Motherhood begins the second that test comes back positive. And so does motherhood anxiety. It’s wild how two little lines on a thin strip of paper are powerful enough to instantly catapult a woman into a realm of new questions, uncertainties, hopes, and fears — a beautiful and grueling realm from which she will never completely return.

As much as birth is a rite of passage, so is the angst that awakens the moment a woman discovers there is precious life growing inside her and lasts as long as her heart continues to beat.

Many mothers feel more lost than ever.

But as much as motherhood is one of the most trodden paths in human existence, as much as a “mother’s intuition” is a very real and powerful thing, mothers need guidance.

This is perhaps most true at the dawn of their journey — from pregnancy through birth and into that first postpartum year.

For most of human history, women learned about pregnancy, birth, and caring for newborns from other women in their village. It was beautiful for its simplicity, yet often treacherous due to limited medical knowledge. Today, the terrain is far safer — death in childbirth is rare thanks to modern medical interventions — yet many mothers feel more lost than ever.

We still seek anecdotal wisdom from other women, but we’re drinking through a fire hose because most of that information (much of which may be wrong) comes from Instagram, TikTok, and the dumpster fire of opinions that is Reddit. Add to that the often conflicting advice we receive from our ob-gyns, doulas, and midwives, and the result is many women feeling paralyzed, unable to advocate for themselves, and immensely underprepared for the journey that awaits them.

Hope for the modern mother

Thankfully, hope has come, and its name is “I Am Motherhood.”

Bella McIntire is the creator of this all-encompassing resource for mothers in the stages of all three trimesters, labor and delivery, and the postpartum period.

“I Am Motherhood” is a free downloadable app that not only guides mothers through an ocean of information but equips them with the practical tools they need for a successful journey through pregnancy, birth, and the subsequent year.

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A nurse and mother’s mission

As a labor and delivery and postpartum nurse and the mother of two young children, Bella is a wealth of knowledge and experience. “I Am Motherhood” is her endeavor to share the resources she has spent years accumulating with a generation of women who feel they are blindly navigating the early stages of the most important role they will ever inhabit.

After years of advising friends and watching patients enter the birth process confused and underprepared, Bella decided to meet this growing need herself.

“What really was the impetus for ‘I Am Motherhood’ was I decided to quit my job after my daughter was born in 2024, and as soon as I quit, I realized how much I missed it, and so I started just jotting down all the advice I had given friends and patients,” she told me.

What began as a humble Google document developed into six — yes, six! — books, all of which are available for purchase and download on the “I Am Motherhood” app. Each book covers a different part of the motherhood journey: the first trimester, second trimester, third trimester, labor and delivery, the first month of postpartum, and the remaining 11 months of the postpartum year. These books are for anyone who wants a deeper dive into the various stages of early motherhood.

The app, however, provides quick tips and information on a wide range of topics, including, but by no means limited to: nutrition, exercises, choosing a provider, planning for birth, symptom management, navigating doctors’ appointments, after-birth care for mom and baby, miscarriage loss, breastfeeding, postpartum depression, birth trauma, etc. Whatever the topic, Bella offers encouraging, practical advice informed by both her professional training and her experience as a mother.

Bridging medical care and holistic wisdom

While many women wrestle with the tension between modern medical guidance, the resurgence of holistic birth practices, and their own God-given intuition, Bella believes these three can work together in harmony.

“I am a mom who’s more on the holistic side and a nurse who deeply appreciates medical interventions, and that’s the philosophy that undergirds my books and the ‘I Am Motherhood app,’” she said. “I’m not telling you to have a free birth in your back yard, but I’m also not telling you to get every medical intervention available.”

The books and the app, she explained, are really a presentation of options informed by evidence-based research and her own varied experiences that empowers readers to “choose their own adventure.”

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But guidance and knowledge are just the beginning. “I Am Motherhood” also includes multiple tools soon-to-be and new mothers need.

