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The False Promise of $40 Billion in Insurance for Ships in the Strait of #Hormuz Trump’s $40 billion plan to insure ships in the Strait of Hormuz hasn’t covered a single vessel. Cradle magazine reported: Two months after the U.S. president announced a $40 billion plan to provide insurance for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, not a single dollar of insurance coverage has been paid out.

Study finds no link between medical gender reassignment and improved mental health among young people
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-link-medical-gender-reassignment-mental.html

Indicators of Major Psychiatric Problems Didn't Improve After Youth Gender-Transition Treatment In Finland—They Rose
https://benryan.substack.com/p/youth-on-gender-transition-treatment

A New Finnish Study on Mental Health Outcomes Among Adolescents Referred for Gender Identity Assessment
https://www.lgballiance.org.au/news/new-finnish-study

This study shatters the trans myth about mental health
https://spectator.com/article/this-study-shatters-the-trans-myth-about-mental-health/

Key Findings of the Finnish Register Study
A major nationwide register-based study from Finland, published in April 2026 in Acta Paediatrica, has challenged prevailing assumptions about the mental health outcomes of adolescents and young adults referred for gender identity services. The research, led by Sami-Matti Ruuska from Tampere University, analyzed data from 2,083 individuals under age 23 who contacted specialized gender identity services between 1996 and 2019, comparing them to 16,643 matched controls from the general population.

The study found that psychiatric morbidity was the primary driver of poor mental health outcomes, rather than gender dysphoria itself. Among those referred to gender clinics, 45.7% had already required specialist psychiatric care before their first appointment, compared to just 15.0% of controls. This gap widened over time, with 61.7% of the gender-referred group needing psychiatric treatment during follow-up, versus 14.6% of controls.

Medical Interventions and Psychiatric Outcomes
Contrary to claims that medical gender reassignment (GR) improves mental health, the study found no evidence that hormonal or surgical interventions reduced psychiatric morbidity. In fact, among those who underwent medical GR, psychiatric treatment needs increased markedly:

For natal males seeking feminizing treatment, the proportion requiring specialist psychiatric care rose from 9.8% before referral to 60.7% after.
For natal females seeking masculinizing treatment, the rate increased from 21.6% to 54.5%.
Even after adjusting for prior psychiatric history, individuals who attended gender clinics remained three to five times more likely to need specialist psychiatric care than their peers, regardless of whether they received medical interventions. The authors concluded that "psychiatric needs do not subside after medical gender reassignment" and that in some cases, interventions "appear to be linked to deterioration in mental health."

Suicide Risk and Mortality Findings
The study also examined suicide mortality and found no statistically significant reduction in suicide risk among those who received medical gender reassignment. While suicide rates were higher in the gender-referred group compared to controls (0.3% vs. 0.1%), this difference was largely explained by pre-existing psychiatric conditions rather than gender dysphoria itself.

The researchers stated that their findings "do not support the claims that gender reassignment is necessary in order to prevent suicide" and noted that gender reassignment "has also not been shown to reduce even suicidal ideation." A related 2024 study by the same team found that when psychiatric treatment history was controlled for, gender dysphoria was not predictive of suicide mortality.

Implications for Clinical Practice and Policy
The findings have significant implications for how gender dysphoria in adolescents is assessed and treated. The authors emphasize that thorough psychiatric assessment and treatment of co-occurring mental health conditions should be prioritized before considering irreversible medical interventions. They note that "for some of these adolescents, gender dysphoria may be secondary to other mental health challenges."

Finland has already adjusted its national guidelines to reflect this approach, prioritizing comprehensive mental health care over routine hormonal or surgical interventions for minors. The study aligns with similar reviews conducted in Sweden and the United Kingdom's Cass Review, which have also called for more cautious, evidence-based approaches to gender-affirming care for young people.

Criticisms and Methodological Considerations
Some critics, including LGBTQ+ advocates, have raised concerns about the study's methodology. They argue that the increase in psychiatric contacts may reflect heightened monitoring inherent in Finland's integrated care model, where gender clinics are housed within adolescent psychiatry departments. Routine monitoring appointments could generate downstream referrals that register as psychiatric treatment in the database, potentially inflating the observed morbidity rates.

The study authors acknowledge limitations, including the relatively young age of participants and the need for longer follow-up periods to assess lifetime outcomes. They also note that the register data captures service utilization rather than symptom severity, and call for continued research with more nuanced mental health measures.

Sami‐Matti Ruuska et al, Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adolescents and Young Adults Who Contacted Specialised Gender Identity Services in Finland in 1996–2019: A Register Study, Acta Paediatrica (2026). DOI:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apa.70533

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I have to assume that this is in spite of Trump.

Recent WaPo report shows that more illegals who've lived in the U.S. for years are being deported than ever, and aliens with no current criminals convictions are the largest group being removed now.

This indicates that Trump is deporting a record number of illegal aliens from the interior, unlike previous admins which overwhelmingly removed recent border arrivals and immediate border crossers.

Likely so.

https://thefederalist.com/2026/05/15/theres-nothing-ma...

Welcome to Republican led Iowa, where the elderly who do not receive their social security cannot go to the social security office, because these offices close, and all that is left is a phone number answered by AI.

It’s the Elon way.

https://youtu.be/0fVqoDNS13U

> How come some of them have eyes that are black instead of white with a color in the middle and black in the center of the co!or

Like ... reptilians, or something?

One of the Epstein victims has said in interviews she saw him "shapeshift." She said she could have been drugged, but it didn't feel like she had.

Allegedly

Parent sold legos for 200 thousand dollars to pay for their children's college then parent company forced local franchise not to pay the parent and to keep the legos and then sell them

Screenshot from video at link

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=14ktgvoH4Mc

Which would have the least financial cost for the USA