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2025 December

2025-12-01 The Biden administration enforced a rule lowering the amount of formaldehyde it is safe for humans to be around. In December of 2025, the Trump administration not only rolled those safety standards back, but they also increased the amount of formaldehyde that is “safe” for humans to be around. Iowa AG Brenna Bird asked the Trump administration in 2026 to further loosen formaldehyde restrictions for farmers.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/19/trump-epa-formaldehyde-protection-proposal

https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-formaldehyde-risk-assessment

https://www.thegazette.com/business/iowa-collects-on-asbestos-violations-in-newton/

https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/dnr-asks-crcsd-asbestos-issue-to-be-handled-by-attorney-generals-office

2025 February

2025-02-24 AI automation was integrated into health care claims.

https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/ama-press-releases/physicians-concerned-ai-increases-prior-authorization-denials

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2026/01/ai-algorithms-health-insurance-care-risks-research

https://department.va.gov/ai/ai-use-case-inventory/

2025 May

2025-05-29 Casey Means, Trump’s nominee for US Surgeon General in 2026, claimed Advil is toxic

https://www.comicsands.com/means-surgeon-general-advil

2025 November

2025-11-27 The State Department directed its employees and grant-recipients to not commemorate World Aids Day.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/27/world-aids-day

https://www.eatg.org/hiv-news/tets/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davewessner/2025/12/01/on-this-world-aids-day-the-us-declines-to-participate/

2025 December

2025-12-18 Trump signed an Executive Order reclassifying marijuana from a schedule one to a schedule three drug.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/increasing-medical-marijuana-and-cannabidiol-research/

2026 February

2026-02-17 RFK and Kid Rock made a shirtless workout video together.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/02/18/rfk-jr-kid-rock-video-workout-milk/88723505007/

https://x.com/HHSGov/status/2023876258162241796

2026 April

2026-04-08 RFK received backlash for being “another podcaster” after launching a podcast to “expose” alleged “lies” about health.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWqK7K9Xzmk&list=WL&index=11

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/09/politics/video/rfk-health-podcast-michaelson-tell-040912aseg1-cnni-politics-fast

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5822769-secretary-kennedy-podcast-launch/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jr-desperately-tries-to-rebrand-with-secretary-kennedy-podcast-after-sordid-revelations/

2026-04-18 Trump signed an Executive Order to loosen restrictions on psychedelic therapy treatment for military members suffering from PTSD. This came shortly after podcaster Joe Rogan texted Trump about ibogaine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWOnsAHeKLg&list=WL&index=4

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2026/04/18/ibogaine-lsd-and-psilocybin-trumps-new-order-medical-turning-point.html

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-is-accelerating-medical-treatments-for-serious-mental-illness/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-signs-order-to-speed-review-of-psychedelics

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/18/nx-s1-5789859/psychedelic-treatments-mental-health

https://www.foxnews.com/media/joe-rogan-reveals-text-trump-helped-expedite-federal-review-psychedelics

https://time.com/article/2026/04/21/trump-psychedelics-executive-order-what-to-know/

2026-04-21 The U.N. Permanent Forum presented a topic on the AI boom driving extraction and scraping of indigenous medicinal knowledge, traditional stories and genetic data, and massive data centers threatening tribal lands and water resources. The Trump administration allegedly tried to deny visas for indigenous people to attend the forum.

https://social.desa.un.org/issues/indigenous-peoples/unpfii/25th-session

https://un-declaration.narf.org/unpfii2026-registration

https://ictnews.org/news/war-climate-change-and-ai-whats-at-stake-at-this-years-un-indigenous-forum/

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/21/headlines/delegates_arrive_in_nyc_for_united_nations_permanent_forum_on_indigenous_issues

2026-04-30 Headline in Men’s Health “Inside the Battle for Bigger and Bigger Balls”.

https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a70848194/saline-testicle-inflation/