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Don’t worry guys, we now have an investment banker/former political speech writer with no medical, scientific, or public health training heading the CDC.
American will not get healthier with the clown car of unqualified bozos dismantling public health services.
We are fucked.
American will not get healthier with the clown car of unqualified bozos dismantling public health services.
We are fucked.
White House picks Kennedy deputy Jim O’Neill to replace fired CDC chief
Deputy health secretary chosen as agency’s interim director after firing of Susan Monarez
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Don’t worry guys, we now have an investment banker/former political speech writer with no medical, scientific, or public health training heading the CDC.
American will not get healthier with the clown car of unqualified bozos dismantling public health services.
We are fucked.
American will not get healthier with the clown car of unqualified bozos dismantling public health services.
We are fucked.
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Millions of families across America rely on federal nutrition and essential programs to meet their basic needs.
Last night, the Trump administration froze federal funds.
This unlawful act is creating chaos and confusion.
Last night, the Trump administration froze federal funds.
This unlawful act is creating chaos and confusion.
January 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Millions of families across America rely on federal nutrition and essential programs to meet their basic needs.
Last night, the Trump administration froze federal funds.
This unlawful act is creating chaos and confusion.
Last night, the Trump administration froze federal funds.
This unlawful act is creating chaos and confusion.
“In many ways, the restaurant industry faced a reckoning this year”
www.qsrmagazine.com/story/from-v...
www.qsrmagazine.com/story/from-v...
From Value to Starbucks’ Comeback, the Fast-Food Storylines of 2025
Much of 2024 felt like getting bounced from one watershed, volatile moment to another. Can you a survive the summer dive? How will the customer respond post-election? Will inflation ease or will a flu...
www.qsrmagazine.com
December 30, 2024 at 9:59 PM
“In many ways, the restaurant industry faced a reckoning this year”
www.qsrmagazine.com/story/from-v...
www.qsrmagazine.com/story/from-v...
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SNAP participation has been pretty consistently around 41-42 million since it jumped from 37 million to 41 million when the economy shut down due to COVID (March-April 2020). Wages may be up but not enough to help these 40+ million people.
42.3 million Americans participated in SNAP in September, per new monthly SNAP participation data from USDA/FNS. No huge changes but Alaska looks to have fully recovered from its self-inflicted crisis in 2022 that cut ⅔ of the caseload off of assistance.
Full data set here:
doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...
Full data set here:
doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...
Monthly State SNAP Data
Monthly SNAP participation data for the United States and every state, from October 1988 through the latest month published by USDA Food and Nutrit...
doi.org
December 14, 2024 at 7:44 PM
SNAP participation has been pretty consistently around 41-42 million since it jumped from 37 million to 41 million when the economy shut down due to COVID (March-April 2020). Wages may be up but not enough to help these 40+ million people.
An interesting case to watch as the fast food powerhouse goes up against the big names in beef. McDonald is seeking to recapture the business of cash-strapped consumers, and I wonder how far they will take the fight to win the value war.
McDonald's sues major beef producers in US price-fixing lawsuit
McDonald’s has sued JBS, Tyson Foods and other leading meat processing and packing companies for allegedly conspiring for years to limit beef supplies, boosting their profits while causing the fast food giant to pay artificially higher prices.
www.reuters.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:04 AM
An interesting case to watch as the fast food powerhouse goes up against the big names in beef. McDonald is seeking to recapture the business of cash-strapped consumers, and I wonder how far they will take the fight to win the value war.
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An Oklahoma-based cleaning company has been fined nearly $172,000 after federal investigators found that it had hired nearly a dozen children to work dangerous overnight shifts at an Iowa slaughterhouse.
Children Worked Dangerous Shifts at Iowa Slaughterhouse, Inquiry Finds
Qvest Sanitation was ordered to pay nearly $172,000 after the Labor Department found it had employed 11 children to clean equipment on overnight shifts at a pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:17 AM
An Oklahoma-based cleaning company has been fined nearly $172,000 after federal investigators found that it had hired nearly a dozen children to work dangerous overnight shifts at an Iowa slaughterhouse.