Ars Technica News14m ago
Flesh-eating flies are eating their way through Mexico, CDC warns https://arstechni.ca/aryQ #newworldscrewworm #parasites #screwworm #Health #flies #USDA #CDC #HAN
Flesh-eating flies are eating their way through Mexico, CDC warns

Eight animal cases in Mexico's Tamaulipas spur CDC to warn doctors of festering wounds.

Ars Technica
petersuber2d ago

"Trump’s #USDA Is Hiding the #Data on #FoodStamp Cuts."
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2026/01/trump-rollins-usda-snap-food-insecurity/

"In normal conditions, said Tufts University food economist Parke Wilde, policymakers and government workers would ask, 'What are the consequences of policy changes…so that we can calibrate and improve the program in the future?’ We won’t be able to do that this year."

#Agriculture #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #SNAP #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Trump's USDA is hiding the data on food stamp cuts

The agency's food insecurity survey was pointless "liberal fodder," a spokesperson said.

Mother Jones
Peak Trading Research2d ago
📉 Funds sold hard on bearish #USDA stats (-95k contracts / -$2.8B). Late-week buying followed on strong U.S. demand, flash sales, dry Argie forecasts, and bullish January seasonals. Specs remain mostly short #ags, with buying firepower if bullish catalysts persist. 🌾 💪🏼
Anna Anthro3d ago

USDA Scientists Ordered to Investigate Foreign Research Coauthors

“USDA instructed employees to stop agency researchers from collaborating on or publishing papers with scientists from “countries of concern,” including #China, Cuba, #Iran, North Korea, #Russia, #Venezuela.

But the agency is also vetting scientists before deciding whether #USDA researchers can publish papers with them, including co-authors from #Canada & #Germany”

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usda-foreign-scientists

Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With

The new directive asks workers to check the backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” Their names are being sent to national security experts at the agency.

ProPublica
Steve Thompson PhD3d ago

Trump’s USDA Is Hiding the Data on Food Stamp Cuts – Mother Jones

https://www.motherjones.com/food/2026/01/trump-rollins-usda-snap-food-insecurity/

#Republicans #MAGA #GOP #Trump #USDA #data #press

Trump's USDA is hiding the data on food stamp cuts

The agency's food insecurity survey was pointless "liberal fodder," a spokesperson said.

Mother Jones
petersuber3d ago

"Trump administration Orders #USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With."
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usda-foreign-scientists

PS: One more reason why non-US scientists will not want to collaborate with US scientists. One more blow to science as an international effort.

#Agriculture #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With

The new directive asks workers to check the backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” Their names are being sent to national security experts at the agency.

ProPublica
Steve Thompson PhD3d ago

Republican Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Research Collaborators

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usda-foreign-scientists

The directive asks workers to check backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” Their names are sent to national security experts.

USDA supervisors pushed back, with one calling it “dystopic."

#Republicans #MAGA #GOP #Trump #scientists #research #USDA #surveillance #dystopia #press

PrivacyDigest3d ago

#Trump Admin Orders #USDA Employees to Investigate #Foreign #Researchers They Work With

The new directive, part of a broader effort to increase scrutiny of research done with foreign partners, asks workers in the agency’s research arm to use #Google to check the backgrounds of all foreign nationals collaborating with its #scientists. The names of flagged scientists are being sent to #nationalSecurity experts at the agency, according to records reviewed by ...
#security

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usda-foreign-scientists

Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With

The new directive asks workers to check the backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” Their names are being sent to national security experts at the agency.

ProPublica
Southern Libtard3d ago

RFK Jr released this educational video featuring his new inverted food pyramid and updated nutritional guidance.

#RFKJr #HHS #USDA #Nutrition #FoodPyramid

Brad Rosenheim4d ago

The reason the owner class is pushing the advice of "health bros" like Kennedy and Dr. Oz is that they want us to be OK with rations. Just as long as we keep working. We can all have a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, and another thing. Capitalism in its latest of stages - feudalism.

#ChickenBroccoliAndAnotherThing
#USDA
#USPol
#serfs
#lords

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/a-healthy-meal-for-3-agriculture-secretary-says-it-s-easy/ar-AA1Ul2RY

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