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• Whole Milk is "White Supremacy," Congresswoman Charges * * * Also "Jingle Bells," "White Christmas," and "Food Oppression"

  George Washington University - February 26, 2026 by LawProf John Banzhaf

  WASHINGTON, D.C., (February 27, 2026) -  Democrat Rep. Maxine Dexter calls the MAHA campaign to drink whole milk “white supremacy dog whistling.” Democrat Congresswoman Calls Push to Serve Whole Milk in Schools ‘White Supremacy Dog-Whistling’ But she's only the latest critic to claim that milk is somehow racist, and perhaps even sexist as well, notes public interest law professor John Banzhaf.  He suggests that when everything - even recently the popular song "Jingle...

• Digital Addiction? - Successful Tobacco Lawyer Explains * * * There May Be an Alternative Legal Theory Which Did Work

  George Washington University - February 16, 2026 by LawProf John Banzhaf

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 17, 2026) -  A key issue in a trial in which Meta (Instagram) and YouTube are accused of addicting children by creating "a digital drug" or "digital casinos" is whether social media websites - and, by extension, other non-substances - can cause a true addiction, or whether the defendants simply use techniques designed to create intense gratification to increase usage and therefore profits. Many commentators, including many who lack any significant background, compare the...

• ICE Using Facial Rec; How to Prove Your Status *** Should Always Have Your Passport, But Don't Carry It

  George Washington University - February 08, 2026 by LawProf John Banzhaf

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (February, 9, 2026) -  There are several reports that ICE, and perhaps also other federal agents, are taking photos with cell phone cameras of people they think might be hindering immigration enforcement activities, and using facial recognition to - perhaps among other purposes - revoke TSA Precheck status. For example, ICE mobile app scans protester's face, revokes her TSA PreCheck status reports: "If you live in an area where federal officers are carrying out Immigration and...