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In the middle of all the roster drama, LSU won its first game under Lane Kiffin in a 51-10 rout over Clemson on Saturday.

NIH Ends Biodefense Focus, Signs Pact With Department Of War

Authored by Paul D. Thacker via The DisInformation Chronicle,

Senior officials inside the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were baffled late last week when Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro issued a statement that Pentagon officials are trying to "raid" NIH funds to cover defense shortfalls. "The administration must provide Congress with a full accounting of how this interagency agreement was developed and exactly how much taxpayer money it is trying to transfer to DOD," wrote DeLauro, who serves as the top Democrat on House Appropriations.

DeLauro's statement spurred a flurry of media reports, including a fact-addled piece by Nature Magazine's Max Koslov, who falsely implied NIH was transferring hundreds of millions of dollars in research monies to the Department of War (DOW). Koslov also erred in misreporting that NIH maintains a biodefense research portfolio, even though NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya announced that he was cutting NIH's biodefense portfolio in an essay last January.

Ironically, Bhattacharya's essay appeared in Nature Medicine, a journal published by Koslov's own employer.

"Koslov is a fiction writer," said an exasperated HHS official. "Absolute fiction. Our comms people at NIH don't respond to him because he lies."

DOW released the interagency agreement with NIH on Friday, which shows no money has been transferred to NIH. The agreement was signed in early August by Bhattacharya and Robert Kadlec, a physician and former CIA officer who wrote most of our biodefense laws while working for several decades as a congressional staffer. Kadlec is now an assistant secretary at DOW in charge of counterterrorism and biodefense.

According to HHS and NIH officials, who have negotiated the agreement with Kadlec since February, Kadlec asked NIH to transfer the $2 billion allocated to NIH for biodefense over to DOW. NIH denied this request, although DOW officials have continued to press the $2 billion matter in private discussions.

The agreement allows two types of cooperation. One is called 7600A which lists the rules and terms for cooperation on a project, while a 7600B allows transfer of funds as payment. NIH has not signed any 7600Bs, and an official negotiating with DOW said NIH doesn't have any dollars to transfer to the Pentagon, because the money is already spent.

"The money on emerging infectious diseases is booked up for years in advance with contracts and grants," said the NIH staffer.

Part of the confusion stems from conflicting definitions and terminology deployed over the last two decades by Tony Fauci while he ran the biodefense program at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

As reported by Ashley Rindsberg in UnHerd, Fauci began the NIH's biodefense program in 2003 with billions of dollars directed to him by Vice President Dick Cheney, following an increase in biodefense spending after 9/11 and the anthrax attacks in 2001. This moved biodefense for the first time out of Pentagon oversight, while providing Fauci direct access to the White House and a $2 billion pot of money each year since.

But over succeeding decades Fauci began mixing the dollars designated for biodefense with programs targeted at other infectious diseases - eroding the distinction between public health research and scientific studies for biodefense. "Fauci spread the bioterrorism money into programs on emerging diseases," said the NIH official. "The reality is there's no $2 billion to give."

A senior Trump appointee who has worked with Bhattacharya and Kadlec to hammer out the agreement said that DeLauro is right to ask hard questions, which NIH needs to answer. But after the COVID pandemic mess, NIH is not the place to run bioterror research. "Look, everyone in this field knows that Kadlec is an operator," said the Trump official. "But Kadlec is an experienced hand and we need aggressive oversight on this research."

Referring to NIH money Fauci directed to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, he added, "What was the point of NIAID funding a BSL-4 lab in a foreign country? Nobody has explained that."

For the last three decades, Kadlec has labored to counter biological weapons for an alphabet soup of various agencies - JSOC, DOD, CIA, DHS, and the UN. Kadlec also wrote the critical legislation that undergirds America's biodefense infrastructure while a staffer for Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina.

Now the country's leading biodefense lobbyist at DLA Piper, Burr represents the University of North Carolina and sits on the board of READDI, a North Carolina biodefense company founded by virologist Ralph Baric.

In a 2023 interview with The DisInformation Chronicle, Kadlec pointed to a 2015 virus study published by Ralph Baric and funded by Fauci as evidence that the virology community had been dishonest with the American public about the scientific evidence that the pandemic started from a lab. Fauci and others, Kadlec said, served as a "cabal" to bury this evidence in an "information operation."

Last April, I reported for RealClearInvestigations that the NIH had yanked all of Baric's grants after determining that his research helped create the COVID virus. UNC put Baric on leave and he retired from the university in June.

