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Conservative Icon Phyllis Schlafly Dead at 92 After Long Illness

September 5, 2016/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by B. Christopher Agee

“America has lost a great stateswoman,” said Eunie Smith, the organization’s first vice president, “and we at the Eagle Forum and among the conservative movement have lost a beloved friend and mentor, who taught and inspired so many to fight the good fight in defense of American values.”

The constitutional lawyer and author most recently helped pen The Conservative Case for Trump, a book meant to assuage the fear some conservatives have about supporting the brash billionaire in his White House bid.

“For the first time since 1980,” Schlafly and co-authors Ed Martin and Brett Decker wrote, “a significant number of Republicans are considering abandoning their party’s nominee.”

Publisher Regnery is touting the tome as a must-read for any voter who “can’t stand Hillary Clinton, but wonder if you could vote for Donald Trump.”

As Western Journalism reported, Schlafly last month added her voice to the chorus of critics who feel U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan should be replaced.

“Get rid of him!” she said at the time. “We don’t want anybody who believes in open borders. Obviously Paul Ryan is not an ‘America First’ guy.”

A longstanding critic of feminism, Schlafly rose to national prominence in the culturally tumultuous 1960s with her opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment and the successful if controversial book A Choice, Not an Echo.

While her life and death were ridiculed by some Twitter critics who viewed her ideology as offensive, her contributions were celebrated by social conservatives.

Conservatives have lost a legendary leader with the passing of Phyllis Schlafly. Her family will be lifted up in prayer. @EagleForum

— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) September 5, 2016

Smith said Schlafly died after a long illness. She is survived by her six children. (For more from the author of “Conservative Icon Phyllis Schlafly Dead at 92 After Long Illness” please click HERE)

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Progressives Just Warped the Word ‘Parent.’ Here’s What That Means for You

September 5, 2016/0 Comments/in Featured, Kathleen's Korner, Weekly /by Carly Hoilman

Last week, New York’s highest court effectively redefined what it means to be a parent. The New York State Court of Appeals determined Tuesday that non-biological, non-adoptive parents can claim custody or visitation rights, marking the unprecedented expansion of the understanding of parenthood.

The Ruling

Tuesday’s ruling overturned a 1991 decision that limited the legal definition of parenthood to biological or adoptive relatives, granting only these two groups the ability to seek custody or visitation rights. In this case, Alison D. v. Virginia M., the petitioner (Alison D.) sought visitation rights to see the son of the respondent (Virginia M.) whom Alison D. had helped raise before the lesbian couple split up. Since the respondent was the only biological “parent,” and the two were not married, it was determined that Alison D. had no standing under the New York Domestic Relations Law to seek visitation.

That all changed this week, when 25 years after Alison D. v. Virginia M., the court ruled in Brooke S.B. v. Elizabeth A. C.C that non-biological, non-adoptive parents can seek custody or visitation if “a partner shows by clear and convincing evidence that the parties agreed to conceive a child and to raise the child together.”

“This is a major step forward for same-sex couples and especially for the children of those parents,” said attorney Eric Wrubel, who argued on behalf of the winning appeal. “Tying the definition of parenthood to biology or adoption was no longer viable. This new ruling will help to protect children, regardless of the marital or financial status of their parents.”

Wrubel represented the child in Brooke S.B. v. Elizabeth A. C.C, who was seeking time with both of his mothers after his lesbian parents split up.

Tuesday’s decision comes five years after the New York State Senate voted to legalize gay marriage, and just more than a year after the nationwide legalization of gay marriage.

“In light of more recently delineated legal principles, the definition of ‘parent’ established by this Court 25 years ago… has become unworkable when applied to increasingly varied familial relationships,” wrote Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam.

The Implications

On the one hand, New York’s decision speaks to society’s acceptance of what some call “spiritual” motherhood or fatherhood — the idea that women and men can demonstrate real maternal or paternal qualities without having a biological connection to the child(ren) under their care. This is why adoption is accepted and even viewed admirably in most American circles.

