Ex-White House doctor demands Biden take cognitive test or drop out of race

Apr 26 2023

After President Joe Biden announced that he would be running for president in 2024, ex-White House doctor Rep. Ronny Jackson demanded that Biden take a cognitive test or drop out of the race altogether.

The Republican, who was appointed Assistant to the President and Chief Medical Advisor during Donald Trump’s administration, has requested that the president take a test to prove if he is capable to lead the country for another four years if he wins.

In a letter obtained by The New York Post, Jackson said: “We call on you to either resign immediately and renounce your bid for reelection or submit to a clinically validated cognitive screening assessment and make those results available to the public.”⁠

The letter points to various instances wherein Biden ‘shuffled his feet, tripped when he walked, slurred his words, forgot names, lost his train of thought and appeared momentarily confused’ during public appearances.

Jackson has been renewing such calls all throughout Biden’s administration, saying that the president should ‘follow the example set by former President Trump’.

Despite this, the White House gave Biden a nearly clean bill of health earlier this year after his annual physical.

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National Youth League A champions for Ħamrun 2022-23

Apr 26 2023

Ħamrun continued their football related celebrations yesterday after the Ħamrun Spartans Youth team won the National Youth League A, being awarded the trophy at the Victor Tedesco Stadium.

Led by ex-international player Stefan Sultana, the youth team concluded their last championship team with a 1-1 draw against Balzan.

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However, their earlier 1-1 draw with Hibernians assured that the youth team had the victory in the bag mathematically for the second consecutive year.

Well done boys!

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Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe welcomes 1st child with partner

Apr 26 2023

Yes, we are getting very old.

Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe has announced the birth of his first child with his partner Erin Darke.

The birth of their child was confirmed by the actor’s publicist after the Daily Mail published photographs of the pair pushing a pram down New York.

The actors have not yet revealed the sex or birthday of the child yet, keeping everything very hush hush (or Silencio for all you non-muggles out there).

Radcliffe and Darke have been together for around a decade after reportedly meeting on the set of the film Kill Your Darlings back in 2013.

Radcliffe was 12 years old (let that sink in – he is 33 years old now) when he was cast as the titular character in the movie adaptation of JK Rowling’s books.

Last year, he told news portals that he would love to have his children aspire to work behind the scenes in the film industry.

“A dream would be for them to come on to a film set and be like ‘God, you know, I’d love to be in the art department. I’d love to be something in the crew” he is quoted in having said.

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First ever Barbie doll with Down’s Syndrome unveiled

Apr 26 2023

Mattel have just unveiled the first ever Barbie doll with Down’s syndrome, as part of their Barbie Fashionistas line.

This particular line is specifically designed to represent diversity, challenge beauty standards around disabilities and support children in how they view themselves.

For this newest doll, Mattel claimed to have worked very closely with the National Down’s Syndrome Society to get the correct representations of the features.

President and CEO of the NDSS Kandi Pickard expressed how much this means to the community which, for the first time, has a Barbie doll that represents them and their struggles.

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Mattel went to a lot of effort to properly provide accuracy by including, among other things, a palm with a single line – something often associated with Down’s syndrome – and a pink ankle foot orthotics to support feet and ankles.

Meanwhile, the doll also wears a necklace with three upward chevrons, which is a symbol that unites the Down syndrome community and representes the three copies of the 21st chromosome.

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