Nearly half of Americans classified with high blood pressure as doctors get new treatment guidelines

The American Heart Assn. Has Changed 'Normal' Blood Pressure To 110/70…Every Time They Lower The Numbers, Millions Of People Need Drugs. In 1970, Normal BP Was 160/95. In 1985 It Was 140/90. And Now 120/80 Is Considered 'Elevated.' That's Not Medicine. That's $40B Marketing.… — 𝗗𝗿. 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗲𝗿 (@DrLindaHarper) October 4, 2026... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

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u/alexmark002 — 11 days ago

Who gave billions to America’s elite universities? The names were set to come out Friday.

A federal judge blocked the Education Department on Thursday from releasing a list of foreign donors to Harvard, Columbia and other top US universities — ruling that the disclosure of the confidential information could “constitute irreparable harm.” DC US District Judge Tanya Chutkan slapped the temporary restraining order on the Trump administration as it was seeking to publish a list of all foreign donors who have given up to $5.2 billion to the universities since 2020. So-called non-natural person entities accounted for the vast majority of the $5.2 billion, officials noted, rather than individual donors. “This would be a foreign government; ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

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u/alexmark002 — 11 days ago

Russian scientist dies after ‘unknown pneumonic plague’ accidentally released from research lab. CDC is closely monitoring potential outbreak.

One lab accident has already left one person dead and roughly 200 people in quarantine. Russian authorities are responding to an incident in which a suspected dangerous infection was released as a result of a laboratory accident in Siberia and a researcher died. The incident occurred at the Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, near Irkutsk, according to Russian state media TASS. It is unclear exactly what was released, according to the state agency that handles infectious disease, Rospotrebnadzor. One person – a laboratory worker – is said to have died in the incident after being diagnosed with a pneumonia of “unknown” ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

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u/alexmark002 — 11 days ago

40% of the Gas going to the SouthWest just STOPPED..... Major Pipeline FAILURE

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u/alexmark002 — 11 days ago

WATCH LIVE | BRAZIL ELECTION RESULTS — BOLSONARO WINS IN UPSET, BUT FALLS SHORT OF 50% MAJORITY.

The early 51% was the south reporting first. The upset is real. The knockout is not. The name on the ballot is Flávio Bolsonaro, a senator. Not Jair. Jair Bolsonaro is serving a 27 year sentence, under house arrest, for a coup plot after the 2022 loss. He backed his son. With 99.52% counted, Flávio has 47.13%, or 55,960,302 votes. Lula has 45.04%, or 53,484,316 votes. Early boxes had Flávio over 50%. The Northeast came in late and pulled him under the line. Blank and null votes sat near 2% and 3%. A first round win needs more than half of ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

u/alexmark002 — 11 days ago

Rain kills two near Barcelona. A third person is missing.

Heavy rain hit Catalonia from Saturday night into Sunday. Two people are dead. One is missing. A wall fell at a campsite in Tordera and killed a man. Another person drowned in a flooded garage in Montornès del Vallès. Crews are still looking for a person swept away in Pineda de Mar. Some spots got more than 8 inches of rain. One gauge hit 190.8 liters per square meter. The Raval logged 3.4 liters in one minute. The Besòs river hit 520 cubic meters a second. Homes flooded. Cars sat under water. Trains stopped. Flights slipped. A 102 year old woman ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

u/alexmark002 — 11 days ago

“I know a guy. He can do the whole thing for $1.3M and get it done it two weeks.” - Donald Trump

“I know a guy. He can do the whole thing for $1.3M and get it done it two weeks.” – Donald Trump https://t.co/GlnKszdj3f — Turnbull (@cturnbull1968) October 2, 2026... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

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u/alexmark002 — 11 days ago

Yesterday Trump said inflation is totally under control. Today he says inflation is the cure to our problems. The messaging is just all over the place. Prepare accordingly. From here, the dollar goes into hyper inflation territory pretty quickly...

