With Trump becoming the president of the country for the second time, things have heated up. Among the rest, he has signed a plethora of executive orders that correspond to his MAGA agenda. However, his signings of these orders triggered legal challenges.
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leader Elon Musk is pushing for the GOP-controlled Congress to create a “wave of impeachments” for federal judges after a D.C. court ordered the Trump administration to restore health data that had been taken offline.
Musk took to his platform, X, to respond to claim of a conflict of interest for U.S. District Judge John Bates, who issued a temporary order requiring the government to restore online data removed from the websites of U.S. health agencies.
“There needs to be an immediate wave of judicial impeachments, not just one,” the Tesla owner wrote.
Bates’ decision came following an executive order from President Trump that banned the government from endorsing “gender ideology.”
He ruled in favor of Doctors for America (DFA) who claimed the removal violated the law.
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The president argued that the judges intrude his authority by blocking pieces of his agenda. This triggered concerns of whether Trump and his administration would abide the court rulings, as per Reuters.
Trump, however, later told reporters that he would abide the rulings but will appeal those that stand on the way of his agenda and Musk’s plans on cutting on wasteful spendings.
“We want to weed out the corruption. And it seems hard to believe that a judge could say, we don’t want you to do that,” said Trump. “So maybe we have to look at the judges.”
Further, Taking to Truth Social, Trump wrote: “DOGE has found massive amounts of FRAUD, WASTE, INCOMPETENCE, AND ABUSE, but even knowing this, a highly political, activist Judge wants us to immediately make payment, anyway. In other words pay, even though you know the payment was fraudulently requested to be made. DOGE caught them – The Judge just doesn’t care. It doesn’t make sense!!!”
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The case argued whether DOGE and its employees have the right to access sensitive information about millions of Americans. Judge Bates argued that in order for DOGE to have such authority, it needed to be recognized as an official federal agency under the law.
Ultimately, the judge ruled that DOGE does hold that status and it likely qualifies as a federal agency.
Further, DOGE will maintain access to sensitive records from at least three federal agencies, the Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Musk posted on X about this “victory.”
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Two small single-engine planes were involved in a crash midair Wednesday morning at an Arizona airport, officials said.
Federal Aviation Administration reported that a Lancair 360 MK II and a Cessna 172S collided at Marana Regional Airport, an uncontrolled field with no operating air traffic control tower, just before 8:30 a.m. local time.
The airport also serves as a flight training ground.
The number of non-towered airports in the States is around 20,000. Pilots operating in such airports announce their position to other pilots using a Common Traffic Advisory Frequency.
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As police hurried to the scene, one of the aircrafts seemed intact.
According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the single-engine planes got involved in the crash while “upwind of runway 12,” one of the small Arizona regional airport’s two runways.
The Cessna did not successfully land and the Lancair “impacted terrain near runway 3 and a post-impact fire ensued.”
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Each plane was carrying two passengers.
The crash claimed the lives of two people who were in the same plane.
In statement, Marana Regional Airport Superintendent Galen Beem said, “On behalf of the Town of Marana and the Marana Regional Airport, our hearts go out to all the individuals and families impacted by this event. This is an unprecedented event, and we are grateful for the swift response from the Marana Police Department and Northwest Fire District.”
Unfortunately, this crash is another in the series of plane crashes that happened in the past several weeks, including the horrific crash over Reagan International Airport last month that claimed the lives of 67 people when an American Airlines plane collided mid-air with a Black Hawk US Army helicopter.
Another crash, involving a medical jet, claimed the lives of the passengers on board, including that of a young girl returning to Mexico from Philadelphia where she had undergone a life-saving surgery.
Days prior to the Arizona airport accident, a plane flipped upside down while landing in Toronto. Miraculously, there were no victims in the flipped plane.
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Sian Ashcroft, a 35-year-old mom of three, received cancer diagnosis of terminal cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) in 2024. Doctors only gave her months to live, but sadly, she passed away just 18 days later, leaving her entire family in shock.
Cholangiocarcinoma represents an aggressive malignancy that originates from the biliary epithelium, both inside and outside the liver.
This cancer has a “dismal” five-year survival rate of between 2-9% compared to the England average for all cancers which is 54%, as per CCA charity AMMF.
