Odds and Ends — 11 February 2026

The FDA has refused to accept an application from Moderna to review its first mRNA seasonal flu vaccine, in another setback for the technology that’s been a target of some Trump administration health officials.

Review a drug, find problems, deny approval — yeah, okay. But to not even review it?

National Cancer Institute studying ivermectin’s ‘ability to kill cancer cells,’ alarming career scientists

The NCI director didn’t cite new evidence that prompted the agency to look into it

Politics:

Trump’s Gaza Plans Are Profoundly Unserious

Conditions on the ground call for immediate humanitarian relief, not gauzy real-estate fantasies.

https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/2021324755710693737

Grand Jury Rebuffs Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats

Federal prosecutors in Washington sought and failed to secure an indictment against six Democratic lawmakers who posted a video this fall that enraged President Trump by reminding active-duty members of the military and intelligence community that they were obligated to refuse illegal orders.
It was remarkable that the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington — led by Jeanine Pirro, a longtime ally of Mr. Trump’s — authorized prosecutors to go into a grand jury and ask for an indictment of the six members of Congress, all of whom had served in the military or the nation’s spy agencies.
But it was even more remarkable that a group of ordinary citizens sitting on the grand jury in Federal District Court in Washington rejected the effort, sending a signal that they did not believe that the lawmakers had committed any crimes.

https://twitter.com/samstein/status/2021418219509272953

https://twitter.com/mattjay/status/2021202924303679699

https://twitter.com/PabloReports/status/2021341353788203186

WTAF: Pride Flag Is Removed From Stonewall Monument

A large Pride flag was quietly removed from the Stonewall National Monument in Manhattan after a directive from the federal government, the latest step in the Trump administration’s nationwide assault on diversity initiatives and the second time in less than a year it has targeted the Greenwich Village site, which commemorates the birth of the LGBTQ rights movement.

———— Minnesota Under Siege ————

https://twitter.com/NortonMpls/status/2021289142664167701

The Racist Lie Behind ICE’s Mission in Minneapolis

It was never about straightforward enforcement of immigration law.

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

https://twitter.com/Denver4VA/status/2021222663608246297

https://twitter.com/micah_erfan/status/2021309275843224005

Burchett: Maxwell would be ‘shot in the back of the head’ if ever released

“Maybe she gets out on good behavior and does a humongous book deal and probably ends up committing suicide by getting shot in the back of the head five times. Because I — this thing goes very deep and the people involved in it are very powerful.”

https://twitter.com/Lookinupatstars/status/2020978325754388493

Will he notify his son with his porn reporting app? Mike Johnson Plans to View Unredacted Epstein Files

https://twitter.com/FurkanGozukara/status/2021166432055079312

https://twitter.com/factpostnews/status/2021300225801953544

———— Concentration Camps ————

https://twitter.com/BillNeelyReport/status/2021217947478376842

———— Autocracy R Us ————

https://twitter.com/nybooks/status/2021025827484315822

https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/2021058807066173923
https://twitter.com/ChrisSosa/status/2021302408438014301
https://twitter.com/TracketPacer/status/2021209571000279388

https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/2021410029363134534

Election Denier in White House Kick-Started Probe

An FBI search warrant affidavit unsealed on Tuesday shows that a criminal investigation into 2020 election results in Fulton County, Ga., was set off by a leading election denier in the Trump administration and relied heavily on claims about ballots that have been widely debunked.

https://twitter.com/Isikoff/status/2021386733640708402

https://twitter.com/natashakorecki/status/2021277485015736497

https://twitter.com/micarosenberg/status/2021240646640545818

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/2021272620742869328

The United States has fallen to its worst-ever position in a leading global index that measures perception of corruption in the public sector among independent experts and businesspeople.

https://twitter.com/AlexTaylorNews/status/2021153813231444032

Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump

https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/2021410029363134534

https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/2021070307436491244