Day: July 3, 2020

Donald Trump blasts the ‘left-wing cultural revolution’ and ‘cancel culture’

as he vows to hunt down rioters with federal law enforcement at Mount Rushmore on the eve of the Fourth of July

  • President Trump spoke at Mount Rushmore Friday evening to headline a Fourth of July event 
  • He blasted the ‘left-wing cultural revolution,’ a knock at the Black Lives Matter protests, and said their goal was to overthrow the American Revolution   
  • As coronavirus cases have spiked around the country, Trump has focused on culture war issues like Confederate monuments and Black Lives Matter 
  • His decision to hold back-to-back Fourth of July events in South Dakota and Washington, D.C. has concerned public health officials 
  • South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem isn’t enforcing social distancing at the Friday night speech nor is she making mask-wearing mandatory  

By Nikki Schwab, Senior U.s. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com

President Trump gave a fiery address at Mount Rushmore Friday night claiming that the ‘left-wing cultural revolution’ aimed to overthrow the American Revolution, painting a dark picture of the Black Lives Matter protests that have rocked the nation. 

On the eve of the Fourth of July holiday, Trump’s message was about us versus them, calling those who didn’t support him ‘bad, evil people.’ 

He tossed red meat to a packed crowd of supporters – a majority of whom were not wearing masks nor practicing social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 – telling them ‘we will never abolish the police’ and ‘we stand tall we stand proud and we only kneel to almighty God.’  

And Trump vowed to deploy federal law enforcement ‘to protect our monuments, arrest the rioters and prosecute offenders to the furthest extent of the law.’  

He promised Mount Rushmore, which loomed above him, would never be touched.  

‘This monument will never be desecrated, these heroes will never be defaced, their legacy will never ever be destroyed, their achievements will never be forgotten and Mount Rushmore will stand forever as an eternal tribute to our forefathers and to our freedom,’ the president said in the opening minutes.  President Trump painted a dark picture of the Black Lives Matter protests that have rocked the nation by saying they were a product of the 'left-wing cultural revolution' meant to overthrow the American Revolution

President Trump painted a dark picture of the Black Lives Matter protests that have rocked the nation by saying they were a product of the ‘left-wing cultural revolution’ meant to overthrow the American Revolution 

President Trump (left) and first lady Melania Trump (right) arrive at Mount Rushmore for a Fourth of July event

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‘She knows too much’:

Epstein’s victims’ lawyer says Ghislaine Maxwell may kill herself or ‘be silenced’ to stop her spilling secrets on her high profile friends – as she spends her first nights in New Hampshire county jail

  • Ghislaine Maxwell is in the Merrimack County Jail in Boscawen, New Hampshire
  • She will likely stay there all weekend until she is transferred to New York City 
  • Maxwell faces 35 years behind bars if convicted of the charges she is facing 
  • Spencer Kuvin told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview that Maxwell ‘knows too much’
  • He said she might ‘take matters into her own hands’ or that someone else may want to ‘silence her’ to stop her from spilling information 
  • The 58-year-old has a staggering network of high profile friends
  • Among them is Prince Andrew, who has said he will speak to investigators  

As Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘pimp’ Ghislaine Maxwell spends her first days behind bars, a lawyer for their alleged victims who predicted the pervert financier would die in jail says she will likely suffer the same fate.

Spencer Kuvin told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview that Maxwell ‘knows too much’ and that powerful people may want to silence her even as she is locked up.

‘It may be that she can’t handle the fear of what’s going to happen to her and takes matters into her own hands or there will be people who are very afraid of what she has to say,’ Kuvin predicted. 

Maxwell has an astonishing international network of friends and acquaintances, some of whom have no doubt helped her lay low since Epstein’s suicide. 

Kuvin said people laughed at him when he predicted that Epstein would die in prison — but his gut is telling him the same thing about Maxwell.

Maxwell, 58, was arrested on Thursday on federal charges relating to her allegedly enticing underage girls for Epstein to abuse.

She won the trust of girls as young as 14 and brought them to a ‘trap’ she and Epstein set — and in some cases took part in sex acts, the federal indictment states. Ghislaine Maxwell, pictured in October 2016, in one of her final social appearances

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YOUR STOLE OUR LAND!

