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Trump Admin Scraps Plan to Limit Salmonella in Poultry

The Trump administration is rolling back a Biden-era proposal that would have required poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products to prevent food poisoning.

After receiving what the Agriculture Department said were 7,000 comments about the proposed rule — from stakeholders that included the poultry and meat industry, members of Congress, and a risk assessment firm — the USDA withdrew the plan “to further assess its approach for addressing Salmonella illnesses associated with poultry product.”

The Biden Administration effort had aimed to reduce salmonella illnesses by 25 percent, per a Federal Register notice, by requiring poultry companies selling chicken or turkey products to keep levels of salmonella bacteria under a certain threshold and test for six dangerous salmonella strains. If the threshold was exceeded or any of the strains were identified, the poultry product would be pulled and subject to recall.

Every year, there are over 1.3 million salmonella infections in the United States, the notice stated, adding that rate had not changed in the past two decades.

On Friday, food officials claimed that the proposed plan would impose an “overwhelming burden” on small poultry producers and processors and said the USDA would “evaluate whether it should update” current salmonella regulations.

President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee received a record amount of cash, with a significant portion coming from Pilgrim’s Pride. The poultry company was the largest donor to Trump’s inaugural committee, donating $5 million. Two of the company’s executives — CEO Fabio Sandri and Kendra Waldbusser, the company’s head of food safety and quality assurance — serve alongside many other execs on the board of the National Chicken Council, a lobbying group that called on the USDA to rescind the proposed plan and “consider alternative approaches for addressing Salmonella in raw poultry products.” The company agreed last year to pay a $100 million antitrust settlement for scheming with other food companies to keep chicken farmers underpaid.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-admin-scraps-plan-limit-025813752.html

MSGA?

Trump will eventually release another pandemic on US.

I have not heard about that particular conspiracy theory.

Idk about that, but Trump has already unleashed an economic pandemic of sorts… forcing our economy to drink bleach and shove a light up it’s ass, thinking he has solved all our problrms. So, little girl, you will just have to do with two dolls instead of 30… YCMATSU.

Second judge blocks Trump administration's use of Alien Enemies Act to remove certain migrants

Washington — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from deporting noncitizens detained in the Southern District of New York under President Trump's proclamation invoking the wartime Alien Enemies Act.

U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein said in a 22-page decision that the president's March proclamation ordering the summary removal of Venezuelan migrants exceeded the scope of the Alien Enemies Act, an 1798 law that the Trump administration has relied on to deport noncitizens that his administration claims are part of the gang Tren de Aragua.

The Alien Enemies Act gives the president the power to detain and deport migrants when there is a declared war between the U.S. and a foreign nation, or when there is an "invasion" or "predatory inclusion" against the U.S. by a foreign nation or government.

But Hellerstein, appointed by President Bill Clinton, said that the Trump administration failed to demonstrate the existence of a war, invasion or predatory incursion. Because of that, the Alien Enemies Act "was not validly invoked by the presidential proclamation," he wrote.

The judge said noncitizens in his judicial district can still be removed under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Lee Gelernt, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union who argued on behalf of the plaintiffs, said in a statement that the district court "joined several others in correctly recognizing the president cannot simply declare that there's been an invasion and then invoke a wartime authority during peacetime to send individuals to a Gulag-type prison in El Salvador without even giving them due process."

Hellerstein is the second federal judge to bar Trump administration officials from using the proclamation invoking the 1798 law to remove certain Venezuelan migrants at risk of deportation. U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez, appointed by Mr. Trump in his first term, ruled last week that Mr. Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act is unlawful and blocked administration officials from using the law and the president's proclamation to detain, transfer or remove Venezuelan migrants who either live or are detained in southern Texas.

Challenges to Mr. Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act have been filed throughout the country in response to a Supreme Court decision last month that allowed removals under the law. But the high court said that Venezuelan migrants covered by the declaration are entitled to notice and the opportunity to challenge their confinement and removal under the Alien Enemies Act through habeas corpus proceedings brought in the district where they are being detained.

