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Karine Jean-Pierre abandons Dems after years fiercely defending Biden policies
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Former Biden-era White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre abruptly left the Democratic Party in her rear-view mirror, announcing in June that she had become an Independent after spending more than two years as President Joe Biden’s top spokesperson and defender.
«Our country has become obsessed with blind loyalty to a two-party democratic system. In her new book, timed for publication just one year after the 2024 election, Karine Jean-Pierre shares why Americans must begin to look beyond party lines and why she chose to embrace life as an Independent,» a press release announcing Jean-Pierre’s upcoming book, «Independent,» stated while revealing that the former spox had ditched the Democratic Party.
«Jean-Pierre didn’t come to her decision to be an Independent lightly, she has served two American presidents, Obama and Biden. . . . She takes us through the three weeks that led to Biden’s abandoning his bid for a second term and the betrayal by the Democratic Party that led to his decision,» the press release continued.
Fox News Digital took a look back at Jean-Pierre’s history as press secretary – which spanned from May 13, 2022, until January 20, 2025 – including the most partisan stances and statements she made in defense of the administration as the immigration crisis spiraled to new highs, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the administration embraced transgender issues, and the White House’s heated rhetoric aimed at President Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 election.
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Former President Joe Biden, accompanied by former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre before she left the Democratic Party. ( (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images))
«We are not finishing a wall. We are cleaning up the mess that the prior administration made. We are trying to save lives. This is what the prior administration left behind that we are now cleaning up,» Jean-Pierre declared from the White House briefing room’s podium in July of 2022, as the Biden administration said it would not continue work on the Trump administration’s border wall.
«A border wall is an ineffective use of taxpayer dollars, so it’s ineffective,» she added.
Months later, as Title 42, a Trump-era policy that allowed U.S. officials to turn away migrants who came to the U.S.-Mexico border because of health concerns was set to expire, Jean-Pierre argued, «It would be wrong to think that the border is open. It is not open.»
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Migrants attempting to cross in to the U.S. from Mexico are detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the border on August 20, 2022, in San Luis, Arizona. (Nick Ut/Getty Images)
Critics at the time slammed the press secretary over the comment, calling the comment a «bold-faced lie» as migrants were seen coming across the border with little consequences.
The Biden administration was in power when the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision effectively ending the recognition of abortion as a constitutional right in the Dobbs v. Jackson decision in June of 2022, with Jean-Pierre calling the ruling «extreme.»
«When the Supreme Court made that extreme decision on Dobbs, it really put a lot of families and women’s lives at risk,» she said during a press conference in July of 2022.
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The Biden White House frequently celebrated LGBTQ holidays during its four years, including fiercely defending transgender issues and policies that the Trump administration has since ended.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
«Tomorrow is Trans Visibility Day,» Jean-Pierre said during a March 2023 press conference slamming Republicans who put forth legislation that aimed to keep biological boys out of girls’ sports and end transgender surgeries for minors. «On a day that we should be lifting up our trans kids and our trans youth and making sure that they feel seen, we’re seen more and more of these hateful, hateful bills.»
«We’ve been very clear about these anti-LGBTQ bills that we’re seeing in state legislatures across the country, in particular these anti-trans bills, as they attack trans kids, as they attack trans parents. It is shameful, and it is unacceptable,» she added.
In the months leading up to Election Day, Trump faced two separate assassination attempts, including one in Butler, Pennsylvania, during a campaign rally in July that left him with an injury to the side of his head after a bullet whizzed towards him, and another in September when a man attempted to kill Trump while he played golf in Florida.
President Trump survived an assassination attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania in July. (Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images)
«It’s been only two days since somebody allegedly tried to kill Donald Trump again, and you’re here at the podium in the White House briefing room calling him a threat,» Fox News’ Peter Doocy pressed during a news conference in September of 2024. «How many more assassination attempts on Donald Trump until the president and the vice president and you pick a different word to describe Trump other than ‘threat’?»
Then-Vice President Kamala Harris and Biden had both repeatedly claimed that «Democracy is on the ballot» last year amid Trump’s re-election campaign. While the White House, Biden and Harris additionally described Trump as a «threat» to democracy, Fox Digital previously extensively reported.
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President Joe Biden speaks at an event just days before his administration ended. (AP/Susan Walsh)
Jean-Pierre exhaled in a sign of disapproval before answering: «Peter, if anything, from this administration, I actually completely disagree with the premise of your question, the question that you’re asking. It is also incredibly dangerous in the way that you are asking it, because American people are watching. And to say that, when you start bringing political rhetoric. . . . That is not okay.»
