1. @Publix heiress Julie Jenkins Fancelli gave $300K to finance the January 6 event that turned into a riot.
That was the bulk of the funding.
Publix is saying they have nothing to do with Francelli.
BUT Publix that isn't the full story.
@Publix 2. @Publix is one of a handful of companies that has said ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about whether their intend to keep donating to the 147 members of Congress who voted to overturn the presidential election.
3. In the 2020 cycle @Publix donated $3000 to Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), who voted to overturn the election, and $2500 to Senator Tommy Tuberville (AL), who also voted to overturn the election.
Publix refuses to say anything at all about these donations
1. On Monday, Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) told a constituent laid off from a job with the federal gov't that there was nothing he could do to stop budget cuts imposed by DOGE and Elon Musk
Begich said he was "not in a position to approve or deny the cuts"
2. It was a remarkable statement from the freshman Congressman, sworn into office in January. The Constitution vests the "power of the purse" with Congress — not an unelected billionaire appointed to a position in the executive branch.
3. Begich said he finds out about budget cuts impacting Alaska "on Twitter" and "had no idea these things were going on" in advance. Begich claimed the same situation was true "under Biden," but did not provide examples. He did not mention that he was not a Congressman during Biden's presidency.
1. The Senate confirmed RFK Jr at the same time as a massive measles outbreak was sweeping through areas of Texas with low vaccination rates.
RFK Jr visited Texas yesterday. Not to address the burgeoning crisis but to continue to push anti-vaccine messaging.
2. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, 58 cases have been confirmed throughout five counties. Another 200 to 300 are likely infected but not tested.
3. RFK traved to Texas yesterday and addressed HHS staff. He falsely suggesting that childhood vaccines like MMR may be linked to chronic illnesses. He said he would convene a new panel to study the childhood vaccination schedule and other “formally taboo” issues.
1. Meta removed a Facebook ads criticizing Elon Musk's efforts to seize Americans' private information through DOGE.
A notice from Meta said the ads violated its rules on "Unacceptable Business Practices."
2. The ads, however, did not seem to violate that rule which prohibit advertisers from misleading "people into purchasing or sharing sensitive information," exaggerating "health-related benefits," and touting deceptive financial benefits.
1. OSHA has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an email obtained by Popular Information.
The email says the publications have been removed from the web and tells staff that physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled"
2. Popular Information has obtained archived versions of most deleted publications. Almost all are not associated with DEIA topics but appear to have been targeted because they include a DEIA-related keyword used in a completely different context.
3. For example, one of the purged publications is "OSHA Best Practices for Protecting EMS Responders During Treatment and Transport of Victims of Hazardous Substance Releases."
On page 94, the words "diversity" and "diverse" are used in a context that has nothing to do with race or gender.
1. Donald Trump promised that, as president, he would drastically lower Americans' energy bills.
But hundreds of Alabama residents are receiving a $100 surcharge on their energy bills as a direct result of Trump's actions in the White House.
2. The surcharge occurred because one of Trump's executive orders froze a grant that assists low-income residents with their energy bills.
In an email, an Alabama official confirmed that the letter from Huntsville Utilities was genuine and the $100 increase was the direct result of Trump's EO.
3. Alabama received $1 million of additional LIHEAP funding as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Trump's EO, Unleashing American Energy, suspended the grant.
Ironically, the purpose of that EO was to address "high energy prices."
On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of 2 federal court orders
On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo, acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.
2. The new policy to comply with the temporary restraining orders (TROs) was issued today, February 12. The first TRO, however, was issued on January 31. The NIH memo reveals that the agency has been in violation of these orders for almost two weeks.
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