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A self-described foodie, social butterfly and New Yorker for 20 years, Lina Axmacher has long loved exploring the city’s famed restaurant culture. Then she started Ozempic. She lost her appetite — “my desire for cocktails and desserts and anything sweet” — and also more than 20 pounds (9.1 kilograms) in less than two months. But …
Plus, Susie Wiles breaks cover, a new name in the frame for the Federal Reserve and Hegseth says the Pentagon won’t release the Sept. 2 boat strike video Good morning. New data released Tuesday showed that the unemployment rate has risen from 4% when President Trump took office to 4.6% in November. A sizable drift …
64% of Americans are buying less food just to get by. A third are skipping meals entirely. People are refusing ambulances and avoiding doctors because they literally cannot afford to survive. This is not a fringe issue. This is the majority of the country struggling to afford the basics while being told the economy is …
by Michael Do you remember all of those people over the years that warned us that the cost of living would eventually spiral out of control? It turns out that they were right. Our leaders flooded the system with trillions upon trillions of new dollars, and now we have a real life nightmare on our hands. …
On November 1, without immediate action by Congress, federal funding for SNAP, WIC, and free and reduced-price school meals will run out. This means in a matter of days, tens of millions of Americans, including children, will go hungry. Please email your members of Congress now… pic.twitter.com/LOn0ZiJN9W — Bread for the World (@bread4theworld) October 24, …
More $$taxation because the government has no restraint on spending. NY, IL , Calif & Colorado….see a pattern? — floridanow1 (@floridanow1) November 5, 2025 Shannon Thompson, public policy and legislative chair for the Colorado School Nutrition Association, speaks at an event in support of two ballot measures that would shore up funding for the state’s …
The gap between survival and wealth has never looked this brutal. Americans are sacrificing small joys like vacations and eating out, selling their belongings, and skipping meals to afford housing. Meanwhile, billionaire wealth rose by $33 trillion in the last ten years. These two things are related. pic.twitter.com/clny0mRqsF — Melanie D'Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) October 17, 2025 …
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/listeria-outbreak-from-recalled-prepared-meals-sold-trader-joes-walmart-leaves-4-dead-19-hospital A listeria outbreak affecting certain recalled prepared meals sold at Trader Joe’s and Walmart has led to four deaths as well as 19 hospitalizations, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC issued a multi-state recall for ready-to-eat meals containing pasta that may have been contaminated by listeria. The recall …
by Michael Are you old enough to remember when you could buy a really nice house for less than $50,000? Today, the average price of a home in the United States is more than half a million dollars. Of course everything else has become dramatically more expensive as well. I just asked Google, and I …
🚨 The Dollar Menu is officially extinct. In 2014, a McChicken cost $1. Today? $2.99 — up 199%. A Quarter Pounder Meal? $5.39 to $11.99 — a 122% jump. Wages haven’t doubled. Productivity hasn’t doubled. But prices? In some cases, they’ve tripled. This is why financial… pic.twitter.com/RhLeJiqdIa — Kurt S. Altrichter, CRPS® (@kurtsaltrichter) June 23, …
This is the America I know. — Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) June 9, 2025
US consumers are getting even more pessimistic about the stock market: A record 12% of Americans see no chance that stocks will increase over the next 12 months, according to a UMich survey. This percentage has tripled over the last 2 months. It has also surpassed previous peaks seen near 2022, 2009, and 2022 market …
Youtuber opens a “McDonald’s sucks” restaurant for a day using all healthy ingredients, this is a good video. Granted, he paid the existing restaurant 2,000 to use his business and employees and gave out the meals (250 of them) for free… he should have charged something, but you gotta respect his effort, this took a …
by Martin Armstrong Inflation data is skewed and does not factor in the reality that the costs of basic necessities like food and housing have not waned significantly since COVID began. Shelter costs, in particular, have become unaffordable for the majority. Redfin recently reported that 74% of Americans earning under $50,000 are seriously struggling to maintain consistent …
Thanksgiving dinner is historically affordable this year. The costs of this year’s holiday feast — estimated at $58.08 for a 10-person gathering, or $5.81 a head — dropped 5% since last year, the lowest level since 2021, according to a nationwide survey of grocery prices by the American Farm Bureau Federation, which represents millions of …
Food prepared at home continues to be a cost-effective option, with grocery prices rising at a modest 1.1% annually, compared to the 4.1% spike in dining out. While some claim inflation is under control, the reality paints a different picture. Families, facing maxed-out credit cards, are cutting back on eating out, turning to home-cooked meals …
The tax has brought in $800 million more than the state expected. The state of Massachusetts passed a 4% tax hike on residents making over a million a year in 2022, which took effect in 2023. The tax has raised more revenue than lawmakers originally expected and provides free school lunches for the state’s children. …
The rising cost of living, particularly food prices, has been a significant issue. According to recent data, food prices have reached record highs, impacting many households. A survey conducted by the Urban Institute found that nearly one in four renters in the U.S. reported skipping meals in the past year to afford their rent and …
I must admit, that is a well played political move during this crucial election cycle. And the optics of the signing event, impressive! h/t Rev El Haitian
via FOX: More than a quarter of Americans have resorted to skipping meals to avoid paying inflated grocery store prices, according to a new survey. According to a study by Qualtrics on behalf of Intuit Credit Karma, 80% of Americans say they have felt a “notable increase” in grocery costs in recent years. More than a quarter of …
At the beginning of Episode 56 of the “Voices from DARPA” Podcast, an unnamed man declares, “A DARPA program manager quite literally invents tomorrow.” Another eager mouthpiece adds, “DARPA is not one person or one place; it’s a collection of people that are excited about moving technology forward.” The podcast is titled “The Future of Foods: Meals from …
Queens business owner housed EIGHTY SEVEN Senegalese migrants in basement and charged them $300-a-month each for shelter and three meals a day, netting him $313,000 in annual rent A Queens business owner housed 87 migrants in a basement, charging them a $300 monthly fee for shelter and food, and earning $313,000 in the process, according …
Anything to get Joe re-elected bro — Not Jerome Powell (@alifarhat79) February 27, 2024
An investigation has revealed that from more than 70,000 meals meant for asylum seekers in NYC were thrown away. Were the meals making people sick, or were they perfectly edible?
via Naturalnews: Company records have revealed that New York City is paying millions of dollars a month for meals that are meant to feed migrants. However, thousands of these meals are never eaten and thrown away, according to the internal company records reviewed by the New York Times (NYT). The meals are provided by DocGo, a medical services company …
via euronews More than half of Europeans say their budget has tightened over the past three years, according to a recent study. Rising prices have pushed almost one-third of Europeans into a “precarious” financial situation, a recent survey has found. The second European Barometer on Poverty and Precariousness examined Europeans’ ability to make purchases and …
via nysun: New York City consumers could pay more for meals at home, and face fewer options for delivery across the city, after a judge allowed a new minimum wage to go into effect for app-based food delivery people. The delivery service companies and New York’s restaurant association say they will pass the added costs …