The two-century-old law has only been employed previously during three periods of declared wars. But in March, Mr. Trump issued a proclamation claiming that the gang Tren de Aragua "is perpetrating, attempting, and threatening an invasion or predatory incursion against the territory of the United States." Mr. Trump's proclamation said that all Venezuelan citizens who are at least 14 years old and in the U.S. unlawfully were subject to apprehension and removal as "alien enemies."

The declaration claimed that the gang is undertaking "hostile actions and conducting irregular warfare" against the U.S. directly and at the direction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's regime. But an April assessment from the National Intelligence Council obtained by the Freedom of the Press Foundation through a public records request found that "while Venezuela's permissive environment enables TDA to operate, the Maduro regime probably does not have a policy of cooperating with TDA and is not directing TDA movement to and operations in the United States."

The declassified assessment said that most of the intelligence community "judges that intelligence indicating that regime leaders are directing or enabling TDA migration to the United States is not credible."

The case before Hellerstein was brought by two plaintiffs — identified in filings as G.F.F. and J.G.O. — who were initially detained at the Orange County Jail in New York and were transferred to an immigration facility in Texas to be deported to El Salvador. But they were removed from a plane in response to temporary orders issued by a federal district judge in Washington, D.C., as part of a challenge to Mr. Trump's efforts to deport migrants under the Alien Enemies Act. That case ultimately landed before the Supreme Court.

The two plaintiffs were returned to the jail, where they remain confined and "under threat of imminent removal," according to Hellerstein's opinion. The migrants brought a challenge under habeas corpus in early April in the Southern District of New York on behalf of themselves and other noncitizens in the region at risk of deportation under the Alien Enemies Act, and Hellerstein agreed to temporarily block the Trump administration from removing them from the U.S. under the president's proclamation unless they received a notice in English and Spanish and a hearing.

His temporary order was to remain in place while he considered the Venezuelan migrants request for a preliminary injunction, which he granted Tuesday after finding that absent such relief, they would be deported to El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT. Hellerstein said that once there, "they would endure abuse and inhumane treatment with no recourse to bring them back."

In his opinion, Hellerstein first called the notice provided by immigration officers to those subject to removal under the Alien Enemies Act a "fleeting affair" and a "bare bones form letter."

"Petitioners have not been given notice of what they allegedly did to join TdA, when they joined, and what they did in the United States, or anywhere else, to share or further the illicit objectives of the TdA," Hellerstein wrote. "Without such proof, petitioners are subject to removal by the executive's dictate alone, in contravention of the AEA and the constitutional requirements of due process."

The judge said that the procedures used by the Trump administration have already led to the wrongful removal of at least two migrants to CECOT. One of those migrants is Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who the Trump administration admitted was mistakenly removed to El Salvador as a result of an "administrative error." A federal judge, U.S. appeals court and the Supreme Court have said the U.S. has to facilitate his release from Salvadoran custody, but the Trump administration has claimed it's up to El Salvador to return him.

Hellerstein also said that the grounds for Mr. Trump's proclamation — that Tren de Aragua has engaged in either a war, invasion or predatory incursion of the U.S. — "do not exist."

"There is nothing in the AEA that justifies a finding that refugees migrating from Venezuela, or TdA gangsters who infiltrate the migrants, are engaged in an 'invasion' or 'predatory incursion,'" he wrote. "They do not seek to occupy territory, to oust American jurisdiction from any territory, or to ravage territory. TdA may well be engaged in narcotics trafficking, but that is a criminal matter, not an invasion or predatory incursion."

The Trump administration can appeal the decision.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-alien-enemies-act-southern-district-of-new-york/

The dude literally invited the ruling class, including the most influential campaign donor in history, to attend his inauguration.

Only people such as yourself would call a president limiting free speech a win. Maybe now he'll crack down on KKK rallies and white supremacists? We both understand that would be a no.

Trump appoints Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as top prosecutor in DC

Pirro will serve as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.

President Donald Trump says he will appoint Fox News host and former prosecutor Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.

