Pharmacy giant Walgreens has agreed to pay a staggering $300 million after being found liable for illegally filling hundreds of thousands of opioid prescriptions. The settlement, announced by the U.S. Department of Justice, marks one of the largest ever in a series of cases against pharmacies accused of fueling the opioid epidemic. https://x.com/biohackyourself/status/1933894858927743364

Medicine and This Thing We Call the State

The Epoch Times

Medicine and This Thing We Call the State

We need only consider the U.S. medical system here. It is run by industry at all levels, but includes vast amounts of trillions of transfer payments in addition to huge bureaucracies to regulate the industry. The regulators and industry do not work in opposition to each other but generally in tandem, often in hiding.

We Cannot Avoid Entitlement Reform

The Epoch Times

We Cannot Avoid Entitlement Reform

Land acknowledgements are very modern in their silliness | Adam James Pollock | The Critic Magazine

The Critic Magazine

Land acknowledgements are very modern in their silliness | Adam James Pollock | The Critic Magazine

Earlier this week, King Charles opened the Canadian Parliament with the traditional speech from the throne — the first time the monarch has done ...

An Open Letter to HHS Secretary Kennedy and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary: Deliver on MAHA Agenda

An Open Letter to HHS Secretary Kennedy and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary: Deliver on MAHA Agenda

Open Letter

How Alcohol Is Linked to Common Cancers

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How Alcohol Is Linked to Common Cancers

The benefits of an alcohol-free life surpass the outdated theory that light alcohol consumption is good for our health.

Alcohol is a Group 1 carcinogen, in the same category as tobacco and asbestos. Research has established that alcohol is a cause of cancer, even at low levels of intake.

The College-for-All Fallacy

The Epoch Times

The College-for-All Fallacy

Old Antibiotic Shows Promise Against Lyme Disease at Ultra-Low Doses

The Epoch Times

Old Antibiotic Shows Promise Against Lyme Disease at Ultra-Low Doses

Scientists uncover why Lyme disease lingers and how to fight it.

Scientists uncover why Lyme disease lingers and how to fight it.

Foreign Holdings of US Treasurys Reach All-Time High in March

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Foreign Holdings of US Treasurys Reach All-Time High in March

The UK overtook China as the United States’ second-biggest foreign creditor.

We continue to sell our county to foreigners and this will persist as long as the federal government continues to spend more than it takes in.

The $TRUMP Meme Coin Scheme | National Review

National Review

The $TRUMP Meme Coin Scheme | National Review

What does this have to do with the Constitution? A lot, I’m afraid.

What does this have to do with the Constitution? A lot, I’m afraid.

President Trump has hit a new low in accepting a luxury jet from Qatar | Column https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2025/05/president-trump-has-hit-a-new-low-in-accepting-a-luxury-jet-from-qatar-column.html What Trump is doing is wrong. It is illegal. It is unconstitutional.

Trump Strikes $244 Billion in Deals With Qatar, Including ‘Historic’ Boeing Jet Sale

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Trump Strikes $244 Billion in Deals With Qatar, Including ‘Historic’ Boeing Jet Sale

Qatar Airways signed a $96 billion agreement to acquire up to 210 American-made 787 Dreamliner and 777X aircraft from Boeing.

In addition, American companies will be selling drones and anti-drone tech to Qatar? What is to prevent that from being shared with Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas?

It seems to me that they are giving a bonus for crossing our border illegally: DHS Says It Will Pay Illegal Immigrants $1,000 to Self-Deport

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DHS Says It Will Pay Illegal Immigrants $1,000 to Self-Deport

Secretary Kristi Noem says self-deporting is likely the best way for illegal immigrants to remove themselves from the United States.

“We’re doing a self-deportation, and we’re going to make it comfortable for people,” Trump said. “And we’re going to work with those people to come back into our country legally.”

This is certainly troubling: The Trump family is taking crypto payoffs in the middle of Fifth Avenue. Who will stop them?

Inquirer.com

The Trump family is taking crypto payoffs in the middle of Fifth Avenue. Who will stop them?

From a Persian Gulf dictator to a trucking magnate, a shocking line to pay off the Trump family in crypto is growing.

From a Persian Gulf dictator to a trucking magnate, a shocking line to pay off the Trump family in crypto is growing.

These GDP Numbers Deserve Maximum Incredulity

The Epoch Times

These GDP Numbers Deserve Maximum Incredulity

All told, it seems like our economic data are no better than our infectious disease data, numbers tossed around for political purposes and having not much to do with on-the-ground reality.

Confessions of a Post-Trump Clout Chaser

Confessions of a Post-Trump Clout Chaser

When the Meme Ends: Hanania’s Cult Exit Interview

What’s especially rich about Richard Hanania’s post hoc enlightenment tour is that it comes after a full year of sneering at the only adults in the room—namely, the conservatives who backed Ron DeSantis. Not because they were sycophants or sellouts, but because they were attempting, however imperfectly, to salvage conservatism from the meme-fueled sewer of MAGA demagoguery.

Cannabis Use Disorder Linked to Psychosis, Elevated Dopamine Activity in Specific Brain Regions

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Cannabis Use Disorder Linked to Psychosis, Elevated Dopamine Activity in Specific Brain Regions

Scientists have found a potential mechanism connecting cannabis use to psychosis risk: elevated dopamine levels in key brain regions.

Scientists have found a potential mechanism connecting cannabis use to psychosis risk: elevated dopamine levels in key brain regions.

FAA to Increase Support, Oversight for Air Traffic Controllers at Ronald Reagan National Airport

The Epoch Times

FAA to Increase Support, Oversight for Air Traffic Controllers at Ronald Reagan National Airport

There was a collision and a number of near-misses at the airport in recent months.

Josh Shapiro’s taxpayer-funded self-promotional horror show

The Washington Times

Josh Shapiro’s taxpayer-funded self-promotional horror show

National Democrats are embarrassing themselves on social media.

National Democrats are embarrassing themselves on social media.