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#10 Skittles Drops Additive as Popular Rainbow Candy Makes Major Ingredient Change - Ashley J. DiMella, The New York Post, Secretary Kennedy, Five Times August, BowTiedRanger, Health Ranger, and Nick Sortor on X
A candy company has removed an ingredient from its popular and colorful rainbow candies. Skittles, owned by Mars Wrigley, will no longer be made with titanium dioxide. A spokesperson for Mars Wrigley, which is based in New Jersey, confirmed to Fox News Digital this week that the company has removed titanium dioxide from its Skittles portfolio in the United States. Titanium dioxide is an additive typically used to make food look whiter and opaque. The Make America Healthy Again Commission, chaired by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released a report last Thursday assessing chronic diseases, particularly those suffered by children...
#9 Trump’s New Kennedy Center VP Gets Fired Over Beliefs on Gay Marriage - News X World, Floyd Brown, Megan Basham, General Mike Flynn, AF Post, Next News Network, and The Western Journal on X
Floyd Brown, a conservative commentator and author, claims he was fired from his newly appointed role as Vice President at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts due to his Christian beliefs on marriage. His removal came just a month after joining the institution and shortly after CNN reached out for a comment on his past remarks regarding traditional marriage and the influence of homosexuality in Republican politics. Brown shared on X (formerly Twitter) that his termination came merely two hours after CNN contacted him and Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell, who is openly gay and married to a man. According to Brown, he was told directly that unless he recanted his prior views on traditional marriage, his role at the Kennedy Center would be terminated. He chose not to withdraw his statements, citing his commitment to Biblical teachings, and was subsequently dismissed...#8 Bernie Kerik, Former NYPD Commissioner Known as ‘America’s Cop’ After 9/11, Dead at 69 - New York Post, Kash Patel, Rudy Giuliani, Pam Bondi, Lara Logan, Megyn Kelly, and Breanna Morello on X
Ex-NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik, who was known as “America’s Cop” and led the city’s police department through the 9/11 terror attacks, died Thursday after he was hospitalized with cardiac disease. He was 69 and surrounded by family and friends at the time of his death at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Kerik, whose high-profile career was peppered with success and controversy, shot to prominence when he was named the Big Apple’s top cop by former Mayor Rudy Giuliani in 2000 and presided over a 63% drop in violent crime. The 40th police commissioner was also dubbed the “beat cop commissioner” for his hands-on leadership style, making five arrests during his 16-month tenure as commissioner, including one involving two ex-convicts in Harlem driving a stolen van...
#7 U.S. Government Employee Arrested for Attempting to Provide Classified Information to Foreign Government - US Dept of Justice, Kath Patel/Just Human, John Basham, Huginn & Muninn Intelligence, and Mark Dosd on X
An IT specialist employed by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was arrested today for attempting to transmit national defense information to an officer or agent of a foreign government. Nathan Vilas Laatsch, 28, of Alexandria, Virginia, was arrested today in northern Virginia and will make his initial court appearance in the Eastern District of Virginia tomorrow. According to court documents, Laatsch became a civilian employee of the DIA in 2019, where he works with the Insider Threat Division and holds a Top Secret security clearance. In March 2025, the FBI commenced an operation after receiving a tip that an individual — now known to be Laatsch — offered to provide classified information to a friendly foreign government. In that email, the sender wrote that he did not “agree or align with the values of this administration” and was therefore “willing to share classified information” that he had access to, including “completed intelligence products, some unprocessed intelligence, and other assorted classified documentation.”
