Political Grift
Congress Can Trade Stocks, File Later, And Pay $200
The congressional stock-trading fight starts with the official rulebook: trades first, disclosure later, and a flat late fee unless the Ethics Committee waives it.
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Food Chemicals
Food-Chemicals Policy Starts With A Built-In Exception
FDA's own food-chemical record runs through split review paths, legal residue thresholds, monitoring reports, PFAS contact-notification cleanup, BVO revocation, and Red No. 3 deadlines.
Insect Collapse
Lawns Look Clean Because They Erase Habitat
When the landscape becomes mostly turf, sprayed edges, and monoculture, insects lose flowering plants, host plants, cover, and breeding ground. Pollination and food webs weaken with them.
Corporate Capture
The Bohemian Grove Archive Matters More Than The Owl
The club says the Grove is a refuge from decision-making. The Reagan Library still contains a Social Security memo tied directly to a Bohemian Grove conversation.
Corporate Capture
The MAHA Report Flagged Chemical Lobbying. EPA Still Looks Captured.
The dicamba paper trail, EPA's current chemical-safety leadership chart, and the glyphosate immunity fight all point in the same direction: the chemical industry never really left the room.
Political Money
California's Wealth-Tax Fight Drew Billionaire Money Before The Vote
A proposed 5 percent net-worth tax, an 870,000-signature ballot threshold, and a $20 million opposition check put California's billionaire-tax fight into campaign-finance territory before voters saw a ballot.
Pet Food Safety
Raw Pet Food Keeps Triggering FDA Actions
The federal record is not subtle. Raw diets keep turning into Salmonella, Listeria, or H5N1 stories, which means owners are often asked to trust a purity narrative first and reconstruct the lot-code trail later.
Pet Food Safety
Pet Food Safety Is A Public Record Story
FDA and other public materials already document pesticide-residue monitoring, raw-food contamination risks, and label limits in pet food.
Corporate Capture
Boundary Waters Protections Are Back In The Crosshairs
A 20-year withdrawal built through comments, consultations, and formal review is now being challenged so a mining project can get another shot at protected ground.
Restaurant Takeover
Restaurant Prices Keep Rising While Sysco Scales Up
Restaurant prices are still rising, and one company now sits behind hundreds of thousands of customer locations across the food-service economy.
War Money
Defense Backlogs Keep Growing
The money story around war does not end with appropriations. It runs through company sales, backlogs, contracts, and lobbying records.
Blocked Alternatives
Hemp Is Real, But It Still Sits At The Edge Of The Materials Economy
Hemp is a measurable U.S. Crop with public production numbers that also show how small it remains next to entrenched legacy materials.