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Sen. Rand Paul came to Louisville Friday to again discuss gun violence in the city and to present community activist Christopher 2X with an official copy of an entry he made in the Congressional Record featuring areport from 2X's Game Changers group.

Thereport detailshow gun violence impacts children.

Paul entered Game Changers' report into the Congressional Record a year ago, in March 2020, and originally wanted to publicly give 2X a framed copy of it last year. The pandemic delayed those plans, but they finally came together Friday morning at the Galt House Hotel.

"I'm a 'glass is half-full' kind of guy," Kentucky's junior senator said. "I know this hasn't been an easy year in Louisville and there continue to be problems, but as we look at the problems, you know, I want to see the glass half-full. I want to see how we fix problems.

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"The answers aren't always easy," Paul continued. "How do you fix violence in Louisville? How do you fix violence in America? ... This is an ongoing problem. But I think we need people with optimism, and I think Chris has that optimism."

Christopher 2X speaks during an appearance with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on March 19, 2021. Both were on hand at the Galt House East in Louisville to talk about gun violence and its effects on youth.(Photo: Pat McDonogh / Courier Journal)

2X thanked Paul and also announced an academic group wants to use Game Changers' report for a curriculum for grade-school kids concerning this public health crisis and the need for early intervention with children instead of waiting until they hit high school.

"So, not only has this report been entered into the U.S. Congressional Record, but it's still got legs to it," 2X said.

After presenting 2X with a copy of the Congressional Record entry Friday, Paul also joined a private conversation with local community advocates to learn more about GroupViolence Intervention, a policy approach aimed at reducing such violence.

Russell Coleman, a Game Changers board member and former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, led that discussion Friday and also spoke at that morning's press conference about how the nonprofit's report on violence's impact on childrenis about listening.

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"This report is about listening to voices that oftentimes are not heard," he said."It's about listening to what the impact is to those numbers that tend to wash over us."

"Listening it's not about R's or D's.It's going to neighborhoods where we have not listened," he said."It's about humbling ourselves and saying,'We have to do a better job.'"

Before Paul sat down for a private talk with Coleman and others about gun violence,hetook questions from journalists about various issues, includinghis tense exchange Thursday with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the federal government's top infectious diseases expert.

Paul said he has lost friends toCOVID-19 and recognizes it's a serious disease. He wants to encourage people to get the coronavirus vaccine, because it's effective, but argued they shouldn't have to wear a mask once they've been immunized.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends people who've previously been infected with COVID-19, as well as those who've been vaccinated against the virus, still should wear masks in public for now.

Paul, who caught the coronavirus last year, has not worn a mask on the Senate floor or at other public events, including his appearance in Louisville this week.

"If Dr. Fauci comesup with evidence that shows me that some new variant is here and thousands of people are dying and ... our hospitals are overrun with people who have already had it (COVID-19) or been vaccinated, then we should listen to him," Paul said Friday.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., answers questions from he media following a press conference in Louisville on March 19, 2021.(Photo: Pat McDonogh / Courier Journal)

"...But until that day happens, I think we really shouldn't live in fear," he told reporters.

Kentucky officials announced this week that someone who'd been vaccinated was hospitalized in the state after an outbreak of a new COVID-19 variant at a nursing home.

When The Courier Journal asked him about that Friday, Paul said: "I think there are exceptions to every rule, and what I'm looking for is something that is a public health concern."

Paul also said Friday: "And I think Dr. Fauci is probably well-intended, but he is I think he's overkill. I mean, he needs to dial it back a little bit."

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a harsh rebuke of the philosophy that minor children should be allowed to use off-label hormone blockers to delay puberty for the purpose of transitioning due to gender dysphoria. He exposed the moral insanity of this idea during assistant health secretary nominee Rachel Levines Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday. Levine is transgender and advocates for the chemical altering of children with gender dysphoria.

Rand Paul, like many medical professionals, is concerned about the unknown long-term effects of puberty blockers, an off-label treatment that has not been sufficiently studied. There are many young people who have used hormones and puberty blockers and are now having difficulty de-transitioning. Paul asked Levine a question the doctor refused to answer.

Should minors be making these momentous decisions? For most of the history of medicine, we wouldnt let you have a cut sewn up in the ER but youre willing to let a minor take things to prevent their puberty and you think theyll get that back?

Paul went on to destroy the Lefts double standard, noting that many leftists screamed like hyenas that off-label use of medication was the end of the world when it came to hydroxychloroquine use for COVID-19.

I find it ironic that the Left that went nuts over hydroxychloroquine being used possibly for COVID are not alarmed that these hormones are being used off-label. Therere no long-term studies. We dont know what happens to them. We do know there are dozens and dozens of people who have been through this who regret that this happened. And a permanent change happened to them. If youve ever been around children, 14-year-olds cant make this decisionwe should be outraged that someone is talking to a three-year-old about changing their sex.

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The LGBT activist groups are already calling Rand Paul a homophobe. Ruben Gonzales, executive director of LGBTQ Victory Institute, released the following statement:

Rand Paul chose devotion to anti-LGBTQ extremist groups over substance and the health of our nation and does not deserve to hold public office. His remarks echo the talking points of the same organizations who said gay men deserved AIDS and that LGBTQ people should be criminalized. He explicitly attacked vulnerable trans youth for his own perceived political gain and it was a disgrace. Dr. Levine is an extremely qualified nominee whose experience can help America effectively tackle this pandemic, but he took this opportunity to give voice to hate groups instead.

How is being concerned about allowing minors to make life-altering medical decisions attacking trans youth? It seems to me that Rand is worried about the fact that a majority of children with gender dysphoria grow out of it before puberty.

