I’ve been keeping a list of all the news stories dominating my algorithm and the general news cycle in 2026. It is wild to see how quickly we move on and sometimes even forget some of these things.
It’s not the Taco Bell lettuce outbreak.
It’s the Trump donor “Taylor Farms cyclospora outbreak.”
It’s the result of the Trump admin reducing food safety protections and cutting funding for the CDC team that tracks these kinds of outbreaks.
Just like they did with Covid-19.
Erin Brockovich on data centers: “You’re pushing people too far at this point. You’re taking their water. Their air is jeopardized. Their land is jeopardized. Their sanctuary is jeopardized. Their wildlife is jeopardized. The trees, the rivers, the creeks, the birds, all of it”
The Taylor family of Salinas, which owns this supplier, is a huge Trump supporter. They donated a ton to Trump and PACs supporting him. They got their money's worth when Trump gutted the agency that tracks for food-borne pathogens. FAFO. https://t.co/42hgySXEU5