Bryan Johnson has spent years trying to measure, slow, and ultimately reverse the aging process. His latest announcement makes the blood exchanges, supplement stacks, and punishing daily regimen look almost conventional. “I just cloned myself…as a newborn,” Johnson declared Tuesday. He calls the creation “baby-Bryan.” With it, he says he hopes to test therapies, inject younger cells, develop treatments, and eventually grow organs for transplantation. Johnson even revived his infamous “blood boy” phrase, suggesting the laboratory creation could become his own youthful cellular donor. Here is Johnson’s announcement: The post sounds like the opening scene of a science-fiction thriller. The reality is less cinematic—and far more precise. What Johnson Says His Team Created According to Johnson, the process began with a blood draw. His cells were extracted and exposed to Yamanaka factors, which he says reset their epigenetic age into an embryonic-like, pluripotent state. That description corresponds to induced pluripotent stem cells, commonly shortened to iPSCs. No infant, embryo, fetus, organ, or second Bryan Johnson was created by the procedure he described. By Johnson’s account, scientists took mature cells from an adult and attempted to return those cells to a much earlier developmental state. Johnson did not identify the laboratory, publish test results, provide an assay certificate, or link to an independently reviewed paper. For now, the successful reprogramming remains his claim. The word “clone” is where ordinary English and cell biology part ways. Cells grown from Johnson’s starting material are derived from him and can be multiplied in culture. Copies of those cells do not become a copied human being simply because they share his genetic starting point. What Yamanaka Factors Actually Do The National Institutes of Health explains that scientists can reprogram specialized adult cells into induced pluripotent stem cells. The Nobel Prize background on Shinya Yamanaka’s work describes how a small combination of genes can push mature cells back toward a pluripotent condition. Yamanaka first demonstrated the technique in mouse cells in 2006 and then in human cells the following year. The discovery transformed regenerative-medicine research because it offered a path to pluripotent cells without starting with an embryo. Pluripotent cells can potentially develop into many specialized cell types found in the adult body, including nerve, heart, blood, and pancreatic cells. That flexibility gives researchers a powerful platform for studying disease, screening drugs, and designing cell-replacement therapies. Pluripotency still does not make a cell culture into a person. The reprogramming changes cellular identity; it does not recreate the developmental system, placenta, architecture, and biological conditions required to produce a whole human organism. How The “Newborn Clone” Claim Took Off Johnson chose language guaranteed to get attention. Within minutes, the careful distinction between cloned cells and a cloned person began disappearing from the viral version. Polymarket summarized the announcement this way: The shorthand is irresistible: an anti-aging entrepreneur has a newborn copy of himself living in a petri dish, waiting to provide spare parts. Yet the dish currently holds reprogrammed cells, by Johnson’s account. The organs, transplants, repairs, and youthful injections belong to the plan for what might come later. That distinction does not make the underlying science trivial. The Real Science Has Already Reached Patients A small phase I/II study published in Nature in 2025 followed seven people with Parkinson’s disease who received transplanted dopamine-producing progenitor cells in the brain. The trial offers a real-world glimpse of what carefully controlled iPSC medicine can already attempt. Researchers reported no serious treatment-related adverse events and no tumors during the observation period. Imaging also indicated that transplanted cells survived and produced dopamine, although the study was small, open-label, and designed primarily to examine safety. Some participants showed improvements in motor measures, but seven patients cannot establish a broadly effective treatment. Larger controlled studies must determine whether the apparent benefit is durable, reproducible, and greater than placebo effects or normal variation. Those patients received a specific cell type produced through a demanding manufacturing process. They did not receive a replacement brain, a rejuvenated body, or an organ grown as a genetic copy of themselves. The Enormous Gap Between Cells And Spare Organs A review hosted by the National Library of Medicine describes organoids as valuable models for studying diseases and testing drugs while detailing persistent limitations such as immature cells