Former presidential daughter Chelsea Clinton took some backlash going into the weekend for a Thursday tweet opposing bans of LGBTQ-themed books — some of which have concerned parents calling on school boards to enforce the boundary between literature and pornography.

Clinton started the furor by sharing an NBC News article that decried the recent push to “ban” a number of sexually explicit books from elementary and middle school libraries. Of the top 13 “most-challenged” books according to the American Library Association, seven had LGBTQ themes.

“Over 50% of the attempted book bans last year involved books with LGBTQ+ characters & themes. Books are a vital way that children, adolescents and adults learn about themselves and our world. Bans such as these are nothing but harmful,” she tweeted, quoting from the article.

Over 50% of the attempted book bans last year involved books with LGBTQ+ characters & themes. Books are a vital way that children, adolescents and adults learn about themselves and our world. Bans such as these are nothing but harmful: https://t.co/eblRSU7tZk

— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) April 27, 2023

But as critics quickly pointed out, many of the books were not being banned at all — they were simply being removed from school libraries based on the age range for which they were deemed appropriate. Others noted that at least some of the books that the article mentioned included graphic depictions and even literal illustrations of sex acts — and some included sex acts between minors.

“Chelsea Clinton has come out in favor of porn for kids,” The Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon tweeted in response, adding “‘Satan and I think kids should have access to porn.’ — Chelsea Clinton.”

Chelsea Clinton has come out in favor of porn for kids. https://t.co/lPvbCHeHLF

— Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) April 30, 2023

Chad Felix Green added,  “The photo on the article you’re quoting features a book with explicit illustrations of sex acts, a book about incest, one a sex story about two 10 year old boys, one about a man raping and isolating a 12 year old girl, one about a teen girl who seduces a man who kidnaps her …”

The photo on the article you're quoting features a book with explicit illustrations of sex acts, a book about incest, one a sex story about two 10 year old boys, one about a man raping and isolating a 12 year old girl, one about a teen girl who seduces a man who kidnaps her…

— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) April 30, 2023

On several occasions, parents and even students have attended school board meetings and read aloud from some of the books in question — and at times, they have been asked to stop due to the “inappropriate” nature of the content.

Maybe once the White House Correspondents’ Association sleeps off its hangover from Saturday night’s soiree, one of its members can ask the Biden administration why current CIA director William Burns met with the late uber creep Jeffrey Epstein even after his 2008 conviction.

On Sunday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Burns met with Epstein three times in 2014. The international sleazebag of mystery pleaded guilty in 2008 to procuring for prostitution a minor. Epstein, of course, received a sweetheart prison sentence in exchange for his plea. Everybody in America knew who this monster was in 2014.

Well, almost everybody knew who Epstein was, if Burns’ alibi is to be believed.

From 2011 to 2014, Burns was the United States Deputy Secretary of State. He served under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama.  Now, a spokesperson for the public servant told The Journal that he had no idea who Epstein was during that time.

CIA spokeswoman Tammy Kupperman Thorp said in a statement to the paper, “The director did not know anything about him, other than that he was introduced as an expert in the financial services sector and offered general advice on transition to the private sector. They had no relationship.”

That doesn’t exactly exude much confidence in Burns’ competence. What sort of high-ranking government official has several meetings — once in D.C.  and twice in Epstein’s New York City townhome — without running a background check on the individuals accompanying them?

Of course, rumors and conspiracy theories have long suggested that Epstein was secretly working for either the CIA itself or a foreign intelligence agency. There has been no concrete proof of that, but there hasn’t really been any solid explanation for what exactly Epstein did — and how he was able to run his “business” of pimping out underage girls to prominent individuals from around the globe for so long.

Burns, who was confirmed to the CIA in March 2021, should have to explain why he was really meeting Epstein in 2014.

Surely the lapdog media will get to the bottom of this, right? After all, they promise to “speak truth to power” on a daily basis.

We’ll hold our breath on that actually happening.

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