"We gave Fauci billions and he burned the house down," said the Trump official working with NIH and DOW. "The world was on fire for two years and millions died. And if Democrats want the NIH to remain in the biodefense business, I wish them luck on selling voters on that."

A senior HHS official said it remains unclear how much money might eventually migrate over to DOW but it won't be anywhere near $2 billion as biodefense research is now gone from NIH's portfolio. Nonetheless, NIH faces an uphill battle convincing Congress that they are no longer in the biodefense game.

After determining it was biodefense research and unsafe for Americans, NIH dissolved an $82 million Fauci initiative last June called the Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases (CREID). CREID grantees included Peter Daszak of the nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance and Kristian Andersen of Scripps Research. But earlier this year, lobbyists inserted language into an appropriations bill that forces NIH to spend $18.2 million to fund CREID centers once again.

"We're not funding Kristian Andersen and that virologist crew," said the senior HHS official. "We're out of biodefense, and that CREID money will go to people looking at infectious diseases in public health."

Tyler Durden Tue, 09/08/2026 - 22:35

If one thing is for certain about basketball, it's always that there will be a dominant duo in the league. But just how dominant can they be?

"Oh, darn it, you’ve made me cry," the longtime co-host gushed.

"Oh, darn it, you’ve made me cry," the longtime co-host gushed.

Another day, another refusal by Karen Bass to cooperate with a congressional investigation.

He might not have played exactly like Aaron Judge, but he looked enough like himself to inspire hope in what became a 5-3 Yankees victory.

Netanyahu is scheduled to arrive in New York late on Sept. 23, address the U.N. General Assembly the afternoon of Sept. 24 and fly back to Israel that night.

The 25th anniversary of the horrific events of 9/11 will be, as it must, a somber reminder of those we lost on the deadliest day in American history.

Lindsay Clancy Supporters Threaten The Father Of The Children She Murdered

Patrick Clancy, the father of three children killed by his former wife, Lindsay Clancy, inside the family's Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023, is now the target of an online harassment campaign built on the false claim that he was involved in their deaths.

The claim has no foundation. Lindsay Clancy confessed. She never disputed killing her three children. Her defense spent the trial arguing she wasn't criminally responsible because of severe mental illness, including postpartum psychosis, while prosecutors countered that she knew what she was doing. 

Nobody on either side of that courtroom argued Patrick did it or was involved in any way. However, that inconvenient fact hasn't stopped supporters of Lindsay Clancy from claiming otherwise.

On Tuesday, Attorney Howard Cooper of Todd & Weld, who represents Patrick Clancy, issued a statement addressing what he described as a coordinated harassment effort.

"Over the past months, Patrick Clancy and his family have been subjected to a relentless, escalating and destructive defamation campaign," Cooper said.

Cooper placed the blame on a familiar cast of characters.

He pointed to "minor celebrities, so-called influencers and outright conspiracy theorists" who found a payday spreading false claims about a grieving father, seemingly untroubled by the fact that his ex-wife already admitted to the killings.

The harassment hasn't slowed since Friday's mistrial, either. Cooper said it has only intensified, "now fueled by insatiable media coverage" and sitting "at a fever pitch," with real threats to Patrick's reputation, livelihood and life.

Somewhere in the online ecosystem that turned Lindsay Clancy into a folk hero for a certain strain of aggrieved women, a father who buried three children became the villain of his own tragedy, at least according to those sympathetic to his ex-wife.

Cooper said Patrick's aim is stopping the harassment, holding the people spreading it accountable, and getting back to preserving the memory of Cora, Dawson and Callan while supporting other women navigating perinatal mental health crises. The irony belongs to nobody except his accusers.

"Enough is enough—this spread of blatant and baseless falsehoods must stop," Cooper said. "Those responsible should understand that there will be consequences, and every appropriate measure will be pursued to hold them accountable, including legally." Cooper confirmed he has already notified law enforcement.

The mistrial occurred because the jury could not agree on whether Lindsay Clancy was criminally responsible for the deaths after one juror held out for a verdict that would have found Clancy criminally responsible. District Attorney Tim Cruz still has the option to retry the case, and prosecutors have considered a retrial at a later date. However, Cruz has not given any definite timeline after the court announced the mistrial.

Patrick Clancy sat through much of that trial as the prosecution's first witness. He described the day his children were murdered, his former wife's mental collapse in the weeks before, and the moment he came home with food and medicine to find his children gone. None of that has translated into sympathy from the people now targeting him. 