‘You are on stolen land’: Native American protesters face off with National Guard and police and at least 15 are arrested after blocking a road leading to Mount Rushmore ahead of Trump’s Independence Day speech

  • Protesters, mostly Native Americans, blocked a road leading to Mount Rushmore in Keystone, South Dakota
  • The blockade was formed hours before President Trump arrived to deliver his Independence Day speech 
  • Demonstrators climbed on top of the vans chanting ‘Land back!’ while others held signs that read ‘Protect SoDak’s First People,’ ‘You Are On Stolen Land’
  • Authorities declared an ‘unlawful assembly’ before police and National Guard soldiers moved in and a standoff ensued, with cops using pepper spray

By Associated Press

Published: 21:43 EDT, 3 July 2020 | Updated: 22:49 EDT, 3 July 2020

More than 100 protesters faced off with the National Guard and police officers in Keystone, South Dakota on Friday after crowds blocked off a road leading to Mount Rushmore ahead of President Donald Trump’s arrival. 

Activists and members of different Native American tribes gathered on a highway protesting the occupation of South Dakota’s Black Hills that they say were taken from the Lakota people against treaty agreements.  

One group parked three vans across the road and took the tires from two of them to make it more difficult to remove them. Several demonstrators climbed on top of the vans chanting ‘Land back!’

Others held signs that read ‘Protect SoDak’s First People,’ ‘You Are On Stolen Land’ and ‘Dismantle White Supremacy’ while playing Lakota music in the 95F degree heat. 

Authorities declared an ‘unlawful assembly’ before police and National Guard soldiers moved in and a standoff ensued, with officers using pepper spray and smoke bombs to disperse crowds. 

At least 15 protesters were arrested after ignoring police officers’ orders to clear the area, according to The Rapid City Journal.  Independence Day standoff: Activists and members of different tribes from the region blocked a road as they protested in Keystone, South Dakota on Friday

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Ghislaine Maxwell will NEVER sell out Prince Andrew

– but might talk about Clinton and Trump – says confidante Laura Goldman as she claims the royal and the socialite had a fling and the Duke is urged to go to the FBI

  • Maxwell was arrested on charges of procuring underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein 
  • She was arrested Thursday at $1million ‘Tuckedaway’ home in New Hampshire 
  • Pressure mounted on Prince Andrew to speak to the FBI first last night
  • But Ghislaine’s friend Laura Goldman said she would ‘never sell out’ the Prince
  • She suggested Maxwell could discuss US Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump’s relationships with Epstein

By Sam Greenhill and Daniel Bates and Rebecca English and David Barrett For The Daily Mail

Ghislaine Maxwell will ‘never sell out’ Prince Andrew, one of her closest confidantes revealed tonight – as pressure mounts on the royal to speak to the FBI.  

Laura Goldman, a New York stockbroker who has known Maxwell for several years, said she would ‘never’ offer information about alleged links between Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein.

Tonight, it emerged the socialite was once photographed sitting in the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace alongside actor Kevin Spacey in 2002, years before police began investigating Epstein’s links to sex trafficking and abuse.

Maxwell could face up to 35 years in prison for six charges of grooming and trafficking after officers swooped on her New Hampshire bolthole on Thursday. 

The developments have brought renewed pressure on the Duke of York to speak to investigators about his relationship with the disgraced paedophile billionaire, following back-and-forth claims that both parties were being uncooperative. 

But Ms Goldman suggested Maxwell would be more likely to discuss Epstein’s dealings with former US President Bill Clinton and his successor Donald Trump instead of Andrew. No allegations have been made about either man. 

‘The only way she can walk is if she gives someone up, but that definitely won’t be Andrew,’ Ms Goldman told The Telegraph, which published the picture of Ghislaine in Buckingham Palace with Spacey.

‘She is so appreciative that when she first came to New York, the Duke helped to launch her into high society. She always talks about what a true friend he is. She doesn’t see any reason to speak about him to the authorities.’

There is concern among royal circles over what implications Ms Maxwell’s arrest in New Hampshire on Thursday could have for the Duke, 60, who was reportedly introduced to the billionaire paedophile by her in 1999. 

Tonight’s bombshell revelation comes as the Mail can reveal:

  • Maxwell started legal moves to purchase her secluded New Hampshire bolthole the very day after Andrew’s car crash TV interview;
  • Victims urged the duke to speak to the FBI, saying ‘more excuses, more delays’ were ‘torture’ for them;
  • The duke’s immediate fate rests with Home Office officials who must judge if the US can quiz him in a court;
  • Andrew’s accuser Virginia Roberts branded Maxwell ‘an evil monster’ and said she cried tears of joy at her arrest;
  • Ghislaine Maxwell’s confidante Laura Goldman suggested the socialite would more likely discuss former US President Bill Clinton and Donald Trump’s relationships with Epstein over the Duke of York.

