Got diarrhea? Try Elon Musk TP and follow the money behind Republican cuts to the FDA and CDC.

Got diarrhea? Try Elon Musk TP.

• First two people die in US from explosive diarrhea outbreak - The Independent
• Cyclospora outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce now linked to 15 state - CBS
• Trump and Musk have reportedly fired 135 members of the CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS). This is nearly half of the staff. - DeLauro
• The Nation’s Health is Too Important to Leave to Corporate Self-Regulation - Dekleptocracy
• The FDA announced it had traced the outbreak to contaminated iceberg lettuce packaged by Taylor Farms. Snopes
• Taylor Farms makes $1 million donation to Republican groups six days after the FDA announced plans to delay the enforcement of a "food traceability rule" - MSN
• Taylor Farms recently hired former Trump White House official Trent Morse as a lobbyist. Washington Examiner
• Kyle Diamantas who heads the FDA has limited major regulatory experience, but he is Donald Trump Jr.'s hunting buddy. - Vanity Fair
• There are over 7,000 cases of cyclosporiasis or explosive diarrhea - CNN

Billionaires are a public health hazard

The Nation’s Health is Too Important to Leave to Corporate Self-Regulation - Dekleptocracy

Follow the stench of corruption

Bruce Taylor: $969,000 in political donations

• Bruce Taylor’s personal federal giving totals roughly $969,000 over 37 years, and 78% of it has been given since January 2020. Four separate $100,000 checks in 2024 and 2025 alone.
• And the corporation dwarfs the man. Taylor Farms and Taylor Fresh Foods have put about $4.5 million into federal committees since 2010, nearly all of it into super PACs, with $2 million of that in 2025. Where it went:
• Keystone Renewal spent $80 million against Bob Casey in Pennsylvania
• More Jobs, Less Government spent $28 million against Jon Tester in Montana
• Heartland Resurgence spent $4.28 million against Deb Fischer’s opponent in Nebraska, six months after Bruce Taylor personally maxed out to Fischer, who sits on the Senate Agriculture Committee. - Dekleptocracy

Musk's DOGE gutted the FDA

• The FDA experienced significant staffing reductions as part of DOGE-driven federal workforce cuts that began in early 2025, affecting multiple centers and offices across the agency.
• Six former FDA employees described ongoing drug safety reviews, food inspection coordination, and public health surveillance programs that were disrupted or halted by their departures.
• The FDA employs approximately 18,000 people and is responsible for regulating products accounting for roughly 20 cents of every dollar spent by American consumers, including drugs, medical devices, food, and cosmetics.
• Former staffers described specialized roles — including rare disease drug reviewers, food safety microbiologists, and tobacco regulation scientists — that require years of training and cannot be quickly replaced.
• The cuts came as the FDA was already managing a backlog of drug applications, post-pandemic inspection catch-up efforts, and a growing portfolio of novel gene and cell therapy reviews. - Political.org

TakeAway: Hold Republicans accountable for Trump's endless sh*tty grifting schemes.

Deepak
DemLabs

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