AOC should be sued ‘into bankruptcy’ over latest attack on Trump: critics
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is being accused of defaming President Donald Trump by calling him a “rapist” on social media amid controversy over the Department of Justice’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.
The far-left Democrat, who has traded barbs with Trump repeatedly across both of their political careers, weighed in on the current controversy surrounding disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in his New York City jail cell in 2019 after facing federal charges related to child sex trafficking.
“Wow who would have thought that electing a rapist would have complicated the release of the Epstein Files?” Ocasio-Cortez posted to X on Friday. She appeared to be referencing the 2023 civil trial leveled against Trump by writer E. Jean Carroll. A jury found Trump liable of sexual assault, but not of rape, which critics of Ocasio-Cortez repeatedly cited in their condemnation of her use of the word “rapist.”
The comments came after the Trump Department of Justice said there is no list of Epstein clients. But Trump supporters and legal experts alike warned AOC to lawyer up after dropping the “R” bomb.
“The President should sue AOC into bankruptcy. I realize she’s trying to raise her profile but this is way way too far,” legal analyst Phil Holloway posted to X on Saturday in response to a message from Ocasio-Cortez.
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“Even under the ridiculously lenient standards of NY Times v. Sullivan, you’ve managed to incur defamation liability Wow,” Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee posted to X in response.
“Why didn’t you guys release the Epstein files over the last 4 years? Maybe you were too busy covering for Joe Biden… or, could it have something to do with another former Democrat President?” Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin posted in response to Ocasio-Cortez.
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“Well we have grounds for a huge defamation suit here you idiot because Donald Trump has never been indicted for rape much less convicted,” host of YourVoice America Bill Mitchell posted to X.
“You realize your X account doesn’t carry the same protections to defame people that you enjoy during congressional proceedings?” another X account posted.
Other critics of the lawmaker’s message said the use of the word “rapist” comes on the heels of ABC paying Trump $15 million, which will go toward funding his presidential library, over George Stephanopoulos’ claim in March of last year that Trump was found civilly liable of rape in the E. Jean Carroll case. Trump has repeatedly denied even knowing Carroll, claiming she made false allegations that he raped her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s in an effort to sell books decades later.
“Donald Trump has not been criminally convicted of being a rapist. This is defamatory. And I hope you are sued by Trump for this the same way George Stephanopoulos was sued and forced to pay Trump $15 million dollars. I hope you have millions ready for Trump, Porky. @AOC,” Trump ally Laura Loomer posted in response to Ocasio-Cortez.
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“This is gonna be fun. AOC is so dumb she just called Trump a rapist – after ABC was forced to fork over $16 million in a settlement with Trump after George Stephanopoulos called him a rapist,” Townhall contributor Rachel Alexander posted to X.
In March 2024, Stephanopoulos asserted in a tense interview with Republican Rep. Nancy Mace that Trump was found “liable for rape” in a civil case. Stephanopoulos showed a clip of Mace discussing being a victim of rape before he asked her, “How do you square your endorsement of Donald Trump with the testimony we just saw?”
“You’ve endorsed Donald Trump for president. Judges and two separate juries have found him liable for rape and for defaming the victim of that rape,” Stephanopoulos said, alluding to the legal victory by Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll.
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Stephanopoulos repeated the claim on rape 10 times during the interview, Fox Digital previously reported, before Trump filed a defamation suit. ABC News and Stephanopoulos reached a settlement agreement with Trump’s legal team ahead of his second inauguration, paying $15 million and announcing the network and anchor “regret” the comments made on air.
“Editor’s Note: ABC News and George Stephanopoulos regret statements regarding President Donald J. Trump made during an interview by George Stephanopoulos with Rep. Nancy Mace on ABC’s This Week on March 10, 2024,” an editor’s note in an article focused on the interview states.
Other social media commenters defended Ocasio-Cortez‘s use of the word “rapist,” arguing she did not use Trump’s name in her post and that a defamation case was unlikely.
