Week In Review Podcast: Local Election Results, Automobiles In Automobile Alley And Russell Westbrook

Some Republican voters are suddenly getting cold feet - after the election is over, with "Can I change my vote?" leading spiking in Google searches. Source: The Nightly Another question American voters are seeking answers to is “Can I change my vote?”, which some suggest shows Republicans are getting cold feet. Some took to Threads, the Meta messaging app that many Twitter users flocked to after Elon Musk took over and rebranded the platform to X, to mock the belated research efforts. “Yes, really.

Three-Quarters of U. S. Adults Are Now Overweight or Obese The New York Times‘Obesity is at a crisis point’: Study predicts that 260 million in US will be overweight or obese by 2050 CNNSupersize US: Without ‘immediate action’ nearly 260 million Americans will be overweight or obese by 2050 The IndependentWithout immediate action, nearly 260 million people in the US predicted to be overweight or obese by 2050 Medical XpressUS Obesity Crisis Expected to Worsen by 2050, Study Warns Bloomberg

In 1849, Wisconsin passed an abortion ban with no exceptions. This stood until Roe v. Wade became the law of the land. When the fascist faction of SCOTUS overturned it, Wisconsin went back to the 174-year-old law. This was immediately challenged and in December 2023, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Diane Schlipper ruled that the ban applied only to feticide from someone other than the mother and did not apply to abortions.

Donald Trump spent much of his first term feeling stung and betrayed by those he’d placed in power. This time, he’s not taking chances. As he works to fill his administration a second time, Trump has turned to a head-spinning mix of candidates. Many of those he’s chosen are personal friends.

Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was building up a following with his anti-vaccine nonprofit group, Children’s Health Defense, and becoming one of the world’s most influential spreaders of fear and distrust around vaccines. Now, President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, which regulates vaccines. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Read More: Here Are the New Members of Trump’s Administration So Far Kennedy has long advanced the debunked idea that vaccines cause autism.

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