@drjohnny__@JackPosobiec I never thought Dave Chapelle was very funny like everyone else. Now he's not even trying. He may as well be on the Angry lady had it podcast.
Calley Means just called kratom a “straight up opioid” and “gas station heroin” on @joerogan, claiming it’s causing deaths, relapses, and “devastation.”
@calleymeans is mixing up two completely different things.
Natural kratom leaf (Mitragyna speciosa) is not heroin. Its primary alkaloid, mitragynine, is a partial mu-opioid agonist with a ceiling effect and G-protein bias — it doesn’t act like a full agonist such as morphine or fentanyl. Trace amounts of 7-OH occur naturally in the leaf after harvest (typically well under 0.04% by weight). It has been used for centuries in traditional preparations.
What regulators are actually targeting is concentrated/synthetic 7-OH products — chemically boosted or isolated versions sold as gummies, shots, and tablets that are far more potent and opioid-like.
In the exact press conference Means references, former FDA Commissioner @MartyMakary and HHS officials were explicit:
“We’re not targeting the kratom leaf or ground-up kratom. We are targeting the concentrated, synthetic byproduct that is an opioid.”
“They bear no resemblance to botanical kratom that people have consumed for centuries.”
Full press conference: https://t.co/fl7DpVZAOL
Most reported “kratom-related” deaths involve polydrug use (especially fentanyl and other opioids). Pure leaf has a different risk profile.
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@calleymeans That was an eye opening interview on the JRE podcast. You are such a brave man! I hope President Trump hears every word of it. Stay safe. Immense respect. Thank you!
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Janice Dean spoke Sunday about why she correctly called out Megyn Kelly for her harsh comments on Christina Applegate and the ongoing suffering around her MS. On October 20, Kelly used her SiriusXM show to mock Applegate after the actress revealed on her MeSsy podcast that same day that doctors now say her 2021 MS diagnosis was wrong. Kelly said Applegate was crying because she no longer gets to be the face of the disease and had made a “cottage industry” out of talking about her MS. That’s a despicable thing to say. Shame on Kelly. I’m glad Dean scolded her for it.
Applegate said that after learning of the misdiagnosis she still has every symptom of MS, that her condition has in some ways gotten worse, and that she’s back to square one with no new answers. She wasn’t celebrating the news. She was describing five years of treatment and public advocacy based on what doctors told her, only to learn it may not explain what she’s living with. Applegate is still suffering and now feeling lost.
Dean, who’s had MS for more than 20 years and left Fox after her own health issues, posted the next day that Kelly’s comments were disgusting. On Sunday she explained in an interview why she spoke out, saying she’s sick of Kelly using her platform to put people down and that the remarks were heartless.
She noted they’d once been close friends and that Kelly knows how hard diagnosis can be. Dean has been in and out of the hospital herself recently.
Applegate has said she just wants to understand what’s happening to her body and get better. Most people dealing with serious, unexplained symptoms would trade attention in an instant for answers and relief. Kelly’s framing callously treated Applegate’s uncertainty as a status loss instead of a medical setback. It’s also clear Kelly was trying to get attention by criticizing Applegate, which is hypocritical given that she accused Applegate of wanting attention.
Kelly should apologize. Dean’s reaction tracks because she knows the disease and the people living with it. The rest is just someone like Kelly, who is presumably in good health, punching down at someone who isn’t.
@MarkHalperin You used to hide your politics. I've studied your behavior for the past few weeks and you are definitely pulling for your blue tsunami the size of CT.
@docMJP@michaeljknowles Just listened to hours of fellowship between Christians and Messianic jews from Israel discuss their strong alliances. Catholics don't get Evangelical speak at all. They study Mary and rituals, not the entire 66 books.
@CynicalPublius I moved to Colorado in the early 90s and stayed for a decade. It took me a good 3 months to adapt to the altitude. I was thinking about that today so interesting to see your comment.
1986. Georgia farmer Leonard Hill walked out of his house 20 minutes before the bank auctioned his family’s five-generation farm. He never came back.
He took his own life, hoping insurance would cover $300,000 in drought debt. It didn’t. His 66-year-old widow Annabel was left to face the auction alone.
An Atlanta businessman started making calls. One reached a 40-year-old New York developer named Donald Trump.
Trump called the bank himself. When they said the foreclosure was happening, he told them he’d sue for wrongful death if they proceeded. The bank backed down.
Americans sent checks. It still wasn’t enough. Trump and a Texas oilman quietly covered the last $78,000. No press release. No cameras.
Annabel’s family still lives on that farm today.
The media never tells you this side of Trump.
A widow with no lobbyist got a phone call and $78,000 she never had to repay.
Remember that the next time they claim they already know everything about the man.
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