«There are people watching at home who might miss the part where you say, let’s lower the temperature. And there are mentally unstable people who are attempting to kill political candidates, attempting to kill Donald Trump. And they are still hearing this White House refer to him as a threat. Is there no concern?» Doocy continued in the press conference.
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«We’re using examples. We’re not just saying that just to say it,» Jean-Pierre responded.
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Innovación alimentaria y solidaridad: cómo las primeras civilizaciones afrontaron mil años de variabilidad climática
Una investigación multidisciplinaria basada en análisis arqueológicos e isotópicos demostró que las comunidades africanas, establecidas por algunos estudios científicos como cuna de la humanidad, lograron resistir más de 10.000 años de inestabilidad climática a través de prácticas alimentarias diversificadas y lazos comunitarios sólidos.
El trabajo, citado por The Conversation, examinó restos humanos y animales de 187 yacimientos en todo el continente africano, brindando una perspectiva integral sobre la evolución de los sistemas de subsistencia en distintos contextos ecológicos. La clave de esta resiliencia no fue un modelo único de agricultura o ganadería, sino la capacidad de adaptación mediante estrategias complementarias.
El equipo de investigación adoptó un enfoque continental, utilizando datos de isótopos estables presentes en huesos antiguos. Este método permitió reconstruir los patrones dietarios y las estrategias de subsistencia empleadas por distintas sociedades africanas durante el Holoceno.
Los resultados fueron clasificados en “nichos isotópicos”, es decir, categorías que agrupan modos de vida según características ambientales y culturales. Esto permitió observar que el desarrollo alimentario no siguió una línea progresiva única, sino que se construyó como un mosaico de respuestas adaptativas a condiciones cambiantes.
Se trata del primer estudio que rastrea a esta escala la historia alimentaria del continente a través de análisis isotópicos, ofreciendo una nueva mirada sobre cómo se forjaron los sistemas de producción en distintos momentos de la historia.
El trabajo destaca que la supervivencia ante los vaivenes climáticos se sustentó en la combinación de prácticas como el pastoreo, la agricultura, la pesca y la recolección. En lugar de depender de un solo modelo intensivo, las comunidades integraban varias actividades de manera simultánea, ajustándolas a los contextos locales.
Este enfoque multiestratégico se verificó tanto entre distintas regiones como dentro de las propias comunidades. El principio rector era la flexibilidad: modificar las prácticas frente a alteraciones del entorno sin adherirse de forma exclusiva a una sola fuente de subsistencia.
El equipo de científicos subrayó que la resiliencia no dependía del método “más eficiente” en términos productivos, sino de mantener abiertas múltiples posibilidades que pudieran responder a crisis o transformaciones ecológicas.
Los datos permiten observar cómo las comunidades adaptaron sus sistemas alimentarios a lo largo del tiempo y el espacio. En el sur de África, en territorios correspondientes a Botswana y Zimbabue, grupos sociales combinaron el cultivo, la recolección de productos silvestres y la cría de ganado, especialmente tras el fin del llamado Periodo Húmedo Africano, hace unos 5.500 años.
En el valle del Nilo, especialmente en Egipto y Sudán, las poblaciones desarrollaron sistemas mixtos que incluían la agricultura de cereales, la pesca, la producción láctea y la elaboración de bebidas fermentadas. Estas combinaciones respondían a las condiciones locales y a la disponibilidad de recursos.
Los sistemas pastoriles —vinculados al cuidado y movilidad del ganado— fueron particularmente frecuentes y diversos. La variedad de señales químicas en los restos arqueológicos sugiere una alta capacidad de ajuste a entornos contrastantes, desde zonas áridas hasta regiones montañosas.
La investigación concluye que la diversidad productiva no hubiera sido suficiente sin la existencia de vínculos comunitarios sólidos. Durante períodos de estrés, como la transición climática que puso fin al Periodo Húmedo Africano, se intensificaron los intercambios de alimentos, conocimientos y trabajo entre distintos grupos.
Estas formas de cooperación permitieron compartir tierras y recursos, así como transmitir saberes sobre prácticas sostenibles. Por ejemplo, en ciertas regiones, los animales eran criados no como principal fuente alimentaria, sino como respaldo ante la pérdida de cultivos, una estrategia que funcionaba como red de seguridad.
Esta organización colaborativa favoreció la continuidad de los sistemas pastoriles incluso durante los últimos mil años, especialmente en regiones donde la aridez se convirtió en un rasgo dominante del paisaje.
