Given all he’s done with and to his body over the yers, the wonder is that it didn’t give up due to something medically exotic years ago. Or maybe he was just bored by any speech not his own.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Former President Bill Clinton has sparked health fears after he was caught appearing to doze off during Barack Obama's public library opening ceremony.
Clinton and his wife Hillary joined several former presidents and first ladies on Thursday at the event on Thursday in Jackson Park, Chicago.
The celebration was jam-packed with performances and speeches and the long event appeared to take a toll on Clinton, who seemingly fell asleep on stage, directly behind Barack and Michelle Obama.
At one point he used his hand to cradle his head, which appeared to tilt downward although his dark sunglasses shielded any view of his eyes.
The Obamas, Bidens, Bushes and Clintons all cozied up together for a group picture ahead of the dedication ceremony.
One picture showed Michelle hugging former President George Bush while former President Bill Clinton laughed behind them.
Joe and Jill Biden, the former president and first lady, were seen in a cheeky snap blowing a kiss at the camera together.
Like one does with a toddler. That poor man.
Michelle and Barack Obama's daughters, Malia and Sasha, also came out to support their parents, waving and smiling widely at the crowd.
The event was packed with A-listers including John Legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen, former late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson, Tyler Perry, Steven Spielberg and former fashion model Jill Vedder, among others.
California Governor Gavin Newsom, US Rep Nancy Pelosi, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, former Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and former Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff and more political bigwigs were also in attendance.
Lots of formers and pretty people on that list…
Jennifer Hudson sang the national anthem to kick off the event.
President Donald Trump was not invited to the event,
Of course. Another chance to insult the man they have good cause to wish never even approached the White House, let alone won it twice despite the margin of cheating. How much do you suppose he cost them — each and all — with his DOGE and other cuts, dear Reader?
as the focus was on welcoming Obama supporters, Obama Foundation CEO Valerie Jarrett said, according to NBC News.
Any chance the contractors bills were paid before the ceremony?
[FoxNews] Senior employees at Alibaba, Baidu and BYD donated roughly $2.6M to Democratic committees since 2020
Democrats, among them some of the most recognizable names in politics, have accepted millions of dollars in campaign contributions from top employees at firms the Pentagon recently designated as "Chinese military companies" operating in the U.S.
The Department of War on June 8 designated Alibaba, Baidu and BYD as "Chinese military companies," meaning that the three firms, in the eyes of the U.S. government, are providing assistance to the People’s Liberation Army through its military-civil fusion strategy or other means. Senior employees at these companies, including executives, have donated roughly $2.6 million to Democratic political committees since 2020, a Fox News Digital review of campaign finance filings has found.
Notable individuals and organizations that received contributions from top staffers at these firms include Sen. Adam Schiff, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, former President Joe Biden, Gov. Gavin Newsom, former Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic National Committee.
Donors to Democratic committees from the trio of firms include executives, top-level lawyers, lobbyists and, to a much lesser extent, rank-and-file employees working in areas such as engineering or management. The staffers made some contributions to Republicans as well, though the overall sum was far lower than what Democrats received.
The review included direct contributions, earmarked contributions and donations to joint-fundraising committees reported in campaign finance filings. It did not identify corporate donations from Alibaba, Baidu or BYD to the federal committees.
"American politicians should no longer accept campaign cash from any Chinese companies. Politicians who have been taking campaign cash from companies like Baidu, Alibaba and BYD now realize they were supported by blacklisted Chinese Military Companies," Michael Lucci, CEO of the national security organization State Armor, told Fox News Digital. "The reason the Pentagon's list of sanctioned CCP companies keeps expanding is because the Chinese Communist Party imposes a 'civil-military fusion' mandate upon all Chinese companies, forcing them to assist in modernizing China's military with the goal of defeating America."
"They all end up working to support the PLA. They should all be cut off from U.S. politics," he added.
The Pentagon’s Chinese military company designation via its 1260H list does not function as a traditional sanction, as Americans can continue to do business with the company.
Biden-linked committees and joint fundraising vehicles were by far the biggest beneficiaries of the funds, taking in roughly $850,000 from employees at the trio of firms between 2020 and 2024. The DNC, meanwhile, had a haul of around $500,000 while Harris-linked committees brought in roughly $140,000.
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[ODNI press release ] Fauci Funded Wuhan Lab Research That Sparked COVID; New Evidence Fauci Manipulated Intelligence and Lied to Congress
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Anthony Fauci, as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), provided millions in US taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)—work which is now widely viewed as the source of the unintentional lab leak that sparked the pandemic.
