<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The journalist moderating Wednesday night&#8217;s vice presidential debate between Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Vice President Mike Pence opened the debate with a loaded question about the novel coronavirus, framing the virus as out of control at the hands of the Trump administration.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">&#8220;The coronavirus is not under control,&#8221; moderator Susan Page, USA TODAY’s Washington bureau chief, emphatically stated before reading off statistics of positive cases and ignoring plummeting hospitalization numbers.</span></p>
<p>Teeing up Harris, Page then asked the California senator what a Biden administration would do differently to combat the virus.</p>
<p>Harris, who did not lay out the restrictions a Biden administration would implement in her allotted two-minutes, slammed the Trump administration for allegedly keeping information from the American people and being slow to the draw when it came to their response.</p>
<p>Page, again, went after the Trump administration, asking Mr. Pence how he can &#8220;expect&#8221; the American people to follow safety regulations she accused the White House of not following, referencing the Rose Garden ceremony for Supreme Court justice nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett, which was notably held outdoors.</p>
<p>WATCH (relevant comments begin at the 1:03:00 mark):</p>
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<p>The loaded first question is reminiscent of the first 2020 presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, which was moderated by Fox News&#8217; Chris Wallace. Mr. Wallace was lambasted for his biased and disastrous moderating, and criticized for his repeated scolding of the president and jumping in to seemingly assist Biden.</p>
<p>As noted by The Daily Wire, even Wallace&#8217;s own colleague, &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; host Brian Kilmeade, took an apparent shot at the disastrous showing from Wallace.</p>
<p>“Why is [Joe Biden] allowed to interrupt? [Donald Trump] is not,&#8221; Kilmeade asked via Twitter.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why is <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a> allowed to interrupt? <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> is not</p>
<p>&mdash; Brian Kilmeade (@kilmeade) <a href="https://twitter.com/kilmeade/status/1311119467859116032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-wallace-faces-intense-backlash-including-from-colleagues-over-bias-during-debate?%3Futm_source=twitter">Chris Wallace Faces Intense Backlash, Including From Colleagues, Over Bias During Debate</a></strong></p>

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<p>The teen who&#8217;s been charged in the murder of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf will be tried as an adult in Texas.</p>
<p>Last month, Metcalf <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/high-school-football-star-stabbed-to-death-at-track-meet-dies-in-twin-brothers-arms?row=0&amp;elementPosition=5&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;author=Hank+Berrien&amp;title=High+School+Football+Star+Stabbed+To+Death+At+Track+Meet%2C+Dies+In+Twin+Brother%E2%80%99s+Arms&amp;category=News" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was stabbed to death</a> at a high school track meet after reportedly telling Karmelo Anthony, 17, that he was sitting in the wrong seat. Anthony has been charged with first-degree murder and, <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/04/04/us-news/austin-metcalfs-twin-says-we-were-one-person-in-heartbreaking-new-interview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to an arrest warrant, told police of the fatal stabbing, “I did it.”</p>
<p>Anthony will be tried as an adult, since Texas is a concurrent jurisdiction state, <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/track-meet-turns-tragic-texas-174855098.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Capital B. The laws allow prosecutors to charge minors, typically 16 or 17 years old, as adults with certain crimes.</p>
<p>The Collin County District Attorney’s Office, which is north of Dallas, is prosecuting the case of Metcalf&#8217;s apparent murder. Anthony was charged with first-degree murder in April, but a grand jury will review the evidence and decide whether to formally indict on that charge, or on a lesser charge like manslaughter, Capital B reported.</p>
<p>If Anthony is convicted of first-degree murder, he could face life in prison with a chance at parole after 40 years. He will not face the death penalty.</p>
<p>“The Supreme Court has said not only can you not seek the death penalty against someone who committed a crime when they’re 17, you can’t even get them life without parole. That would not be something we could do even if we wanted to,” Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis said, <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/14/us-news/texas-teen-karmelo-anthony-set-to-graduate-from-high-school-while-facing-austin-metcalf-murder-charge-after-agreement-with-school/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New York Post.</p>
<p>As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/teen-charged-with-murdering-austin-metcalf-granted-house-arrest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highlighted by The Daily Wire</a> last month, Anthony’s bond was initially set at $1 million, but a Collin County judge agreed to lower the bond to $250,000 and granted Anthony house arrest at his parents&#8217; home.</p>
