Extra, Extra
There’s No Cure for Stupid: “The new cancellations dismayed scientists, many of whom regard mRNA shots as the best option for protecting Americans in a pandemic. ‘This is a bad day for science,’ said Scott Hensley, an immunologist at the University of Pennsylvania.” Editor’s note: It’s a(nother) bad day for science. Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts.
+ Bad News, Any Way You Slice It: “With the White House pushing other Republican-controlled states to redraw their lines, and Democratic states including California and New York pledging to respond, the rapidly escalating confrontation encapsulates how the Trump era is threatening the nation’s fundamental cohesion in ways unmatched since the Civil War. It reflects a vision of the United States not as a unified nation, but as irrevocably hostile blocs of red and blue states uneasily sharing the same land mass.” Ron Brownstein in Bloomberg (Gift Article): The Texas Gerrymandering Fight Could Ignite a National Fire.
+ Dinner Roles: Top Trump officials will discuss Epstein strategy at Wednesday dinner hosted by Vance. (“OK folks, we need to figure out a way to continue a massive pedophilia coverup. But first, who wants to say grace?”)
+ Dropping the Dime on Crime: “Uber received a report of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the United States almost every eight minutes on average between 2017 and 2022, sealed court records show, a level far more pervasive than what the company has disclosed … Inside Uber, teams of data scientists and safety experts spent years studying the problem. The company tested tools that proved effective at making trips safer, including sophisticated matching algorithms, mandatory video recording and pairing female passengers with female drivers. Still, Uber delayed or did not require its drivers to adopt some of the most promising programs, nor did it warn passengers about factors it linked to attacks.” NYT (Gift Article): Uber’s Festering Sexual Assault Problem.
+ Fort Stewart Shooting: 5 soldiers hospitalized after shooting at Fort Stewart. The shooter has been apprehended.
+ Apple Jacks: “Apple CEO Tim Cook will join President Donald Trump on Wednesday for an event touting what the White House calls a new $100 billion investment commitment by the tech giant in the U.S.” And that news alone sent Apple’s stock soaring. Another troubling sign of the authoritarianization of our economy.
+ Dropping the Dime on Coverage: “Alarm bells about diminished independence and the damage to journalistic integrity are ringing quite loudly, but in a diminishing number of circles.” After the NFL deal with Disney, ESPN Now Partially Owned By Biggest League It Reports On.
