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A new op-ed, regarding hunger and the importance of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program was pushed this afternoon on the Huffington Post. Last week, I wrote about the continued need for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), particularly in the wake of the automatic benefit cuts that began on November 1. It is fortunately the time of year when people give generously to food banks and food pantries, but they are unable to fully meet the need in their communities, particularly if the program were to suffer deeper cuts. Over the holiday weekend, I saw heart-wrenching news stories from across the country illustrating the impact of cuts through the personal stories of children and families that are using SNAP to get back on their feet. Read more on HuffingtonPost.com.

HuffPost is due to eliminate 30 editorial roles in the coming weeks, editor-in-chief Danielle C. Belton announced in a company email Tuesday. Citing “growing challenges to our business,” the impacted staffers will be alerted “in the weeks ahead,” she wrote in a memo shared to social media by New York Times media reporter Ben Mullin. “HuffPost is undergoing a substantial round of job eliminations due to ongoing and growing challenges to our business.”news: HuffPost is cutting 30 positions. Last May, HuffPost lamented the number of media layoffs in an article titled, “Media Layoffs Mean We’re Worse Off This Election Year.” At the time, the story noted the abrupt shutdowns of Vice and the The Messenger. The New York Times first reported the news about the upcoming HuffPost layoffs.

You might need to stock up this year, because at least two Girl Scout flavors are about to be no more. Girl Scouts Retiring Cookie VarietiesCookie sales continue to be a massive annual fundraiser for the Girl Scouts of the USA. Girl Scouts Toast-Yay Cookies Girl Scouts press photo loading... Girl Scouts s'mores cookies Girl Scouts press photo loading... Both cookie varieties will be "retired" following the 2025 cookie sales much like the Raspberry Rally was removed following sales in 2023.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGAn appeals court has refused to stop President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing for his criminal hush money conviction in New York on Friday. Trump had again turned to the courts hoping they would step in and stop his sentencing for his 34-count felony conviction. AdvertisementJust 24 hours ago, Judge Juan Merchan refused a request from Trump to halt the Jan. 10 sentencing. Instead, the judge wrote, they had only rehashed old claims to presidential immunity that failed when introduced the first time. The appeals court decision was concise, stating only that after consideration of his arguments, the application for an interim stay, or halt, is denied.

On Tuesday, Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon issued an order blocking the public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s highly anticipated reports on the prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump’s classified documents case as well as his Jan. 6 election subversion case. But for now, Cannon’s order temporarily stops Smith from releasing or sharing the report to anyone outside of the Justice Department. Cannon dismissed the classified documents case against Trump after ruling that Smith was unconstitutionally appointed. The prosecution was not dropped, however, against Nauta or De Oliveira and that matter is now on appeal. AdvertisementNauta and De Oliveira argue the release of the report could hurt their existing case.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGA new federal rule will block credit agencies from including medical debt in their reports on individuals, the Biden administration announced on Tuesday. AdvertisementKamala Harris has championed the cause of helping people with medical debt, both as vice president and as the Democratic nominee for president in last year’s election. That effort was led by RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit that buys up medical debt from creditors. AdvertisementStill, RIP Medical Debt has been tweaking its efforts in ways that it believes will make debt relief more effective. And it’s always possible ― as the philanthropy’s leaders have said ― that the study didn’t fully capture the benefits of taking away medical debt.

Courtesy of Anna SullivanHalfway through hot yoga class — my first in over a decade — I felt a volcanic wave of heat rise inside my chest. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisementI did not finish that yoga class. In hindsight, I’m not sure what possessed me to attend hot yoga in the first place. As I get older, I’ve learned that I don’t need to do more to experience growth and change, I can just do things differently. Courtesy of Anna SullivanAdvertisement AdvertisementI went to that hellfire hot yoga class at the behest of my friend.

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Hugh Grant via Associated PressHugh Grant has admitted there’s one film in his oeuvre that he thinks was treated too harshly. The Bafta winner recently sat down with Variety for an interview about his latest film Heretic, during which he was asked if his decision to stop appearing in romantic comedies was a “conscious choice”. AdvertisementHowever, Hugh went on to say that his run of romantic comedies ended with one notable “total failure”. “But it’s been quite fun, building it back up slowly and in a new direction.”Naming the film in question as Did You Hear About The Morgans?, Hugh insisted: “I love it. Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker in Did You Hear About The Morgans?

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The Washington Post has fallen, Elon Leon wants world domination and today really sucks. Y’all really got us all emotional over the break when we learned about the 150k mark. More: CNNUm…|Here in the U.S., we know what a deranged, corrupt and power-hungry piece of shit Elon Leon Musk is. And we really don’t know how to make it not suck. But we don’t have to like it and we sure as shit don’t have to accept it.

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Illustration: Jianan Liu/HuffPost; Photo: Getty Images Generic phone chargers are cheaper, but they can pose a safety risk. Advertisement“Consumers should be told to avoid these generic devices to reduce injury risk,” the authors behind the report concluded. AdvertisementOther Signs Your Charger Is A Risk Or Should Be ReplacedBeyond buying an untested generic charger, there are other health and safety risks it could pose. Some USB-C phone chargers are not designed to handle all of the surging electricity at once for other devices, Whitehurst said. AdvertisementSo if you’re buying another phone charger, make sure to look at the device specifications.