Commercial Poultry Operation In California Detects First Bird Flu Case

The highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza outbreak continues to spread across North America, dashing hopes that warmer temperatures would halt the spread.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture reported a commercial poultry flock of 34,000 birds in Fresno County detected bird flu. This is the first commercial flock infected in the state since the outbreak started in the US in January.

The birds at the commercial broiler breeder in Fresno were immediately euthanized to protect surrounding commercial flocks.

H5N1 infections in both wild bird species and poultry are continuing around the country at a time when the virus should've peaked because of warmer weather.

So far this year, 40 million wild aquatic birds, commercial poultry, and backyard or hobbyist flocks have been infected by the deadly virus in 39 states.

"Whether migratory birds will cause additional introductions in the fall is 'the million-dollar question,'" Bryan Richards, emerging disease coordinator at the US Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center, told Science.

Even though infections began to decline before summer, Richards said bird flu could circulate year-round, posing a permanent threat to poultry farming.

So what does this mean for consumers? We outlined months ago that US egg production plunged to a seven-year low as millions of egg-producing hens were euthanized to prevent further virus transmission, sending egg prices at the supermarket sky-high.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/commercial-poultry-operation-california-detects-first-bird-flu-case

Whistleblower Claims FBI Leadership Told Bureau Employees Not to Look at Hunter Biden’s Laptop From Hell

A whistleblower told Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) that FBI leadership told bureau employees not to look at Hunter Biden’s laptop from hell.

The FBI whistleblower also said the FBI purposely slow-walked the Hunter Biden investigation.

The FBI took possession of Hunter Biden’s laptop nearly 3 years ago and the Justice Department still has not charged Hunter with any crimes despite countless emails revealing an intricate web involving the Biden Crime family’s ties to the Ukraine, Russia and the Chinese Communist Party.

Senator Johnson sent a letter to DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz on Tuesday about the new whistleblower allegations.

“Whistleblowers have recently contacted my office to share serious concerns about the FBI’s handling of Hunter Biden’s laptop,” Johnson told Horowitz, telling the watchdog that after the FBI obtained the laptop from a Delaware computer shop in late 2019, local FBI leadership told bureau employees that “you will not look at that Hunter Biden laptop” and that the FBI is “not going to change the outcome of the election again,” the whistleblowers said.

The Washington Examiner reported:

The FBI slow-walked its investigation into Hunter Biden’s laptop, including telling some bureau employees not to look at the hard drive belonging to President Joe Biden’s son, according to reported whistleblower disclosures made public by a top Senate Republican.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) sent a letter to DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz on Tuesday about the new whistleblower claims, following disclosures made public last month about the bureau allegedly wrongly labeling Hunter Biden evidence as “disinformation” in 2020.

Johnson said the new whistleblower claims “allege that the FBI did not begin to examine the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop until after the 2020 presidential election — potentially a year after the FBI obtained the laptop in Dec. 2019.”

Johnson said that the new whistleblower allegations should spur the DOJ inspector general to action.

“It is clear to me based on numerous credible whistleblower disclosures that the FBI cannot be trusted with the handling of Hunter Biden’s laptop,” Johnson told Horowitz this week. “I call on you to immediately investigate the FBI’s handling of Hunter Biden’s laptop and begin by obtaining the history of the investigative actions taken by the FBI on Hunter Biden’s laptop which should be available on the FBI’s case management system, Sentinel.”

Earlier this month FBI Director Chris Wray testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Director Wray on Thursday told Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) that he expects the FBI to “aggressively” pursue the Hunter Biden laptop from hell investigation.

Christopher Wray refused to say if the FBI actually has Hunter Biden’s laptop.

Recall, The Gateway Pundit obtained contents from Hunter Biden’s laptop in 2020 and exclusively reported on Hunter’s numerous crimes from trafficking cocaine to paying for prostitutes to committing gun-related crimes.

TGP’s Joe Hoft interviewed John Paul Mac Isaac, the computer repairman who received Hunter Biden’s laptop in 2019.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/whistleblower-claims-fbi-leadership-told-bureau-employees-not-look-hunter-bidens-laptop/