Fox News Digital reached out to Ocasio-Cortez’s office on Sunday for additional comment on the matter, but did not immediately receive a reply.
“AOC likes to play pretend like she’s from the block, but in reality she’s just a sad, miserable blockhead who is trying to over-compensate for her lack of self-confidence that has followed her for her entire life,” White House communication director Steven Cheung said in comment provided to Fox News Digital on Sunday.
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“Instead, she should get some serious help for her obvious and severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has rotted her pea-sized brain,” he added.
ICE deports 122 Chinese nationals as expert sounds alarm on CCP border ‘tactics’
One border security expert said the massive number of Chinese illegal immigrants who crossed the United States border during the Biden administration poses a “national security concern.”
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported 122 illegal immigrants to China June 3, many of whom were convicted of murder, drug trafficking, rape and human smuggling. Officials said the individuals were taken to China on a “special high risk charter flight.”
The Department of Justice on Tuesday charged seven Chinese nationals after they allegedly operated a multimillion- dollar marijuana trafficking ring. According to the Justice Department, the suspects smuggled illegal immigrants through the U.S.-Mexico border to work in marijuana grow houses.
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“This case pulls back the curtain on a sprawling criminal enterprise that exploited our immigration system and our communities for personal gain,” said U.S. Attorney Leah Foley.
“These defendants allegedly turned quiet homes across the Northeast into hubs for a criminal enterprise, building a multimillion-dollar black market operation off the backs of an illegal workforce and using our neighborhoods as cover. That ends today.”
In fiscal year 2024 alone, according to the House Committee on Homeland Security, over 24,376 Chinese nationals were encountered and 24,214 were apprehended. In March 2024 alone, border encounters of Chinese nationals increased over 8,000% when compared to March 2021. The report was released in April 2024.
Lora Ries, director of the Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center and former Department of Homeland Security acting deputy chief of staff, told Fox News Digital in an interview that the sharp increase in Chinese nationals crossing the southern border is “absolutely” a national security concern.
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The numbers rose rapidly during the Biden administration. I mean, pre-Biden, Customs and Border Protection would see about 1,000 Chinese nationals a month nationwide, whether that was at the ports of entry or between ports of entry. And, during Biden’s four years, that rose rapidly to 2,000, up to 7,000 a month. It even hit over 8,000 one month in December of 2023. And most of these were between the ports of entry,” Ries said.
Ries fears the Chinese Communist Party was using the southern border as a “tactic” against the U.S. during former President Biden’s administration.
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“Given the many tactics that the Chinese Communist Party uses against the U.S. — whether that is sending fentanyl precursor ingredients to Mexico to be smuggled into the U.S., killing hundreds of thousands of Americans, COVID-19 from Wuhan, spy balloons, buying farmland near military bases — we have to assume that the CCP took advantage of the open border during Biden’s years and sent many Chinese nationals with mal-intent,” Ries said.
Red states welcoming blue city cops in droves as union leader slams far-left leadership
Law enforcement officers in areas primarily run by Democrats continue to flock to red states for job security, better pay and bosses who will back them up, according to one police leader.
Joe Gamaldi is the national vice president of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP). He is an active lieutenant with the Houston Police Department, and he said police in blue cities are tired of facing hostility from local leaders.
“What we’ve seen is really a mass exodus of police officers leaving far-left cities for basically greener pastures,” he told Fox News Digital.
“Because, ultimately, people want to feel appreciated for what they do, and when you have a boss — in this case, mayors or city councils, who regularly call you a piece of crap to the public — why would anyone stay?”
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Florida is one example of a Republican-led state that has benefited from the mass departures.
According to a 2024 statement from former Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, the state welcomed 5,000 law enforcement recruits between 2022 and last year, and 1,200 of them came from out of state.
“Florida is the most pro-law enforcement state in the nation because we back our blue,” Moody said at the time. “We’ve been spreading the word about all the great incentives to join our ranks, and individuals like the new Sarasota recruits have answered the call, leaving behind places where their service was not as appreciated as it is here.”
She said she was “as inspired as ever to continue doing all we can to show our support to those who bravely protect and serve” after seeing the influx of police officers into the state.
Gamaldi said officers are also moving to cities that may lean blue but are in red states and still have the support of elected leadership and the community, adding officers are “voting with their feet.”
“We’re also seeing it [in] Texas in Houston, which is a city that leans a little blue, but they have been supportive of police officers,” he said. “The mayor there has given a massive raise to police officers. You’re seeing officers go there. You’re seeing officers go to Dallas. So, you’re seeing all these communities, and there’s one common thread. It’s ‘We support police officers.'”
Gamaldi emphasized that the trend began after the 2020 defund the police movement and said, in many cities, law enforcement officers are afraid to do their jobs in “critical incident” situations, even when they do them by the book.
“I think you can look no further than Seattle, Portland, Chicago [and] New York,” he said. “All of these cities have basically told their police officers, ‘We don’t support you. We’re not gonna be there for you when you need us. We’re gonna try to defund you when given the opportunity.’
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“I mean, my goodness, right now, one of the mayoral candidates for New York has actively said he wants to defund and dismantle the police department,” Gamaldi said, referring to socialist Zohran Mamdani, who has been open with his anti-police rhetoric.
Blue cities, Gamaldi said, are worse off for driving out their police forces.
“Look at the mass exodus of experience in solving cases and experience of just mentoring the next generation of police officers,” he said. “I mean, the damage that was done in 2020 with the defund the police movement, rhat’s going to reverberate for decades. You don’t just recover from something like that when you have all of that experience walking out the door.”
He also pointed to better pay and other financial perks, like cities covering moving expenses, as reasons law enforcement officers are moving away from far-left areas.
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Ultimately, he posed a question to those who patrol the streets where they are unappreciated, saying, “Why not leave?”
“To anyone watching this right now,” Gamaldi said, “if your boss was constantly telling you [that] you’re doing a horrible job, and, in addition, if you were following the exact policies, training and the law of your job, and yet they are still demonizing you, still throwing you under the bus, still trying to indict you, why the hell would you stay?”
Multiple churchgoers gunned down after suspect shoots state trooper in wild rampage
A suspect went on a shooting rampage in Kentucky on Sunday, injuring a state trooper before moving to a church and shooting four people, leaving two dead.
Lexington Police Department Chief Lawrence Weathers said the spree started just before noon when a state trooper pulled the suspect over for a license plate reader alert. The suspect opened fire, injuring the trooper. It happened on Terminal Drive just outside Blue Grass Airport, but was unrelated to the airport.
“There were some people en route to the airport, and they got out and assisted the trooper,” Weathers said. “I appreciate them for getting out and doing what they did.”
The trooper was in stable condition and receiving medical treatment, police said.
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After shooting the trooper, the suspect took off and carjacked a vehicle, Weathers said. No one was hurt in the carjacking.
Police then utilized the department’s Air Support Unit and Real-Time Intelligence Center to track the suspect to Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington.
The gunman opened fire on church property, killing two women and wounding two men. The two women fatally shot were identified by authorities as Beverly Gumm, 72, and Christina Combs, 32. One man was said to be in critical condition, while the other was in stable condition.
Weathers said police believe the suspect may have had a connection to the church, but the investigation is still ongoing.
“The suspect was shot by responding law enforcement and was pronounced deceased at the scene,” Weathers added. “Three Lexington police officers fired their service weapons in accordance with the Lexington Police Department’s policies.”
The officers will be placed on administrative assignment pending the outcome of the investigation.
On X, Senator Rand Paul wrote that he was “saddened to hear about the tragic shootings.”
