Friday, June 5, 2026

GET ME REWRITE: Screwworm has arrived in United States under the unwatchful eyes of Donald Trump and Brooke Rollins


Headline:  Medpage Today, 6/4/2026

The Associated Press reports:
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the case was in a 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas, about 50 miles (80 km) from the Mexico border. Texas State Veterinarian Bud Dinges said he has established a 12-mile (20-km) quarantine zone, prohibiting the movement of any warm-blooded animal -- including pets -- outside that zone without an inspection. 
Rollins said there have been no other detections of the fly in the U.S., and officials were quick to say that while the fly's larvae are a threat to livestock production, they don't infest food. Properly treated, even the infested calf should recover, Rollins said.

GET ME REWRITE: House Freedom Caucus Crazy and GOP gubernatorial candidate doesn’t have a coherant plan for child care

 
His “plan” is parroting GOP boilerplate. 


Olivia Herken reports:
Tiffany said he wants to cut red tape for childcare providers. 
"Wisconsin’s childcare regulations are overly burdensome, making it harder for small and home-based providers to stay open and driving up costs for families. I will reduce unnecessary regulatory barriers and build on successful models around the state for families to have access to affordable, quality childcare, including incentivizing businesses in the state to offer childcare services for their employees," he said.
More kids, less supervision, in other words.  A recipe for harm and neglect.


Related posts:
2026

November-December 2025:

October 2025

September 2025
Freedom Caucus Crazy and Wisconsin embarrassment Tom Tiffany asks "Daddy" for permission to run for governor.  (9/11)

August 2025

July 2025

May 2025

It’s Mashed Potato Time! Starring Tommy Tuberville!

 
AI-generated image:  Manus Lite 1.6




Other Mr. Potato Head posts:
2025

2024

2023

2022
Just another reminder that Tommy Tuberville is one major-league dumb fuck.  (2/27)
Meet the GOP troglodytes of the United States Senate.  (11/30)
How dumb is Tommy Tuberville? Very, very, very dumb.  (10/11)

2020
GET ME REWRITE: UAB Hospital doctors request examination of Tommy Tuberville for traumatic brain injuries.  (3/2)


Indiana bird flu tally reaches 45 so far this year

 
Headline:  WATT Poultry, 5/22/2026

Roy Graber reports:
The presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in two more commercial meat duck flocks in Indiana. 
The latest flock infections were confirmed on May 20, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). One flock was in Elkhart County and included 13,600 birds. The other was in LaGrange County and included 7,700 birds. 
With these latest cases, Indiana has now had 45 commercial poultry flocks struck by HPAI in 2026, with most of those cases involving ducks. Indiana has lost more flocks than any other state so far this year. 
While HPAI cases persist in Indiana, they have slowed down for the rest of the United States. Indiana and Minnesota are the only two states to have new cases of HPAI in commercial flocks in May.

Other bird flu posts:
June 1-10:

May 16-31

May 11-15

May 6-10

May 1-5:

April 26-30:

April 21-25:
California bird flu news:  It's everywhere, it's everywhere!  (4/23)

April 16-20
 
April 11-15:

April 6-10:  
Even the 1% have to deal with bird flu  (The Hamptons Long Island edition).  (4/9)

April 1-5
Lancaster County Pennsylvania reports yet another case of bird flu. (4/1

March 26-31:

March 21-25:

March 16-20:

March 11-15, 2025

March 6-10, 2026.  

March 1-5, 2026

February 20-28,2026
SHOCKER!!  Dead birds found in Ohio gated community.  Bird flu suspected.  (2/21)

February 10-19, 2026
February 1-9, 2026

January 21-31, 2026

January 11-20, 2026
New York tells resident don't touch those dead birds.  (1/17)

January 1-10, 2026
Bird flu strain of avian influenza:  "The picture has grown darker and stranger than most would have imagined".  (1/8)
Bird flu reported on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. (1/8)Dozens of vultures die of bird flu in North Carolina.  (1/8)

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December 1-15, 2025

November 15-30, 2025

November 1-15, 2025

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