Lisa Gets PolitikAccording to Heather Cox Richardson, in March 2025 the Trump administration cut funding for disease control and prevention, including that of New World screwworm. Today, news broke that the New World screwworm has been found in Texas for the first time since 1966. The screwworm burrows into the living flesh of animals—most maggots feast on dead flesh—and can kill them. Screwworms are a serious threat to livestock and can hurt food production.
Tamar WyschogrodThere was a time when I used to think about someday retiring to other parts of the U.S. -- maybe somewhere warm and scenic. Now there are very few places in America I'd be willing to consider, because so much of this benighted country is drowning in guns and fascism. #gunviolence #christofascism #AmericaIsSick
The two words "school" and "shooting" should never even appear in the same sentence, let alone as a common phrase, let alone one we hear regularly. #AmericaIsSick #gunviolence