Marcia Brown
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A former Seaboard Triumph Foods employee spoke with me about the horrifying conditions inside of the Sioux City, Iowa, pork processing facility. The effects — including almost 2,000 hours of air quality violations — extend throughout the town. sentientmedia.org/iowa-pork-plan…
Exclusive: For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump. on.wsj.com/3TL8s7C
BREAKING via @politico: A federal judge has restored commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter to her role at the Federal Trade Commission, ruling that President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire the Democratic appointee in March was illegal.
This has been the second most humid summer in DC on record (since 1945) based on the number of hours with dew points over 70 degrees or the level considered GROSS.
Why has this D.C. summer felt like living in a sauna—with storms almost daily? 🌡️⛈️ Blame a heat dome parked over the steamy Atlantic, sending tropical air our way nonstop. We break down the relentless pattern: 🔗washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/0…
Kayem Foods is recalling 24,000 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken sausage products after consumers reported finding white pieces of plastic in the products. The products were sold nationwide. fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts…
CDC announces a multi-state outbreak of salmonella linked to frozen sprouted beans. cdc.gov/salmonella/out…
"What had been a place of monuments and history is now increasingly viewed from afar as a place where your event could be suddenly canceled by authorities or your keynote speaker could be detained at the airport." politico.com/news/magazine/…
UPDATE: Since this story ran, two more judges (one in Texas and one in Illinois) received the notice that they are fired. That brings this week's count to 17. npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-…
I profiled Andrew Ferguson, President Trump's head of the Federal Trade Commission. Friends and adversaries call him a brilliant lawyer and savvy political operator. Where they differ is over the perception that he is carrying water for the White House. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
NEW from @YarrowGrace & @rachel_shin_ White House officials are promising that MAHA won't crack down on pesticide use after widespread agriculture industry backlash to the May report. (Spoiler: Lobbyists still don't fully trust them.) subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
Historic Grand Canyon lodge destroyed by wildfire ow.ly/jeMS106fGgo