Trump Job Approval
| Pollsters wrong in 2024: | 42.0 / 55.1 | -13.0 |
| Pollsters right in 2024: | 46.2 / 51.0 | -4.8 |
 | GOP | DEM |
| Democrats +3 | 216 | 219 |
Trump Job Approval
| Pollsters wrong in 2024: | 42.0 / 55.1 | -13.0 |
| Pollsters right in 2024: | 46.2 / 51.0 | -4.8 |
| GOP | DEM |
| Democrats +3 | 216 | 219 |
The Hedgehog Report - Phoenix Edition 
94 responses to “Let’s go, people. It’s Monday!”
A few observations:
1. From the bars I was in, a lot of Irish people (based on accents) drink Coors light and Heineken.
2. I saw more young people smoking than I do in America.
3. Grass in Ireland looks like grass in America. I thought it would a darker green or glow.
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Signs and public announcements on trains are in English in Gaelic. 40% claim to be able to speak Gaelic.
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Have you found any Leprechauns or Deep Staters?
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Biden’s cancer diagnosis is strange.
They went from found small nodule to advanced disease within a couple days.
I would imagine a prostate exam would be routine for a President. Prostate cancer is slow growing it doesn’t go from small nodule to advanced disease very fast.
Two years ago Biden raised eyebrows when he was giving a speech about environmental hazards and said “this is the reason I and so many people I know have cancer”.
Another cover up?
I am not big on conspiracy theories, but this cancer has progressed way too rapidly “undetected” on someone who has good quality regular checkups.
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Mean comment on Internet
“Seems like Biden was being treated by Dr. Jill”
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Good lead on leprechauns. Deep State doesn’t exist.
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that was my first thought Jason, a coverup. I cannot believe that they were just not testing the health of a sitting president, so it means they knew and didn’t disclose because it was an election year. Then after he dropped out it would have been a bad look to announce a coverup, because Kamala needed all the help she could get
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Observation 4 – Going up on crutches is hard. Going down is harder. But I have done everything.
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Shipwreckedcrew
@shipwreckedcrew
The Jack Smith view of a Section 371 “conspiracy to defraud the United States” would likely cover the Democrats who worked to cover up Biden’s physical and mental deficiencies.
That would be quite a grand jury investigation.
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Conspiracy theorists crushed.
Patel and Bongino say Epstein committed suicide.
Glenn Beck was speculating this morning that maybe Patel and Bongino had been “co-opted” by the Deep State.
Hilarious.
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would likely cover the Democrats who worked to cover up Biden’s physical and mental deficiencies.”
I doubt it.
As long as they have medical records saying he was fine, which they do (fake or not) then it would be hard to prove any cover up, they could just say we are not doctors, we just did our job and relied on the medical diagnosis.
Of course, it doesn’t mean Jill Biden shouldn’t go to hell.
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More doctors are coming out today saying stage 4 cancer suddenly appearing is only possible for someone who has not been able to access medical treatment – like a homeless vet. A president, though, with state of the art medicine at his finger tips would have known he had cancer for many years. So, it appears not only was his mental state covered up, but also the fact he had cancer. The WH physician, who gave him a report card of being in good health, should be questioned with the possibility of his license suspended. Biden’s medical records at Walter Reed should be investigated as well.
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Officials increase reward for capture of escaped New Orleans inmates as 7 dangerous felons remain on the lam…
They should be easy to find.
The lamb must be pretty huge for 7 inmates to be riding it.
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More doctors are coming out today saying stage 4 cancer suddenly appearing is only possible for someone who has not been able to access medical treatment”
I think that is true for prostate cancer, but not other cancers.
Rush Limbaugh had great medical care, but when they found his lung cancer he was already Stage 4.
I find it almost impossible that Biden hasn’t had PSA tests as part of his blood work routine, and his PSA would have been elevated (or rising) a long time before prostrate cancer has spread that far.
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I am on the lookout for strangers.
That means anyone who doesn’t look Amish.
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It is a shame that DRUDGE has ceased to be what it was some years back and now has become what it is. It is pitiful. I go there to see what their headlines of gloom and doom are, rarely click on a story–unless it is about monkeys, etc.
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The AMA should investigate Biden’s doctors to see if THEY were covering up anything.
At the very least they should lose their medical licenses.
But they won’t, the AMA is woke too.
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It is a shame that DRUDGE has ceased to be what it was some years back and now has become what it is.”
Drudge is a far left rag. Has been for years.
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David Axelrod says people should lay off Biden’s cognitive scandal because of the cancer diagnosis.
How convenient.
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They had to know about the cancer.
