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Democrats begin to embrace Musk amid Trump spat after party railed against him as a ‘dictator’

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Democrats are moving to embrace former Department of Government Efficiency leader Elon Musk as he publicly spats with President Donald Trump, despite many party voters and lawmakers railing against Musk for months as a «fascist» or «dictator» for taking a hatchet to the federal government’s overspending and fraud within the Trump administration.
«If Biden had a big supporter criticize him, Trump would have hugged him the next day,» Democrat California Rep. Ro Khanna posted to X on Thursday of Musk’s criticisms of the «big, beautiful bill.» «When we refused to meet with @RobertKennedyJr, Trump embraced him & won. We can be the party of sanctimonious lectures, or the party of FDR that knows how to win & build a progressive majority.»
Khanna told Politico on Wednesday that Democrats should «ultimately be trying to convince [Musk] that the Democratic Party has more of the values that he agrees with.»
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«A commitment to science funding, a commitment to clean technology, a commitment to seeing international students like him,» he added.
President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to reporters near a red Model S Tesla vehicle on the South Lawn of the White House, March 11, 2025. (Pool via AP )
Democrat New York Rep. Ritchie Torres told the outlet on Wednesday, «I’m a believer in redemption, and he is telling the truth about the legislation.»
Torres said Musk has «done an enormous amount of damage» and «there are Democrats who see his decimation of the federal workforce and the federal government as an unforgivable sin.»
«Couldn’t agree with Elon more: kill the bill,» Jon Favreau, who served as former director of speech writing for former President Barack Obama, posted to X in response to Musk calling on lawmakers to «kill» the legislation.
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Musk is in the midst of publicly trading barbs with Trump over the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is sweeping legislation currently making its way through Congress and aims to fund the president’s agenda.
«I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,» Musk posted to X on Tuesday. «This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.»
In addition to Democrats who don’t support the bill, Musk has also found himself aligned with members of the House Freedom Caucus, which is considered the most conservative voting bloc within the lower chamber, as well as staunch fiscal conservatives in the Senate, such as Republicans Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Wisconsin Sen. Ron. Johnson, who have publicly rebuked the legislation.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is shown during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
Some Democrats posting messages favorable of Musk’s comments on the «big, beautiful bill» come after many left-wing voters and lawmakers, as well as federal employees, slammed Musk for months as an unelected billionaire who was helping shape White House policy. Many also took issue with Musk on inauguration day for delivering what dozens of media outlets described as a «Nazi-style salute» to Trump supporters.
«If you’re cool and want to defend the ‘Sieg Heils’ and the Nazi salutes … whatever you want to do, that’s on you,» Democrat New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Coretz said in January following the gesture. «I’m on the opposite side of that. I’m not with the Nazis.»

Hundreds protest outside a Tesla showroom to show their disapproval of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency. (Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
«I never imagined we would see the day when what appears to be a Heil Hitler salute would be made behind the Presidential seal,» New York Rep. Jerry Nadler tweeted in January. «This abhorrent gesture has no place in our society and belongs in the darkest chapters of human history. I urge all of my colleagues to unite in condemning this hateful gesture for what it is: antisemitism.»
«He’s incompetent. He’s a thief. He’s a Nazi. And people don’t trust him,» former Democrat New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman said of Musk in March.
«He’s a Nazi nepo baby who breaks everything he touches,» Massachusetts Democrat Rep. Ayanna Pressley said in February as Musk announced cuts to the federal government via DOGE. «And right now he’s locked himself in a room with grandpa’s Social Security check.»
Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey referred to Musk as a «dictator» at an anti-DOGE rally in February.
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Fiscal conservatives in Congress have spoken out against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act as one that will increase the U.S. debt ceiling by trillions, including Senate Republicans bucking support for the legislation after its passage in the House last month.
«I want the tax cuts to be permanent. But at the same time, I don’t want to raise the debt ceiling $5 trillion,» Paul told CBS’ «Face the Nation» on Sunday. «The GOP will own the debt once they vote for this.»

