Researchers Axed Data Point Undermining ‘Narrative’ That White Doctors Are Biased Against Black Babies

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A researcher who argued that infant mortality is higher for black newborns with white doctors because of racial bias omitted a variable from the paper that “undermines the narrative,” according to the researcher’s internal notes.

The study forms a keystone of the racial concordance field, which hypothesizes patients are better served by medical providers of the same race, and has served as a rationale for affirmative action. It faces new questions just as universities move to defund their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs or face legal action.

The August 2020 study in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) concluded that the gap in mortality rates between black newborns and white newborns declines by 58% if the black newborns are under the care of black physicians. A possible driver of the phenomenon could include a “spontaneous bias” by white physicians toward the babies, the researchers wrote.

The paper’s most high-profile booster was Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who cited it as evidence for the benefits of affirmative action in her dissent in the 2023 Supreme Court ruling Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which found that universities that considered the race of college applicants had violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

“For high-risk Black newborns, having a Black physician is tantamount to a miracle drug: it more than doubles the likelihood that the baby will live,” reads an amicus brief filed by the Association of American Medical Colleges. “Yet due to the enduring and significant underrepresentation of minorities in the health professions, many minority patients will not receive care from a racially diverse team or from providers who were trained in a diverse environment.”

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Trump, DOGE, American People Win Big, Activist Judges Take the ‘L’

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Another major win just dropped—and this one’s a direct hit against activist judges trying to play lawmaker from the bench and a huge victory for DOGE.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a stay on a lower court’s activist ruling that tried to block Elon Musk and others from exposing corruption inside USAID. So, what does this mean? Well, it’s was a very big “not so fast” to judicial overreach—and a solid victory for President Trump’s DOGE plan and mostly the American people who deserve a country free from fraud and bloat. . .

This latest decision is more than just a legal technicality—it’s a total slapdown of the radical activist bench that’s been running wild, inserting progressive politics where law and order should rule. The Fourth Circuit didn’t dance around the issue. They got straight to the heart of the problem: these lower court judges are assuming powers they don’t have and stepping way outside the limits of Article III.

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Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew Accuser, Virginia Giuffre, Claims She Has ‘Four Days To Live’ After Horrific Car Crash

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Virginia Giuffre, who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sex trafficking her to Prince Andrew, claims she has four days to live after sustaining severe injuries in a car accident.

Giuffre shared an image from a hospital bed Sunday showing severe bruising on her face.

“This year has been the worst start to a new year,” she wrote on Instagram. “I won’t bore anyone with the details but I think it important to note that when a school bus driver comes at you driving 110km as we were slowing for a turn that no matter what your car is made of it might as well be a tin can.”

Giuffre, a 41-year-old mother of three, said her situation is dire. “I’ve gone into kidney renal failure, they’ve given me four days to live, transferring me to a specialist hospital in urology,” she claimed.

Giuffre indicated that she had made peace with the severity of her apparent medical situation and begged to see her children. (Read more from “Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew Accuser, Virginia Giuffre, Claims She Has ‘Four Days To Live’ After Horrific Car Crash” HERE)

Elon Musk Previews DOGE Looking Into Wealth of Lawmakers: ‘How Do They Become Rich?’

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Tesla CEO and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk said the organization will look into the reasons so many members of Congress suddenly become rich, accumulating generational wealth over their years in government service.

Musk took questions during a town hall in Wisconsin on Sunday, and one individual asked if DOGE had uncovered any connection of funds to the likes of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) or Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) via the highly scrutinized U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which the State Department is trying to eliminate.

Musk explained that the government will often send money overseas, which flows to these non-governmental organizations, and he believes the funds end up coming back to the U.S., directly into the pockets of some of these lawmakers.

Describing it as a “circuitous route,” Musk explained, “It doesn’t go directly, but let’s just say that there’s a lot of strangely wealthy members of Congress where I’m trying to connect the dots of, ‘How do they become rich?’”

Members of Congress — outside of leadership positions — make $174,000 per year. This raises eyebrows when some are worth millions. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who has been in Congress since 1987, has a net worth of “at least $50.9 million, while Quiver Quantitative places her at $285.05 million,” according to Business Insider. Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), who cofounded both HCA Healthcare and Solantic, is considered one of the richest in Congress, with a net worth of $549.91 million. (Read more from “Elon Musk Previews DOGE Looking Into Wealth of Lawmakers: ‘How Do They Become Rich?’” HERE)

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White House Will Decide Which Reporters Get Briefing Room Seats: Report

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In a major break from established tradition, the White House will now decide which reporters get the coveted seats in the briefing room, not the White House Correspondents’ Association, Axios reported Sunday.

A senior White House official told Axios that the communications staff have formalized a plan for “fundamental restructuring of the briefing room, based on metrics more reflective of how media is consumed today.” The White House’s new layout will include reporters from digital outlets, print outlets, TV, and more. The digital group includes “new media” outlets, according to Axios, like The Daily Wire, Axios itself, Semafor, and influencers.

“The goal isn’t merely favorable coverage,” the White House official told Axios. “It’s truly an honest look at consumption [of the outlets’ coverage]. Influencers are important but it’s tough because they aren’t [equipped to provide] consistent coverage. So the ability to cover the White House is part of the metrics.”

The legacy outlets who have enjoyed, until now, prominent visibility and easy access to the White House press secretary, should expect less prominence, Axios reported.

