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The formula shortage is finally bringing attention to the FDA’s labeling games that have angered many moms for years.Months after distressed moms have been vocally upset and concerned about the baby formula shortage, the media is finally starting to ask, how could this happen? The short answer is lockdown supply chains and the shutdown of one of the country’s largest formula plants in Michigan over an alleged bacterial outbreak. The long answer is that, unlike the problem of sky-rocketing lumber prices or your West Elm furniture stuck on cargo ships, this crisis is intertwined with an already highly regulated industry...

Melting ice sheets in Norway have revealed a bunch of incredibly well-preserved arrows from the distant past. The array of arrows was found around the ice patches of the Jotunheimen Mountains in southern Norway during a 2019 expedition by Secrets of the Ice, a team of glacier archaeologists who scour the receded ice sheets for historical relics. One of the most impressive discoveries includes an Iron Age arrow, approximately 1,500-year-old, that was found lodged in the icy ground before being thawed out using lukewarm water. The team described the condition of this arrow as “awesome,” noting that it still had...

owner says its best for the horse...kinda wanted to see him go for it..

For decades, Russia has been the world's second most powerful military. Today, it is the second most powerful military inside Ukraine. How in the world did a nation with such a significant military overmatch get into a quagmire against a much weaker power? Just what is wrong with the Russian military?

What began as a straightforward U.S. policy of arming the Ukrainians has expanded into a dangerous and rapid escalation.The New York Times on Wednesday published an op-ed by Tom Stevenson arguing what some of us have been arguing for a while now: the Biden administration is openly — and recklessly — pursuing a policy of escalation in Ukraine that represents a new and very dangerous phase in the war.Stevenson, a journalist who reported from Ukraine in the opening weeks of the war, argues that initially the United States and its North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies responded to Russia’s invasion...

Channeling former Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum, incoming Florida House Minority Leader Ramon Alexander has called it quits after sexual misconduct and harassment allegations were levied on him earlier this week by a former male athletics employee at Florida A&M University. Rep. Alexander, who is accused of groping the male individual and sexting him with inappropriate images and videos, admitted to having a "consensual, adult relationship" with the former college employee behind his wife's back. "Representative Ramon Alexander has decided to not seek reelection to the Florida House of Representatives. He and his family are in my thoughts as they...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) has endorsed Kelly Tshibaka for the U.S. Senate in Alaska, Breitbart News learned exclusively on Thursday. “Kelly Tshibaka will be an America First senator who knows that what’s good for Alaska is also good for America. She will fight for the constitutional rights of all citizens and work to revive the Alaskan economy, which has been devastated by the horrendous policies of the Biden administration,” Noem said in a statement. “I am proud to endorse Kelly and look forward to working with her on issues we have in common for years to come.” Tshibaka...

Matthew Fox Wed, May 11, 2022, 7:45 AM·3 min read Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)David Dee Delgado/Getty Images An economic recession would send the S&P 500 another 25% lower to 3,000, according to DataTrek Research. DataTrek believes the Fed is trying to drive a slowdown in job growth to contain rising inflation. Slowing job growth could cascade into a recession, but for now the S&P 500 is proving resilient. The stock market could fall another 25% if interest rate hikes from the Federal...

A former educator from the Mat-Su announced Wednesday that she's making a late run for Alaska's U.S. Senate seat, complicating a race that so far featured incumbent Republican Lisa Murkowski and Trump-endorsed challenger Kelly Tshibaka. Pat Chesbro, a former teacher, principal, superintendent and college instructor, said she made up her mind to run Sunday, influenced in part by last week's draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court that would strip the rights to abortion granted by the Roe v. Wade decision. "I'm terrified that I'm going to let people down," Chesbro said. But, she added: "I think people need a...

Free Beacon Investigates: Five cities, five free crack pipes Crack pipes are distributed in safe-smoking kits up and down the East Coast, raising questions about the Biden administration's assertion that its multimillion-dollar harm reduction grant program wouldn't funnel taxpayer dollars to drug paraphernalia. The findings are the result of Washington Free Beacon visits to five harm-reduction organizations and calls to over two dozen more. In fact, every organization we visited—facilities in Boston, New York City, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Richmond, Va.—included crack pipes in the kits. The kits became the subject of national attention in the wake of a Free...

