19 State AGs warn retail giant Costco for doubling down on 'discriminatory' DEI. — 27 January 2025 (LINK)

Eurasia Review: Biden's sordid legacy: ravaged rights and liberties — OpEd. — 17 January 2025 (LINK)

Eurasia Review: Joe Biden's terrible legacy — OpEd. — 17 January 2025 (LINK)

Fox News: Liz Peek: Biden keeps smearing lipstick on his pig of a presidency: keeps hammering Americans with an absurdly flattering and utterly bogus take on his own accomplishments. — 16 January 2025 (LINK)

National Review: The Biden Era wheezes its way to a fittingly deluded end. — 15 January 2025 (LINK)

Fluoride-IQ study fuels debate over US water fluoridation. — 10 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 107 media reports (LINK)

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has put the decades-old debate over water fluoridation back on the table. A meta-analysis of studies found that a 1 part per million increase in fluoride in urine is linked to a 1.63 drop in IQ score, with consistent evidence showing that higher fluoride exposure is associated with diminished IQ in children. Nine-year research review concludes that higher fluoride levels result in lower IQ scores, with a 5-point decrease in a population's IQ nearly doubling the number of people classified as intellectually disabled.

— About 63 percent of Americans have fluoridated water. Professor of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Dr. Steven Levy "questions the study's conclusions, noting all human studies in the review are from outside the US with a high risk of bias, and emphasizes there is no evidence of adverse effects at lower fluoride levels used in community water fluoridation systems."(LINK)

— The World Health Organization suggests a guideline of 1.5 mg/L. In the U.S., water and beverages comprise about 75% of fluoride intake, with fluoridated water contributing between 40% and 70%. Fluoride also comes from other sources, such as dental products, food, and industrial emissions. Notably, 52 of the 74 studies included were rated as high risk of bias. No studies included U.S. populations, limiting direct applicability to U.S. public health recommendations. — (LINK)

— Fluoride strengthens teeth and reduces cavities by replacing minerals lost during normal wear and tear. According to the U.S. Public Health Service, since being added to public drinking water in the 1960s, it's reduced the average number of cavities by 44% in adults and 58% in adolescents. — (LINK)

Fox Corp loses bid to be removed from voting systems provider Smartmatic's $2bn lawsuit against Fox News for knowingly aired false information about its software to boost ratings. — 10 January 2025 (LINK)

Federal judge holds Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court for repeating false claims about election workers. — 10 January 2025 (LINK)

— The ex-New York City mayor owes the two election workers $148 million.

Meta disbands diversity team and says DEI has become 'charged': Reports. — 10 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 221 media reports (LINK)

U.S. House of Congress passes sanctions bill against International Criminal Court officials in response to Netanyahu warrant. — 9 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 86 media reports (LINK)

Blackrock departs net zero initiative, joining other firms in mass exodus from net zero groups. — 9 January 2025 (LINK)

— "A historic win for consumers and a decent start for BlackRock rolling back its destructive influence on America's economy. Now, BlackRock must work to fully repair the damage it has caused by ending the harmful incentives it put in place for executives via ESG, beyond net zero targets, including racial and sex-based discrimination in hiring and promotion," Will Hild, executive director of Consumers' Research, a conservative consumer advocacy group, said in a statement.

— wikipedia: "Consumers' Research is a American conservative 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Established in 1929, it was a founding organization in the consumer protection movement. It turned to the right after its sale in 1981 to a conservative publisher." (LINK)

Fox News: Alaska sues Biden administration for 'irrational' restrictions on Trump-era oil and gas drilling mandate. — 8 January 2025 (LINK)

Ex-FBI informant who fabricated bribery story about Biden and his son Hunter to influence 2020 election gets 6 years in prison. — 8 January 2025 (LINK)

Judges decide Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was just confused when he didn't report all that gifted money. — 8 January 2025 (LINK)

GOP-led immigration legislation passes House in first bill of new Congress, but faces uncertain future in Senate: bill would require the detention of undocumented migrants charged with theft or burglary. — 7 January 2025 (LINK)

— A critical mass of Democrats would have to join with Republicans to clear the 60-vote threshold required to advance most legislation in the Senate, a major constraint on the chamber's new GOP majority and President-elect Donald Trump's incoming agenda. It would need eight Democrats to vote with Republicans.

UFC boss Dana White, long linked to Donald Trump, joining Meta's board of directors. — 6 January 2025 (LINK limited) — ground.news: 212 media reports (LINK)

Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema accused of misusing campaign funds for lavish travel. — 6 January 2025 (LINK)

Mike Johnson reelected as House speaker after brief revolt. — 3 January 2025 (LINK)

Elon Musk and the right's war on Wikipedia: The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information. — 2 January 2025 (LINK)

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