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DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The U.S. Department of Justice indicated Friday that antitrust laws protect the marketplace of ideas, preventing mainstream media companies from colluding to shut out the voices of independent publishers. The DOJ shared its views in a statement of interest filed in a case brought by independent publishers who allege mainstream media colluded with big tech to suppress rival viewpoints on COVID-19 and politics. It urged the court to reject the suggestion by mainstream media defendants “that the antitrust laws play no part in protecting viewpoint competition in news markets.” “To the contrary, individual liberty—and consumer welfare—benefit greatly from viewpoint competition in news markets and can suffer when that competition is reduced,” the filing states. “News consumers desire and demand diverse perspectives. Americans therefore vitally depend on viewpoint competition in the marketplace of ideas to limit the abuse of market power and ensure the free flow of information in our democracy.” The Robert F. Kennedy Jr.-founded nonprofit Children’s Health Defense, along with Gateway Pundit founder Jim Hoft and several other independent publishers, filed the lawsuit in May 2023. It alleges mainstream news outlets like the Washington Post and BBC worked with platforms to exclude “rival news publishers” through the Trusted News Initiative. The BBC founded the Trusted News Initiative to enable partners to “alert each other to high risk disinformation so that content can be reviewed promptly by platforms, whilst publishers ensure they don’t unwittingly share dangerous falsehoods,” according to the BBC. Claims deemed “misinformation” by the Trusted News Initiative were not false, such as assertions COVID-19 was man made or that mask mandates do not prevent its spread, the lawsuit alleges. “When companies abuse their market power to block out and deplatform independent voices and protect legacy media, they harm competition and threaten the free flow of information on which consumers depend,” Assistant Attorney General Abigail Slater said in a statement. “This Antitrust Division will always defend the principle that the antitrust laws protect free markets, including the marketplace of ideas.” The BBC, Associated Press and Washington Post did not respond to a request for comment. Originally published by The Daily Caller News Foundation. The post Legacy Media Can’t Conspire to Crush Independent Publishers, DOJ Argues appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Come learn how to make calendula oil with our simple step-by-step recipe. It’s exceptionally easy and affordable to do! All you need is oil, dry calendula flowers, and a little time! Then you can use your super-soothing homemade calendula oil on its own, or as an ingredient in other DIY natural skincare recipes like salve, soap, or lotion. This guide also explores the healing benefits of calendula oil and 7 ways to use it. Calendula is one of my favorite all-time herbs to grow. We’ve been making calendula infused oil for nearly 10 years, so I have plenty of tips on how to make the most luxurious and nourishing oil possible! Note: This post was originally published in October 2019 but has been significantly updated. Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links to products for your convenience, such as to items on Amazon. Homestead and Chill gains a small commission from purchases made through those links, at no additional cost to you. What is Calendula Oil? Calendula oil is made by soaking or infusing dry calendula flowers in a carrier oil of choice (such as jojoba oil or sweet almond oil) for several weeks or longer. As they steep, the natural healing resins and other beneficial compounds found in calendula flowers are drawn out and into the surrounding oil. The result is a highly therapeutic oil that can be used to soothe a wide variety of skin issues including eczema, rashes, and more. Learn more about the benefits and uses of calendula oil below! Note that calendula is sometimes referred to as “pot marigold” – but don’t confuse it with true marigolds, such as french marigolds! They’re distinctly different, and not nearly as medicinal in nature. Benefits of Calendula Oil Calendula officinalis is a key ingredient in many natural skin care products, and for a good reason! The medicinal resins found in calendula promote cell repair and growth (e.g. wound healing) and have proven natural antiseptic, anti-fungal, and anti-inflammatory properties. When used topically, calendula can