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President-elect Donald Trump confirms he will nominate pro-Israel New York Representative Elise Stefanik to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

President-elect Donald Trump’s new border czar Tom Homan has defeated plans to boot millions of migrants from the U.S., starting Monday “I don’t care what people think of me.”

Donald Trump has named Stephen Miller as his Deputy Chief of Policy. Miller is a long-time adviser and a strict proponent of legal immigration. As such, the New York Times calls Miller an immigration hardliner. Vice President JD Vance confirmed the appointment by calling him a “fantastic pick” and congratulating Mr. Miller online. The New […] The post Stephen Miller Will Serve As Trump’s Deputy Chief of Policy appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s alliance with Donald Trump drew a new crowd of voters to the future president — a crowd focused on chronic disease, health and wellness, and the corruption of top federal agencies. The Daily Wire reported in September on the “movement happening” within the health and wellness industry after Kennedy endorsed Trump for president on August 26. Multiple health and wellness influencers told The Daily Wire that they had voted Democrat or Independent their entire lives, but hearing Trump champion their cause made them change course. “Oh God, I’m getting emotional just thinking about it,” health and wellness influencer Courtney Swan shared in a phone interview with The Daily Wire at the time. “I have been waiting my entire adult voting life for a presidential candidate to acknowledge how sick our country is.” According to one of the major PACs backing RFK and the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, MAHA played a “decisive” role in Trump’s historic victory, drawing together doctors, crunchy moms, health influencers, young women, and more. Congratulations @realDonaldTrump on your historic victory. Let’s bring the country together and Make America Healthy Again! — Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) November 6, 2024 “The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) PAC played a pivotal role in the 2024 election by mobilizing a powerful coalition of health-conscious voters and RFK Jr. supporters to back Donald Trump,” Jeff Hutt, director of Advocacy and Outreach for the MAHA PAC, told The Daily Wire. “Our outreach programs strategically targeted more than 1.1 million voters in critical swing states, leveraging cutting-edge digital, OTT, and radio campaigns to deliver more than 2.2 million impressions in the final days.” The MAHA PAC specifically focused on Michigan and Wisconsin, where “radical secretaries of state” refused to remove Kennedy from the ballot. Hutt believes this was done in an effort to siphon votes from Trump. “By intensifying our efforts in these states, we ensured that pro-health, pro-freedom voters united under Trump’s leadership, delivering the margins necessary for victory,” he explained. “MAHA’s work wasn’t just about voter contact,” Hutt said, “it was about building a movement. By channeling the energy of RFK Jr.’s supporters — voters passionate about health freedom and government accountability — we expanded Trump’s base and secured crucial wins in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin.” “We also made serious inroads in traditionally challenging states like New Hampshire and Virginia, dramatically increasing their competitiveness,” Hutt argued. “This election proved that when Americans rally around shared values of making America healthy and great again, transformative victories are within reach.” (Photo by OLIVIER TOURON/AFP via Getty Images) Three hours after an assassin tried to kill Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, health expert Calley Means called Kennedy, who at the time had not yet endorsed Trump or dropped out of the race. Means, who had long been advising Kennedy, reportedly told Kennedy that he’d been advising Trump and wanted to connect the two men. “‘I said, I don’t think so,'” Kennedy said in an interview with Tucker Carlson, explaining that he thought his wife would be completely opposed to such a union. “I called Cheryl up and she said to me, you should hear them out.” Kennedy then got a text from Carlson, who shared Trump’s number and told Kennedy: “He’s waiting for your call.” “I called him and had a great conversation with him,” Kennedy explained. He flew out to meet Trump the next day and was very impressed with their conversations. When he attempted to speak with Kamala Harris, he was told that Harris was not open to even speaking with him. Ultimately, he endorsed Trump. Trump released a video in early June announcing a plan to address chronic illnesses and other health problems, particularly among children. He also pointed to increasing concerns that “Big Pharma” is profiting from American health issues. “It is time to ask: What is going on?” Trump, the Republican nominee at the time, said in the video. “Is it the food that they eat? The environment that we live in? The over-prescription of certain medications? Is it the toxins and chemicals that are present in our homes?” When Trump took the stage in Arizona to accept Kennedy’s endorsement on August 26, he praised Kennedy’s “decades of work as an advocate for the health of our families and our children.” “Nobody’s done more,” he said of Kennedy. “Millions and millions of Americans who want clean air, clean water, and a healthy nation have concerns about toxins in our environment and pesticides in our foods.” “That is why today, I’m repeating my pledge to establish a panel of top experts working with Bobby to investigate what is causing the decades-long increase in chronic health problems and childhood diseases, including autoimmune disorders, autism, obesity, infertility, and many more,” Trump added. “We want every child in America to grow up and to live a long and healthy life.” Post-election, it appears that Kennedy’s influence on Trump is far from over. Before he won, Trump repeatedly said that Kennedy would play a role in his administration. “I’m going to let him go wild on health. I’m going to let him go wild on the food. I’m going to let him go wild on the medicines,” Trump told the crowds at Madison Square Garden shortly before the election. Following Trump’s victory, Kennedy told NBC News that the president-elect has been very specific about what he wants Kennedy to do: clean up the corruption of the agencies, “particularly the conflicts of interests that have turned those agencies into captive agencies for the pharmaceutical industries, and the food industry, the other industry that they’re supposed to be regulating.” He also has promised Trump to return those agencies to their “gold-standard science, empirically based, evidence-based medicine that they were” when he was a child, and to make America healthy again by ending the chronic disease epidemic. “President Trump has told me that he wants to see measurable, concrete results within two years, in terms of a measurable diminishment in chronic disease among America’s kids,” he added. President Trump has asked me to do three things: 1. Clean up the corruption in our government health agencies. 2. Return those agencies to their rich tradition of gold-standard, evidence-based science. 3. Make America Healthy Again by ending the chronic disease epidemic. pic.twitter.com/WHMOsD0CiI — Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) November 6, 2024 Kennedy is already starting to have influence within the next Trump administration. The Hill reported Monday that Kennedy has expressed opposition to Marco Rubio as the next Secretary of State, “advocating for someone who is less neocon.” He’s also advocated for Senator Rick Scott of Florida to replace Mitch McConnell as leader of the senate, warning: “Without Rick Scott, the entire Trump reform agenda wobbly.”