A Wall Street Journal story from January had the suppliers and the shops blaming each other. "Chains like Walmart Inc. and CVS Health Corp. say the manufacturers are having supply issues; formula makers say retailers aren’t getting product to stores once it is delivered. We’ve all seen supply chain issue affect some of our favorite products. But when we couldn’t find Rice Krispies for a few weeks, my kids switched to Corn Flakes. The baby formula shortage is a much bigger problem. Which leads to a question that can be asked weekly: "Where is the president?" The Biden administration ducks...

As George P. Bush was ramping up his runoff campaign in the Republican attorney general’s race in March, he jumped on a Fox Business Network interview to advocate for stricter border security, pledging to build “miles and miles” of border wall to combat the federal government’s “inactivity.” Stuart Varney, the host conducting the interview, was skeptical. “Sir, I always think of the Bush family as kind of the moderate wing of the Republican Party,” he said. “And now you want to finish Trump’s wall. Is that accurate?” The interaction is emblematic of a key obstacle for Bush in his race...

Former President Trump warned Thursday that Republican Kathy Barnette, who is making an unexpectedly strong showing in polls, will lose the Senate race in Pennsylvania if she captures the GOP nomination. Ms. Barnette, a 50-year-old conservative commentator and veteran, is receiving more attention in the closing days of the Senate primary battle, stealing the spotlight from her more well-known, and well-funded, rivals: celebrity physician Mehmet Oz, who has Mr. Trump’s endorsement, and businessman David McCormick. “Kathy Barnette will never be able to win the General Election against the Radical Left Democrats,” Mr. Trump said in a statement. “Dr. Oz is...

Joy Behar told her co-hosts Thursday on ABC’s “The View” that Americans did not get “we are losing our rights on a regular basis.” Behar said, “I want to say something. I think there’s a larger issue at stake right now. I think Americans are in denial exactly about what this Republican Party is planning to do. They would like to overturn voting rights. They would like to overturn gay rights. They are in the process of overturning women’s rights.

President Joe Biden said the White House is actively reviewing whether to lift tariffs on Chinese goods as a tool to ease inflationary pressures as it searches for new ways to combat rising prices.“We’re discussing that right now,” Biden said on whether he planned to lift tariffs on goods imported from China to reduce inflation. “We’re looking at what would have the most positive impacts.” He said a decision had not been made.Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, Biden acknowledged that the public is losing patience. New consumer price data on Wednesday are expected to show increased inflation through...

With ABC still struggling to find a conservative woman to take over for the fierce Meghan McCain on The View, Sara Haines seemed to be uninterested in that search as she told ABC chief anchor George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday’s Good Morning America that her “dream” new co-host would be two-time failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. After some questions to promote the new season of Haines’ game show, The Chase, the former Clinton lackey pivoted to talking about The View. “Right now, there’s still an open seat on the co-host panel. What are your dream co-hosts,” Stephanopoulos wondered.

The Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for a second term leading the central bank’s board of governors as the Fed scrambles to get ahead of high inflation. Senators voted 80-19 to approve Powell for another four-year stint chairing the Fed board, a position he was first appointed to by former President Trump.

Americans are feeling the pinch of inflation. Wages are up but consumers are worse off. Average hourly earnings have risen by 5.5% over the last year. But factoring in rising costs, real earnings are down 2.6%. So, how are Americans making ends meet? They’re charging it. Consumer debt continues to climb at a staggering rate. Total consumer debt rose by $52.4 billion in March, a 14% increase according to the latest data released by the Federal Reserve. Outstanding consumer debt now stands at $4.54 trillion. The Federal Reserve consumer debt figures include credit card debt, student loans and auto loans,...

Wholesale inflation remained painfully high at 11% in April, report Thursday said It was a slight decrease from the 11.5% rate in March but still near record highs Soaring food costs are helping drive inflation at the wholesale level Food products for final demand rose 16.3% in April from a year ago Wholesale inflation in the US soared 11 percent in April from a year earlier, a hefty gain that indicates high inflation will continue drag down consumers and businesses in the months ahead. The Labor Department said Thursday that its producer price index - which measures inflation before it...

Huh, this MIGHT be why it’s so hard to find baby formula. We see a lot of baby formula on the shelf in the picture on the Left … not so much in the picture on the Right. Hrm. Illegal migrants first to get ‘pallets’ of hard-to-find baby formula @Kat_Cammack “They are sending pallets, pallets of baby formula to the border… Meanwhile, in our own district at home, we cannot find baby formula."https://t.co/mqSlvavZdu pic.twitter.com/IzLucTm4J1 — Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) May 12, 2022 From The Washington Examiner: The nationwide shortage of baby formula that has sent mothers desperately rushing from store to...