soothe, heal, or otherwise treat a huge array of skin conditions including rashes, sunburn, swelling, eczema, acne, stings, bites, wounds, burns, scrapes, psoriasis, scars, cold sores and more. In her book Medicinal Herbs, A Beginner’s Guide, expert Rosemary Gladstar suggests using calendula oil or salve on babies to safely soothe cradle cap, diaper rash, or other skin irritations. It also calms my skin after shaving, to prevent or treat razor burn. It’s hard to put into words just how magical this herb is… and it really works! Our organic calendula salve is the most popular item in our shop; its helped thousands of people heal stubborn skin issues, even when prescription medications did not! EXPERT TIP: Instead of using petals alone, we prefer to make calendula oil using whole dried calendula flower heads – because the base of the flower actually has the most medicinal resin, not the petals! Supplies Needed Dried calendula flowers or petals, enough to fill your chosen jar or container at least two-thirds full. You can use homegrown or store-bought dried calendula, as long as it’s 100% dry. If the flowers are not fully dry, the leftover moisture can cause the calendula oil to grow mold or spoil! Using dry flowers also helps to extract the maximum essential oils possible. See four ways to dry fresh herbs here. Carrier oil of choice – such as olive oil, sweet almond oil, or jojoba oil. You’ll need about the same volume of oil as the size container you select. See more information about choosing the best carrier oil below. A glass jar or other container with a lid. Something like a 1/2 pint jar would be great if you only need a small amount. Yet if you intend to make calendula salve or other homemade body care products, I recommend using at least a pint jar or more. A fine mesh strainer, sieve, and/or organic cheesecloth Optional: organic essential oils to lightly scent it EXPERT TIP: To create the most therapeutic calendula oil possible, harvest young fresh flowers instead of using older, fading blooms. The flowers should also be dehydrated on very low heat to preserve the maximum beneficial compounds. Don’t miss our guide on how to grow and harvest calendula flowers – including tips on how to dry it. Since we also sell calendula salve in our shop, we soak big jars! Best Carrier Oils to Make Calendula Oil Popular carrier oils used to make calendula oil include extra virgin olive oil, sweet almond oil, argan oil, grape seed oil, coconut oil, and more. No matter what you choose, I highly suggest using a high-quality, unrefined, cold-pressed oil. Certified organic is all the better. The goal is to create a healing medicinal oil after all!  If you’re making calendula oil primarily for topical use, choose a carrier oil that’s compatible and beneficial for your skin type (e.g. consider comedogenic ratings). Organic jojoba oil is my personal favorite, especially for my face! We also sometimes blend two types of oils, such as almond and jojoba oil. LEARN MORE: Visit our guide on the best 11 Carrier Oil Options for Skin Care, Salves and Infusions to learn more about the unique benefits and properties of each. Instructions 1) Infuse Fill a glass container at least three-quarters full of dried calendula flowers or petals. Pour your carrier oil of choice over the calendula, filling the container enough so that all the flowers can be fully submerged and move freely in the oil. Add a tight-fitting lid. Place the jar in a moderately warm location, such as near a sunny window, inside a warm cabinet, or on top of a warm appliance. While some herbalists may have a preference, it doesn’t make much of a difference if the jar is stored in the dark or light – but a little warmth does help it infuse better! 2) Wait Allow the calendula oil to to infuse for at least two weeks* or up to 1 month (or longer) for the best results and maximum extraction possible. If possible, set the jar somewhere you’ll remember to stop by and gently shake it on occasion to stir things up. *I much prefer this slow, passive infusion process (since many therapeutic compounds can be destroyed by heat) but it’s also possible to gently heat calendula and oil on the stove to get same-day results. Learn more in this separate guide on how to make herb infused oil. 3) Strain When the time is up, strain the calendula flowers and reserve the oil. We usually do this by positioning a fine-mesh strainer over a bowl and pouring it all through. Let it sit to fully drip and drain for at least 15 minutes. I like to line our strainer with cheesecloth or a reusable nut milk bag for extra-fine filtration. That way, I