OMB Approves Forest Service Oil and Gas Final Rule – https://tinyurl.com/2s4jtkt9 #Regulation #USDA
#usda
The new directive asks USDA workers in the agency’s research arm to use Google to check the backgrounds of all foreign nationals collaborating with its scientists
The names of flagged scientists are being sent to national security experts at the agency
#Scientists #Science #USDA #spies #politics https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usda-foreign-scientists
Flesh-eating flies are eating their way through Mexico, CDC warns https://arstechni.ca/aryQ #newworldscrewworm #parasites #screwworm #Health #flies #USDA #CDC #HAN
"Trump’s #USDA Is Hiding the #Data on #FoodStamp Cuts."
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2026/01/trump-rollins-usda-snap-food-insecurity/
"In normal conditions, said Tufts University food economist Parke Wilde, policymakers and government workers would ask, 'What are the consequences of policy changes…so that we can calibrate and improve the program in the future?’ We won’t be able to do that this year."
#Agriculture #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #SNAP #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
📉 Funds sold hard on bearish #USDA stats (-95k contracts / -$2.8B). Late-week buying followed on strong U.S. demand, flash sales, dry Argie forecasts, and bullish January seasonals. Specs remain mostly short #ags, with buying firepower if bullish catalysts persist. 🌾 💪🏼
USDA Scientists Ordered to Investigate Foreign Research Coauthors
“USDA instructed employees to stop agency researchers from collaborating on or publishing papers with scientists from “countries of concern,” including #China, Cuba, #Iran, North Korea, #Russia, #Venezuela.
But the agency is also vetting scientists before deciding whether #USDA researchers can publish papers with them, including co-authors from #Canada & #Germany”
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usda-foreign-scientists
Trump’s USDA Is Hiding the Data on Food Stamp Cuts – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2026/01/trump-rollins-usda-snap-food-insecurity/
"Trump administration Orders #USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With."
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usda-foreign-scientists
PS: One more reason why non-US scientists will not want to collaborate with US scientists. One more blow to science as an international effort.
#Agriculture #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
Republican Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Research Collaborators
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usda-foreign-scientists
The directive asks workers to check backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” Their names are sent to national security experts.
USDA supervisors pushed back, with one calling it “dystopic."
#Republicans #MAGA #GOP #Trump #scientists #research #USDA #surveillance #dystopia #press
#Trump Admin Orders #USDA Employees to Investigate #Foreign #Researchers They Work With
The new directive, part of a broader effort to increase scrutiny of research done with foreign partners, asks workers in the agency’s research arm to use #Google to check the backgrounds of all foreign nationals collaborating with its #scientists. The names of flagged scientists are being sent to #nationalSecurity experts at the agency, according to records reviewed by ...
#security
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usda-foreign-scientists
RFK Jr released this educational video featuring his new inverted food pyramid and updated nutritional guidance.
The reason the owner class is pushing the advice of "health bros" like Kennedy and Dr. Oz is that they want us to be OK with rations. Just as long as we keep working. We can all have a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, and another thing. Capitalism in its latest of stages - feudalism.
Trump Admin Tells USDA Staff to Investigate Foreign Scientists They Work With
It’s unclear if employees at other federal agencies have been given similar directions.
Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With
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The new directive asks workers to check the backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” Their names are being sent to national security experts at the agency.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usda-foreign-scientists?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Welcome news:⚡"A federal judge has barred USDA from cutting funds to help Minnesota administer its SNAP program."
-K Cheney
#USDA #Minnesota #SNAP #Courts #Judges #FederalFunding #Consitution #USPol
Trump’s Biggest Inaugural Donor Won Policy Changes That May Be Harming Workers
The USDA let the dangerous meatpacking industry accelerate its line speeds. Accidents threaten workers and food safety.
"No one is saying kids can’t eat foods that contain natural sugar, such as bananas and fresh mango, but avoiding added sugar — which most everyone agrees should be limited — would require incredible diligence. The old rules, which most parents failed to abide by, only asked them to hold the line till their kids turned 2."
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/10/rfk-sugar-dietary-guidelines-children-00720472
#PublicHealth #food #diet #sugar #ChildrensHealth #parenting #HHS #USDA
Well this is gonna punish a bunch f MAGA farmers and MAGAs on SNAP and other assistance.
Y'all we can't lose if we fight. We're dealing with historically stupid villains.
Republicans are in control, with revenge in their hearts. Trained by Fox News and jacked-up hate radio, this is what they believe. Everyone and everything in this world, except them, is evil, and must be destroyed. How dare they breathe?
Daddy (the Republican party) is angry, and he is beating Mommy (the Democratic party).
They have seethed with hatred for everyone but themselves for a very, very long time. They were raised to despise. But these pricks went to the finest schools, and have fat bank accounts.
Don't you dare let Dick Cheney's daughter mislead you. Trump's "unitary executive," a dictatorship, was a concept he championed. George W. Bush didn't brush off the idea of a dictatorship, "as long as I'm the dictator, heh heh."
We've been played for fools, players.
I agree, but I gave SP some artistic license.
The history of the #foodpyramid is complicated, but there hasn't been an official one for maybe twenty years or more. I grew up with it and I think it is a sound idea, but pretty political what foods go where.
In the #SouthPark episode Cartman tells the #USDA that "they've got it upside down." It's a romp and very funny if you like SP humor.
In the #RFK case--it may be a coincidence, but anyone who is familiar with the old pyramid will recognize this one as an inverted echo. There are many other ways to lay these ideas out graphically, the choice of inverted triangle is not subtle. I think it's intentional #propaganda for the following reasons:
1) Note the small size of the "Whole Grains" arm. Also the horizontal black line cutting this arm off from the other much larger arms. This would have been the tip on the old pyramid labeled "use sparingly". The other two arms are not similarly cut off, and are much larger. The bias is clear. [I think they also presented it this way in their announcement, or at least it left me with that impression.]
2) If there was any doubt about the intended triangle or pyramid shape, note the 11 little rolled oats at the bottom. They complete the implied corner almost perfectly. [This is speculation, but US adults my age had the original pyramid drummed into our heads. I wonder if that makes this inverted pyramid-like graphic more effective with the MAGA base? Just a thought.]
3a) Notice the phrasing of "Protein, Dairy, & Healthy Fats". First, they explicitly avoid the word "Meat" but surround the those words with various meat examples.
3b) Second, they sneak in the word "Healthy". Why not "Healthy Whole Grains"? This usage implies there are "Unhealthy Fats". What are they? The reader is left to ponder this.
3c) Third, as defined here mostly from the pictures, this is a very diverse category. For example the beef and salmon steaks are right next to each other, but nutritionally they are very different and not interchangeable.
4) There are many more fruits than vegetables. And there are no hard beans at all (red beans, chick peas, etc.). Also no maize/corn. No rice.
5) Also note that they mention protein and fat by name, but not carbs.
Anyone interested in a very detailed analysis of older food pyramids, pros, cons, etc.--I'll add a link to the next post in this thread. #Nutrition 1/2
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