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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., appears to no longer have the support he once had, with many liberals turning on him following a scathing report focusing on his health. New York Magazine’s Intelligencer published a lengthy piece Friday titled “All By Himself” which says how Fetterman “insists he is in good health” in the wake of a massive stroke he suffered in May 2022, “but staffers past and present say they no longer recognize the man they once knew.” Fetterman, once seen as a progressive darling, has earned fanfare from many moderates and conservatives over his pragmatism on various issues. However,...

DURING 15 years of confinement in psychiatric institutions in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan, Dimitri Gerasimenko was starved and repeatedly beaten. The indignities did not end with his death five years ago at the age of 30.Staff at the ramshackle asylum 50 miles from Bishkek, the capital, have never told his mother Raisa, 65, how he died. All her attempts to retrieve his remains have been met with prevarication, compounding her grief. “First I was asked for money if I wanted the body back,” she said. “Then I was told Dimitri had been sent to a medical academy. When...

As a licensed counselor and therapist helping to keep criminal offenders out of prison, a Brooklyn woman accused of trashing a parked Tesla may need some of her own professional expertise. According to the New York Post, 46-year old Natasha Cohen was arraigned last Saturday and released on her own recognizance after an April 7 surveillance video allegedly showed her dumping a bag of garbage onto a Cybertruck. The bag included a brick scrawled with a swastika and the word “Nazi.”

Eriksen, lives in Tallahassee and is a Norwegian-American dual citizen, revealed she lost contact with Ikner following the bitter custody battle she had with her son’s father, Christopher Ikner. The messy legal struggle culminated when Eriksen kidnapped Phoenix Ikner, who was born Christian Gunnar Eriksen, and flew him to Europe in March 2015. Eriksen claimed she was taking her son to South Florida for spring break, but instead, the mother-son duo travelled to Norway Phoenix Ikner is accused of using a handgun that belonged to his stepmother during the shooting. Hours after the shooting, before Ikner was identified as the...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — President Trump is vowing a new approach to getting homeless people off the streets by forcibly moving those living outside into large camps while mandating mental health and addiction treatment — an aggressive departure from the nation's leading homelessness policy, which for decades has prioritized housing as the most effective way to combat the crisis. "Our once-great cities have become unlivable, unsanitary nightmares," Mr. Trump said in a presidential campaign video. "For those who are severely mentally ill and deeply disturbed, we will bring them to mental institutions, where they belong, with the goal of reintegrating them...

A group of isolated researchers has been stranded for months on end in the most inhospitable environment – until one of the team members goes rogue, sexually harassing and eventually threatening to kill a female colleague. That could be the plot of a successful thriller or horror film. Still, unfortunately, this is reportedly what’s happening in real life to a group of South African scientists trapped in the tiny Sanae IV base in Antarctica. The story broke in the outer world because a member of the research station sent out an email to a major newspaper pleading for rescue after...

A member of Oregon's Health Authority (OHA) on best practices and policies in mental health said they identify as a 'turtle' during a state panel meeting. JD Holt, who also goes by 'JD Terrapin' on Facebook, announced that they use 'they, them and turtle' for their preferred pronouns during a December meeting. 'Hello everybody, it's JD. I use they, them and turtle for my pronouns. I'm in the Springfield-Eugene area and I get to be part of the council,' Holt said during a virtual advisory council meeting. Holt is one of roughly two dozen 'consumers' on the OHA's Consumer Advisory...

...the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)- clinically terms psychopathy as Antisocial Personality Disorder. According to the most recent fifth edition of the DSM, a person must meet the following criteria to be clinically diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder:· A pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others, since age 15 years, as indicated by three (or more) of the following:· Failure to conform to social norms concerning lawful behaviors, such as performing acts that are grounds for arrest.· Deceitfulness, repeated lying, use of aliases, or conning others for pleasure...

The Seattle homeless population is the tragic result of failed policies. But it’s not just a problem — it’s a manufactured disaster, enabled and exacerbated by left-wing policies that have done nothing but invite more homelessness while refusing to address its root causes. A new study from the Discovery Institute’s Fix Homelessness explains how dire the situation truly is in Seattle. The study lays out in devastating detail how Seattle’s approach has not only failed but made everything worse. The city’s leaders, obsessed with progressive ideology over practical solutions, have created a system that draws homeless individuals from outside the...

A transgender teen who was allegedly planning a mass shooting on Valentine’s Day in Indiana had an “obsession” with Nikolas Cruz — the gunman who killed 17 people at his high school in Parkland, Florida, .. Trinity Shockley, 18, who was charged with conspiracy to commit murder and two terrorism-related charges for her alleged plan to shoot up Mooresville High School, also had a collage of mass shooters on her bedroom wall, .. In the affidavit, police detail the messages between Shockley and a person in an online chat room, where the teen allegedly discusses her plans to commit a...

