Free Republic

The Texas House of Representatives passed a resolution Monday afternoon calling for the arrest of dozens of Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to prevent a congressional redistricting vote from going forward. At least 100 of the 150 members of the Texas House must be present for a quorum so business can be conducted.

Sucralose is a popular sugar substitute, but new research suggests that the artificial sweetener may not be the best choice for patients undergoing cancer immunotherapy. The study found that patients with melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer who consumed high levels of sucralose had worse response to immunotherapy and poorer survival than those with diets low in the artificial sweetener. Strikingly, supplements that boosted levels of the amino acid arginine mitigated the negative effects of sucralose on immunotherapy in mice. Diwakar Davar, M.D. used mouse models to show that the negative impacts of sucralose are driven by disruption to gut...

A new study shows that regular exercise may do more than help colon cancer patients feel better—it may actually change gene activity in both tumors and surrounding fat tissue. Says Vicky Bandera, "We're seeing early indications that exercise might actually change how cancer behaves at a molecular level." Bandera, who studied exercise oncology, was driven by a simple question: Could movement change not just how patients feel, but what characteristics a growing tumor develops? "Seeing patients struggle with side effects pushed me to study how we can leverage something as accessible as exercise," she says. "More work needs to be...

Normally, a close call is a bad thing when it comes to riding motorcycles. But in 1979, motorcyclists explored a niche intersection between safety and fun. Using precise driving, riders danced around each other with timing and skill -- at seven miles per hour. The Tripoli Shrine Motor Club met every week for practice. Watch the video above to see motorcycles make some close calls. If you like this video, check out the archival playlist below.

Vladimir Putin started it. Joe Biden didn’t stop it. But, no matter his efforts to the contrary, this is the week in which Russia’s invasion of Ukraine becomes US President Donald Trump’s war. The most powerful office in the world doesn’t always invite choices. Trump is mandated to address the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II because the United States was involved, under his predecessor, as Ukraine’s key ally and sponsor. Trump could have dropped the war entirely. But instead, he chose to impose the force of his personality, initially through the idea he could end it in...

A single bout of either resistance or high-intensity interval training could help in the cancer battle, new research has found. Francesco Bettariga found that a single bout of exercise increased the levels of myokines—a protein produced by muscles—that has anti-cancer effects, and that could reduce the proliferation of cancer growth by 20% to 30%. His research with survivors of breast cancer measured myokine levels before, immediately after, and 30 minutes after a single bout of either resistance or high-intensity interval training, and found that both sets of exercise had a resultant increase in myokine levels. While higher levels of myokines...

A 9-year-old Central Coast girl is recovering after a sea lion attack in the waters off Monterey County. KSBW reports that Corale Olsen was in the ocean during surf camp with her brother and sister when she saw the sea lion nearby. Then, the nightmare began. "We were pretty deep in the ocean," Olsen said. "So then, the sea lion went under my instructor's leg and then it came up to me and bit me, and then I got dragged underwater." Olsen then described the scary moments after being bitten. "It was pain and I was screaming and then my...

A mishap involving a COVID-era business perk nearly shut down a popular East Bay bakery. And for more than a month, the owner was left wondering: where did all my money go? 7 On Your Side's Stephanie Sierra and our team stepped in to get answers -- and get their money back. $212,853 is a life-changing amount of dough for any small business. And in this case, we were told that it was all left in limbo over a nine-digit number with the IRS. Sarah Torres is the proud owner of A Sweet Affair Bakery in Walnut Creek. The charming...

Mexican illegal immigrants have been invading small border towns in Texas, pillaging the homes and apartments of law abiding Americans who feel powerless to stop them. more show notes: Cartels breaking into homes in Del Rio, Texas, stealing everything that is valuable including ID and SS numbers.

“EVERYBODY KNEW, EXCEPT FOR TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS, THAT THIS WAS A GRAND CONSPIRACY IN 2016…THE FBI, THE CIA, OBAMA, THE DNC, EVERY FAKE NEWS MEDIA OUTLET OUT THERE IN AMERICA, THEY WERE ALL IN ON IT.” - @DevinNunes@stinchfield1776

Over the past year, Hezbollah has faced a growing existential crisis, intensified by the targeted assassinations of senior figures including Fuad Shukr, Ibrahim Aqil, Jawad Tawil, and particularly Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and his successor, Hashem Safi al-Din. Once Iran’s most formidable proxy and a significant strategic actor in the Middle East, Hezbollah now contends with depleted leadership, military setbacks, and mounting international pressure. Does this signal genuine weakening within the Shiite terrorist organization? According to Lebanese sources, Hezbollah is undertaking drastic measures to ensure its survival, notably relocating the families of hundreds of senior commanders to Latin America. Lebanese journalist...

