A study conducted by CSE found 32% of the total of 65 randomly selected samples tested positive under the genetically modified category. This includes infant food, edible oil and packaged food snacks. Most of these are imported from the US, Canada, Netherlands, Thailand, and the UAE.
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DeVos to Eliminate Rules Aimed at Abuses by For-Profit Colleges
BSU free again to gouge people hungry enough to believe their lies – Blood Sucker U. Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, in the latest move to boost for-profit colleges, plans to eliminate rules that forced them to show that their graduates were getting work.
Is the Brexit hard-liner European Research Group running the UK?

Amid the daily UK political turmoil, one name sticks out. The European Research Group is a lobbying entity pushing for a no-nonsense, hard Brexit. Some say it is essentially running the show, not the British government.
Trump demands Turkey release US Christian pastor or face sanctions
Twitter Storm Troopers – both shameful creeps

The White House lobbed strong words of warning at its NATO ally over Andrew Brunson, but the Turkish government showed it could play ball, too. Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government said that “no one dictates to Turkey.”
Increase in tick-borne diseases likely, US experts say
Israeli minister says “War on Gaza is approaching”
No shame and less humanity.
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The Israeli minister of internal security, Gilad Erdan said on Thursday that Israel was approaching a broad military campaign against Hamas in Gaza.
“There is no perfect solution to the problems of the Gaza Strip,” Erdan was quoted as saying. “It seems that we are approaching a broad military campaign in Gaza.”
According to Hebrew media, Erdan threatened, saying: “The army should launch an extensive military campaign against Hamas in Gaza.”
The statement of the Israeli minister came in light of the recent military escalation on the Gaza Strip border, where an Israeli soldier was moderately wounded by sniper fire. The Israeli army launched an aggression against several military positions in Gaza, killing three members of its military wing.
Trump’s $12 billion “gold crutches” to deal with trade retaliation against US agriculture
Politico quotes Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin):
This is becoming more and more like a Soviet-type of economy here: Commissars deciding who’s going to be granted waivers, commissars in the administration figuring out how they’re going to sprinkle around benefits…I’m very exasperated. This is serious.
It also quotes Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Wash.) observing that the bailout does nothing to preserve market access lost as a result of the tariff policies.
Some in the ag community, they say, ‘That’s great, thank you for the help’ — except that the problem then becomes we’ve lost the market, so how do we get the market back?…That’s the question.
President Trump says he will fix the retaliation damage his trade policy has caused for agriculture with $12 billion added to USDA programs.
The New York Times quote of the day: “This trade war is cutting the legs out from under farmers and the White House’s “plan” is to spend $12 billion on gold crutches.” –Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska
The USDA explains that
These programs will assist agricultural producers to meet the costs of disrupted markets. This is a short-term solution to allow President Trump time to work on long-term trade deals to benefit agriculture and the entire U.S. economy.
Politico (behind paywall) quotes USDA Secretary Perdue: “”The programs we are announcing today are a firm statement that other nations cannot bully our agricultural producers to force the United States to cave in.” It explains that the 3-part plan will:
- Provide direct payments to growers and producers of soybeans, sorghum, corn, wheat, cotton, pork and dairy.
- Purchase fruit, nuts, rice, beef, pork and dairy products from U.S. producers for redistribution to federal nutrition assistance programs.
- Put resources toward finding new markets for U.S. farmers to sell their products abroad.
Not everyone loves this idea. Politico quotes Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin):
This is becoming more and more like a Soviet-type of economy here: Commissars deciding who’s going to be granted waivers, commissars in the administration figuring out how they’re going to sprinkle around benefits…I’m very exasperated. This is serious.
It also quotes Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Wash.) observing that the bailout does nothing to preserve market access lost as a result of the tariff policies.
Some in the ag community, they say, ‘That’s great, thank you for the help’ — except that the problem then becomes we’ve lost the market, so how do we get the market back?…That’s the question.
In general, agricultural groups view this as an inadequate short-term fix for a problem that won’t go away until Trump ends the trade war.
Former USDA Secretary Dan Glickman tweeted a link to a longer statement:

Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is introducing legislation to ensure a fairer distribution of the bailouts. How about some trade relief for fishermen?

In the meantime, The Street reports the effect of this plan on the market: Soybean futures for November delivery settled more than 1% higher; Deere & Co. and other farm equipment stocks also went up. CBS News also notes the rise in ag stock prices.
Analysts generally view this as a move to maintain Trump’s base of support among soy and corn producers in the lead up to the midterm elections. It solves a short-term political problem, but does nothing to protect US agricultural markets. See, for example, accounts from
- The New York Times editorial board
- Jerry Hagstrom “The Trade War’s High Costs.”
- Global Meat News
- Associated Press
- Washington Post
Best of Late Night: Jimmy Kimmel Says the Cohen Tape Shouldn’t Seem Like Business as Usual
“For any other president, a tape like this — on which we hear his voice, his married voice, suggesting that his lawyer pay a Playboy bunny $150,000 in cash to keep her quiet — for any other president, there would be an address to the nation tonight. He would be sitting at a desk, arms folded, serious face. He’d apologize to his wife, his family, possibly Jesus, I don’t know. We might even have to get Barbara Walters involved. But for this president, there’s no statement. For him? Just Wednesday.” — JIMMY KIMMEL “For any other president, there would be an address to the nation tonight,” Kimmel said.
‘Congress has never heard a voice like mine’: Native American woman seeks to make election history

Deb Haaland’s New Mexico candidacy aims to change US politics and take on Donald Trump
Deb Haaland, the former New Mexico state Democratic party chair who is seeking to make history as the first Native American woman elected to Congress, had just one question before running: could she win?
Yes, she thought, she absolutely could.
Maria Butina: ties emerge between NRA, alleged spy and Russian billionaire

Senior NRA figures met with the wife of Konstantin Nikolaev, who allegedly gave financial support to Butina
Senior members of the National Rifle Association (NRA) met the wife of the Russian billionaire who allegedly gave financial support to a woman accused of being a secret agent for Moscow in the US.
The NRA members met Svetlana Nikolaeva, who is the head of a gun company that supplies sniper rifles to the Russian military and intelligence services, during a trip to Moscow during the 2016 election campaign.
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