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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ‘Great Leap Forward’ – DEI and Reparations Agriculture Land Seizure Scheme

https://californiaglobe.com/fl/gov-gavin-newsoms-great-leap-forward-dei-and-reparations-ag-land-takeover-scheme/

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For a peek into how California Governor Gavin Newsom would rule the country if elected President, look no further than his California Agricultural Land Equity Task Force. This ambiguous agency was buried within the state budget in 2022 during Newsom’s statewide Covid lockdown, when media was not allowed near the governor or Legislature.

“Established in the California Budget Act of 2022 (AB 179, Ting), the California Agricultural Land Equity Task Force is an independent 13-member body directed to ‘submit a report (by Jan. 1, 2026) to the Legislature and Governor…that includes a set of policy recommendations on how to address the agricultural land equity crisis.’”

You read that right. Gavin Newsom created a task force to address “the agricultural land equity crisis.”

What agricultural land equity crisis?

The report the Equity Task Force recently released recommending a land grab from white farmers reads like a “How To” Marxism 101 manual at UC Berkeley.

One of their primary grievances is that “demographic trends in landownership differ greatly from those of agricultural labor in California;” i.e. not enough farm workers own the land on which they work.

By that logic, not enough teachers own the schools where they teach, or not enough dockworkers own the ships they load and unload.

This is their definition of agricultural land equity:

“Agricultural land equity is when all people have secure and affordable access to viable land for the care, relationship with, and cultivation of food, fiber, medicine, and cultural resources without systemic barriers, disparities, or exploitation.”

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins just sent Gov. Newsom a letter demanding that he “reject and abandon any attempt to pursue the illegal recommendations in the Equity Task Force’s report. It is unconscionable that hardworking farmers are being demeaned and shut out of opportunities simply because they don’t meet the state’s definition of ‘equity.’”

Rollins says Newsom is violating the Fourteenth and Fifth Amendments – the equal protection and takings clause, as well as a violation of California’s Proposition 209, a ban on affirmative action, passed by California voters in 1996, which prohibits discrimination or preferential treatment by the state, public universities, public employment, or other public entities, and banned affirmative action policies, enshrined in the California Constitution. In 2020, voters even reaffirmed the ban on affirmative action policies and practices by voting down Proposition 16, 57% to 42%.

Gavin Newsom is concocting new ways to drive up food inflation by handing over land and natural resources to California Native American tribes, minority groups and the who they deem as generally aggrieved.

The report even recommends the development of local ordinances to restrict citizens from purchasing land unless they are part of a certain minority group.

The California Agricultural Land Equity Task Force names the statewide California Reparations Task Force in their report, created by legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, which formally recommended that the state legislature repeal Proposition 209.

The Globe reported in 2023 that the state’s Reparations Task Force was pulling a bait-and-switch on Californians – with talk of a “racial wealth gap,” “racial terror,” “race-based traumatic stress,” and “guaranteed income for dependents of slaves.”

But what these progressive know-it-alls are really promoting is social justice reparations and nothing more than a redistribution of wealth.

This is Marxism.

Secretary Rollins said, “This policy would encourage the state and nonprofits to outbid legacy farms at auction and then only offer agricultural leases back to minority farmers after the purchase. Tax credits, debt forgiveness, special funding, and even priority in important farm conservation programs would only be allowed to benefit a few select minority demographics.”

“In a move we’ve come to expect from the radical left, the report even encourages the adoption of laws requiring ‘climate’-related agricultural practices for the new minority landowners.”

Secretary Rollins warns not to dismiss this report as some kooky leftist dream. “Newsom and his cronies are reckless fools, but they mean business. This report is thought out and comprehensive.”

One Protein Is a Better Predictor of Heart Disease Than Cholesterol

https://www.sciencealert.com/one-protein-is-a-better-predictor-of-heart-disease-than-cholesterol

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Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.

Since researchers first established the link between diet, cholesterol and heart disease in the 1950s, risk for heart disease has been partly assessed based on a patient’s cholesterol levels, which can be routinely measured via blood work at the doctor’s office.

However, accumulating evidence over the past two decades demonstrates that a biomarker called C-reactive protein – which signals the presence of low-grade inflammation – is a better predictor of risk for heart disease than cholesterol.

As a result, in September 2025, the American College of Cardiology published new recommendations for universal screening of C-reactive protein levels in all patients, alongside measuring cholesterol levels.

What is C-reactive protein?
C-reactive protein is created by the liver in response to infections, tissue damage, chronic inflammatory states from conditions like autoimmune diseases, and metabolic disturbances like obesity and diabetes. Essentially, it is a marker of inflammation – meaning immune system activation – in the body.

C-reactive protein can be easily measured with blood work at the doctor’s office. A low C-reactive protein level – under 1 milligram per deciliter – signifies minimal inflammation in the body, which is protective against heart disease.

An elevated C-reactive protein level of greater than 3 milligrams per deciliter, signifies increased levels of inflammation and thus increased risk for heart disease. About 52 percent of Americans have an elevated level of C-reactive protein in their blood.

Research shows that C-reactive protein is a better predictive marker for heart attacks and strokes than “bad,” or LDL cholesterol, short for low-density lipoprotein, as well as another commonly measured genetically inherited biomarker called lipoprotein(a).

One study found that C-reactive protein can predict heart disease just as well as blood pressure can.

.....Can diet influence C-reactive protein levels?

Lifestyle can significantly influence the amount of C-reactive protein produced by the liver.

Numerous foods and nutrients have been shown to lower C-reactive protein levels, including dietary fiber from foods like beans, vegetables, nuts and seeds, as well as berries, olive oil, green tea, chia seeds and flaxseeds.

Weight loss and exercise can also reduce C-reactive protein levels.

.....Ultimately, heart disease is the product of many risk factors and their interactions over a lifetime.

Therefore, preventing heart disease is way more complicated than simply eating a cholesterol-free diet, as once thought.

Knowing your LDL cholesterol level alongside your C-reactive protein, apolipoprotein B and lipoprotein (a) levels paints a comprehensive picture of risk that can hopefully help motivate long-term commitment to the fundamentals of heart disease prevention.

These include eating well, exercising consistently, getting adequate sleep, managing stress productively, maintaining healthy weight and, if applicable, quitting smoking.