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<p>The racially-charged case made headlines again earlier this month when it was reported that Anthony was allowed to graduate high school.</p>
<p>Jeff Metcalf, the father of Austin Metcalf, said he wanted answers about the decision to allow Anthony to graduate high school, but he was &#8220;stonewalled&#8221; by Frisco Independent School District Superintendent Mike Waldrip.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been stonewalled. Sad, you know, I understand the protocol,&#8221; Jeff Metcalf said. &#8220;They said I have to make an appointment, which I did.&#8221;</p>
<p>There was reportedly an agreement between the district and Anthony&#8217;s parents to allow the teen to graduate.</p>
<p>&#8220;So I&#8217;m just curious on how they arrived at it,&#8221; Jeff Metcalf said, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/austin-metcalf-father-frisco-isd-fatal-stabbing-karmelo-anthony-diploma/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CBS News. &#8220;When I read their own policy manual about what it states for mandatory expulsion and also graduation, now, he may be placed in a program where he was able to continue his education at home, where he did maintain the credits and could get his diploma.&#8221;</p>
<p>There&#8217;s a movement online to grant Metcalf an honorary diploma, but that stirred up more feelings for Jeff Metcalf.</p>
<p>&#8220;That would be great, because his name will be called right before his brother&#8217;s name,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But the fact of the matter is, it&#8217;s not going to bring my son back. I mean, it&#8217;s a nice gesture, but in the long run, my son doesn&#8217;t get a diploma. So, there&#8217;s part of me that says maybe Mr. Anthony shouldn&#8217;t get one either.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/teen-charged-with-murdering-austin-metcalf-granted-house-arrest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Teen Charged With Murdering Austin Metcalf Granted House Arrest</a></strong></p>

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<p>Social media erupted this weekend over an alleged racial comment WNBA player Brittney Griner made about opponent Caitlin Clark, who is white.</p>
<p>Unconfirmed reports floated on X and Instagram highlighting video of Griner after she fouled out of Friday&#8217;s game against the Indian Fever, the team Clark plays for. Griner&#8217;s alleged to have made a comment about Clark and the referee being &#8220;f***ing white girls.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Brittney Griner, whom Biden traded for the Merchant of Death, called Caitlin Clark and the white female ref: &#8216;Trash, f***ing white girls&#8217; after getting fouled out,&#8221; Outkick reporter Bobby Burack posted, captioning video of the alleged incident.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Brittney Griner, whom Biden traded for the Merchant of Death, called Caitlin Clark and the white female ref: “Trash, fucking white girls” after getting fouled out.</p>
<p>Any comment <a href="https://twitter.com/McNuttMonica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@McNuttMonica</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/chiney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@chiney</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/therealknelson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@therealknelson</a>?</p>
<p>(H/T: <a href="https://twitter.com/bobbyn0824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bobbyn0824</a>)</p>
<p><a href="https://t.co/QmWnehiJmd">pic.twitter.com/QmWnehiJmd</a></p>
<p>— Bobby Burack (@burackbobby_) <a href="https://twitter.com/burackbobby_/status/1926088869717352919?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>As highlighted by Burack, Griner was released from a Russian jail after former President Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wnba-star-brittney-griner-freed-from-russian-prison-in-swap-for-arms-dealer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">swapped</a> Griner for a notorious Russian arms dealer named Viktor Bout, dubbed the &#8220;Merchant of Death.&#8221; The controversial swap has only added to the recent politically-charged alleged incident.</p>
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<p>Comments online say a full-blown investigation would have been launched if the alleged racial comment was made against a black player. Others stood up for Clark and suggested some in the WNBA are jealous of her success.</p>
<p>&#8220;Holy s*** this is getting ridiculous,&#8221; one comment liked by hundreds of people reads. &#8220;[Caitlin Clark] is the WNBA&#8217;s generational player that is finally going to put this league on the map and these women can&#8217;t get over their petty jealousy and enjoy the fruits about to come their way.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;Why is everything about race in the WNBA,&#8221; another top post says.</p>
<p>Another person wrote, &#8220;Imagine 200 women self destructing themselves just because one woman is better. F***ing sad.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Let a white chick say some[thing] like that and it’s a problem,&#8221; one post read.</p>