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Matt Drudge sold The Drudge Report six years ago and because of he the signed Non-Disclosure Act he cannot discuss anything about the sale, who bought it, and basically anything else about it.
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you don’t have to guess who bought it, just look at the headlines, it was bought with Soros money and run by far left activists.
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Were Doctors truthful about Biden? Don’t know. But it could be ‘par for the course’ with Administrations that tried to protect the President. Just look at some examples in history….
Reagan-the bullet lodging in his lung less than an inch from his heart.
Franklin Roosevelt-cardiac failure
Eisenhower-heart attack
Wilson-pandemic
Cleveland-obese problems
Kennedy-Addison’s disease
Harrison-was sick and died just nine days into office
Garfield
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Nineveh News
Former President Joe Biden has commented on his new found cancer diagnosis: “I have been saying for years that veterless homans, I mean, I mean, homeless veterans living under bri…bridge overpasses are not getting the medical care they should. I had Jackie working on this…Jackie are you here? Where’s Jackie? But most people are not aware of my long and dist…disting…uished military career and how, how as a veteran, I’ve not gotten the medical care I should have. So now I have cancer because Republicans in congress have stopped the needed spending on health care for US veterans who desper desperately needed it.”
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Garfield? Wasn’t he shot and killed?
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Garfield survived the shooting but died almost three months later because of infections and complications that probably was covered up….
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The way I recall reading the history, the country kept following the news reports of Garfield’s condition and there was no coverup or promise he would recover.
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Yes, you are correct that the country was well aware of Garfield being shot. However, many believed he died of infections because of the medical care Garfield was given.
Garfied’s shooter, Charles Guiteau, stated “I shot the President but his physicians killed him”.
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Two days after the entire Hur Report tape was released, demonstrating Biden’s extreme mental fragility, his stage 4 prostrate cancer was divulged. Coincidence? Somehow I doubt it.
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I am forced to agree with janzam that its a tough coincidence to swallow….
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Garfied’s shooter, Charles Guiteau, stated “I shot the President but his physicians killed him”.
There is a pretty believable theory that Garfield would have survived the gunshot wound if it had been left alone. Evidently it did not affect any critical organs as evidenced by his long survival after the event.
But the continuous poking with instruments that were probably not well sterilized led to eventual sepsis.
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no question Garfield would have lived had he had access to modern healthcare.
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I would like a real medical opinion on whether it is possible for someone undergoing regular checkups and tests of the quality the President receives to evolve to stage 4 prostate cancer completely undetected. There is no way Biden has not gotten a PSA screening and a rectal prostate examination at least once a year. The odds of either exam not showing anything until stage 4 prostate cancer is diagnosed must be very small.
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no question Garfield would have lived had he had access to modern healthcare.”
I think he would have lived with better care even for the times. They could have left the bullet in him and just cauterized the wound.
“Most historians and medical experts now believe that Garfield probably would have survived his wound had the doctors been more capable. Unlike their peers in Europe, most American doctors of the day did not believe in anti-sepsis measures or the need for cleanliness to prevent infection.”
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to be fair, those American doctors were only 70 some years removed from the time when they thought blood-letting with leeches was sound procedure.
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Unless there is law obligating a doctor to report on the President’s physical condition, the doctor’s obligation is to the patient and not the media or public. Of course, Biden should have disclosed it.
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A doctor reporting a patient’s medical condition without the patient’s consent is a HIPPA violation.
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oh wow, just spotted this:
Phillies pitcher Jose Alvarado is receiving an 80 game suspension without pay after testing positive for Exogenous Testosterone. He will be ineligible for the postseason this season if the Phillies reach playoffs.
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Its very likely now that last summer was when doctors told Biden that his cancer had spread to the bones and they could only manage it and there is nothing else they could do, and that’s when Mrs. Biden decided to drop him out of the POTUS race.
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I saw a farm near Gallway with Alpacas. I have not seen any llamas yet.
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“While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management.”
That’s the official word. I am skeptical. Just because they say that the cancer “appears” to be harmone-sensitive and that it “allows” for management, does not actually mean that BIDEN’S cancer is responding to attempts to manage it.
My guess is that if they WERE successfully managing it, they wouldn’t have announced it at all. Why would they?
I believe they announced it because they had to, because its not responding to treatment, and he’s gonna be a gonner in six months or so and they needed to start explaining some of it now so they wouldn’t have to explain all of it when he checks out.
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“Garfied’s shooter, Charles Guiteau, stated “I shot the President but his physicians
killed him”. “
ssq texted me about this.
She says she thought it was Garfield’s shooter who said,
“I shot the Garfield, but I did not shoot the deputy.”