But there’s a case to be made for why the definition of parenthood should be limited to biology and legal adoption: Parenthood is a monumental responsibility that requires demonstrable dedication to a vulnerable class of human beings. A biological mother who neglects her child is not a parent; nor is a caretaker who has not gone through the legal process of obtaining custody.

Parenthood is a form of stewardship that involves contributing to the formation of another human being. Treating the term “parenthood” as dispensable opens up the potential for ill-fit guardians, such as the state, to usurp a position that up until now has been protected under the law.

Writing for The Federalist last year, author Paul Kengor, who has written a collection of books on communist ideology, outlined several Marxist ideas that have gained popularity and taken form in American policy during the last few years.

In the June 29 piece, Kengor first details portions of “The Origin of the Family,” which scholars consider to be the first joint work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels:

There, and elsewhere, we see, among other things, a fanatical push to abolish all right of inheritance, to end home and religious education, to dissolve monogamy in marriage, to pursue pre- and extra-marital sex, to foster and “tolerate” (as Engels put it) the “gradual growth of unconstrained sexual intercourse” by unmarried women, to nationalize all housework, to shift mothers into factories, to move children into daycare nurseries, to separate children into community collectives apart from their natural parents, and, most of all, for society and the state to rear and educate children.

As Engels envisioned, “the single family ceases to be the economic unit of society. Private housekeeping is transformed into a social industry. The care and education of the children becomes a public affair; society looks after all children alike, whether they are legitimate or not.”

Kengor then moves on to the pair’s magnum opus, “The Communist Manifesto,” in which Marx and Engels voice similar goals for what they enthusiastically call the “abolition of the family.” In the work’s famous 10-point plan for bringing about a communist utopia, Kengor notes, one will find that half of these points depend on familial dissolution:

1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.

2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.

3. Abolition of all right of inheritance.

4. Confiscation of all property of emigrants and rebels.

5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.

6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the state.

7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state; the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.

8. Equal obligation of all to work….

8. … gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equitable distribution of the population over the country.

10. Free education for all children in public schools…

What’s Going on With the Senate Races?

September 5, 2016/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Chris Pandolfo

It’s Labor day. There’s roughly two months to go before Election day, and while the media has been obsessed with coverage of the presidential election, less attention has been paid to U.S. Senate races.

It is very possible control of the United States Senate could change hands this November. With Democratic Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev. (F, 2%) retiring, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY (F, 2%) is next in line to become majority leader should the Democrats wrest control from the hands of Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-KY. (F, 42%).

As rated by the Cook Political Report, there are nine Senate races that could be considered “toss-ups” right now. Of those nine, eight seats are currently held by Republicans and only one is held by the Democrats.

Those nine senate races are in: Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Remember, the Democrats only need to win five seats to obtain a majority in the Senate; just four seats if Hillary Clinton wins the election and Tim Kaine can break ties in the Senate.

So where do these races stand? Let’s go state by state, looking at polling data obtained from Real Clear Politics and financial information obtained from the Federal Election Commission to find out.

Florida

The Republican candidate is incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. (C, 77%). After initially denying that he would seek a second term in the Senate, Rubio was tapped by Republican leadership and GOP nominee Donald Trump to run for reelection following his unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for president.

The Democratic candidate is Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla. (F, 13%). There has been controversy surrounding Murphy’s campaign after he was caught lying about his experience as an accountant. Liberals are also unhappy with Murphy, perceiving him to be too moderate.

Rubio has had a consistent lead in Florida polls. The RCP average of recent Florida polls currently has Rubio up 5.7 points as of last Friday. Rubio also has the advantage in fundraising. He has raised an impressive $53 million, a war-chest doubtless supplemented by donors who contributed to his presidential campaign. Rubio has spent a good chunk of that money, with his campaign having $4.7 million ending cash on hand.

Murphy has raised much less, clocking in at $11 million. He will be hard pressed to build his name ID against an incumbent Senator who is prepared to vastly out spend him. His campaign currently has $3.9 million ending cash on hand.

Illinois

Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill. (F, 17%), fearing for his political life, became the first member of Congress to repudiate his party’s nominee. His opponent, Democrat Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill. (F, 15%), is an Iraq War veteran and wounded warrior, having lost her legs when the Black Hawk helicopter she was co-piloting was shot down in 2004. She has been traveling extensively around the state of Illinois in a vigorous campaign to unseat Sen. Kirk.

