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From The Reporter’s Notebook
BUZZING: Today in the Hive
From a TPM Prime member: “The republicans have fought against COOL (Country of Origin Labeling) for years now and now that they have control in both the senate and the house, even though some 80% of the American people are in favor of it, have managed to finally get it knocked completely out of being done. This is a huge victory for the 4 big cattle feeding operations in the US because they can bring in poorer quality and cheaper meat into the US, mix it with American beef, raise the price and sell it to the American consumer and make greater profits. This is always what the republican party stands for, and yet the American voters continue to elect them into office even when it costs them more. I guess they have to make up for all of those tax breaks they give to the richest Americans.”
Related: Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) secured language in the omnibus that repeals country of origin labeling on meats from cows to pigs.
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What We’re Reading
Marijuana is legal in D.C., but no one is acting like it. (New York Magazine)
It’s pretty crazy that American immigrants can’t become president. (Vox)
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