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RFK Jr. Was Raw Milk's Biggest Fan. Now He Won't Return Industry Calls. (January 2026)
www.motherjones.com
... In May 2025, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sat in the White House and downed a shot of raw milk to celebrate the publication of the MAHA Report, a document full of AI slop and fake citations that was meant to present the Secretary of Health and Human Services's solutions for chronic diseases and other ailments plaguing America.
Kennedy had been a loud proponent of raw milk for years, promising in an October 2024 tweet that under his tenure the FDA, a key milk regulator, would stop "suppressing" the drink. ...
@#7
Over 500K Florida residents have fled the state. Here's where they moved (May 2026)
www.clickorlando.com
@#7
They came for Florida's sun and sand. They got soaring costs and a culture war. (2024)
www.nbcnews.com
... One of the first signs Barb Carter's move to Florida wasn't the postcard life she'd envisioned was the armadillo infestation in her home that caused $9,000 in damages. Then came a hurricane, ever present feuding over politics, and an inability to find a doctor to remove a tumor from her liver.
After a year in the Sunshine State, Carter packed her car with whatever belongings she could fit and headed back to her home state of Kansas -- selling her Florida home at a $40,000 loss and leaving behind the children and grandchildren she'd moved to be closer to.
"So many people ask, Why would you move back to Kansas?' I tell them all the same thing -- you've got to take your vacation goggles off," Carter said. "For me, it was very falsely promoted. Once living there, I thought, you know, this isn't all you guys have cracked this up to be, at all." ...
@#19 ... The unrealized gain tax. ...
Yeah, the tax laws put in place to benefit the wealthy.
Probably why the wealthy are abusing the IRA laws.
Rich Americans use IRAs to make tax-free millions. Is that fair?
www.usatoday.com
@#7 ... I dunno, California was Mexico so.... ...
Not just California.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
www.archives.gov
... The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, that brought an official end to the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), was signed on February 2, 1848, at Guadalupe Hidalgo, a city north of the capital where the Mexican government had fled with the advance of U.S. forces.
By its terms, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including the present-day states California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming. Mexico also relinquished all claims to Texas, and recognized the Rio Grande as the southern boundary with the United States ...
So, if Pres Trump seems to support Pres Putin taking back areas of Ukraine that were previously under Russian control, might Pres Trump also be OK with giving California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming back to Mexico?
@#7 ... just look at all Manami promised to win his election and so far little issues coming to fruition - one example - just raised transportation fees... ...
Mayor Mamdani's approval ratings have been ticking up since he took office.
re: the free bus rides ... well during his campaign he said he would have to work with NY State for that. And it is NY State that is balking on it, even though Mayor Mamdani has been working on getting it approved.
NYC voters give Mamdani high marks, say mayor is doing better than expected
www.washingtonpost.com
... New York City registered voters give Mayor Zohran Mamdani high job approval ratings, and the vast majority say the democratic socialist is doing better as mayor than they expected, according to a Suffolk University poll released Tuesday.
They also overwhelmingly agreed Mamdani should attend the 25th anniversary commemoration of the 9/11 attacks, despite some Republicans and relatives of victims asking him to stay away. Mamdani plans to go as the city's representative; the poll found nearly 74 percent thought he should.
Mamdani's brand of politics has helped reshape Democratic contests across the country this year, as Democratic voters nominated a suite of democratic socialists and people aligned with the movement over more traditional Democratic candidates. "
Mamdani defeated former New York governor Andrew M. Cuomo in the 2025 mayoral race with 51 percent of the vote. Fifty-six percent of New York voters said Mamdani did an excellent or good job, while 17 percent rated him "fair. " Sixty-one percent said he's done a better job than expected. ...
@#11 ... Ken Griffin's Personal Taxes: Paid over $1 billion in Illinois state income taxes in the decade prior to his departure ...
While his net worth went from $8B to $49.8B in that decade.
www.forbes.com
So, $1B in state taxes for over $40B in net worth increase?
A less than a 2.5% tax rate on that increase?
Is there a vaccine for mumps?