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Eric Dane Overlooked This Early ALS Symptom Before Diagnosis

“Three weeks later, it happened again—only worse,” Dane recalled. “I couldn’t grip the chopsticks at all.”

The episode began what would become a nine-month search for answers to his unexplained symptoms, according to the memoir, which is scheduled for release Nov. 3.

Dane was ultimately diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, by University of California, San Francisco neurologist Dr. Mark Terrelonge. He wrote that he called Gayheart-Dane immediately after the appointment.

He told her the diagnosis was “what we feared.”

“I don’t remember a single word I said after that,” Dane wrote. “I remember only feeling a violent impact, like getting the wind knocked out of me, and Rebecca wailing on the other end of the phone. Then I really lose it, my sobs making my body shudder, as I hear her words pouring out through her tears: ‘I’m here, we’ll fight this together, I’m not going anywhere.’”

Brazil’s Fast Election Count Puts Voting Security in Focus Ahead of US Midterms

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About 125 million Brazilians cast ballots on Oct. 4 using machines that produce no paper ballot. Within four hours of the polls closing, the country knew the presidential race would proceed to a runoff between conservative challenger Flavio Bolsonaro and leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Brazil has relied on this process for more than three decades, making voters familiar with its speed, simplicity, accuracy and routine. The system undergoes extensive audits, operates entirely offline and is the world’s largest digital voting network.

With the U.S. midterm elections 11 days away, analysts say Brazil’s model could point Americans toward a more secure voting system.

Brazil’s election system has drawn widespread praise and was cited in President Donald Trump’s 2025 executive order on elections as an example of biometric voter identification. At the same time, Brazil continues to use the paperless voting machines Trump has promised to eliminate.

Brazil voting machines

Election workers prepare and seal electronic voting machines ahead of the upcoming general elections in Brasilia, Brazil, on Sept. 23, 2026. (Mateus Bonomi/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Over time, Brazil linked federal, state and municipal databases to create a digital voter record. That system allows election officials to verify a voter’s identity, eligibility and whether the person has already voted—often through biometrics. Nearly nine out of 10 voters unlock their machines with a fingerprint.

Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court, known as the TSE, designs the machines and supervises elections. It says no fraud has been proven since the system was introduced in 1996. None of the 499,248 machines used on Oct. 4 connected to the internet. Their software was available for inspection by political parties, universities and election-monitoring groups for 11 months before being digitally signed and sealed in public. Last December, the government invited a record 149 outside experts to test the system’s defenses. The evaluators said they found nothing that could change the results or expose how an individual voted.

Brazilian voting machine

An electronic voting machine at a Regional Electoral Court (TRE) facility in Brasilia, Brazil, on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (Ton Molina/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

On Election Day, officials feed paper ballots into randomly selected machines while cameras roll and federal auditors and international observers monitor the process and record the results.

When voting ends, every machine prints a tally for its polling station. Officials post that document outside the station, along with a QR code, allowing anyone to compare it with the national count. In an email to News Media, the TSE said the digital signature on each file “confirms that the result was produced by the electronic voting machine registered for that polling station.”

Karina Stange Calandrin, a political scientist and professor at Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais (IBMEC), said Brazil’s system brings together three features rarely combined: electronic voting, local storage of votes hashed to voter eligibility and automated counting.

“It is an extremely secure and safe system. The machines never connect to the Internet, and even the central database used to transmit tallies to the TSE must match the results produced physically and locally by every individual machine, without human interference,” she said. Any attempt to compromise the process would require breaking the seal on each machine and installing software that did not match the TSE’s authorized version. That would automatically invalidate the tally and require such extensive cooperation that it “simply could not pass undetected,” she said.

Flavio Bolsonaro

Brazil’s right-wing senator and presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party (PL) gestures next to federal deputy and candidate for governor of Rio de Janeiro, Douglas Ruas (L) during a campaign rally on the eve of the general election, in Campo Grande neighborhood, in the western zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 3, 2026. Brazilians go to the polls on Oct. 4, 2026. (Douglas SHINEIDR / AFP via Getty Images)

The machines faced their most serious political challenge in 2022, when former President Jair Bolsonaro spent years questioning their credibility without evidence. Bolsonaro, who was later sentenced to 27 years for plotting to overturn his defeat that year, is currently serving his sentence under house arrest.

For the first time this year, the TSE was led by a Bolsonaro appointee, Justice Kassio Nunes Marques. Bolsonaro’s eldest son, Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, placed first with 47% of the vote, ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with 45%. The machines that became central to the elder Bolsonaro’s claims could now help deliver the presidency to his son.

Florencia Ferrer, CEO of e-stategiapublica, which has audited elections in 17 countries, considers Brazil’s model the world’s most modern and secure. “In India votes are electronic, but each voter gets a printed version of their vote to take home, which weakens voter safety and augments coercion rates,” she said. She added that Estonia’s internet voting system and the Philippines’ use of electronically tabulated paper ballots present different risks.

An engineer from the University of São Paulo’s Polytechnic School who audited the machines in 2014 also endorsed the system. The engineer declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the work. “While no system is completely infallible… we have found no traces of tampering, wrong-doing or malicious intent,” the engineer told News Media.

Critics nevertheless argue that the system requires greater scrutiny. Security researchers say an unblemished record alone does not prove that the machines are secure. The Carter Center has said voters should at least be able to see a printed version of their ballot deposited into a separate section of the machine; without that safeguard, confidence in the results depends entirely on software. In 2009, Germany’s top court ruled that voters must be able to verify their ballots without expert assistance, a standard that effectively barred a Brazilian-style system.

Brazil has supplied its voting technology primarily through loans to countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Paraguay became the first country to adopt the system permanently in 2006, although its machines now print each individual vote.

Lula campaigning during 2026 election

Brazil’s President and presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (C) waves next to Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin (L) and to his candidate for São Paulo’s governor, Fernando Haddad during a campaign rally on the eve of the general election, in São Paulo, Brazil on October 3, 2026. Brazilians go to the polls on Oct. 4, 2026,  (Luis Robayo/AFP Via Getty Images)

“It’s obvious Washington and the remainder of the U.S. are way behind both technology as well as security when it comes to polling on voting day,” Ferrer said. U.S. elections are run in thousands of local jurisdictions under 50 sets of state rules and about 30% of 2024 ballots came by mail, which is slower to process. Brazil has one national election authority, compulsory voting and no mail-in ballots.

Brazilians will vote this coming Sunday on Oct. 25. The winner is expected to be known and certified in under five hours.

“The question is not whether Brazil has invented a perfect voting machine. No voting system is perfect. It is whether democracies can combine the speed and consistency of digital tabulation with independent verification, public scrutiny and rules that citizens across the political spectrum have reason to trust,” Ferrer said.

Global Nuclear Power Could More Than Triple by 2060, UN Says

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CAMEROON – The use of nuclear power could more than triple by 2060, the head of the U.N. nuclear agency said Friday.

Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in the agency’s annual report to the U.N. General Assembly that the projected growth will be fueled by electrification, artificial-intelligence data centers and technology companies’ demand for dependable, carbon-free electricity.

A growing number of countries view nuclear energy as essential to strengthening energy security, Grossi said. He described it as comparable to solar power and “safer than every other option.”

“In 2025, more than 400 operating reactors in more than 30 countries produced 10% of global electricity and a quarter of its low-carbon electricity,” Grossi said. More than 60 additional reactors are now being built, while forecasts for future nuclear capacity have risen sharply.

Alongside the expanding peaceful use of nuclear power, Grossi addressed nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea, “unprecedented threats to nuclear safety” posed by the war in Ukraine, and concerning reports that other unnamed countries are considering acquiring nuclear weapons.

Regarding Iran, whose nuclear facilities were hit by the United States last year before the U.S. and Israel launched a war on Feb. 28, Grossi told U.N. member states that the technical groundwork needed for a diplomatic agreement is in place.