Laura Goldman, who has been friends with Ghislaine Maxwell for several years said she would 'never sell out' Prince Andrew following her arrest on child sex charges

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Of mice and fat

Treatment that burns fat and stimulates muscle growth in mice could also reverse physical ageing in humans, scientists suggest

  • German researchers say muscle loss and a fatter stomach are signs of ageing
  • The team used a chemical to switch fat cell receptors linked to muscle and fat
  • In mice triggering them encouraged body fat to burn and better muscle growth  

Reversing physical ageing could be as simple as giving people a treatment that encourages their body to burn fat and promote muscle growth, study finds. 

Researchers from the University of Bonn worked from the idea that a fatter stomach and shrinking muscles are common signs of ageing that ‘could be reversed’. 

This treatment – which involves switching receptors that regulates weight and muscle growth – has so far only been tested on mice and in human cell cultures.

The German research team found that by triggering these receptors on a fast-burning form of fat, older mice become much fitter and as healthy as younger mice. 

They then compared the fat cells and pathways in the mice with human cells and found they were essentially the same, meaning it should to do the same with people.

Researchers from the University of Bonn worked from the idea that a fatter stomach and shrinking muscles are common signs of ageing that 'could be reversed'. Stock image

Researchers from the University of Bonn worked from the idea that a fatter stomach and shrinking muscles are common signs of ageing that ‘could be reversed’. Stock image

Researchers have been studying ways of converting flabby ‘white fat’ to this ‘brown fat’ – which the body tends to burn as an energy source – for years.

This new study is a breakthrough in the search to make that conversion possible and the team say brown fat has more A2B receptors than white fat.

This is the key to burning fat as energy, rather than leaving it lying dormant around our bellies and thighs, according to the team behind the discovery. 

As they age, mice increasingly lose muscle mass – similar to humans and just like us, they also tend to gain a lot of fat around the hips over the years. 

However, if they receive the chemical that activates the A2B receptor, these ageing effects are inhibited, according to the German team.

They then gave older mice treatment to activate their A2B receptors and found they did indeed start burning more fat similar to younger mice.

However, the impact went further as they did not lose weight but instead gained muscle, and the scientists found that muscles were also high in A2B receptors.

After four weeks of the treatment, the oxygen consumption of the mice had been boosted by almost 50 per cent, and they were found to have about as much muscle mass as young mice.

‘A2B activation can therefore reverse both ageing effects to a certain extent,’ said Thorsten Gnad, the lead author of the study.

To check whether the results might carry across to people, the team then examined human cells and discovered the same mechanism appeared to be at work.

The next stage will be to work out how to deliver such treatment safely to humans.

Professor Alexander Pfeifer, from the study team, said it had implications for tackling the body’s decline with age and battling health issues related to global obesity.

‘Obesity is a growing problem worldwide,’ said Pfeifer.The German research team found that by triggering these receptors on a fast-burning form of fat, older mice become much fitter and as healthy as younger mice. Stock image

The German research team found that by triggering these receptors on a fast-burning form of fat, older mice become much fitter and as healthy as younger mice. Stock image

‘Every extra pound not only increases the risk of developing diabetes, but also the risk of high blood pressure, vascular damage and heart attacks and strokes.

‘These problems are further exacerbated by muscles that shrink over the years, as they further reduce the body’s energy requirements both at rest and in motion.’

The pharmacologists explain that the prospect of having a receptor on hand that might be able to slow down both of these age-related phenomena is highly exciting. 

However, further research would first have to show to what extent the human mechanisms actually resemble those in mice. 

Additionally, there is currently no activator of A2B approved for use in humans so little is known about any side effects of such a treatment. 

‘We found no signs of adverse reactions in mice,’ says Pfeifer. ‘However, the meaningfulness of the results is, of course, also limited on this matter.’ 

The research was published in the latest edition of the scientific journal Cell Metabolism.  Read more:

SHE WILL SPILL THE BINS

Ghislaine Maxwell ‘will be naming names’: Jeffrey Epstein’s arrested ‘pimp’ is ‘set to cooperate with FBI’ in ominous news for Prince Andrew and she could be held in prison where pedophile ‘killed himself’