Today, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is releasing never-before-seen communications and documents exposing how Fauci worked with politicized career leadership in the Intelligence Community (IC) to suppress the truth about his actions, the virus’ lab-leak origins, and his role in directing U.S. funding for this dangerous research that caused immeasurable harm and countless lost lives. These documents expose Fauci’s direct role in influencing and manipulating IC assessments on COVID-19, and how Fauci lied to Congress in 2024, when under oath he denied knowledge of or participation in discussions with intelligence officials about viral research.
You can view the communications and documents HERE.
“The COVID-19 pandemic caused tremendous hardship and pain for millions of our fellow Americans and for countless people around the world. After years of lies, censorship, and cover ups, the American people deserve transparency, truth, and accountability,” DNI Gabbard said. “The tactics used to hide the truth are straight from the deep state playbook: politicized self-serving leaders like Dr. Fauci covered up their own wrongdoing and abuses of power, manipulated intelligence, lied to Congress, and undermined a duly elected President by restricting his access to vital facts needed to keep the country safe. It’s time the American people learn the real story.”
The materials released today are a result of DNI Gabbard’s yearlong declassification review in support of President Trump’s maximum transparency mandate. During this process, ODNI officials gathered testimony from multiple IC whistleblowers who reported retaliation for challenging the IC’s manipulation of intelligence on the virus’ origins. This unveiled a clear pattern of suppressing dissent, silencing critics, and burying evidence that undermined IC integrity and disserved the American people.
Fauci’s close IC relationships enabled him to assume three key roles during the pandemic that shielded him from scrutiny as he wielded outsized influence.
Fauci funded risky coronavirus research linked to big pharma and the pursuit of “universal vaccines” worth trillions of dollars.
Fauci was the behind-the-scenes advisor who, with his hand-picked experts, pushed the IC to endorse a natural, animal origin to hide his dangerous research.
Fauci became the nation’s pandemic “pundit” and publicly pushed lies, disinformation, and censorship.
FAUCI’S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DROVE INTELLIGENCE & PUBLIC NARRATIVES
Throughout the pandemic, Fauci and politicized leaders within the IC created a self-serving circular reporting loop. He provided hand-picked NIAID-funded scientists to advise the IC. This input shaped official intelligence assessments, which were then publicly cited as scientific consensus to refute the lab-leak theory.
According to hundreds of reviewed emails, the IC almost always incorporated his recommendations. Fauci promoted a fraudulent paper, whose publication he helped prompt, as legitimate information for Intelligence Community consideration. Senior analysts praised Fauci not as a “policymaker,” but as an unbiased guide to “the real coronavirus experts”—while ignoring experts who might dissent from Fauci’s narratives.
FAUCI LIED TO CONGRESS
The correspondence released today directly contradicts Fauci’s 2024 testimony to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. In that hearing, while under oath, Fauci was repeatedly asked whether he spoke to “FBI, CIA, DIA or any U.S. intelligence agency concerning viral research” before, during, or after the pandemic. Fauci repeatedly dodged the questions, before falsely stating, “not to my knowledge about COVID.”
RETALIATION AGAINST TRUTH-SEEKERS
Testimony from multiple whistleblowers reveals intelligence analysts who challenged Fauci’s COVID-origin conclusions faced threat of retaliation, were marginalized, and often suffered career setbacks. This silenced dissent and fostered a culture where truth was sacrificed to conformity and credible evidence was buried.
The following are examples from whistleblower accounts that Director Gabbard has referred to the Intelligence Community’s Inspector General.
A contractor was terminated just days after coming forward to ODNI as a whistleblower.
Managers reminded analysts who advocated for the lab-leak hypothesis that leadership would determine which analysts would be promoted. The message was clear: disagreement with the manipulated finding would derail careers.
Senior leaders allegedly set up roadblocks for whistleblowers, removing anonymity from the complaint process by insisting managers or attorneys be present at ODNI meetings, creating an atmosphere of intimidation.
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So, much of the COVID story was a cover-up of Fauci's illegal gain-of-function research in China?
Brother, that'd be a story on CNN!
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Highest paid Gov't employee in the inventory, something North of $400,000. per year, if my memory serves me right. Not certain if that counted the overtime and annual bonus.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[FoxNews] Senior employees at Alibaba, Baidu and BYD donated roughly $2.6M to Democratic committees since 2020