can also wring out the cloth or bag of calendula to squeeze out every bit of oil possible. (I’ve also lined a canning funnel with cheesecloth over a clean jar, as shown in the photos.) Finally, pour the strained oil into a clean jar for storage. If you wash and re-use the same jar, be sure it’s fully dry before storing the oil in it! Optional: Since calendula oil has a very mild earthy aroma, feel free to add a few drops of your favorite organic essential oils to lightly scent it. I especially enjoy the addition of chamomile and lavender essential oil. Squeeze it all out! Storage and Shelf Life Store the finished calendula oil in a clean glass container with a tight-fitting lid. Keep the container in a dry, cool, dark location. You can also store calendula oil in the refrigerator to extend its shelf life. The shelf life of homemade calendula oil varies and depends on the type of carrier oil (check the bottle) and condition of flowers used. Some oils are more prone to becoming rancid faster than others. Most have an average shelf life of about 1 year. (Another reason I love jojoba oil: it’s good for up to 5 years!) 7 Ways to Use Calendula Oil As a soothing facial moisturizer to help with redness, dry skin, acne, and more. A little goes a long way! You’ll only need a few drops. As an ingredient in other homemade skincare products. Many natural body care recipes call for oil, such as in body butter, lotion, salve, soap, and more! Learn how to make our popular homemade calendula salve here. For more ideas, I highly recommend this organic body care recipe book. As a luxurious and nourishing massage oil. Other topical applications: You can use calendula oil directly on other parts of your body as a general moisturizer, on bug bites, sunburns, eczema, stings, rashes, scars, scrapes, and more! As a hair treatment to condition hair, moisturize your scalp, and potentially thicken hair. Coconut oil, olive oil, and argan oil are especially popular for deep moisturizing hair treatments. Simply apply an even coat of oil to your hair, massage it into your scalp, pin your hair up away from your clothes, and allow it to sit for anywhere from 15 minutes to a few hours. Then use shampoo as usual to wash away the oil. To remove makeup. Calendula oil makes a great natural makeup remover! Oil naturally draws out impurities, while the calendula soothes redness, inflammation, and targets acne. Avoid contact with sensitive areas around your eyes. Give it as a gift. Make a bigger batch and divvy it up into cute little bottles or jars to share with friends and family. Include a note or label to share the many ways to use it, or direct them here! See this list of my favorite 27+ DIY gift ideas, including mason jar gifts, food, sustainable crafts and more. Isn’t that beautifully simple? So, what do you think? Are you excited to go make your own calendula oil? If you found this post useful, please leave a review below – and feel free to ask questions. Thank you for tuning in, and happy infusing! You may also enjoy: How to Make Homemade Lavender Salve to Soothe Skin & Nerves How to Make Soothing Chickweed Salve Recipe and Infused Oil  Natural Lip Balm Recipe: How to Make Homemade Lip Balm How to Make Nourishing Rosehip Oil + 12 Ways to Use It DIY Bath Salts Recipe: Beautiful Natural Herbal Bath Salts How to Make Salve or Balms 101: Simple Flexible Recipe Print Homemade Calendula Oil Recipe Learn how to make calendula oil with our easy step-by-step guide. All you need is a carrier oil, dry calendula flowers, and a little time! Then you can use homemade calendula oil on it's own to soothe skin issues, as an ingredient in DIY skincare products like soap, salve, lotion and more. Use calendula oil to soothe rashes, sunburn, inflammation, eczema, psoriasis, bites/stings, burns, scrapes, scars and other skin irritation. Keyword calendula infused oil, calendula oil, calendula oil recipe, how to make calendula oil Prep Time 10 minutes minutesInfusion time 30 days days IngredientsDried calendula flower or petals, homegrown or organic if possibleCarrier oil of choice. Select a high-quality, unrefined, cold-pressed, and organic oils for the most healthy and healing calendula oil. Popular options for natural skincare include jojoba oil, olive oil, argan oil, hemp seed oil, grapeseed oil, sweet almond oil, rosehip oil, and more! **Choose an amount that matches your infusion container.1 glass container for infusing, such as a half-pint or pint jar InstructionsFill a clean glass container at least ¾ full of dried calendula flower heads, or about half full of loose dry petals.Pour your choice of