And may not retire the CDC monkeys to sanctuary after all WASHINGTON, D.C.––A June 24, 2026 media release from the Donald Trump-aligned Pacific Legal Foundation and a June 25, 2026 media release from the Department of Justice present entirely opposite perspectives on Trump administration cruelty law enforcement––but both imply praise of Trump for government […]
FDA commissioner Makary, critic of animal testing, gets the Trump boot
Following the Marty Makary & Pam Bondi exits, the last animal friends in the White House may be rats in the woodwork WASHINGTON D.C.––Resigning on May 12, 2026 under direct pressure from U.S. president Donald Trump, former U.S. Food & Drug Administration commissioner Marty Makary dashed with his forced exit whatever illusions anyone may still […]
Judge to Bondi: don’t play “chicken” with California hen protection law
Pun-filled verdict tells Trump administration to sit down from lack of standing LOS ANGELES––Judge Mark C. Scarsi of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, a 2020 Donald Trump appointee, on March 19, 2026 rejected a July 2025 Trump administration challenge to the California standards for raising egg-laying hens for lack of […]
Bondi promises federal prosecutors; Hochul protects horseshoe crabs
Can U.S. attorney general Bondi actually deliver? Can horseshoe crabs recover? NEW YORK, N.Y.––Which will help more animals, a December 20, 2025 promise by U.S. attorney general Pam Bondi on the Fox Network television show My View with Lara Trump to appoint federal prosecutors for Animal Welfare Act cases, not yet backed by money […]
Not just a suspect in the toilet after FBI & ICE raid on Idaho horse track
As many as fifty undocumented immigrants nabbed & five operators including two Mexican citizens charged with illegal gambling WILDER, Idaho––“Person Dragged Out of Portable Toilet as Federal Agents Raid Gambling Setup” was the Storyful headline after as many as 200 members of law enforcement raided La Catedral Arena just outside Wilder, Idaho on October […]
Big Pork loses 20th appeal of California & Massachusetts farm standards
But Trump administration & politicians with feet in the pork barrel continue nine years of effort to overturn California Proposition 12 & Massachusetts Question 3 BOSTON, Massachusetts––A sports team losing 20 consecutive decisions usually fires the manager. The pig production company Triumph Foods, among the most misnamed plaintiffs in recent legal history, along with the […]
Trump & Bondi sue to overturn California laws protecting farmed animals
Just when non-vegan Californians thought it was safe to buy eggs LOS ANGELES, California––U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, the most prominent self-asserted animal advocate in the Donald Trump administration, on July 9, 2025 sued the state of California, California governor Gavin Newsom, and California state attorney general Rob Bonta in Los Angeles federal court, seeking […]
Former NFL player Leshon Johnson hit again for pit bull fighting
Two cases 20 years apart involved 418 pit bulls between them MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma––The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma on March 25, 2025 unsealed a grand jury indictment charging former National Football League player Leshon Eugene Johnson, 58, with “possessing 190 pit bull-type dogs for use in an animal fighting venture, […]
Trump cabinet choices Bondi & Rollins: opposing views on pig welfare laws?
Pam Bondi defended Florida pig welfare law; Rollins endorsed the EATS Act, to erase states’ ability to enforce farmed animal welfare WASHINGTON D.C.––The U.S. Senate on February 5, 2025 confirmed Pam Bondi as attorney general of the U.S. Confirmation of Bondi set up a potential conflict with another Donald Trump administration cabinet nominee, Brooke Rollins, […]
The animal backgrounds of Trump cabinet nominees Rollins, Bondi, & McMahon
The Donald Trump cabinet appointee who should have animal history mostly does not WASHINGTON D.C.––Brooke Rollins, Pam Bondi, and Linda McMahon, among U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s latest cabinet nominees, bring to their nominations highly varied records pertaining to animals. Brooke Rollins, Trump’s prospective Secretary of Agriculture, if confirmed would become responsible for Animal Welfare […]