  • Maxwell was arrested yesterday on charges of procuring underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse
  • She was arrested at a $1million home in New Hampshire and subsequently appeared in court by video-link 
  • Pressure is growing on Prince Andrew to give evidence to prosecutors about his links to Epstein and Maxwell
  • Epstein’s former boss, Steven Hoffenberg said the paedophile’s ex-girlfriend Maxwell ‘knows everything’ and will ‘totally co-operate’ 
  • Between 2007 and 2011, Epstein transferred more than $20million into Maxwell’s bank accounts 
  • She was arrested on Thursday morning at a luxury $1million estate in New Hampshire 
  • Maxwell is currently in the custody of US Marshalls and her exact whereabouts is unclear 
  • She is likely to appear in court in New York on Monday, after the 4th of July holiday weekend  
  • Sources close to the Duke say they are ‘bewildered’ because he has repeatedly offered to help the inquiry
  • Andrew denies having sex with Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who last night celebrated news of Maxwell’s arrest 

By Tim Stickings For Mailonline

Ghislaine Maxwell will be ‘naming names’ and ‘fully co-operating’ with the FBI and Prince Andrew is among those ‘very worried’ about what she might reveal, a former associate of Jeffrey Epstein has claimed.    

Maxwell’s dramatic arrest on sex-trafficking charges yesterday has raised hopes among Epstein victims that prosecutors will untangle a ‘spider web’ of rich and powerful associates of the pair. 

The socialite and daughter of late British publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell was seized at a $1million home in New Hampshire and later appeared in court by video-link. 

She is now awaiting transfer to New York to face charges of procuring girls as young as 14 for Epstein to sexually abuse – and could even be held in the same Manhattan jail where Epstein died last year. 

If convicted on all counts, Maxwell faces 35 years behind bars at a maximum. It would mean she’d be 93 by the time she’d be released. 

The latest twist in the case has ramped up the pressure on Andrew to testify about his relationship with Epstein and Maxwell, but sources close to the Duke say they are ‘bewildered’ because he has repeatedly offered to help.   

Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the Epstein accuser who dragged Andrew into the mire by claiming she had sex with him in the early 2000s, last night celebrated Maxwell’s arrest and called her an ‘insidious creature’ who deserved to be locked up. Andrew denies her allegations, saying he has no recollection of meeting Miss Roberts.Ghislaine Maxwell will be 'naming names' and 'fully co-operating' with the FBI and Prince Andrew is among those 'very worried' about what she might reveal, a former associate of Jeffrey Epstein has claimed (Epstein and Maxwell are pictured together in New York in 2005)

Ghislaine Maxwell will be ‘naming names’ and ‘fully co-operating’ with the FBI and Prince Andrew is among those ‘very worried’ about what she might reveal, a former associate of Jeffrey Epstein has claimed (Epstein and Maxwell are pictured together in New York in 2005) Prince Andrew (pictured during his BBC Newsnight interview last year) is under increasing pressure to give evidence - but the Duke's legal team insists he has offered to help US investigators

Prince Andrew (pictured during his BBC Newsnight interview last year) is under increasing pressure to give evidence – but the Duke’s legal team insists he has offered to help US investigators 

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Tucker Carlson for president?

Former Trump campaign and GOP officials believe the Fox News host could lead a successful 2024 presidential campaign after his show becomes the highest-rated program in Cable News

  • Former Trump officials and conservative strategists are reportedly discussing the possibility of Fox News Host Tucker Carlson running for president in 2024
  • Carlson has previously denied interest in running for office, but many reportedly believe he’d make a formidable candidate
  • Carlson has amassed a massive base with his show Tucker Carlson Tonight, which has been named the highest-rated program in all of cable news
  • Politico reports that Roger Stone encouraged Carlson to run as a Libertarian in the 2016 election, but he declined
  • People close to Carlson are reportedly skeptical that he would run
  • Carlson has been a consistent supporter of President Trump and his brand of conservative ideology 

By Lauren Edmonds For Dailymail.com

Former Trump campaign and administration officials are reportedly speculating that outspoken Fox News host Tucker Carlson could make a successful run for president in 2024.

Politico reports that conservative circles have been seriously mulling over the idea that Carlson, 51, could parlay his successful television career into a political victory – much like President Trump.

Several conservative strategists, commentators and others reportedly believe Carlson, whose outspoken brand of journalism has amassed a massive media following, would be an obvious frontrunner in the Republican primary.

Luke Thompson, a Republican strategist who worked for Jeb Bush’s super PAC in 2016, said: ‘He’s a talented communicator with a massive platform. I think if he runs he’d be formidable.’

Politico reports that several conservatives believe Fox News Host Tucker Carlson (pictured) would be a formidable candidate in the 2024 presidential election

Politico reports that several conservatives believe Fox News Host Tucker Carlson (pictured) would be a formidable candidate in the 2024 presidential election

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