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Chapter 1: What are the key points discussed in the national security hearings?
National security officials are grilled on Capitol Hill amid dueling accusations of a military strike text chain.
There was no classified material that was shared in that signal. So then if there was no classified material, share it with the committee.
I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Wednesday, March 26th, and this is Morning Wire. Big food companies are fighting to keep soda and snacks on the menu.
Are they okay with us using their tax dollars to feed really bad food and sugary drinks to children?
And EPA Chief Lee Zeldin is taking swift action to dismantle cumbersome environmental regulations.
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Top national security officials were on Capitol Hill yesterday, where lawmakers grilled them on how a journalist was added to a group chat about military operations.
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Chapter 2: What is the controversy surrounding the SNAP benefits for soda and candy?
Chapter 3: What actions is the EPA Chief taking regarding environmental regulations?
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Top national security officials were on Capitol Hill yesterday, where lawmakers grilled them on how a journalist was added to a group chat about military operations.
Here with a look at what they said and how President Trump has reacted is Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice. Hey, Tim. So we're now on day three of this Atlantic saga. What more have we learned now?
Yeah, good morning, John. So just to refresh everyone's memory, around two weeks ago, a user named Michael Waltz added Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal group chat where Trump national security officials discussed upcoming strikes on Houthi terrorists. Goldberg reported this on Monday, and there's obviously been a lot of fallout.
On top of all that, a bunch of the people in the group chat were already scheduled to testify before Congress this week to report on the global threat assessment. Needless to say, yesterday's hearing quickly became all about the signal chat, with Democrats accusing Trump officials of exposing classified information and the officials defending their actions.
This exchange between Georgia Senator John Ossoff and CIA Director John Ratcliffe is pretty emblematic of how the hearing went.
Director Radcliffe, this was a huge mistake, correct? No. Hold on. Let me answer.
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Chapter 4: How are food lobbyists responding to proposed changes in junk food subsidies?
Hey, Georgia. Yeah, so there's a strong push to restrict soda, candy, and other unhealthy options from purchases being made with SNAP, which are commonly known as food stamps. Now, federally, these changes have been discussed openly by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. She'll play a key role in administering those benefits.
There are also a number of bills in the House looking to federally restrict junk food and soda from SNAP. Movement has also picked up steam on the state level. Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has asked the feds to allow her state to restrict SNAP, and lawmakers have made similar moves in Idaho, Kansas, Arizona, Indiana, Texas, Wyoming, and other states.
Also something to watch for, West Virginia has just passed a bill that bans a number of food dyes often found in junk food and sugary drinks. That will affect the soda industry too, and they ran a very strong opposition campaign to that bill. Republican Governor Patrick Morrissey signed that bill on Monday. It will go into effect in 2028, though it will affect school food programs this summer.
So about the opposition, what are we seeing in terms of the lobbying effort from the big food companies and soda companies?
Well, the food industry is working across numerous fronts to try to protect these profits. About one in eight Americans receive SNAP benefits currently with soda as the most frequently purchased item. About 10% of all SNAP spending goes towards soda and sugary drinks and another 10% toward junk food. American taxpayers reportedly subsidized roughly $4 billion worth of soda products through SNAP.
Now, losing that subsidy would be a big blow to these companies. So unsurprisingly, there's been a full court press to try to keep them in SNAP, including from even influencers.
Right. So there's been a lot of buzz about that online. What are these influencers saying or being paid to say?
Well, we're seeing influencers online who mainly lean right-wing posting very similar messages on X about how restricting soda from Snap is government overreach, a violation of personal choice, and politically unpopular. And almost all of them mentioned Trump's love for Diet Coke. There are unconfirmed reports that these influencers were paid to post those messages by groups tied to Big Soda.
And women's rights advocate Riley Gaines said that she was approached to do the same, but she turned them down. RFK actually publicly thanked Gaines for her integrity. And he added, quote, it's troubling that some companies now think they have a right to demand taxpayer money to poison our children. Now, there's also been a campaign to cozy up to Trump.
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