National Republicans seem uninterested in investing resources to preserve this seat, and Kirk is lagging behind Duckworth in fundraising. Duckworth has $5.5 million ending cash on hand to Kirk’s $3.1 million.

This race has seldom been polled and Real Clear Politics currently does not have an average of polls available. The last major polling firm to poll the race was Public Policy Polling, a Democratic firm, which found Duckworth has a slight 3-pt lead at the end of July.

Indiana

The U.S. Senate election in Indiana is for an open seat, with incumbent Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind. (F, 42%) declining to seek reelection. The Republicans nominated Rep. Todd Young, R-Ind. (F, 53%), while the Democrats recruited former Sen. Evan Bayh to run for the seat.

Bayh has a considerable name recognition advantage, as he previously held the seat from 1999-2011. His father Birch Bayh held it before him from 1963-1981. He entered the race late, however, prompting the Democratic nominee who won the primary to withdraw his candidacy. Bayh’s late entry makes it difficult to ascertain how much money his campaign has on hand, as it will not be reported until the next FEC report. Republican Todd Young has $1.2 million cash on hand.

The only poll recorded by RCP has Bayh up seven points as of mid-August. Democrats in Indiana hope his name id will make up for his late start to help them win the seat.

New Hampshire

In the Granite State, incumbent Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. (F, 32%) is squaring off against the Democratic Governor Maggie Hassan. Both are incumbent politicians who have appeared on statewide ballots previously, so both candidates are well-known.

The Republican Party is fighting hard to keep Ayotte in the Senate, and she is currently sitting with $7 million cash on hand. Gov. Hassan has $4.2 million on hand, and has spent about $1 million less than Ayotte.

It is a very close race, with Hassan leading by a difference of less than one point in the RCP Average.

Nevada

The Senate race in Nevada is the only close race this cycle in which the prize is a seat held by a Democratic member of Congress. Senator Harry Reid, D-Nev. (F, 2%) announced his retirement in March of 2015. Former Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev. will face Republican Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev. (F, 40%) in November.

The Democrat, Cortez Masto has raised roughly $1.5 million more total than Heck, who has also spent about $2.4 million than his Democratic opponent, although Heck has more cash on hand: $4.7 million to Cortez Masto’s $3.4 million.

The polls show a close race with both candidates tied at 37 percent as of mid-August.

North Carolina

Incumbent Senator Richard Burr, R-N.C. (F, 41%) leads his Democratic opponent Deborah Ross in both fundraising and polling.

Burr’s campaign coffers are brimming with $8.3 million total raised and $6.9 million ending cash on hand. The Democratic candidate Ross hasn’t raised half as much as that and has only $1.9 million on hand. Burr is in a very good position to spend the last few weeks of the campaign vastly outspending his opponent with television and radio ads.

Burr’s lead in the polls is slimmer, ahead by only 2.6 points in the RCP average, but that’s out performing other Republicans in toss-up states. Burr’s cash on hand should help him maintain that lead.

Ohio

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio (F, 49%) is widely expected to win reelection in the Buckeye State. Though his Democratic opponent Ted Strickland is the former governor of Ohio, and as such has a higher name ID than an unknown challenger, Portman has been leading in the polls and has even earned the endorsements of four Ohio labor unions—typically not a GOP constituency.

Portman has blown Strickland away in terms of fundraising, raising $13 million to the Democrat’s $6.6 million. He is currently leading Strickland in the RCP average by 7.5 points.

Democrats are so unenthused about their chances that two Democratic outside spending groups have delayed “tens of thousands of dollars in television ads supporting Strickland.”

Pennsylvania

Democrats are more enthusiastic about unseating Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa. (D, 61%) who is facing a tough reelection battle against Kathleen McGinty, the former secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Recent polling has put McGinty in the lead by four or five points, depending on the poll, and she leads in the average by 1.8 points.