Inflation is the creation of money. So if they inflated the currency. They could literally just pay off the debt. Everything would instantly become 3x more expensive though. The US just crossed $40 trillion in total debt. That number has grown by $11 trillion in just the last 5 years. The interviewer brought up those numbers. But Trumps response is the something worth looking at. pic.twitter.com/so8rMp9OFb — Bull Theory (@BullTheoryio) October 2, 2026 But can inflation actually shrink $40 trillion of debt? Yes. But not the way most people think. — Bull Theory (@BullTheoryio) October 2, 2026 If prices jump 2% ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

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u/alexmark002 — 11 days ago

Honest man finds bag of $128,000 sitting on an ATM, and returns it.

A Texas man walked up to a Bank of America ATM and found a bag containing $128,514 in cash sitting right on top of the machine, along with another bag containing 19 checks. Instead of taking it, he noticed information on the bag that made him think it might belong to a nearby… pic.twitter.com/UDGkkyWFxt — Clown World ™ 🤡 (@ClownWorld) October 2, 2026 LEWISVILLE, Texas (KTVT/CBS NEWSPATH/WKRC) — A Texas man found more than $128,000 in cash sitting near an ATM and turned over every dollar to police. Lewisville police said the 37-year-old man, who asked not to be identified, discovered ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

u/alexmark002 — 12 days ago

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's money was used to fund pro-Trump TV ads

The Trump administration used federal funds from U.S. Customs and Border Protection to fund pro-Trump TV ads that began airing last week—WSJ pic.twitter.com/WWSIHM8ORG — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) September 29, 2026 Pro-Trump ad campaign was financed by DHS, with money moved into a CBP account https://abcnews.com/Politics/pro-trump-ad-campaign-financed-dhs-sources/story?id=136861250 ABC News reports that $20 million was moved into a CBP account on September 19 for “commemorative events.” The next day, a $20 million contract went to Maryland advertising firm LMD Agency for a “National Media Campaign.” The ads then began airing. The money appears to come from the 2025 reconciliation law, which provided CBP ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

u/alexmark002 — 15 days ago

Market's now pricing a hiking cycle that takes short-term rates to around 5% September 2027. Barclays: U.S. 30-year yield could hit 6%

The short end is starting to price 5% again while the 10-year is already above 5.2%. If Barclays is right about 6% on the 30-year, the cheap-money era isn’t coming back anytime soon. Economy will be 📉📉📉📉 way before then. — EndGame Macro (@onechancefreedm) September 29, 2026 BARCLAYS: U.S. 30-YEAR YIELD COULD HIT 6% Barclays says the 30-year Treasury yield could reach 6% if the AI investment boom produces a sustained acceleration in U.S. productivity. Stronger productivity could keep the economy growing faster and force markets to raise long-run… — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) September 29, 2026 Setting a new high almost ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

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u/alexmark002 — 15 days ago

Elon wants f**king socialism: "I think by FAR the most likely outcome is an AGE OF ABUNDANCE where we don't have just universal basic income, we have universal HIGH income. And people speak about medical benefits."

🚨 JUST NOW: Elon Musk, shoulder to shoulder with President Trump, explains why AI is going to lift up ALL of humanity — not force them into poverty @elonmusk : “I think by FAR the most likely outcome is an AGE OF ABUNDANCE where we don’t have just universal basic income, we have universal HIGH income. And people speak about medical benefits. “Maybe it’s worth talking a bit more about that. When you have robots and you have superintelligence, it means that EVERYONE in the world can have better medical care than anyone here, including ME. And wouldn’t that be wonderful?!” ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

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u/alexmark002 — 15 days ago

ICE already added 8,000 employees. Now the administration wants 5,000 more.

