GOP governor calls on incoming Trump officials to ban junk food in food stamps: 'Make America Healthy Again'
Gov Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she is requesting a SNAP waiver to prohibit junk food from the program in her state


Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has sent a letter to the incoming Trump administration heads of the Health and Agriculture departments, calling for the end of junk food as part of the federal food stamp program.

"As you know, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a $113 billion federal program designed to support low income families with food assistance," Sanders wrote in a letter obtained by Fox News Digital to HHS Secretary-nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary-nominee Brooke Rollins. "Unfortunately, this ‘Nutrition Assistance’ program is undermining the health of millions of Americans, on the taxpayers’ dime, by encouraging families to eat highly processed, unhealthy junk food."

"In fact, soda, unhealthy snacks, candy, and dessert account for nearly 23 percent, or $25 billion, of all SNAP purchases. Given the relationship between junk food and poor health, our federal food assistance policies are fueling obesity, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and a wide range of chronic health conditions around America."

Sanders cited her experience as a mother of three as motivation for "improving maternal health outcomes" in children and explained that one third of the people in her state suffer from diabetes or pre-diabetes, and 40% struggle with obesity.

Sadly, these health conditions disproportionately affect lower-income families-the same people who rely on SNAP for food," Sanders wrote.

Sanders cited the work of Stanford University Professor Jayanta Bhattacharya, nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to head the National Institutes of Health, which concluded that removing sugary drinks and snacks from the SNAP program would prevent obesity in 141,000 children and Type 2 diabetes in 240,000 adults.


We have a generation of kids who are swimming around in a toxic soup right now," Kennedy previously told Fox News in regards to process foods. "We’re letting these industries corrupt our agencies and mass poison them.

Bush appointee

Judge Upholds Use of Race in Naval Academy Admissions

Lea Skene, Associated Press, December 10, 2024

A federal judge on Friday ruled that the U.S. Naval Academy can continue considering race in its admissions process, finding that military cohesion and other national security factors mean the school should not be subjected to the same standards as civilian universities.

During a two-week bench trial in September, attorneys for the academy argued that prioritizing diversity in the military makes it stronger, more effective and more widely respected.
The group behind the case, Students for Fair Admissions, also brought the lawsuit challenging affirmative action that resulted in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year. The high court’s conservative majority broadly prohibited the consideration of race and ethnicity in college admissions, ending a longstanding practice meant to boost opportunities for historically marginalized groups and sending shockwaves through higher education. But it carved out a potential exemption for military academies, suggesting that national security interests could affect the legal analysis.

Students for Fair Admissions later sued the Annapolis-based Naval Academy challenging the exemption.
But Judge Richard Bennett rejected their arguments in a lengthy opinion released Friday.
A George W. Bush appointee who served for over 20 years in the U.S. Army Reserve and the Maryland National Guard, Bennett wrote that the school had “established a compelling national security interest in a diverse officer corps.”

“Specifically, the Academy has tied its use of race to the realization of an officer corps that represents the country it protects and the people it leads,” he wrote. “The Academy has proven that this national security interest is indeed measurable and that its admissions program is narrowly tailored to meet that interest.”
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Attorneys for the group argued during trial that prioritizing minority candidates is unfair to qualified white applicants and that cohesion should arise from other sources such as training and command structure.
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CNN Anchor Announces Shock Exit On The Air That's Effective Immediately
It's been "an honor to have been in your homes," the departing cable news host said in a surprising farewell.

Emmy-winning anchor Alisyn Camerota announced she was leaving CNN on what would be her final broadcast Sunday. Her exit after 10 years at the news network seemed to be a surprise. (Watch the video below.)

“Before we go on this very busy news day, I just want to take a moment to share some personal news,” Camerota said as she signed off from “CNN Newsroom.” “This is my last day on air at CNN. I’ve had such incredible opportunities here these past 10-plus years. I’ve interviewed presidents and heroes and extraordinary people ― the kind of peak career experiences that I had dreamed of since I was a teenager. The journalists at CNN are the very best in the entire news business. And it’s been an honor to have been their colleague. It’s also an honor to have been in your homes this past decade through some of the biggest stories of our lifetimes.”

Camerota, 58, thanked her colleagues and received praise from Wolf Blitzer, who called her a “good friend” and “outstanding journalist.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alisyn-ca...50ac934ffc

https://montanafreepress.org/2024/12/07/...om-weiner/

This is a long read but both fascinating and sad. 3rd and I have seen or heard about docs like this but nothing to the extent this guy went to. And he still has a license, for now.

Some might say that this is unseemly, but let's remember that Trudeau is a lying, cockroach, undeserving of respect.

   

...because the bathroom pass went missing. The district placed her on leave after the outrage.  I predict the teacher to be a rising star in the Democratic Party. 

https://youtu.be/SekdhZ1LbFQ?si=S_N9cum6I1lVx0_L

Why Bill Belichick Coaching North Carolina Makes Sense

https://www.si.com/college-football/bill...akes-sense

Let bygones be bygones?  My azzz.  I just can't roll with that mindset after what the other side put this country through.  

I'm not looking for tit for tat.  I'm simply looking for real justice.  If people like Liz Cheney, among others in other instances, destroyed evidence, conspired, etc... as is the claim against her, then it would be criminal to just let it slide.  

How Trump withstood the tsunami of attacks against him is unbelievable.  Love him or hate him, how this guy pushed through and then won reelection?  Sorry to break it to the haters, but future historians will marvel at this period of history.

Trump features Jill Biden in new ad for fragrance: 'Enemies can't resist'

President-elect Donald Trump has released a new fragrance line for men and women to commemorate his historic election victory, and he found an unwitting model to help sell it.


An online ad for the fragrance features a viral photo of Trump and Jill Biden, with the first lady seemingly smiling at him at the reopening ceremony of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday.

"Here are my new Trump Perfumes & Colognes! I call them Fight, Fight, Fight, because they represent us WINNING," Trump wrote in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social.

"A fragrance your enemies can't resist," reads the tagline.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-r...us-winning