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A doctor reporting a patient’s medical condition without the patient’s consent is a HIPPA violation.
But, it also is an ethical violation to come out and say Biden was in “good health” when he was far from it.
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In an 8-1 decision…
”Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court allowed Donald Trump‘s administration on Monday to strip about 350,000 Venezuelans living in the United States of a temporary protected status given under his predecessor Joe Biden, as the Republican president moves to ramp up deportations as part of his hardline approach to immigration.”
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BTW Scott Adams of Dilbert fame just came out saying he has the same kind of prostate cancer Biden has, that has metastasized to the bone. He gives his time before expiration to be 6 months – saying he may be gone by summer.
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Very sad about Scott Adams.
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Unless there is law obligating a doctor to report on the President’s physical condition, the doctor’s obligation is to the patient and not the media or public. Of course, Biden should have disclosed it”
Well, here is the deal.
Any ethical doctor that gives a diagnosis and then sees the patient go out and lie about it should not continue with this patient. I say this because the doctor’s reputation is on the line too.
Let’s say a cognitive impairment specialist physician had been called in to administer Biden a cognitive test. He fails but goes out and announces he passed with flying colors.
What should the physician do?
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Real Mac Report
Maria Bartiromo: “What actually happened on January 6?”
Kash Patel: “We now know unequivocally that President Trump lawfully authorized the deployment of the National Guard.”
Maria Bartiromo: “Were there FBI agents undercover egging people on?”
Kash Patel: “That answer is coming and it’s on his way to Congress.”
”egging on” is the kinetic part of “orchestration” of an event.
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“What should the physician do?”
What does HIPAA allow the doctor to do?
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Ethics to whom? The doctor’s duty is to the patient.
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Ethics to whom? The doctor’s duty is to the patient”
Is it?
Let’s say a President is a heavy drinker. The tests show his liver is damaged, it will be destroyed if the President doesn’t quit.
The President goes out and says “I can drink all I want to, my doctor said it is not a problem, my tests look great”.
Do you think it is the doctor’s obligation to keep quiet about that? That serves the patient?
I am not categorically stating that is the case, but I do wonder where ethics comes in here.
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”egging on” is the kinetic part of “orchestration” of an event.”
Egging on is not necessarily orchestration, it can be spontaneous or opportunistic. Orchestration is pre-planning an activity to achieve a certain result.
But let’s see the evidence of either one.
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I think Jason has the best take on the ethical dilemma a case like Biden’s puts him/her in.
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him/her = Doctor
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BREAKING: Majority of American voters now say the US economy is strong, the first time in nearly 4 years – Harvard-Harris poll
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HIPPA definitely protects the medical privacy of a patient. But, for a professional MD to publicly, blatantly misinform the public for political reasons, crosses a line that may nullify HIPPA protections.
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You are confusing the doctor’s ethical obligation to the patient and to others. For example, let’s say the President is drinking too much. I believe the doctor has an ethical obligation to say, “Mr. President, you are drinking too much and harming your health.” The doctor is not ethically obligated to call a press conference and announce that the President is drinking too much. Should he lie and say the President is in good health to the public? I say no BUT it is not an ethical violation because there is no ethical obligation to the public. It may be a violation of the job of Surgeon General but I do not see it as an ethics violation.
Jason is pissed that alpacas seem to be booming in Ireland.
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@RichSementa
Doctor Gupta Questions Why Prostate Test Was Given To Last 3 Presidents But Not Biden Vin Gupta: “It is interesting to note that Presidents Trump, Obama, and Bush the second, in their most recent physicals in their terms of office… did comment on their PSA levels.”
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Good news in how dispensing the law and justice may be veering away from the left, going to the center right.
https://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2025/05/18/theres-a-new-law-firm-in-washington-it-wants-to-take-all-the-cases-liberals-hate/
”A growing conservative law firm led by attorneys who worked with Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk aims to tackle political litigation others won’t touch.
Within the Trump administration, there’s an intentional shift away from reliance on left-leaning “BigLaw” firms, seen through President Donald Trump’s deals securing millions in pro bono work from major firms and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) decision to distance itself from the American Bar Association. Outside, Lex Politica is positioning itself to fill the void in a changing legal landscape.
“The administration and others are catching on,” Lex Politica CEO Chris Gober told the DCNF in an interview. He argued the “hypocrisy” of major firms who don’t apply equal standards in taking on political cases is creating a need for firms like his that are willing to be “unapologetically conservative.”
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blatantly misinform the public for political reasons, crosses a line that may nullify HIPPA protections.
HIPPA probably says nothing about this issue. HIPPA protects a patient’s privacy, not public opinion polls.
