Rep. Fletcher: The New World screwworm has been found in Texas. This flesh-eating parasite previously eradicated from the U.S. poses a huge threat to our cattle. Last March, the Trump administration fired more than 15,000 USDA employees and eliminated a program to contain the screwworm in Central America. The threat of New World screwworm is just one consequence of the Trump administration's reckless campaign to eliminate funding for government programs that Americans rely on.
Yesterday I told you the government is pulling 900 ocean monitoring instruments out of the water.
Here is the part that should make every American angry, regardless of where you stand on climate.
Congress voted to fund this network. Not once. Twice. The Trump administration proposed cutting it by 80 percent in 2025. Congress restored the money. Proposed the same cut in 2026. Congress restored the money again.
So the administration labeled it a "descope" and ordered the instruments pulled anyway.
That is not a budget disagreement. That is an executive branch telling the legislative branch that its votes do not matter. The public paid for this infrastructure. Congress protected it. One office in Washington decided the public should not have it.
This is the pattern I document in 𝑾𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒅 𝑮𝒖𝒚𝒔. It is not about left or right. It is about who decides what Americans are allowed to know about their own planet.
Who should make that call?
The New World Screwworm, a grave parasitic threat, has just been detected in US cattle for the first time since it was eradicated in 1966.
The parasite's revival comes after Trump and DOGE slashed funding for Screwworm monitoring programs.
BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Republican Senator Bill Cassidy just personally blamed Donald Trump for the rise in healthcare costs in our country. Woah.
The heart of our constitutional crisis in one exchange between me and Sec. Mullin. When asked a simple question - if he will obey court orders - he says he will not because some court orders are "politicized".
That's not how democracy works. And that's why we are in a crisis.
Shawn Ryan on Trump: “I just don’t see any positivity coming out of this administration. It seems very self-serving. He had Todd Blanche do the dirty work so him or anybody in his family could never be audited by the IRS? What the fuck is that shit? The drone company, the $400M jet from Qatar, the Executives Club. Does this shit look like he’s serving the fucking people? No.”
On This Day — June 1, 1967
In case anyone still doubts the genocidal intent of the Arab armies massed on Israel’s borders just days before the Six Day War, the Chairman of the PLO made it crystal clear.
Ahmed Shukairy stated in a Friday sermon in Jerusalem:
“This is a fight for the homeland – it is either us or the Israelis. There is no middle road. The Jews of Palestine will have to leave. We will facilitate their departure to their former homes. Any of the old Palestine Jewish population who survive may stay, but it is my impression that none of them will survive.”
He added:
“We shall destroy Israel and its inhabitants and as for the survivors — if there are any — the boats are ready to deport them.”
This was the official leader of the PLO speaking before Israel had fired a single shot — while the Jewish state was still entirely inside the 1949 armistice lines (the so-called “67 borders”). No “occupation,” no “settlements,” no control over the "West Bank" (then Jordanian) or Gaza (Egyptian).
The actual goal was simple: total destruction of the Jewish state and the extermination or expulsion of its Jews.
Yet today, the same movement and its defenders still pretend the conflict began with the “occupation” that only existed after Israel survived yet another attempt at its annihilation.
The Israeli police were absolutely crucial in helping communities respond to the onslaught of violence on October 7th.
One of those heros is Chief Superintendent Mr. Aviv Amar (age 54)
According to Times of Israel, he was massacred while fighting off terrorists in Kibbutz Be'eri.
He survived by his wife and six children. Don't forget him and his bravery.
Let's be clear about what this actually is.
Index providers didn't change their rules out of goodwill. They changed them because SpaceX is too big and too politically connected to exclude. A $1.5 trillion company going public and not landing in passive funds immediately would be embarrassing for the index industry.
But the consequence is real: $30 trillion in retirement money gets forced into SpaceX at whatever valuation Elon and the bankers set. No price discovery. No earnings track record requirement. No seasoning period to let the market find fair value.
The rules that protected passive investors since 2002 were waived in weeks.
If SpaceX is overvalued at IPO, every 401k in America owns it at the top.
Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial exposes the staggering depth of the corruption protecting him, as his top political allies funneled millions to the very person acting as his judge, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
A pro-Paxton PAC bankrolled Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick with $3 million in donations and loans just days before trial rules were finalized. Paxton’s political survival has long relied on dark money and billionaire donors buying protection.
Texans deserve accountability, not a rigged system where justice is bought by the defendant's allies.
Read the full report: https://t.co/SlNzN1Hy8d
#KenPaxton #Texas #TexasPolitics #Impeachment @jamestalarico
81 years ago, George Orwell wrote this about fighting antisemitism.
He understood something then that many still don’t:
Antisemitism is not a debate. It is a sickness.