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A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it

The outbreak linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure.

April 17, 2025, 2:00 AM MST / Updated April 17, 2025, 11:01 AM MST

By Suzy Khimm

An E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce ripped across 15 states in November, sickening dozens of people, including a 9-year-old boy in Indiana who nearly died of kidney failure and a 57-year-old Missouri woman who fell ill after attending a funeral lunch. One person died.

How dare we suffer the consequences of our own actions?!

Most importantly, this particular lettuce was not part of the recall. The problem is bigger than Taylor Farms is willing to admit. They kept quiet while all blame went towards Taco Bell. This company deserves the shit storm that's coming. The whole kerfuckle of it all? There USED to be 13 people tracking lettuce, now there are only two. Thanks to Doge and RFK. It's almost like consumer, agricultural, and environmental safety agencies exist for a goddamned reason.

J. D. Vance was booed during the Olympic opening ceremony. On a global stage. In front of the world. You can’t spin that. That’s public judgment in real time.

Emily Rose Grassi and David Chang at NBC Philadelphia:

An exhibit examining slavery at the President's House in Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia was removed on Thursday. NBC10 crews were there on Jan. 22 and found that the plaques were removed from their displays at 6th and Market streets in Center City. Also on Thursday, the city of Philadelphia filed a lawsuit against Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and acting National Park Service Director Jessica Bowron over the removal of the artwork.

"Removing the exhibit is an effort to whitewash American history. History cannot be erased simply because it is uncomfortable. Removing items from the President's House merely changes the landscape, not the historical record," Philadelphia council member Kenyatta Johnson wrote in a statement reacting to the incident. The removal comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March of 2025 that reads in part, "take action, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, to ensure that all public monuments, memorials, statues, markers or similar properties within the Department’s jurisdiction do not contain descriptions, depictions or other content that inappropriately disparage Americans past or living." "The Department of the Interior is implementing Secretary’s Order 3431, which carries out President Donald J Trump’s Executive Order on “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” The President has directed federal agencies to review interpretive materials to ensure accuracy, honesty, and alignment with shared national values. Following completion of the required review, the National Park Service is now taking action to remove or revise interpretive materials in accordance with the Order," a spokesperson with the National Park Service wrote in a statement obtained by NBC10 on Friday.

More history revisionism from the Trump Regime: The National Park Service removed The Dirty Business of Slavery exhibit at the Independence National Historical Park in Philly, as part of the Trump Regime’s war on America History and Black History in particular.

Philadelphia is rightly suing over this monstrous decision in Philadelphia v. Burgum.

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His name was Alex Jeffrey Pretti. He was a 37 years old licensed nurse and a federal government worker who was protecting a woman being pepper sprayed.

Vice President JD Vance on Thursday called the woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis a “deranged leftist” in response to a clip of the incident.

The previous day, 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed while trying to flee federal agents approaching her car.