Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Tag: Big Tobacco

Trump-backed PAC took $5 million from tobacco giant before FDA opened...

A multimillion-dollar contribution from Reynolds American was disclosed days before tobacco executives met with President Trump and less than a week before federal regulators issued guidance that could expand flavored vape sales and benefit major cigarette manufacturers.

Pesticide industry ‘helped write’ disinformation playbook used by Big Oil and...

New analysis sheds light on key tactics Monsanto used to distort science and spin the narrative in defense of its herbicide product.

Big tobacco got caught in a lie by Congress. Now it’s...

Here's the question for the Big Oil 4: will you apologize, here today, for your company's decades of lying about climate change?

Big Tobacco’s surprising new campaign to raise the smoking age

Altria, Reynolds and Juul say they’re trying to do the right thing, while health groups say firms are pushing laws stuffed with loopholes.

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Trump slaps 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion in Canadian goods

The duties will hit Canadian cars, dairy products, alcohol and consumer goods, raising the threat of higher prices and further damage to the United States’ largest trading relationship.

Civil rights groups sue HHS over records tied to $10 billion childcare funding freeze

Advocates say the Trump administration must disclose how disputed fraud allegations involving Somali childcare providers became the basis for sweeping restrictions on federal aid.

Justice Department drops multiple corporate crime investigations

A reported decision to abandon several major corporate crime cases has raised concerns that the federal government is easing pressure on corporate misconduct.

What blind Lord of Misrule keeps showing he can’t avoid wrack and ruin, leans hard on dumb Big Lies, and expects different outcomes? 

“Trump’s self-love, not Iran, is global enemy No 1. He’s a one-man weapon of mass destruction.”

Immigration detention center in Florida Everglades shuts down ahead of hurricane season

The facility shutdown is considered a victory by many civil rights and environmental organizations due to the possible environmental impact it had on the Everglades wetland.