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
- michaeldweiss

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
- samstein

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

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

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
- NortonMpls

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
- Denver4VA

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

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
- Lookinupatstars

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

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

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

———— Concentration Camps ————

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

———— Autocracy R Us ————

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

https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/2021058807066173923
- TaylorLorenz

https://twitter.com/ChrisSosa/status/2021302408438014301
- ChrisSosa

https://twitter.com/TracketPacer/status/2021209571000279388
- TracketPacer

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

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
- Isikoff

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

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

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

———— Smile. You’re on Candid Camera. ————

https://twitter.com/MattWallace888/status/2021335724839272544
- MattWallace888

https://twitter.com/a_newsman/status/2021334360205689065
- a_newsman

https://twitter.com/ShannonJean/status/2021307952620240976
- ShannonJean

https://twitter.com/aakashgupta/status/2021097860490723535
- aakashgupta

https://twitter.com/IceSolst/status/2021305375778099646
- IceSolst

———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2021224196672552980
- RonFilipkowski

https://twitter.com/MatinaStevis/status/2021345822726926792
- MatinaStevis

https://twitter.com/Alex_Panetta/status/2021351697868566606
- Alex_Panetta

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2021369552697807297
- RonFilipkowski

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/WW3finalboss/status/2021310895662780561
- WW3finalboss

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/realmaddox/status/2021351372361445514
- realmaddox

U.S. Slips to Lowest Level Ever in Global Corruption Index

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.