<p>Notably, Griner seemed to complain about Clark bringing in new fans to the WNBA last year, suggesting some of them are racist.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don’t appreciate the new fans that sit there and yell racial slurs at myself, my teammates, and the people that I play against because, yeah, those are my best opponents but those are friends too,&#8221; Griner said at the time.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Brittney Griner claims WNBA fans are screaming racial slurs at her and other players. This is a lie. Any video of this happening would lead left wing sports media for a week: <a href="https://t.co/mi6WsAK8kv">pic.twitter.com/mi6WsAK8kv</a></p>
<p>— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1839703646008688687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-wnba-season-just-started-and-there-was-already-an-insane-race-hoax?author=Matt+Walsh&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=The+WNBA+Season+Just+Started+And+There+Was+Already+An+Insane+Race+Hoax" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The WNBA Season Just Started And There Was Already An Insane Race Hoax</a></strong></p>

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Social Media Erupts Over Brittney Griner’s Alleged Racial Comment About Caitlin Clark

<p>President Donald Trump was met with countless rounds of applause during his keynote commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday.</p>
<p>During the address, Trump touted the &#8220;Golden Age of America,&#8221; told the graduates to be proud of their accomplishments, and highlighted numerous cadets for their standout achievements.</p>
<p>“You are winners, every single one of you,” Trump said during the address. “You are the first West Point graduates of the Golden Age of America.”</p>
<p>&#8220;We’re getting rid of the distractions and focusing our military on its core mission: crushing America’s adversaries, killing America’s enemies, and defending our great American flag,” Trump continued, <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/24/us-news/trump-rips-prior-presidents-vows-military-will-be-respected-again-in-west-point-graduation-speech-touting-golden-age-priorities/?utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New York Post.</p>
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<p>“The job of the U.S. armed forces is not to host drag shows, to transform foreign cultures, or to spread democracy to everybody around the world at the point of the gun. The military’s job is to dominate any foe and annihilate any threat to America anywhere, anytime, and anyplace,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>“My preference always will be to make peace and seek partnership, even with countries with which our differences may be profound,” Trump added.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://t.co/5tN9l40W83">https://t.co/5tN9l40W83</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> at West Point:</p>
<p>“This is a day you will never forget.”</p>
<p>He’s right.<br />
Because under President Trump, the forgotten warriors are finally remembered.<br />
The military is being rebuilt.<br />
And West Point stands tall again — not as a woke experiment, but as a…</p>
<p>— TOMMYTATUMNEWS (@BenKaxton) <a href="https://twitter.com/BenKaxton/status/1926284210051895376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Trump brought up numerous graduates to the stage during the address, including one young man who broke an international record by 13 minutes with his 18-mile march time.</p>
<p>&#8220;Where is he? Where is he? Come up here &#8212; come up here, Chris!&#8221; Trump shouted, eliciting loud cheers from the audience. When Trump told him to say something to the crowd, the cadet smiled and told the audience, &#8220;It&#8217;s been a long five years, but I couldn&#8217;t have done it without any of these guys.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Trump also highlighted eight cadets who &#8220;took on the challenge of designing their own hypersonic rocket.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Oh, we can use you,&#8221; Trump said to laughs from the audience. &#8220;We&#8217;re building them right now! &#8230; We are the designer of it, we had it stolen during the Obama administration. You know who stole it? The Russians stole it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Throughout the commencement address, Trump touched on politics. For example, the president referenced the Democrats&#8217; lawfare campaign against him after he left office in 2016.</p>
<p>Trump said he was investigated more than mobster Al Capone. &#8220;Can you believe it? And now I&#8217;m president talking to you,&#8221; he said to loud applause.</p>
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‘Golden Age Of America’: Trump Brings Down The House During West Point Commencement Speech

<p>The New York Times on Friday admitted that President Donald Trump &#8220;holds the levers of power&#8221; in his battle with Harvard University, which the Times added has &#8220;no way out.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump is taking on Harvard over the Ivy League&#8217;s DEI (&#8220;diversity, equity, and inclusion&#8221;) policies, its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elise-stefanik-says-harvard-siding-with-those-who-hate-jewish-students-in-scathing-letter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handling of antisemitism on campus</a>, and biased hiring and admissions policies. The Trump administration is working to block billions of federal dollars to Harvard, and more recently halted the university&#8217;s ability to enroll international students, though that&#8217;s been temporarily blocked by a judge.</p>