All your tools in one place

Talk to any woman who has been through it, and she will tell you how overwhelming the tracking process is. Leading up to birth, there is the due date calculator, the baby development tracker, the kick counter, and the contraction timer. After birth, mothers — bleeding and exhausted — then must immediately shift to meticulously tracking their baby’s feeding, sleep, and diapers.

Because each of these tracking tools is usually its own separate system, it is not uncommon for women to lose important information amid the chaos. I keenly recall scribbling down feeding times on a napkin at the hospital after the birth of my son. It was thrown away by cleaning staff while I was sleeping, and when the nurse later came to collect my information, I had nothing to tell her. Here I was a mother for all of six hours, and I was already failing.

The “I Am Motherhood” app, however, solves this problem by combining all these tools into one convenient place. Using the Baby Development Tracker, a pregnant mother can read all about her baby’s growth during each week of pregnancy; then she can click over to the Symptom Guide and get advice on how to manage her exact symptoms for the specific trimester she is in.

As birth nears, she can count her baby’s kicks and time her contractions. After her child is born, the feeding, sleep, and diaper trackers help her stay organized and calm. For the modern mother, “I Am Motherhood’s” tool feature is the remedy for the overwhelming chaos of trying to track it all on her own.

Knowledge is power

In an era defined by social media debates, widely circulating misinformation, and the heightening tension between modern and holistic medicine, so many women’s journeys into motherhood are defined by self-doubt, paralysis, and poor decisions.

This was me. Overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information out there and unsure of how to even begin navigating through it, I was the girl who showed up at the hospital with nothing more than an overnight bag and a timid countenance. No birth plan, no technical knowledge, no ability to advocate for myself — just a prayer that it would all work out one way or the other.

And it did, but not without serious complications. As I was exploring the “I Am Motherhood” app, all I could think was, man, how different things would have been for me if I had had this!

“Knowledge is power,” Bella said. “And this app is about empowering women with information that allows them to be active participants in their journeys into motherhood. It’s about teaching women how to personalize their experiences so that they can be present instead of anxious.”

In a world flooded with noise, conflicting advice, and self-doubt, “I Am Motherhood” offers something truly valuable: clear, compassionate guidance that honors both medical wisdom and a mother’s intuition. Whether you’re newly pregnant or deep in the trenches of postpartum life, this app serves as a steady companion, helping you move from overwhelmed to empowered.

Disclaimer: The “I Am Motherhood” app is designed to educate and support, but it is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult your health care provider for personalized medical guidance. Bella McIntire is the wife of BlazeTV’s “Steve Deace Show” producer Aaron McIntire.

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As New Yorkers head to the polls Tuesday, incumbent Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat is fighting to retain his party’s nomination against a Mamdani-backed challenger.

The 71-year-old was first elected to Congress in the 2016 election, representing a district that encompasses northern Manhattan and a section of the west Bronx.

‘I forget to get napkins. So I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me.’

“I’m the first undocumented, formerly undocumented member of Congress. I’m the first Dominican American member of Congress in a city that has a million Dominican Americans,” Espaillat said.

Despite his membership in the Congressional Progressive Caucus and classification as one of the most liberal House members, he doesn’t seem to have been adequately radical enough for Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his fellow democratic socialists.

Darializa Avila Chevalier, a community organizer and the daughter of Dominican immigrants, is challenging Espaillat for the seat.

Avila Chevalier is positioning herself as a further-left alternative to Espaillat, claiming on her website that she has received endorsements from Mamdani, the New York City Democratic Socialists of America, and former House “Squad” member Jamaal Bowman.

Espaillat, by contrast, has the support of establishment New York Democrats such as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Gov. Kathy Hochul.

“I am someone who has been organizing for over 14 years in our community, and I have to ask: Have things gotten better in our community under our current leadership?” Avila Chevalier said last week in a primary debate.

In a recent interview, the 32-year-old stood by her belief that “all deportations are wrong,” even for those convicted of violating American criminal law, calling it “double jeopardy.”