In the case of Ashcroft, the first red flag something wasn’t right was her unusual iron deficiency. In order to address the issue, she got some iron medications. However, a couple of months later, in August 2023, she started experiencing abdominal pain.
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At first, she suspected food poisoning, but as the pain intensified, she visited a doctor who suspected gallstones.
Ashcroft was admitted for a gallbladder surgery, but during a follow-up appointment, she was told she had a lesion on her liver.
Her cancer diagnosis didn’t come right away, but around two months later, according to her mom, Sue Dowling.
Speaking to BBC, Dowling said, “Sian’s prognosis was an incredible shock for everyone. She had become increasingly poorly, with frequent visits to her GP and time spent in hospital, but her diagnosis came too late to save her.”
As per CCA charity AMMF, this form of cancer is “difficult to diagnose accurately and early” which reduces the chances for surgery, the only potential cure that exists at the moment.
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AMMF chief executive Helen Morement said that in many instances, patients do not match the typical “characteristics”profile” of someone with liver cancer.
“Unlike the other more well-known type of liver cancer, there isn’t an established link to liver cirrhosis, viral hepatitis, alcohol or other lifestyle factors,” she said.
According to the NHS, symptoms include “feeling tired, having a high temperature, skin turning yellow (jaundice), loss of appetite, feeling sick and abdominal pain.”
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Visiting the doctor can be unpleasant at times. Of course, it depends on the problem we have, but in general, hospitals aren’t the place we would ever wish to find ourselves at, unless it’s for a joyous occasion such as giving birth.
People ‘reveal ‘awkward’ encounters with their doctors on Reddit and as much as some of them are unpleasant, there are also those that are just hilarious.
1. Unusual Condition of a Patient’s Blue Hands Turns Out to be Blue Jeans
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u/raybanomics: Not me, but my roommate went to the doctor because his hands were turning blue. He was born premature and has always had horrible circulation. So he goes to the doctor, who is so puzzled about what’s happening that she calls to consult other doctors.
She returns to the room with alcohol swabs, and the blue starts coming off. Apparently, he had not washed his new jeans, and the ink kept rubbing off on his hands every time he put them in his pocket.
2. Going Commando Leads to an Awkward Encounter
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u/olialm1: I had my physical examination and forgot to wear underwear. I pretty much go commando all the time unless I’m wearing a short dress, so when my doctor told me to “put the gown on but keep your bra and underwear on,” I facepalmed.
When he went to lift my gown so he could feel around on my stomach, I turned bright red and said, “I’m not wearing underwear,” to which he responded by giving me this weird look.
3. A Cough Turns Into a Burp
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u/kev0h: Way back when I was in peewee football, I had to go for a sports physical. I was pretty young then. When the doctor told me to turn my head and cough, I panicked because I hadn’t coughed in a while, so instead, I burped.
4. The Doctors Clashed over Shorter Limb
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u/epona92: My left leg is slightly shorter than my right leg (approx. 1.5 cm, so nothing too drastic), and when I was younger, I had to see a specialist because I also had scoliosis.
The doctor was older and German and had three international interns: one from South Africa, one from Mexico, and one from China.
After taking x-rays, the German doctor returned and informed me that my right leg was shorter than my left, pointing to the hip displacement in the x-ray. I corrected him, but he insisted that my right leg was shorter.
The South African came to my defense and pointed out that he was looking at the X-ray backward. The German doctor didn’t believe any of it, and their argument got so heated that the Mexican and Chinese doctors excused themselves.
5. Motorcycle Mishap Becomes a Timeless Family Tale
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u/TheOnlyOne87: I was about five years old at the time. We had a big field beside our house where my two older brothers and I rode our mini motorcycle around. Anyway, I crashed the bike and cut my leg open pretty badly.
So, I was taken to the local doctor for stitches. He pulled down my little trousers, and I wasn’t wearing any underwear. Twenty years later, I still have the scar on my leg. And my lack of underwear is still a regular family anecdote.
6. John Cusack, you say?
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u/BosskHogg: A few years back, I ended up getting the flu. My wife took me to a 24-hour emergency clinic near our house. The doctor on duty was in her mid-30s and kind of cute.
