Major Democrat Donors Weighing Biden’s Future – NYT
US Democratic Party donors are looking at ways Joe Biden can be removed from the presidential race against his will, and replaced with a stronger candidate, The New York Times reported on Sunday, citing sources familiar with the efforts.
The discussions follow Biden’s poor performance in Thursday’s debate with Republican challenger Donald Trump. A flash poll conducted by CNN revealed that 67% of registered voters who watched the televised clash in Atlanta, Georgia, felt that Trump had won.
People close to the situation told the New York Times that discussions were being held with political advisers on “arcane rules” that may allow Biden to be forced off the 2024 ballot before the Democratic National Convention, scheduled for August .
One Silicon Valley donor who had planned to host a fundraiser featuring Biden later this summer has reportedly called off the event, and a major California sponsor left a debate watch party and emailed a friend with the subject line “Utter disaster,” according to a copy of the email obtained by the NYT.
Other wealthy Democrats have reportedly expressed hope that Biden will “have an epiphany and decide to exit on his own.” The idea of reaching out to first lady Jill Biden is also being considered, the sources said.
NBC News earlier quoted sources as saying that the only person who can impact Biden’s decision is his wife. The couple will reportedly join their children and grandchildren on Sunday at Camp David, where Biden expected to “decide whether to move forward or to end his campaign early.”
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Will Michelle Obama Replace Joe Biden?
Speculation is rife on social media that Michelle Obama will be brought in to replace Joe Biden, after it was reported that a Michigan non-profit is using her image on voter-registration mailings.
Leading Report posted an image of one of these documents, with an image of Michelle Obama on the envelope, to the left of the recipient’s address.
Image: Leading Report
According to the return address, which is clearly visible on the envelope, the mailing was sent by the Voter Participation Center (VPC). The organization describes itself, on its website, as a “non-profit, non-partisan organization founded in 2003 to help members of the New American Majority register and vote.” It claims to have “helped more than 6 million people register and cast ballots.”
VPC targets women, minorities and millennials with its mailing campaigns and phone calls. The group’s ties to the Clinton family have been a source of some controversy for it in the past, since it claims to be non-partisan.
Twitter users were claiming the mailings came directly from the state of Michigan, but this is clearly not the case.
At this stage, it appears that Biden has the support of the Obamas to remain as president.
On Friday, while the mainstream media was rounding on Biden for his dismal performance in Thursday night’s debate, former president Barack Obama issued a call for solidarity on Twitter, the day after.
“Bad debate nights happen. Trust me, I know. But this election is still a choice between someone who has fought for ordinary folks his entire life and someone who only cares about himself,” Obama wrote on Twitter.
“Between someone who tells the truth; who knows right from wrong and will give it to the American people straight — and someone who lies through his teeth for his own benefit. Last night didn’t change that, and it’s why so much is at stake in November.”
Axios have made it clear that the deciding vote for whether Biden throws in the towel rests, ultimately, with a “Biden oligarchy” that includes his wife, sister and close White House advisors, and not the party.
“The only way President Biden steps aside, despite his debate debacle, is if the same small group of lifelong loyalists who enabled his run suddenly — and shockingly — decides it’s time for him to call it quits.”
“This decades-long kitchen cabinet operates as an extended family, council of elders and governing oligarchy. These allies alone hold sway over decisions big and small in Biden’s life and presidency.”
In making this admission, Axios has confirmed that Trump’s “deranged conspiracy theory” that Biden is a mere puppet, a man who is not in control of his own destiny or the nation’s, is in fact true.
Baby Bottle Makers Accused of Deceiving Parents about Dangers of Microplastics in their Products
Two US makers of baby bottles engaged in a “campaign of reckless deceit” about the dangers of microplastics released by their products, according to two separate lawsuits that have recently been filed.
The lawsuits against Philips North America and Handi-Craft Co. allege that the companies marketed baby bottles as safe, despite knowing that when their products were heated they would release large quantities of harmful microplastics into the contents of the bottles.
“This disregard for the safety and well-being of society’s most vulnerable members has placed the health and welfare of millions of children in jeopardy as well as duped consumers out of millions of dollars,” the lawsuits claim.
The plaintiffs allege that the companies have “callously brought to life every parent’s worst nightmare: unknowingly harming their children through a product they believed was safe.”