<p>NYT correspondent Michael Schmidt, who painted Trump negatively, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/politics/trump-harvard-international-students.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">admitted</a> that the federal government holds the levers of power, since Harvard takes so much money from the feds. Notably, Trump is cracking down on the school because they won&#8217;t adjust policies the Right views as discriminatory and anti-American.</p>
<p>&#8220;Trump has stripped extensive federal funding from Harvard,&#8221; Schmidt explained. &#8220;Let’s say a judge gives back all of that money for this year. Half of the university’s research budget comes from the federal government. Where is Harvard going to get the money in the year after that, and the year after that? If you’re a researcher, do you want to be doing research at a school where your funding is in question?&#8221;</p>
<p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">&#8220;Harvard finds itself in this impossible position,&#8221; the reporter continued. &#8220;The federal government has more levers to use against an institution like Harvard than certainly I had appreciated. If you are persona non grata with Trump, he’s got you by the lapels in a way that is extraordinary. And Harvard is feeling it.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Schmidt said that privately, Harvard is feeling the heat. &#8220;Harvard officials have privately determined they are in a major, major, major crisis with very few, if any, good off ramps,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Last year, Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned following congressional questioning over her handling of antisemitism on campus. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) blasted Harvard, and Gay specifically, for allowing the targeting of Jewish students.</p>
<p>“[Gay] failed to stand up for Jewish students on campus who have been facing antisemitic attacks, who have been facing physical assault,&#8221; Stefanik <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elise-stefanik-harvard-president-claudine-gays-resignation-was-long-overdue" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in January 2024. &#8220;We’ve seen that footage. We’ve heard that directly from students on campus. We’ve also heard faculty concerns about her tenure, and her position, and her lack of academic integrity. But it really goes back to protecting Jewish students. And, frankly, when it comes to Harvard, the only time that Harvard has pled for academic freedom or freedom of speech was when it comes to the genocide of the Jewish people. That is inherently unfit for a person to be president of a university.&#8221;</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400">There’s a battle brewing over pesticides. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Some in the Republican Party say they’re worried about farmers in their districts who rely on pesticides. And there are apparent concerns within the White House that abrupt regulatory action could trigger supply chain issues. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">But at the same time, Republicans are bought in on Making America Healthy Again, and the MAHA movement wants pesticides banned in other countries to be similarly banned here. Or, at the least, they want their constituents to be able to sue makers of popular weed killers like Roundup, which has been linked to cancer. </span></p>
<p>Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the former Democrat presidential candidate who&#8217;s become a superstar with President Donald Trump&#8217;s most fervent supporters, seems to have figured out how to toe the line between the two camps.</p>
<div id="attachment_791989" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-791989" class="wp-image-791989 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/GettyImages-2167290858-1-864x576.jpg" alt="GLENDALE, ARIZONA - AUGUST 23: Former Republican presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena on August 23, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. Kennedy announced today that he was suspending his presidential campaign and supporting former President Trump. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/GettyImages-2167290858-1-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/GettyImages-2167290858-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/GettyImages-2167290858-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/GettyImages-2167290858-1.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /><p id="caption-attachment-791989" class="wp-caption-text"><em>Rebecca Noble/Getty Images</em></p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">On Thursday, RFK <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rfk-jrs-highly-anticipated-maha-commission-report-is-out-heres-what-to-know?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=RFK+Jr’s+Highly+Anticipated+MAHA+Commission+Report+Is+Out.+Here’s+What+To+Know" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released the highly anticipated MAHA Commission report</a>, which detailed a variety of potential causes of the childhood chronic illness epidemic. </span><span style="font-weight: 400">Though the </span><span style="font-weight: 400">report takes on pesticides — its authors order a study on the chemicals by next year — there&#8217;s a clear effort by RFK and his top allies to quell fears of quick regulatory action. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">“American farmers rely on these products, and actions that further regulate or restrict crop protection tools beyond risk-based and scientific processes set forth by Congress must involve thoughtful consideration of what is necessary for adequate protection, alternatives, and cost of production,” the report states.