Links for you. Science:
Republicans have a post-pandemic plan for the scientific establishment. Still angry about the Covid response, GOP lawmakers want to overhaul the National Institutes of Health if they win in November.
Whole Genomes Inform Genetic Rescue Strategy for Montane Red Foxes in North America
An Update on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus, Clade 2.3.4.4b
Large Clusters of Invasive emm49 Group A Streptococcus Identified Within Arizona Health Care Facilities Through Statewide Genomic Surveillance System, 2019–2021
Trump leads, and his party follows, on vaccine skepticism
Rep. Ilhan Omar to Introduce Major Long Covid Bill. The Long Covid Research Moonshot Act would earmark $10 billion to fight the condition.
Other:
Someone Put Facial Recognition Tech onto Meta’s Smart Glasses to Instantly Dox Strangers
How Two Billionaire Preachers Remade Texas Politics. They control Republican politics in the state. Now they’re poised to take their theocratic agenda nationwide.
Needy D.C. homeowners applied for pandemic aid. They’re still waiting.
‘Aware of our history’: Tiny Mississippi town faces its abusive police
D.C. Council Bill to Reform Emergency Rental Assistance Is Light On Supporting Data
Trump and his allies are not planning to concede another electoral loss. The former president and his allies are making it clear, repeatedly, that the only outcome they will accept without hesitation is one where he is the victor.
Musk’s $44 billion Twitter now valued at just $9.4b as X
Apple backs out of backing OpenAI, report claims. Apple dropped out of the $6.5 billion investment round at the 11th hour.
The Democrats’ Shameful, Foolish Surrender on Immigration
John Amos, ‘Good Times’ Dad, Dies at 84
Hypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to Block
Going back to the well: CNN.com, the most popular news site in the U.S., is putting up a paywall
Donald Trump, Hurricane Helene, And The Folly Of “Turning The Page”: His lies would be less damaging if Democrats had put more effort into cementing memories of his failed presidency.
Big Government to the Rescue: There are still libertarians after a hurricane. We just shouldn’t listen to them.
Sounds Bad
The Scourge of the Long Train
Internal Docs Show Trump Media Investors Were Duped
Please, no more debates! Debates elevate the worst aspects of our politics. Let’s try something else.
The Secret Welfare System
A Haitian Immigrant in Springfield Experiences the Best and Worst of America
Trump Wants to Lock Up Kamala Harris: Now He’s now three-for-three in demanding imprisonment of opposing candidates.
A Supreme Court Justice Warned That a Ruling Would Cause “Large-Scale Disruption.” The Effects Are Already Being Felt.
What’s Going on With Trump’s Outsourced GOTV Effort?
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DONALD J. TRUMP: GOVERNMENT’S MOTION FOR IMMUNITY DETERMINATIONS
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