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Food Waste Is a Big Problem

December 7, 2021 at 9:44 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Food Dive: “Between 73 and 152 million metric tons of food gets wasted each year in the U.S., or over over a third of the country’s food supply, according to a new report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The most commonly wasted foods are fruits and vegetables, followed by dairy and eggs. Over half of all waste occurs at households and restaurants.”

“EPA said that halving food waste in the U.S. — a goal set by policymakers — would save 3.2 trillion gallons of blue water, 640 million pounds of fertilizer, 262 billion kilowatt hours of energy and 92 million metric ton equivalents of carbon dioxide over 75 million acres of agricultural land. Reducing waste of meats, cereals and fresh fruits and vegetables would have the biggest environmental impact.”

Sara Goddard offers 7 ways to whittle the waste.

Mark Meadows Ends Cooperation with House Probe

December 7, 2021 at 9:32 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows will no longer be cooperating with a committee investigating the events of Jan. 6, despite previous efforts to work with them,” Fox News reports.

So Meadows is now willing to go to jail in order to mend fences with Donald Trump after his book?

Lawmakers Drop Proposal to Add Women to the Draft

December 7, 2021 at 9:31 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Compromise defense policy legislation set to be filed Monday will not require women to register for a military draft, a stunning turnaround after the proposal gained bipartisan support in both the House and Senate this year,” Politico reports.


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Utah Proposal Would Return In-Person, Paper Voting

December 7, 2021 at 9:30 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A proposed Utah ballot measure would end universal mail-in voting in favor of all paper ballots and an end all early voting and most absentee voting, the Salt Lake Tribune reports.

Indiana GOP Faces Backlash Over Vaccine Mandates

December 7, 2021 at 9:27 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Republican legislative leaders in Indiana “announced they are canceling their one-day legislative session originally planned for Monday after fierce backlash to their proposal to severely limit private companies’ abilities to mandate vaccines,” the Indianapolis Star reports.

Angela Merkel’s Last Full Day as Germany’s Leader

December 7, 2021 at 9:26 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Angela Merkel was assured of a place in the history books as soon as she became Germany’s first female chancellor Nov. 22, 2005,” the AP reports.

“Over the next 16 years, she was credited with raising Germany’s profile and influence, working to hold a fractious European Union together, managing a string of crises and being a role model for women.”

“Now that near-record tenure is ending with her leaving office at age 67 to praise from abroad and enduring popularity at home. Her designated successor, Olaf Scholz, is expected to take office Wednesday.”

Democrats Have a Branding Problem

December 7, 2021 at 9:24 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

First Read: “That was one of the main takeaways that Democratic pollsters made after conducting focus groups of Virginians who voted for President Biden in 2020, but who broke for Republican Glenn Youngkin in last month’s gubernatorial race or strongly considered it. (By the way, these pollsters work at the firm that does President Biden’s polling.)”

From the memo: “Voters couldn’t name anything that Democrats had done, except a few who said we passed the infrastructure bill. That bill didn’t overcome their opinions that we have spent the last year infighting and careening from crisis to crisis.”

“After they passed a $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill (which included direct $1,400 checks), after they cleared a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill (though only after losing in Virginia) and after spending the last several months crafting a climate/universal pre-K/child care/prescription drug/health care bill, these voters thought Democrats were more focused on social issues than the economy.”

Tune Out the 2024 Predictions

December 7, 2021 at 8:30 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Karen Tumulty: “One recent poll conducted for NPR, PBS NewsHour and Marist College, for instance, finds that a plurality of Democrats — 44 percent — believe their party has a better chance of winning if President Biden is replaced as their candidate.”

“My question is: How would anyone know? And here’s another one: Why are pollsters even asking, when there is a huge midterm election looming in between, the trajectory of the economy is uncertain and no one knows when or even if we are going to put the covid-19 crisis behind us? All of these are likely to be determinants of both parties’ prospects in 2024, regardless of who is at the top of their tickets.”

