#iNews9K BREAKING: Trump suggests Moderna adopt new name, Regresso.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/health/rfk-vaccine-manufacturers.html
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs

Federal policies under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that are hostile to vaccines have “sent a chill through the entire industry,” one scientist said.

The New York Times
#iNews9K BREAKING: Judge Merchan asks bailiff to "get the old man a blanket."
#iNews9K WEEK IN REVIEW: How Charlie Brown Became Radicalized.
#iNews9K TRANSLATION: Trump says he's suing Cohen, Chesebro, Powell, et all, for breach of blood oath. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/nyregion/trump-cohen-trial-georgia.html
Trump’s Allies Pledged Loyalty to Him. Until They Didn’t.

The former president is facing down Michael Cohen, his longtime fixer, in a Manhattan courtroom, while other ex-loyalists are cooperating in a case against him in Georgia.

The New York Times
#iNews9K TRANSLATION: Musk, in optimistic memo to X staff, says "I prefer to think of the number of users we have lost as 'signifiCAN'."
#iNews9K BREAKING: Republicans gather on House floor to shoot craps for post of Speaker, with Mike Johnson of Louisiana rolling an 11 on the come-out for the win.
#iNews9K TRANSLATION: Elon Musk's Wikipedia entry describes him as "a middle school comedian." https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4270360-elon-musk-offers-1m-to-wikipedia-if-theyll-change-their-name/
Elon Musk offers $1M to Wikipedia if they’ll change their name

Billionaire Elon Musk offered Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, $1 million under the condition that it would change its name to “Dickipedia.” The owner of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, wrote his offer in a post on his new site. He quoted an earlier post with a screenshot of a personal…

The Hill
#iNews9K BREAKING: Search for interim Speaker calls upon Rick Steves impersonator. He comes with all the attendant GOP windbaggage 🛎.
Sidney Powell, attorney who aided Trump’s bid to subvert election, pleads guilty

Powell’s guilty plea makes her the first member of Trump’s close advisers to admit to crimes related to the 2020 election.

POLITICO
Mariannette Miller-Meeks says she got death threats after pulling support for Jim Jordan

Miller-Meeks instead cast her vote for U.S. Rep. Kay Granger of Texas, a Republican who chairs the Appropriations Committee.

The Des Moines Register