El estudio plantea una crítica directa a las políticas de desarrollo que promueven modelos intensivos y estandarizados. Según los investigadores, esas estrategias no consideran la diversidad ecológica y social que caracteriza muchas regiones del mundo, en especial en el continente africano.
La experiencia histórica documentada en este análisis sugiere que los sistemas alimentarios flexibles, integradores y sostenibles son más eficaces para enfrentar escenarios de cambio climático. Lejos de imponer modelos únicos, las políticas deberían adaptarse a las realidades locales y promover la colaboración intercomunitaria.
El artículo cita que las sociedades africanas históricamente construyeron sus decisiones alimentarias “en sintonía con la tierra y el mar, no en oposición a ellos”. En ese tono, los autores del estudio indicaron que la trayectoria de las comunidades africanas representa un referente útil para enfrentar los desafíos contemporáneos. Frente a un contexto global de incertidumbre climática, las estrategias milenarias de adaptación y cooperación pueden ofrecer una guía para diseñar sistemas más resilientes y sostenibles.
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Michelle Obama portraitist’s exhibit with trans Statue of Liberty pulled after pressure from Vance
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EXCLUSIVE: Artist Amy Sherald canceled her upcoming exhibit featuring a portrait of a transgender Statue of Liberty at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery after Vice President JD Vance raised concerns the show included woke and divisive content, Fox News Digital has learned.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March that placed Vance in charge of overseeing the removal of programs or exhibits at Smithsonian museums that «degrade shared American values, divide Americans based on race, or promote programs or ideologies inconsistent with Federal law and policy.»
Vance said Sherald’s «American Sublime» exhibit violated Trump’s executive order and was an example of woke and divisive content during a meeting June 9 with the Board of Regents, a source familiar with the meeting told Fox News Digital.
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Arewà Basit stands in front of Amy Sherald’s painting, «Trans Forming Liberty» on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan, N.Y., April 2, 2025. (Tiffany Sage/BFA/Shutterstock)
«Vice President Vance has been leading the effort to eliminate woke indoctrination from our beloved Smithsonian museums,» an administration official said in an email to Fox News Digital. «On top of shepherding the One Big Beautiful Bill through the Senate and helping President Trump navigate international crises, the vice president has demonstrated his ability to get President Trump’s priorities across the finish line.»
Sherald, best known for painting former first lady Michelle Obama’s official portrait in 2018, announced Thursday she was pulling her show, «American Sublime,» from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery slated for September, The New York Times first reported.
Sherald said she was rescinding her work from the exhibition after being told that the National Portrait Gallery had some concerns about featuring the portrait of the transgender Statue of Liberty during the show. The painting, «Trans Forming Liberty,» depicts a trans woman with pink hair wearing a blue gown.
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Amy Sherald attends the 2023 Tribeca Ball at the New York Academy of Art April 4, 2023, in New York City. (Santiago Felipe/Contributor)
«These concerns led to discussions about removing the work from the exhibition,» Sherald said in a statement, The New York Times first reported Thursday. «While no single person is to blame, it’s clear that institutional fear shaped by a broader climate of political hostility toward trans lives played a role.
«This painting exists to hold space for someone whose humanity has been politicized and disregarded. I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship, especially when it targets vulnerable communities.
«At a time when transgender people are being legislated against, silenced and endangered across our nation, silence is not an option,» Sherald added. «I stand by my work. I stand by my sitters. I stand by the truth that all people deserve to be seen — not only in life, but in art.»
The Smithsonian did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding Vance’s involvement in the matter.
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President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance after a ceremony with the 2025 national champion Ohio State Buckeyes on the South Lawn of the White House April 14, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The White House said the removal of Sherald’s exhibit is a «principled and necessary step» toward cultivating unity at institutions like the Smithsonian.
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«The ‘Trans Forming Liberty’ painting, which sought to reinterpret one of our nation’s most sacred symbols through a divisive and ideological lens, fundamentally strayed from the mission and spirit of our national museums,» Trump special assistant Lindsey Halligan said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
«The Statue of Liberty is not an abstract canvas for political expression. It is a revered and solemn symbol of freedom, inspiration and national unity that defines the American spirit.»
Other members of the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents include the Chief Justice of the United States, John Roberts, along with senators John Boozman, R-Ark.; Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev.; and Gary Peters, D-Mich., along with several other House members.
Fox News’ Gabriel Hays contributed to this report.
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