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“Kelley and I are praying for all the victims, the injured trooper, and their families,” Paul’s post read. “We are grateful for the brave first responders. Violence like this has no place.”
Governor Andy Beshear made a post about the shooting on X, asking everyone to pray for the victims.
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“Please pray for everyone affected by these senseless acts of violence, and let’s give thanks for the swift response by the Lexington Police Department and Kentucky State Police,” the governor wrote.
Backstreet Boys star takes action against Florida sheriff over Gulf of America home
Backstreet Boys singer Brian Littrell has filed a lawsuit against a Florida county, accusing the sheriff’s department of refusing to keep trespassers off of his private beach.
Littrell said that to protect the “peaceful enjoyment” of his property in Walton County, Florida, on the Gulf Coast, his limited liability company, BLB Beach Hut LLC, has put up “no trespassing” signs as well as tables, chairs and umbrellas showing where the property line starts on the beach, according to the lawsuit obtained by Fox News Digital and filed in a Florida court recently.
He wrote that the efforts have been “in vain, as numerous trespassers have set out to antagonize, bully and harass the Littrell family by regularly, every day, trespassing on BLB’s beach, on the Subject Property, in open defiance of the law.”
The lawsuit seeks a writ of mandamus to require the sheriff’s department to keep the alleged trespassers off of his beach.
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Littrell wrote in the lawsuit that he has been forced to hire security to protect his land and family, and filled out a Walton County Trespass Authorization Form, authorizing the sheriff’s department to warn and prosecute trespassers on his property.
“Despite BLB’s numerous requests and the execution of the required forms, the sheriff has refused to come to the Subject Property to enforce the law and remove the trespassers, to charge the trespassers, or to take any action, at all, thereby refusing to do their duty,” the lawsuit claims.
The lawsuit says that on May 4, a sheriff’s deputy spoke to an alleged trespasser on Littrell’s property, but didn’t remove the trespasser or cite them, merely saying that the alleged trespasser “‘doesn’t agree with private beaches,’ going on to characterize BLB’s insistence that it’s constitutional rights be upheld as ‘lunacy,’ to use one of the words used by a deputy of the Sheriff’s Department.”
The lawsuit also claims that on June 5, an alleged trespasser grabbed legal documents related to the dispute out of the property manager’s hand “and scattered the papers into the wind across the beach.”
Littrel said BLB also contacted the sheriff’s department twice that day regarding the “aggressor,” but the department “refused to send any officer.”
“When BLB personnel contacted the Sheriff for the third time to request an officer again, the 911 operator simply hung up on BLB personnel rather than dispatching the officer that was requested more than an hour prior,” the lawsuit states.
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He claimed that the sheriff’s department is now “openly defying BLB’s requests for assistance to protect its constitutionally protected property rights,” claiming that deputies were overheard on two separate occasions saying that the sheriff was “proud of not issuing any citations for trespassing on the property.”
“Vitriol” against BLB “has recently escalated,” the lawsuit says, claiming that a trespasser damaged a table on his property “after being warned by a BLB employee.”
Littrell claimed that a deputy had come to the property, but hadn’t taken any action against the alleged trespasser, and “body camera footage shows multiple instances of disrespect against BLB’s agents by the responding officer.”
“We bought a home here on this private beach on the Gulf of America in order to be able to vacation in quiet, to be able to enjoy our time without any attention or drama.”
Claiming the sheriff’s department continues to “shirk its duty,” the lawsuit added, “These are unprecedented times, if the Sheriff continues to refuse to protect and uphold the rights of BLB and other community members, private property and other rights held by Florida citizens will only exist on paper.”
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The Walton County Sheriff’s Office told Fox News Digital the department doesn’t “comment on pending litigation,” adding it “prides itself on handling every situation, call for service, or interaction with professionalism using a customer service approach. This has always been our philosophy and will continue to be moving forward.”
