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Soda Purchases Slumped 13% After SNAP Sugary Drink Restrictions
Soda Purchases Slumped 13% After SNAP Sugary Drink Restrictions
Soda purchases fell about 13 percent among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries after 10 states restricted purchases of sugary drinks with SNAP funds in 2026, a study found.
SNAP restriction waivers banned non-nutritious items like soda and candy to ensure that taxpayer dollars are directed toward nutritious options that improve health outcomes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture stated on its website.
The August study from the National Bureau of Economic Research - not yet peer-reviewed - evaluated the immediate effects of SNAP...
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Aug 20, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Watch Darline Graham's Epic Debate Flub That Could Cost Her The SC Primary
Watch Darline Graham's Epic Debate Flub That Could Cost Her The SC Primary
In the worst response by a female South Carolinian to a foreign-policy question since the 2007 Teen USA beauty pageant, Lindsey Graham's sister on Tuesday night painfully displayed her utter inexperience in national politics, drawing a blank and bailing out of a basic question as she squared off against her run-off opponent, Rep. Ralph Norman.
After Sen. Lindsey Graham's sudden July death, Gov. Henry McMaster appointed his sister Darline to see out the remaining months of his term....
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Jun 10, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Growing Number Of Oil Tankers Successfully Sneak Through Hormuz, Shrinking Iran's Leverage
Growing Number Of Oil Tankers Successfully Sneak Through Hormuz, Shrinking Iran's Leverage
One week ago we reported that "As Gulf States Plan Bypass Pipelines, US Military Is Quietly Helping Ships Cross Hormuz." We now have more evidence that, whether with or without a US escort, a growing number of ships are transiting Hormuz.
According to Bloomberg, off the coast of Oman over the weekend, 16 tankers clustered together to transfer millions of barrels of oil that had been stranded in the Persian Gulf. A month ago, that area had been entirely empty.
They’re part...
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Jun 24, 2026 / Tyler Durden
"Democratizing AI": OpenAI, Broadcom Unveil New AI Chip As Sam Altman Pushes For Full Control Of Compute Stack
"Democratizing AI": OpenAI, Broadcom Unveil New AI Chip As Sam Altman Pushes For Full Control Of Compute Stack
OpenAI and Broadcom unveiled Jalapeño, OpenAI's first custom AI accelerator, as Sam Altman's chatbot maker pushes to control more of its data center chip stack and drive greater efficiency to lower inference costs.
The new chip is described as an "Intelligence Processor" and was designed from scratch for large language model inference, the compute-intensive process of serving AI products such as ChatGPT, Codex, and the OpenAI API.
"While OpenAI is still measuring final performance,...
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