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[ad_1] As a large outbreak of cyclospora has ravaged the Midwest, Democrats have frequently pinned blame on the Trump administration for terminating a monitoring program for the parasite. But the surveillance that ended is different from the system used to detect outbreaks. The change to the program, called FoodNet, is unlikely to have played much of a direct role in the current outbreak, several food safety experts told us. Other staffing and funding cuts, however, likely have slowed or negatively affected the government’s response, experts say. And some pointed out that the reduction in FoodNet monitoring hinders scientists’ broader understanding…

[ad_1] On Thursday afternoon, Justice Department attorneys withdrew subpoenas issued to New York Times reporters compelling them to reveal confidential sources, standing down after pushback from a “visibly irritated” federal judge, the AP reported. “Subpoenas are the last step, not the first step,” said Judge Arun Subramanian, echoing the paper’s arguments that the administration from its own leak-investigation guidelines. Thursday’s courtroom proceeding, said Times’ deputy general counsel David McCraw, “was an important affirmation of our country’s commitment to a free press.”  Read Full Article ⟶ [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] The post Kurt Metzger on MKUltra, Zionism, and the Comedy of Collapse appeared first on Activist Post. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] A former chief of staff to Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie writes for Vanity Fair about how both parties have lost the plot, as the Maine Senate situation so perfectly illustrates. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] It’s amusing, in a way. Sad in another. Over there at The New York Times, longtime Washington journalist Sally Quinn has headlined: "It’s No Longer So Much Fun to Be MAGA in Washington." [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank talk with journalist and author Tara Lohan about her new book, Undammed: Freeing Rivers and Bringing Communities to Life. Tara has been working as an environmental journalist and editor for more than 15 years. Her work has been published by The Nation, the American Prospect, Salon, High Country News, Grist, The Revelator, Adventure Journal, and others. She is also the editor of two books on the global water crisis. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Cyclospora is at least the fourth major media effort this year to make Americans believe that Robert F. Kennedy has destroyed their public health infrastructure. Total deaths: zero. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] NA Today, the Liberty Justice Center filed Burlap & Barrel, Inc. v. Greer, the first case challenging Donald Trump’s massive new Section 301 tariffs. The complaint is available here. LJC is the same group that I worked with on V.O.S. Selections v. Trump, the IEEPA tariff case decided by the Supreme Court in February. LJC also filed one of the two cases challenging Trump’s Section 122 tariffs, which prevailed in the US Court of International Trade in May (it is now on appeal). The current case is before the US Court of International Trade. LJC’s clients are two small…

[ad_1] Advancing American Freedom, a think tank founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, is unveiling its annual Independence Index, this year with more robust study in 29 areas it says can indicate national democratic health. The study tracks issues of concern in three categories: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The report offers a mixed bag of some conservative priorities on an upward trajectory over the past several decades and others on the decline, a study that AAF argues is important to track for the nation’s 250th birthday. “It’s an interesting story,” AAF vice president for the Institute…

[ad_1] What does it take to reveal a contradiction? In at least one case, it is a deformed raccoon sashaying across Seattle, delightfully unbothered. If you make your home somewhere deep under a rock, I am referring to Jimothy—who else?—the feral hunchback whose viral sightings have injected a ray of sunshine into the land of perpetual drizzle, and also across the globe. What is it about him? Or her? Or them? There may be multiple Jimothys, after all: other little trash pandas likely afflicted with short spine syndrome, giving her/him/them the rounded back that has captured the attention and affection…