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">This effort has been in the works since before the report. Top RFK advisor Calley Means signaled last week that while the report will state the “truth” about pesticides, HHS has no desire for “nanny state” regulatory measures on pesticides, especially since abrupt action could spell a “disaster.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">“This report is on the truth, it&#8217;s on the dynamics. It’s a fact that we ingest 25% of the world’s pesticides in the United States, and many of our leading pesticides, in other countries across the world, have chosen to phase them out or ban them, calling them carcinogenic and disruptive to kids. Those are the facts. Those are easily Google-able. The United States government has never recognized those facts,” Means </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/uXnBG0FAqNA"><span style="font-weight: 400">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">. “When you get to policy, and I want to make this clear: I don’t think anyone in the Trump administration, I don&#8217;t think it’s the right policy, to say that insinuates that we need to have some sort of European anti-growth regulatory nanny state.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">“The policy solutions from this are not obvious,&#8221; he continued. “Pesticides are deeply ingrained into the U.S. agricultural system and it would be a disaster to phase them out tomorrow. Nobody is suggesting that.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Means also noted that throughout the 2024 campaign, Trump said he wants “the truth” on pesticides, seeming to downplay pushback from the White House. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400">On the state level, there&#8217;s less of an effort to keep the fight in the background. GOP-led North Dakota and Georgia have both passed laws to shield pesticide manufacturer Bayer (formerly Monsanto) from forthcoming legal action over its “failure to warn” about potential harms associated with its products, specifically Roundup, which contains glyphosate. </span></p>
<p>That&#8217;s led to fury from state lawmakers. <span style="font-weight: 400">Republican Blake Bassham of Georgia, for example, is not pleased with Republican Gov. Brian Kemp (GA), who recently signed legislation to shield Bayer. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">“Governor Kemp just signed a liability shield for chemical giants—quietly, behind closed doors, no cameras, no crowds. Why? Because they know it’s crony politics at its worst,” Bassham, who’s the Georgia State Freedom Caucus research director, said in a statement sent to The Daily Wire. “Courts have found real people were harmed, and no amount of lobbyist dinners will erase that.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">“The swamp may have won this round, but the grassroots, the MAHA moms, and freedom-loving Georgians won’t forget who sold them out,” he added. “This draws a clear line: who’s on the Trump Train—and who’s still riding with the corporate cronies of the old GOP.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">There are nearly a dozen states where legislation is pending on Bayer liability, including states like Missouri, Iowa, Idaho, Florida, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The Daily Wire spoke to Missouri lawmaker Nick Schroer, a Republican, who is fighting efforts in his state to shield Bayer from liability. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">“I think it&#8217;s atrocious to believe that any company – any company in America or anywhere – should get any form of blanket immunity for the products that they&#8217;re putting in the stream of commerce,” Schroer said, later emphasizing that Bayer is a German-based company. “I think the Seventh Amendment guarantees our access to the courts.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Schroer added that there are almost 200,000 lawsuits nationwide that have been filed over Roundup allegedly causing different diseases, cancers, and deaths. In his state, Republicans are split on passing a bill to shield Bayer. Schroer told The Daily Wire this has to do with lobbying efforts and worries over farmers, who are also split on the issue. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">“There’s a very strong agriculture community in the state of Missouri. And even with the farmers, some of them are split on whether this is a good bill or not,” he said, noting that some farmers say they want to be able to access recourse if their family members get cancer from these pesticides. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">“Whereas other farmers are saying, ‘Look, if we don&#8217;t grant them immunity, this product&#8217;s going to go belly up, and we&#8217;re not going to have any form of weed killer, herbicide that is going to tackle these issues in our fields,’” Schroer explained. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The Republican also highlighted lobbying efforts tipping the scales. “I&#8217;d say the strongest point is probably the lobbyist influence, the injection of millions of dollars that allegedly Bayer or groups associated with Bayer, associated with glyphosate manufacturers, they targeted nine different senators,” Schroer said. “They put a bunch of mailers, including myself, into our districts – a bunch of commercials. And we&#8217;ve seen some of the state reps actually bend the knee and vote yes, even though they had concerns over the bill.