oil over the dried calendula flowers, until the container is full and/or until the flowers are completely submerged. Place a lid on the container, and store it in a sunny, warm location to enhance infusion. A bright windowsill is a popular choice! Allow the oil and flowers to infuse for at least three weeks, or up to a couple of months.When the time is up, strain the flowers from the oil. I line a canning funnel with cheesecloth, place it over a clean similar-size glass jar, and then pour the oil and flowers in to drain. Squeeze the cheesecloth sack of flowers to extract every last bit of oil! Store the finished calendula oil in a cool, dry location. It can also be stored in the refrigerator to extend the shelf life. Read the information on your carrier oil bottle to determine the recommended shelf life of your calendula oil. Enjoy! Use your calendula oil as a daily facial moisturizer (only a few drops needed), as a massage or body oil, as part of your oil cleansing method, an ingredient in other homemade skincare recipes, to condition hair, as a makeup remover, as salad dressing or other finishing oil (if an edible oil was used), or give it as a gift! Did you enjoy this article? Want to hear more? Stay in touch! Sign up below to receive weekly updates on new posts from Homestead and Chill. The post How to Make Calendula Oil (Easy Calendula Infused Oil Recipe) appeared first on Homestead and Chill.

Former CNN host turned podcaster Jim Acosta appeared to suggest on Thursday that, because the president lives at the White House, he is in charge of its plumbing, as he blamed President Trump for the poor working conditions that he worked in when he was a White House correspondent during Trump’s first term. During a discussion with former aide to VP Mike Pence-turned Never Trumper Olivia Troye, Acosta lamented Republican budget priorities, “They give tax cuts to the very wealthy in this country, who, if you were to raise taxes on them just a little bit, just a teeny-weeny little bit, it would help pay down the deficit and the debt in this country, and we wouldn't saddle future generations with, you know, the potential for, you know, financial catastrophe. I mean, that's what's building in this country if we keep running up the nation's credit cards in this fashion.”      As this conversation was taking place against the backdrop of the Texas floods and discourse about FEMA and NOAA, Troye took it a step further:  I look at things like what they're doing right now. I believe in a strong defense and military, right? I think we should have a strong defense system. I believe in that because I believe in national security, but I also believe that the money that we're going to spend on this Golden Dome idea that they keep pushing and peddling, that they've already allocated for—I've talked to sources in the Pentagon—it's allocated, it's actually really happening, much to the—appalling to many of the people who are watching this happening. Why can't we take that Golden Dome funding and actually spend that money on building resilience domestically here for natural disasters that are happening, for communities that are being impacted? Because that's actually homeland security. That's actually protecting the security and safety of the American—”  Acosta agreed, portraying the whole thing as a vanity project, “And part of me thinks that Donald Trump just likes the Golden Dome thing because it has the word “golden” in it.”  The opposite is true. The Golden Dome, like the Space Force, is a mainstream idea that people mock because Trump was the one to implement it and put “golden” in the name.  However, Acosta then began to descend further into silliness, “He just wants everything to be gold. And I'm sorry, but he's, you know, not to go off on a tangent here, but he's kind of turned the White House into the poor man's Versailles. You know, he leans back in his chair, and he talks about, ‘Oh, we put the gold leafing and the gold etching in all these different places.’ And it's just tacky. It's like, you know, Graceland, but worse, tackier.”  After further complaints from both Acosta and Troye about the carpeting and Rose Garden, Acosta recalled: There were times when it would rain so much on the grounds of the White House that water would be literally coming into the basement of our press area. And I remember April Ryan; I should get her on to talk about this sometime. She would be in her little radio booth in the press basement, and there would just be water coming down the walls of her little—I’m like—and it's getting into the carpeting, and it's soaking it up everywhere and getting all moldy smelling. It was absolutely disgusting. And I'm thinking to myself, and this happened when I was there covering Donald Trump, and I'm thinking to myself, you know, this is a guy who builds golf courses and hotels but can't run the damn plumbing in his own White House. Troye concurred, “Yeah, or can’t spend the money on that, but we’re going to build whatever this ballroom is going to be like that you and I will probably never see. I don’t think we’re going to get an invite.”  