Trump announced the pick in a post on Truth Social.

The selection comes as Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Thursday that Ed Martin, who is currently serving as D.C.'s interim top prosecutor, would not be taking the position permanently after losing support among top Republicans in the Senate.

ABC News had reported earlier that Trump was eyeing Pirro for the position.

The White House did not immediately respond to request for comment from ABC News. A representative for Fox News press relations did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment, nor did Pirro.

Pirro has been a longtime ally of Trump, dating back to her time as a prominent prosecutor in New York. She was an early supporter of his 2016 campaign and publicly defended him during the "Access Hollywood" tape scandal.

Following Trump's loss in the 2020 election, Pirro pushed false allegations of election fraud involving voting machines and was later among the Fox News employees named in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit for broadcasting false claims about the company. Fox News eventually settled for $787.5 million and admitted the statements were false.

In 2019, Pirro was reportedly suspended by Fox News after she questioned the loyalty of Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to the U.S. Constitution, citing Omar's Muslim faith.

Martin, who had been vying to become the top prosecutor in one of the nation's most important U.S. attorney's offices, has served as the interim U.S. attorney since the start of the administration, but his interim term expires on May 20.

Martin promoted Donald Trump's "Stop the Steal" campaign in 2021 and was himself seen on Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Trump said Thursday that Martin could serve in another capacity at the Department of Justice.

One of Trump's final acts before leaving office in 2021 was issuing a last-minute pardon to Pirro's ex-husband, a longtime GOP donor.

With less than an hour before his term ended, Trump granted one final pardon to Albert Pirro, who was convicted more than two decades ago on 34 counts of conspiracy and tax evasion after he was found to have improperly deducted over $1 million in lavish personal expenses as a tax write-off for his businesses.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-eying-fox-news-host-jeanine-pirro-top/story?id=121604820

Free speech does not cause damage, hurt other people, infringe on other people's rights. That is what is being limited here.

So you don't think that promoting hate against the Jewish people as well as minorities by groups like the KKK and white supremacists hurts anyone but when it's done on college campuses it does?

'It’s not right at all': Neo-Nazis caught on camera hurling racial slurs at young Black children

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/i...ing-racial-slurs-at-young-black-children

Then there's that free speech that led to over 100 police officers being assaulted and the damage done to the Capital building. And they were all pardoned. That doesn't count either?

It's odd how some pick and choose when those things matter and when they don't. The spread of hate, no matter who is spreading it hurts us all.

And can you show me the evidence of where those who were detained promoted Hamas? Or were they simply protesting the slaughter of innocent Palestinian civilians? I'm not talking about all of the protestors, just the ones that were detained. Sometimes people are being misled exactly what most of these protests are really about.

There have been many cases across college campuses where building, statues, etc... were damaged and destroyed. If these college kids could protest peacefully, they have every right to their opinion no matter how twisted that opinion is. When people or property get hurt then it is not a protest any longer and must be shutdown. There is a huge difference walking around chanting and holding signs promoting a point of view and causing destruction. That was the main issue when terrorist groups like BLM and Antifa rioted in 2020 also. Same thing here.

It shouldn’t be too perplexing that fascists hate anti fascists (antifa) and black folks (blm) I call it self defense.

So you promote shutting down free speech and the right to peacefully protest by those not committing crimes to punish them for the crimes others are committing?

Here's a novel concept. Arrest those committing crimes and don't use it as an excuse to infringe on the "constitutional rights" of others.

Same thing in 2020? As has been pointed out time and time again, most all of the violence committed then was at night AFTER the BLM protests had officially ended. And about 93% of those protests were non violent. But when you focus on the law breakers and lump them with the people simply exercising their rights it's an inaccurate yet easy picture to paint. So do you consider the KKK and White Supremacist groups terrorists too?

About 93% of racial justice protests in the US have been peaceful, a new report finds

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/04/us/blm-protests-peaceful-report-trnd

You're using 7% of the protests to paint an entire group with a broad brush. But I'm not surprised by that.