Avila Chevalier is also behind a plethora of tweets from a since-deleted X account that featured statements such as: “It means ending policing full stop. Period. No more police at all ever,” “I forget to get napkins. So I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me,” and one calling the Democratic National Committee a “big fraudulent white nasty status quo bitch.”

“I have grown considerably since in the years since these tweets, and I am focused on our community and our community’s future,” she said about the deleted social media account.

Avila Chevalier has narrowed the polls leading up to the election. According to the New York Times, recent polling shows Avila Chevalier with a lead as high as four points and Espaillat with a lead as high as eight points.

Bettors on Polymarket seem to have confidence in Espaillat, placing him at a 66% chance of winning, compared to Avila Chevalier’s 37%.

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This primary standoff represents just the latest battle between the Democratic “mainstream” and the rising socialist sect of the party. As of 2025, there were 250 democratic socialists in elected office, compared to just 35 in 2017.

These offices are not exclusively low-level either. Janeese Lewis George, who just secured the Democratic nomination for D.C. mayor, is a democratic socialist, both New York City Mayor Mamdani and Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson are democratic socialists, and Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman, who just advanced to the general election for her city’s mayoral race, is a DSA member as well.

Espaillat, as a seasoned politician, has gone after Avila Chevalier for her lack of governmental experience: “This is not a PhD program. This is government. And you need experience.”

Avila Chevalier has focused much of the debate on Israel and American aid to the country. During a debate, she attacked Espaillat for receiving money from AIPAC and “voting to send our tax dollars to a country that is enacting a genocide.”

However, Espaillat has swung back, highlighting Avila Chevalier’s attendance at a controversial pro-Palestinian rally in Times Square on Oct. 8, 2023, one day after the Hamas-led attack on Israel.

“In Congress, she’ll take on corporate greed, bad landlords, and D.C.’s broken political system,” Mamdani said in support of Avila Chevalier’s candidacy.

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Password management apps are trusted to keep and defend users’ most precious login information that leads to their email addresses, bank accounts, social media profiles, and more. These apps protects their entire digital life, so when a password manager fails, the consequences could be dire. Unfortunately, popular password app Dashlane suffered a brute-force attack last month that left some users open to information theft.

The attack

According to an announcement published by Dashlane, a targeted group of accounts were infiltrated by a hacker through a brute-force attack. A brute-force attack is a type of cybersecurity assault carried out through simple trial and error. It’s basically a digital version of guessing the code on a combination lock by turning it in random sequences until it clicks open. This type of attack can be extremely time-consuming but effective if luck is on the hacker’s side.

The goal was to exploit two-factor authentication — a feature that usually protects accounts by requesting verification from multiple devices before allowing the user to log in — by adding additional compromised devices to the accounts to gain access. The attacks were delivered at such a high volume that Dashlane’s systems flagged the attempts and temporarily locked the targeted accounts, but not before the hacker successfully downloaded the encrypted password vaults of those it breached.

Luckily, there are some things you can do to shore up security on your account.

Dashlane notes that fewer than 20 user accounts were infiltrated, and all affected users received an email to let them know that their accounts were affected and temporarily locked. That means, if you’re a Dashlane customer and you didn’t receive an email, your account is safe and unaffected.

Although some accounts were breached, the stolen encrypted vaults cannot be opened unless the hacker has access to each master password, once again proving why end-to-end encryption is important for all facets of today’s digital world, whether it’s messaging apps, password managers, or cloud providers.

All suspended accounts have been restored, Dashlane confirms that its internal system wasn’t impacted, and its team is investigating ways to prevent future brute-force hack attempts.

How to protect your Dashlane account from future hackers

Dashlane claims that it has “deployed additional protections at the network level and within the product to further detect and filter out malicious traffic,” seemingly stomping out the pathway that the hacker or hackers used to access the sub-20 accounts in question. However, if you’re a Dashlane user, that probably isn’t enough to make you feel like your passwords are thoroughly protected. Luckily, there are some things you can do to shore up security on your account.