Littrell told Fox News Digital in a statement: “We bought a home here on this private beach on the Gulf of America in order to be able to vacation in quiet, to be able to enjoy our time without any attention or drama. Unfortunately, we had no idea that there was already a battle which had been happening for years.”
He said that since buying the home, “we have been targeted by people that don’t normally frequent this beach or live in the area. These people, the ones who insist on trespassing in what is actually our backyard, who started this fight have to pass several scarcely populated public beach areas to get to our property.”
Littrell claimed that the alleged trespassers are “people who believe that anyone who has succeeded and managed to live the American Dream must be bad people. They want it so no one owns anything, and everyone is happy, except it never works out that way.”
He added, “The really scary thing is we have provided to law enforcement all the things they asked of all the private beach homeowners to enforce the law and they will not bother to do their duty to protect the homeowners. They will not do the job they were hired to do when hired and sworn in under oath to … protect the citizens and enforce the law.”‘
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He claimed the sheriff’s department has “come against us and will not do their jobs. They allow people to harass and stalk us and the security people,” they hired, adding, “They are MAD that we bought a home on a private beach.”
NFL stars’ father sparks frenzy for resurfaced racially charged remarks on ‘breeding’
The father of NFL players Amon-Ra St. Brown and Equanimeous St. Brown drew backlash on Sunday as a resurfaced clip about his take on developing athletes went viral.
John Brown, a former bodybuilder, appeared on his sons’ podcast last year and talked about his response when people ask him about how he was able to get his sons into the NFL and another one to play top-tier collegiate football.
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“What’s the question they ask you the most about how you got three kids to go D1 and two in the NFL,” Amon-Ra St. Brown asked his father on the “St. Brown Podcast.”
Brown responded that he believed in “breeding.”
“Look at you – good athlete, good athlete,” he said of his sons. “I’m Black, his mom is White. Now, I’ve done stepped on it once, you can’t keep stepping on it because you’re gonna mess it up. You’re going to weaken it. … Can’t keep cutting it.
“You and Brooklyn’s (Amon-Ra’s fiancée) half and half, you have a chance. … You can’t keep cutting it. You got to be careful. You can’t keep cutting it. You got to think about that. You know what I mean? If I’m Black, I got the Black gold running through my veins, I’m excited. I’m just going to find the right person to mate with. If I’m White, I’m saying, ‘Let me get one of these brothers around here,’ if you want to have athletes.
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“If you don’t want to have athletes, then just go ahead and spread your seed wherever. … I knew I could cut it once. … I got Black gold in me and mama got that big chin and big toes. I said, ‘Look, ain’t nothing wrong with a big toe’d woman.’ You got to think of this stuff. Some guys don’t think of it ‘til later.”
While the remarks are about 11 months old, they still generated conversation online. Former Notre Dame quarterback Malik Zaire and Houston Texans linebacker E.J. Speed were among those who reacted.
Amon-Ra and Equanimeous’ mom is Miriam Brown, who is originally from Germany. Their brother, Osiris, played college football at Stanford.
Amon-Ra St. Brown was an All-Pro wide receiver last year for the second straight time as a member of the Detroit Lions. He had 115 catches for 1,263 yards and 12 touchdowns.
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Equanimeous St. Brown was with the New Orleans Saints last season. He only played two games.
Vance shoots back at Newsom’s jab over immigration policy after Disneyland vacation
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Vice President JD Vance traded barbs this weekend over the Trump administration’s mass deportation policies after the vice president’s vacation to Disneyland in the Golden State.
Vance was spending time at the California amusement park with his wife Usha and their two children before Newsom, a Democrat, posted on social media that some migrant families cannot spend the same quality time together because of the administration’s efforts to detain and remove migrants in the U.S.
“Hope you enjoy your family time, @JDVance. The families you’re tearing apart certainly won’t,” Newsom wrote on X.
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The vice president responded by thanking Newsom for the well-wishes without addressing the governor’s comment about families being separated.