In reality, the White House’s building operations are run by the Chief Usher and the Residence Staff, which includes plumbers, not a micromanaging president. Acosta might claim he was jesting, but the jest makes no sense. Here is a transcript for the July 10 show: The Jim Acosta Show 7/10/2025 JIM ACOSTA: They give tax cuts to the very wealthy in this country, who, if you were to raise taxes on them just a little bit, just a teeny-weeny little bit, it would help pay down the deficit and the debt in this country, and we wouldn't saddle future generations with, you know, the potential for, you know, financial catastrophe. I mean, that's what's building in this country if we keep running up the nation's credit cards in this fashion. OLIVIA TROYE: Yeah, well, and look, I look at things like what they're doing right now. I believe in a strong defense and military, right? I think we should have a strong defense system. I believe in that-- ACOSTA: Yup. TROYE: --because I believe in national security, but I also believe that the money that we're going to spend on this Golden Dome idea that they keep pushing and peddling, that they've already allocated for — I've talked to sources in the Pentagon — it's allocated, it's actually really happening, much to the — appalling to many of the people who are watching this happening. Why can't we take that Golden Dome funding and actually spend that money on building resilience domestically here for natural disasters that are happening, for communities that are being impacted? Because that's actually homeland security. That's actually protecting the security and safety of the American— ACOSTA: And part of me thinks that Donald Trump just likes the Golden Dome thing because it has the word “golden” in it. TROYE: Yeah, it's like the golden toilet, you know, I mean. ACOSTA: He's Goldmember from Austin Powers. I mean, let's just face it. He just wants everything to be gold. And I'm sorry, but he's, you know, not to go off on a tangent here, but he's kind of turned the White House into the poor man's Versailles. You know, he leans back in his chair, and he talks about, “Oh, we put the gold leafing and the gold etching in all these different places.” And it's just tacky. It's like, you know, Graceland, but worse, tackier— TROYE: Yeah, I mean, I don’t know why, but I’m very interested to see— ACOSTA: —with the shag carpeting in the bathroom and everything, you know. TROYE: I'm really curious to see how that works out because aren’t-- they're destroying the Rose Garden, too, aren't they, I mean-- ACOSTA: Oh, my God. The Rose Garden. Oh, my lord. TROYE: It is horrible. Not that it was in great shape when they were there the first time around, but that's, I'm not going to get into that. But I was kind of depressing when I'd walk by it. But they never really tended the garden. But now it’s a monstrosity. ACOSTA: Well, not to go off on another tangent, but I was in the White House basement because that's where they kept part of the press. And that's where they kept me at my network because, you know, they thought we belonged in the basement. No, I'm just kidding. No, but there were times when it would rain so much on the grounds of the White House that water would be literally coming into the basement of our press area. And I remember April Ryan, I should get her on to talk about this sometime. She would be in her little radio booth in the press basement, and there would just be water coming down the walls of her little—I’m like—and it's getting into the carpeting, and it's soaking it up everywhere and getting all moldy smelling. It was absolutely disgusting. And I'm thinking to myself, and this happened when I was there covering Donald Trump, and I'm thinking to myself, you know, this is a guy who builds golf courses and hotels but can't run the damn plumbing in his own White House. TROYE: Yeah, or can’t spend the money on that, but we’re going to build whatever this ballroom is going to be like that you and I will probably never see. I don’t think we’re going to get an invite.

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