“I call on the parties to redouble their efforts towards agreeing a diplomatic solution that includes the IAEA’s indispensable verification role, without which no agreement can be sustainable,” he said. Grossi added that IAEA inspectors must be allowed to return to Iran quickly, which would require the resumption of negotiations.

In North Korea, leader Kim Jong Un continues to expand the country’s nuclear program without IAEA oversight. Grossi said the situation “stands as a stark reminder of the consequences when red lines are crossed” in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions prohibiting nuclear weapons production.

Grossi also highlighted the precarious condition of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe. The facility has faced repeated power losses, limited diesel supplies for backup generators and military activity that threatens both the plant and its workers.

Grossi cited progress in Syria as a more positive development, saying the IAEA has made “significant progress” in addressing long-standing questions about the country’s nuclear activities. He attributed the gains to engagement with the government of interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa.

In September, Grossi said the government of Bashar Assad — ousted in December 2024 by opposition forces led by al-Sharaa — had been building a nuclear reactor configured to produce fissile material that could potentially be used in nuclear weapons.

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Manager Sues Council Over Pension Loss After Redundancy

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A council worker has brought a discrimination claim after losing out on a pension estimated at £350,000 when he was made redundant just three days before turning 55.

Lee Henley, now 57, had spent 35 years working for Thurrock Council in Essex when he was told the authority’s restructuring plans would result in his redundancy.

Mr Henley originally understood that his employment would continue beyond his 55th birthday, which would have made him eligible to receive his full accrued pension.

However, while he was on holiday, the redundancy timetable was changed. His final day was brought forward by three days, leaving him short of hundreds of thousands of pounds.

He later took the matter to an employment tribunal, arguing that the decision amounted to age discrimination. An employment judge dismissed his claim.

Mr Henley joined Thurrock Council in 1989 and his employment ended on July 22, 2024. During his 35 years with the authority, he maintained what was described as an “exemplary attendance record”.

By 2022, he had risen to become Head of Information Management. However, the council was facing “significant financial difficulty” and at the time carried the highest level of debt of any local authority in England.

Council worker Lee Henley sued for discrimination after he missed out on £350,000 pension when he was made redundant three days before his 55th birthday

Council worker Lee Henley brought a discrimination claim after missing out on a £350,000 pension when he was made redundant three days before his 55th birthday

The unitary authority was effectively declared bankrupt in 2022, with its peak debt reportedly reaching £1.5billion. A recovery plan was introduced because the council needed to make substantial savings.

In October 2023, PwC began reviewing the council’s operations and recommended wide-ranging changes across several departments.

One proposal was to close the Information Management department, where Mr Henley worked, and make two employees redundant. The move was expected to save £109,000.

Overall, the restructuring was expected to lead to 37 redundancies across the council, with the changes scheduled to take place between February and April 2024.

Mr Henley’s early-retirement lump sum was estimated at £357,858.85.

That was because employees made redundant after reaching 55 can receive their full accrued pension immediately, alongside a redundancy payment.

Workers made redundant before their 55th birthday do not receive that benefit. Instead, they must wait until their normal retirement age—10 or more years later—to receive an equivalent pension.

Mr Henley met Head of Service Sarah Hirt, and they discussed setting his notice period to end on July 28. That would have kept him employed beyond his 55th birthday and allowed him to qualify for his full pension.

Mr Henley worked for Thurrock Council in Essex for 35 years when he was told restructuring plans within the authority meant he would be let go (Pictured: Thurrock Council offices)

Mr Henley had worked for Thurrock Council in Essex for 35 years when he was told that restructuring plans would lead to his redundancy (Pictured: Thurrock Council offices)

The later date would have followed a 45-day consultation period, while a 30-day process would have meant his employment ended before his birthday.

He subsequently met monitoring officer and executive director of corporate services Daniel Fenwick to discuss the redundancies, telling him that he would prefer to accept redundancy rather than remain in his post.

When Mr Henley went on holiday in March 2024, he believed his final day would fall after his birthday, meaning he expected to receive his full pension.

During his absence Ms Hirt had two meetings with Mr Fenwick to discuss the finer details of the redundancies.

It was agreed there would be fewer than 100 employees made redundant – meaning the consultation period reduced from 45 days to 30 days and therefore Mr Henley’s last day would be before his 55th birthday.

Mr Fenwick emailed Ms Hirt saying: ‘When is his birthday? We don’t want this to look contrived either way in terms of EDT [Effective Date of Termination].’

Mr Fenwick accepted the timing was ‘awkward’.

Ms Hirt said: ‘I hope you are sitting down, the strain alone for LH [Lee Henley] post is £359K plus redundancy cost at £42,603 total cost is £401,603.’

On Mr Henley’s first day back from his holiday, he had a meeting with Ms Hirt where he was told his consultation period was now likely to last for 30 days rather than 45 days.

On April 3, he emailed Ms Hirt telling her of the ‘significant impact’ the change would have on him and referenced his long service but was told accessing his pension was not an appropriate reason to extend his consultation period.

On April 17, Mr Henley was signed off sick with stress and anxiety and was told the consultation period would not be extended.

He later received his notice of dismissal and remained on sick leave until the end of his employment on July 22 – three days before his 55th birthday.

Internal vacancies were advertised whilst he was off and he was encouraged to apply for another role, however, he said it was not right for him.

He eventually appealed his redundancy – but it was dismissed.

Mr Henley unsuccessfully brought claims of direct and indirect age discrimination to an employment tribunal in east London.

Employment Judge Bruce Gardiner said: ‘I accept that this was Mr Fenwick showing his awareness that the last day of [Mr Henley’s] employment was likely to be close to his 55th birthday, with significant implications both for [Mr Henley] and for [Thurrock Council].

‘He wanted to avoid the suggestion that the process had been manipulated so as to achieve a particular outcome – either in [Mr Henley] or [Thurrock Council’s] favour.

‘The decision to reduce the consultation period from 45 days to 30 days was not an act of age discrimination.

‘[Mr Henley] has not proved facts from which I could conclude in the absence of a non-discriminatory explanation that this decision could have been influenced by [Mr Henley’s] age, apart from the fact that Mrs Hirt knew of [Mr Henley’s] age.

‘It was a decision that applied to all redundancy exercises that were instigated at the same time as the process involving Information Management.’ 

Judge Gardiner added there was ‘no evidence’ any objection was raised to the reduction in days from 45 to 30 by the recognised trade unions who were closely involved with redundancy processes.

He said: ‘Undertaking this exercise, it is clear that had I found that there was some age discrimination in the decisions that were made so as to dismiss [Mr Henley] before his 55th birthday, it would have been justified.

‘[Mr Henley] had no entitlement to an enhanced pension from the age of 55.

‘If [Mr Henley] received an enhanced pension, the cost to [Thurrock Council] would have reduced the sums available to fund other frontline services by over £350,000.’

Megyn Kelly Faces Backlash Over Remarks About Christina Applegate’s MS Misdiagnosis

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Megyn Kelly has faced a wave of criticism from celebrities after making disparaging comments about Christina Applegate’s multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis.

Applegate, 54, stunned fans this week when she said her doctor told her she does not have MS, despite experiencing debilitating symptoms for more than five years.

The actress announced her diagnosis in the summer of 2021. On a new episode of her Messy podcast, she revealed: “You don’t get misdiagnosed and then all of a sudden I’m better. I haven’t gotten better.

“If anything, I’ve gotten worse. So I’m back at square one where I don’t know what’s going on with me.”

SiriusXM host Kelly addressed the revelation on The Megyn Kelly Show, accusing Applegate of taking her followers on “a wild goose chase.”

“I cannot keep up, you guys,” Kelly said. “She has no idea what she actually has, and I just think this is like the problem with celebrities wanting to lean into their health problems, and ‘now I will be the face of MS.’”

She continued: “She’s crying now because I guess she no longer gets to be the face of this disease and, as she says, she’s back to square one. She’s made like a cottage industry of talking about her MS.”

Megyn Kelly has been blasted by celebrities after making disparaging remarks about Christina Applegate's multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis

Megyn Kelly has been heavily criticized by celebrities after making disparaging remarks about Christina Applegate’s multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis.