Toomey has the fundraising advantage, however, with $7.6 million cash on hand to McGinty’s $2.4 million. Toomey has outspent McGinty 3-to-1. If the polls are accurate though, McGinty’s dollars seem to be having more impact.

Wisconsin

The race in Wisconsin is a rematch between incumbent Senator Ron Johnson, R-Wis. (F, 58%) and the former senator he defeated in the Tea-Party uprising of 2010, Russ Feingold, D-Wis.

It’s looking bad for Johnson. Russ Feingold is leading him by nearly 10 points in the RCP average and is also outstripping him in fundraising. Feingold has raised $15.6 million and is currently is holding $7 million cash on hand while Johnson raised $11 million with $5.7 million cash on hand. Feingold has outspent Johnson by about $2 million.

And there is where things stand.

Should the Democrats win the White House, they will need to pick up four Senate seats to obtain a majority (with ‘Vice President Kaine’ breaking ties). The Republicans that seem to be in the deepest trouble are Mark Kirk of Illinois and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin. That’s two.

Can these GOP candidates use the next two months to pull up their bootstraps and keep the Senate out of Democratic hands? (For more from the author of “What’s Going on With the Senate Races?” please click HERE)

What’s Going on With the Senate Races?

G-20 PHOTO O’ THE DAY: American’t

September 5, 2016/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Doug Ross

Click to explodify:

Weakening America: it’s not just Mr. Obama’s slogan, it’s also his motto. (For more from the author of “G-20 PHOTO O’ THE DAY: American’t” please click HERE)

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Muslim Refugee Tells Court Raping Little Boys ‘Culturally Appropriate’ in His Homeland

September 5, 2016/0 Comments/in Featured, International, Weekly /by Chris Pandolfo

A Muslim refugee on trial in Australia for raping a 10-year-old boy told the judge he did not know it was a wrongful act, as doing such is “culturally appropriate” in his homeland of Myanmar.

The Daily Telegraph reports, via the Daily Mail, that 20-year-old Mufiz Rahaman told Sydney’s Downing Centre Court that sexually assaulting children was not viewed as morally wrong in his country of origin, as he pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault.

Rahaman and the boy, also a refugee, are stateless Rohingya Muslims, a religious minority of “people considered illegal immigrants from Bangladesh by the Buddhist-majority in Myanmar—who came to Australia to flee religious persecution,” according to the Daily Mail.

Rahaman attacked the 10-year-old boy while they were living among a community of refugees, including the boy’s father, in the southwest Sydney suburb of Lakemba.

The rapist argued he was completely unaware of his wrongdoings throughout the trial:

Rahaman told the court he had been a victim of sexual abuse as a child before he moved to Australia.

Judge Andrew Scotting said Rahaman failed to understand his actions would ‘physically’ and ‘psychologically damage’ his young victim.

He also said Rahaman, who insisted he thought sexual assault was not seen as morally wrong in his homeland, had not accepted responsibility for his actions and demonstrated a ‘lack of morality’, according to the Daily Telegraph.

‘There is a need for specific deterrence … The offence appears to have been (viewed) as being culturally acceptable conduct in the offender’s childhood,’ Judge Scotting said.

The 20-year-old rapist was sentenced to five years in prison. (For more from the author of “Muslim Refugee Tells Court Raping Little Boys ‘Culturally Appropriate’ in His Homeland” please click HERE)

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McConnell Thinks Were Stupid? Here’s the Lesson He Still Hasn’t Learned

September 5, 2016/0 Comments/in Featured, Opinion, Weekly /by Amanda Carpenter

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. (F, 42%) is gloating. He and his team believe they have achieved a noble and worthy feat.

“GOP establishment trounces tea party in congressional elections,” a headline in Politico blared yesterday. The Washington Post published an explainer titled “Why Mitch McConnell’s Strategy to Quash the Tea Party is Working.”

Both stories focus on the fact that incumbent Senate Republicans, such as Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. (C, 77%) and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. (F, 34%) staved off primary challenges this cycle. But that’s not notable. What’s notable is that the Senate Majority Leader views success as killing the grassroots—which is exactly the attitude that fueled the fury and fracture within the GOP that ultimately installed Donald Trump as its presidential nominee.