If children who are suffering from a disorder as distressing as gender dysphoria are likely to resolve that issue without drugs and without medical intervention of any kind, shouldnt they be allowed to do that? And if it does not resolve, then thats a question for medical staff and parents to deal with. But how can we let minor children make decisions that will affect them forever, including possible sterilization? That seems criminal and devoid of any sympathy or compassion for the child who is suffering. What if we are permanently disfiguring children over a temporary problem?

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During a confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday, Doctor and Republican Senator Rand Paul blasted President Joe Biden's nominee for Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for supporting the government's ability to override parental consent for child sex changes.

"Dr. Levine you have both supported allowing minors to be given hormone blockers to prevent them from going through puberty as well as surgical destruction of a minor's genitalia. Like surgical mutilation, hormonal interruption of puberty can permantely alter and prevent secondary sexual characteristics. The American College of Pediatricitons that 80 to 90 percent of pre-pubertal children with gender dysphoria will experience resolution by late adolescence if not exposed to medical intervention or social affirmation," Paul said. "Dr. Levine do you believe that minors are capable of making such a life changing decision as changing ones sex?"

"Transgendered medicine is a very complex and nuanced field with robust research and standards of care that have been developed and if I am fortunate enough to be confirmed as the assistant secretary of health I look forward to working with you and your office and coming to your office and discussing the particulars of care for transgender medicine," Levine responded.

"The specific question was about minors. Let's be a little more specific since you evaded the question. Do you support the government intervening to override the parents' consent to give a child puberty blockers, cross sex hormones and/or amputation surgery of breasts and genitalia," Paul followed up.

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Perhaps no member of Congress has personally experienced the dangers of the divisions wracking the United States and Congress as much as Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.

He saw the shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise and helped administer care to the gravely wounded congressman. He was later tackled by an angry next-door neighbor while mowing his lawn, suffering broken ribs, removal of a portion of his lung, and a resultant infection damage which, remarkably, did not appear to compound a COVID 19 infection. Finally, last fall, Paul and his wife Kelley were attacked by protesters after leaving a White House meeting.

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In a sit-down interview with the Washington Examiner's Doug McKelway, Paul reflected on the causes of our national and congressional impasse, the intra-party divisions in the post-Trump GOP, and the risks to the First Amendment as some members of Congress question cable and streaming services about canceling conservative networks and news providers.

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Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via ReutersA criminal case against Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and others in the Saudi hierarchy has been filed in a German court for the brutal 2018 murder, dismemberment, and disappearance of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, despite the kingdoms denial of MBS direct involvement and the Biden administrations flaccid response to the killing.The 500-page complaint filed by the press-freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is the first time a criminal case has been lodged outside of what was largely considered a show trial in Saudi Arabia. That trial saw the conviction of eight people who were later pardoned after members of the Khashoggi family were said to have forgiven them.Saudis Crown Prince Is a Killer. So Why Is Biden Just Shrugging?On Monday, the Saudi ambassador to the United Nations disputed a four-page CIA report released last week that pointed to MBS involvement, tweeting, Let us all move forward to tackle the serious business of world issues!!Ambassador Abdallah Al-Mouallimi called the American report, which has been widely criticized as weak, as being based on couldve, shouldve and wouldve and does not rise to anywhere close to proving the accusation beyond reasonable doubt.The report, which was held back by the Trump administration and released last week by Biden, does not directly accuse MBS of ordering the hit on Khashoggi but does say he had absolute control over all activities carried out by the kingdoms intelligence service. Al-Mouallimi argued in a Twitter tirade that the Prince courageously accepted moral responsibility, presented the accused to the justice system, and pledged to reform the intelligence organizations. Case closed!Khashoggi was ambushed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by a 15-member hit squad that includes a bone-saw-wielding surgeon and seven members of MBS elite personal security team in October 2018. The journalists body has never been found.The complaint in Germany was filed Monday with public prosecutors in the city of Karlsruhe, according to an RSF statement. The dossier outlines the arbitrary detention of 34 journalists and the brutal murder of Khashoggi to underscore what it calls the kingdoms widespread and systematic persecution of the press.These journalists are the victims of unlawful killing, torture, sexual violence, and coercion and forced disappearance, Christophe Deloire, RSF secretary-general, said at a press conference Tuesday morning. Those responsible for the persecution of journalists in Saudi Arabia, including the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, must be held accountable for their crimes.The RSF statement names MBS and four other suspects: Saud Al-Qahtani, a close adviser to the crown prince who they allege took direct part in the planning and execution of the murder as well as in the implementation of the policy of persecution of journalists in Saudi Arabia; Ahmad Mohammed Asiri, the former deputy head of intelligence, who is suspected of personally supervising Khashoggis murder; Mohammad Al-Otaibi, the consul general in Istanbul at the time of the murder; and Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb, an intelligence officer who led the team that tortured, killed, and forceably disappeared Jamal Khashoggi.The complaint was filed in Germany because laws there can extend universal jurisdiction to some serious international crimes, even when the victims are not German. The case is bolstered by the recent conviction in a German court of a Syrian secret-service officer for aiding and abetting crimes against humanity for the torture of protesters at one of Bashar al-Assads prisons, according to The Guardian.The official opening of a criminal investigation in Germany into the crimes against humanity in Saudi Arabia would be a world first, RSFs Germany director Christian Mihr said. We ask the public prosecutor general to open a situation analysis, with a view to formally launching a prosecutorial investigation and issuing arrest warrants.RSF ranks Saudi Arabia 170th out of 180 countries in its press-freedom index. Saudi Arabia permits no independent media, the RSF rationale states. Despite his talk of reform, Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has intensified the repression since his appointment as crown prince in June 2017. The number of journalists and citizen-journalists in detention has tripled since the start of 2017.The German court has not yet accepted the claim and no court date has been set.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.

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