My wife was in the waiting room, and I was with the doctor in a patient room when the doctor turned to me and said, “You look just like John Cusack” (which I do).
I told her I get that all the time, but she kept repeating it, and she began sounding creepy. So I’m lying on the bed, trying my hardest not to pass out, and the doctor begins playing with my hair, talking about John Cusack before my wife walks in.
7. Baby Talk Blunder: The OB’s Humorous Comment
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u/LuckieMotor: When I was newly pregnant with my daughter, I was at my OB’s office for a pelvic exam. After I stirrup up, my doctor checks my vagina and says, “Oh, you’ll be fine if you have a big baby; there’s PLENTY of room in here.”
I’m sure she meant that I have a wide pelvic arch and would have no trouble with a vaginal delivery, but what I heard was something entirely different.
8. A Comment turns To be a Compliment
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u/pickanotherusername: I was ten when I was taken to the emergency room with a ruptured appendix. They had trouble diagnosing my problem and sent me in for an enema. The doctor was doing his thing. So I said, “You must be the least popular doctor in the hospital.” He responded,” I don’t get many thank-you cards.”
9. An Awkward Encounter with an Attractive Doctor
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u/FruitF***ing: Well, it’s not that awkward, but it was April Fool’s Day, and right before I went to class, I decided to go dominate the toilet. To my surprise, the toilet paper was all red.
By this time, I’m freaking out going to the doctor, thinking I bled out of my butt. I go to an urgent care and pay my $100 fee. A very attractive doctor has me bend over to look at my buttocks. That was the awkward part for me.
She says I’m probably okay if I didn’t feel any pain. An hour later, I’m sitting at home wondering if I’m going to die. I realized the night before I got very drunk, smoked, and ate a whole bag of flaming hot Cheetos to myself. Turns out that eating a bunch of those turns your poop red.
10. Taste Buds!?
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u/va_bene: I had a sore throat, and when I tried to get a good look at it in the mirror, I noticed these large, pink spots all over the very back of my tongue.
I spent a week fretting over it, wondering what they were and why they weren’t going away until my mom worried enough that she went with me to my doctor.
Upon examining my throat and tongue, he pronounced what I saw were my taste buds. I have never seen my doctor, an incredibly stoic man, smile so wide. My family is never going to let me live it down.
11. A Fart Mishap Leaves the Doctor Wondering
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u/FearlessEyes: I went to the doctor when I was about eight months pregnant. At that point in my pregnancy, I was VERY gassy, and if I tried to hold it in, it would get painful after a while.
While I was sitting in the doctor’s office, I felt like I had to fart. I held it in for a while, thinking that if I did fart, the doctor would be in at any moment. Fifteen minutes passed, and nothing.
So I decided to let it go. The tiniest little fart ever, but it stunk really bad. Thirty seconds later, the doctor walked in and asked me what that smell was.
12. This Took a Different Turn
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u/PalmerKid: When I turned 30, I suddenly became a hypochondriac. I thought that EVERYTHING was cancer or worse. So, I’m seeing my doctor for an annual physical, and I mentioned that I was having some pains in the left side of my chest.
I asked, “I know this is rare, but could it be breast cancer?” (I’m male, btw). The doctor checked around seriously and then, with a straight face, asked me, “Does the pain hurt worse when you have your period?” That was pretty much the end of my year of hypochondria.
13. The Awkward Hug Fail
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u/AnalogDigit2: I hadn’t seen my doctor in over a year, and he met me outside the examination room before I went in. He spread his arms, and I was a little surprised.
I started to move in for a hug before he stepped back a little and made a clearer indication that he was just politely gesturing me to enter the room before him. Sheepfaced, I put my head down and marched into the room.
14. An Emotional Hospital Visit
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u/lieshy: I had a full-fledged panic attack when they sent me to the “renal” unit at the hospital. I cried for an hour because I didn’t want a bum exam. The best part of the story? I was seventeen years old. I should probably have paid more attention in class, I guess.
15. My Sports Injuries Turned to a Normal Conversation
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u/KakunaUsedHarden: So, not a particular incident, but I get a lot of sports injuries that hurt so bad until I see a doctor. But the appointment ends with a normal conversation anytime I visit the doctor.
