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No More Mandatory ESG Fees For Dairy Farmers, USDA Rules
No More Mandatory ESG Fees For Dairy Farmers, USDA Rules
Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has ended environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives in a dairy program that is funded by dairy farmers.
The update applies to the National Dairy Promotion and Research Program, also known as the Dairy Checkoff Program.
The program funds research, promotion, and nutrition activities aimed at strengthening markets for American dairy.
However, the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, set up through the program, has pursued "extensive ESG initiatives, including greenhouse-gas...
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May 28, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Americans' Savings-Rate Slumps In April As Fed's Favorite Inflation Signal Soars
Americans' Savings-Rate Slumps In April As Fed's Favorite Inflation Signal Soars
After accelerating significantly in March, The Fed's favorite inflation indicator - Core PCE (a measure of price changes in consumer goods and services that excludes volatile food and energy costs) - rose 0.2% MoM in April (less than expected +0.3% MoM), but pulled up the YoY measure to +3.3% (as expected) - its highest since Nov 2023.
The rise in Services costs (headlined by Housing & Utilities, Financial Services, and Healthcare) dominated the increase in Core PCE YoY...
The headline PCE...
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Jul 6, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Xbox Hit With 3,000 Layoffs After CEO Warns Business Is "Not Healthy"
Xbox Hit With 3,000 Layoffs After CEO Warns Business Is "Not Healthy"
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma issued a dire warning to staff on Monday: "Our business today is not healthy. We must reset Xbox."
Sharma's memo, first published on the Xbox website, announced cuts of 3,200 jobs tied to Microsoft's Xbox division, or equal to about 20% of staff, as deteriorating margins and disappointing Game Pass subscriptions have forced the unit into a major restructuring effort.
The 3,200-job reduction will be split into two waves: the first 1,600 layoffs will begin...
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Oct 9, 2026 / Tyler Durden
AI Authoritarianism: A Government Without Constitutional Brakes
AI Authoritarianism: A Government Without Constitutional Brakes
Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute,
"United States AI companies must be free to innovate without cumbersome regulation."
- President Donald Trump, Executive Order 14365
The era of small government is over.
Anyone who tells you differently is selling you a lie.
Case in point: Donald Trump promised to shrink the federal government.
But what if Trump's pledge to cut the federal work force wasn't really about eliminating government bureaucracy but outsourcing it to the AI tech sector?
What if Trump, with the backing of a...
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