Best six weeks of American politics

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Not to mention throwing Zelensky out of the White House :). That was a deep move, effectively sidelining Zelensky who will never get back into the game. The big players are Russia and USA. Trump and Putin. Europeans can squeal all they want, but backing Zelensky is a fool’s game, as is never admitting how much Europe/ NATO/ USAID provoked the war. That right there is the worst thing about Europe today. imo. ABN

Bye, suka (сука)

Suka, a Russian word no less, means bitch. Zelensky is Jewish and not a native Ukrainian speaker. He muttered suka under his breath while half-listening to Vance. Looks like he’s done for because he showed the whole world he is not in this for Ukraine, but for free money from USA. While the corruption and venality is bad, it is heart-breaking to think of it happening over the dead bodies of millions of Ukrainians and Russians. ABN

Online THCA hemp sample sold without age checks across state lines — Kevin McKernan

Online THCA hemp sample sold without age checks across state lines.
CT 30 for Aspergillus Fumigatus.~100x over the tested state limits. The hemp market enjoys ZERO testing so it’s the dumping ground of failed weed.

Plating confirms it not dead DNA but live spores.

The hemp market enjoys banking. The safety tested cannabis market does NOT have banking.

It’s almost like the federal government is trying to make the cannabis market dirty again.
Fumigatus is nasty stuff for immunocompromised patients.

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Zelensky met with smarmy money launderers prior to being rolled by Trump

What a difference Trump makes. He’s a real president. Zelensky is used to being coddled and praised. This short vid shows where his flippant attitude comes from. And why Trump shot him down. Besides the theatrics of this, there is also a deep game theory going on. Zelensky humiliated himself on the world stage in the American Oval Office. I doubt he will recover. Will Europe coddle him now? If so, they will be treated same as Zelensky. Trump sees the real prize is peace and strong relations with Russia. ABN

Education Department Launches ‘End DEI’ Website to Solicit Complaints About Schools

The U.S. Department of Education is asking the public to report practices of diversity, equity, and inclusion in public schools, the Trump administration’s latest move to go after schools for what it calls “divisive ideologies” and “indoctrination.”

The agency on Thursday launched a public portal—EndDEI.Ed.Gov—for parents, students, teachers, and the broader community to report practices of discrimination based on race or sex in publicly-funded K-12 schools.

This new effort comes just before the Feb. 28 deadline that the Trump administration set for K-12 schools and universities to end DEI practices or risk losing federal funding.

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Summary of Trump administration so far

The Trump administration has some serious people doing extraordinarily important work.  The CIA team are doing something that few will ever fathom, and when the details surface they will hopefully get praise.

The State Dept team, obviously working closely with the CIA team, are likewise doing exceptional groundwork.

The DNI group (domestic IC) and DHS team are also laying the groundwork for major changes and confronting decades of institutional wrongdoing.  Praise and appreciation is well warranted.

The econ team is first-in-class, and the emissaries are working the Economic Security and National Security dynamic.  These enmesh with other operations and DJT/Lutnick are brilliantly coordinating a smooth outflow of positive global influence.

However, don’t expect the DOJ/FBI silos to be anything except a hot mess.  They have all the support needed, but the silo heads have no idea how to get their “arms around” the problems.  The DOJ/FBI reform agenda is going nowhere.

Celebrate all the success in the areas where serious people are operating strategically.  But if you were looking for DOJ/FBI structural silo changes, that ain’t happening.  Sorry, wrong leadership choice there.

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Can psilocybin — the key element in magic mushrooms — be the key to treating head injuries?

Mild repetitive head injuries do more than just cause short-term issues with cognition, behavior and motor skills. They also lead to an increased risk of dementia, Parkinson’s disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and cost billions of dollars in health care.

There is no medical treatment for these types of injuries but new preliminary research out of Northeastern University shows a solution may lie in a surprising place: psilocybin, the psychedelic found in drugs like magic mushrooms.

A group of researchers including Northeastern psychology professor Craig Ferris tested the healing effects of psilocybin on adult female rats. After these rats suffered mild head injuries, researchers found that being treated with psilocybin helped restore normal brain function.

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I usually do not put up mouse or rat studies, but this one is interesting. I myself long ago experienced enormous relief from a brain injury due to psychedelics. This feature alone may be a major factor in psychedelics beneficial effects on depression and other psychological and emotional problems. ABN