image generated via ChatGPT West Nile virus surges in #Murica; drought concentrates mosquitoes around shrinking pools of water, raising risk of transmission. {The Independent 18 August} https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/west-nile-virus-mosquito-cases-deaths-us-b3034893.html Counter-intuitive though it may seem, drought increases transmission by concentrating mosquitoes and birds…
image generated via ChatGPT Trump’s behaviour spirals out of control, as staffers depart in droves whilst he grows ‘meaner’ and impossible to work alongside. {OK! Magazine 17 August} https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/white-house-staff-departing-as-donald-trump-is-said-to-be-meaner-and-more-unpleasant-to-work-with-according-to-sources/ar-AA2ajnNj FTA : President Donald Trump is reportedly…
image generated via ChatGPT Sadistic Trump, on the record deployment endured by sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln: ‘not nearly long enough’. {AP 14 August} https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-aircraft-carrier-uss-lincoln-023413c38373d4a6ba033612a1f552c6 What can be said about this? If these comments do not rouse people to anger, after all else that hath failed to do so, nothing shall. FTA :…
image generated via Grok Karl Rove advises Trump to stop gaslighting the public about the state of the economy. {The Hill 14 August} https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6030997-rove-criticizes-trump-economy/ The millions of #MAGA acolytes amongst us could not possibly remain oblivious to the fact that they are paying more for very nearly everything. As of now, they appear to be ignoring or…
image generated via ChatGPT COVID-19 rears its ugly head once more this summer, though ‘evidence of growing herd immunity’ may likewise be present. {NPR 14 August} https://www.npr.org/2026/08/14/nx-s1-5927115/summer-vaccine-covid-19-surge Fear not: the government of Trumpistan has matters thoroughly in hand — FTA : Unlike previous years, the CDC hasn't issued updated recommendations for the…
image generated via ChatGPT Trump's billionaire Forest Service chief faces scrutiny over wildfire response near his Idaho home. {Washington Post 14 August} https://wapo.st/4wZEqPD Whilst wildfire crews were already stretched dangerously thin across the American West, one politically connected billionaire reportedly saw fit to demand additional public resources for a fire threatening his own lavish…
image generated via ChatGPT The former United States pays the highest bond yields in twenty-five years as national debt nears $40 trillion and deficits soar. {The Telegraph 14 August} https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/18f5ae5793fd4b3c FTA : The US has paid the highest interest rate on newly issued bonds in a quarter of a century as the American national debt soars. The treasury sold 30-year US…
image generated via ChatGPT The FDA, failing the nation, conducted fewer than one-twentieth of the foreign inspections required by law over the past decade. {CBS News 12 August} https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-farms-mexico-fda-inspection-cyclosporiasis-outbreak/ Predictably, the farm in Mexico linked to the ongoing cyclospora outbreak had not been inspected since 2019. Do not expect any…
image generated via ChatGPT Tyson Foods is to close or divest three facilities, as a historic cattle shortage lays waste to the US meatpacking industry. {Reuters 13 August} https://www.agriculture.com/partners-tyson-foods-says-it-will-close-sell-three-sites-amid-u-s-cattle-shortage-12059640 This, alongside the Taylor Farms lettuce debacle and other food-safety concerns that have been in the news…
image generated via ChatGPT Ruth Ben-Ghiat — Todd Blanche, the latest tool: how autocrats use personal lawyers. {Lucid 11 August} https://lucid.substack.com/p/todd-blanche-the-latest-tool-how It required millions of enablers, distributed across nearly every sector of society, and an unprecedented mass brainwashing campaign, to make it happen: the now-former United States of America hath come to…