The lawsuits make their claims on behalf of all California residents who have bought the offending products within the last four years and all US residents who have bought them within the relevant statue of limitations period.
Microplastics—literally, microscopic pieces of plastic—have been identified as a massive emerging health threat, and studies have already linked them to virtually all of the prevailing chronic diseases of modernity, from irritable bowel syndrome and heart disease, to reproductive dysfunction and degenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer’s.
Microplastics have been detected in virtually every tissue in living animals, including the brain and reproductive organs. Studies have shown that microplastics are present in the placenta and cord blood and pass from mother to baby during pregnancy, with as-yet unknown effects on development
Children, with their developing bodies, are particularly vulnerable to microplastics, and research has already shown that children have massively elevated levels of microplastics in their bodies, for a variety of reasons, including the use of plastic baby bottles, cutlery and toys, and the closer proximity of children to the ground, where microplastics accumulate in dust.
The lawsuits are seeking, among other things, court orders to prevent the two companies from selling the products.
Axios: “Biden Oligarchy” Will Decide the President’s Fate
Commentators at Axios made an interesting admission on Saturday when they said that only a select “Biden oligarchy” would be able to decide if the President steps aside, raising questions about who exactly has been running the United States while President Biden fades further and further into dementia, and for how long.
“Forget the pundits. Ignore New York Times editorials and columnists. Tune out people popping off on X,” wrote Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei.
“The only way President Biden steps aside, despite his debate debacle, is if the same small group of lifelong loyalists who enabled his run suddenly — and shockingly — decides it’s time for him to call it quits.”
Miller and Vandehei identify this group as Biden’s wife, his younger sister, the President’s advisor Ted Kaufman and “a small band of White House advisers.”
“This decades-long kitchen cabinet operates as an extended family, council of elders and governing oligarchy. These allies alone hold sway over decisions big and small in Biden’s life and presidency.”
Image: Axios
The fact-checking piece is supposed to provide reassurance that the country is in safe hands, but instead it raises questions about why and for how long the president—and the nation—has been in the hands of this unelected “governing oligarchy.”
Talk of Biden being a “front” or “puppet” for other people and other interests has been dismissed as a “conspiracy theory,” and the mainstream media have danced loops to prove that Biden is “actually in charge of the Biden administration.”
New York magazine dismissed the idea as a “deranged conspiracy theory” typical of Donald Trump and his supporters.
“The Trump version of this attack is a characteristically deranged conspiracy theory, in which some other person, either Barack Obama or Kamala Harris, is actually running the presidency while decrepit Joe Biden is being spooned mouthfuls of apple sauce.”
But now Axios has confirmed it: Biden is not in control of his own presidency, if he ever was.
ChatGPT Gives Better Answers to Health Questions than Physicians
ChatGPT is already able to provide better answers to real patients’ healthcare questions than actual physicians, a new study claims.
The study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, took questions and answers from Reddit’s r/AskDocs forum and then got ChatGPT to provide answers to them. The original and AI-generated answers were then evaluated, blindly, by other healthcare professionals. In 79% of cases, the assessors found the AI-generated answers to be superior.
What’s more, the assessors rated 27% of physicians’ answers as being of a less-than-acceptable quality, whereas only 3% of ChatGPT answers were given this rating.
The answers from ChatGPT were also consistently rated as more empathetic than those of doctors.
The researchers took a random sample of 195 exchanges between physicians and patients from Reddit’s r/AskDocs forum, which has approximately 474,000 members. Users post medical questions and verified healthcare professional post answers.
Although various different kinds of healthcare professionals answer questions posted in the Subreddit, only answers from qualified physicians were considered in the study. This was because the study researchers only wanted answers from the most highly qualified professionals to be used.
“While this cross-sectional study has demonstrated promising results in the use of AI assistants for patient questions, it is crucial to note that further research is necessary before any definitive conclusions can be made regarding their potential effect in clinical settings,” the study authors caution.
“Despite the limitations of this study and the frequent overhyping of new technologies, studying the addition of AI assistants to patient messaging workflows holds promise with the potential to improve both clinician and patient outcomes.”
Even ‘The View’ Hosts Say Biden Should Drop Out of Election
“The View” hosts are urging Joe Biden to setp down following his disasterous debate performance. Co-host Sara Haines said: “It kind of pains me to say this today, but I think President Biden needs to […]
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