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Flesh-eating parasite 'no longer contained in Texas' as Trump USDA deflects blame
The Screwworm, the Scapegoat, and the Government That Cut Its Own WatchdogsPower Is Where the Cuts Were MadeA New World screwworm infection has moved beyond the original Texas containment zone, with USDA now acknowledging cases in Gillespie County and even a dog in New Mexico. The Trump administration wants that story read as an immigration tale. It is not. It is a governance story, and the people with actual power are the ones who cut the monitoring system, lifted the import ban, and then tried to hand the blame to a predecessor who has not been in office since January 2025.The…
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