New research reveals that certain gut microbial byproducts may hold promise as a novel therapy for obesity-associated metabolic complications by restoring critical hormone-producing cells in the intestine. The study focuses on enteroendocrine cells (EECs)—specialized cells in the gut that play a key role in metabolic regulation by releasing hormones such as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), which stimulate insulin secretion and suppress appetite. In obesity, these cells are diminished in number and function, contributing to insulin resistance and poor metabolic health. Researchers investigated how microbial metabolites derived from dietary tryptophan—an amino acid found in protein-rich foods—may help restore EEC numbers. Specifically, they...

As the evening coastal fog rolls in and creates a canopy above the tree tops, Carmel, known more for its lack of addresses than its late nights, grinds to stillness. But after dark, the town’s not completely dead — if you know where to look. Carmel’s two major legacy and late-night drinking establishments, Barmel and Sade’s, have carried on for decades, playing host to all comers, from millionaires to movie stars to those simply down on their luck but lucky enough to find respite on a bar stool for an evening. But that’s all about to change as both legendary...

Is this the start of Goo York City? UK scientists have discovered a massive “blob” of rock underneath the Appalachian mountains that’s slowly oozing its way toward New York City, per a slimy new study published in the journal Geology. “This thermal upwelling has long been a puzzling feature of North American geology,” the study’s lead author, Tom Gernon, Professor of Earth Science at the University of Southampton, said in a statement. Officially dubbed the Northern Appalachian Anomaly (NAA), this subterranean slimeball sits 125 feet deep underground and extends 220 miles across New England. The team reportedly discovered it using...

The Trump administration aims to accelerate the construction of a nuclear reactor on the moon, Transportation Secretary and acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy wrote in a memo distributed internally on Monday. The space agency has previously explored the possibility of installing an electricity-generating nuclear reactor on the lunar surface capable of powering a sustained human presence, but Duffy intends to fast-track the project and more than double the reactor’s power output, according to documents obtained by The Post. “To properly advance this critical technology to be able to support a future lunar economy, high power energy generation on Mars, and...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Pohakuloa Training Area, HawaiiPōhakuloa Training Area (PTA) is located on the island of Hawaiʻi in the high plateau between Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea and the Hualālai volcanic mountains. It includes a small military airstrip known as Bradshaw Army Airfield. The area of 108,863 acres is the largest United States Department of Defense installation in the state of Hawaii, or anywhere in the Pacific.The name of the current facility comes from puʻu pōhaku loa, which means "long rocky cinder cone" in the Hawaiian Language, although like many other Hawaiian names, the same name has...

Rep. Ramirez (D-IL) says in Spanish: "I am a proud Guatemalan before I am American"

Flu itself, not oseltamivir, was tied to serious neuropsychiatric events, analysis suggestsKey Takeaways -Compared with untreated flu, oseltamivir treatment reduced the risk of serious neuropsychiatric events in children. -Prescribing information for oseltamivir carries warnings about abnormal behavior in kids with flu based on case reports. -Concerns about possible side effects may contribute to oseltamivir being underused in kids at high risk for flu complications. -Treatment with the antiviral oseltamivir (Tamiflu) was tied to a reduced risk of serious neuropsychiatric events in children and adolescents, an analysis of Medicaid beneficiaries in Tennessee suggested. Compared with untreated flu, the risk of serious...

The sixties was one of the more creative decades in modern history: The music, the clothes, the movies, the pop culture. But maybe most creative were the goofy TV comedy series.The sixties were one of the most creative periods for art in modern American history. Mostly known for innovative music, now called "classic rock," the decade also broke meaningful ground in the areas of dress, pop culture, literature, movies and more. The sixties reminds this journalist of the fertile twenties in American literature with Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck and the like. What isn't acknowledged much is the...

Republican Nate Morris had deftly warmed up a crowd of party faithful, gushing about President Donald Trump and recounting his own life’s journey — from hardscrabble childhood to wealthy entrepreneur — when he turned his attention to the man he wants to replace, Sen. Mitch McConnell. That’s when things got feisty. While bashing Kentucky’s longest-serving senator at a GOP dinner on the eve of Saturday’s Fancy Farm picnic, a tradition-laden stop on the state’s political circuit, Morris was cut off in midsentence by a party activist in the crowd, who noted that McConnell isn’t seeking reelection and pointedly asked Morris:...