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Sweetgreen CEO Jonathan Newman took down a LinkedIn post where he tied obesity to COVID deaths and suggested taxing and outlawing junk food after he was labeled 'fat-phobic.' Newman, the co-founder and CEO of popular salad restaurant chain Sweetgreen, faced backlash for his statements posted to LinkedIn on Tuesday, where he makes a direct connection to the country's obesity epidemic and the COVID pandemic.   '78% of hospitalizations due to COVID are Obese and Overweight people,' he posted. 'Is there an underlying problem that perhaps we have not given enough attention to? Is there another way to think about how we tackle 'healthcare' by addressing the root cause?'  In his now-deleted LinkedIn post, Newman said that COVID is here to stay for the foreseeable future and that the best way to adapt is not to try to prevent infection but 'focus on overall health' Founded in 2007, Sweetgreen has over 100 locations across the country and offers cust

President Trump said that his one-time close ally and United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley can't decide how she feels about him.  'Every time she criticizes me, she uncriticizes me about 15 minutes later,' the former president told Vanity Fair.   Haley, like a number of other Republicans, is rumored to be considering a 2024 run for the GOP nomination, but will have to wait until after Trump has decided if he is running.   Meanwhile, Trump kept up his criticism of his vice president Mike Pence, saying that he shot any chance at the nomination by certifying the vote count in Congress in January.  'Mike hurt himself very badly when he didn’t send the numbers back to the legislatures,' Trump said.   Trump tapped Haley for UN ambassador, where she served from Jan. 2017 to Dec. 2018, and even made the role a Cabinet position.  Upon her resignation, the New York Times editorial page noted  Haley was 'that rarest of Trump appointees: one who can exit the administration

Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer unleashed on their conservative colleagues for what they call a 'flagrantly unconstitutional' decision not to challenge Texas's restrictive new abortion law. In her dissenting opinion on Wednesday Sotomayor accused the court's conservative majority of 'burying their heads in the sand. 'The Act is clearly unconstitutional under existing precedents,' the Obama appointee wrote. 'The respondents do not even try to argue otherwise. Nor could they: No federal appellate court has upheld such a comprehensive prohibition on abortions before viability under current law.'  'Taken together, the Act is a breathtaking act of defiance—of the Constitution, of this Court's precedents, and of the rights of women seeking abortions throughout Texas.'  Justice Kagan, also appointed by ex-President Obama, claims Texas's law has a 'clear' and 'undisputed' conflict against

Greece's new outspoken health minister today apologised for past remarks that saw him accused of antisemitism by the country's Jewish community.  Athanassios Plevris, 44, who heads up Greece's Covid response, also reiterated his 'absolute respect' for Holocaust victims and his opposition to antisemitism in a statement.  The controversial lawyer had faced a public backlash over disparaging comments he made when acting as defence counsel for his far-right father during a 2009 trial. He had defended his father - Constantinos Plevris - and his eye-opening comments suggesting the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland should be kept in good condition 'so it could be used again', arguing such views should not be considered hate speech or incitement. It comes as the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece expressed their concern over his Cabinet appointment on Tuesday and demanded an immediate apology from him. Athanassios Plevris, 44, who heads up Greece'

Months after a trans woman allegedly exposed herself in front of several spa-goers at Wi Spa in Los Angeles—including an underage girl—charges have finally been filed, with serial sex offender Darren Agee Merager, 52, being identified as the sole suspect in the highly publicized, incident. What's more, in addition to being a suspect in the case, Merager is facing MULTIPLE felony charges of indecent exposure in regards to a separate incident in Los Angeles.  In addition to charges stemming from the Wi Spa altercation, she is also facing six felony counts of indecent exposure over a separate locker room incident in December 2018.  Darren Merager, 52, is also accused of indecent exposure to women and children in a changing area at a swimming pool in West Hollywood Park The incident led to months of protests—some of them violent—as progressives clashed on their interpretations of the strange alleged occurrence Back in June, a group of women complained that Merager, who identifies as fe

Jacob Anthony Chansley, 33, has reached a plea deal with prosecutors The US Capitol riot suspect known as the 'QAnon Shaman' has reached a plea deal with prosecutors and is set to appear in court on Friday. Jacob Anthony Chansley, 33, is due to appear through videolink in federal court in Washington, DC at 11am on Friday for a plea agreement hearing, according to court documents.  The terms of the plea deal were not immediately available. Chansley, who was arrested in January at his home in Phoenix, faced six charges in the case and a potential sentence of up to 28 years. Chansley, who became the face of the Capitol riot due to his outlandish garb, had been a public supporter of the QAnon conspiracy theory that casts Donald Trump as a savior figure and elite Democrats as a cabal of Satanist pedophiles and cannibals.  In a statement to DailyMail.com on Thursday, Chansley's attorney Albert Watkins insisted that his client now rejects the QAnon theory and pleaded that the word