Tim Walz Drops Out, Childhood Vaccine Schedule and Cutting Calories

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January 05, 2026

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Tim Walz Withdraws from 2026 Re-Election

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has ended his 2026 re-election campaign amid a $9 billion welfare-fraud scandal involving state programs like child-care and Medicaid.

Over 90 individuals face federal charges, with more than 59 convictions tied to the nonprofit Feeding Our Future. President Trump criticized Walz and halted federal childcare funds, there are ongoing investigations of fraud in Somali-run centers. Walz cited the scandal and political attacks as distractions, choosing to focus on protecting residents.

Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar is considering running, while about a dozen Republicans, including Mike Lindell and Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth, have declared they are running for office.

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Childhood Vaccine Schedule

The U.S. cut its childhood vaccine schedule from 17 to 11 shots, led by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and authorized by Acting CDC Director Jim O’Neill.

The new schedule fully recommends vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, polio, pertussis, tetanus, diphtheria, Hib, pneumococcal disease, HPV (now one dose), and varicella. Vaccines for meningitis, hepatitis A/B, flu, COVID-19, and others are limited to high-risk groups or shared decision-making.

The change bypassed CDC advisory panels, drawing criticism from medical groups citing risks to public health. Insurance coverage remains for all vaccines through 2026. The policy shift emphasizes personal autonomy and aligns U.S. recommendations with peer countries.

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There is a silent partner in your business who demands 40% of your life’s work the moment you die.

But for the next 36 months, a rare legislative anomaly has opened the door to shut him out. It is called the "Estate Exemption Superwindow."

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Inside the Bet

An anonymous trader won over $436,000 betting $32,537 on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s removal by January 31, 2026, just before his capture was publicly announced on January 3, 2026.

The bet on Polymarket showed suspicious timing and pattern, including earlier Venezuela-related wagers, suggesting insider trading. Rep. Ritchie Torres plans to introduce legislation banning federal officials from using nonpublic information on prediction markets.

These platforms face minimal regulation, with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission lacking enforcement resources. The U.S. operation to capture Maduro involved secret military action ordered by President Trump.

The incident raises concerns about fairness in crypto prediction markets amid their growing popularity and regulatory gaps.

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In 1991, scientists discovered a medical impossibility.

They autopsied 678 nuns and found brains ravaged by Alzheimer’s—riddled with plaques and tangles. Yet, while alive, these women were sharp as tacks. No dementia. No fog.

How? They unknowingly built a "Neural Fortress."

Most people think memory loss is inevitable. It is not. You are currently losing 5% of your brain volume every decade. But strictly following the "Cognitive Reserve Protocol" can alter that trajectory.

This report reveals the specific "open skill" exercises that physically thicken your white matter , why "Type 3 Diabetes" is starving your hippocampus , and how to trigger the protein BDNF to fertilize new neurons.

Don’t wait until the fog sets in. This is the blueprint for a brain that outlasts your body.

Nvidia Charges Ahead

Nvidia unveiled the Vera Rubin AI server system, launching in H2 2026, featuring six chips—including Vera CPU and Rubin GPU—designed for AI workloads with up to 10 trillion parameters.

Rubin GPUs can train models in one month using 75% fewer GPUs than the Blackwell generation and reduce inference cost per token by 10x. Nvidia also introduced Alpamayo, an open-source AI system for autonomous driving, used in the Mercedes-Benz CLA debuting soon in the U.S.

Early Rubin adopters include AWS, Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI, and Google. Nvidia plans a robotaxi service in 2027, with details pending. The company remains valued near $4.5 trillion, focusing on cutting AI compute costs and energy.

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Cutting Calories Rewires Aging Muscles

Calorie restriction (35% less for eight weeks) in 24-month-old rats improved insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in aging muscles, with females exhibiting higher uptake overall.

About 70% of muscle protein phosphorylation changes differed by sex. Insulin affected over twice as many protein sites in females (60 shared with males), while calorie restriction altered 30% more sites in males.

Two proteins, Lmod1 and Ehbp1l1, linked to blood sugar regulation, showed insulin-responsive changes tied to glucose uptake. Metabolite changes also varied by sex.

These findings reveal distinct molecular responses to calorie restriction in male and female muscles, highlighting sex-specific targets for diabetes therapies and age-related blood sugar management.

Sources: SciTechDaily.

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Blazing Hot Galaxy Cluster

Astronomers discovered galaxy cluster SPT2349-56 just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang, with gas temperatures exceeding 10 million Kelvin—five times hotter than current models predict.

The cluster spans 500,000 light-years, contains over 30 galaxies, and exhibits star formation rates 5,000 times that of the Milky Way. Using the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect, scientists detected unexpectedly strong thermal signals, indicating heating beyond gravitational effects. Researchers attribute the excess energy to jets from at least three supermassive black holes injecting heat into the intracluster gas.

This challenges existing theories on cluster formation, suggesting early black hole activity plays a crucial role. Further studies aim to explore the interplay of star formation, black hole energy, and hot gas.

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