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#1 Whole Milk Now Allowed in School Lunches - Tami Luhby for CNN, Secretary Kennedy, The White House, Freddie Freedom, Jordan Weissman/Marcus Aurelius, and Kerilyn Conrad on X
Whole milk could be coming to your local school cafeteria for the first time in more than a decade. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed a bill that allows schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to serve whole and 2% milk alongside fat-free and low-fat versions. The move comes a week after the US Department of Health and Human Services released new US dietary guidelines that highlight whole-fat dairy products, a recommendation that has received mixed reviews from nutritionists and medical experts...
#2 Raw Milk Bill Pits Small Farms Against Big Ag in Michigan 🥛 - Danielle James for eDairy News, Farmer Ash (from the Strong Sistas), ⁿᵉʷˢ Robert F. Kennedy Jr./beefy_vibes, Kyle Davidson, and The Midwesterner on X
Raw milk has once again become a flashpoint in Michigan agriculture, as small farmers and major industry groups take opposing sides over legislation that would allow direct-to-consumer sales of unpasteurized dairy products. During a Michigan House committee hearing held on January 15, small-scale farmers testified that existing regulations impose heavy financial and administrative burdens that disproportionately favor large agricultural operations. Chelsie Boles, a Lapeer County farmer who raises poultry, pork, and dairy cows, told lawmakers that current food safety rules make it nearly impossible for small farms to compete...
#3 Venezuela’s Opposition Leader Gives Trump Her Nobel Peace Prize Medal - Peter Nicholas and Monica Alba for NBC News, New York Post, Viking Respect, Michael Smith, Jo/Dr Bharat Pankhania, Jassogne, and Fox News on X
President Donald Trump lost out on the Nobel Peace Prize, yet in a rare confluence of geopolitics and chance, he wound up with the 18-karat gold medal nonetheless. María Corina Machado, who won the 2025 prize, presented her medal to Trump during a private meeting at the White House on Thursday in appreciation for deposing Venezuela's repressive leader, Nicolás Maduro, in a U.S. military raid on Jan. 3. In a post on his social media site, Trump thanked Machado for parting with her prize. He did not say what he intends to do with it...
#4 Trump Flashes Championship Ring as Panthers Celebrate Stanley Cup Repeat at White House - Chantz Martin for Fox News, David J Harris Jr, Harrison Faulkner, Margo Martin, Hunter Pollack, and Thankful 4 Elon on X
The back-to-back NHL Stanley Cup champions Florida Panthers visited the White House on Thursday, two days before their current road trip concluded. The Panthers play at Carolina on Friday before returning to Washington to face the Capitals. It is a familiar stop at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, with the team having landed an invitation after defeating Edmonton to win the Stanley Cup last season. Florida’s four-game win over Edmonton in the 2025 Stanley Cup Final set the stage for another White House visit.
#5 Proposed Billionaires’ Tax in California Rattles Silicon Valley, Entangles Newsom - Michael R. Blood and Michael Liedtke for The Associated Press/NBC Bay Area,
Imtiaz Mahmood, Karol Markowicz, Joseph Clark, MAGA’s the Fix™, Sandy, and TiMan on X
A proposed billionaires' tax in California has ignited a political uproar in Silicon Valley, with tech titans threatening to leave the state while Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom maneuvers to defeat a levy that he fears will lead to an exodus of wealth. A technology mecca, California has more billionaires than any other state — a few hundred, by some estimates. Nearly half its personal income tax revenue, a financial backbone in the nearly $350 billion budget, comes from the top 1% of earners. A large health care union is attempting to place a proposal before voters in November that would impose a one-time 5% tax on the assets of billionaires — including stocks, art, businesses, collectibles, and intellectual property — to backfill federal funding cuts to health services for lower-income people that were signed by President Donald Trump last year...