Change your password: Although the hackers didn’t access Dashlane’s internal systems, it’s still a good idea to change your password every six months to a year, just to ensure no new breaches have leaked your information on the web.Make your password complex: Brute-force attacks, like the one suffered by Dashlane, are easier to carry out if your account password is simple or short. To lessen your chances of a breach, make it as long and obscure as possible. Just don’t forget to write it down and keep it somewhere safe.Enable 2FA: Two-factor authentication provides an extra layer of protection between hackers and your account. With this enabled, only you, with your verified device, are able to log in.

How to export your passwords out of Dashlane

If all else fails, you may wish to remove your passwords from your Dashlane account and save them in an alternative password service. The easiest way to get your passwords out of Dashlane’s system is to export them into a CSV file.

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To export your Dashlane passwords, go to Dashlane on the web, open your Vault menu, and select “Settings.” Several lines down, click on “Export data,” followed by “Export to CSV.”

Screenshots by Zach Laidlaw/Dashlane

Once you export your passwords, don’t forget to delete your Dashlane account; otherwise your login information is still accessible on its servers.

WARNING: Before you do anything, open the CSV file and confirm that your passwords are all present and accounted for. Once you delete your Dashlane account, this file is the only record of your passwords.

Screenshot by Zach Laidlaw/Dashlane

To delete your Dashlane vault, navigate to the account deletion page on your computer, enter the email address attached to your Dashlane account, and follow the steps to confirm.

Now that you have your CSV file and your Dashlane account is gone, you’ll need to save your file in a password-protected location or upload it to an alternative password manager. A few good candidates include Proton Pass, 1Password, NordPass, and LastPass. Whichever one you pick is up to you (I recommend Proton Pass for privacy or 1Password for superb security), but whatever you do, do not store them in an unprotected text file on your computer. That’s probably worse than just keeping them in Dashlane in the first place.

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Dallas police charged a man with murder after finding the remains of his girlfriend in a freezer at an abandoned house where neighbors said drug addicts were often seen.

A neighbor of the house on Georgia Avenue in East Oak Cliff tipped off police on May 10 after hearing from the drug users that there was a body inside, according to an affidavit.

The man claimed that they threatened each other with knives and that three days before the woman’s body was found, he saw her lying on the floor of the closet.

Police found the freezer and the human remains in the master bedroom of the house.

The body had to be thawed out before the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that the victim died from multiple stab wounds, including an injury above her eye that penetrated her brain.

Detectives documented the presence of blood on the walls and carpet of the bedroom. They also found a large military-style knife that was wrapped in a cloth and towel and dropped into a hole in the drywall of the room.

The victim was identified as 27-year-old Maria Murray, and after an investigation, police arrested 51-year-old Kendrick Brown for her alleged murder.

Brown told police he had no knowledge about the room or the freezer, but police were able to find videos on his cell phone indicating he had been in the room many times, according to the affidavit.

The videos also allegedly showed that he had been in a romantic relationship with Murray.

Police were able to find a person who lived at the home, and he told them, through the assistance of an American Sign Language interpreter, that Brown and Murray had numerous physical altercations at the home.

The man claimed that they threatened each other with knives and that three days before the woman’s body was found, he saw her lying on the floor of the closet of the bedroom.

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He added that Brown yelled at him and shut the door, and the witness never saw Murray again.

The house was also reported to be on fire just hours after her body was found, according to a CBS News report.

Brown is being held at the Dallas County jail on a bond of $250,000.

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After her decisive loss to President Donald Trump in 2024, Kamala Harris has continued making efforts to remain relevant. Whether she’s speaking at Democratic Party events, making appearances on talk shows, or promoting her new book, Harris’ theme has consistently been “I told you so.”

BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales calls it “making the rounds trying to trash the Trump administration.”

