After several days, 15 rounds of voting, and tough negotiations with 20 holdout Republicans, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was sworn in as speaker of the House of Representatives shortly after midnight on Jan. 7. Conservative groups declared a victory after the speaker offered several concessions to holdouts, the majority of whom are members of the…
Conservatives Celebrate ‘Significant’ Concession Wins During House Speaker Election
How LEDs Can Negatively Influence Our Health
There’s been a subtle, yet unmistakable change in lighting over the past few years. And it’s not entirely by choice. For nearly two decades, government policies around the globe have been slowly phasing out the classic incandescent light bulb we’ve known since Thomas Edison’s time, and pushing a new source of illumination called LEDs. In…
MSNBC’s Joy Reid: Fair and Balanced or Full of Bias?
Joy Reid, host of MSNBC’s “The Reid Out,” has no “joy” when covering anything conservative or GOP-related. In her coverage of the House Speaker vote, she has aimed her vitriol at Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), who has been getting votes for speaker, but this is just one of many personal attacks. …
FDA To Regulate Cosmetics Makers—Partly
New powers granted to the Food and Drug Agency (FDA) give the agency the ability to shut down cosmetic companies making products like shampoo, makeup, and toothpaste that expose consumers to injury or disease. The updated regulations come from the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MOCRA) of 2022, which was tucked into the massive Consolidated Appropriations…
Gas Stations Yielded Record Gross Margins in 2022
Gasoline retailers had a banner year in 2022, earning $59.2 billion nationwide, surpassing the prior record by almost $15 billion. A study by Lundberg Survey, which provides statistical reports to the oil industry, found that retail margins surged in July and onward, following President Joe Biden’s drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). A year…
FDA’s New Powers Over Cosmetics Makers Still Don’t Guarantee Consumer Safety, Says EWG
New powers granted to the Food and Drug Agency (FDA) give the agency the ability to shut down cosmetic companies making products like shampoo, makeup, and toothpaste that expose consumers to injury or disease. The updated regulations come from the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MOCRA) of 2022, which was tucked into the massive Consolidated Appropriations…
Personality Traits Might Predict Alzheimer’s Disease, 1 Way to Prevent
My aunt Jenny Liang had always been a traditional woman with an extroverted personality. She was married for 42 years, retired for seven years, and had five children and nine grandchildren. She liked to cook, and always smiled at everyone and everything. One day, her personality suddenly changed. Her daughters noticed that their mom no…
5 Exercises to Fix Slipped (Herniated) Disc
Lumbar back pain, numb feet, and inability to sit for a long time may be caused by lumbar disc herniation and spinal stenosis. The lumbar spine of the human body will gradually degenerate after a certain age, and many symptoms will appear. In addition to seeking medical help, is there any exercise that can help…
Why Heart Attacks Happen—Expert Shares Key Reason
In 2020, approximately 19.1 million people died of cardiovascular diseases globally, which amounted to an increase of 18.7 percent from 2010. In the United States, someone has a heart attack (myocardial infarction) every 40 seconds, and one in five people dies from heart disease every year. Among many cardiovascular diseases, myocardial infarction that is acute…
Knee Osteoarthritis: Exercise Therapy More Effective than Surgery
Knee osteoarthritis means that your knee hurts and your doctor does not know the cause. With aging, a person wears away the shock-absorbing cartilage in the knees, which increases risk for pain and swelling. Often people with knee osteoarthritis have perfectly normal MRIs of their knee cartilage, and people with MRI evidence of torn cartilage…
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