“We want to balance disruption with responsibility,” the official told the publication. (Read more from “White House Will Decide Which Reporters Get Briefing Room Seats: Report” HERE)

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Trump’s Letter To Brutal Regime Provokes Accusations Of Causing ‘Breach Of Promises’

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Iran’s president on Sunday rejected the idea of direct negotiations with the U.S. in the Islamic regime’s first public response to the letter President Donald Trump previously sent to the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

“The response by the Supreme Leader to Trump’s letter was delivered to the U.S. contact in Oman by our brother Dr. Araghchi. In that response, direct negotiations have been rejected,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said. “But, regarding indirect talks, Iran has always been involved in such talks and the Supreme Leader has emphasized that indirect talks can still continue.” (Read more from “Trump’s Letter To Brutal Regime Provokes Accusations Of Causing ‘Breach Of Promises'” HERE)

President Trump Hits Zelensky With Stern Warning as He Threatens to Back Out of Rare Mineral Deal

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to back out of a critical minerals deal, warning the Ukrainian leader would face big problems if he did.

“He’s trying to back out of the rare earth deal and if he does that he’s got some problems, big, big problems,” Trump told reporters.

“He wants to be a member of NATO, but he’s never going to be a member of NATO. He understands that.” (Read more from “President Trump Hits Zelensky With Stern Warning as He Threatens to Back Out of Rare Mineral Deal” HERE)

War on Truth: Why ‘Science’ Keeps Changing — but the Bible Endures Forever

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What we call “science” in Western culture has been weaponized for many decades to legitimize whatever narrative the powerful want to push.

This should be self-evident after the COVID-19 debacle, where nearly everything that was labeled a “conspiracy theory” turned out to be true, and nearly everything the powerful told us turned out to be false. Remember President Biden threatening us with a “winter of death” or promising that the shot would prevent contracting COVID?

But it goes back much further than that, and it isn’t always about following the money, although that’s a pretty reliable measure of who’s benefiting from any particular research study.

Now, in the “I didn’t see that coming” department, there was a recently published peer-reviewed medical journal article that criticizes corrupt medical journals and their corrupt peer-reviewed studies. Um, what?

Since virtually all the “science” that gets reported in the media — the “science” on which public policy is made and the “science” that subsequently affects our everyday lives in countless ways — tends to stem from peer-reviewed research in medical journals, this is a significant admission.

Obviously, our mainstream media has not reported it, but we can come back to that another day. For now, I want to focus on the result of the faulty assumption that “science” provides unassailable answers to any questions — much less life’s biggest searches for truth. Because for many decades now, the most unquestionable, absolutely carved-in-solid-rock “truth” from “science” is this: Everything evolved from something else, and we are all a product of nothing but random chance. (Read more from “War on Truth: Why ‘Science’ Keeps Changing — but the Bible Endures Forever” HERE)

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Elon Musk Hands Out $1 Million Checks to Voters After Wisconsin Supreme Court Declined to Intervene

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Elon Musk gave away $1 million checks to two Wisconsin voters despite massive backlash from critics and a lawsuit from the state’s attorney general ahead of a consequential Supreme Court election in the state.

The coveted checks went to two Wisconsin men who have both voted for and donated to GOP campaigns and have a lengthy history of supporting President Trump. Musk said that only “spokesmen” for an online petition against “activist” judges would be eligible for the million-dollar handouts.

Musk, wearing a cheese hat, used his time in Wisconsin to rally for Brad Schimel, a conservative politician running for a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat. He is backed by Trump, Musk and the DOGE head’s many support groups who have spent more than $20 million backing Schimel’s campaign.

Wisconsin is a highly contested battleground state, and liberal critics warned that Musk is backing Schimel so that he can influence the court. Many on the left are concerned about the state’s forthcoming redistricting, which could impact who has control over the House, which is currently held by a slim Republican majority.

“And if the [Wisconsin] Supreme Court is able to redraw the districts, they will gerrymander the district and deprive Wisconsin of two seats on the Republican side. Then they will try to stop all the government reforms we are getting done for you, the American people,” Musk said. (Read more from “Elon Musk Hands Out $1 Million Checks to Voters After Wisconsin Supreme Court Declined to Intervene” HERE)

White House Correspondents’ Association Cancels Comedian’s Performance After Making Anti-Trump Remarks

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The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) canceled a comedian’s performance scheduled for their annual dinner after she made controversial anti-Trump remarks. The decision comes amid growing scrutiny over the event’s tone and political bias, especially as the dinner has often served as a platform for comedians to target conservative figures.

WHCA President Eugene Daniels emailed members to announce that comedian Amber Ruffin’s performance would be canceled after a unanimous board decision. He hinted at the annual dinner’s attempt to rebrand the event to focus on journalism rather than political satire.

“At this consequential moment for journalism, I want to ensure the focus is not on the politics of division but entirely on awarding our colleagues for their outstanding work and providing scholarship and mentorship to the next generation of journalists,” Daniels said. “For the past couple of weeks, I have been planning a re-envisioning of our dinner tradition for this year. As the date nears, I will share more details of the plans in place to honor journalistic excellence and a robust, independent media covering the most powerful office in the world.”

The decision follows concerns White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich raised regarding comedian Ruffin’s history of criticizing Trump. In February, Ruffin remarked that “nobody wants” Trump at the upcoming April 26 dinner, and just last week, she told the Daily Beast that she intended to portray the Trump administration as a “bunch of murderers.” Despite these inflammatory statements, Ruffin disclosed that the WHCA had previously asked her to tone down her material for the event. (Read more from “White House Correspondents’ Association Cancels Comedian’s Performance After Making Anti-Trump Remarks” HERE)

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