Together we can end loneliness. via Did You Know


In his announcement this week that the Trump administration will be withholding $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments from California due to alleged fraud, Vice President JD Vance had people raising their eyebrows after claiming that President Donald Trump "takes fraud seriously."
As part of his role overseeing anti-fraud efforts, Vance said the administration is targeting California because state officials are not taking Medicaid fraud seriously enough. Vance claimed both California and American taxpayers were being “defrauded” and alleged that some patients had been given unnecessary medications after fraudsters encouraged “false prescriptions” and improper treatment.
The administration’s action mirrors a similar move taken earlier this year against Minnesota, where Medicaid payments were suspended. Vance also warned that all 50 states could face cuts to funding for their Medicaid Fraud Control Units if they fail to “aggressively prosecute Medicaid fraud,” saying the administration is prepared to “turn off the money” to units that do not do their jobs.
Then at another point, he made this claim:
"Let me just close with one final observation here. First of all, why are we doing this now? Why weren't we doing this two years ago? The simple answer is because we didn't have a president and we didn't have an administration that took fraud seriously."
"I want to thank the President of the United States though I know he's busy in China. All of these efforts, all of these things we are finding are because we have a president who has told us: 'Take the fraud seriously, get to root of it, and turn off the money when we find out money goes to fraudsters.'"
"That's exactly what we're doing."
You can hear what Vance said in the video below.
Saying Trump "takes fraud seriously" is an understatement.
Trump has used his presidency to enrich himself at the expense of taxpayers at a dizzying rate, whether it's false promises about a "made in America" Trump phone, his $10 billion suit against the IRS, or Eric and Don investing in companies that win no-bid contracts with the U.S. government.
This is the same man who has spent years lying about the integrity of the 2020 election and was convicted in 2024 on 34 felony counts, including falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels to illegally influence the 2016 election.
This is the same man who a jury ruled was responsible for the sexual abuse and defamation of writer E. Jean Carroll, awarding her $5 million in damages as the appropriate consequences for Trump's persistent dissemination of false defamatory statements after Carroll said Trump had sexually assaulted her in the mid-1990s in the Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York City.
Separately, New York Attorney General Letitia James accused the Trump family business of engaging in “fraudulent or misleading” practices by misrepresenting the value of its assets.
A judge later imposed a financial penalty of $354.8 million on Trump, along with an additional sum of around $100 million in pre-judgment interest, determining Trump had artificially inflated his net worth with the intention of securing more favorable loan terms.
Trump eventually claimed the 8th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution's prohibition on "excessive fines" makes the fine levied in his New York fraud trial unconstitutional. He failed to note that the stipulation about "excessive fines" applies to criminal cases, not civil ones.
Vance was instantly called out for saying the quiet part out loud.
Vance was joined at the event by Dr. Mehmet Oz, who also addressed the administration’s decision to defer certain reimbursements to California, claiming the state’s Medicaid records had raised “major red flags.”
Oz said officials were seeking clarification over hundreds of millions of dollars in billing, including expenditures he alleged were connected to healthcare coverage for undocumented immigrants, despite undocumented immigrants not being eligible for Medicaid benefits.
Sounds about what you'd expect from another man notorious for peddling pseudoscience and conspiracy theories.
Cheating is an absolute dealbreaker in most relationships—but when you add three children to the mix, it escalates to a level of betrayal that there's really no coming back from.
It's even worse when the cheater does little to apologize for or even acknowledge what they have done.
Mom of three young children and TikToker @itsgoobz made the unfortunate discovery of her husband willfully removing his wedding ring to have a questionable night out with his guy friends, which resulted in the end of their marriage.
And it was all figured out with a little bit of help from an iCloud account and a Holiday Inn employee.
You can watch the video of the moment she barged in on her husband cheating here:
@itsgoobz How do you recover from the ultimate betrayal!?!? 3 kids, a home, and a marriage all down the drain for a one night stand. I’m riding the roller coaster of emotions, doing my best to hold it together for my babies. 😞 #caughtcheating #cheatersgettingcaught #infidelity #cheater #momtok
Some TikTokers were touched that the two women tried to be supportive of each other in that very tough moment.








Others were furious at the husband for his comments from the restroom.