Applegate, 54, shocked fans this week as she revealed her doctor told her she does not have MS – despite battling debilitating symptoms for more than five years. Pictured in 2023

Applegate, 54, shocked fans this week by saying her doctor told her she does not have MS, despite suffering debilitating symptoms for more than five years. She is pictured in 2023.

Kelly’s comments prompted outrage online. Janice Dean, 56, a former Fox News colleague who has MS, branded the commentator a “mean girl” in a strongly worded post on X.

Dean began the post: “I’ve kept my mouth shut for a long time about #meangirl@megynkelly,” before claiming Kelly “ghosted me after she endorsed@andrewcuomo for mayor and I told her she broke my heart.”

She added: “Her comments about @1capplegate are disgusting. Having #MS for over 20 years, she knows how long it took for doctors to diagnose me.”

“I think Christina is brave for telling the truth, and I’m grateful she became a voice for so many of us. I will have much more to say about this when I’m well enough. I’ve been sick for several weeks, in and out of the hospital, but when I’m well enough I will comment more.”

Conservative political commentator Eric Bolling defended Kelly, writing: “Janice, I worked with both of you at Fox. I saw firsthand how Megyn backed you and helped elevate your career.

“Watching you publicly trash her now and slap ‘#meangirl’ on it is f*****g disgraceful.”

He continued: “You can disagree with her without turning a friendship into ammunition for a public pile-on. You should be ashamed of this. @megynkellyproud to call you my friend. I have your back.”

Representatives for Kelly and Applegate declined to comment when contacted by The Daily Mail. A representative for Janice Dean has also been contacted.

Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert also criticized Kelly on social media.

Earlier this year, Kelly criticized Gilbert for promoting her lifestyle brand on social media after the actress faced child sex abuse charges, which were dismissed in October 2026.

In an Instagram post, Gilbert wrote: “At the risk of you using your platform to lash out at ME now… AGAIN… I just want to ask that you think about one thing—what if you found yourself suffering from some horrible disease?

‘And that disease was diagnosed. And that diagnosis was devastating, but you chose to live your life, fight, bring attention to that disease and advocate for others with that disease. Only to find out, YEARS later, that the diagnosis was wrong. Now you are back at square one. 

The actress, who announced her diagnosis in summer of 2021, made the shock revelation on a new episode of her Messy podcast, saying, 'You don’t get misdiagnosed and then all of a sudden I’m better. I haven’t gotten better' Pictured in January 2024 in LA

The actress, who announced her diagnosis in summer of 2021, made the shock revelation on a new episode of her Messy podcast, saying, ‘You don’t get misdiagnosed and then all of a sudden I’m better. I haven’t gotten better’ Pictured in January 2024 in LA

SiriusXM host Kelly addressed the revelation on The Megyn Kelly Show - where she accused Applegate of leading her fans 'on a wild goose chase.' She said,  'She’s crying now because I guess she no longer gets to be the face of this disease' - pictured 2025

SiriusXM host Kelly addressed the revelation on The Megyn Kelly Show – where she accused Applegate of leading her fans ‘on a wild goose chase.’ She said,  ‘She’s crying now because I guess she no longer gets to be the face of this disease’ – pictured 2025

Kelly's remarks sparked outrage online, with the commentator branded a 'mean girl' by Fox News alum Janice Dean, who has MS, in an explosive X post

Kelly’s remarks sparked outrage online, with the commentator branded a ‘mean girl’ by Fox News alum Janice Dean, who has MS, in an explosive X post

Conservative political commentator Eric Bolling leapt to Kelly's defense

Conservative political commentator Eric Bolling leapt to Kelly’s defense

‘Still battling the same debilitating, horrible symptoms while now having to put your body through a myriad of new, painful tests to figure out why you are so horribly sick. I just want you to imagine that for one moment. Imagine what that might feel like for you. 

‘Or how you might feel if it happened to one of your children or your spouse or someone you cared deeply about. I just sometimes wish that maybe you’d take a moment to dig deep in your soul and find a modicum of empathy, before you speak. Please feel free to go after me now. 

‘Actually, I’d prefer that, than you attack someone who, along with those who love her, are truly suffering. @christinaapplegate @megynkelly @megynkelly @amevipix #empathy #compassion #takeabreath.’

The View hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Sara Haines also lambasted Kelly, with the Ghost star saying: ‘So, let me ask you, ma’am, you think Christina wanted to have MS so she could have a good time? Are you crazy?’

Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert also took to social media to slam Kelly. Earlier this year, Kelly criticized Gilbert for promoting her lifestyle brand on social media amid after the actor was hit with child sex abuse charges - which were dismissed in October 2026

Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert also took to social media to slam Kelly. Earlier this year, Kelly criticized Gilbert for promoting her lifestyle brand on social media amid after the actor was hit with child sex abuse charges – which were dismissed in October 2026

Haines added: ‘Who wants to be the face of MS? Talk about kicking someone when they’re down. She got a diagnosis and wanted to help other people.’ 

The social media furor comes days after Applegate’s tearful misdiagnosis reveal. 

Speaking of the moment her doctor told her of her misdiagnosis, a tearful Applegate, who was recently hospitalized, said: ‘She came into my room and said, “Congratulations, you don’t have MS”.

‘I was, like, not happy at all. Everybody else was so happy.

MS is a condition in which the immune system attacks the body and causes nerve damage to the brain and spinal cord.

It is an incurable, lifelong condition. Symptoms can be mild in some, and in others more extreme causing severe disability.

Symptoms include fatigue, difficulty walking, vision problems, bladder problems, numbness or tingling, muscle stiffness and spasms, problems with balance and co-ordination, and problems with thinking, learning and planning.

Applegate, who has relied on a wheelchair and cane for years, and been forced to step away from her stellar acting career, said: ‘I’ve gone through a great depression because of it. 

‘But I lost everything. I lost my job. I lost – I’m sorry. What do you say to someone who’s been living with this for six years – God, I’m so sorry – because it stopped my life. 

Applegate is seen in April 2025 in LA

Applegate is seen in April 2025 in LA

Applegate is pictured with daughter Sadie, 15, in 2023

Applegate is pictured with daughter Sadie, 15, in 2023

‘I still have to use wheelchairs when I go to the doctor’s office. I can’t walk from the car to the room. I’m still in this. Nothing magical happened when she said, “You don’t have MS.” Nothing magical happened.

‘It’s weird because I feel like I let everybody down, It’s this weird feeling because I became this – you and I, the poster children for MS. 

‘And everything I was doing. I had a reason. I had a f***ing reason as to why my day sucked every day. 

‘And now I don’t have a reason and it’s very unnerving and it’s very confusing for me.’

Applegate added the misdiagnosis is a ‘mindf**k’ and that she is still in ‘a state of shock’ as she seeks answers over the true nature of her illness. 

Earlier in February, Applegate shared that she is mainly confined to her bed due to her MS battle.

During an interview with People at the time, the star explained how the pain has largely kept her in bed.

However, she will make the effort to leave her bedroom for her teenage daughter Sadie, such as taking her to school.

‘I want to take her; it’s my favorite thing to do. It’s the only time we have together by ourselves,’ the actress told the outlet.

‘I tell myself, “Just get her there safely and get home so you can get back into bed.” And that’s what I do.’

Applegate further expressed: ‘My life isn’t wrapped up with a bow. People’s lives, sorry for lack of a better term, f***ing suck sometimes. So I’m being as honest and raw as I possibly can.’

‘I don’t have patience for bulls*** any more, for things that are meaningless or merely “extra.”‘

Applegate shared the news of her MS diagnosis on social media in August 2021.

And in 2022 she posted a photo of her canes, and said needing help with walking is her ‘new normal.’

During an episode of her MeSsy podcast last year, the actress revealed that she had been hospitalized multiple times amid her MS battle. 

‘For three years since I was diagnosed, I’ve been in the hospital upwards of 30 times,’ she told her co-host Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who is also battling the same disease.