She plays numerous clips of Harris bragging that she accurately predicted what is currently happening under President Trump, explicitly using the phrase “I told you so.”

For example, at the Leading Women Defined Summit in 2025, Harris said, “There were many things that we knew would happen. … I’m not here to say, ‘I told you so.’”

In March 2026 at Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Celebration of Life service, Harris told the crowd, “So let me just say, I predicted a lot about what’s happening right now. I’m not here to say ‘I told you so,’ but we did see it coming.”

In fact, Harris has invoked the “I told you so” theme so frequently that several media outlets jokingly dubbed her book tour the ‘I Told You So Tour.’”

However, now that she’s being made fun of for this catchphrase, Harris is attempting to backtrack. Last week at the Austrian World Summit, Harris was asked during a moderated conversation about her use of the phrase “I told you so.”

She responded, “I don’t say, ‘I told you so.’ That’s kind of obnoxious.”

But Sara laughs at Harris’ blatant hypocrisy.

“I’m just wondering, guys, what she has to say ‘I told you so’ about,” she tells guests Davey Jackson and Adam Johnson.

“What actually happened here was, Kamala was using that catchphrase to try to drum up, is this popular or not? They polled it, and they said, ‘This is not polling well.’ So they told her, ‘Stop saying that,”’ Johnson says.

“That’s how politics works. She is bought. She is sold. Just like Biden,” he adds.

Jackson thinks the funniest part about Harris’ public appearances isn’t her hypocrisy but her “code-switching.”

“Listen to her voice at the Jesse Jackson funeral and then how dramatically it changes as soon as she’s in front of Stephen Colbert,” he laughs, highlighting how Harris has repeatedly adjusted her speech, accent, and vocabulary to fit her audience.

“She blows me away. Like, just listening to her cackle and babble is insane,” Jackson says.

To see the clips of Kamala caught in blatant hypocrisy and to hear more of the panel’s conversation, watch the video above.

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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from using expanded government databases in its effort to purge voter rolls of foreigners.

U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan said the government “trampled” on the privacy rights of Americans and risked wrongfully purging voter rolls of Americans legally allowed to vote.

‘It’s amazing how hard the Left will fight to stop us from solving problems they insist do not exist.’

“All in all, the federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote,” Sooknanan said. “This Court cannot stand idly by while that happens.”

The administration added government data, including Social Security data, to the SAVE federal database, which stands for Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements. SAVE is used to detect ineligible voters.

However, Sooknanan ruled that the expansion of the database violated privacy protections passed by Congress. She said the administration ignored the rules in order to “comply with an executive order aimed at reshaping federal elections, which directed them to create a system for mass voter verification.”

James Percival, the general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security, criticized the ruling on social media.

“It’s amazing how hard the Left will fight to stop us from solving problems they insist do not exist,” he wrote. “Judge Sparkle Soknanan’s [sic] latest ruling preventing DHS from addressing alien voting is just the latest example!”

Democracy Forward represented the group that challenged the expanded database.

“As the Trump-Vance administration continues its attack on the right to vote, this is an important victory for the American people and our democracy,” said Skye Perryman, the group’s CEO and president. “The data at the heart of this lawsuit was unlawfully consolidated in violation of privacy laws intended to protect sensitive personal information.”

The group added in a statement on social media: “This protects millions from baseless investigations and unlawful voter roll purges — a critical win for voting rights.”

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Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York also praised the ruling.

“We got a big win in court today for free and fair elections, blocking Donald Trump’s efforts to set up a massive voter purge database,” he wrote on social media.

“I called this out months ago as one of Trump’s most sinister strategies for subverting our elections this November,” he added. “That’s why Democrats blocked the wretched SAVE Act in the Senate — and we’ll do so again, and again, and again. Democrats won’t stop fighting until all of Trump’s plans to rig the system are defeated.”

Sooknanan was nominated to the bench by former President Joe Biden in Jan. 2025 just ahead of Trump entering his second term.

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