Judge orders Tufts student Rumeysa Öztürk to be released 'immediately' from ICE custody

“Ozturk is free to return to her home in Massachusetts ... because, frankly, I don’t find that she poses any risk of flight,” the judge ruled.

A federal judge in Vermont on Friday ordered that Rumeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University student detained by immigration agents in March, be released from ICE custody.

"Öztürk is free to return to her home in Massachusetts. She’s also free to travel to Massachusetts and Vermont as she sees fit, and I am not going to put a travel restriction on her, because, frankly, I don’t find that she poses any risk of flight," Judge William K. Sessions III said.

The government was ordered to immediately release her, pending further proceedings on the merits of her habeas petition, the judge said.

Öztürk appeared virtually, with her attorney Mahsa Khanbabai, from the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center.

Khanbabai said she was "relieved and ecstatic" by the news.

"Unfortunately, it is 45 days too late. She has been imprisoned all these days for simply writing an op-ed that called for human rights and dignity for the people in Palestine," she said in a statement. "When did speaking up against oppression become a crime? When did speaking up against genocide become something to be imprisoned for?"

Öztürk was detained on the streets of a Boston suburb on March 25. Video of her arrest showed officers with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and immigration authorities surrounding her on a sidewalk and grabbing her wrists. She screamed as she was led to a nearby SUV.

The Trump administration revoked Öztürk’s student visa in late March based on an assessment from the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement that she "had been involved in associations that 'may undermine U.S. foreign policy by creating a hostile environment for Jewish students and indicating support for a designated terrorist organization.'"

It included her co-writing an op-ed "that found common cause with an organization that was later temporarily banned from campus, the Bureau of Consular Affairs approved revocation, effectively immediately," according to a State Department memo.

Öztürk wrote an op-ed last year in her student newspaper that was critical of Tufts’ response to the war in Gaza.

Earlier in her bail hearing, Öztürk had an asthma attack.

She had testified that the frequency, length, and intensity of her asthma attacks have increased since her detainment.

She told the judge that it has been negatively affecting her.

The doctoral student from Turkey had previously detailed her attacks in a declaration filed with the court. Attorney Jessie Rossman, who appeared in person for the hearing, told the judge that her client has had more attacks beyond the eight documented in the declaration.

Rossman said she was "relieved" her client would soon be able to return to Massachusetts.

"For 45 days, Rümeysa has been detained in Louisiana — over 1300 miles from her friends, her community, and her lawyers. During that time, she has suffered regular and escalating asthma attacks," she said in a statement. "And at the same time, the government has failed to produce any justification for her detention."

During her testimony, Öztürk said that she was diagnosed with asthma in 2023 in her hometown in Turkey and had experienced attacks before her detainment.

During an episode, she said she experiences anxiety, exhaustion, chest tightness and coughing. They are usually brought on by environmental triggers as well as stress.

Tufts University medical center has helped her maintain her asthma, she said, noting that she has two inhalers, one for daily maintenance and another she uses when she has an attack.

Öztürk appeared to get upset as she testified about an attack at the Atlanta airport after she was detained. She was seen putting her hands over her chest and taking a deep breath.

"I was afraid, and I was crying," she told the court about the Atlanta incident.

After her testimony, Dr. Jessica McCannon, who has expertise in treating asthma, was called to the stand. While McCannon was speaking, Öztürk began coughing uncontrollably and appeared out of breath. Attorney Khanbabai, who was with Öztürk, said her client was having an asthma attack.

Öztürk rushed out of the room to get her inhaler.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...eased-immediately-ice-custody-rcna205868

Fascist behavior by the trump brigade once again.

And here's some more.....................

New FEMA head tells staff: "Don't get in my way… I will run right over you"

During his first all-hands meeting with agency personnel, acting Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator David Richardson issued a striking warning: "Don't get in my way," the former United States Marine Corps ground combat officer told staff, according to a recording of the speech obtained by CBS News.

