filibuster makes it so a senator who disagrees with party leadership "can't easily be overruled and pushed aside."Trump never comes up by name, but plenty of Republicans have gone after his demand. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) went after the same demand in a Wall Street Journal op-ed of her own. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has also said he won't gut the filibuster to secure 60 votes for Trump's SAVE America Act.
A Republican senator apologized for siccing security on a reporter, but it came too late to avoid being skewered online.On Thursday, Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) called for security and ran away after TMZ DC co-managing editor Charlie Cotton pressed him with questions about the absence of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)."Do you think Mitch McConnell needs to do more to prove his health?" Cotton asked. Ricketts answered, saying McConnell, who's been out of the public eye since mid-June, deserves "the time he needs." Cotton pressed him with a follow-up question, but Ricketts called out for the Capitol Police to "Stop him!""I reacted poorly," Ricketts later wrote in a post on X. "I appreciate @hicharliecotton taking my phone call so I could apologize."Cotton responded on X, writing, "I accept your apology Pete. I respect anyone who can take accountability when they make a mistake. Thank u for the call - I look fwd to our next conversation."However, online critics were shocked to see Cotton's video of the incident and vented their outrage before Ricketts could get off scot-free."What is this?" Drop Site News reporter Julian Andreone reacted on X. "They were coming from the basement, which is inside the building, meaning Charlie, a credentialed reporter, had already been through security and is free to navigate the Russell office building and film anywhere within it he'd like.""This is ludicrous!" Eric Michael Garcia, the DC bureau chief for The Independent, posted. "Charlie is doing his job and posed no security threat to Ricketts.""A senator can say no comment or say nothing," NOTUS reporter Igor Bobic wrote. "But reporters have every right to ask him questions in a public hallway.""Why did Capitol Police stop a reporter from asking questions?" MS NOW congressional reporter Matt Fuller asked. "The answer is because Sen. Pete Ricketts asked them to, but this is a wholly inappropriate use of the Capitol Police."
An AI-backed robot teacher pilot program that was already under fire over privacy concerns has hit another bump in the road.Teachers and parents had expressed concerns about having AI in the classroom and the possible replacement of humans, but that was before the latest revelations came to light.'It can help students engage with educational material and gain hands-on exposure to AI and robotics.'Realbotix, the company behind the program, planned to implement "Sally," a fembot of sorts with "lifelike appearance" that included silicone skin and long, brown hair. Sally was to be an in-classroom teacher who addressed students' questions based on their identification codes, which are numbers assigned to the kids.The pilot targeted high school students in the Salamanca City Central School District, which is reportedly located on the Seneca Nation of Indians reservation in New York state, according to Spectrum News 1.As word of the program spread, the New York State Education Department stepped in to put a pause on the program to ask questions about privacy and intent. However, it has since been revealed that Realbotix shares the same parent company as another company involved in the production of sex dolls.Parent company Realbotix Corp. operates both Realbotix LLC for "commercial robotics" and Intima LLC, which manufactures products "for the adult wellness and companionship market," according to Morningstar. The Associated Press further reported that Intima LLC holds an ownership stake in RealDoll, which creates sex dolls.RELATED: This 'lifelike' fembot teacher is so problematic she's already been put on pause Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service/Getty ImagesThe teachers' union has since caught wind, with president Melinda Person stating that "a robot built by a company associated with sex dolls has no business in our classrooms."The New York State United Teachers rep further stated, "Our students don't need robots. They need real relationships with caring adults."Blaze Media reached out to Realbotix to ask about student privacy and its connection with using the bots for "companionship."A spokeswoman said the technology is meant to serve as a classroom resource for older high school students who participate in the district's science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics curriculum."Like a calculator, laboratory apparatus, or other instructional tool, it can help students engage with educational material and gain hands-on exposure to AI and robotics, but it does not perform the work of a teacher," Jessica Starman told Blaze Media on behalf of Realbotix. "Characterizations suggesting that the technology would replace teachers or assume their responsibilities are false," she said.Starman addressed media reports that "falsely connected" the school project to adult products, stating that the Salamanca robot is a "newly manufactured, purpose-built educational unit; no existing consumer product or hardware is being modified or repurposed for the school.""No adult-products business has any involvement in the Salamanca project or in any product or initiative developed by Realbotix LLC," Starman further explained.As for student privacy, Realbotix said the robot would not be connected to "public internet" and does not record audio, video, nor use facial recognition."Realbotix would not receive, access, or store personally identifiable student information or student interactions," the spokeswoman added.RELATED: Before you say 'no' to a data center, here's what you're giving up Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images The company said it has no additional school deployments to announce at this time, and local news reports say the pilot program remains on pause.The district previously said it was working through "enhanced student data privacy agreements" with state education officials, but it is unclear what will be done moving forward."The physical robot has not been deployed," Realbotix said.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
Veteran political strategist James Carville predicted that President Donald Trump will find himself in unfamiliar territory in a few months.During a Q&A on Politics War Room, Carville answered a question from a viewer who believed his prediction that Trump will resign after the November midterms but worried that Trump will run again in 2028 by falsely contextualizing the wording of the 22nd Amendment to serve for 10 years total."First of all, of all the things that you have to worry about, Trump running in 2028 is not one of them," Carville answered. "I'm watching him in real time, and I think this man is deteriorating physically and emotionally at a rate that's exponential. It's not linear."However, Trump will find himself dealing with another challenge beyond deterioration, Carville predicted. After the November midterms, Trump's decline will be exacerbated by his fading into irrelevance and isolation, which he's never had to deal with, Carville said. Carville has also predicted a sweeping GOP defeat in the midterms."This is going to be accelerated by the fact that after November, he is going to be dealing with something he hasn't dealt with in his time in politics," Carville said. "He's going to be irrelevant. He's not just going to be irrelevant. It's going to be people are not going to want to be around him. They're not going to care what he has to say."Because nobody's "even going to want to affirmatively hear" Trump, he "will walk away prior to April 15th," Carville said."I am more convinced after watching this fiasco with Senator Lindsey Graham," Carville added, referring to Trump's speech at the late senator's funeral.
Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio took a couple of shots at Dr. Anthony Fauci over his repeated use of the Fifth Amendment during a Senate hearing on Wednesday. “I’m gonna be like Fauci and just take the Fifth Amendment on all questions,” Fangio said, when a reporter asked whether Marcus Epps had the inside…
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