Attorney David Meier, also of Todd & Weld, issued his own statement after the mistrial, striking a different tone than the online mob. "Patrick Clancy is grateful to the Court and to the jurors for their hard work, their commitment, and their perseverance," Meier said. "The loss of Patrick's children is something from which he will never recover and from which there will never be closure. The prospect of reliving this tragedy through another trial is extraordinarily painful."

Patrick has said before that he forgives Lindsay, calling her ill instead of evil, a distinction that seems to matter to no one running the harassment campaign against him. 

Tyler Durden Tue, 09/08/2026 - 22:10

The NBA season is rapidly approaching as teams are expected to report to training camp at the end of the month.

The Food Network star gave fans a close-up of her nasty injury just one week before she's set to compete on the hit ABC dancing show.

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Russini turned down tell-all interview offers from major networks, podcasts and reality television shows, a source told Page Six.

Russini turned down tell-all interview offers from major networks, podcasts and reality television shows, a source told Page Six.

Photos obtained by cops show what appears to be an older man riding his bicycle on the trail wearing a helmet – and little else. 

City Councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez has spent years backing policies that turned MacArthur Park into a squalid zombie-filled drug den.

Most US Workers Fear Obsolescence In AI Era, Experts Say Adaptation Goes Beyond Tech

Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times,

Just as "The Obsolete Man," which aired in 1961, depicted a future society in which technology had rendered certain professions obsolete, a recent survey showed that, as AI reshapes the workplace, most U.S. workers fear becoming obsolete in the future workforce and believe developing new skills is essential to job security.

While many workers attributed their fear of obsolescence to a lack of skill with the latest technologies, some hiring and workforce professionals said building interpersonal skills is increasingly critical, especially at a time when many young people are living in a digital world.

ETS, a global nonprofit educational testing and measurement organization, reported that 54 percent of U.S. workers felt underprepared for the next generation of jobs in the coming decade, compared with 49 percent globally. Meanwhile, 75 percent said they have no clear indication of what those jobs will entail in 2035.

This uncertainty, in turn, is accompanied by fears of obsolescence, with 58 percent of those surveyed saying they fear becoming obsolete in the future workforce. The figure rises to 74 percent among technology workers and 73 percent among those in financial services.

"The reasons workers give are consistent across markets: they lack experience with emerging technologies such as AI, automation or data tools. Many also report limited hands-on exposure to innovative systems that are becoming central to modern work," ETS stated.

Some workers also feared that their newly acquired skills could become obsolete almost as quickly as they learn them, the report said.

Nevertheless, 78 percent of U.S. workers said there will be no job security without constant adaptation, while 85 percent said developing new skills will be necessary.

According to a March report from the International Monetary Fund, demand for new and digital skills is increasing, with one in 10 job postings in advanced economies and one in 20 in emerging markets requiring at least one new skill.

Ireland, Finland, and Denmark ranked as the top three countries in the organization's Skill Readiness Index, combining high shares of tech graduates with strong adult literacy and retraining systems. The United States ranked ninth among the 23 countries analyzed.

Barriers

However, many barriers, including time, cost, access, and employer support, are limiting workers' ability to pursue adaptation, ETS stated.

The report indicated that 71 percent of those surveyed were proactively developing new skills, falling short of the global average of 77 percent.

"U.S. workers are taking stock and waiting for clearer guidance, especially from governments, employers and educators," the report said.

Research from Blu Ivy Group, a Canadian employer brand and recruitment marketing company with offices in Michigan, indicates U.S. businesses spent $102.8 billion on employee training in 2025, but many failed to provide additional time for training, according to Stacy Parker, the company's cofounder and managing director.

"The biggest problem we see is that in many cases, employees are expected to participate in this training on evenings and weekends," she told The Epoch Times. "They are so busy with different projects at work and are not given any time during the day to complete the training."

Parker noted that in other countries, employee training is integrated into the workday.

"While North American companies tend to treat training as an HR [human resources] initiative, other nations see it as part of their competitiveness strategy," she said. "Managers need to have accountability for developing people alongside technology."

Meanwhile, Devin Hornick, cofounder and partner at KORE1, an Irvine, California-based nationwide staffing and workforce management company, said another reason U.S. workers lag behind their global counterparts is that they fail to discuss job expectations with their managers.

"In the U.S., the relationship between the growth of an employee's skills in the workplace, combined with a career and income increase, is not clear, and employees will prioritize simply surviving the work week," he told The Epoch Times.