VIDEOHere are a trio of mental health therapists discussing how to treat Trump Derangement Syndrome aka TDS. However, one big problem is that many therapists themselves suffer from extreme TDS. In addition, many/most of the TDS patients are at this point way beyond redemption as you can see.

California has long been the most insurrectionist of the states. Some states promised sanctuary to illegal aliens. California promises to go after law enforcement if they follow the law and cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Now California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who hopes to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom, is threatening hospitals that they must ignore Trump’s executive orders and go on sterilizing kids. California Attorney General Rob Bonta today reminded California hospitals and federally-funded healthcare providers of their ongoing obligation under California anti-discrimination law to provide gender affirming care amid confusion resulting from President Trump’s Office of Management and Budget...

The day after President Donald Trump returned to office, Lisa Suhay took her 21-year-old daughter, Mellow, to a passport office in Norfolk, Virginia, where they live. Getting a passport for Mellow, who is transgender, was urgent. In an executive order Trump signed the night before, the president used a narrow definition of the sexes instead of a broader conception of gender. The order says a person is male or female and it rejects the idea that someone can transition from the sex assigned at birth to another gender. The framing is in line with many conservatives' views but at odds...

A doctor has raised alarm over what he describes as a "real crisis" within the Democratic Party following Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 election. According to the physician, the party is grappling with a deep identity and leadership crisis exacerbated by Trump's triumph, leading to internal struggles and a loss of direction. This analysis highlights the challenges Democrats face as they navigate a changing political landscape, with their strategies and messaging increasingly under scrutiny. According to Glenn Burnett, an internal doctor from Wyoming, Democrats are suffering from significant mental health concerns over Trump’s win. He said his patients are...

The 24-year-old trans-identified male from Massachusetts who was arrested on Monday at the US Capitol with Molotov cocktails and a knife and intended to kill Scott Bessent has been revealed to have been planning the attack for a month and intended to "hurt big players" in Washington, DC, according to a court filing from the Department of Justice seeking pretrial detention. In the filing, the DOJ said that Ryan Michael English, also known as "Riley Jane English" and referred to by she/her pronouns in the document, bought an atlas around one month prior to the January 27 arrest. The atlas...

Regular aerobic exercise could significantly reduce disease markers associated with Alzheimer's, research has found. The findings provide new hope in the battle against this devastating disorder. The study highlights how physical activity not only protects healthy brain cells but also restores balance in the aging brain. The research focused on the hippocampus, the brain region responsible for memory and learning, and measured the impact of aerobic exercise on key Alzheimer's markers: amyloid plaques, tau tangles, and iron accumulation in myelin-producing cells known as oligodendrocytes. These markers are central to Alzheimer's pathology. Findings revealed that rodents who completed a structured aerobic...

CNN releases new camera angle of the Trump hotel truck explosion. Investigators say Matt Livelsberger was found with two firearms, a handgun and a rifle. The weapons were purchased legally on Monday. (ABC News) Livelsberger allegedly shot himself in the head. A .50-caliber Desert Eagle was found at his feet. Investigators say he took his life sometime in the 17 seconds between when he arrived at the hotel and when the truck exploded. ABC News also reports that Livelsberger had been “receiving mental health assistance over the last year.”

The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, federal officials said Friday. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said federally required tallies taken across the country in January found that more than 770,000 people were counted as homeless — a number that misses some people and does not include those staying with friends or family because they do not have a place of their own. That increase...

Well, sadly, it seems some people didn’t learn anything from that violent, deadly disaster. Meet the “Tenacious Unicorn Ranch,” another Antifa-armed commune out in Custer County, Colorado, where queer and trans radicals tried—and miserably failed—to build their own Marxist utopia. Of course, right on cue, leftist media swooned, hailing it as a stunning and brave progressive safe haven. And while the left was busy congratulating themselves for their “brave” new utopia, the ranch was busy cashing in on phony “right-wing threat” stories and stunts. They squeezed every dime they could out of Patreon, GoFundMe, and PayPal. Nothing like a fake...

He is perhaps best known for his honesty — but a lesser-known fact about Abraham Lincoln is that the 16th president of the United States battled severe depression during his lifetime. Dr. Chris Tuell, a clinical psychotherapist and a chemical and behavioral addiction specialist at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, has studied Lincoln’s mental health struggles extensively. "Though the history books play a significant role in our perception and understanding of the ‘rail splitter’ from Illinois, it often becomes easy for us to forget that Abraham Lincoln was very human," Tuell told Fox News Digital. "Lincoln led this...