#6 Biden Administration Intentionally Downplayed Myocarditis Risk Following COVID Jab - Tracy Beanz and Michelle Edwards for The HighWire, Dr. Kat Lindley, Eric Daugherty, Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH, and Redacted on X
A newly released report from the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations confirms what many have understood for years. Under the Biden administration, federal health agencies failed to promptly and transparently warn the American public about the very real myocarditis risks linked to the experimental mRNA COVID-19 jabs, despite early evidence from Israel and VAERS data highlighting the dangers. In other words—based on newly unredacted documents—health officials were well aware of heart inflammation risks as a result of the mRNA shots. But instead of promptly alerting the public, which is their duty, they chose to stay tight-lipped on the results and downplay the risks. The report declared:#5 Dan Bongino Cries to Fox News About How Much He Hates His New FBI Job: ‘I Gave up Everything!’ - Justin Baragona for Independent, Josh Dunlap, TheStormHasArrived, Just Keith, MP Arizona, and Myoldpalbob on X
Appearances on Fox News aren’t doing the FBI’s two top officials any favors. Dan Bongino lamented Thursday morning about how unhappy he’s become now that he’s the bureau’s deputy director, complaining that he “gave up everything” to take the job in what at times felt like a therapy session on the Fox & Friends couch. But the griping about the office from the FBI’s second-most-powerful drew heaps of trolling online. “Dan Bongino has a nice cry on Fox & Friends,” liberal influencer Aaron Ruper snarked while posting a clip of the one-time podcaster’s complaints. “He gave up a podcast and has been on the job for a few weeks,” pundit Amanda Carpenter reacted on social media. “There are many qualified people who will gladly and expertly fill this job if Bongino can’t handle it.”
#4 White House Plans — at Last — to Send Some DOGE Cuts to Hill - Meredith Lee Hill and Jennifer Scholtes for Politico, Chris Edwards, Shawn Farash, Jennifer Van Laar/Speaker Mike Johnson, Eric Teetsel, MagaWatchReport, and The Western Journal on X
President Donald Trump plans to send a small package of spending cuts to Congress next week, White House budget director Russ Vought confirmed Wednesday. The planned transmission of the “rescissions” bill, previously relayed to POLITICO by two Republicans granted anonymity to describe the plans, comes after a long internal battle over how to formalize the cuts that have been made by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative. Top GOP officials started informing some House Republicans of the plans early Wednesday...
#3 Marijuana Users Issued Warning by New Study - Nick Mordowanec for Newsweek, Mario Nawfal, SFGATE, Marc Landers, KTLA, and WOWK 13 News on X
New research finds that regular marijuana use, including both smoking and THC-laced edibles, is linked to early warning signs of cardiovascular disease. The study, by lead author Leila Mohammadi at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and senior author Matthew Springer at UCSF, and published in the peer-reviewed medical journal JAMA Cardiology, examined the potential connection between THC smoking and ingestion, and endothelial dysfunction—where the inner lining of blood vessels, the endothelium, is unable to function properly and could lead to an array of cardiovascular problems, per The Cleveland Clinic...#2 Dem Rep. Subramanyam: Musk Likely Committed Crimes, Once in Power, Dems Will Investigate - Pam Key for Breitbart, Republic, TLC, APinions Vary, Western Lensman, and Oversight Committee Democrats on X
Representative Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) accused Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) of committing crime Thursday on MSNBC’s “The Weeknight.” Co-host Symone Sanders said, “Let’s talk about Elon Musk. You know, I’ve seen a lot of headlines, Congressman, over the last 24 hours. Elon Musk’s exit: he is leaving Washington. But I think that Elon Musk is just finished. I have not heard a lot of Democratic elected officials talk about the data. Elon Musk and his DOGE peeps, if you will, they installed servers within the White House complex. They were integral within the office of presidential personnel, which has tentacles out into every single agency they are. They have inroads into every single agency. Now the DOGE was in there, and the servers, I don’t think, have left the White House. So what are Democrats going to do about the data? Are you all going to follow up on this?”
#1 Appeals Court Allows Trump to Continue Collecting Tariffs Under Emergency Powers Law, for Now - AP News/Grok, il Donaldo Trumpo, Markwayne Mullin, Charlie Kirk, Maggie Wise, MAGA Voice, and Benny Johnson on X
A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to continue collecting tariffs under an emergency powers law, for now, as his administration appeals an order striking down the bulk of his signature set of economic policies. Earlier today, a federal judge blocked Trump’s use of the law to impose tariffs. The ruling was handed down the day after a similar, broader finding from a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of International Trade. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has reinstated President Trump's universal tariffs that were initially blocked by the U.S. Court of International Trade. This ruling comes amidst discussions on the executive's power in setting trade policy, highlighting tensions between different branches of government regarding trade and economic policy.