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">While RFK and Means are handling the fight diplomatically, some members of their coalition are full-steam ahead. </span><span style="font-weight: 400">Founder and leader of Moms Across America, Zen Honeycutt, says she wants the active ingredient glyphosate &#8212; and dozens of other pesticides &#8212; banned in the U.S. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">“The harm from glyphosate has not been acknowledged, even though there are hundreds of independent studies showing harm from glyphosate,” Honeycutt told The Daily Wire in a phone interview on Thursday. She pointed to a study that shows glyphosate “reduces the nutrient uptake into the shoot of the crop, which is the part we eat, by 80-95%, and those nutrients are magnesium, zinc, and iron. Those are the strongholds, those are the essentials for the immune system.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Honeycutt, who is part of the MAHA Institute, praised Trump and RFK for taking on pesticides in the MAHA Commission report.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">“We cannot make America healthy again with any use of glyphosate, and that is a very inconvenient truth that farmers and suppliers do not want to acknowledge,” she said. “I think we are on the pathway to having that acknowledgement by actually having glyphosate included in this report, as well as atrazine, which is contributing to a major reproductive crisis.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Though she hopes for stronger actions on these pesticides and other health issues, Honeycutt called the MAHA Commission report “a miracle.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">“We have been working for over 13 years now – some other groups have been working for 20 or 30 years and saying, ‘Hey, we need to get these toxins out of our food,’” Honeycutt said. &#8220;It is a dream come true to finally have an administration listening to us.&#8221;</span></p>

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday released the highly anticipated MAHA Commission report, detailing findings on potential causes of the epidemic of Americans, particularly children, fighting chronic illnesses. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The report, which is 68 pages long, details findings concerning ultra-processed foods, environmental toxins, stress, and the lack of physical activity, and reliance on medications and vaccines. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a>: The MAHA Commission Report &#8220;identifies four major factories that are contributing to the rise of childhood chronic disease&#8221;:</p>
<p>&#8211; Poor diet<br />
&#8211; Environmental chemical exposure<br />
&#8211; Lack of physical activity<br />
&#8211; Overmedicalization <a href="https://t.co/HWGgirNkR0">pic.twitter.com/HWGgirNkR0</a></p>
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<p>On nutrition, the report notes Americans&#8217; reliance on ultra-processed foods, which it says leads to &#8220;nutrient depletion, increased caloric intake, and exposure to harmful additives.&#8221; The report found that 70% of children’s calories now come from ultra-processed foods, contributing to chronic conditions.</p>
<p>On environmental chemicals, the report says children are being &#8220;exposed to an increasing number of synthetic chemicals, some of which have been linked to developmental issues and chronic disease.&#8221;</p>
<p>Specifically, when it comes to pesticides, the report&#8217;s authors order a study on the chemicals by next year, but it also tires to quell fears of quick regulatory action. Notably, some Republicans have expressed concern about action on pesticides because of how it might impact farmers.</p>
<p><strong>&#8220;</strong>American farmers rely on these products, and actions that further regulate or restrict crop protection tools beyond risk-based and scientific processes set forth by Congress must involve thoughtful consideration of what is necessary for adequate protection, alternatives, and cost of production,&#8221; the report states.</p>
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<p>Excessive screen time, inactivity, sleep deprivation, and chronic stress were also identified as significant factors contributing to the rise in chronic diseases and mental health challenges.</p>
<p>Addressing the over-medicalization of children, the <a href="https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/fd441e56ad4bcf36/2f18e38b-full.pdf">report</a> cites a 1,400% increase in antidepressant prescriptions and increased prescribing of stimulants, antibiotics, and asthma drugs, an Axios report notes.</p>
<p>Vaccinations were also highlighted, specifically calling for &#8220;more rigorous clinical trial designs.&#8221;</p>
<p>The detailed report is framed as a &#8220;call to action.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;It presents the stark reality of American children’s declining health, backed by compelling data and long-term trends,&#8221; it reads. &#8220;More importantly, it seeks to unpack the potential dietary, behavioral, medical, and environmental drivers behind this crisis. By examining the root causes of deteriorating child health, this assessment establishes a clear, evidence-based foundation for the policy interventions, institutional reforms, and societal shifts needed to reverse course.&#8221;</p>
<p>In the coming 80 days, Secretary Kennedy is tasked with creating a strategy based on these findings to tackle the chronic disease crisis.</p>
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