and incomplete vascular systems. The FDA has also flagged evidence that rapid iPSC replication can contribute to DNA breaks, underscoring the need to monitor genetic stability. A transplant-ready heart, kidney, or liver needs multiple mature cell types arranged in the correct three-dimensional architecture. It also needs blood vessels, nerves, structural support, and the ability to integrate safely with the recipient’s body. Starting with a patient’s own cells may reduce certain immune-matching problems, but it cannot guarantee acceptance or safety. Reprogramming, expansion, differentiation, storage, and transplantation can each introduce complications. Every clinical batch must be checked for unwanted cell types, mutations, incomplete differentiation, contamination, and tumor-forming potential. Those hurdles separate a promising personalized cell line from a dependable supply of replacement human organs. So What Did Bryan Johnson Really Accomplish? If Johnson’s claim is verified, he now has a personalized pluripotent stem cell line derived from his own adult blood. That could become a useful testing platform. Researchers might turn the cells into specific tissues, compare how they respond to compounds, and explore treatments tailored to his biology. The meme oversells the spectacle while underselling the science. Johnson has not produced a newborn version of himself. He says he has produced cells that were biologically reset, and he is betting that regenerative medicine will eventually learn how to turn those cells into repairs for his aging body. That bet is ambitious. Enormous scientific and engineering hurdles still separate it from reality, and Johnson’s vision may never prove possible in the form he imagines. For now, “baby-Bryan” is a provocative name for a culture of reprogrammed cells—and a glimpse at how strange the pursuit of extreme longevity is becoming. The future may indeed be growing in a dish. But it is not a newborn Bryan Johnson. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post Bryan Johnson Says He “Cloned” Himself As A Newborn—The Reality Is Far Different appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

The entertainment industry can seem like an echo chamber of far-left ideas, but there are more than a few big stars who aren’t afraid to go against the grain. One of those individuals, Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain recently spoke out against a fellow musician’s penchant for politicizing his concerts. As Fox News reported: “I used to be a Democrat back in the old days, but I just couldn’t go there anymore, you know?” Cain said in comments from May, resurfaced by Variety. Calling himself a “diehard conservative,” Cain called on his fellow performers to stick with what they’re good at. “Guys like Bruce Springsteen should shut up, you know?” Cain said, adding, “Him and, who’s the other one? Robert De Niro. I mean, who cares, guys? Really? Do your art. I try to keep politics out of my music.” Cain went even further, directly addressing “The Boss” and his iconic 1984 anthem, “Born in the U.S.A.” “And Bruce, I mean, what the heck? I used to like him, and now he’s just annoying. He’s an annoying, bitter old man. I mean, stop it. Really. You were born in the U.S.A., weren’t you, dude? So act like it. But even that song, if you look at the lyrics, I mean, it’s a kind of a diss to our country,” he said. Springsteen has attracted criticism in recent years for his onstage rants against President Donald Trump and supporters of the MAGA movement: LATEST: Bruce Springsteen went on a 6 minute long rant against Donald Trump in Washington DC as he focused on rising the people up against the President after Trump called for MAGA to ignore the ‘prune’ musician. Springsteen says “he’s outraged by Trump’s proposal for a… pic.twitter.com/lizYMLmhcR — Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) May 28, 2026     In case you missed aging lesbian Bruce Springsteen on Stephen Colbert’s show, here he is performing his song about Minneapolis. But first… a political rant about Trump. “We’ve got a president who can’t take a joke.” pic.twitter.com/09DoeS5JY1 — Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) May 21, 2026 Bruce Springsteen went on an anti-Trump rant during a recent DC concert, calling America a “reckless, unpredictable, predatory, untrustworthy, rogue nation.” Just zip it and sing. pic.twitter.com/1A8IPHIEHv — Brandon Tatum (@TheOfficerTatum) May 29, 2026 NEW: Fox News blasts Bruce Springsteen for “going on a wild rant on the first night of his tour, slamming – you guessed it – President Trump.” “Springsteen says the America he wrote about for 50 years is now in the hands of a ‘corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless and… pic.twitter.com/6uMjHAqNET — TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) April 12, 2026 The Daily Beast added these details: “People say, ‘Well, you’re a Christian and you’re conservative,’ and I’m like, ‘So what?’ I don’t preach it on stage. I don’t spend 10 minutes talking about it.”   And later: During the show, Cain also mentioned his new patriotic song “Winds of Freedom,” which the Daily Mail reports is inspired by Eric Metaxas, an evangelical author and personality.  He integrates his political views in the song, adding that other artists like Ted Nugent and Kid Rock had also done so. “We love our flag, and we love our nation, and we grew up that way,” Cain said.  Later in the podcast, he added, “Me and Kid Rock, we’re probably on an island. There’s a few of us, and I proudly stand there with my flag on that island. And if anybody’s got a problem with me, America and Jesus, then bring it.”   Then there was Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger’s take: Mick Jagger Says It’s Not His Job to Lecture Rolling Stones’ Fans on Politics NYT: “Bruce Springsteen clearly sees his job as engaging in a meaningful back and forth.” MICK JAGGER: “My job in the live music world is for those people that come to have the best time … And you… pic.twitter.com/PmNaTgLjs7 — Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) July 11, 2026     What are your thoughts? TAP HERE TO ADD YOUR VOTE This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post Legendary Rock Musician Tells Springsteen To ‘Shut Up,’ Reveals Why He Left Democrat Party appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

The Department of Justice is conducting a criminal investigation into Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL), multiple outlets report. According to MS NOW, the investigation is related to Mills’ “finances, allegations of misconduct and individuals in his orbit.” MS NOW contacted Mills about the alleged investigation, and the Florida Republican said he knows “nothing about it.” SCOOP: The DOJ is investigating Rep. Cory Mills, per sources. It's unclear what the focus is. But source said someone was contacted by FBI last year w/ Qs on Mills' finances & alleged misconduct. Mills: "I know nothing about it." w/ @KDilanianMSNOW https://t.co/7PzcZjeujI — Mychael Schnell (@mychaelschnell) July 21, 2026 MS NOW shared further: In a brief phone call, he reiterated that he didn’t know anything about an investigation, saying, “This is the first I’m hearing about it,” but he maintained that it shouldn’t have anything to do with any potential campaign finance violations because the Federal Election Commission had already dropped an investigation into him on those grounds. “The FEC dismissed all the campaign stuff,” Mills said, guessing that the investigation must be about “all the things stemming from the Ethics investigation.” As Mills alluded to, the DOJ probe is just the latest controversy for Mills. The House Ethics Committee launched an investigation into the congressman in November, with the panel announcing it was expanding the scope of the inquiry to also include potential misuse of office, unreported gifts on official trips overseas, improper favors, and sexual misconduct. Those sexual misconduct allegations included “dating violence” claims that led to a restraining order against Mills granted to an ex-girlfriend. (The restraining order has since lapsed.) Mills was first elected to represent Florida’s 7th Congressional District in 2022 and is running for re-election in November, with his primary race scheduled for Aug. 18. He has denied any wrongdoing on a number of occasions, including at the Capitol in April when asked by MS NOW about the allegations against him. Meanwhile, a Tallahassee judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking to remove Mills from Florida’s August Republican primary ballot. .@CoryMillsFL to stay on GOP primary ballot after Florida judge dismisses lawsuit https://t.co/IdDEzSH5Jb — Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 17, 2026 FOX 35 Orlando has more: The lawsuit, filed by Republican challenger Michael Johnson, argued Mills should be disqualified because his candidate qualifying paperwork was notarized in Washington, D.C., rather than in Florida. The challenge relied on a recently enacted state law that created a process for questioning a candidate’s eligibility to appear on the ballot. Circuit Court Judge J. Lee Marsh ruled the law applies to constitutional qualifications for office, such as age and residency, rather than procedural issues involving candidate qualifying paperwork. As a result, Mills will remain on the ballot for the Aug. primary. Mills represents Florida’s 7th Congressional District, which includes Seminole County and portions of Volusia County. The ruling comes as Mills faces a separate investigation by the U.S. House Ethics Committee into allegations involving