Links for you. Science:

Scientists Find Measles Likely to Become Endemic in the US Over Next 20 Years (paper here)
‘Fighting to breathe’: Whooping cough surges as vaccination rate falters
Tapeworm in fox poop that will slowly destroy your organs is on the rise
This Sicko Caterpillar Wears the Bones of Its Victims
Millions of U.S. measles cases forecast over 25 years if shots decline
Scientists identify new ‘curiously isolated’ butterfly species

Other:

How Trump team turned a dinner invite into a crypto boon worth millions. Nearly two dozen crypto wallets acquired more than 100,000 $TRUMP meme coins, worth roughly $100 million, after its promoters said top buyers could join the president for dinner. (impeach him)
ARPA Is Delivering The ‘Abundance’ Ezra Klein Claims To Be Looking For
Trump’s Polls Are Plummeting as the Popularists Prove They Know Less than Nothing About Politics
Tariffs could mean the end of the line for the model railroad industry (Trump take model train)
Trump Doesn’t Want to Govern
‘We couldn’t live in that uncertainty’: A Boston nonprofit rejects a $250,000 federal grant so it can protect DEI
Trump Officials Weaken Rules Insulating Government Workers From Politics. A reinterpretation of the Hatch Act announced by the administration lets officials wear campaign paraphernalia like MAGA hats, and removes an independent board’s role in policing violations.
The fall of a violent D.C. gang that used federal loans to buy drugs in bulk
Fired, rehired, and fired again: Some federal workers find they’re suddenly uninsured
Spin scooters might leave D.C. amid legal battle
Trump cuts federal grants to plantation museum focused on reality of slavery
Government customer service shake-ups have the less tech-savvy on edge
Ranking the Movie Stars Who Actually Matter
China quietly exempts some U.S.-made semiconductors from tariffs
Even MAGA loyalists are getting sick of Trump’s lies
DeSantis lashes out at Fla. GOP as questions build over wife’s project
The Jeff Roe Alamo: Roe, the Republican operative who was essentially blacklisted by the Trump White House, has become an unexpected wrinkle in the looming Senate primary between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton—with potential political repercussions bigger than Texas, itself.
Youngkin asks GOP nominee to quit over claim he posted lewd photos of men
Only Kevin Roose’s Editors Despise Him More Than I Do
Trump won these independent voters. Now some are souring on his second term.
Trump’s Tariffs Aren’t Economics. They’re a Cultural Purge
From Book Bans to Canceled Lectures, the Naval Academy Is Bending to Trump (but cancel culture something something)
Tampa woman deported to Cuba gets separated from one-year-old and U.S. citizen husband
New Yorkers Are Paying Over $60 Million for Andrew Cuomo’s Legal Fights
Democrats Launch Inquiry Into Dismantling of Administration for Community Living
House oversight Democrat demands answers on gutting of CDC public records office
Elon Musk Pretends He’s Leaving The Job He Supposedly Doesn’t Have To Not Return To The Job He Supposedly Never Left