"Obfuscation, delay, undermining," Richardson continued, referencing tactics he believed a fraction of FEMA staff might try to subvert his agenda. "If you're one of those 20% of the people and you think those tactics and techniques are going to help you, they will not, because I will run right over you. I will achieve the president's intent."

Richardson's formal title is Senior Official Performing the Duties of FEMA Administrator. He was named to the role Thursday and has not been formally nominated nor confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

"I can't recall the full title, but essentially, I'm acting," Richardson told staff on Friday, "I don't need the full title. All I need is the authority from the president to put me in here as some degree of acting and I will make sure that his intent gets completed. I don't stop at yield signs," he continued.

"I, and I alone in FEMA, speak for FEMA," Richardson said.

FEMA did not reply to a request for comment. When told about Richardsdon's meeting, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin responded, "sounds like a productive first meeting."

Richardson was appointed to lead FEMA after Cameron Hamilton, the former acting administrator, was fired Thursday morning, one day after publicly breaking with the Trump administration's expressed intent to eliminate the nation's disaster relief agency.

"I do not believe it is in the best interests of the American people to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency," Hamilton testified Tuesday before a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill. His dismissal comes roughly three weeks before the start of the Atlantic hurricane season.

White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said Friday that Hamilton was fired for testifying "contrary to the president," presumably when he advocated for the nation's disaster relief agency not to be eliminated.

President Trump said shortly after taking office that he planned to "begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA, or maybe getting rid of FEMA," criticizing the agency for allegedly responding slowly to natural disasters.

In his first address as acting head of the agency, Richardson doubled down on the president's promise to reduce its scope and carry out the will of Mr. Trump.

"I am as bent on achieving the President's intent as I was on making sure that I did my duty, where I took my Marines to Iraq, eleven of them," Richardson was recorded as telling FEMA employees.

According to his official biography posted by the Department of Homeland Security, the former Marine commanded artillery units, serving in Afghanistan, Iraq and Africa. Richardson also taught history at George Washington University, strategy at the U.S. Army Field Artillery School, and Marine Corps Martial Arts.

During his roughly 17-minute speech to FEMA employees, he recalled sending home a member of the Second Marine Division from Iraq. "I had too important of a mission for anybody to undermine me or to make things difficult," Richardson said.

"We're going to find out how to push things down to the states," the acting leader later added. "That should be done at the state level. Also going to find out how we can do more cost sharing with the states."

During his address to FEMA employees, Richardson described his leadership style at length, noting that coworkers will rarely see him sitting behind his desk. "Most of this time I will sit at the table drinking tea while I'm working out something with a stubby pencil," Richardson said, pointing a sharpened pencil into the air from behind a FEMA podium, according to the video of the recording.

Richardson told FEMA employees, "I have never read a book on leadership," but contended that, "I'm fine operating in chaos and a very ambiguous environment."

Toward the end of his remarks, the acting FEMA head referred all staff to two memos he authored in recent weeks, and distributed Friday morning. "They're very short, but they will require almost all of you in this room input to some degree or another," Richardson said.

According to the memos, obtained by CBS News, Richardson has directed staff to provide a slew of internal memos to him assessing FEMA's preparedness for 2025, as well as organization charts, watchdog reports and a list of all known gaps in the agency's preparedness or core capabilities.

Richardson declined to take any questions from employees during his day one remarks, instead promising to host a town hall in the coming weeks so that employees could play, "stump the chump."

"It's not that I'm afraid of questions, but I want you to read the memos," said Richardson.

FEMA's new acting administrator said that he will begin his first day by "looking at all the laws and statutes that guide FEMA and making sure that we are only doing the things that are within the law." He added, "If we're not doing that, we are wasting the American taxpayer dollars."

Reflecting on his time in the Marine Corps, Richardson paused for a moment. "I've had friends who are either dead, physically or very damaged emotionally because they ran into trouble doing things that were not within their mission during combat. It's the same thing for a mission like FEMA."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fema-acting-administrator-david-richardson-staff-meeting/

Don't dare say anything trump doesn't like or he'll get rid of you.

