Links for you. Science:

Inside the FDA’s vaccine uproar
Climate research is Trump’s latest casualty
Ancient sewers expose a hidden health crisis in Roman Britain
Vaccinating Boys Against HPV Could Eliminate Cervical Cancer
NIH leader resigns after flap over risks of seasonal flu virus study. Agency may be expanding list of pathogens subject to dangerous “gain-of-function” regulations (“A supporter of Beigel’s within NIH, who also requested anonymity for career reasons, called the flu study dustup a “pseudomanufactured concern” that was meant to force him out, so officials could bring in a researcher who has strongly supported Trump.”)
Ancient Romans Guarding Hadrian’s Wall Were Riddled with Worms and Parasites

Other:

How D.C. residents fought back in 2025
House Democrats say D.C. police investigation was political stunt. The lawmakers called Republicans’ criticisms ‘an assault on reality at the behest of an unstable President’ (Republicans selectively quoted witnesses? Unpossible!; “The commanders consistently testified that they did not feel pressure to change
crime classifications to less serious offenses to give a false sense of a crime
reduction.”; report here)
A postmortem on the RFK stadium deal
Affordability (“…Democrats had better have a rock solid plan to enact an affordability agenda in 2029 or the election of 2030 will be a massive wipeout by a Republican Party led by Nick Fuentes.”)
Zohran Mamdani on His Family’s Experience With Immigration Court and His Plans for ICE in NYC
Long lines at the food pantry: Inflation tests Trump’s base in Michigan
Jim Beam closing Kentucky distillery for a year as Trump tariffs hit hard
This is how Gov.-elect Spanberger will begin tackling ‘affordability’
The Socialists vs. The Progressives
The Biggest Threat to the 2026 Economy Is Still Donald Trump
Justice Dept. sues D.C. over ban on AR-15s and other semiautomatic guns
Were classical statues painted horribly?
Trillions for War, Pennies for People: How Soaring Military Spending Fails Americans
CBS News’ censorship of ’60 Minutes’ story spectacularly backfires
The Return of the Weirdo. Will this be the cool new thing of 2026?
A Green Light for Anti-Islam Bigotry for Trump’s GOP
The Phone-Based Retirement Is Here
Yet again, released Epstein files raise more questions than answers
The Biggest Lie in Texas Politics. Ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats in the state are leaning on an old message.
Where is the footage Jeffrey Epstein secretly recorded of people in his houses?!
Congolese rape survivors search in vain for medicine after USAID cuts
He Said He Was Not Close With Epstein. His Emails Suggest Otherwise. Andrew Farkas, a New York City real estate mogul, had assured investors that his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was for business only.
Racial Slurs and Nazi Symbols: Inside the Complaint That Shut Down The Harvard Salient (tomorrow’s conservative leaders…)
Leadership Perks: Riley Gaines Scored Big Bonus From Nonprofit
How a 150-year-old tradition became America’s favorite Christmas dinner alternative (Jewish Christmas!)
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has show cancelled over Google AI-generated misinformation
Supreme Court blocks National Guard deployment to Chicago in defeat for Trump
Bari Weiss Is the Propagandist Donald Trump Deserves
‘It’s a war’: Inside ICE’s media machine
60 Minutes’s ‘Inside CECOT’
Heritage Foundation killed by MAGA
JD Vance’s 2028 strategy: Be even worse than Trump