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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

The US Department of Justice began an investigation into Mayor Brandon Johnson over allegations of race-based discrimination, citing his recent remarks at a Woodlawn church in which he emphasized how many Black people he's hired in his administration. Johnson received a letter from the DOJ saying there is "reasonable cause" to believe the mayor "made hiring decisions solely on the basis of race," in potential violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The probe was the latest attack on Mayor Johnson and Chicago from Trump. Trump Administration is suing the Windy City for to offering sanctuary to vulnerable migrants, while the school system is being sued for alleged antisemitism. Sources: Link One Link Two read more


Hundreds of hospitals in rural America are in danger of closing because they can no longer afford to stay open, according to the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform (CHQPR). The main reason: Insurance companies pay them much less than their big city counterparts for the same services. For example, in Trinity, TX, just 90 miles north of Houston, Mid-Coast Medical Center recently had to shutter because of this imbalance. The CHQPR report indicates 742 rural hospitals are at risk of closing, with over 300 of those being classified as being at "immediate risk." The CBO reports that Republicans' proposed cuts to Medicaid could leave more than 8.5 million people uninsured, forcing even more rural hospitals to close. Link: CBO Analysis read more


More Americans are exploring emigration to escape the Trump administration, but those looking to Europe are seeing their options narrow by the day. Restrictions on skilled worker visas, tougher rules on citizenship-by-ancestry programs, and pressure on the once widespread Golden Visa program are all eroding the legal avenues Americans, and other migrants, can take to live in Europe. Popular nations such as Italy, which once offered flexible rights to those who could show ties to the country, are making the move more difficult. One American said: "We want to exit. I'm at my maximum capacity of witnessing this." Archived source: Link One read more


  • An Eastland Texas man mowing his lawn angered a beehive which swarmed him. Steven William Daniel (66) ran into his truck for safety and drove away, but the drones pursued him and kept stinging the victim who died later from circulatory shock. On 9 May, a swarm of Africanized honey bees (AKA killer bees), attacked and killed three horses in Comanche, TX just about 50 miles away. That attack involved millions of bees that also attacked the owner of the horses.
  • In Florida, Hung Trinh (54) was arrested for shooting his neighbor's pregnant cow several times after she wandered onto his property, making good on his threat to shoot any animals that entered. A veterinarian was unable to save the suffering animal and euthanized her. The lunatic was charged with animal cruelty and grand theft of a commercial farm animal.
  • In Africa, this happy white lioness has been saved from poachers and doing quite well: Twitter read more


    Monday, May 19, 2025

    France plans to build a brand new high-security prison in the Amazon rainforest near the site of the notorious Devil's Island penal colony in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana. Bordering Suriname, the new Bastille will cost French taxpayers a total 400 million euros ($451 million) and will also house a court. This jungle dungeon would incarcerate drug kingpins and radical Islamists, including 60 maximum-security prisoners. How much de-forestation to build this 500-inmate gulag in not clear. Map: Link One read more


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    Hi Corky: Years ago in Florida I met an indigenous man who was an alligator wrestler, slightly leaner than this mofongo: media2.malaymail.com

    Anyways, there is still hope for mankind, as you can see the by the big white happy kitten in the Twitter link. If lions could purr, she would be.

    Endnote: No update yet on the bird killer north of Berkeley, CA.

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