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“The lamb must be pretty huge for 7 inmates to be riding it.”
-Or the inmates are all midgets, (or MD & associates)?
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Bitter, whether or not a reading/interpretation of HIPPA would address a deliberate omission of a health problem by a medical professional, let alone lying about a president’s health, has yet to be publicly litigated.
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Bitter – Glad you seem to be enjoying your Ireland trip, and your injured leg is at least cooperating with the rigors of going up and down stairs. Also, enjoying your travel tidbits being posted here and there.
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think Jason has the best take on the ethical dilemma a case like Biden’s puts him/her in because I agree with him since it veers more to conspiracy than Bitterlaw does
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I am interested in litigation in court. I leave the trials in the court of public opinion to the rest of you.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Lifts Obama Judge’s Block on Trump’s Order to Revoke ‘Protected Status’ of Hundreds of Thousands of Migrants – Ketanji Jackson Dissents
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Breaking doj awards $5 million to Ashli Babbitt, who was murdered in the capitol by the rogue and reckless officer.
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Interesting take by ship.
@shipwreckedcrew
The Jack Smith view of a Section 371 “conspiracy to defraud the United States” would likely cover the Democrats who worked to cover up Biden’s physical and mental deficiencies. That would be quite a grand jury investigation. Hmmmmm.
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If all of the Republicans in Congress are “conservatives”, why is it such a tough issue to pass a budget that is a slight increase from 2019 expenditures, before all of the Covid/Green New Deal/Biden IRA madness?
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https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2025/05/19/heres-the-smoking-gun-unwra-knew-about-oct-7-in-advance-n4939929
“And Another Thing: This is the year that Data Republican (small-r) taught us about something I think we should term “mission capture.” That’s when NGOs end up doing privatized versions of the things government shouldn’t do or doesn’t want to be seen doing, instead of charitable or humanitarian work. Granted, many NGOs are established for that very reason.”
“However, many UNRWA employees are embedded Hamas operatives — and it’s surely more than nine — so the agency must be dismantled. You don’t reform a terrorist front masquerading as a relief agency. You shut it down.”
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DRUDGE headline…typical,,,
SUPREMES STRIP 350,000 VENEZUELANS FROM DEPORTATION PROTECTION
Could have worded it differently…
Like…”What one president giveth, another can take it away”
or
“Sup. Court rules Trump’s actions are LEGAL and within the constitution to revoke special status given by Biden”
“Supreme Court rules that illegal immigrants do not have extralegal rights”
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Kenjah says the president drat can giveth, while a R cannot take it.
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ANALOGY
You go to a movie theatre, pay the price of admission to enjoy the movie in air conditioned interior and comfortable seats, pay for your popcorn, snacks and drinks.
5,000 illegals sneak in without paying. Government says that is perfectly ok and they are allowed to stay. The illegals are also are given government vouchers for free housing and also given free health care after the movie is over. The 5000 are allowed to stay and watch the movie for free, are given free drinks and popcorn, some of those who paid for price of admission are moved from the seats they have chosen so their seats can be given to the 5000 illegals. Some of the 5000 illegals then assault some of those who paid the price for the movie ticket, and additionally some paying customers are robbed and some are raped and some are murdered.
Does anyone with a brain think this is wonderful?
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Tina says: “Kenjah says the president drat can giveth, while a R cannot take it.”
Yes, 8 to 1 and KB is the lone dissent.
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I should have said, “anyone with a logical, rational, non-politically partisan, non-racist thought processing brain think this is wonderful?”
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The auto pen controversy, who was really running the WH, the Hur Tape, all faded into the woodwork once Biden’s metastatic prostate cancer was announced.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/script-flipped-shock-cancer-diagnosis-wipes-biden-autopen-presidency-headlines
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/democrat-arizona-ag-kris-mayes-alternate-trump-electors-3/
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Bitter wrote – Unless there is law obligating a doctor to report on the President’s physical condition, the doctor’s obligation is to the patient and not the media or public. Of course, Biden should have disclosed it.
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Bitter misses the point. The doctor issued a statement to the American public affirming Biden’s wonderful health. By affirmatively speaking to the public during a political campaign , he had an obligation to not mislead or lie. Did he? These are all legitimate questions that are necessary to answer and it has nothing to do with HIPPA. If the doctor remained silent, I agree with bitter- he had no obligation. But once you issue the below report to the American public, you have entered a new arena of fraudulent inquiry-
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Ccp north aka Canada has haunted nearly all retaliatory tariffs
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We stop screening for prostate cancer in most patients at age 70 and usually all patients by age 75. This is because prostate cancer is usually slow growing and the treatment can cause more problems than the cancer. It is possible that Biden had a “normal” wellness visit and they didn’t screen for prostate cancer. I would have continued screening the President for this exact reason. Everyone is 2nd guessing the doctor’s care or honesty.