Hornick added that unless an employer makes the relationship clear with a specific developmental career path, employees will not make the time to invest in developing a new skill. The issue can become more complicated, he said, when a company does not provide paid time off for employees to participate in training. Other companies do not cover the cost of training, and some do not offer training, Hornick said.

"Most professionals I place don't have the bandwidth to take on additional responsibilities and build new skills," he said.

"If there's no budget set aside for employee development, that means there's little to no value placed on training by employers and that results in the disconnect."

Real-Life Skills Over Technology

Stacey Cohen, president and CEO of Co-Communications, a New York-based marketing and public relations agency, believes that job readiness should start as early as high school.

The author of two "Brand Up" books that guide high school and college students in personal branding techniques, Cohen stresses the need to develop interpersonal skills - even more than AI skills - to create career opportunities.

"It's not just about knowing the latest technology," she told The Epoch Times.

"What employers are looking for today are durable skills like communication, critical thinking, collaboration, relationship building, and problem-solving. Employees need to be adaptable, and this is becoming more critical than ever."

Reviewing her own children's high school curriculum, Cohen noticed a void in interpersonal skill development.

"They were teaching things like yoga and photography, but why not interviewing and leadership skills?" she said.

"Textbooks can prepare you for a test, but to succeed in the workplace you need a different set of skills."

One factor affecting today's teens' ability to develop interpersonal skills is that they live in a digital world, she said.

"They text all the time and don't necessarily have to speak to another human," she said. "Even at the grocery store, you can choose the self-check-out lines instead of human cashiers."

Cohen believes it's never too early to teach young people these durable skills, such as using their own judgment, anticipating what people need, and learning the value of customer service.

"Even early part-time jobs like waiting tables require these types of skills," she said.

Cohen noted that the hotel industry devotes considerable time to onboarding new employees. This intense orientation and training program reviews every aspect of guest relations, from initial greetings to problem-solving.

Cohen said businesses should adopt a similar onboarding method to not only create a smooth job transition but prepare employees for how the job may change over the next decade.

Erin DeVito, general manager of North America for Impact, a global learning and development firm, works with both executive leadership and employees to support and improve workplace dynamics.

"Even leadership is scrambling and trying to keep up with changing business strategies today," she told The Epoch Times.

"The key is to help people develop skills of adaptability so they can shift, change, and learn new things. What worked years before may not be working now."

DeVito and her team work with businesses of all types, industries, and sizes, offering customized leadership and team development, as well as coaching and other services. She said sometimes the solution can be as simple as encouraging coworkers to talk with each other instead of emailing.

"When we rely on email and text, we lose human connectedness," she said. "While we're all embracing emerging technologies like AI, sitting underneath those are real-life skills."

DeVito used the example of her daughter, who was spending too much time texting on her phone and began to exhibit changes in her behavior.

"I took the phone away and put in a landline," she said. "After just a day, she was talking with people and started acting like herself again."

She eventually gave the phone back to her daughter, but with time-use restrictions.

Bridging the Gap

Hornick believes American workers can bridge the gap between the skills they bring to the table now and what will be expected in the next decade by setting the stage early enough with their immediate supervisors.

"I tell most of my candidates this: meet with your manager to find out what capabilities the company will need in the next 12 to 18 months and request a stipend, certification program, or protected time to develop those skills," he said.

"If the employer will not invest, look at low-cost, credentialed resources that are recognized in your field. Waiting for the perfect comprehensive program is how people fall further behind."

Parker said there's still a "real paradox" with leadership in their ability to provide clarity when so much transformation is happening.

"Organizations are in continuous change and redirection, and often, employees have less confidence about where the company is headed and what will happen to their jobs," she said. "Sometimes they think their jobs will be eliminated, but the company may actually have retraining in mind."

In her experience, Parker has seen technology, corporate retail, and business-to-business firms undergo the most change and reshuffling.

"Employees often are burdened with heavy workloads, businesses are sometimes understaffed, and promotion pathways can be unclear," she said.

As business leaders strive to find the best solutions, DeVito encourages both leadership and employees to learn as much as they can from everyone around them.

"It's also important that leaders be honest when they don't have all the answers," she said.

Tyler Durden Tue, 09/08/2026 - 21:45

Sean Manaea got everybody out Tuesday night before he couldn’t get anybody out.

Read a collection of hilarious jokes, witty one-liners, and overheard conversations that capture the unique humor of New York City residents.