Otis, Hinderaker, Johnson And Mirengoff KNEW He Was “Juvenile”… They Are To Blame.

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Candidly, I am just sick to death of these feckless, bitter old men who only now complain about Trump being “juvenile and irresponsible”.

They saw him day in, and day out, from 2017 through 2020. They knew he was juvenile. They knew he was irresponsible.

They knew he was a narcissist. They knew he had about a third grade level of understanding of policy — and about that level of reading comprehension.

And they knew in their hearts that he is and was a criminal. A felon.

Yet they voted for him in 2024 and shilled for him… And now somehow they don’t want to take responsibility for the fact that he is every bit the sh!t show (a SECOND time!) that we all knew he would be.

I’m sick of it. I don’t wanna’ hear any of their bleating.

They all should self-deport. And I’d suggest Antarctica very near the pole.

That’s what many MAGAts feel should happen to people who are in any manner “disloyal” to Trump, so why not… to these embittered old men… they’ve been disloyal to their nation’s most-cherished freedoms?

Out.

Maybe The Readership Can Help Explain This Very Cool — But Largely… Opaque Chart To Me. Maybe I Am Just… Thick.

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Okay. Okay. I admit it. I am too lazy to spend the day reading this study, in Nature.

But I am a huge fan of cool… graphics (obviously!).

And of course, I am kidding — no one needs to explain it to me — I will make it my bedtime reading tonight, but it does offer some insight into the NY/Philly prevalence of certain strains of Mpox. See here:

…The outer ring was colored by geographical region. Sublineages associated with specific geographical regions were shown using colored asterisks. All the B.1 sublineages were placed as distinct clades and had a 98.9% agreement with the Nextclade lineage assignment.

Most sequences (93.6%) from sublineage B.1.12 were from NYC (red asterisk). Most sequences from sublineages B.1.11, B.1.13, B.1.2 and, B.1.4 were primarily from North America (excluding NYC) (orange asterisks); and sublineages B.1.1, B.1.7 and B.1.9 were primarily from Europe (blue asterisks). B.1.6 sublineage was predominantly from South America (purple asterisk). The source data files for Fig. 1 are available in this GitHub repository….

Onward, smiling.

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Dr. Reddys Will Make And Sell $40/Year HIV Stopping Drug (Generic Version) In 120 Countries — In Gilead’s Humanitarian Licensing Deal

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This is very, very good news. And it likely would not have come to pass, without forward thinking public stewards, like those at the Clinton Health Access Initiative. You see, there still are many many (the vast majority, in fact of) Americans who believe we owe a duty — to our fellow humans, for our relative good fortune. This is gratifying — beyond words.

This “near cure“, as a preventer of AIDS, will now be more affordable in the parts of the world where price would be a daunting obstacle. Here’s Fierce’s story on it all — and a bit:

…Generics of Gilead Sciences’ twice-yearly HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) Yeztugo (lenacapavir) are on the horizon, with India’s Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories and Hetero Labs striking separate agreements with global access groups to support their respective launches.

Unitaid, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and Wits RHI — a South African HIV research institute — are teaming up with Dr. Reddy’s to provide the PrEP drug for $40 per year in 120 low- and middle-income countries starting in 2027. The $40 price point puts the long-acting injectable on par with daily oral PrEP meds, according to CHAI.

“It’s a new model for how innovation reaches those who need it the most,” CHAI’s CEO Buddy Shah said in a press release….

Excellent — now you know. And to be sure, $40/year is still going to be “out of reach” — for many households of limited means in the still developing world — but it is a start. A good start. [The drug costs over $28,000 a year in Japan, the EU, UK and US.] Onward, smiling… ever, smiling.

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Eleven New Deaths — In Just A Week In Congo: Ebola Is Flaring Wildly… Without USAID On The Scene.

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Be warned: we intend to keep harping on this, as the Manchurian Cantaloupe is affirmatively choosing to kill thousands of vulnerable people in Africa (with Ebola, Marburgs and mpox — as well as cholera, and river sicknesses).

He and Musk gutted USAID — likely lawlessly — and now, globally… we will see thousands of excess deaths, from public health emergencies and epidemics. Here’s the latest, from Reuters’ tallies:

…Eleven new confirmed cases of Ebola were reported in Democratic Republic of Congo since the World Health Organization’s last update on September 15, showing a decreasing trend of cases in the recent week, the UN health agency said on Wednesday.

As of September 21, a total of 58 cases, including 10 probable cases and 35 deaths were reported in Congo’s Kasai Province, the WHO added. The total deaths included 10 probable deaths….

This is truly an avoidable catastrophe — and it will, decades from now — be a large part of the critique written about Trump- and MAGA- “schools of thought“.

Damn.

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Trump Offers Falsely Damning, Ill-Informed Belching — On The Names Of Drugs He Cannot Even… Pronounce, Properly?!

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First things, first, though: this very old generic is a good drug. That much is clear.