I say, “It hurts so much!.” The doctor responds, “Does it hurt when I do this?” I reply, “No.” Despite additional pressure and questioning, I consistently say it does not hurt. The doctor concludes, “I think you’ll be fine.”
16. I Accidentally Kissed the Doctor’s Hand
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u/reedyforkmike: I took my son (one year old) to the doctor to get checked out for an ear infection. He got upset as the doctor examined him. I’m holding him on my lap the entire time, whispering in his ear and trying to keep him calm.
As the doctor goes to look in his ear, I comfort my son by kissing his head. Unfortunately, the doctor had just placed his hand there to hold him in place.
I gently press my lips right on the guy’s hand! I pulled away, didn’t say a word, and we both pretended like it never happened.
17. From Giggles to Gas
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u/[deleted]: I had pimples on my face when I was about fourteen and looked like a human pizza. My mom took me to the doctor, and everything started normally.
The doctor was an oldish lady in her 50s; she seemed nice. Then something made me lose it when she started making hand gestures to her crotch, saying. “Do you get any pains around here?”
You can probably guess what would happen; with the sense of humor of a fourteen-year-old, I started laughing so hard I tried to stop myself by coughing. But the coughs caused me to fart.
18. The Holiday Hymns Added a Merry Twist to Gynecologist Visit
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u/gummbee: I’m a student, so I always make my appointments for winter break. For the season, they play Christmas songs throughout the office.
Near the end of my appointment, it was time for my pap smear test. I climb on the table and open wide when a choir begins singing, “Oh, Come all the faithful.”
19. The Quirky Dentist’s Chair That Gave Me Giggles
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u/doh_ramey: I’ve never done anything incredibly embarrassing, but there is one thing that gives me anxiety about going to the dentist. I don’t mind them fiddling around with my mouth, and I can stand the twinges, scrapes, and more.
The problem is that when the dentist/hygienist pumps the chair lever, it rises in little jumps. I can’t help it, so I start to giggle. I know it was cute when I was six, but now I’m twenty-six, making me look very strange.
20. Wisdom Teeth Aftermath
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u/WhiskeyandWine: I was under anesthesia after having my wisdom teeth removed. While waiting for my ride in the not-so-empty lobby, I vaguely remember seeing someone else with a bunch of gauze hanging out of their mouth; seeing this, I started to laugh at them.
Sure enough, my friend arrived to see me laughing at myself in the mirror. My friend asked the receptionist if I was alright, to which she responded, “Oh yeah, he has been like that for more than five minutes now.”
21. The Day a ‘Zit’ Took Center Stage
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u/bad_pie: I had a small lump on the side of my chin. I thought maybe it was a pimple. It was there for a few months, so I got nervous and went to the doctor.
He looks at it for a few seconds and then squeezes it hard. It Hurt pretty bad. Turns out it was a zit. When it popped, he said, “Woah! It hit the wall!” Then, pointing at the wall, he says, “We’ll sanitize that later.”
22. Strange smell
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Deleted user: My husband started to smell really bad… I mean, REEK. I made an appointment for him with the urologist and decided to go with him for support. He went into the doctor’s office and the doctor closed the door.
Five minutes later, the doctor comes out and his face turns red when he sees me.Doc (barely holding back laughter): You might want to go in and see for yourself.
Me: ‘Doctor, what’s going on? Why are you laughing?’ Then my husband comes out. He: Honey… I’m not sure how to say this… But I’ve been cheating on you.”
His words hit me like a freight train, and I felt my heart shatter into pieces. I looked at him, searching for any sign of the man I thought I knew, but all I saw was a stranger. The doctor, realizing the gravity of the situation, quickly excused himself, leaving us in an awkward, painful silence.
I stood there, devastated, as the truth of his infidelity and the reason behind his sudden change in odor sank in.
That smell was caused by a venereal disease, which the doctor diagnosed in him, and he knew that I didn’t have it, so the betrayal was obvious. That day opened my eyes to everything.
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Barron Trump, the youngest son of business mogul turned president, Donald Trump, has started a new chapter in his life. Currently, he’s attending Stern Business School at the New York University.