TikToker @itsgoobz later posted a two-part storytime, breaking down exactly how she caught her husband in the act.
The night that the affair happened, TikToker @itsgoobz's husband wanted to go out to a bar with friends, and they soon moved on to another undisclosed country bar.
At the country bar, her husband checked in with her for the last time at 7:30 PM, already sounding drunk but insisting that he was doing fine and could drive himself home.
However, her husband was supposed to go to work at 4:00 AM, meaning that he usually went to bed at 8:00 PM, so she was already concerned about how his next workday was going to go. But when it got to be midnight and her husband wasn't back, she was worried something bad must have happened to him.
That was when she got the idea to log into his iPad and check his iCloud account, where she could check his iPhone location.
The phone was at a Holiday Inn located near the country bar.
Certain now that something was very wrong, the TikToker went to the hotel, where she was given permission to walk up and down the hotel room hallways. She decided to slowly walk past each room while pinging the location on her husband's found, listening for it to go off inside of one of the rooms.
You can watch the first video here:
@itsgoobz #storytime #cheater #part1 I’m going into work right now but wanted to post something for now so here’s part 1
In the second installment of the storytime, after hearing his phone ping through the door, she covered the peephole in the door to prevent anyone inside from seeing and recognizing her before knocking.
She could hear a woman's voice on the inside, asking who was at the door, before it finally opened.
The woman immediately realized that the man she was with must be married, and she started apologizing and asking questions about him.
In the meantime, the husband was naked in the bathroom, using the toilet, and acting totally nonchalant about what was happening.
The TikToker discovered all of the blankets thrown off the bed and empty condom wrappers on the floor, making it clear what had happened in the hotel room, though the woman reassured her that they hadn't gotten that far, because her husband had been too drunk to perform.
The closest that the TikToker got to an apology was that he was "f**ked up" from alcohol, so she took his home key, gave him her wedding ring, and boxed up all of his stuff while he was at work and deposited it at his mother's house.
You can watch the second video here:
@itsgoobz Final #Storytime #pt2 sorry for taking so long plz be nice to me now :) #cheater #truestory
Fellow TikTokers empathized with her about how hard all of this must have been to find out this way.





Others agreed and reassured her that her husband had not just fumbled her, but their three young children as well.







The TikToker was still adjusting to life without her husband in it when her first video about catching him in the hotel room that night went viral.
After she was accepted into the Creators Rewards program on TikTok, she shared the rest of her story, so not only was she able to give other people a new way to acquire information if they needed it, but she was able to profit a little off it for her and her children, too.
As horrible as it was that she went through this, it was better to go through it while her children were young, so that she didn't spend her whole life in a marriage that was technically a lie.
Parents might not want to think about it or talk about it, but at some point, their children are going to make some mistakes, and the true test of their parenting is how they respond in those moments.
So when TikToker @maggieeatsss found out that her son had been bullying a kid at school, she knew there was no time to waste.
Though she usually uses her platform to share funny and heartwarming family stories, the TikToker instead used her platform in one of her latest videos to talk about bullying and the role parents play in that.
TikToker @maggieeatsss recounted:
"I share a lot of the funny things that [my son] William says and does, but I feel compelled to share this, because this side of parenting sucks."
"This morning, I go and drop him off at school, and his teacher comes up to me and says, 'Hey, I need to let you know something.'"
"She says, 'So we've got a more emotional kid in our class.'"
The TikToker clearly felt the dread creeping in as the teacher continued.
"And she says, 'Um, and Will has been, unprovokingly, calling him a crybaby to get him to cry."
"I'm sorry, what?"
"So my kid's being a bully."
"I've never felt in any kind of situation like I've wanted to whoop my kid's a** in front of people until that moment."
The TikToker responded to the problem in the moment, instead of waiting until later.
"I took a breath, and I pulled up a little chair, [got on my kid's level], and I said, 'Come here, buddy, we're gonna talk.'"
"Because I'm not raising an a**hole."
"I said, 'Did you do that?' He said, 'I did.'"
"He's on the verge of tears, and I hate leaving him at school when he's upset, but I don't care."
"So I said, 'You're going to find him this morning, and you are going to apologize.'"
"'I don't want to hear anything else, I don't want to hear that you've been mean to this kid at all anymore.'"
"'And Daddy's going to pick you up after school, and he is going to check in with your teacher.'"
The TikToker and her husband created a united front on the issue.
"The one thing I do not stand as a parent is raising a bully. It ain't happening here."
"So then my husband goes and picks him up after school and has a chat with the teacher."
"It turns out, he's just not been very good, not playing well, and provoking this kid to cry by calling him a crybaby."
"So my husband comes home with Will, and Will is again on the verge of tears, and my husband's pissed."
"We decided, 'Okay, bud, you get to go pick out a toy, and we're donating your favorite toy. Because you don't get to do that. You don't get to treat people that way.'"
"So he had to pick out his favorite toy and donate it. We'll just have to keep donating toys until he can figure this out."
"Hopefully this is it, because I'm nipping this sh*t in the bud right now."
You can watch the video here:
@maggieeatsss 😢😢 #parenting #storytime #fyp
Fellow TikTokers agreed with TikToker @maggieeatsss's sentiment about getting along with other students.






