News From Around the Web
#1 False Alarms: Rethinking Breast Cancer Screening - Tracy Beanz and Michelle Edwards for The HighWire, Jeffrey Dach MD, Patriot Marie, Cancer Care (community note), and Valerie Ann Smith on X
“Mammograms do not save lives,” insists a former breast cancer surgeon, adding, “and the more mammograms you have, the higher your likelihood is of being diagnosed with breast cancer.” Yet, she points out that many “high-risk” patients are told to get mammograms every six months. Why is this? By now, those of us paying attention know the reason all too well. “Because it’s the one way to guarantee that they will get into the system and become a patient,” Dr. Jenn Simmons explains, noting that in medical school, doctors are taught and trained that mammograms save lives. Nonetheless, the foundational beliefs underpinning the requirement of widespread screening by mammogram—namely that breast cancer grows slowly and predictably and that early detection necessarily reduces mortality or extent of treatment and screening reliably “saves lives and breasts”—are deeply flawed. Another doctor adds, “Data shows we are literally CAUSING breast cancer with screening.”#2 Trump Says He Is Voiding Biden Executive Actions Signed With Autopen - Jennifer Shutt for Government Executive, The White House (community note), Benny Johnson/Donald J. Trump, Nick Sortor, Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social, and Rep. James Comer on X
President Donald Trump said he will attempt to reverse any law, pardon, or still-in-effect executive order signed by former President Joe Biden using an autopen, although it wasn’t immediately clear how this would work or whether it would be legal. Trump declared in a social media post that any documents Biden signed with the autopen are “hereby terminated, and of no further force or effect.” “I am hereby cancelling all Executive Orders, and anything else that was not directly signed by Crooked Joe Biden, because the people who operated the Autopen did so illegally,” Trump alleged. “Joe Biden was not involved in the Autopen process and, if he says he was, he will be brought up on charges of perjury. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
#3 Trump-Backed Republican Keeps Crucial Congressional Seat in GOP Hands With Special Election Victory - Paul Steinhauser for Fox News, End Wokeness, Scott Jennings, The Persistence, and Benny Johnson on X
Republicans will hold onto a GOP-controlled vacant congressional seat in ruby-red Tennessee after winning a hotly contested special election that grabbed plenty of national attention. Republican nominee Matt Van Epps on Tuesday defeated Democratic rival Aftyn Behn, according to The Associated Press, in the high-stakes race to succeed former GOP Rep. Mark Green, who resigned from office in June to take a private sector job. "This race was bigger than just one campaign," Van Epps said in a statement after declaring victory. "It represented a defining moment for Tennessee and for the direction of the country."
#4 USDA Secretary Threatens to Cut Funding to Blue States Over Alleged Snap Data Noncompliance - Kevin Breuninger for CNBC, MAGA Voice, MJTruthUltra, Governor Kathy Hochul, Join DSA, and Mike Davis/Secretary Brooke Rollins on X
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday threatened to cut off federal funding to Democratic-leaning states over what she alleged is their refusal to share SNAP program data with the Trump administration. The administration “will begin to stop moving federal funds into those states” starting next week, until they comply,” Rollins told President Donald Trump during a Cabinet meeting at the White House. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, responding to Rollins in an X post, wrote, “Genuine question: Why is the Trump Administration so hellbent on people going hungry?”
#5 Trump Administration Halts Immigration Applications for Migrants From 19 Nations - npr/Associated Press, New York Post, captive dreamer, Eric Daugherty, Eyewitness News, and News 19 on X
The Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications such as requests for green cards for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier this year, as part of sweeping immigration changes in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard troops. The changes were outlined in a policy memo posted Tuesday on the website of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency tasked with processing and approving all requests for immigration benefits. The pause puts on hold a wide range of immigration-related decisions, such as green card applications or naturalizations for immigrants from those 19 countries that the Trump administration has described as high-risk. It's up to the agency's director, Joseph Edlow, when to lift the pause, the memo said...#6 Russia Says No Ukraine Compromise Reached After Five-Hour Putin Talks With Trump Envoys - Reuters, The Caspian Post, Gulf News, MSN, Valdo Valdese, and Nino Brodin on X
Russia and the U.S. did not reach a compromise on a possible peace deal to end the war in Ukraine after a five-hour Kremlin meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump's top envoys, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. Trump has repeatedly complained that ending Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two has been one of the elusive foreign policy aims of his presidency. The U.S. president has at times scolded both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy...
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#7 CDC Advisers Could Reverse Newborn Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendations - Erika Edwards for NBC, NBC DFW, Jeffrey A Tucker, Reuben Jones, C̶͚̃a̵̯͠s̸͌͜s̷̜̎ả̵̻n̵̥͑d̸̓ͅr̶̦̽a̵̛̠ Complex̸̗́, CIDRAP, and Pat Adams on X
A group of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing to vote on whether the agency should scrap its long-standing recommendation that every baby get a hepatitis B vaccination within 24 hours of birth. The shot — universally recommended for newborns in the U.S since the early 1990s — is credited with driving down cases of acute hepatitis B infections in kids by 99%. The virus, which can be passed from mother to baby during childbirth, can lead to liver disease and early death. There is no cure...
#8 Australia to Enforce Social Media Age Limit of 16 Next Week With Fines up to $33 Million - Rod McGuirk for AP/ABC News, The Lowell Sun, Lorrie Goldstein, MrYT, Alo360, and Private Suite Network | CJ on X
Australia -- Social media platforms must report monthly how many children’s accounts they close once Australia begins enforcing its 16-year age limit next week, a minister said Wednesday. Facebook, Instagram, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X, and YouTube would face fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million) from Dec. 10 if they fail to take reasonable steps to remove accounts of Australian children younger than 16. Livestreaming service Twitch was added to the list of age-restricted platforms less than two weeks ago...
#9 HHS Kills Biden Nursing Home Mandate That Would Have Required 102,000 New Staff - Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner, MAHA Action, Patricia G. Barnes, and HHS Rapid Response on X
The Trump administration rescinded a Biden administration rule that would have required nursing homes to double their staff effectively and would have cost taxpayers billions of dollars. The Department of Health and Human Services announced on Tuesday that it repealed President Joe Biden’s 2024 rule, which would have required nursing homes accepting Medicare and Medicaid funding to provide residents with 3.48 hours of nursing care daily.
#10 SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas Forces NJ Attorney to Admit State Targeted Pro-Life Group With Probe - Ryan King for New York Post, Thomas Register, LORI HOLLAND, BJ Rodrigue, and OUR-VOICES on X
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas got a lawyer for the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office to admit Tuesday it mounted a “fishing expedition” against a pro-life organization without receiving specific complaints about the group. Thomas drilled down on the investigation of First Choice Women’s Resource Centers during oral arguments in a case challenging a subpoena the organization received from AG Matthew Platkin’s office.“You had no basis to think that they were deceiving any of their contributors?” Thomas asked Chief Counsel Sundeep Iyer...
And Now for Something Special 
Drunk Raccoon Found Passed Out in Liquor Store Bathroom: Officials
According to the Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter, authorities found the "masked bandit" collapsed in the bathroom of the Ashland ABC Store Saturday morning, where the furry burglar had ransacked shelves and drank multiple types of alcohol. In a social media post, officials said they took the "very intoxicated" raccoon back to the shelter to sober up before releasing him back into the wild...