So states like California, and NY who have the funds can take care of themselves and won’t need to contribute to the fed anymore. And states like Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, FL, KY, and TN will need to suck it up when it comes to Hurricanes, Floods and Tornadoes because they take from the federal government. Sounds fair to me. About time.

jc

so is everyone just numb to the fact that our POTUS is committing massive crypto schemes to personally profit while in office?

we really do live in a trash timeline.

US and China to slash tariffs for 90 days after talks yielded ‘substantial progress’
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-a...lded-substantial-progress-170648185.html

This new Air Force One thing is bonkers, man... I mean, holy crap...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...3f4754b19d4614806aa2a18344a1bd&ei=32

Here's a quote from that "looney lefty" Laura Loomer:

Laura Loomer, a conservative activist and Trump supporter, wrote on X: "I love President Trump. I would take a bullet for him. But, I have to call a spade a spade. We cannot accept a $400 million 'gift' from jihadists in suits. The Qataris fund the same Iranian proxies in Hamas and Hezbollah who have murdered US Service Members. The same proxies that have worked with the Mexican cartels to get jihadists across our border. This is really going to be such a stain on the admin if this is true. And I say that as someone who would take a bullet for Trump. I'm so disappointed."

Yes, the trump tax was reduced to 30% now. At least for 90 days.

A little more about the Air Force One plane being donated by Qatar which may help explain the reasoning for their donation of the aircraft.....................

Trump company strikes Qatari golf resort deal in a sign it’s not holding back from foreign business

Updated 10:27 PM CDT, April 30, 2025

https://apnews.com/article/trump-qa...luments-7379bee2e307d39bd43b534a05ae3207

It's reportedly a 5.5 billion dollar deal. Less than two weeks later..........................

Qatar to donate a jumbo jet for Trump's exclusive use as a presidential plane

Updated on: May 12, 2025 / 11:10 AM EDT / CBS News

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/qatar-donate-trump-presidential-plane/

The timeline of events makes this sound very suspect. Coincidence?

That’s okay, it will trickle down and you can sleep well knowing the Trump’s will never go without…

Nope … crickets once again. It’s pretty pathetic right? You’d think there’s one MAGA wingnut here that has an opinion on how this is a good thing.

Anyways lying to their children will bite them in the ass eventually.

jc

House trying to pass a bill that includes 700 billiion in medicaid cuts.

i swear republican politicians and voters hate their own fellow Americans.

I really do not care about the Jet. Did not cost me a penny so what does that matter. I do not like the optics it sends to Isreal.

so its cool for elected officials to accept gifts now?

imma remember this post if a Dem ever accepts a gift moving forward.

Yeah, and I am also cool about passing the bill to cut 700 billion in Medicaid. I am tired of the government getting into my pockets. There is quite a bit more spending cuts they could do.

It's clearly a bribe. "Drain the swamp", amiright?


How hard and how long do you have to bash yourself in the head to be ok with that?

Do you expect cuts to Medicare to directly/positively impact your tax bill?

No but got to start somewhere.

Last I heard from the admin, DOGE has been cutting like crazy and now they're cutting Medicaid... but they're still having to raise the debt ceiling (by a pretty significant amount). As a supporter, how do you reconcile those 2 things?

Wait and see when it is finished. Hoping it ends in a huge tax cut.

So you don't care that your tax dollars would pay to retrofit the jet into Air Force One and then trump gets to keep it when he leaves office? That sounds like something you should want to call Musk about. So trump gets a jet your tax dollars get to help pay to make into Air force and keep it no problem but children and disabled people getting healthcare you take an issue with? And then you wonder why some people call that Murica and Freedumb.

So moves that definitely hurt lots of people... and we hope it ends up helping.

Stuff like this blows my mind. How much does someone have to suck executing a plan to leave people arguing about things like deporting illegals and govt spending?

I wish these politicians would go back to school and learn basic household math.

Debt has 2 considerations: income and expenses. do the math. Tax cuts should be off the table as long as the debt continues to increase.

a huge tax cut...for who?