But the idea that the FDA will approve it for new uses — without even being asked — seems a very slippery slope. I will thus (perhaps in jaundiced fashion) note that Fresenius Kabi, Hikma, Sagent, and GSK each make a version of it — and we should all watch for donations from these companies, to any Trump controlled PAC or campaign coffer. Or even a crypto- purchase — from / into one of his family run sh!t-coins empires in the making. Or to Truth Social. Dammit.

I hate that I now am forced to think that way — but seriously. . . consider the billions to be made if all of MAGA-America is going to demonize pregnant women for taking what is undoubtedly safe Tylenol — and start feeding their autistic kids a diet of. . . Leucovorin. Here’s The New York Times’ very sober piece on it all — and a bit:

“…Mr. President, you told us to do what’s medically right — to go bold and not worry about the corporations and the lobbyists,” Dr. Marty Makary, the F.D.A. commissioner, said on Monday. “So that’s what we’re here doing today.”

Dr. Makary announced the sudden change during the president’s briefing on autism, which Mr. Trump repeatedly used to directly link Tylenol, the brand-name version of acetaminophen, to the disorder — a connection that is still unproven.

The F.D.A. was more cautious in a letter to doctors… the agency [said] that the association remained an “area of scientific debate.” The health officials promised to fund more studies to explore a potential connection. Kenvue, the maker of Tylenol, has said the drug does not cause autism and is safe to use as directed….

Always with Trump — we need to think FIRST about… “how might he… monetize this bit of street theater?” Damn. I just hope that autistic kids don’t start having more seizures (due to interactions — with phenobarbital, and/or phenytoin; and/or certain antibiotics (e.g., sulfamethoxazole / trimethoprim). Moreover — as a rather rare side effect, kids with B12 deficiencies may see pernicious anemia or megaloblastic anemia — due to a vitamin B12 deficiency, and that (with the drug) may mask hematologic symptoms — while allowing neurological issues to worsen all from /on the drug called Leucovorin. Yikes.

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Calif. Gov. Newsom Asks USDC Judge Beyer To Continue Move Forward, To Decide Statutory Natl. Guard Prohibition Claims — Even As Ninth Looks At A Partial Stay…

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It must be said: Trump thinks foot-dragging is his best strategy.

He knows full-well what he is doing is prohibited by law. So he just tries to drag it out, as long as possible. Disgusting.

So too, here with his rolling the National Guard and US Marines into blue cities, uninvited. Damn. Here’s the latest — (with a response due from Team Tangerine, by Thursday night, in San Fran):

…In response to the Court’s Order staying proceedings related to Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, ECF No. 192, Plaintiffs respectfully request the Court proceed to adjudicate the merits of Plaintiffs’ claim that Defendants’ August 5, 2025 federalization order violates 10 U.S.C. § 12406. Specifically, Plaintiffs request the Court grant Plaintiffs leave to file, and order expedited briefing on, Plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment on the following schedule:

➣ September 26, 2025: Plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment

➣ October 3, 2025: Defendants’ opposition

➣ October 8, 2025: Plaintiffs’ reply

➣ October 10, 2025: Hearing on Plaintiffs’ motion

Even if this Court lacks jurisdiction to decide Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction while Defendants’ appeal of the Court’s TRO order is pending, it has jurisdiction to adjudicate that claim on the merits. Plotkin v. Pac. Tel. and Tel. Co., 688 F.2d 1291, 1293 (9th Cir. 1982) (“We hold that an appeal from an interlocutory order does not stay the proceedings, as it is firmly established that an appeal from an interlocutory order does not divest the trial court of jurisdiction to continue with other phases of the case.”). The Ninth Circuit has repeatedly held that district courts need not “delay trial preparation to await an interim ruling on a preliminary injunction.” California v. Azar, 911 F.3d 558, 583 (9th Cir. 2018). This is in part because “the fully developed factual record may be materially different from that initially before the district court.” Id. (quoting Melendres v. Arpaio, 695 F.3d 990, 1003 (9th Cir. 2012)).

That is the case here, where Plaintiffs’ current challenge under section 12406 is based on new facts and evidence not before the Ninth Circuit in the pending appeal. Thus, the Court may, and in fact should, adjudicate the merits of Plaintiffs’ new challenge even as the Ninth Circuit considers the interlocutory appeal, especially given the urgency of the relief Plaintiffs seek. See Global Horizons, Inc. v. U.S. Dept. of Labor, 510 F.3d 1054, 1058-1059 (9th Cir. 2007)….

We will keep an eye on it, as ever. Grinning….

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In DC, Trump Minions Must Release Funds — And Explain Themselves, By Thursday Now: Rule To Show Cause — In Freeze Cases…

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It is simply outrageous that the Manchurian Cantaloupe is refusing to spend money the Congress specifically ordered be spent.

The power of the purse resides in Congress, not 1600 Penn. The US Constitution is clear on this point, as is about 150 years of US Supreme Court precedents. Here’s the latest — and able DC USDC Judge has given Trump until Thursday to explain why he is violating both the will of Congress — and a previously-entered USDC injunction, here:

…The Court agrees that, for the roughly $6.5 billion not proposed for rescission and not subject to the partial stay, it would raise an issue of compliance with the injunction if Defendants were to refuse to spend those funds in accordance with the purposes set out by Congress….