#6 Trump Weighs Insurrection Act as Homan Issues Warning on Anti-Ice Rhetoric - Fox News, Eric Daugherty, Joyce Alene/AtlanticHam, Robby Starbuck/Liz Collin, James Woods/Donald J. Trump, and Nick Sortor on X
President Donald Trump said that he believes the woman fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis last week may have been a professional agitator, and indicated that the government will uncover the funding sources behind such anti-law enforcement agitation. "The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement," Trump said during a Sunday gaggle aboard Air Force One. "They were harassing," he said, noting, "I think frankly, they're professional agitators." The president added that he would "like to find out, and we are gonna find out, who's paying for it, with their brand-new signs, and all the different things...
#7 Canada, China Slash EV, Canola Tariffs in Reset of Ties - Maria Cheng for Reuters, Marc Nixon, mrwebber, TorGal, Nick Leaf, HustleBitch, and Declan Barrett on X
Canada and China have struck an initial trade deal that will slash tariffs on electric vehicles and canola, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Friday, as both nations promised to tear down trade barriers while forging new strategic ties. The first Canadian prime minister to visit China since 2017, Carney is seeking to rebuild ties with his country's second-largest trading partner after the United States, following months of diplomatic efforts. Canada will initially allow in up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles at a tariff of 6.1% on most-favoured nation terms, Carney said after talks with Chinese leaders, including President Xi Jinping. He did not specify a time period.That compares with the 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles imposed by the government of former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2024, following similar U.S. penalties. In 2023, China exported 41,678 EVs to Canada.
"This is a return to levels prior to recent trade frictions, but under an agreement that promises much more for Canadians," Carney told reporters in Beijing...
#8 Ashley St. Clair, the Mother of One of Elon Musk’s Children, Sues Xai Over Grok Sexual Images - Jim Kaskade (he/him), Julie Roedding, The Daily Beast, Bernard Manu, and CloJ on X
Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, sued Musk’s xAI artificial intelligence company Thursday, alleging that the AI giant was negligent and inflicted emotional distress by enabling users of its AI tool, called Grok, to create deepfake photos of her in sexually explicit poses and by failing to sufficiently limit such behavior after her complaints. The lawsuit comes after weeks of mounting backlash against Grok’s ability to generate nonconsensual deepfakes, allowing users to remove clothes from people depicted in photos uploaded to the service and often replacing clothes with bikinis or underwear. Her lawsuit was filed in state court in New York but quickly transferred to the federal Southern District of New York after a request from xAI...
#9 Unintended Consequences: Fraud Crackdown in Minnesota is Hurting the Innocent - Tracy Beanz and Michelle Edwards for The HighWire, Donna preston, Age of Autism, Q (45) Patriots, and Dustin Grage on X
Minnesota, the North Star State, has long carried itself as a state that cares deeply for its neighbors, invests in its most vulnerable, and protects children and families in need. But recently, as allegations of massive fraud make headlines, that narrative has been exposed as extremely weak—not because corruption in the state is a myth, but because the response to corruption has been haphazard, punitive, and, in too many cases, utterly blind to genuine need. At the center of the unfolding crisis in Minnesota stands Jennifer Larson, who, for more than two decades, focused on building a place where autistic children—starting with her own son—could receive the care they needed when no one else would step up. Without fanfare, Larson created a center that is now essential to hundreds of families. But now, caught in the fallout of a sweeping fraud crackdown, Larson is being treated as a casualty of someone else’s crime, and her story—grounded in perseverance and genuine care—is lost amid political noise and media spectacle...
#10 House Republicans Say They Will Hold Hillary Clinton in Contempt of Congress in Epstein Inquiry - Lauren Peller and James Hill for ABC News, Oversight Committee, RY, Barry Markson/Capt Tuttle/KC, Renate Brigitte Mierscheidt, and Rep James Comer on X
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said on Wednesday the panel plans to move forward with contempt of Congress proceedings against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after she defied a subpoena for a deposition as part of the panel's probe into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It comes a day after Comer, a Republican, said the committee plans to hold former President Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress as well after he refused to appear for a scheduled deposition. Comer said the committee will vote next Wednesday on holding the Clintons in contempt of Congress...
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