Donald Trump and his other children, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Tiffany Trump, have all graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, but Barron didn’t make the same choice. He is, however, still following in his dad’s footsteps by studying business.
“It’s a very high-quality place. He liked it. He liked the school,” Trump said of his son’s choice of university. “We liked NYU. I’ve known NYU for a long time, but it’s one of the highest-rated schools.
“I went to Wharton, and that was certainly one that we were considering. We didn’t do that,” Trump continued. “We went for Stern. He’s a very high-aptitude child, but he’s no longer a child. He’s just passed into something beyond childhood, he’s doing great.”
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When it comes to the private life of Barron Trump, little is know to the public.
People magazine once reported that he is well-liked among the girls.
“He’s at Stern, so he’s studying business in some way,” a source shared with the magazine. “He’s a ladies man for sure, he’s really popular with the ladies.
The source continued: “He’s tall and handsome. A lot of people seem to think he’s pretty attractive — yes, even liberal people like him.”
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In an article published by Vanity Fairin mid-February, the president of NYU’s College Republican club, Kaya Walker, provided some answers about Barron Trump, and that brought her in trouble, forcing her to step down from the position, something she later regretted.
Speaking of Barron, Walker told the publication, that he’s “sort of like an oddity on campus. He goes to class, he goes home.”
Once other sites re-posted the article, it has gone viral, with millions of people reading it. Walker then resigned and wrote an open letter about her resignation, saying it was the College Republicans of America who advised her to do it.
“I must consider the health of our organization,” Walker wrote. “I do apologize to everyone that I love and respect that was caught in the crosshairs of this willful and malicious misreading of my comment.”
NYU College Republicans President Kaya Walker calls Barron Trump an “oddity on campus.”
She explained that the media and the public had taken her comment out of context.
“I’ve been killing myself trying to support the conservative movement,” Walker said. “Everybody knows that it’s an uphill battle being a Republican at NYU. I’ve put my everything into building up my chapter. I built [attendance] up exponentially. It’s been insane, especially this past year, we’ve seen such a rise in membership and had such a great time.”
She continued: “[AF Post] took it to say that I was saying that Barron was strange for being a commuter — which I thought was crazy because I’m a commuter. They [made it] look like I was calling the president’s son weird, but I feel like anybody who can read would know that’s not what I was doing.”
Further, Walker concluded: “I just feel bad that he’s having this hard college experience, and I understand that he wants to be left alone.
“I don’t even know Baron Trump. I campaigned for his father. Why would I have any ill intent towards him?” She noted that Barron is “watched like a zoo animal.”
In response to recent events with our NYU chapter, College Republicans of America formally invites Barron Trump to join us in reshaping the Republican Party. https://t.co/ydxk0gVC9xpic.twitter.com/P56fNsFqyU
The College Republicans of America were quick to address Walker’s comment, writing that it “does not align with the values and principles upheld by our organization” and that it was “inappropriate.”
Further, they invited Barron to join its NY branch.
“Barron Trump represents the future of the conservative movement, and we would be honored to have him join College Republicans of America,” College Republicans of America President Will Donahue said.
“Strong leadership is built on resilience, courage, and the humility to rise above petty hostility — qualities that Barron has already demonstrated. We invite Barron to join us in shaping the future of our party,” he added.
Barron Trump hasn’t commented on the matter.
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Experts warn that in a decade time, US hospitals might be operating at near capacity, with hospital occupancy becoming a raising issue in the country.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the average hospital occupancy nationwide was 64 percent. That number has increased to 75 and researchers expect it to rise by another 10 percent in less than ten years’ time.
This can easily lead to deadly consequences due to issues such as long waiting time in emergency departments.
Dr. Richard Leuchter, assistant professor of medicine at UCLA Health, said in a statement, “We’ve all heard about increased hospital occupancy during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, but these findings show that hospitals are as full, if not more so, than they were during the pandemic, even well into 2024 during what would be considered a post-pandemic steady state.”
A study published in the journal JAMA Network Open modeled future hospital occupancy scenarios through 2035 using data from the period between August 2020 and April 2024 with national hospitalization rates and the U.S. Census Bureau’s official population projections.