campaign finance violations and sexual misconduct. He also is the subject of a temporary restraining order obtained by a former girlfriend, who accused him of threatening to release sexually explicit videos of her. Mills has denied the allegations against him. The post Justice Department Allegedly Investigating House Republican appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice Harmeet Dhillon announced on Tuesday that the Justice Department is investigating New Jersey after Gov. Mikie Sherrill admitted nearly 7,000 noncitizens were registered to vote. Thousands Of Noncitizens In Blue State Registered To Vote Due To “Software Error” – Governor Says "Today, NJ Gov. Sherrill stated that 400 non-citizens voted in elections. This is unacceptable and illegal! The @CivilRights Division @TheJusticeDept is investigating this unlawful dilution of American votes," Dhillon said. Today, NJ Gov. Sherrill stated that 400 non-citizens voted in elections. This is unacceptable and illegal! The @CivilRights Division @TheJusticeDept is investigating this unlawful dilution of American votes. pic.twitter.com/AI8qHjcYxv — AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) July 21, 2026 Fox News shared further: Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill said that a "serious software error in New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle System led to the registration of roughly 6,600 people who indicated that they were not U.S. citizens between June 2023 and June 2024, almost three years prior to my taking office." "These individuals answered 'no' when asked on a keypad whether they were a U.S. citizen when applying for drivers' licenses and identification cards, but through no fault of their own, the system registered them anyway," according to Sherrill. She stressed that while the "error" occurred under the previous administration, headed by Democrat Phil Murphy, she ordered her administration's attorney to look into the matter and remove the illegally-registered voters from the rolls. "Our preliminary analysis shows fewer than 400 individuals who were newly registered for the first time because of the error voted," she said. "They were registered as Democrats, Republicans and Unaffiliated voters and were scattered across the state." "I am appalled by the reckless failures that allowed this to happen and the lack of transparency shown by those in charge at the time," she said, emphasizing for the third time that the improper voting didn't happen on her watch. “As the Trump Administration tries to weaponize elections for political gain, I am ensuring we protect our elections. Let me be clear: Donald Trump has zero credibility on the issue of election integrity. For more than ten years, he has worked to undermine Americans’ faith in our elections by spreading lies about legitimate election results, attempting to overturn a free and fair election, encouraging an attack on our Capitol when he couldn’t accept the will of the voters, and defunding election security at the federal level,” Sherrill said. “The difference is simple: when we find a problem, we don’t hide it, deny it, or invent conspiracies. We investigate it, we fix it, and we tell the public. That’s what accountability and good governance look like, and that’s exactly what my administration is doing,” she continued. Last week I learned that a serious software error in New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle System led to the registration of roughly 6,600 people who indicated that they were not U.S. citizens between June 2023 and June 2024, almost three years prior to my taking office. These individuals… — Governor Mikie Sherrill (@GovSherrillNJ) July 21, 2026 NBC News has more: Sherrill said she found out about the issue Wednesday — two days before Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin alleged in a letter that 35,000 noncitizens were registered to vote in the state. The Department of Homeland Security gave the state two weeks to respond and confirm its “intentions to collaborate with DHS in order to ensure free, fair, and honest elections.” Sherrill said the state has asked for evidence of Mullin’s claim and “heard nothing back.” She added she does not intend to turn personally identifying information over to the federal government because the Trump administration “continues to weaponize it against people.” Mullin responded to a social media post in which Sherrill divulged the error, saying, “Appreciate you responding back to our letter.” “Looking forward to working with you to secure your elections in the future,” he said on X. The post “Unlawful Dilution Of American Votes” – Justice Department Launches Probe Into Blue State appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

