Wisconsin reports outbreak of bird flu in backyard flock in Rusk County

 

Headline:  WEAU, 11/13/2026

Samantha Nitz reports:

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is announcing they have identified a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a backyard poultry flock in Rusk County. 

According to a press release from the DATCP, birds on the premises were depopulated and will not enter the food system. 

The press release says DATCP continues to urge all livestock owners to implement strong biosecurity measures to protect their flocks and herds from the disease.

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April 2026

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March 2026

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GET ME REWRITE: Megyn Kelly swoons over rapist Russell Brand

 

All goo-goo eyes!

AI-generated image requested from Manus

Headline:  New York Times, 11/9/2026

Alex Marshall reports:

Just minutes after a British jury found Russell Brand guilty of rape and sexual assault last week, Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News host, went live to her 4.1 million subscribers on YouTube and expressed her shock at the verdict. 

“I don’t believe the charges,” Kelly said, “and I don’t have to believe them just because the jury came through with the opposite conclusion.” She added, “I feel indignant that this obvious conservative stalwart has been targeted.”

According to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of 'goo-goo', as in LOVING, ENTICING, occurred in 1900.

Other coinages from the same year include:

1. airwaves
2. anti-feminist
3. decompensation
4. down for the count
5. flub
6. go through the motions
7. meetup
8. nuthouse

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2018

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Megyn Kelly, blackface, and Oprah.  (10/30)

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2016

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Thanks to Robert F. Kennedy @HHS United States likely to lose its measles elimination status

 

Graph:  CDC

Headline:  New York Times, 11/10/2026

Apoorva Mandavilli reports:

Measles is once again endemic — a constant and predictable presence — in the United States, 26 years after it was declared eliminated in the country, an analysis of genetic data from outbreaks of the disease has found. 

Data from the outbreaks will be the focus of deliberations by an international panel of scientific experts convening on Tuesday to decide whether the United States should lose its official designation as a nation that has eliminated measles. An announcement of the decision is expected on Nov. 17.

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