The stories do not talk about how the McConnell and his allied political operatives guided candidates to address voters’ concerns and message a principled, winning agenda. The pieces seek to snuff out reliably conservative fundraising operations such as the Senate Conservatives Fund and the Club for Growth—groups that are a “shell of their former selves,” if you believe the Washington Post.

The gruel they’re serving up, however, is pretty thin.

For example, the Washington Post piece detailed how McCain was able to fend off his primary challenger by labeling her “Chemtrail Kelli Ward,” tying her to a conspiracy theory about airplane exhaust.

“It wasn’t pretty, but McCain won and Republicans have their best chance at keeping the seat in the red column in November,” the Washington Post story read. “It is a different story at the top of the ticket, and many establishment Republicans look at these Senate races as the petri dish for how to get a more palatable candidate in the next presidential primary.”

(Never mind that McConnell, along with McCain and the rest of the GOP establishment, are openly backing a non-palatable, conspiracy-theory espousing candidate for president. Or that the Club for Growth, which they ridicule, was one of the first conservative organizations to run ads opposing Trump’s candidacy.)

McConnell and his crew want people to believe they’re some kind of grand master strategists because they helped the GOP’s 2008 presidential nominee McCain—who possesses an incredible donor network, name ID, and history in his state—beat a weak, loony challenger who wasn’t even supported by SCF and the like.

In other words, they think we’re stupid.

McConnell hasn’t learned his lesson and likely never will. He believes he will ultimately be able to use Trump to tar all future conservative threats. One problem: that involves losing the White House for the third straight presidential election.

McConnell titled his recently-released memoir “The Long Game.” That must be because there’s still no victory in sight.

Republicans have been boxed out of the White House for two terms. While the GOP has been in the wilderness, the only constant leadership figure in Washington has been McConnell, who offers nothing but false victories, embarrassing displays of political expediency, and disdain for the base.

McConnell is arguably the person in Washington most responsible for making Trump the GOP nominee, who is poised to lose to the most disliked and distrusted Democratic presidential candidate in history — potentially dragging down scores of GOP candidates down with him.

Had the party produced any meaningful leadership in Washington, any respected figure that instilled unity within the ranks, or delivered results for conservatives, Trump probably would not have had an opening to launch his candidacy.

Remember, it was McConnell openly loathed the Tea Party’s influence over GOP’s historic 2010 and 2014 midterm wins and infamously told the New York Times he would “crush them everywhere” in the future. And, that’s what he did, save Nebraska where Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb. (A, 94%) prevailed against establishment forces to win his seat in 2015. It should be no surprise to anyone that Sen. Sasse is proudly #NeverTrump.

In short, if McConnell wants credit for crushing the Tea Party, he should get credit for the way Trump is crushing the GOP, as well. One is directly related to the other.

McConnell’s reign in Washington has been defined by three things: no leadership, no unity, and no results. Those three things that created the perfect storm for Trump to rise.

That’s certainly not anything to brag about. (For more from the author of “McConnell Thinks Were Stupid? Here’s the Lesson He Still Hasn’t Learned” please click HERE)

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DHS Election Takeover? Agency Itself Was Hacked

September 4, 2016/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by WND

As the Department of Homeland Security contemplates taking possibly unconstitutional power over the U.S. election system due to the threat of hackers, citizens should consider the fact that the agency itself was the victim of a major cyber intrusion that stole sensitive personal information of thousands of its employees, contends a former DHS officer.

That, combined with a politically correct approach to the Islamic-jihad threat that allows dangerous people to enter the country should be enough reason to reject the plan suggested by DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson, contends Philip Haney, the co-author with WND News Editor Art Moore of the expose “See Something, Say Nothing: A Homeland Security Officer Exposes the Government’s Submission to Jihad.”

Johnson said last week that DHS is considering whether or not it should declare the U.S. election system a “critical infrastructure” due to potential cyber threats.

The fear, Haney points out, is that the DHS could overrule powers given to local and state governments to mange their own elections under Article 1, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, not to mention the powers afforded states in the 10th Amendment.