People protest automaker billionaire CEO Elon Musk near a Tesla vehicle dealership, March 8, 2025, in Decatur, Ga. (Mike Stewart/Associated Press)
Trump has admonished the criticism from fiscally conservative Republicans, arguing that Paul, for example, was on the verge of siding with the «Radical Left Democrats» and encouraging a 68% tax hike on Americans if he voted against the legislation.
Musk, since stepping down from his DOGE role in May after his 130 predetermined days as a special government employee ended, ramped up his criticism of the bill on Wednesday, including encouraging lawmakers to «kill the bill.»
On Thursday, Trump directly addressed Musk’s comments, saying in an Oval Office meeting with the chancellor of Germany that he was «disappointed» by Musk’s attacks on the legislation and said he was unsure how their friendly relationship would fare through the criticisms. Trump added that Musk’s disapproval of the bill was allegedly tied to its cuts to electrical vehicle mandates. Musk is the CEO of electric vehicle company Tesla.
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«I’m very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here, better than you people. He knew everything about it. He had no problem with it,» Trump said Thursday. «All of a sudden, he had a problem. And he only developed the problem when he found out that we’re going to have to cut the EV mandate.»
«Elon and I had a great relationship. I don’t know if we will anymore,» Trump added.
The pair later launched attacks on one another on social media.
«Elon was «wearing thin,» I asked him to leave, I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY!» Trump posted to X on Thursday.
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«Such an obvious lie. So sad,» Musk responded on X.
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La asombrosa vida de las Haenyeo, las “sirenas” surcoreanas que bucean 20 metros hasta el fondo del mar sin asistencia de oxígeno

Las buceadoras tradicionales de Corea del Sur conocidas como Haenyeo pasan un asombroso 56 por ciento de su jornada laboral bajo el agua conteniendo la respiración, superando en tiempo subacuático a algunos mamíferos marinos como los castores e incluso rivalizando con nutrias y leones marinos. Por primera vez, un estudio científico ha logrado medir el comportamiento y la fisiología de estas extraordinarias mujeres mientras bucean hasta 20 metros de profundidad sin equipo respiratorio alguno.
La investigación, publicada en la revista Current Biology, monitoreó a siete Haenyeo de entre 62 y 80 años mientras recolectaban erizos de mar en las aguas que rodean la isla de Jeju. Los resultados revelan capacidades que desafían los límites humanos conocidos: estas buceadoras realizan hasta 100 inmersiones diarias y pueden mantener la respiración durante dos minutos consecutivos.
“Las Haenyeo son seres humanos increíbles», declaró Chris McKnight de la Universidad de St Andrews, autor principal del estudio. “Sus habilidades de buceo son reconocidamente excepcionales, pero poder medir tanto su comportamiento como su fisiología mientras realizan sus inmersiones diarias de rutina es realmente único.”

El equipo de investigación utilizó instrumentos diseñados originalmente para medir el comportamiento y la fisiología de mamíferos marinos salvajes para rastrear las actividades de buceo y natación de las mujeres. También midieron sus ritmos cardíacos y niveles de oxígeno en sangre a lo largo de toda su jornada laboral, que puede extenderse entre dos y diez horas diarias.
Los hallazgos científicos demuestran que estas mujeres pasan más tiempo bajo el agua que los célebres buceadores Bajau de Indonesia, un grupo de individuos mucho más jóvenes reconocidos mundialmente por sus capacidades de contención respiratoria. El estudio determinó que las Haenyeo dedican una mayor proporción de tiempo diario en el mar que los osos polares. Tras cada inmersión, las buceadoras se recuperan en promedio apenas nueve segundos en la superficie antes de sumergirse nuevamente.

De manera sorprendente, las mujeres no muestran la clásica “respuesta de buceo” mamífera, que consiste en una desaceleración del corazón y reducción del flujo sanguíneo a los músculos durante las inmersiones. En su lugar, exhiben ritmos cardíacos acelerados y solo reducciones leves de oxígeno en el cerebro y músculos. Esta respuesta fisiológica única sugiere que su estilo particular de inmersiones cortas, poco profundas y frecuentes puede activar adaptaciones diferentes a las de sus contrapartes mamíferas.

Las Haenyeo bucean únicamente con trajes de neopreno, aletas, gafas y chalecos o cinturones con peso para facilitar el descenso. Su equipo también incluye un dispositivo de flotación circular llamado tewak, del cual cuelga una red para capturar los alimentos recolectados, que incluyen caracolas, abulón y diversas criaturas marinas. Trabajan individualmente pero siempre permanecen al menos dos personas en el agua simultáneamente para cuidarse mutuamente.
Esta tradición excepcional tiene raíces que se remontan al siglo XVII, cuando los hombres de la isla fueron reclutados para el ejército o perdieron la vida en el mar, dejando a las mujeres como principales proveedoras de sus familias. La isla de Jeju, ubicada a 80 kilómetros de la costa coreana, es el hogar de este grupo exclusivamente femenino de buceadoras.
El término Haenyeo, o jawmnye en idioma de Jeju, significa literalmente «mujeres del mar“. Las buceadoras y el buceo en apnea son elementos integrales de la cultura de Jeju. La influencia de esta práctica es tan prominente que la característica abreviación del idioma de Jeju se atribuye coloquialmente a la necesidad de las buceadoras de comunicarse rápidamente en la superficie del agua.

