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When several countries endorsed the notion of some high-risk people taking the antibiotic doxycycline after unprotected sex to lower their chances of contracting a sexually transmitted disease, as the U.S. did last year, there was a theoretical concern the shift could drive antibiotic resistance in some bacterial infections. That risk no longer appears to be theoretical. In a newly published letter in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers reported a steep rise in resistance to tetracycline — the antibiotic class to which doxycycline belongs — in gonorrhea isolates collected from across the country since results of the studies investigating...

Mamdani: Staffer Who Solicited Sex From Underage Minor “Big Part of Why We Won”. "Soliciting a 16-year-old boy for a gay-sex threesome with Beau Biden aide." July 10, 2025 by Daniel Greenfield. Zohran Mamdani wants to defund the police. Considering some of the people around him, it’s no wonder that he does. In 2021, Mamdani bid farewell to Matthew Thomas, a Democratic Socialists of America member who served as his Communications Director. Mamdani tweeted, “He built this account, wrote policy & press releases, scripted + shot 🎥, & was a big part of why we won.” The tweet showed Thomas...

This could force the trans charity to cut over half of its staff. Workers at the LGBTQ+ charity were told on Thursday that restructuring would take place, and that only roles with dedicated funding would be safe. Simon Blake, the chief executive of Stonewall, made the announcement in an office-wide Teams call, which was said to have left its 114 staff “shellshocked”. Thank-you @POTUS and @elonmusk 💥

A Florida Democratic Party official is accused of possessing videos of children being sexually abused by adults and attempting to arrange a meet-up with an undercover cop posing as the father of a nine-year-old potential victim, prosecutors said. Matthew Inman, who advertises his role as the Orange County Democratic Party treasurer and Rainbow Democrats president on his LinkedIn page, was arrested and charged with transportation of child sex abuse material earlier this month, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Middle District of Florida said in a news release. The 39-year-old Orange County man also boasts of being a Democrat National...

"I do it to blow off steam," Matsoukas said. Penn State professor charged with 'animal cruelty,' engaging in 'sexual intercourse' with dog in public forest A now-former Pennsylvania State University professor accused of performing sexual acts with his dog in a public forest was arrested on Tuesday and subsequently hit with a slew of charges including open lewdness, indecent exposure, sexual intercourse with an animal, animal cruelty, and disorderly conduct. Themis Matsoukas, 64, was spotted on trail cams in Rothrock State Forest naked with his collie as early as 2014, with the latest incident taking place this year. The acts...

Democratic Congressman and Florida gubernatorial hopeful Charlie Crist's website features two distinct themes for its English and Spanish speaking audience. He's got plenty of Pride merch for the English language side of the site, but on the Spanish language side, no rainbow or trans flags are on display. ***** He was originally a Republican, even serving as a Republican governor of Florida in 2006, but then became an Independent in 2010 after losing to Marco Rubio in a Senate Primary. Crist then started to identify as a Democrat after he came out in support of then President Barack Obama's reelection...