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Donald Trump's Approval Rating With Men Crashes to Record Low
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... President Donald Trump's approval rating among men hit an all-time low, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll that found his overall approval rating remains deeply underwater.

The survey found Trump's net approval rating among men stands at -22, the lowest level recorded among male voters in either his first or second term.

Male voters have traditionally been one of Trump's strongest demographic groups and were considered central to his 2024 electoral coalition. ...


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Confusion swirls on source of diarrhea outbreak, but it's still Taylor Farms
arstechnica.com

... Federal officials on Monday reaffirmed that iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms still appears to be the source of Cyclospora, the microscopic parasite behind a multi-state surge in explosive diarrhea cases.

The assertion was intended to clear up confusion that began swirling over the weekend around a false positive test from the Food and Drug Administration"which Taylor Farms celebrated, sparking confusion. Still, many details of the outbreak remain murky, largely due to the vague recall information Taylor Farms has publicly provided.

On Friday, the FDA, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced that the FDA's traceback investigations for the outbreak converged on Taylor Farms. Traceback investigations work by tracking backward from sick people and the foods they ate to where those foods came from through the supply chain, down to individual farms or production facilities. When the FDA said their investigation converged on Taylor Farms, the agency means that, over and over again, tracebacks led them to shredded iceberg lettuce grown in Central Mexico and supplied by Taylor Farms"which also goes by Taylor Fresh Foods.

The convergence of tracebacks was the basis for the FDA and CDC publicly identifying Taylor Farms on Friday. It was also the basis for Taylor Farms issuing a sweeping recall the same day for all its iceberg lettuce sourced from Central Mexico between June 29 and July 16.

At the time, the FDA's traceback investigation specifically focused on tracing back shredded iceberg lettuce that people had eaten from Taco Bell locations. Thus, the messaging at the time suggested that the contaminated lettuce may be limited to Taco Bell. A CDC press release Friday warned consumers not to eat lettuce at Taco Bell locations in five states (Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia). It noted that "Shredded iceberg lettuce sold in grocery stores or served in other restaurants is not affected."
Mixed messages

Then things changed over the weekend.

First, on Saturday, the FDA announced that a sample of Taylor Farms lettuce tested positive for Cyclospora. The result confirmed the traceback investigation findings -- and also potentially extended the list of contaminated products.

But, then on Sunday, the FDA deleted the information from its website, explaining that on further review, the result was a false positive. ...


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Trump Admin Denies Colluding With Taylor Farms Over Cyclospora: FAKE NEWS'
www.newsweek.com

... The Trump administration has denied colluding with Taylor Farms after federal health officials reported and then retracted that a sample of lettuce from the company had tested positive for cyclospora amid a multistate outbreak of the diarrhea-causing parasite.

The claim comes as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday morning said the nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak is now "under control" and that the source of the outbreak has been identified and affected products have been removed from the market.

Taylor Fresh Foods Inc., the parent company of Taylor Farms, made a $1 million donation to Make America Great Again Inc. in March 2025, according to a filing with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) reviewed by Newsweek.

That information was highlighted in a post on X from MeidasTouch, a progressive media outlet, along with reporting from The New York Times that said a Taylor Farms spokeswoman confirmed that company executives had met with White House and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials on Thursday to discuss what it viewed as "shortfalls in the FDA's and CDC's outbreak response process." The company has also recently hired former White House official Trent Morse, expanding its influence in Washington. ...



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Why two Connecticut towns are taking down their license plate cameras
www.newstimes.com

... A contentious year-long debate over license plate cameras in Windsor's town hall came to a close this month after the town council voted to take down its cameras.

Windsor has been at the center of the state-wide debate over the privacy of the technology, specifically cameras made by a tech company called Flock Safety. ...

Windsor is the first town in Connecticut to decide not to renew its contract with Flock. Killingworth became the second last week, opting to take down the cameras over similar privacy concerns.

"For many councilors, including myself, it comes back to the data," Windsor's Mayor Nuchette Black-Burke told CT Insider Monday. "We opted not to move forward because there is no guarantee that Flock will not share our data." ...


Bob Dylan - Workingman's Blues #2

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There's an evenin' haze settlin' over the town
Starlight by the edge of the creek
The buyin' power of the proletariat's gone down
Money's gettin' shallow and weak

Where the place I love best is a sweet memory
It's a new path that we trod
They say low wages are reality
If we want to compete abroad

My cruel weapons have been put on the shelf
Come sit down on my knees
You are dearer to me than myself
As you yourself can see

While I'm listenin' to the steel rails hum
Got both eyes tight shut
Just sitting here tryin' to keep the hunger from
Creeping its way into my gut

Meet me at the bottom, don't lag behind
Bring me my boots and shoes
You can hang back or fight your best on the front line
Sing a little bit of these workingman's blues

full lyrics

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"Well look at the big brain on Brad!"


BTW: I'm thoroughly enjoying On the Beach by Nevil Shute.

Can't say for certain, but I would imagine US Senator/POTUS JFK and USN Ensign Jimmy Carter read this 1957 classic about an American nuclear-powered submarine looking for survivors of a nuclear Armageddon.

Mr Shute smoothly intertwined the global North-South divide, the Cold War, societal ennui, and environmental catastrophe all at once. I'll tell you how it ends. ;-)

The other two legs of the Cold War trilogy: The Manchurian Candidate (Richard Condon, 1959) and Fail-Safe (Eugene Burdick & Harvey Wheeler, 1962).

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