For these reasons, Plaintiffs’ motion for an order to show cause, ECF No. 151, is granted in part….

By September 25, 2025, Defendants shall file a summary of foreign aid funds expiring September 30, 2025, in pre-2024 appropriations acts. The summary shall include the same information provided as to the 2024 act in ECF No. 145-1. As in that summary, and in light of the rescission proposal and the partial stay, Defendants may note where appropriate that all expiring unobligated funds for a particular appropriation are included in the rescission proposal….

Now you know. Onward, grinning.

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These Are All (Almost Certainly) The Less Severe Clade 2 Variety, But Still Of Concern: Mpox In Chicago…

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The City of Chicago (and County of Cook) has seen a sharp uptick in Clade 1 Mpox cases, this year: 81 in a few months, and rising — with 14 of those, in the last two weeks.

The public outreach — for most at risk, and affected communities — is well-underway. Here’s the latest, from Patrick Filbin:

…Local health officials are urging Chicagoans to get vaccinated against mpox amid a spike in cases.

There have been 81 new cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, reported in Chicago over the past six months — and 90 percent of them have been diagnosed since June 10, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health. Fourteen new cases were reported Sept. 9-15 alone….

Now you know — and onward, resolutely — on a gray day here.

Smiling — just the same.

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[U: Friday Hearing, Dumped — At Last Minute!] USDC Judge Kness Will Hold An In-Person Status Hearing On Friday — On Evanston’s Motion To Dismiss.

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And I will be there.

In the Spring, he had indicated that he might allow limited discovery, as to the residence / status of the named plaintiffs — but no one made a motion for discovery, yet. Now he want status, on the dismissal. Maybe he’s ready to dismiss it, if the plaintiffs cannot prove they ever qualified to even apply for the reparations packages (by… living in… Evanston). [They don’t. I checked.]

…[UPDATED] MINUTE entry before the Honorable John F. Kness:

This docket entry was made by the Clerk on Thursday evening, September 25, 2025:

MINUTE entry before the Honorable John F. Kness: With regret for the late notice, the hearing set for tomorrow (9/26/2025) is stricken. Further guidance will be provided by separate order. Mailed notice (jfk).

By request and agreement of the parties, the in−person status hearing set for 9/29/2025 is stricken and reset for 9/26/2025 at 11:00 A.M. Mailed notice….

Onward, resolutely.

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Defense Lawyers Respond Forcefully To TN Prosecutor’s Feigned Ignorance Of Abrego’s Case Before April 27, 2025…

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This big old dumb show / Noemite circus is STILL rolling through the Nashville federal district courthouse — five months on.

The prosecutor earlier tried to say that because he personally did not start on the case until after Mr. Abrego-Garcia was here state-side, it could not have been “vindictive”. Poppycock. He’s admited that the DAG is closely supervising his every move, and several agents have openly said the Tennessee felony case was only brought once the courts in Maryland said Abrego’s kidnapping was not… cricket.

Perhaps most tellingly, this esteemed prosecutor (and Vandy Law Professor, at right) resigned, rather than let Noem’s politics infect the charging decisions / indictment process. Here’s a bit of an eight page banger just filed before USDC Judge Crenshaw, in Music City, on it all:

…The Executive Branch cannot whitewash a vindictive and selective prosecution by running it through a prosecutor who turns a blind eye to the motivations that launched it. And this is hardly the only time the President has sought to use DOJ to get revenge: The U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia was forced from office for not vindictively charging New York Attorney General Letitia James.

In our case, the Chief of the Criminal Division resigned rather than bring this vindictive prosecution himself. That Mr. McGuire professes to believe that this case is a righteous one, while claiming ignorance of its origins, is no answer to our motion. It’s a dodge.

In the government’s telling, this case started on April 27, 2025, when HSI Nashville presented the case to Mr. McGuire. (Dkt. 121-1 ¶ 4). That ignores weeks of retributive government conduct punishing Mr. Abrego for challenging his unlawful deportation: officials’ statements that he is a “gangbanger,” “monster,” “predator,” “terrorist,” and “wife beater”; an Oval Office Abbott and Costello routine about how neither President Trump nor President Bukele nor Attorney General Bondi — Mr. McGuire’s ultimate boss — had the power to return him; and the ultimate decision, made by officials senior to Mr. McGuire before the case was presented to him, to gin up an investigation and prosecution. (Dkt. 105 at 8-12). On the facts, the government’s perspective is conveniently tunnel visioned. On the law, what Mr. McGuire may believe is irrelevant. Despite the government’s many distractions, Mr. Abrego has presented clear, unrebutted evidence of vindictiveness warranting dismissal or, at a minimum, discovery and a hearing….

And, big weather is forecast for Middle Tennessee essentially all week — stay safe and dry, one and all — until the next (mid-October) hearing. Smile, indeed….

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