Did DOGE Bring Back Flesh-Eating Screwworms?

[struggle4progress]

The Bulwark
Jun 5, 2026

Catherine Rampell and Jonathan Cohn give their takes on the return of the flesh-eating parasite screwworm. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has already blamed the Biden's border and immigration policies as a potential cause after saying in November that it was under control. But is that the full story? We examine whether DOGE-related staffing cuts and the broader erosion of international cooperation may have played a role in weakening surveillance and response systems. Plus, beef prices are already at record highs, and ranchers are warning of even more disruption ahead if the outbreak spreads, we explain the economic impacts this could have on farmers and consumers.

[RockRaven]

1. Not DOGE. Not Elon. Not even Trump. *REPUBLICANS* did this.

Republicans.
Republicans.
Republicans.

It has been a Republican policy goal for decades to cut international aid, and they did, and they caused this.

This is what every Republican voter and politician has been pursuing for two generations. Well, they got it. And now their blind selfish idiocy is everyone's problem.

[msongs]

2. please refer to them as republican flesh eating screw worms. thank you nt

[SamuelTheThird]

3. Yes