Some applauded the TikToker taking responsibility for starting positive behaviors at home.






Though the TikToker and her husband might feel terrible about this right now, wondering where the behavior came from, they did the right thing by reacting to the situation as soon as it was discovered.
This was an important lesson for their son, not only about actions having consequences, but about the deeper repercussions of bullying and hurting people.
Greensboro, North Carolina, mother Emily Mango is upset with MAGA Republican Representative Virginia Foxx over a letter the North Carolina legislator sent to her 10-year-old son in response to a school assignment.
Mango shared that her son Christian, who is in the 4th grade, was tasked with a writing exercise. Students were to compose a persuasive essay on a topic of their choosing and send it to a changemaker.
Christian Mango decided to write to Foxx, urging the federal government to consider giving car buyers a rebate for purchasing electric vehicles.
Emily Magon posted a photo of Foxx's reply on Facebook in a now private post.
In her response, Foxx unironically cited articles from right-wing, science-denying news organizations to try to convince the 4th-grader he was ill-informed.
The 11-times elected legislator also chose to criticize the 10-year-old's teacher, writing:
"Please ask your teacher to explain propaganda to you. My guess is that your teachers will not give you a good educational experience and help you learn to think as they are too interested in indoctrinating you."
On Facebook, Christian Mango's mother wrote:
"Reprehensible response. You crossed a line when you attacked a child and attacked teachers. You don’t deserve to be on a Committee for Education when you talk to children like this and think so lowly of teachers."
You can see local news coverage here:
Former Illinois Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger spoke out against Foxx's behavior, calling it a symptom of the MAGA movement.
People were appalled by Foxx's ignorance and arrogance.




Virginia Foxx could have ignored the letter, but a true MAGA never misses an opportunity to insult a teacher and belittle a child. myfox8.com/news/north-c...
[image or embed]
— KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 (@kdnerak33.bsky.social) May 13, 2026 at 9:10 AM