‘That is unimaginable, okay? They’ve done every test known to man on me, put so much radiation into my body from CT scans to everything else.’

When it came to penning her memoir, which was released on March 3, Applegate previously shared that she made the decision to pen the book when she was ‘forced to slow down.’

Kristen Bell Says She “Cries Weekly” While Balancing Marriage and Parenting

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Kristen Bell has offered a candid look at her marriage to Dax Shepard and the emotional reality of raising their daughters through the preteen and teenage years.

The Nobody Wants This star, 46, said the pressures of parenting and married life regularly leave her in tears during a new interview with Bustle magazine.

“It’s hard. Do not think because I am on your television that it is easy for me. It’s brutal. I cry weekly,” Bell said. She shares daughters Lincoln, 13, and Delta, 11, with Shepard, 51.

She added that puberty can make parents feel isolated, saying, “Oftentimes when you’re in that cyclone of puberty, you could think, My kid is the only one doing this. And that is just simply not a fact.”

Bell and the Without a Paddle actor married in October 2013, four months after she proposed to him on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Bell also said she turns to Dr. Becky Kennedy and Lisa Damour, PhD, for guidance on how to discuss her personal experiences on social media.

Kristen Bell got brutally honest about her marriage to Dax Shepard and the reality of raising their girls through their pre-teen and teenaged years. Above, Bell on August 14 in Anaheim, California

Kristen Bell has spoken openly about her marriage to Dax Shepard and the challenges of raising their daughters through the preteen and teenage years. Bell is pictured on August 14 in Anaheim, California.

The Nobody Wants This star, 46, admitted the struggle of navigating marriage and parenting causes her to regularly break down in tears in a new interview with Bustle magazine. Above, Bell and husband Dax Shepard on January 11 in Beverly Hills, California

The Nobody Wants This star, 46, said the demands of parenting and marriage frequently bring her to tears in a new interview with Bustle magazine. Bell and husband Dax Shepard are pictured on January 11 in Beverly Hills, California.

“I’m a feeler,” Bell told Bustle, becoming emotional as she described herself. “I wish I wasn’t sometimes. But I also know it leads me to a lot of my creative process. And I think creativity is one of the most important things in the world.”

When it comes to sharing details about her daughters’ lives, Bell said she is constantly weighing “Kantianism and utilitarianism.”

“For the good of the people, we should share our dirty stories, we should share our shame, we should share our hardships. But for the good of the one? My main job in life is to protect those two,” she explained.

Bell said she and Shepard once felt comfortable posting “all the cute things” about their children when they were younger. As their daughters have grown, however, “the equation has changed.”

“There’s someone else in the mix, and you have to have enough self-awareness and consideration to consider that person. And that person is my daughter, so she’s No. 1,” Bell said.

Bell’s comments drew limited sympathy from some social media users, several of whom continued to criticize her remarks about the pressures of family life.

“Try doing it living between paychecks,” one person wrote. Another responded sarcastically, “Well she is the first woman to do it.”

'It's hard. Do not think because I am on your television that it is easy for me. It's brutal. I cry weekly,' Bell said of parenting daughters Lincoln, 13, and Delta, 11

“It’s hard. Do not think because I am on your television that it is easy for me. It’s brutal. I cry weekly,” Bell said while discussing parenting daughters Lincoln, 13, and Delta, 11.

While she and Shepard had no qualms sharing 'all the cute things' when the kids were little, 'well, now, the equation has changed,' she said

Bell said she and Shepard once freely shared “all the cute things” about their daughters, but added that “the equation has changed” as the girls have grown older.

Other X users took a more understanding view. One wrote, “It’s not that difficult, in fact it’s very rewarding to have a family that loves you,” while another praised Shepard, saying, “Dax is a good dude! She’s got it easy!”

Bell previously discussed her parenting philosophy with People, revealing that she and Shepard follow a firm household rule: If they argue, they must reconcile where their children can see them.

“We always make up in front of them if anyone gets snarky or frustrated or fights, which we all do,” Bell said.

Meanwhile, Shepard, who hosts the weekly Armchair Expert podcast, previously told Luxury London that becoming a dad has had a dramatic impact on his mental health.

‘For me, personally, it’s helped me get over things that would have normally made me depressed,’ he said.

‘If I’d been working on a movie for two years and it didn’t perform well, I would be miserable for months. 

‘But now I think my kids have no idea I’m in a movie, they don’t care. 

‘They need to be fed and taken on a walk and have a bath.’

Shepard and Bell are seen in 2025 in Los Angeles, California

Shepard and Bell are seen in 2025 in Los Angeles, California

Nobody Wants This, which stars Bell and Adam Brody as an unconventional couple with plenty of struggles, premiered its third season on Thursday

Nobody Wants This, which stars Bell and Adam Brody as an unconventional couple with plenty of struggles, premiered its third season on Thursday

He added: ‘My primary identity now is “dad,” as opposed to “writer” or “director” or whatever. It’s been incredibly liberating.’

In the same interview, Bell shared she had some trepidation about becoming a mom in the beginning.

‘I wasn’t even sure that I wanted kids, which is shocking for me to say out loud now given how much I’m addicted to them,’ she admitted, adding: ‘I love them so much, even when I hate them, I love them.’ 

Video Captures Violent Road-Rage Attack on Los Angeles Street

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A violent Los Angeles road-rage confrontation was captured on video, showing a woman allegedly attacking another driver with a crowbar before biting her during a brutal street fight.

Samantha Baez-Vargas, who lives in South Los Angeles, said the incident began around 4 a.m. Saturday after both drivers became stuck on a narrow one-way street and could not get past one another.

Baez-Vargas said the other motorist was driving in the wrong direction and that she asked her to reverse. Instead, the woman allegedly retrieved a crowbar and began attacking Baez-Vargas’ vehicle.

The video appears to show the suspect walking toward the car and striking its headlights, windshield and driver’s-side window with the weapon.

“Are you dead—? What’s wrong with you?” a person can be heard yelling in the background.

When Baez-Vargas stepped out of the vehicle, the suspect allegedly redirected the attack toward her, hitting her with the crowbar and repeatedly attempting to bite her.

“I didn’t know how to react. I was shocked. I didn’t know how to defend myself,” Baez-Vargas told Fox 11. “After the fact, I was in the hospital. I felt like I could have lost my life.”

She later showed the station bruises across her body, including injuries that appeared to be bite marks.

“I thought she would stop and she didn’t,” Baez-Vargas said. “She smacked me in the head with the crowbar at that point, and she snatched my phone out of my hand.”

The video was provided to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which said detectives have identified the alleged attacker and are trying to locate her.

“South Los Angeles Station detectives have been actively investigating this case and have positively identified the suspect. Detectives are currently working to locate and apprehend her,” the department said in a statement.

The California Post contacted the sheriff’s department seeking additional information about the suspect’s identity.

Baez-Vargas said the attack has left her deeply shaken. Her mother, Elizabeth Vargas, is now asking the public to help authorities find the suspect.

“Please do your job. This evil can’t be out there,” Elizabeth Vargas said.

Trump Addresses Katie Zacharia’s Firing, Praises RFK Jr.’s Physique

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President Donald Trump disclosed details of a private conversation with now-former White House press secretary Katie Zacharia during a lively Florida rally Friday, where he also invited the crowd to admire Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s physique.

Trump traveled to Fort Myers to campaign for Republican gubernatorial candidate Representative Byron Donalds and Senator Ashley Moody, who is competing in a special election to serve out the remainder of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s term.

Polling gives Donalds and Moody the advantage over their Democratic opponents, though the margins are narrower than Republicans might prefer in a state that has shifted firmly toward the MAGA movement in recent elections.

Trump offered fresh insight into Zacharia’s abrupt exit, which came one week earlier after just five days in the role. He spoke after complaining that reporters had been “screaming” questions at him as he departed the White House that morning.

“They want to know so many different things. What about this? What about this?” Trump said.

“No wonder that poor young woman—she was a perfect, beautiful woman—when she walked into that press room and they started screaming at her, she freaked out,” the President said.

