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Before Monday’s briefing wrapped up, Leavitt called out the Times article and the reporter who wrote it specifically. “I will point out one fake news story over the weekend before I let you all go, from the New York Times, that took about one-third of the president’s daily calendar and his daily schedule and said that he’s doing less than he did in his first term, or he might not be fit for the job.”

She told the room that the claim was “unequivocally false,” then dismantled it further. She pointed out that the hit piece came from “the same outlet and the same reporter who wrote this: ‘Biden is doing 100% fine after tripping while boarding Air Force One.’”

This was the same reporter who once insisted Biden’s stair fall was just a brief stumble caused by wind, never questioning his physical health or stamina, while now suggesting Trump lacks the stamina for the presidency. Leavitt turned the contrast between the two presidents into a weapon and wielded it fiercely.

reminded every journalist present that they see Trump up close every day. They see him energetic and engaged, answering questions the way Biden never did. Leavitt described him as “the most accessible president in history,” a president “taking meetings around the clock.”

A trans woman named Natalie Wolf was convicted of molesting a 13-year-old girl by a UK court yesterday. Wolf was a man named Ryan Haley at the time of the attack and was addressed as a woman throughout the trial. However, when it was her turn to speak, the victim refused to address Haley as a woman, instead using the name of the man who had attacked her.

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The victim, who is now an adult, feared she would be raped by Wolf, during the attack in Sunderland, England, and told the court her “shame and self-doubt” led to her not reporting the abuse, according to the report...

“I know you as Ryan Haley, a man who sexually abused me. There are few things more isolating than living in a body you don’t feel safe in. I’ve carried shame, self-doubt and a sense of disconnection from myself,” the victim told Wolf...

“Ryan, you destroyed me as a child, a teenager and an adult. Today you are finally going to face justice. Today, Ryan Haley, you are going to get what you deserve,” the statement concluded.

Wolf was convicted of sexual activity with a child and sentenced to three and a half years in a male prison.