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Tyson Foods has recalled more than 3,000 pounds of frozen breaded chicken for possible plastic bits in the breading. The chicken being recalled is not available to purchase in grocery stores, but was shipped to restaurants for sale in menu items.
This is one of those blogging equivalents to Hannibal Smith on the "A-Team," who liked to sign off with, "I love it when a plan comes together!" In this case, I get to day, "I love it when a 'Civil War on the Left' entry writes itself." This, from Robert Kuttner at the left-leaning American Prospect : Race, Class, and Loyalty.
Budget for Veterans, Energy, Water: The House on June 8 passed, 235-179, a $145.4 billion appropriations bill for fiscal 2019 that includes $72.1 billion for veterans' health care, $15.3 billion for securing the U.S. nuclear arsenal and $785 million for fossil-fuel research.
The Southern Baptists are facing their own #MeToo crisis as the biggest Protestant denomination in the U.S. heads into its annual meeting next week. A series of sexual misconduct cases has prompted the Southern Baptist Convention's socially conservative, all-male leadership to seek forgiveness for the ill treatment of women and vow to combat it.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Tyson Foods is recalling more than 3,000 pounds of frozen chicken following the discovery of pieces of plastic in the chicken's breading ingredients. The USDA said Friday that Arkansas-based Tyson says the chicken may be contaminated by pieces of "blue and clear soft plastic."
In New York state government news, the state Senate is beset by gridlock as Republicans hold on to power by the thinnest of margins. With one member away on military duty, Republicans are relying on the support of a renegade Democrat to stay in control.
Tyson Foods is recalling about 3,120 pounds of frozen breaded chicken products that may have been contaminated with blue and clear soft plastic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Friday . The recall affects 12-pound boxes containing 3-pound bags of uncooked, breaded chicken tenderloins, with lot code 1378NLR02 and establishment number P-746.
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It should be clear by now: President Donald Trump believes he is above the law. It's apparent by his conduct in office and particularly related to the Russia investigation - helping manufacture "Deep State" conspiracy theories to undermine our law enforcement and intelligence institutions, concocting absurd spy stories with no merit, firing an FBI director for not letting things slide, belittling his attorney general for rightfully recusing himself from the probe and sending out his lawyer to act like they can dictate the terms of the investigation.
Khalilah Ali, the ex-wife of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali , said United States President Donald Trump should use his pardon power on a living person rather than her former husband, who had his conviction for draft evasion overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1971. "There's no necessary need for a pardon," Khalilah Ali told TMZ Sports in an interview released Saturday.
For more than a year, the state of Florida failed to conduct national background checks on tens of thousands of applications for concealed weapons permits, potentially allowing all kinds of ineligible people to be approved. Just as Florida was flooded with concealed carry applications after the Pulse nightclub massacre, the department that approves them stopped using a FBI crime database called the National Instant Criminal Background Check System -- something that flags any disqualifying history in other states.
Comedian Bill Maher called President Trump a "master manipulator" in the wake of his commutation of first-time drug offender Alice Johnson, suggesting that "grateful black folks" like Johnson could cause Trump to rise in the polls. Maher asked Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson if "policy even matters" to Americans of all colors, then listed issues like Johnson's commutation and the potential legalization of marijuana as issues upon which the president could gain traction.
Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz applauded President Trump for commuting the sentence of Alice Marie Johnson on "Fox & Friends" Saturday morning, saying that in her case, justice had truly been served. But he also challenged Trump's critics to not allow their political biases to get in the way of seeing justice done.
The Philippine Navy released several photos of the arrival of Russian Navy Pacific Fleet ships anti-submarine destroyers Admiral Tributs and Admiral Vinogradov , and large sea tanker Pechenga for a five-day goodwill visit today, June 9. According to the Russian embassy, the destroyers will open their doors for public visit on Sunday, June 10 from 1pm to 5pm at Pier 15, Manila South Harbor.
The ex-wunderkind congressman from Peoria, Schock, 36, resigned in March 2015 amid media allegations of possible misuse of government and campaign funds. He was indicted by the U.S. Attorney in Springfield in November 2016 on 24 counts of alleged wrongdoing.
Republicans haven't won a statewide race in Virginia since 2009, and GOP leaders have all but written off their chances of changing that trend in this year's Senate race. The best-known candidate, Corey Stewart, built his brand on defending Confederate icons.
Heading into his North Korea summit with characteristic bravado, President Donald Trump says he is ready to negotiate an accord with Kim Jong Un to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2010, file photo, released by China's Xinhua news agency, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, center, arrives at Pyongyang international airport in Pyongyang, capital of North Korea.
That's what the North Dakota Democrat in one of the most Donald Trump-friendly states says, though it would seem she also doesn't have that luxury. The first-term U.S. senator, among the most vulnerable in her party seeking re-election this year, is maneuvering herself at once as an ally of the Republican president on policy, and a polite opponent at other times.
By Friday, former GOP Assemblyman Tim Donnelly had further separated from Democrat Marge Doyle in the close contest to face Rep. Paul Cook in a November run-off. While national Democrats hung high hopes on certain state districts - particularly seven Republican-held ones that voted for Hillary Clinton - the conservative 8th Congressional District was not one of those highlighted by the New York Times.