Zacharia held one 14-minute press briefing during her short stint, which lasted less than half as long as Anthony Scaramucci’s famously brief tenure.

Trump said he advised her: “You know what, there are nicer ways for you to make a living. You want to deal with these maniacs? You can deal if you want, but there are easier ways for you to live.” Zacharia was removed from the position shortly afterward.

President Donald Trump revealed more about press secretary Katie Zacharia's exit at a rally Friday afternoon in Fort Myers, Florida, where he also commented on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s physique

President Donald Trump discussed press secretary Katie Zacharia’s departure at a Friday rally in Fort Myers, Florida, where he also commented on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s physique.

Now former White House press secretary Katie Zacharia 'freaked out,' President Donald Trump revealed at his Florida rally Friday, after dealing with the press for 14 minutes in the briefing room one day into her five day tenure

President Donald Trump said former White House press secretary Katie Zacharia “freaked out” after facing reporters for 14 minutes in the briefing room, one day into her five-day tenure.

Earlier Friday on the South Lawn, reporters again questioned Trump about his defense of an advertisement from Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. The ad featured the estranged mother of Democratic rival Dr. Amy Acton, who remained with Acton’s stepfather after a grand jury found that he had sexually assaulted Acton as a child.

Trump and Ramaswamy have both continued to defend the advertisement.

Later in his roughly 90-minute speech, Trump called Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. onto the stage.

“By the way, seriously, did anybody ever see the build, the body on Bobby?” Trump asked the audience. “He’s got the body of a 30-year-old.”

Kennedy’s workouts—often performed in jeans—and his diet of meat and fermented vegetables have drawn attention since he followed his late Democratic father into politics.

Trump also highlighted Kennedy’s place within the prominent political family.

“Think of it, think of it, he’s a Republican and he’s the most important Kennedy in the Kennedy family by far,” Trump said. “Is that good? See, now with that statement, I just caused him a little more problem, but we can handle problems, right?”

Although Trump devoted substantial time to renovation projects—including an explanation of plans to update a White House door, along with his declaration that he didn’t “give a s***” about being sued over the work—he also addressed the Florida contests.

President Donald Trump (left) stands alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  (right) at a Florida rally on Friday, where he told the crowd that Kennedy had the body of a '30-year-old'

President Donald Trump, left, stands with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right, at a Florida rally Friday, where he told the crowd that Kennedy had the body of a “30-year-old.”

Moody is facing Florida state Representative Angie Nixon, a Democratic socialist who defeated Alexander Vindman—a witness in Trump’s first impeachment trial—in the Democratic primary.

Trump took a brief swat at Vindman saying, ‘I could not stand the guy she beat,’ and adding that he was a ‘bad guy.’ 

He called Nixon a ‘Marxist maniac’ and jokingly asked the audience if there’s ‘any relationship to the late, great Richard Nixon?’ 

‘No, I don’t think so,’ Trump added. ‘No, the press will say, “Can you believe he said that?” … that’s why you can’t be cute.’ 

Trump then turned his attention to Donalds’ rival, former Republican Representative David Jolly, who’s running as a Democrat for Florida governor to replace the term-limited GOP Governor Ron DeSantis. 

‘He was thrown out of the party like a dog,’ Trump exclaimed.  

Ex-FBI Pair Charged With Lying in Hunter Biden Laptop Probe

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Washington — Two former senior FBI officials have been charged with allegedly making false statements to Congress during 2023 testimony about the bureau’s investigation into Hunter Biden’s laptop.

Nikki Floris, 46, a former intelligence analyst in charge at the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Bradley Benavides, 56, the bureau’s former deputy assistant director in its Counterintelligence Division, appeared in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Both were given criminal complaints accusing them of one count each of lying to Congress about their roles in the Foreign Influence Task Force during the 2020 election, including the FBI’s investigations involving Hunter Biden.

According to a statement of facts prepared by the FBI and filed with the complaints, Floris allegedly made false statements to Congress on July 19, 2023, while Benavides allegedly did so in September of that year. The statements concerned what the two officials knew about their involvement in the FBI’s Hunter Biden investigations.

“The evidence further establishes probable cause to believe that Floris and Benavides made these statements for the purpose of concealing [the Foreign Influence Task Force’s] engagement with and communications about the Hunter Biden investigations and impeding the congressional investigation,” the filing said.

The decision by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia to bring criminal complaints over allegations dating back three years is highly unusual. Defense attorneys for both former officials, as well as the magistrate judge who presided over Friday’s hearing and the unsealing of the case, questioned the timing and handling of the charges.

“The alleged conduct happened years ago. The government has had the information about this for years,” said Ron Safer, an attorney for Benavides. He urged Zia Faruqui, the magistrate judge overseeing Friday’s hearing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, to schedule a preliminary hearing “as soon as humanly possible” to determine whether sufficient probable cause existed to show that a crime had been committed.

The politically sensitive case was unsealed roughly two weeks before the midterm election. That timing could prompt scrutiny from former Justice Department officials, particularly because the testimony at issue was given more than three years ago.

Faruqui said the way the case had been charged appeared “strange.” He also rejected prosecutors’ request to postpone the preliminary hearing for at least two weeks.

The judge ordered the parties to return to court at 11 a.m. Tuesday.

“This is the Sword of Damocles hanging over their heads,” Faruqui said. “This will follow them for the rest of their lives.”

Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden, has long been a focus of President Trump and his political allies.

The FBI conducted extensive investigations into Hunter Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine involving the energy company Burisma, as well as the contents of a laptop he left at a Delaware repair shop.

Former Attorney General Merrick Garland ultimately appointed a special counsel to oversee the investigations. Hunter Biden was later tried and convicted on three felony gun charges. In a separate criminal case, he pleaded guilty to three felony tax offenses and six misdemeanor tax offenses.

His father pardoned him shortly before leaving office. Hunter Biden was never charged with wrongdoing related to allegations concerning his overseas business dealings.

The charges

The criminal complaint unsealed Friday said an FBI unit chief told investigators in October 2026 that Floris and Benavides each held oversight responsibilities involving the various Hunter Biden probes.

The filing centers on an FBI counterintelligence operation conducted by the Foreign Influence Task Force known as “Round River.” The operation was focused on gathering “derogatory informant reporting on, among other things, Hunter Biden, to flag the reporting as Russian disinformation,” according to the complaint.

Floris served as the FITF’s deputy assistant director from mid-2019 through mid-2022. Benavides was the task force’s section chief from mid-2019 until the 2020 election, the complaint said.

“Witness accounts and contemporaneous documents from December 2019 through September 2021 show that Floris and Benavides knew about and were actively involved in the FBI’s investigations of Hunter Biden. FITF hosted classified briefings for the agents and prosecutors on the Hunter Biden case in which Floris and Benavides were active participants,” prosecutors wrote.

When Floris testified before the House Judiciary Committee in July 2023, the complaint alleges that she misrepresented her involvement in the Hunter Biden investigation and the Foreign Influence Task Force’s role.

The complaint cited one exchange in which Floris was asked, “Did you have any involvement in the Hunter Biden investigation?” She answered, “I did not,” according to the filing.

In another exchange cited, it said she was asked: “Was there ever a discussion at the FITF about Hunter Biden?”

“No. At least not with me,” she responded, adding: “And again, there’s a whole team below me, so whether or not conversations happened, I don’t know, but I personally did not have any conversations.”

In the September 2023 interview with Benavides before the House Judiciary Committee, the complaint said he told investigators he only learned some of the details about the investigation into the Hunter Biden laptop from Wikipedia when preparing for the hearing.

“When did you learn that there was an ongoing criminal investigation related to the laptop?” it says he was asked. 

“The Wikipedia page,” he said.

When pressed whether he had any knowledge about the matter during his time at the FBI, the complaint alleges he said, “No.”

The complaint also cited a congressional staffer who was present for both interviews. That staffer told investigators the testimony from both officials appeared to be “materially untrue.”

An FBI employee also later told investigators that he personally spoke with Benavides about the laptop and discussed reviewing its contents.

