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POLITICS GREATER THAN SCIENCE Shared By Peter Boykin - American Political Commentator / Citizen Journalist Have you noticed the wave of blue states suddenly rolling back their covid mandates all at once? Lately in New Jersey, California, New York, Connecticut, and many more - all moved to end their mandates. On its's face, [...]
ARE YOU A DOMESTIC TERRORIST? Shared By Peter Boykin - American Political Commentator / Citizen Journalist Biden's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its 'National Terrorism Advisory System' bulletin, warning of a “heightened extremism threat." ...but according to DHS, the threat isn't from ISIS or the flood of illegals coming across our southern [...]
![Just when you think the Biden regime can't become a bigger clown show, they go and spend $30 million dollars to provide clean crack pipes for drug addicts. ...seriously. A new Biden grant program will fund "smoking kits/supplies" in order to advance "racial equality" [whatever that means]. These kits will include pipes so addicts can smoke crack, crystal meth, or "any illicit substance." You know who's probably happy to hear this? Hunter Biden Now to be fair, the New York Times and the "White House" are playing damage control now stating "Crack Pipes" are NOT going to be given away. The New York Times said Republican lawmakers and conservative news outlets have accused the Biden administration of planning to give out pipes for smoking crack cocaine. Their claims refer to a provision in an overdose prevention program announced in December. The program provides funding for “safe smoking kits,” but it makes no specific mention of glass pipes. In response to the outcry, Biden administration officials denied offering funding for such pipes. What exactly is being funded? The program, funded by the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package enacted last winter, will provide about $30 million in grants for harm reduction programs, which aim to reduce the personal and public health effects of drug use. There is no specific mention of crack pipes in the grant application materials. Under the guidelines, grant recipients are required to create harm reduction action plans, distribute overdose medication, help curb the spread of infectious diseases and “purchase equipment and supplies to enhance harm reduction efforts.” Safe smoking kits are listed as just one of the allowable purchases. The grants also provide funding for disease and drug testing kits, wound care supplies, condoms, syringes and vaccines. In a fact sheet about the program, the Department of Health and Human Services said it did not expect grant recipients to purchase all of the listed supplies. The grant guidelines do not specify what the smoking kits should include. According to Harm Reduction International, a London-based nongovernmental organization, such kits can contain rubber mouthpieces, brass screens, lip balm, disinfectant wipes and glass stems — the “crack pipes” in question. The contents can vary based on the organization distributing the kit as well as state and local laws on the distribution of drug paraphernalia. Moreover, the smoking kits are not specific to crack cocaine and can also be given to users of methamphetamine and opioids. How has the administration responded? Xavier Becerra, the secretary of health and human services, and Dr. Rahul Gupta, the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, said in a joint statement on that their agencies were “focused on using our resources smartly to reduce harm and save lives.” They added that “no federal funding will be used directly or through subsequent reimbursement of grantees to put pipes in safe smoking kits.” Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, was more emphatic. She told reporters that pipes “were never a part of the kit” and dismissed the suggestion that they would be included as inaccurate reporting. She was most likely referring to an article published by The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative news outlet; citing an unnamed spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services, the article said the kits would provide pipes. The department did not respond when asked by The New York Times if glass pipes were ever allowable under the grant provisions. Why fund safe smoking kits in the first place? Advocates say the kits are an effective tool for outreach and health and safety education, and many expressed disappointment that the administration would not be providing funding for glass pipes. “Backtracking on providing critical evidence-based resources that could greatly improve the health of people who consume drugs through smoking is a huge missed opportunity,” Kassandra Frederique, the executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, said in a statement. HIPS, a harm reduction organization in Washington that applied for a grant under the administration’s program, distributed smoking kits in the 1990s and 2000s. Replacing broken and unsafe glass pipes had the effect of reducing the sharing of equipment and transmittable disease, said the group’s executive director, Cyndee Clay. “Being able to offer people clean, safe equipment for use, it’s a first step in helping change their behavior,” she said, adding that when HIPS stopped distributing the kits, “our engagement lessened because we didn’t have the right materials to start that conversation.” Ms. Clay said of the grant program, “It’s unfortunate that there is all this controversy over what is essentially a very small part of what this initiative will be able to accomplish.” Jim Duffy, the founder of Smoke Works, a harm reduction organization and pipe distributor in Boston, described the kits as an early intervention tool that could prevent people from injecting drugs and connect them to other resources. “It stands in place of something riskier,” Mr. Duffy said, adding that “it opens up to entirely new communities H.I.V. testing, referral and health services.” Mr. Duffy, whose organization did not apply for a grant, said he was disappointed that the Biden administration was “baited into a conversation that doesn’t need to be validated.” [Source: Waking Up Right newsletter, New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/10/us/politics/biden-crack-pipes-claim.html]](https://i0.wp.com/gaysfortrump.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Forget-Clearing-Student-Debt-Best-Biden-can-do-is-offer-you-Free-Crack-Pipes.jpg?fit=720%2C405&ssl=1)
Forget Clearing Student Debt, Best Biden can do is offer you Free Crack Pipes Shared By Peter Boykin - American Political Commentator / Citizen Journalist Just when you think the Biden regime can't become a bigger clown show, they go and spend $30 million dollars to provide clean crack pipes for drug addicts. [...]
‘She Was Begging and Pleading’: Jan. 6 Protester Recalls Witnessing Rosanne Boyland Die (Republished from TheEpochTimes.com) Shared By Peter Boykin - American Political Commentator / Citizen Journalist “It was hell itself.” Philip Anderson doesn’t like to talk about that part of Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol. It’s just too painful, even with family [...]
Left says they're not to blame for Biden's problems (Republished from TheHill.com) Shared By Peter Boykin - American Political Commentator / Citizen Journalist Progressives are pushing back at the idea that they are to blame at all for President Biden’s dismal poll numbers, arguing the White House’s problems have more to do with it moving [...]
SURVEY SAYS LETS GO BRANDON Shared By Peter Boykin - American Political Commentator / Citizen Journalist The New York Times [boy, do they regret doing this] put together a focus group made up of 14 independent voters - all of which voted for both Obama and Trump. And they asked the voters a series of [...]
HOW ZUCK BOUGHT THE 2020 ELECTION Shared By Peter Boykin - American Political Commentator / Citizen Journalist Previous Article: https://gaysfortrump.org/how-zuck-bought-the-2020-election/ https://rumble.com/vu9ghb-how-zuck-bought-the-2020-election.html https://rumble.com/vu9ghb-how-zuck-bought-the-2020-election.html A stunning new analysis of tax disclosures reveals how much Mark Zuckerberg funneled $350 million dollars into key swing states during the 2020 election and how that money disproportionately funded turn-out efforts [...]
AVENATTI WAS ONLY ALLOWED TO READ ONE BOOK IN JAIL... Shared By Peter Boykin - American Political Commentator / Citizen Journalist This might be my favorite story of 2022 so far. https://rumble.com/vu9g4t-avenatti-was-only-allowed-to-read-one-book-in-jail....html Disgraced anti-Trump lawyer, Michael Avenatti has filed a claim against the Federal Bureau of Prisons for mistreatment, claiming he was only allowed [...]
MAYBE WE CAN'T CO-EXIST Shared By Peter Boykin - American Political Commentator / Citizen Journalist A poll released by Rasmussen Reports found that an uncomfortable percentage of Democrats support harsh penalties on their fellow Americans for simply being unvaccinated. https://rumble.com/vu9fma-maybe-we-cant-co-exist.html The report was conducted on January 5 and surveyed 1,016 likely voters over the telephone [...]
TRUMP STILL HAS IT Shared By Peter Boykin - American Political Commentator / Citizen Journalist Let me tell you something, folks. Trump's still got it. https://rumble.com/vu9fa9-trump-still-has-it.html Here are some of the best quotes from his nearly two-hour rally in Arizona. He made sure to weigh in on the issues we need to hear his support [...]
