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@Rainmaker1973 @MFB38000197 My great-grandnephew’s journey. he was treated with CASGEVY, among one of the first in the country. m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…

A 21-year-old man from Long Island has made medical history as the first person in New York State to be cured of sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease is a painful genetic disorder in which red blood cells become rigid, crescent-shaped, and prone to clumping. These deformed cells block blood vessels, triggering intense pain crises, organ damage, strokes, and a significantly reduced life expectancy. The condition affects approximately 100,000 people in the United States. The breakthrough treatment, called Lyfgenia (lovotibeglogene autotemcel), is a one-time gene therapy developed by bluebird bio. The process begins by collecting the patient’s own bone marrow stem cells. In the laboratory, scientists use a lentiviral vector to insert a functional gene that enables the production of healthy hemoglobin. After the patient undergoes chemotherapy to eliminate the faulty cells, the genetically modified stem cells are infused back into the body. Once engrafted, these corrected cells start producing normal, flexible red blood cells that flow smoothly through blood vessels without causing blockages. For Sebastien Beauzile, who had lived with severe sickle cell disease for over two decades, the results were transformative. Chronic pain that had defined much of his life vanished, and his blood parameters normalized. Doctors now consider him cured. While the therapy is complex, requires intensive preparation, and remains extremely expensive, it represents a major shift in how sickle cell disease is approached — moving from lifelong symptom management to a potential one-time curative solution. As more patients gain access, Lyfgenia and similar gene therapies could offer hope for a future where sickle cell is no longer a lifelong burden. This milestone at Cohen Children’s Medical Center marks an important step forward in genetic medicine and personalized cures.

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We are called "the elderly." But that quiet label hides something most people rarely stop to consider. We are the last living witnesses of a world that no longer exists. Look at us and you might see gray hair, slower steps, and the patience that time teaches. But listen to our story — really listen — and you'll realize something extraordinary. We are the only generation in human history to have lived a fully analog childhood and a fully digital adulthood. That's not a small thing. That's one of the most breathtaking journeys a human being has ever been asked to make. We were born in the 1940s, 50s, and early 60s, into a world still rebuilding from the rubble of World War II. Our toys were marbles and hopscotch and card games at kitchen tables. When the streetlights flickered on, that was it — childhood adventures were over, and it was time to go home. No smartphones. No streaming. No endless scroll. We built our memories in the real world. With scraped knees and laughter echoing down streets and friendships formed face to face. In 1969, we sat in living rooms staring at black-and-white televisions as Neil Armstrong took humanity's first steps on the Moon. Hundreds of thousands of us stood in muddy fields at Woodstock believing — really believing — that music and community could reshape the future. We fell in love to vinyl records spinning on turntables. We waited days, sometimes weeks, for handwritten letters to arrive. We learned patience because information didn't come instantly. Mistakes were fixed with erasers — not a delete button. Then the world transformed. Machines that once filled entire rooms shrank to devices lighter than a paperback. We went from rotary phones and party lines to seeing the face of someone we love on the other side of the ocean — instantly, on something that fits in a pocket. We watched the birth of the personal computer. The arrival of the internet. The smartphone. Artificial intelligence. And through every single shift — we adapted. Not because it was easy. Because that's what our generation does. We also carry the weight of history in our bodies. We grew up afraid of polio and tuberculosis. We watched science defeat them. We witnessed the discovery of the structure of DNA, the decoding of the human genome, the transformation of medicine itself. We survived pandemics across decades — and kept going. Few generations have been asked to absorb so much change in a single lifetime. And through all of it, certain things never changed. We still know the joy of a cold glass of lemonade on a hot afternoon. The taste of vegetables picked straight from a garden. The value of a long conversation that unfolds slowly, without a screen interrupting it. We have celebrated births and mourned losses. Carried the stories of friends who are gone. Watched the world become something our younger selves couldn't have imagined — and found ways to belong in it anyway. We are not relics. We are living bridges between two entirely different worlds. Our memory carries something the modern world needs — proof that progress doesn't have to erase wisdom. That speed doesn't have to replace patience, kindness, or reflection. So when someone calls us elderly, we can smile. Because behind that word is something remarkable. We crossed two centuries. Witnessed eight decades of transformation. Walked from handwritten letters to artificial intelligence — and never lost our sense of what actually matters.

@RepOgles @AndyOgles A better video, #Pinocchiogles, would be you as a puppet with members of this administration taking turns as puppet master. Have you done ANYTHING to help the citizens you were elected to serve???

Let me explain what just happened 👇 5 minutes before the President announced a halt to attacks on Iran… someone placed a $1.5 BILLION bet on stocks going up and dumped $192 million in oil. 5 minutes… These trades were 4 to 6 times larger than anything else in the entire market. Whoever did this wasn’t guessing. You don’t risk $1.5 billion on a hunch. There was zero public indication this announcement was coming. No leaks. No press. Nothing. The only people who knew were in the room when the decision was made. Someone in that room picked up a phone. And within minutes they made more money than most Americans will earn in a thousand lifetimes. In a single trade. On a war that cost you $4+ a gallon gas and $16 billion in tax dollars. American citizens funded this war. Politicians are profiting from it. This is not the first time. Every major announcement from this administration has had massive suspicious trades right before it dropped. Tariff reversals. Policy shifts. War decisions. This is the most blatant insider trading operation in the history of American politics. It’s not even close. And it’s happening over and over in broad daylight. You would go to federal prison for trading on a tip from your cousin. These people are front running war decisions with billion dollar bets and nobody will ever ask a single question. Nobody will be investigated. Nobody will be charged. By tomorrow this will be buried under the next satisfying headline. Just like last time. And the time before that. The game is rigged. And they’re not even trying to hide it anymore…

