President Joe Biden on Saturday held the largest gay pride event in history at the White House. On Monday, he canceled an in-person meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg because of ill health.

Talk about priorities. In Gay Pride month, Biden is going hog wild with LGBTQ events, but in such poor health that he can’t attend a crucial meeting with the leader of NATO as Russia continues to draw the world toward global conflict?

Biden missed the NATO meeting because he had to undergo more treatment for a root canal. The president had undergone the fairly routine procedure on Sunday (which, of course, the White House didn’t bother to tell us about, assuming they’d get away with it). But sometimes, the pain persists, and sometimes, dentists fail to remove all the pulp of the root, requiring more treatment.

Now, I’m old: I’ve had a couple root canals. And let me tell you, the pain doesn’t just pop up one day. Like, Biden didn’t blow out the gay event on Saturday and wake up Sunday to say, “Hmm, I need a root canal.” Of course, he could’ve cracked a tooth (and we all thought those pearly whites were dentures), but again, the White House isn’t saying, so there’s no way to know.

And I’m like you: I work for a living. Gotta’ do a two-day dental procedures on me? Let’s do Saturday, Sunday. I’ve got work on Monday. And I’m not even meeting with the NATO secretary general to discuss the fate of the world. I got work.

But not Joe. The gay pride event was literally more important than the NATO meeting. No way he can miss that; he’ll just call in sick before his meeting with Jens.

Biden had an agenda. He used the event to blast “dangerous anti-LGBTQ” laws passed in state legislatures. “When families across the country face excruciating decisions to relocate to a different state to protect their child from dangerous anti-LGBTQ laws, we have to act,” he said.

“We need to push back against the hundreds of callous and cynical bills and laws introduced in states targeting transgender children, terrifying families, and criminalizing doctors and nurses,” Biden added. “These bills and laws attack the most basic values and freedoms we have as Americans.”

And the president made sure to endorse the mutilation of children. “”So today I want to send a message to the entire community, especially to transgender children,” he said. “You are loved, you are heard, you are understood, and you belong.”

What’s he going to say after his meeting with the NATO GenSec? We oppose war? Biden is so weak he opened the door for Russian President Valdimir Putin to attack Ukraine, and Biden did nothing.

In the daily White House briefing on Monday, shortly after Biden canceled his meeting with Stoltenberg, a reporter asked about the dismal state of the world.

“The president is focused on his responsibilities as commander in chief,” Kirby said.

Clearly not. He made time to attend a gay pride event, then skipped a NATO event.

America’s president has got his priorities all wrong. And that’s pathetic.

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Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

Fox News sent Tucker Carlson a cease-and-desist letter after the network’s former primetime host began broadcasting a new series of monologues on Twitter, Axios reported on Monday.

Last week, the network accused Carlson of breach of contract after he posted his first “Tucker On Twitter” 10-minute spot to the social media platform, which garnered roughly 115 million views. His second episode amassed nearly 55 million.

Axios reported the letter states in bold letters, “NOT FOR PUBLICATION,” and that Fox continues to pay Carlson and that his content remains exclusive to Fox until his contract expires on Dec. 31, 2024.

The legal action taken against Carlson comes on the heels of Carlson’s producer, Justin Wells — also an ex-Fox employee — teasing a new “Tucker on Twitter” episode focused on his response to the federal indictment of former President Donald Trump.

Harmeet Dhillon, one of Carlson’s attorneys, said in a statement that the network is attempting to censor her client until after the 2024 presidential election.

“Fox News continues to ignore the interests of its viewers, not to mention its shareholder obligations,” Dhillon told Axios. “Doubling down on the most catastrophic programming decision in the history of the cable news industry, Fox is now demanding that Tucker Carlson be silent until after the 2024 election.”

“Tucker will not be silenced by anyone,” she added.

Dhillon further said on Twitter — post-Axios report — that the latest move from Fox serves as an example of why she personally stopped appearing on the cable news network.

“For all the friends who have been asking ‘why don’t we see you on Fox anymore?’ — This is why,” she said. “I am passionately committed to free speech and a free flow of information necessary for a free society.”

“Until Fox stops trying to silence Tucker, it’s not a place for me. And I feel for my friends working at the network which has clearly caved into pressure from some quarter to silence @TuckerCarlson,” her tweet continued. “What you are seeing on Fox today is a censored version of the news. Keep that in mind as you make your viewing and your commenting choices.”

After network officials initially accused Carlson, the former host claimed it was Fox News that breached its contract, and he also accused the network of fraud.

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Carlson’s attorneys believe “Tucker on Twitter” does not fall under the Fox News contract controls because Twitter is not a direct competitor with the network, a source familiar with the legal team’s thinking told Axios.

“Fox defends its very existence on freedom of speech grounds. Now they want to take Tucker Carlson’s right to speak freely away from him because he took to social media to share his thoughts on current events,” Carlson’s other lawyer Bryan Freedman said in a statement.

Fox News cut ties with Carlson in April, days after it settled a historic $800 million defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems.