Jean Dark

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My son took his life at 25 with a gun he bought for protection. The risk of suicide triples for all who live in a home with a gun so long as they can get their hands on it. Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense. Vote blue. Veteran. Birder. NO DM's

In 2025, Donald Trump tried to take over voting via Executive Order. We sued and won. Then his DOJ sued 30 states to get their full voter files. We intervened and won. DOJ is 0-21. Now, DOJ is asking the SCOTUS to permit Trump to leverage the US Postal Service to attack voting.

When this gets to court—and it will- it’s going to be entertaining seeing how the government defends as neutral and not viewpoint based. U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...

U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown

The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.

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Study uncovers hidden switch that helps cancer cells to evade immune detection ->News-Medical | More on "Cancer immunotherapy immune evasion breakthrough" at BigEarthData.ai

Study uncovers hidden switch that helps cancer cells to evade immune detection

Researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that helps cancer cells evade detection by the body's immune system. The finding could pave the way for development of more effective cancer immunotherapies. Published in Science Immunology on 12 June 2026, the study identifies the RNA helicase DDX6 as a previously unrecognized 'hidden switch' that prevents the immune system from recognising cancer cells. Targeting DDX6 could make tumors more visible to the immune system, improving existing or new immunotherapies. Helping the immune system recognize cancer Our immune system is constantly searching for abnormal cells, including cancer cells. One of the warning signals it looks for is double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), which are produced naturally within cells. Because these molecules resemble RNA produced during viral infections, they can trigger the innate immune system, which is the body's first line of defence against foreign or abnormal cells. Many cancer cells suppress these warning signals, allowing them to grow unnoticed. Until now, scientists did not fully understand how this happened. Previous studies have shown that ADAR1, an enzyme that edits RNA, helps regulate how cells respond to dsRNA. This study...

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Ossoff: "They see the rebuke that is coming and fear the accountability that will follow it. They recognize the president is deeply unpopular. He's reviled. The public is awake to his corruption and self-dealing…The truth will come out. Mark my words. The truth will come out.”

On November 8, 2008, Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant who lived in the U.S. for 16 years, was murdered in Long Island, New York, by teenagers on his way home from work. In the decade later, local officials fostered anti-Latino hate, a pattern echoed today from the highest levels of government

Phang: What I want is the DOJ to follow the law. And what we have seen time and time again is this act of concealment and cover up by this DOJ to not release this information. I also want the files that Todd Blanche continues to sit on.

A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.

NEWS: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces the city will eliminate all out-of-pocket child care costs for roughly 22,000 low-income families receiving child care subsidies, making their care completely free beginning in September.

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1. Mitch McConnell suffered a fall on June 14 and has not been in the Senate for two months. But he's continued to get paid his salary of 174K/year. Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times.

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