The inspector general of the USDA was just physically removed from her office for defying Trump’s di

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/ShannonMFHill/status/1884673018678681972

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/BehizyTweets/status/1884671200078573939

[Hoodat]

Where's the video?  There has to be video!

[mystery-ak]

Where's the video?  There has to be video!

I know..I have asked that on X..I want to see it...

[libertybele]

I know..I have asked that on X..I want to see it...

You know she'll sue.

[Wingnut]

She is Fong Gone!

[mountaineer]

Ridiculous. If you've been fired, suck it up, put your stuff in a box and walk out with your head held high.

[Hoodat]

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Entitlement.

Career bureaucrats believe we need them more than they need us.

As The House Committee on Education and Workforce pointed out on their X account, Fong was informed of fraud in the Feeding Our Future program, a $250 million scheme that took funds from hungry children and refused to act.

Despite her failures and complicity in corruption, she felt entitled to her position until finally being escorted out.

One idiot found out today

[rustynail]

She Fonged around and Found Out.

[mountaineer]

Pro_Street_Art
@ModyMarc
She spread Bird Flu nonsense

Her inspector general’s office launched an investigation of @elonmusk brain implant startup @neuralink ; wouldn't be surprised if she was stealing patents

"Fong was among the 17 federal watchdogs fired by Trump on Friday..." https://t.co/Lz2HaSN2pT
5:18 PM · Jan 29, 2025

The USDA's response to everything relating to bird flu - including slaughtering millions of chickens, ducks and other fowl - should be questioned greatly.

[Smokin Joe]

The USDA's response to everything relating to bird flu - including slaughtering millions of chickens, ducks and other fowl - should be questioned greatly.

That was a common response on poultry farms back in the 1970s. If birds in a barn got sick and died, the whole group on that barn was eliminated (often thousands of birds), the barn was sanitized, and new chicks brought in. Chicken and turkey 'ranchers' were very careful about not cross contaminating the different barns.


Looking back, though, they may have eliminated possible immune birds at the same time, ones which could have been bred to produce resistant lines.

[Wingnut]

That was a common response on poultry farms back in the 1970s. If birds in a barn got sick and died, the whole group on that barn was eliminated (often thousands of birds), the barn was sanitized, and new chicks brought in. Chicken and turkey 'ranchers' were very careful about not cross contaminating the different barns.


Looking back, though, they may have eliminated possible immune birds at the same time, ones which could have been bred to produce resistant lines.

Have a good friend who contracted with Conagra to raise chickens in the 90's.  This edict almost ran him out of business.

[Smokin Joe]

Have a good friend who contracted with Conagra to raise chickens in the 90's.  This edict almost ran him out of business.

Most of the farmers I met were with Mar-vel or Rockingham, back in the day. A couple of them took nasty hits before they got suits, footbaths, and enclosed decontamination showers at the entrances to the barns. Might have reminded you of The Andromeda Strain, but it worked, and their profits went up.

[Hoodat]

Might have reminded you of The Andromeda Strain

Great book.

[DCPatriot]

Most of the farmers I met were with Mar-vel or Rockingham, back in the day. A couple of them took nasty hits before they got suits, footbaths, and enclosed decontamination showers at the entrances to the barns. Might have reminded you of The Andromeda Strain, but it worked, and their profits went up.

How long does it take for chicks to mature and produce eggs?  Less than a year?

Seems like insurance coverage would minimize the financial setbacks until "normal" production reappears.   

[Hoodat]

That was a common response on poultry farms back in the 1970s. If birds in a barn got sick and died, the whole group on that barn was eliminated (often thousands of birds), the barn was sanitized, and new chicks brought in. Chicken and turkey 'ranchers' were very careful about not cross contaminating the different barns.


Looking back, though, they may have eliminated possible immune birds at the same time, ones which could have been bred to produce resistant lines.

Great point.  There is no herd immunity when you purposely kill off the entire herd.

[rangerrebew]

USDA inspector general escorted out of her office after defying White House
Story by Rachael Levy • 16h

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran of the department, had earlier told colleagues that she intended to stay after the White House terminated her Friday, saying that she didn’t believe the administration had followed proper protocols, the sources said.
 
In an email to colleagues on Saturday, reviewed by Reuters, she said the independent Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency “has taken the position that these termination notices do not comply with the requirements set out in law and therefore are not effective at this time.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/usda-inspector-general-escorted-out-of-her-office-after-defying-white-house/ar-AA1y4NtE?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=f998bc03fc814215af46d7e33b5fd192&ei=36

[rangerrebew]

Give Biden credit, he's just making sure there is enough "diversity" in the dead wood he's throwing out.