“Floris testified that she had no involvement in the Hunter Biden investigations. In reality, she was in frequent communication with the case team for over a year during which she both sent and received information about Hunter Biden,” the complaint said.

“Benavides’ testimony followed a similar pattern,” it added.

The complaint and accompanying sworn statement also allege that Floris and Benavides were involved in reviewing materials to help prepare a script for a defensive brief, which aims to warn someone that he or she may have been the subject of foreign disinformation.

On Aug. 6, 2020, they provided two separate defensive briefings to Sen. Charles Grassley and Ron Johnson related to potential Russian disinformation, it said. It also alleged that Benavides and Floris were involved in reviewing and approving a Round River report that scrutinized informant intelligence related to the Hunter Biden investigations.

Floris’ attorneys said in a statement that she has been falsely accused of a crime and raised concerns about the timing of the charges.

“Nikki Floris is a patriot. She served our nation as a dedicated FBI intelligence officer for nearly 20 years. Yet today, the DOJ has accused her falsely of a crime on the say-so of politicians, not on the facts. It’s no coincidence the government is filing these nonsense charges now, years later, on the eve of an election,” they said.

“The government’s reasons for charging Nikki are as transparent as they are unjust: to push a false narrative for a shot at political points. It’s another sad day for the DOJ, but we look forward to Nikki’s day in court.”

During Friday’s hearing, James Kirkpatrick, a special assistant U.S. attorney who came from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Missouri, appeared at the lectern and spoke for the Justice Department. He was accompanied by George Massucco, the criminal chief in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C.

A spokesperson for Pirro’s office said that Kirkpatrick does work in the criminal division there, though an internal Justice Department directory and his LinkedIn page still listed him as being in Kansas City.

At the hearing,  after the defendants’ attorneys asked for a preliminary hearing as soon as Monday,  Kirkpatrick raised concerns about such rapid timing, saying the case agent is from out of town and that he would be out of town as well.

“You have charged this case,” Faruqui retorted. “So you will be spending a lot of time in town.”

Kirkpatrick’s LinkedIn profile has since been taken down. A spokesperson for Pirro said that Cory Jacobs, the deputy chief of the criminal division, and John Borchert, the chief of the Fraud, Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section, are also working on the matter.

This is not the first time that the Justice Department has tapped prosecutors from other districts to help on controversial cases.

Last year, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia tapped prosecutors in the Eastern District of North Carolina to help with the prosecution of ex-FBI Director James Comey over lying to Congress. 

That office also tapped an assistant U.S. attorney from the Eastern District of Missouri who mostly handled civil cases to work on the prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James, who was accused of bank fraud in connection with a mortgage. 

In the Comey and James cases, prosecutors from out of town were brought in after people inside the office refused to participate due to concerns with the evidence, sources previously said. Both cases were dismissed, after a judge found the interim U.S. attorney who secured the indictments was unlawfully appointed.

Chaos Inc.: Inside the Red-Green Alliance of Communists and Antifa

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News Media’s “Who’s Who in Chaos Inc.” is a continually updated database tracing the organizations, local chapters, international networks and funders that organize or amplify major protest campaigns.

The directory records each group’s stated mission, ideology, organizational function and documented protest activity. It also distinguishes between organizations directly involved in planning or participating and those acting as supporters or amplifiers.

The database will be updated regularly and arranged by country as additional organizations, chapters, alliances and relationships are identified. Its aim is to provide an evolving view of how local protest movements connect with wider national and transnational networks.

WHO’S WHO IN THE 287-GROUP FRANCE PROTEST ECOSYSTEM

Masked protesters hold a banner reading

Masked demonstrators display a banner reading “Autonomous antifa” during a high-school student protest over learning conditions in Lyon, France, on Oct. 6, 2026. (Olivier Chassignole/AFP via Getty Images)

ANTIFA / ANTIFASCIST (50)

Secondary school students and supporters march from Republic to Nation square in Paris.

Tens of thousands of secondary school students and their supporters march from Republic to Nation square on Oct. 6, 2026, in Paris, France. Nationwide student protests and violent school riots have disrupted over 700 secondary schools and led to roughly 5,000 arrests across France. What began in late September 2026 as peaceful blockades in the low-income Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis has rapidly escalated into a major public order crisis for President Emmanuel Macron’s government. (Guy Smallman/Getty Images)

STUDENT / YOUTH (27)

  1. G.E.L 72 – Groupe Étudiant Libertaire Sarthe — STUDENT / YOUTH: Student or youth organization involved in education, youth representation or protest mobilization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  2. Jeunes Écologistes du Loiret — STUDENT / YOUTH: Student or youth organization involved in education, youth representation or protest mobilization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  3. Le Poing Levé Orléans — STUDENT / YOUTH: Student or youth organization involved in education, youth representation or protest mobilization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  4. Solidaires Étudiant-e-s Montpellier — STUDENT / YOUTH: Student or youth organization involved in education, youth representation or protest mobilization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  5. Student or youth organization involved in education, youth representation or protest mobilization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  6. AFGES – Les étudiant·e·s d’Alsace Historically called Association fédérative générale des étudiants de Strasbourg. Student federation in Alsace, centered in Strasbourg.
  7. A Greek communist youth organization that has publicly supported French students, connecting their education demands to opposition to military spending and government austerity. It has also supported communist protesters in Madrid, Spain, and Greece.
  8. Coordination nationale lycéenne — STUDENT / YOUTH: High-school coordination It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  9. Étudiants Musulmans de France (EMF) — Muslim Students of France: A Muslim student association involved in student representation and campus solidarity whose social-media activity appears in the protest research; its exact Oct. 17 role remains unconfirmed.
  10. Fédération des associations générales étudiantes A national student federation that joined calls for student mobilization against the “extremely violent repression” of youth. It shared footage of its members marching on Oct. 17, with the hashtags #manifestation #genz #17octobre.
  11. Fédération Syndicale Étudiante A left-wing student organization whose activists appeared in demonstrations and announced “Democratic and Antifascist Vigilance Committees,” linking high-school grievances to the treatment of anti-Israel activists and union members. On Saturday, it posted videos with its trademark solid red flags. One message read: “In Bordeaux, protesters invade the house of the mayor! On October 17, the whole country is on a standstill. Everyone is mobilizing for better living conditions, and against cutting the budget for public service! In Bordeaux, we hear echoing in the protest: Only one solution, the Revolution! The mobilization of the 17 continues: let’s block everywhere in France!” It is listed in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization evidence.
  12. A communist publication associated with the Organisation Communiste de France; separate organizational participation in the October 17 protests has not been established.
  13. A group coordinating communist youth activism visible in the French demonstrations, including hammer-and-sickle flags and banners calling for “Class War!”
  14. La Relève Lycéenne — STUDENT / YOUTH: Student or youth organization involved in education, youth representation or protest mobilization. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  15. Le Poing Levé — The Raised Fist — REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST: A revolutionary student and youth organization associated with Révolution Permanente that works to connect high-school and university protests.
  16. Les Lycéens! — The High School Students!: A high-school student organization active in the early school blockades.
  17. Rassemblement pour l’égalité et la démocratie Jeunes — Youth for Equality and Democracy: A youth civic and political organization associated with organizing support for students in Seine-Saint-Denis; its specific Oct. 17 role has not been independently established.
  18. Renouveau lycéen — High School Renewal: A high-school student organization identified in coverage of the October school mobilization.
  19. Solidaires Étudiant·e·s — Solidaires Students: A left-wing student union that supported the high-school movement and helped connect university students with the October demonstrations.
  20. Solidaires Étudiant·e·s — Student Solidarity — STUDENT / YOUTH: Student or youth organization involved in education, youth representation or protest mobilization. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  21. Solidarité Étudiante 14 — STUDENT / YOUTH: Student organization It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  22. Student or youth organization involved in education, youth representation or protest mobilization. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  23. Student or youth organization involved in education, youth representation or protest mobilization.
  24. A French communist youth organization that called on supporters to join and amplify the student struggle.
  25. Union Étudiante — Student Union: A national university student union that helped mobilize students for the Oct. 6 demonstrations and encouraged participation in the broader movement.
  26. Union nationale des étudiants de France (UNEF) — National Union of Students of France: One of France’s established student unions, it was among the organizers of the Oct. 6 nationwide demonstrations.
  27. Union syndicale lycéenne (USL) — High School Students’ Union: A French high-school student union that helped organize the initial school blockades and October demonstrations before publicly supporting students joining the Oct. 17 Yellow Vest mobilization.

