Thomas Hawk posted a photo:
De Amerikaanse zangeres Dolly Parton (80) is overleden. Ze wist uit schrijnende armoede te ontsnappen en een van Amerika’s meest geliefde sterren te worden, in de countrymuziek en ver daarbuiten. Onder een extravagant uiterlijk ging een slimme zakenvrouw schuil, die zich bovendien inzette voor beter onderwijs en armoedebestrijding.
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Liberals across the country are applauding Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for chronicling her egg-freezing process on social media with total openness and candor. However, our Vice President has responded by one-upping AOC’s vulnerability altogether, as he shares his personal experiences with a sensitive topic pertaining to men’s fertility: JD Vance is documenting his c*m-eating journey on social media to destigmatize eating your own c*m every day.
Whoa…turns out two can play at this game. How is AOC supposed to clap back at that?!
Since last week, V.P. Vance has been going toe-to-toe with AOC’s egg-freezing saga by posting daily vlogs, progress photos, and recipes he’s designed while consuming his own c*m every single morning. Vance explained in one post that he’s hoping to “normalize an option that all men can exercise with their semen, but are reluctant to talk about in public for fear of being judged as perverted or antisocial.”
“Eating your own c*m for every meal of the day, and sometimes dessert, isn’t taboo or anything to be ashamed of, like the Radical Left wants you to believe — it’s a men’s semen issue, and I’m here to dispel any myths or misgivings that could be holding you back from trying it yourself,” said Vance in an Instagram Reel shared yesterday, in which he masturbated his uncensored penis into a Trump/Vance 2024 coffee mug and then consumed his ejaculate with a biscotti.
“On average, American men spend over $7,000 on groceries and eating out each year. Your own c*m is free. 100% free. Too many men are shamed into spending money on vegetables and meat when they have a completely free meal waiting in their own testicles,” Vance explained as he ejaculated into a lunchbox, offering viewers a simple, c*m-based lunch men can pack for work.
Dang…JD Vance has stolen AOC’s thunder in a major way.
The Vice President’s c*m-eating journey has taken the spotlight from AOC’s egg-freezing journey for now, but you have to respect both politicians for humanizing themselves before the entire Internet. Regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum, all Americans can support destigmatizing egg-freezing and c*m-eating!
Itauma can become second-youngest champion after Mike Tyson
Hrgovic claims title victory for opponent would ‘ruin his soul’
Moses Itauma has hit back at Filip Hrgovic’s taunt that he is a “delusional kid” and admitted that his Croatian rival is starting to annoy him as the two men prepare to fight for the IBF world heavyweight title on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London.
“I tell myself there’s nothing that this Hrgovic guy can do to get in my head but he’s starting to wind me up,” Itauma said on Tuesday evening. “In an interview earlier, apparently he said I wake up and I just hug trees. He’s really starting to annoy me.
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Andy Burnham is considering ripping up the country’s insolvency laws to make it easier to bring key utilities such as Thames Water under public control.
Sources have told the Guardian the prime minister is considering a range of options as he seeks ways of delivering on his promise to radically reshape the way Britain’s water and energy companies are run.
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Dolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80
Country music legend Dolly Parton dies aged 80 – latest updates
RIP Dolly Parton, a gem and a hero. She died today at the age of 80.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is looking for a federal contractor to provide it with access to the country’s voter registration and voter history data, according to newly released procurement records reviewed by 404 Media.
The procurement records say ICE is seeking the data to help detect fraud. But given the administration’s habit of using fraud as a pretense for large immigration enforcement actions, and President Trump’s constant comments about election security in the lead up to the midterms, the planned hiring of a contractor to handle voter data raises questions around what exactly ICE plans to do with the data.
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“The purpose of this acquisition is for the handling and secure delivery of publicly available voter registration files and voter history files to support Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) fraud detection and data segmentation activities,” a section of the procurement records reads. The records are part of a Request for Information, or RFI, which means the government is asking potentially capable contractors to come forward.
The records say the list of jurisdictions ICE wants voter data from is likely to be limited at first, but that the contractor needs to have the capability to get data from all 50 states and other U.S. territories.
Specifically, ICE is seeking “Public voter registration file for each Government-identified jurisdiction,” and “Public voter history file for each Government-specified federal election, when publicly available and separate from the public voter registration file.”
Voter data is public by design and can be obtained in various ways. Some sites collate this data and make it easily searchable.
But handling such a large volume of data in a clean and reliable manner could be a challenge. ICE is looking for a contractor to essentially help streamline that process, by both obtaining the data and handling it for the agency.
The purchase specifically is for HSI, the part of ICE traditionally focused on criminal investigations, including money laundering, cybercrime, and various types of fraud. That does include voter fraud.
Earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) highlighted an HSI case that ended in charges against a Chinese national for alleged fraudulent voter registration and fraudulent voting.
Experts generally agree that voter fraud is exceptionally rare. But constant claims that voter fraud is happening on a wider scale or tangibly impacting elections runs the risk of disenfranchising voters from participating at all.
In July, 404 Media reported ICE was to pay Thomson Reuters $125 million for access to a wealth of personal data to investigate “voter fraud.” Personal data Thomson Reuters holds includes peoples’ names, addresses, Social Security numbers, ethnicity, and more.
ICE did not respond to a request for comment.