“They certainly don’t have an exemplary record in safeguarding our borders,” Haney told WND. “What gives us confidence they will safeguard our electoral process?” (Read more from “DHS Election Takeover? Agency Itself Was Hacked” HERE)

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Dr. Drew Loses Show After Discussing Hillary’s Health

September 4, 2016/0 Comments/in Featured, Kathleen's Korner, Weekly /by Richard Johnson

Dr. Drew Pinsky is so afraid of Hillary Clinton and her supporters, he won’t blame them for the cancellation of his show on HLN, the sister channel of CNN . . .

“Dr. Drew” was canceled eight days after Pinsky discussed Clinton’s health on a radio show, saying he was “gravely concerned not just about her health, but her health care.”

“CNN is so supportive of Clinton, network honchos acted like the Mafia when confronting Drew,” a source told me. “First, they demanded he retract his comments, but he wouldn’t.”

What followed was a series of nasty phone calls and e-mails. “It was downright scary and creepy,” a source close to Pinsky said. (Read more from “Dr. Drew Loses Show After Discussing Hillary’s Health” HERE)

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Anthony Weiner Confirms Child Services Investigation After Latest Sexting Incident

September 4, 2016/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Natalie Johnson

Anthony Weiner confirmed that the New York Administration for Children’s Services has launched an investigation into his treatment of his toddler son amid fallout from his latest sexting scandal, the New York Times reported Thursday night.

The disgraced former Democratic congressman denied the probe earlier this week.

The New York Post reported this week that Weiner had sexted vulgar photos of himself over Twitter while his 4-year-old son was lying next to him in bed. On Wednesday, ACS confirmed to the Post it had dispatched an official to visit Weiner’s apartment. Weiner said the same day the visit never occurred.

Weiner reversed course Thursday, telling the Times the agency had sent a notification to his mother’s house regarding the investigation. Agency protocol requires a home visit within 48 hours of an offense to ensure that a potentially endangered child has food to eat and a place to sleep . . .

Hours after the Post published the selfie of Weiner’s crotch while his son was wrapped in a green blanket to his left, his wife and top Hillary Clinton aide, Huma Abedin, announced the two were separating. The New York Daily News announced the same day it was dropping Weiner as a contributing columnist. Television channel NY1 also placed the former congressman on “indefinite leave” from the station. (Read more from “Anthony Weiner Confirms Child Services Investigation After Latest Sexting Incident” HERE)

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Michelle Obama’s School Nutrition Legacy Takes Another Hit With Results of New Study

September 4, 2016/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by B. Christopher Agee

First lady Michelle Obama has dedicated much of her influence from the White House to combating childhood obesity.

Among her notable if dubious achievements to that end came through her advocacy of lunchroom nutrition standards for the nation’s public schools.

Western Journalism has covered the program’s extensive unpopularity among students, parents and school administrators alike.

Common complaints thus far have included unpalatable meals and high costs resulting from compliance with the new stringent regulations.

The results of a recent Virginia Tech study offer critics new ammunition by suggesting school lunches might be perpetuating the very problem Obama has ostensibly been fighting.

Researchers tracked more than 20,000 students nationwide over the course of their kindergarten through eighth-grade years.

Wen You of the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences explained that, according to the school’s research, “these government-funded school meal programs that are aimed at making kids healthy are in fact making participating students more at risk of being overweight.”

The correlation between students eating public school lunches and becoming obese is strengthened, the study indicates, the longer kids remain on such a diet.

Furthermore, You noted, certain segments of the population are even more likely to see such a cause and effect.

“This study identifies the hardest battles in crafting policy to alleviate children in low-income populations being overweight,” she explained.

Geography also plays a role, You explained, noting researchers found “the most negative effect of the government-funded school meal programs in the South, the Northeast and rural areas of the country.”

In light of the new study, You concluded the next step must be what Obama’s nutrition standards were commissioned to do in the first place.

“The question now is what to do in order to not just fill bellies, but make sure those children consume healthy and nutritious food,” she said. ” — or at least not contribute to the obesity epidemic.” (For more from the author of “Michelle Obama’s School Nutrition Legacy Takes Another Hit With Results of New Study” please click HERE)

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