Most days, Guy Benson is talking about Washington, elections, and the political fight of the moment. On Monday, the Fox News political analyst put all of that aside to share news from a much smaller—and much more important—corner of his world. The message was only a few lines long. The meaning was enormous. Benson and his husband, Adam Wise, have welcomed a daughter, Madison Halsey, who arrived on July 15. “She’s here, and she’s perfect,” Benson wrote. He said the couple felt blessed and overjoyed, adding that their hearts were “filled to the brim.” A post shared by Guy Benson (@guypbenson) A Joyful First Look TV Insider reported that Benson paired the announcement with a five-photo carousel documenting Madison’s first days with her parents. The collection begins in the hospital, where Benson holds his newborn daughter while looking into the camera. Another photograph shows Wise feeding Madison from a bottle. A later image captures Benson smiling with her, while the final frames bring the family home with a stroller shot and a quiet late-night moment between father and daughter. The response came quickly from inside and outside Benson’s Fox circle, with Nikki Haley, Dana Perino, and SE Cupp among the recognizable names offering congratulations. Other followers cried happy tears, praised the family’s values, and joked that the couple should not expect much sleep for a while. More than 12,000 people liked the post, while others left messages about love, gratitude, sleepless nights, and the sudden way a baby can reorder an entire household. For one day, the comment section under a political commentator’s account looked less like the internet and more like a neighborhood welcoming a family home. The announcement quickly made its way beyond Instagram: Fox News star Guy Benson welcomes baby girl https://t.co/j1j6eYmfQu pic.twitter.com/80jScD79UG — New York Post (@nypost) July 21, 2026 A Family Of Four Madison is Benson and Wise’s second child. In a 2023 interview with Parade, the couple introduced their son, Conrad James Benson-Wise, who arrived via surrogate at 3:42 a.m. on November 25 of that year and weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces. Benson was candid about the shock of becoming a first-time parent. Life suddenly revolved around feedings, crying, diaper changes, and keeping a newborn on schedule, but he described every demanding part of it as a privilege. The couple had discussed children early in their relationship and married in 2019. When Conrad finally arrived, Benson said the familiar claims about a parent’s heart expanding no longer sounded like clichés; he and Wise understood them immediately. Their families were waiting just as eagerly. Benson recalled his mother turning the overnight birth watch into a command center, while friends, neighbors, and Fox colleagues surrounded the new fathers with support once they brought Conrad home. Now Conrad is a big brother, and the Benson-Wise household has entered the two-child chapter: more bottles, more broken sleep, more logistics—and twice the little voices and footsteps that eventually fill a home. Benson has generally kept his children’s privacy in view even while sharing selected family milestones. The photographs in Madison’s announcement feel personal without turning the moment into a spectacle. The Voice Millions Know Benson’s official Fox News biography identifies him as a political analyst for the network and the host of Fox News Radio’s weekday The Guy Benson Show. He joined Fox as a contributor in 2013 and has since provided commentary across both daytime and primetime programming. His work has placed him on the air for major political events and made him a familiar substitute and guest across the network. Before that, he served as political editor at Townhall and built a reputation as a sharp conservative voice with a willingness to debate. Benson is also a co-author of End of Discussion, a former fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, and a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Those credentials explain why viewers know his face. They do not explain why this announcement traveled so far. People responded because behind the studio lights and political arguments was something instantly recognizable: two parents looking at a new child and realizing their lives had changed again. The news cycle will move on, as it always does. Madison’s family will be busy with the work that does not make a chyron—midnight feedings, tiny laundry, pediatrician visits, and the slow discovery of a brand-new personality. That is the real major announcement. Congratulations to Guy Benson, Adam Wise, big brother Conrad, and their newest blessing, Madison. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post Fox News Star Guy Benson Makes Heartwarming Personal Announcement: “Our Hearts Are Filled To The Brim” appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.