This young lady was called Phillis because that was the name of the ship that brought her, and Wheatley, the name of the merchant who bought her. She was born in Senegal 🇸🇳. In Boston, the slave traders put her up for sale: “She's 7 years old! She will be a good mare!” She was felt naked by many hands. At thirteen, she was already writing poems in a language that was not her own. No one believed that she was the author. At twenty, Phillis was questioned by a court of eighteen so-called enlightened White men in robes and wigs. She had to recite passages from Virgil and Milton and verses from the Bible, and vow that the poems she composed were not copied. From a chair, she underwent her lengthy examination until the court approved her: she was a woman, she was Black, she was enslaved, but she was a poet. Phillis Wheatley was the first African-American writer to publish a book in the United States 🇺🇸

Last hope to save Apache sacred land fizzles out at Supreme Court Trump has transferred the land to a private mining company that will obliterate this ancient land A massive copper mining project to turn a sacred religious site into a 2-mile-wide crater courthousenews.com/last-hope-to-s…

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ICE block in truck with guns drawn—possible shots fired. Agent punches the man driving with his bare fist through broken glass. Driver is so shocked the truck moves few feet in reverse—at this point audio could be 3 quick gunshots. Incident occurred in Nashville, Tennessee.

@MarshaBlackburn @SenatorHagerty @RepHarshbarger @RepTimBurchett @RepChuck @DesJarlaisTN04 @RepOgles @RepDavidKustoff @RepCohen In Columbia, TN today, gas is $3.69/gal - .80 to $1 higher than normal. You don’t have to worry about the price of gas, but regular Tennesseans do.

BREAKING: Trump attacks Texas Democrat James Talarico — and gets a FIERY sermon in response that he won’t forget Donald Trump thought he could score cheap political points by calling James Talarico an “insult to Jesus” because the Texas Democratic Senate candidate is “beyond woke” and believes that God does not discriminate on the basis of gender. Unfortunately for Dementia Don, he picked the wrong person. Standing in a Black church in Texas, Talarico didn’t just clap back — he delivered a moral reckoning. “The president of the United States just said that I insulted Jesus,” Talarico began. “You want to know what insults Jesus? Kicking the sick off their health care while cutting taxes for billionaires.” And that was only just the start. “You know what insults Jesus?” he continued. “Deporting the stranger and separating babies from their mothers.” Then he went even further — taking aim at war, corruption, and hypocrisy. “You know what insults Jesus? Bombing innocent school children in Iran and sending our brave men and women off to die in another forever war… Covering up the Epstein files and then refusing to prosecute a single person in them.” This wasn’t politics as usual. This was a full-on moral indictment. Talarico — who has been attacked by Trump for supporting transgender Americans and saying “trans children are God’s children” — flipped the script entirely. Instead of backing down, he grounded his message in the very teachings Trump tried to weaponize. “I am not a perfect Christian,” he said. “There’s only been one perfect Christian and he was crucified on a cross 2,000 years ago.” And then came the line that hit hardest: “Jesus told us to love our neighbors as ourselves… Can we imagine war in heaven? Can we imagine bigotry in heaven? Can we imagine poverty in heaven? Then why do we tolerate these things on earth?” That’s how you respond. Not with insults. Not with fear. But with clarity — and conviction. Trump tried to smear him. Instead, Talarico delivered a sermon that’s now echoing far beyond that church. Please like and share James Talarico’s inspiring words!

The Quran calls on Muslims to wage ‘jihad’ or holy war against nonbelievers. WAKE UP. They want EVERY SINGLE freedom-loving Christian and Jew DEAD. I will not back down.

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@MarshaBlackburn When all of those Republican women in Tennessee are not able to vote because of the SAVE Act’s restrictions, your run for Governor may be a failed run.

If you’re going to vote in a U.S. election, you should be able to prove you’re a U.S. citizen. The Senate should do whatever it takes to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat by passing the SAVE America Act.

Because of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, nearly 3 million illegal aliens have left the U.S.    The American people gave President Trump a clear mandate, and he continues to deliver in historic fashion.

@MarshaBlackburn Meanwhile, I paid $3.69 a gallon for gas in Tennessee today; it was $2.69 a gallon on Saturday. But that doesn’t fit your agenda, does it? Continue on kissing the 🍊🫏

Democrats clearly don’t care that Joe Biden allowed at least 18,000 known or suspected terrorists into our communities. If they did care, they would reopen DHS and do everything possible to ensure these individuals are apprehended.

@RepFine @VoteRandyFine Why? Because you, and the rest of your cronies, know the only way you will be re-elected is to disenfranchise as many voters as possible. #VoterSuppressionSaveAct

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@thetrueshelby @MFB38000197 It definitely isn’t an ear that was hit by a b*llet.

Okay, medical twitter. WTF is this?

Trump in 2024: I can tell you you’re not going to have a war with Iran with me as president