Dr. Leuchter argued that in case this projection becomes a reality and the national hospital occupancy reaches 85 percent or greater, as some research suggest, “it is likely that we would see tens to hundreds of thousands of excess American deaths each year.”
Authorities may consider undertaking preventive measures to avoid a potential hospital bed crisis in the country. Some can possibly include prevention of hospital bankruptcies and closures “partly by revamping hospital reimbursement schemes and regulating private equity involvement in healthcare; addressing factors driving staffing shortages such as provider burnout, and changing policy to expand the pipelines of healthcare professionals.”
“In the slightly longer term, we need more innovative care delivery models that can reduce hospitalizations by diverting would-be admissions to specially-designed acute care clinics,” Dr. Leuchter said.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been appointed the new Health and Human Services secretary after being confirmed by the Senate. This new position will certainly bring a number of changes.
In his speeches, JFK Jr. has highlighted that nutrition is the key element of health. With that said, his priorities are the reduction of “the dominance of ultra-processed foods” and the removal of “food additives and chemicals.”
Many of the food additives, largely used in many foods, could soon be examined and even banned, many believe. The new Health and Human Services secretary is especially vocal about artificial colors such as Red Dye 40 and Yellow No. 5 and their usage in the US food supply.
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He, however, didn’t mention banning any particular foods.
Asked by Fox News host Laura Ingraham which food additives he’d effectively remove from the US, JFK Jr. argued that he won’t outright ban any because of the “freedom of choice.”
“If you want to eat Twinkies, you ought to be able to eat them,” he said.
He, however, promised to introduce “radical transparency” in informing the public about food ingredients and their health impacts.
RFK Jr. highlighted the need of healthier options at schools. He criticized the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for promoting processed foods and sugary drinks.
“We shouldn’t be subsidizing people to eat poison,” he said.
Speaking to host Steve Gruber in September, 2024, RFK Jr. tied the artificial colors in fast food to lower life expectancy.
As of the fast food chains like McDonald’s, he suggested they should return to its initial practice of cooking the fries in beef fat tallow rather than seed oils. He considers seed oils “one of the most unhealthy ingredients in foods and the reason they’re in the foods is because they are heavily subsidized,” and cause inflammations.
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It was Halloween and the diner where I’ve been working for some time now was expected to be full that evening. However, my babysitter quit in the last minute and I was forced to bring my four-year-old son, Micah, to work. He had put his firefighter costume on, and was ready for a real Halloween treat.
The night was busy, so I gave Micah some crayons and a grilled cheese at a back booth and told him to stay there while I was handling the dinner rush.
However, between refilling coffee and taking orders, I glanced at the booth and noticed my kid wasn’t there.
My heart started pounding as I went from corner to corner looking for him. He wasn’t in the bathroom, so I went into the kitchen to see if he had wondered there. And yes, there he was, speaking to a firefighter.
The man in the uniform seemed to be interested in my son’s words. He was listening to him very carefully, and at one moment, he started crying.
Unaware of what was going on, I approached closer.
I realized Micah was sharing his dad’s story with the broad-shouldered man.
My husband was also a firefighter who had lost his life in a fire the year prior. Micah didn’t know the details, he just knew his dad was a hero who died saving lives.
The firefighter was touched by Micah’s words. Wiping his tears, he crouched down to Micah’s level and asked him, “Who was your daddy, buddy?”
When Micah revealed his dad’s name, the firefighter started crying even harder and embraced him in a hug. “Your dad was my friend. He truly was a hero,” the firefighter said.
It turned out the firefighter and my husband attended training together and then ended up working at the same fire station.
He reached to his pocket and took out a small, silver badge, worn, but still shining. “This belonged to your dad,” he said as he handed it to Micah. “He once gave it to me for good luck, but now I want you to have it.”
Micha was too young to understand what the firefighter was trying to tell him, but at that moment, I realized that the grief over my husband’s passing didn’t only belong to us. It was shared.
I knew some of my husband’s colleagues, and now I was glad to meet this gentle man, whose name was Tyler.
That night taught me that love doesn’t fade with loss but continues to live on through the memories, the unexpected bonds, and even silver badges passed down.
My husband was gone, but Micah and I weren’t alone. We had all those wonderful people around us who continued my husband’s legacy by being there for us when we needed them most.
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