Links for you. Science:
‘Unusual’ cancers emerged after the pandemic. Doctors ask if covid is to blame. (gift link)
Whooping cough cases double in the U.S., a potential legacy of the pandemic
New ‘FLiRT’ COVID Variants Could Be Driving an Uptick in Cases. Here’s How to Avoid Them
Why The Matador Bug Is A Walking Red Flag
Huge amounts of bird-flu virus found in raw milk of infected cows. New findings point to the milking process as a possible route of avian-influenza spread between cows — and from cow to human.
These are the bird flu questions that influenza and animal scientists desperately want answered
Other:
The Psychiatrist Who Warned Us That Donald Trump Would Unleash Violence Was Absolutely Right (excellent; must-read; my take from 2016 here)
Republicans Have a New Way of Looking at Crime (excellent; gift link)
A new look at the cultural insecurity of Trump supporters. Data from the Pew Research Center shows significant political divides on questions of race, immigration and gender. (gift link)
Ohio Republican proposes bill to defund libraries over ‘harmful’ materials
Supreme Court: Gifts for Justices Explained in 3 Charts
Trump plans to grab the power of the purse from Congress
Trump loyalist pushes ‘post-constitutional’ vision for second term
Clarence Thomas is far more corrupt than anyone knew—including his peers
The women in Hunter Biden’s life are telling us something. And it has nothing to do with politics.
Pool Shed Papers Judge Aileen Cannon Is the Preeminent Lawn Ornament at Mar-a-Lago
Retired judge David Tatel issues a stark warning about the Supreme Court
Elections Matter. Just Look at Wisconsin.
Republicans want Hunter Biden’s trial to distract from Trump’s crimes — but, so far, it’s backfiring
Rockstar Quits Touring Over COVID-19 Fears: Glass Beach’s William White Explains His Concerns
Romney kisses Trump’s ass. That’s what Republicans do
Under Trump, the DOJ Will Become the Legal Wing of the MAGA Movement. Should Trump win, conservatives have a plan to use the DOJ to make their darkest desires legal, while removing the legal means to stop them.
The importance of Merrick Garland stating the obvious
The Planet Could Bear the Scars of a Second Trump Term… Forever
The GOP response to Trump’s conviction is incoherent until you remember the conspiracy theories that animate it
Project 2025 Has Bad Medicine for HHS. Under Trump, the Department of Health and Human Services would become the “Department of Life” once again—and worse.
Why are you ingrates still whining about the economy?
Addiction to Blockbuster Franchises Is Killing Hollywood
Washington Post Shake-Up Brings Fresh Eyes to an Old Scandal
The Theocratic Blueprint for Trump’s Next Term. How the Christian nationalist vanguard would pursue unprecedented power over all branches of government.
Bad Boys & The Bummer Summer
Conservatives Are Gearing Up for a Major Military Expansion Under Trump 2.0
mikethemadbiologist
About the scars of a second Trump term — environmental disaster and devastation, that’s one all too likely scenario that one can’t honestly attribute to Trump.