Kamala Harris’ failed bid for the presidency had an estimated cost of more than $1 billion. According to one report, a portion of that money went to celebrities and social media influencers who touted the Democratic candidate on their sizable platforms. For example, Oprah Winfrey‘s company, Harpo Productions, received $1 million from the Harris campaign on October 15 after Winfrey hosted a town hall event for the campaign in September, per The Washington Examiner. Oprah was also featured at Harris’ final campaign rally in Philadelphia just days before the election, where she warned voters to get to the polls instead of being tempted to “sit this one out.” “If we don’t show up tomorrow, it is entirely possible that we will not have the opportunity to ever cast a ballot again,” Oprah warned at the time. “And let me be very clear, if you do not make sure that the people in your life can get to the polls, that is a mistake.” MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+ It has also been reported that Harris spent six figures building a set for the interview she did on Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy” podcast. The set was built in a hotel room in Washington, D.C., and made to look like Cooper’s actual set in Los Angeles, the Washington Examiner reported. The Harris campaign declined to comment on finances for the Examiner report, but a post-election report will be available within 30 days, as mandated by the Federal Election Commission. While they’re not revealing specifics now, the campaign already disclosed in October that it had spent more than $880 million. This number was much greater than what the Trump campaign spent, which was an estimated $354 million. Celebrity endorsements and appearances seemed to be a key focus of Harris’ campaign strategy. Beyoncé spoke at a rally in late October but left many fans disappointed that she did not perform. Musical artists from Ricky Martin to Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Megan Thee Stallion also took the stage at various rallies.  Harris scored endorsements from dozens of other celebrities, including the pop star Taylor Swift, who wrote a lengthy plea on her Instagram urging voters to support Harris for president. But despite outspending Trump and earning endorsements from the massive majority of the Hollywood vote, Harris lost every swing state and the popular vote.

Ribbon eels are in the family of moray eels. The beautifully colored blue and yellow eel gets its name from its ribbon-like body style and motion. Their swimming is mesmerizing, and the vivid coloration adds fluidity to the movement. @freshfinsdiving Ribbon Eel We love to find ribbon eels amongst the sandy patches in the reefs here in Amed/Tulamben. Seeing them swim is always something extraordinary ︎
Did you know⟿⟿ ✦ All ribbon eels begin their life as male, with a yellow dorsal fin against a black body. As they grow into maturity they will change to blue and yellow, like this one we found swimming freely at Coral Gardens! ✦ It doesn’t stop there- once the ribbon eels reach a certain length, they will change to a solid yellow color, and develop female parts until they can lay eggs! ✦ In the wild, these beautiful eels can live up to 20 years old and reach a length of 1 meter. Join us underwater, let’s dive⟿
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#freshfinsdiving #ribboneel #eels #scubadivingbali #scubadivingamed #amedbali #weareSSI #learntodive #discoverscubadiving #bali #wonderfulindonesia #underwaterworld #explorebali ♬ Mahal – Glass Beams A ribbon eel can live up to 20 years and is the only protandric ​hermaphrodite (sex-changing) eel. They begin life as a black male with a yellow dorsal fin. They keep the yellow dorsal fin as they mature, but the black changes to vibrant blue. Once they reach maturity, the male eel will develop female reproductive organs. Another color change to solid yellow takes place as the female develops. They will mate once, lay eggs, and perish within a month. During adulthood, two males often reside together in holes near the ocean floor. They are opportunistic hunters, waiting for prey to swim by the opening to catch their food. They travel by undulating their body. Coupled with the bright colors, watching them swim can be hypnotic. Image from TikTok. These eels can grow to around one meter in length. Once they complete the sex change to female, eels may grow slightly larger. They reside predominantly in sandy areas in the Indo-Pacific Ocean and typically stay in shallow waters less than 200 feet (60 meters) deep. Female ribbon eels are very rare. This is due mainly to their short lifespan. They are also the only color-changing moray eel. The major threat to the ribbon eel is the aquarium trade. However, they are not suitable for home aquariums. They are difficult to maintain and often die shortly after capture. While they are beautiful and would make a breathtaking addition to any aquarium, it is best to leave them in the wild. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post Mesmerizing Footage Shows Impressively Colorful Eel Flowing Just Like A Ribbon appeared first on InspireMore.