“Had a great time, thanks,” Vance wrote back.
Demonstrators gathered in Anaheim to protest Vance and the administration’s immigration agenda.
Vance’s visit came shortly after ICE raids on two farms in California, during which federal agents detained a few hundred suspected illegal immigrants, sparking protests against the immigration enforcement operation. One person was killed in the raids and others were critically injured.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott said 10 illegal migrant minors – including eight unaccompanied – were discovered at a farm in Camarillo and that it was under investigation for child labor violations.
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The operation at the farms came after weeks of anti-ICE protests in Southern California over raids targeting migrant workers at local businesses. In response to those protests that began last month, the administration deployed National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles, despite opposition from Newsom.
Mental health experts reveal why some people can’t help being late to everything
Chronic lateness can be frustrating for those left waiting, and is often attributed to laziness and carelessness.
But experts say a health issue called time blindness could be to blame for perpetual tardiness.
Often misunderstood as an inability to perceive time, the condition disrupts a person’s ability to estimate how long it will take to complete tasks, affecting everything from daily routines to long-term productivity.
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In daily life, time blindness can manifest as missed deadlines, difficulty transitioning between tasks or underestimating how long a task will take, resulting in stress and frustration, according to experts.
Socially, it may be interpreted as disrespectful or careless behavior toward others, potentially damaging relationships.
“The cardinal feature of time blindness is an inability to estimate a time interval,” Dr. Mauran Sivananthan, a psychiatrist with Henry Ford Health in Detroit, Michigan, told Fox News Digital.
This can negatively affect a person’s ability to use time as a guide to plan the day.
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Laurie Singer, a board-certified behavior analyst at Laurie Singer Behavioral Services in California, reiterated that those with time agnosia — another name for the condition — are unable to properly process the passing of time.
“They typically struggle with knowing how much time has passed or how much time is remaining during a task,” she told Fox News Digital.
“When something needs to be done, it is better to do it right away.”
For instance, someone may miscalculate how long it takes to get ready in the morning, rushing out the door and arriving late.
Others may get absorbed in an activity (a symptom known as hyperfocus), losing track of time completely, the expert noted.
Causes of time blindness
Time blindness is considered an “executive function issue,” Sivananthan said.
Executive function refers to skills like working memory, cognitive flexibility and inhibition control.
These skills are essential for everyday tasks like making plans, solving problems and adapting to new situations, according to Cleveland Clinic.
Time blindness is most commonly linked to ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).
“Various parts of the brain are affected by ADHD, including the prefrontal cortex and cerebellum,” Sivananthan said. “There have been many studies looking at the role of the cerebellum in time processing.”
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The condition can also appear in individuals with autism, OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder), traumatic brain injuries, depression, anxiety, and even conditions like Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis, experts say.
Time blindness is not listed in The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), which is the accepted reference book for mental health and brain-related conditions, Singer noted.
While there is no formal diagnosis for the condition, the inability to perceive and manage time is included in the DSM-5 criterion for ADHD.
How to handle time blindness
Treating time blindness often involves a multi-layered approach, starting with minimizing delays, according to Sivanathan.
“When something needs to be done, it is better to do it right away,” he told Fox News Digital.
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It can also be helpful to use external devices to keep track of how much time is spent on an activity.
Sivanathan often recommends that his patients set timers before getting in the shower or starting a project, for example.
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Singer added, “When provided with some of the tools to alleviate symptoms, such as starting each day in the exact same way to create a rhythm, I’ve seen patients approach it with exceptional diligence.”
The experts agree that habitual behavior can bring the benefits of “structure, predictability, reduced decision fatigue, increased productivity and improved time management.”
Sivananthan recommends breaking large tasks into smaller, more manageable chunks and creating consistent routines that “train the brain” and reduce cognitive load.
While time blindness may not disappear entirely, it can be significantly reduced through the use of consistent routines, visual aids and regular therapy, according to experts.