Las Haenyeo están reconocidas por la UNESCO como Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial de la Humanidad, pero representan un grupo en peligro de extinción. El 90 por ciento de estas buceadoras supera actualmente los 60 años de edad. Sus números han experimentado una caída dramática en décadas recientes, disminuyendo de 14.000 en los años setenta a apenas entre 3.000 y 4.000 en la actualidad.

“Creo que usar animales que consideramos como animales acuáticos para contextualizar y dar perspectiva sobre las buceadoras Haenyeo realmente ayuda a demostrar lo increíbles que son”, explicó McKnight al Daily Mail. La investigación confirma que estas mujeres aprenden la técnica desde adolescentes y continúan trabajando hasta los 90 años de edad.
Los expertos advierten que estas buceadoras podrían representar la última generación de Haenyeo, con la posibilidad de que el grupo desaparezca completamente en los próximos veinte años.
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GOP doctors call out health task force for ‘woke distractions’ amid major reform push

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EXCLUSIVE: The GOP Doctors Caucus is backing a possible effort to overhaul the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, or USPSTF, an independent task force that’s used to determine recommendations on what services health insurance companies in the United States have to cover free of charge.
A letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., led by Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn., and Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., and other members of the caucus expressed concerns that the group may be prioritizing social justice issues over other issues.
«Preventive care should be about keeping Americans healthy, not about checking political boxes,» Harshbarger said in a statement.
«The American people deserve a task force that follows the science, acts with urgency and relies on the expertise of front-line doctors. The USPSTF should be leading the charge in President Trump’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ agenda, not wasting time on woke distractions while chronic disease rates keep climbing.»
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., makes his way to the inaugural Great American Farmers Market on the National Mall Aug. 4, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Specifically, the letter asks for «relevant specialists» to be part of the process when making certain recommendations, greater transparency in decision-making and more of a focus on outcomes as opposed to «substantial attention to divisive social issues,» citing «race and gender identity considerations that extend beyond traditional clinical parameters,» according to a news release.
«In 2010, the Affordable Care Act expanded the authority of the USPSTF and tied coverage recommendations to Task Force determinations. However, since the USPSTF’s authority was expanded, the rate of incidence of preventable chronic disease in the United States has only climbed,» the letter states.
The letter was also signed by other members of the caucus, including Reps. Andy Harris, Ronny Jackson, Mike Kennedy, Brian Babin, Sheri Biggs and Bob Onder.
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Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn., speaks during the Republican Study Committee news conference to introduce a «Women’s Bill of Rights» outside the Capitol May 19, 2022. (Getty Images )
Earlier this month, three Republican senators wrote a similar letter raising ideological concerns about the current task force.
«In particular, the USPSTF departed from its proper activities in its December 2023 Health Equity Framework. The framework criticizes ‘equal access to quality health care for all’ as an inadequate goal of public health and announces that the Task Force will instead use equity as ‘a criterion of the ‘public health importance’ of a topic’ for consideration,» that letter stated.
The Wall Street Journal reported that, in July, Kennedy was considering removing members of the board.
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A sign stands at an entrance to the main campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File)
«No final decision has been made on how the USPSTF can better support HHS’ mandate to Make America Healthy Again,» an HHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement when asked about the WSJ report at the time.
The American Medical Association has opposed an overhaul of the task force.
«USPSTF plays a critical, nonpartisan role in guiding physicians’ efforts to prevent disease and improve the health of patients by helping to ensure access to evidence-based clinical preventive services. As such, we urge you to retain the previously appointed members of the USPSTF and commit to the long-standing process of regular meetings to ensure their important work can continue without interruption,» the AMA wrote.
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Meanwhile, a group of physicians, including those from the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, America’s Frontline Doctors and the Pennsylvania Direct Primary Care Association, signed another letter in support of possible changes.
The signers wrote that new members should have an «ideological balance to develop recommendations based on facts and science.»
Fox News Digital reached out to HHS for an updated comment.
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