A $1.6 Billion Mirage

December 7, 2021 at 7:47 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Judd Legum digs into former President Donald Trump’s new social media company and finds its mostly smoke and mirrors.

Similarly, Matt Levine concludes there is “almost no sign” that Trump’s new company “is actually building a social network or a streaming platform or anything else.”

Republicans Balk at Plan to Lift Debt Ceiling

December 7, 2021 at 7:38 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A plan was percolating to attach a debt limit fix to the annual defense policy measure and move them together to check off two items off the legislative to-do list, but Republicans are saying no way, warning that the move would endanger the defense bill,” Politico reports.

“The tandem approach was intended to end the partisan standoff in which Senate Republicans are refusing to help Democrats adjust the nation’s borrowing limit.”

Billionaires’ Wealth Surged During Pandemic

December 7, 2021 at 7:04 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Bloomberg: “The share of global wealth held by billionaires surged to a record during the Covid-19 crisis… About 2,750 billionaires control 3.5% of the world’s wealth.”

Axios: “The top 0.01% of individuals now hold about 11% of the world’s wealth, compared to just over 10% in 2020.”

Biden Weighs Russian Bank Sanctions

December 7, 2021 at 6:59 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The U.S. and European allies are weighing sanctions targeting Russia’s biggest banks and the country’s ability to convert rubles for dollars and other foreign currencies should President Vladimir Putin invade Ukraine,” Bloomberg reports.

Three Potential Crises Unfold on the World Stage

December 7, 2021 at 6:55 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Gerald Seib: “Three potential crises are proceeding in tandem: a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine, continuing Chinese pressure on Taiwan and the potential collapse of Iran nuclear talks.”

“Any one of these standoffs has the potential to shake the world order and produce wider conflict. Taken together, they signal that the U.S. and its allies are at a dangerous moment—perhaps more dangerous than many Americans realize. The challenge for President Biden and the democratic leaders he’ll be consulting with this week is to find a way to show firmness on each front without provoking a crisis.”

How Biden Is Reshaping The Courts

December 7, 2021 at 6:42 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

FiveThirtyEight: “When he took over, 30 percent of active federal judges had been appointed by Trump. He also had just 49 federal court vacancies to fill at that point — less than half the number that Trump started with.”

“But Biden campaigned on offsetting Trump’s conservative stamp by nominating judges from diverse backgrounds, and he’s gotten more judicial nominees confirmed through the Senate than any president at this point in his first term in decades. Almost half of the 61 judges he’s nominated to the lower courts have been confirmed — a larger share than Trump or former President Barack Obama — although there’s been far less consensus in the Senate about Biden’s picks.”

“But perhaps even more significantly, Biden has delivered on his promise of diversity in a big way. According to our analysis, the vast majority of the judges who have been confirmed under his presidency are women or people of color. And the judges he’s named to the courts also have nontraditional professional backgrounds.”

U.S. and Taiwan Seek New Trade Framework

December 7, 2021 at 6:36 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Taiwan and the US have agreed during high-level talks to set up a new trade framework as the two sides forge closer ties,” the South China Morning Post reports.

Trump Endorses Perdue for Georgia Governor

December 6, 2021 at 10:58 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former President Donald Trump endorsed former Sen. David Perdue in the Georgia gubernatorial race, calling current GOP Gov. Brian Kemp a “very weak Governor,” Fox News reports,

McConnell Likely to Back Powell for Second Term

December 6, 2021 at 10:54 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday he would probably end up supporting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s nomination for a second four-year term,” Reuters reports.

Jake Sullivan Spoke with Hostages’ Families

December 6, 2021 at 10:51 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“National security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke last week with relatives of U.S. hostages and others wrongfully detained abroad, after more than two dozen families expressed frustrations about their inability to get a meeting with him or President Biden,” Axios reports.

“Sullivan told families he’d been unaware they were seeking meetings with him.”

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