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they also announced this week they are weakening food safety regulations and enforcement
FDA Signals Leniency for Small Retailers Under Food-Tracing Rule
The nation’s leading food regulator plans to relieve pressure on small food retailers and restaurants subject to regulations designed to speed up investigations of foodborne illness outbreaks.
news.bloomberglaw.com
Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 2d agoFDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Haven’t we already been witnessing public executions by the ICE criminal organization weekly? And now???? What a bloodthirsty political military!
They all knew, but sucked-up anyway...
Poll workers in my county have been issued specific and clear, written instructions for potentially dealing with federal agents who might arrive on Election Day at a voting site and that should be absolutely terrifying to every American
I don't think we'll ever be done with the "I fucking told you so's." The Food Research & Action Center reported that these changes would weaken safety nets and worsen food insecurity for low-income families: frac.org/blog/project...
The quote below the statue is what makes this.
Alt National Park Service@altnps.bsky.social · 6d agoA naked, gold-covered Trump statue has been unveiled inside the European Parliament in Strasbourg. It’s called “Orange Plague,” also known as “King of Injustice,” and shows him sitting on another man’s shoulders holding an enormous golf club. Covered in reportedly 23-karat gold, of course.
(A) Neither Biden nor Obama had anything to do with Trump’s impeachments. That’s Congress. (B) I’ll bet he can’t name one single illegal thing either of those presidents did. (C) Trump didn’t respect the presidency when either of them were in office, but now expects respect he hasn’t earned…
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoTrump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want."
A 911 call from Salem, Oregon, describes a disturbing encounter in which a woman was screaming that she was a U.S. citizen as ICE goons broke her vehicle window and forcibly pulled her out. According to reporting on the call, the woman suffered a concussion, torn rotator cuff and bruised ribs.
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Y’all didn’t actually believe trump would follow court orders, did ya.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 7d agoThe White House has blocked Politico from traveling aboard Air Force One for President Trump’s planned trip to Nebraska on Monday, a spokesman for the outlet confirmed. The decision follows an attempted ban of the outlet from the White House grounds.
Check your registration. Take a screenshot of your registration. Forward that screenshot to someone you trust as a back up. Confirm your early voting/voting polling location. (My early voting sight changed this year; surprise, surprise.)
Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · last wk.If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️
4 men in plain clothes kidnap a woman—they claim to be ICE. Woman's name is Angel Zhao. She lives in Huntington Beach, California—originally Shanghai, China.
Just when we think it can’t get worse … it does.
At a time in history when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, democracy, and decency, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction — fawning over the most dangerous authoritarian America has ever witnessed. Do not forget this.