COMMUNIST / SOCIALIST / TROTSKYIST (27)

  1. Gauche Républicaine et Socialiste (GRS) — COMMUNIST / SOCIALIST / TROTSKYIST: Communist, socialist, Trotskyist, anticapitalist or revolutionary-left organization or chapter. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  2. Communist, socialist, Trotskyist, anticapitalist or revolutionary-left organization or chapter. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  3. Communist, socialist, Trotskyist, anti-capitalist or revolutionary-left organization or chapter. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  4. Parti Communiste Français Loiret — COMMUNIST / SOCIALIST / TROTSKYIST: Communist, socialist, Trotskyist, anticapitalist or revolutionary-left organization or chapter. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  5. Communist, socialist, Trotskyist, anticapitalist or revolutionary-left organization or chapter. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  6. Communist, socialist, Trotskyist, anticapitalist or revolutionary-left organization or chapter. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  7. Unité Rouge (07-26-38) — COMMUNIST / SOCIALIST / TROTSKYIST: Communist, socialist, Trotskyist, anticapitalist or revolutionary-left organization or chapter. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  8. A New York-based outlet that reported on French student demonstrations and previewed their participation in the October 17 cost-of-living mobilization.
  9. Communist, socialist, Trotskyist, anticapitalist or revolutionary-left organization or chapter. Its documented role in the October protest wave is: Supporting / signatory — listed on the Ciao Fachos Oct. 24-25 Orléans national antifascist mobilization call..
  10. Fasci-Milé (PACA / Vaucluse) — COMMUNIST / SOCIALIST / TROTSKYIST: Communist, socialist, Trotskyist, anticapitalist or revolutionary-left organization or chapter.
  11. A France-based Indian diaspora organization that connected French and Indian youth protests through its social-media messaging. It has partnered with the SIngham network’s People’s Forum for an event.
  12. An international communist organization whose French publication Le Bolchévik called on labor unions to mobilize in support of the school protests.
  13. Organisation communiste révolutionnaire — REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST: A communist organization identified in the wider research whose precise legal identity and direct October protest activities require additional verification.
  14. A political movement whose elected officials supported student blockades, including lawmaker Louis Boyard, who waved a Palestinian flag alongside students at Paris-Est-Créteil University.
  15. Communist, socialist, Trotskyist, anti-capitalist or revolutionary-left organization or chapter.
  16. Political party — local chapter It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  17. Communist, socialist, Trotskyist, anti-capitalist or revolutionary-left organization or chapter. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  18. Communist, socialist, Trotskyist, anti-capitalist or revolutionary-left organization or chapter. It i supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  19. Parti communiste français (PCF) — French Communist Party — COMMUNIST: Party leader Fabien Roussel publicly supported student demonstrators in Paris alongside communist elected officials and activists as demonstrators carried party flags.
  20. Parti de l’égalité socialiste — Socialist Equality Party — TROTSKYIST: A French socialist organization that called for workers’ action committees and broader mobilization in support of the student movement.
  21. Parti des Indigènes de la République (PIR) — Party of the Indigenous of the Republic — DECOLONIAL POLITICAL MOVEMENT: A political organization that defended the student revolt and circulated imagery of protesters outside Lycée Paul Éluard holding a Palestinian flag.
  22. Révolution Permanente — Permanent Revolution — TROTSKYIST: A revolutionary socialist organization and publication that reported on university blockades and encouraged solidarity between high-school and university students.
  23. Révolution Permanente Angoulême Local political/media chapter It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  24. A British revolutionary communist organization that published an article connecting the French student revolt to opposition to capitalism, imperialism and support for Palestine.
  25. Communist, socialist, Trotskyist, anti-capitalist or revolutionary-left organization or chapter. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  26. Communist, socialist, Trotskyist, anti-capitalist or revolutionary-left organization or chapter. Its documented role in the October protest wave is: Supporting / signatory — listed on the Ciao Fachos Oct. 24-25 Orléans national antifascist mobilization call..
  27. An international socialist publication that covered the French school blockades and placed them within a broader argument about austerity, militarization and capitalism.

LABOR UNION (24)

  1. Labor union, sectoral union or local union branch involved in worker representation and mobilization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  2. Comité Droits et Libertés Solidarité 77 Sud — LABOR UNION: Labor union, sectoral union or local union branch involved in worker representation and mobilization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  3. Labor union, sectoral union or local union branch involved in worker representation and mobilization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  4. Labor union, sectoral union or local union branch involved in worker representation and mobilization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  5. SUD éducation 33 — LABOR UNION: Labor union, sectoral union or local union branch involved in worker representation and mobilization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  6. SUD éducation 36-37 — LABOR UNION: Labor union, sectoral union or local union branch involved in worker representation and mobilization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  7. SUD éducation 44 — LABOR UNION: Labor union, sectoral union or local union branch involved in worker representation and mobilization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  8. SUD éducation 85 — LABOR UNION: Labor union, sectoral union or local union branch involved in worker representation and mobilization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  9. Labor union, sectoral union or local union branch involved in worker representation and mobilization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  10. Labor union, sectoral union or local union branch involved in worker representation and mobilization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  11. Confédération générale du travail ArianeGroup Issac union – CGT ArianeGroup Issac union — LABOR UNION: Labor union, sectoral union or local union branch involved in worker representation and mobilization. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  12. Confédération paysanne — Peasant Confederation: A farmers’ union that called on agricultural workers to join Oct. 17 protests, linking rural economic grievances with the national mobilization.
  13. Force Ouvrière’s education federation, which joined calls supporting high-school demonstrations.
  14. Force Ouvrière (FO) — Workers’ Force: A national labor confederation whose education affiliates joined calls supporting high-school students.
  15. Labor union, sectoral union or local union branch involved in worker representation and mobilization. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  16. Labor union, sectoral union or local union branch involved in worker representation and mobilization. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  17. SUD éducation — SUD Education: A left-wing education union that joined mobilization calls involving students and education workers.
  18. Labor union, sectoral union or local union branch involved in worker representation and mobilization.
  19. Labor union, sectoral union or local union branch involved in worker representation and mobilization. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  20. Syndicat National de l’Enseignement Technique Agricole Public – Fédération syndicale unitaire Labor union, sectoral union or local union branch involved in worker representation and mobilization. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  21. Syndicat national des enseignements de second degré (SNES-FSU) — National Union of Secondary Education: A major secondary-school personnel union that supported strikes and demonstrations in solidarity with students.
  22. Syndicat National des Techniciens de la Production Cinématographique et de Télévision – National Union of Cinematographic and Television Production Technicians — LABOR UNION: Labor union, sectoral union or local union branch involved in worker representation and mobilization. It is supporting in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  23. A national trade-union federation whose education organizations supported the school movement.
  24. A left-wing labor federation whose regional branches promoted Oct. 17 demonstrations and strikes after earlier student solidarity mobilizations. It is listed in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization evidence.

