Fri: Hospital Made the Doctors Apologize to the Baby Killer

If He's Too Cheap, Cheap, Cheap, They May Sing Like a Bird ... To the Prosecutors.

A surprising and critical decision by a top Donald Trump adviser on which allies of the former president will get their legal fees covered by his PAC – and who is being excluded – could come back to haunt the now four-times indicted former president.

According to reports, Trump's Save America Pac has been shelling out millions to lawyers defending Trump associates who have been swept up in his alleged criminal activities that have him on the precipice of four separate trials in Manhattan, Florida, Washington D.C. and now Georgia.

As MSNBC's Hayes Brown wrote, senior Trump adviser Susie Wiles, is making the calls on who gets paid-for legal representation and who gets left out in the cold – which now includes former Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis, who are both accused of being neck-deep in the former president's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Now that both have been indicted under the RICO act by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Wills as co-conspirators, the decision to let them fend for themselves opens the door for them to flip on the former president for purely financial reasons, Brown wrote.

"Trump isn’t unaware of his former friend’s problems — he just doesn’t seem to particularly care," he said, before adding, "This penny-pinching seems like a bad idea when you consider that there’s still a chance that federal prosecutors could charge Giuliani for his role in trying to flip the 2020 election’s outcome — and in turn offer some kind of deal if he became a witness against Trump."

"And this stinginess hasn’t changed the fact that Trump’s political committee is paying a massive amount of money in legal fees, potentially threatening the presidential run that would inoculate him from several of these cases," he wrote before warning, "If the idea behind that expenditure is to keep the people who know where the metaphorical bodies are buried in check, then getting cheap now seems like a major strategic error for Trump."

Can You Become Allergic to Meat and Milk From a Tick Bite?

What is alpha-gal syndrome (AGS)? (It's Not a Woman With a Type-A Personality)

Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is a serious, potentially life-threatening allergic condition. AGS is also called alpha-gal allergy, red meat allergy, or tick bite meat allergy. AGS is not caused by an infection. AGS symptoms occur after people eat red meat or are exposed to other products containing alpha-gal.

Alpha-gal can be found in meat (pork, beef, rabbit, lamb, venison, etc.) and products made from mammals (including gelatin, cow’s milk, and milk products).

Can I get AGS from a tick bite?

Yes, AGS is associated with tick bites. Evidence suggests that AGS is primarily associated with the bite of a lone star tick in the United States, but other kinds of ticks have not been ruled out. Other tick species have been connected with the development of AGS in other countries.

But Canibalism Is Still Ok

Alpha-gal is not found in fish, reptiles, birds, or people.

The Hospital Insisted That Doctors Apologize to Letby

Hospital bosses failed to investigate allegations against Lucy Letby and tried to silence doctors, the lead consultant at the neonatal unit where she worked has told the BBC.

The hospital also delayed calling the police despite months of warnings that the nurse may have been killing babies.

The unit's lead consultant Dr Stephen Brearey first raised concerns about Letby in October 2015.

No action was taken and she went on to attack five more babies, killing two.

Letby has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others in a neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital, in Cheshire.

The first five murders all happened between June and October 2015 and - despite months of warnings - the final two were in June 2016.

Hospital bosses ignored months of doctors' warnings about Lucy Letby

In MAGA World, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished.

Names, pictures and even home addresses of Georgia grand jurors who indicted former President Donald Trump are circulating online as authorities are rushing to identify the origin of any credible threats against jurors.

For example, a user of a fringe social media site posted purported names, rough ages and addresses of jurors Wednesday, according to the group Advance Democracy. A verified user on X, formerly Twitter, posted pictures of three jurors Tuesday, according to the group.

An anonymous user called the list of jurors' names "a hit list," according to the group Media Matters for America.

“These jurors have signed their death warrant by falsely indicting President Trump,” said one message on the fringe site.

The Fulton County Sheriff's Office issued a statement saying it was working with local and federal authorities to identify the origin of threats against jurors.

"We take this matter very seriously and are coordinating with our law enforcement partners to respond quickly to any credible threat and ensure the safety of those individuals who carried out their civic duty," the statement said.

“It’s becoming all too commonplace to see everyday citizens performing necessary functions for our democracy being targeted with violent threats by Trump-supporting extremists," said Daniel J. Jones, president of Advance Democracy, a nonprofit organization that conducts public-interest investigations. "The lack of political leadership on the right to denounce these threats − which serve to inspire real-world political violence − is shameful.”

Quothe the Raven, "Evergrande"

China Evergrande, which is the world's most heavily indebted property developer and became the poster child for China's property crisis, on Thursday filed for protection from creditors in a U.S. bankruptcy court.

The company sought protection under Chapter 15 of the U.S. bankruptcy code, which shields non-U.S. companies that are undergoing restructurings from creditors that hope to file lawsuits or tie up assets in the United States.

Tianji Holdings, a related company, also sought Chapter 15 protection on Thursday in Manhattan bankruptcy court.