Virginia Foxx Letter To 10-Year-Old Wins This Episode Of 'Are You Nastier Than A Fourth-Grader?'www.wonkette.com/p/virginia-f...By Doktor Zoom @doktorzoom.bsky.social
[image or embed]
— Wonkette (@wonkettemedia.bsky.social) May 14, 2026 at 10:33 AM
*Dear Congresswoman Foxx, I am in receipt of your letter and having given the matter some thought, I've decided that you're very old, you'll be dead soon, and the world will be a better place for it."
[image or embed]
— CavsKermit (@cavskermit.bsky.social) May 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
While some pointed towards Foxx's advanced age as a reason for her lack of knowledge about science and inability to communicate appropriately, others assured that she has been this way for at least the last 33 years.
In 1993, Foxx was voted out as president of Mayland Community College by the school's trustees. She was reinstated because the action violated school by-laws, but then resigned instead of being fired.
Foxx had been accused of conflict of interest by students and school personnel who flooded local papers with letters to the editor denouncing Foxx.
The North Carolina legislator previously made national headlines.
In 2022, Foxx joined 27 other vocal homophobic and transphobic GOP house members in voting against a bill to protect children against child sex abuse, one in a string of Republican actions supporting pedophilia while condemning LGBTQ+ people out of the other side of their mouths.
In 2023, Foxx screeched "No! Shut up, shut up!' at ABC News reporter Rachel Scott during a press event by then Louisiana MAGA Republican and self-avowed Christian nationalist Mike Johnson.
The press briefing was held while the GOP was trying to select a new speaker of the House.
ABC Washington D.C. correspondent Scott attempted to ask Johnson about his many attempts to overturn the 2020 election results, which prompted Foxx's meltdown.
Foxx was also an election denier.
In 2025, Foxx flipped out when Arizona Democratic Representative Yassamin Ansari welcomed her colleagues back from the GOP's "vacation" after House Speaker Johnson kept the House out of session for eight weeks—a tactic Johnson has used repeatedly to avoid issues he doesn't want to face.
Foxx, who has been in office since 2005 due in largd part to gerrymandering, is running for the 12th time in the 2026 midterms.
Her Democratic opponent in November will be Chuck Hubbard.
Hubbard called Foxx out for refusing to hold a town hall in 20 years, being bought by corporate PACs, and attacking her constituents.
Despite being in an industry that many people only dream of, Heroes and Bring It On star Hayden Panettiere hasn't had the best of luck.
With her memoir This Is Me: A Reckoning coming out soon, Panettiere has been opening up about her experiences with discrimination and abuse, this time on the On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast, shedding light on one very popular skincare line.
For 10 years, Panettiere was essentially the face of Neutrogena, to the point that many consumers could not think of one without the other.
While the Ice Princess actor was impressed by the many times the brand stood by her, like when paparazzi wrote unseemly takes about her or when she went through a rebellious phase. But talking about her mental health was, apparently, the breaking point.
Panettiere reflected to Shetty:
"Neutrogena, I was with for 10 years."
"I mean, they have morals clauses, which had a huge impact in my life."
"I was a teenager, and I had all of the paparazzi around me catching all of these gory moments. Like, every moment, every cigarette that I smoked, or bad outfit, or ‘She’s looking chunky in a bathing suit,’ ‘Oh, she has a fat vagina.’"
"I went through all of that. They were there for everything."
But in 2015, when Panettiere appeared on Live! with Kelly and Michael and opened up about her postpartum depression, everything suddenly took a downward turn.
"Neutrogena was a huge part of my life."
"Of all the things that they would fire me over, this was the last thing that I thought they would ever fire me over…"
"Never for a second did I think or care that anyone would have a bad reaction to it. It was my truth."
"I had worked with these people for 10 years, and I remember not hearing a word from anybody."
"Not a, ‘Great working with you for 10 years,' or 'Hope you’re good, wish you well.’ And I remember that really breaking my heart."
It opened Panettiere's eyes to the very real stigmas that exist around postpartum depression.
"Of all the things that I had been caught doing, that being the thing that was where they drew the line, and it was 'immoral,' was shocking to me."
"It made me realize and understand exactly what people thought of women who experience postpartum depression and how misunderstood it is, how much stigma there is around it."
You can watch the segment here:
Viewers were furious on Panettiere's behalf and demanded that Neutrogena do better.
Redditors on the "Fauxmoi" subReddit similarly called out Neutrogena.
"Aaaaand another brand I won't buy." - Grrarrgghh
"Booooooooooooooooooooooooo, Neutrogena, boooooooooo."
"Or should I say, Boooooooooootrogena."
"Zero stars. All the thumbs down. Do not recommend one bit." - Possible-Courage3771
"They literally quiet-quit her by not renewing her contract over this. What a blatant disregard for someone's experience." - BiShyGuyHi
" Funny how 'morality clauses' always boil down to misogyny, homophobia, or racism." - dysautonomic_mess
"And then we wonder why people, regular folks and celebrities, don't talk about mental health openly and suffer in silence before something tragic happens. Disgusting." - Secret-Ad-6253
"I don’t get this kind of decision. Like, imagine the good PR they would get from supporting someone through this."
"They could’ve done a whole campaign to raise awareness and support charities, and would’ve got a whole wave of new customers off the back of it. But now they’re gonna lose ones off this instead." - BookishHobbit
"Good for her for calling them out for it. A brand that relies mostly on female customers dropping a spokeswoman for speaking about a personal struggle that a lot of women encounter? Grim."
"Happy to take women’s money, but not to support them." - Kidgorgeoushere
It would be one thing if Panettiere had gone on live television and talked about something polarizing that could hurt the brand, but she simply responded truthfully to questions about her pregnancy, daughter, and postpartum experience, which happened to include postpartum depression.
Postpartum depression is a part of many women's experiences with pregnancy and childbearing, and can make them feel isolated, alone, and unnatural. Had Neutrogena stood by Panettiere, they could have made a lot more women feel seen and heard.