NEW: ICE is hiring another 5000 employees after carrying out a record number of arrests over the summer, according to the New York Times. Over the summer, in what the NYT is calling Trump's 'Quiet' ICE surge, nearly 150,000 arrests were made. Despite the surge, the Trump… pic.twitter.com/1QyVityTWE — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 29, 2026 The arrest numbers and hiring numbers are telling the same story: the summer surge is being followed by another expansion of the enforcement apparatus. ICE had reached about 29,000 employees by July, and another 5,000 hires would amount to roughly a 17% increase from that level. ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

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u/alexmark002 — 15 days ago

3 Huge Storms Will Combine Over The Central United States To Form A Gigantic “Hybrid Storm” That Will Cause Widespread Flooding

by Michael We are about to witness something extremely rare. At the same time that a historic financial storm is brewing on Wall Street as bond yields go wild, a historic weather event threatens to dump trillions of gallons of rain over the middle of the country. Meteorologists are telling us that 3 enormous storms will combine to create an absolutely colossal “hybrid storm” that will cause “considerable” flooding over large stretches of the nation. We have never seen anything quite like this before, and it appears that this disaster will be significantly worse than the experts were originally anticipating. The ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

u/alexmark002 — 15 days ago

Jessica Tarlov: “There’s NO WAY this kid walked around and uncovered $100M in fraud on his own."

Jessica Tarlov: “There’s NO WAY this kid walked around and uncovered $100M in fraud on his own." What do you have to say to this, @nickshirleyy? pic.twitter.com/P7SK3lnDlL — The Seed (@theseed59788459) September 29, 2026... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

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u/alexmark002 — 15 days ago

Texas just declared a disaster over diesel shortages

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared a statewide disaster Sept. 28 over diesel shortages and record prices. The 30-day declaration expands use of tax-exempt diesel, increases allowable truck weights and relaxes certain emissions requirements. Texas diesel prices approached $5.86 per gallon, reflecting tight supplies and rising fuel costs. https://gov.texas.gov/es/news/post/governor-abbott-waives-dyed-diesel-restrictions The move is effectively an attempt to find more usable diesel inside the existing fuel system. Texas normally keeps dyed diesel off public roads because it is untaxed and intended for off-road use. The emergency order temporarily removes that state restriction.... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

u/alexmark002 — 15 days ago

'Skyrocketing Fuel Prices': Georgia Declares State of Emergency and Suspends State Fuel Tax

A Republican governor and longtime rival of Donald Trump has announced a state of emergency to help citizens pay for higher prices at the pump, at least in part caused by the Iran war. Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia signed an executive order late Monday to suspend the Peach State’s motor fuel excise tax temporarily. Kemp, who Trump expressed fury at in 2020 over the state’s certification of Joe Biden’s election victory, said the suspension is meant to provide relief due to the skyrocketing gas prices and diesel costs. While Kemp is not on the ballot this year, Georgia Republicans are ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

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u/alexmark002 — 15 days ago

Your next passport application could happen from your couch.

🚨 JUST IN: Sec. Marco Rubio announces Americans will be able to apply for passports ENTIRELY ONLINE instead of spending HOURS and frustration doing it in-person "No printing forms, no drug store hostage photo, no appointment, no line, no middleman…and REAL-TIME STATUS,… pic.twitter.com/4DIyrHMOIR — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 29, 2026 Factcheck: True. Sec. Rubio announced at the http://America.gov launch that first-time passport applications will be fully online starting next year (2027) via the AI-powered site: take/upload your own photo, pay, and track status/real-time delivery estimate. No forms, appointments, lines, or middlemen. Goal is most Americans applying for passports/cards that way by ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

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u/alexmark002 — 15 days ago

A truly heart-warming scene in a place where a lost bag usually stays lost...

🇳🇱🇨🇳 A Chinese girl was having the vacation of her life in Amsterdam UNTIL she lost her bag containing everything from her wallet to her passport. After a day of panicking and asking every tram conductor about her things, she broke down in the arms of the transport agent who… — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) September 29, 2026... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

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u/alexmark002 — 15 days ago

Uber is trying to own the part of robotaxis nobody wants to own

Everyone is arguing about whether Waymo, Tesla or another company will build the best robotaxi. Uber may be playing a different game. It doesn’t need to build the best autonomous car. It may be trying to become the company that handles everything around the car. The distinction matters. A robotaxi isn’t just a vehicle with ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

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u/alexmark002 — 15 days ago