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By Star Tribune Staff
+- Mike Lindell, the company CEO and also the face of the brand, said major retailers like Bed Bath & Beyond and Kohl's have dropped his products recently.
- Both companies confirmed the decision to cease carrying the brand Tuesday, but cited flagging sales rather than Lindell's actions or his support for Trump.
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By Kevyn Burger
+- The feast-or-famine cycle that accompanies an uncertain food supply worries Katie Loth, an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School who researches eating disorders in children and adolescents.
- "I have trauma around this because I know what it's like to be hungry all the time," said Siljander, of Minneapolis.
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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
+- In her testimony, Yellen, who was also the country's first female chair of the Federal Reserve, said that the quick action Congress took by passing trillion-dollar rescue packages last spring and an additional $900 billion relief measure last month were successful in "averting a lot of suffering."
- Biden last week unveiled a $1.9 trillion relief plan that would provide more aid to American families, businesses and local communities and provide more support for vaccine production and distribution.
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By Taylor Lorenz
+- "I think that the pandemic is highlighting all these things that chronically ill and disabled people have been doing for a long time, and now everyone is doing them as well, and working from bed is one of them," she said.
- "I spend way more time working from bed even though I have a computer, office chair and desk," said Abelina Rios, 26, a YouTuber in Los Angeles.
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