The dangerous payment trend turning $20 pizzas into financial nightmares
The buy now, pay later revolution that has taken America’s economy by storm could soon catalyze a credit “catastrophe,” according to one expert.
“My concern is that the carelessness, the lack of education is really going to cause a lot of harm to people unnecessarily,” credit restoration expert and influencer known as @fitcreditdoctor Micah Smith told Fox News Digital.
“Having this hit your credit report in a positive way, well, that’s great,” she noted, “but if it hits in a negative way, that is where we are going to see some pretty large catastrophe.”
In June, major credit reporting firm FICO announced that it will begin incorporating “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) loan data into its credit scoring models, specifically with the introduction of FICO Score 10 BNPL and FICO Score 10 T BNPL.
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For consumers, this means credit scores will now be impacted by their BNPL habits. Payments did not always show up on credit scores, so missing one did not impact credit worthiness. However, it didn’t help build credit either.
Though it’s set to go into effect in the fall of 2025, Smith urges extreme caution for current users of the loan payment method.
“Your payment history is the largest factor when calculating your credit scores. And so if all of these BNPL loans people are opening, if they’re not paying them on time, this is where we’re really gonna see a dramatic decrease in credit scores,” she explained.
A new report from LendingTree found that more than four in 10 BNPL users have late payments with services like Afterpay, Klarna, Affirm, Uplift and others, up 34% from the previous year. Twenty-five percent of BNPL users also use the loan for everyday goods like groceries, up from 14% one year ago.
Even DoorDash and Uber Eats have teamed up with BNPL companies on food delivery orders.
“You have to ask yourself this question: I’m financing food delivery. Does this make sense?” Smith posed. “I want people to understand that the borrower is slave to the lender… financial security comes from having good money habits, and financing food delivery… that is not a good money habit. And so I want people to know, listen, if you can’t afford it, I would implore of you to please not finance it. Find another way, find another method, find another solution, because it’s going to end up keeping you a slave to your debt.”
“And if there’s interest attached to it, my goodness gracious, do not get me started on interest,” she added. “What a nightmare. Your $20 pizza ends up costing you $100. That’s insane.”
Though this could fuel financial “destruction” for individuals, Smith argued that BNPL data is important information to consider from a banking perspective.
“Banks are always trying to mitigate their risk, right? They’re divvying out funds or divvying out money, they’re giving out loans, and they wanna mitigate their risk and they want to assess a borrower’s worthiness,” the expert said.
“So your credit score, essentially, is telling the world: How likely are you to default on something” What is your risk factor?” Smith continued. “So I think it’s actually good to have these things included into the credit score, and I think it could potentially help more people establish credit if they use it the right way.”
A concerning survey from PartnerCentric found that 45% of BNPL users wouldn’t change their behavior if the loans started impacting their credit score. Smith believes that consumers will only change due to inspiration or desperation.
“Unless people really understand the magnitude of damage that it is doing or not doing, there’s really going to be no incentive to change the behavior,” she argued.
“Just be aware that if life happens, and you end up defaulting on this, it’s a cyclical effect and it will have a compound negative effect on you,” Smith expanded. “If someone is living paycheck to paycheck, we would tell them, this is probably not the best option… life happens to all of us… And that’s what I fear with the buy now, pay later, even with the more savvy people, even with people who are buying things with good intent, with good jobs. Life happens, and it happens to the best of us.”
If you are going to use BNPL services, Smith advises doing your research, reading the fine print or seeking help from a financial advisor.
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“I want people to be aware that this is gonna hit your credit report, and you need to make sure that you set it and forget it. Put everything on autopay. I always say, my mentor says, ‘An ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure,’” she said.
“And a lot of people just think, ‘Oh, it’s a missed payment. How bad could it be?’ I’m like, how bad it could be is [that] it stays on your report for seven years.”
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