Links for you. Science:
RFK Jr. cut grants for autism research while vowing to find a cause
NJ resident infected with malaria, possibly from local mosquito, a rarity here
‘An existential threat’: US health workers call Robert F Kennedy Jr a risk to public health
COVID Revisionism Has Gone Too Far
Frequency-dependent fitness effects are ubiquitous
ICE Detainees Are Testing Positive for Tuberculosis. As more detention centers are built—and private prison companies get richer—we’ll all get sicker.
Other:
What Trump Is Really Up to in Washington
Paging FDR: Democrats need to embrace New Deal-style politics. FDR fought for the underdog — and he was brazenly ruthless. Dems should follow his lead
How the Democrats Became the Party That Brings Pencils to a Knife Fight
James Dobson, Burn in Hell
Attendance drops, fear rises in immigrant churches as Trump takes over DC (Trump take God)
On Not Surrendering in Advance (Or At Any Point Thereafter)
No immigrant took my healthcare away (excellent)
THEY HATE (SOME) WHITE PEOPLE, TOO
Show Me What Democracy Looks Like! GO F*CK A COUCH, P*SSY BOY Is What Democracy Looks Like!
ICE Is Nothing Like the Brownshirts, Because the Brownshirts Actually Identified Themselves
ICE is joining D.C. police patrols. Moped drivers are an early target.
People forgo Maryland food pantry visits amid ICE enforcement fears
Not just Braveheart: black Scots become TikTok hit among African Americans
How a thrown sub made ‘Sandwich Guy’ a resistance icon in Trump’s D.C.
Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips (do we think this is the first time)
Influencerism is the highest form of capitalist realism
Spending money to go nowhere: Southside Express Lanes should be a Metro extension
This government agency fights for the freedom of … COVID deniers
‘Psychological warfare’: Internal data shows true nature of Alligator Alcatraz
When Trump’s Brain Broke
GOP Congressman calls Medicaid cut critiques as ‘whining and bedwetting’
Rainbow crosswalk outside Pulse nightclub removed overnight
With Trump raging against the Smithsonian Museum, it’s clear that his authoritarian goals are to create a false, perfect past because a functional democracy demands historical honesty.
The state of crypto is a million dildos who think they’re interesting
The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America
Federal Agents Are the New Proud Boys
But Medicaid Should Exist Only For Her Son
A Leader of the Religious Right Just Died. His Terrible Legacy Still Looms Over Modern Politics.
Trump administration’s anti-woke campaign targets Smithsonian museums
Pam Bondi Is Trying to Force Mayors and Governors to Adhere to Anti-Immigration Policies
Trump is wildly unpopular and losing ground fast. Why is anyone afraid of him?