MIGRANT / HUMAN RIGHTS / ANTIRACIST (19)

  1. Amnesty International Orléans Migrant-rights, refugee-support, human-rights or antiracist organization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  2. ASTI Orléans — MIGRANT / HUMAN RIGHTS / ANTIRACIST: Migrant-rights, refugee-support, human-rights or antiracist organization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  3. Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples 66 – MRAP 66 — MIGRANT / HUMAN RIGHTS / ANTIRACIST: Migrant-rights, refugee-support, human-rights or antiracist organization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  4. Migrant-rights, refugee-support, human-rights or antiracist organization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  5. Migrant-rights, refugee-support, human-rights or antiracist organization. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  6. The French section of Amnesty International that reported on police treatment of minors during the school protests.
  7. Migrant-rights, refugee-support, human-rights or antiracist organization. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  8. Migrant-rights, refugee-support, human-rights or antiracist organization. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  9. Migrant-rights, refugee-support, human-rights or antiracist organization. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  10. Migrant-rights, refugee-support, human-rights or antiracist organization. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  11. Migrant-rights, refugee-support, human-rights or antiracist organization. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  12. Fédération des Associations de Solidarité avec Tou·te·s les Immigré·e·s Migrant-rights, refugee-support, human-rights or antiracist organization. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  13. Fédération Droit Au Logement Migrant-rights, refugee-support, human-rights or antiracist organization. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  14. Migrant-rights, refugee-support, human-rights or antiracist organization. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  15. Migrant-rights, refugee-support, human-rights or antiracist organization. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  16. Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples (MRAP) — Movement Against Racism and for Friendship Between Peoples: An antiracism organization identified in earlier coalition activity around the student demonstrations.
  17. Pan-Asian Generation – Génération panasiatique — MIGRANT / HUMAN RIGHTS / ANTIRACIST: Migrant-rights, refugee-support, human-rights or antiracist organization. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  18. Migrant-rights, refugee-support, human-rights or antiracist organization. It is supporting the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  19. A French antiracism organization included in coalition activity supporting the school movement.

FEMINIST / LGBTQ (16)

  1. Collectif féministe 45 — FEMINIST / LGBTQ: Feminist, women’s-rights, LGBTQ or queer activist organization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  2. Féministes en tous genres 45 — FEMINIST / LGBTQ: Feminist, women’s-rights, LGBTQ or queer activist organization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  3. GAGL45 Centre LGBT+ — FEMINIST / LGBTQ: Feminist, women’s-rights, LGBTQ or queer activist organization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  4. GRIF – Groupe Radical Intersectionnel Féministe Orléans — FEMINIST / LGBTQ: Feminist, women’s-rights, LGBTQ or queer activist organization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  5. Feminist, women’s-rights, LGBTQ or queer activist organization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  6. Mouvement Français pour le Planning Familial 93 – MFPF 93 — FEMINIST / LGBTQ: Feminist, women’s-rights, LGBTQ or queer activist organization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  7. Feminist, women’s-rights, LGBTQ or queer activist organization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  8. #NousToutes France — FEMINIST / LGBTQ: Feminist, women’s-rights, LGBTQ or queer activist organization.
  9. Feminist, women’s-rights, LGBTQ or queer activist organization. It is supporting in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  10. Feminist, women’s-rights, LGBTQ or queer activist organization. It is supporting in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  11. Feminist, women’s-rights, LGBTQ or queer activist organization. It is supporting in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  12. Les dégos (formerly degommeuses) — FEMINIST / LGBTQ: Feminist, women’s-rights, LGBTQ or queer activist organization. It is supporting in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  13. Feminist, women’s-rights, LGBTQ or queer activist organization. Its documented role in the October protest wave is: Supporting / signatory — listed on the Ciao Fachos Oct. 24-25 Orléans national antifascist mobilization call..
  14. NousToutes – #NousToutes Feminist, women’s-rights, LGBTQ or queer activist organization. It is supporting in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  15. Feminist, women’s-rights, LGBTQ or queer activist organization. It is supporting in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  16. PROUD•E•S AUBER — FEMINIST / LGBTQ: Feminist, women’s-rights, LGBTQ or queer activist organization. It is supporting in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.

ENVIRONMENTAL / CLIMATE (13)

  1. Alternatiba Orléans — ENVIRONMENTAL / CLIMATE: Environmental, climate or ecological activist organization or local chapter. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  2. Environmental, climate or ecological activist organization or local chapter. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  3. Environmental, climate or ecological activist organization or local chapter. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  4. Environmental, climate or ecological activist organization or local chapter. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  5. Réseau pour les Alternatives Forestières (Limousin) — ENVIRONMENTAL / CLIMATE: Environmental, climate or ecological activist organization or local chapter. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  6. Soulèvements de la Terre Essonne 91 — ENVIRONMENTAL / CLIMATE: Environmental, climate or ecological activist organization or local chapter. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  7. Soulèvements de la Terre IDF — ENVIRONMENTAL / CLIMATE: Environmental, climate or ecological activist organization or local chapter. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  8. Soulèvements de la Terre Indre — ENVIRONMENTAL / CLIMATE: Environmental, climate or ecological activist organization or local chapter. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  9. Environmental, climate or ecological activist organization or local chapter.
  10. Extinction Rebellion Île-de-France Environmental, climate or ecological activist organization or local chapter. It is supporting in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  11. Les Soulèvements de la Terre — Earth Uprisings: A radical environmental movement that celebrated the student revolt and called for an antifascist uprising.
  12. Soulèvements de la Terre Orléans Environmental, climate or ecological activist organization or local chapter. Its documented role in the October protest wave is: Supporting / signatory — listed on the Ciao Fachos Oct. 24-25 Orléans national antifascist mobilization call..
  13. Uprisings of the Earth Orléans Environmental, climate or ecological activist organization or local chapter. It is supporting in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.

PALESTINE SOLIDARITY (11)

  1. Palestine-solidarity organization or local chapter active in advocacy and protest mobilization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  2. Collectif Orléanais pour une paix juste et durable entre Palestiniens et Israéliens — PALESTINE SOLIDARITY: Palestine-solidarity organization or local chapter active in advocacy and protest mobilization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  3. Palestine-solidarity organization or local chapter active in advocacy and protest mobilization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  4. Palestine-solidarity organization or local chapter active in advocacy and protest mobilization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  5. Urgence Palestine Orléans (UPO) — PALESTINE SOLIDARITY: Palestine-solidarity organization or local chapter active in advocacy and protest mobilization. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  6. Palestine-solidarity organization or local chapter active in advocacy and protest mobilization. It is supporting in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  7. Palestine-solidarity organization or local chapter active in advocacy and protest mobilization. It is supporting in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  8. Collectif de Solidarité Palestine 37 — PALESTINE SOLIDARITY: Palestine-solidarity organization or local chapter active in advocacy and protest mobilization.
  9. Union juive française pour la paix (UJFP) — French Jewish Union for Peace: A Jewish peace and Palestine-solidarity organization that publicized “support for high school students” who joined protests in early October. It is listed in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization evidence.
  10. Union juive française pour la paix (UJFP) — French Jewish Union for Peace: A Jewish peace and Palestine-solidarity organization that publicized “support for high school students” who joined protests in early October. It is listed in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization evidence.
  11. A French Palestine-solidarity organization whose protest-related social-media activity appears in the research, although direct organization of the October 17 demonstrations is not established.

OTHER CIVIC / ACTIVIST (100)

  1. Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  2. Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  3. Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  4. Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  5. Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  6. Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  7. Cantine des Indigné·es Orléans — OTHER CIVIC / ACTIVIST: Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  8. Collectif immigrés du Montargois — OTHER CIVIC / ACTIVIST: Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  9. Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  10. Collectif Santé Est Loiret — OTHER CIVIC / ACTIVIST: Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  11. Contrevents (Côtes d’Armor) — OTHER CIVIC / ACTIVIST: Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  12. Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  13. Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  14. Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  15. Génération.s — OTHER CIVIC / ACTIVIST: Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  16. Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  17. L’Après — OTHER CIVIC / ACTIVIST: Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  18. Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  19. La Marche des Solidarités — OTHER CIVIC / ACTIVIST: Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  20. Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  21. Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  22. Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  23. Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  24. Les Écologistes Loiret — OTHER CIVIC / ACTIVIST: Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  25. Les Voix Éclairées (Yonne) — OTHER CIVIC / ACTIVIST: Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  26. Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  27. Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  28. Mémoires En Marche Marseille — OTHER CIVIC / ACTIVIST: Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  29. Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is participating in the documented Oct. 24–25 mobilization.
  30. Civic, solidarity or activist organization appearing in the protest ecosystem. It is