The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee launched an investigation into 1789 Capital, a venture capital firm with ties to Donald Trump Jr., questioning the fund’s investments in companies boosted by the administration. https://t.co/fmRmQntGi2
President Trump ordered Lake Ontario to be renamed Lake America, effective immediately.
Trump said he made the change because, “Canada has been ripping us off for a long time on trade, very sadly.” https://t.co/baWbRFIE4t
Weekly hospitalisation for Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (mostly flu) in NZ has spectacularly worsened.
Our 2026 peak is 86% above the pre-pandemic average peak. 2025 was up 27%.
This is SARS-CoV-2 immune dysregulation in action. Flu hits damaged immune systems harder.
New Zealand is deep in a brutal Flu A wave right now and the stories coming out are wild.
“Children with influenza A that is evolving into horrific things like severe respiratory failure, encephalitis, guillian barre syndrome… Its not just a flu.”
“They have an unprecedented number of children in there at the moment with flu… some of them do sadly die in there.”
“It has felt worse than Covid and I was hospitalised during lockdown with Covid.”
“One of my classes today had nearly half the kids out due to illness… I don’t remember ever seeing it this bad before.”
“My son’s high school had just under half students away last week sick. It’s a school of thousands!”
Hospitals code red, clinics overwhelmed, people still showing up to work coughing up bright yellow phlegm like they are heroes.
If this is what the southern hemisphere Winter looks like, the northern hemisphere better get ready.