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Ccp north aka Canada has haunted nearly all retaliatory tariffs
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Tina, is that because of Trumps subsequent tariff threats or is it because of my Florida Panthers beat down yesterday of the Toronto Maple leafs? My money is on the Panthers – Go Cats!
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Did he? No. Unless the doctor’s statement about Biden’s health were under oath, there is no legal consequence IF the doctor lied.
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Any legal consequences for Fraudci?
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Biden’s health were under oath, there is no legal consequence IF the doctor lied.
Really bitter? Before we get to any federal requirements, I’d have some fun with medical licensing and ethical standards. Did he violate any with that statement if it was a blatant lie? You know, just like the Dems did with republican attorneys and their local bar.
Does his release meet the broad standard of an “advertisement” and if so, does it violate any of the requirements associated with political advertisements? Political advertisements are regulated by various federal and state bodies, including the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and state ethics commissions like the State Ethics Commissions. Does that violate any of their rules regarding false and misleading statements ? Then, does the free release by the doctor constitute a political contribution to the Biden campaign? That opens up a whole new arena of inquiry that we could have some fun with.
C’mon Bitter, I’m not saying anything will prevail, but there certainly is enough for a young lawyer at any number of federal agencies, let alone the DOJ, to have some fun with,
Sorry, but once that good doctor issued that release, he’s exposed himself to a number of legitimate areas of review and inquiry, particularly if he intentionally lied or mislead the public during a political campaign.
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This tariffs don’t really work from my perspective because they will just raise prices. They turned out to be good policy overall because they prevented the Iran hoax the neocons were pushing in the first couple months of the Trump presidency, but I don’t think they’re good in term of economic policy.
Trump needs to get the Fiat ponzi circus printing faster $$$$$$$$$$ if he wants to survive the midterms and prevent the dems from making a comeback. keep the plebs in financial gulag but at least win the midterms
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This tariffs don’t really work from my perspective because they will just raise prices. They turned out to be good policy overall because they prevented the Iran hoax the neocons were pushing in the first couple months of the Trump presidency, but I don’t think they’re good in term of economic policy,
Trump needs to get the Fiat ponzi circus printing faster $$$$$$$$$$ if he wants to survive the midterms and prevent the dems from making a comeback. keep the plebs in financial gulag but at least win the midterms.
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to have some fun with,
I was not aware that was the issue for aHIPPA violation,
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We stop screening for prostate cancer in most patients at age 70 and usually all patients by age 75.”
Biden is not “most patients”.
People in certain professions or positions undergo health screenings “regular” people don’t because these are jobs where you cannot take certain risks.
I would argue President is one such position, if your patient wants to be President to age 86 you screen for prostate cancer and other conditions a “normal” person would not undergo at that age.
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Ccp north aka Canada has haunted nearly all retaliatory tariffs”
Good move. Nobody will touch haunted tariffs until Halloween.
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If all of the Republicans in Congress are “conservatives”, why is it such a tough issue to pass a budget that is a slight increase from 2019 expenditures,”
Zzzz….
IF Trump is a “conservative”, why is he urging them to pass the BBB?
NYC, a liar and a fraud, is critical of the Congress Rs who are are trying to pass, guess what, TRUMP’S BUDGET.
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Glad you are having a good time in Ireland, Bitter.
Regarding the ongoing discussion – isn’t it HIPAA, and not HIPPA?
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LOL!
Of course, jason ignores the item about 2019 spending levels……but he is a conservative, don’t you know!!
Jason is the one who claims the Republicans in Congress are real “conservatives”, he allows Tillis to “vote his conscience”, but when it comes to doing basic government, where the expenditures don’t outpace the taxes brought in, all of a sudden those “conservatives” with their “own conscience” have to pass TRUMP’S BUDGET.
What a fake this llama-lover is, just like the quislings in Congress who won’t cut out the Green New Deal spending, who won’t cut out Covid Emergency spending, and who won’t cut the waste fraud and abuse found by DOGE!
As for Trump, if you make permanent his tax cut, plus add in no tax on tips or OT, or something like that, what else will he want?
Dare him to veto a bill that reduces/eliminates spending on the Green New Deal and Covid spending – my prediction: He would sign it!
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isn’t it HIPAA, and not HIPPA?
BillW, an astute observation. Yes, it is HIPAA – The health insurance portability and accountability act.
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Bill W. – I stand corrected. GFY
NT
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