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Republicans on the Supreme Court are, it appears, planning to gut most of America’s regulatory agencies, in what could be the most consequential re-write of the protective “deep state” since it was largely created during the New Deal in the 1930s. The...
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This is the time of the year when backyard gardeners start seedlings or scan seed catalogs as they eagerly plan for spring. I’m actually writing this with potting soil under my fingernails from prepping a tray of buttercrunch lettuce and two new tomato...
by Mark Sumner
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Guest: Climate journalist, videographer Peter Sinclair Also: Farmers rally for climate in D.C. MI Democrats repeal GOP anti-union laws... All of that clean, green, renewable energy needs to come from somewhere if we're gonna save humanity. Shamefully,...
by TheBradBlog
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February 24, 2023 House Speaker Kevin McCarthy 2468 Rayburn House Office Building - Washington, DC 20515 Phone: 202-225-2915 – FAX: 202-225-2908 Speaker McCarthy; A Golden Retriever confined for her entire life in a U.S. Department of Agriculture...
by DavyZJones
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NORTH CAROLINA OPEN THREAD Sunday, January 15, 2023
399th WEEKLY EDITION
This is a weekly feature of � North Carolina Blue . We hope this weekly platform gives readers interested in North ...
by randallt
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The below December 12, 2022 complaint provides an example of agribusiness’ ability to avoid environmental requirements while being richly subsidized. Tennessee exempted Tyson Foods’ industrial poultry operations to avoid state environmental and health...
by asmithjr
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on Wed Jan 04, 2023 at 07:56 AM PST
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Agribusiness evades participation in climate/environmental solutions yet dominates federal subsidies Climate change (e.g., drought and floods) is putting a spotlight on large corporate farming (agribusiness) that now dominates food production, processing, and distribution. Unfortunately, EPA and states lack sufficient legal oversight and political...
by asmithjr
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on Mon Jan 02, 2023 at 04:15 AM PST
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As Daily Kos continues to cover, conservatives are attacking LGBTQ+ people—and especially LGBTQ+ youth—from every angle possible. Sports? Keep the trans girls on the sidelines. Bathrooms? Isolate and embarrass. Locker rooms? Same deal. Overnight field...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Thu Sep 01, 2022 at 09:51 AM PDT
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The French Parliament recently approved a new law requiring all new commercial buildings to partially have their roofs covered with plants or solar panels. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/05/05/new-law-in-france-green-roofs-on-new-commercial-buildings/...
by gmoke
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Here at Daily Kos, we have long covered the heinous efforts from conservatives to bar hungry students from eating. When it comes to school lunch in the United States, there’s a lot to criticize: the provided breakfast, lunch, and snacks are not always...
by Marissa Higgins
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Here in the United States, we have a truly unwieldy number of issues to tackle at any given time, especially if you’re not a white, cisgender, heterosexual, able-bodied person. Those people face real issues and barriers, too, of course, but...
by Marissa Higgins
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The federal government is starting to take action on the formula shortage that has left parents fearful they won’t be able to feed their babies. President Joe Biden invoked the Defense Production Act, which will allow the use of Defense Department...
by Laura Clawson
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December 6, 2021 Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy 2468 Rayburn House Office Building - Washington, DC 20515 Phone: 202-225-2915 – FAX: 202-225-2908 Dear Leader McCarthy; A Golden Retriever confined for her entire life in a greed-driven...
by DavyZJones
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SNAP, formerly the Food Stamp Program of 1939, was always designed to be a program that aligned itself with the needs of the poor, and that is admirable. At the programs inception, the government had a surplus of food which they used to feed the...
by Cinnamongirl309
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on Sat Oct 23, 2021 at 08:08 AM PDT
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Congress stepped up for food insecure people in this pandemic, boosting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds by 15%. But that still left hungry people in 41% of U.S. counties where SNAP benefits fall short in covering the cost of...
by Joan McCarter
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Also: Biden declares Armenian 'genocide' SCOTUS takes up guns DoJ probes Louisville policing Admin's new child hunger program; AZ's non-transparent 'recount' Callers assess the Prez... On today's BradCast: We've got a lot of news to catch you up on...
by TheBradBlog
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Biden administration launches 'single largest summer child nutrition effort in our nation’s history' The Biden administration is taking action against food insecurity among children, which has been dramatically increased by the coronavirus pandemic. The administration is launching a major summer food program, paid for by the American Rescue Plan,...
by Laura Clawson
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As the world faces the novel coronavirus pandemic, most everyone’s life has been affected in one way or another. People have lost jobs, worried about evictions, frequented food banks, and perhaps even come down with COVID-19 themselves. Many have lost...
by Marissa Higgins
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The COVID-19 relief bill cleared by Senate Democrats over the weekend does something extraordinary, say many experts on Black farmers. It would push some $5 billion to farmers of color "who have lost 90% of their land over the past century because of...
by Kerry Eleveld
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