Activation Warning: This episode discusses SA, CSAM, state violence.
In the first feverish episode of The Present Illness in 2026, the Doctors discuss the tumultuous events of winter break, including significant changes in vaccination policies, a big win for abortion rights, ICE actions in Minnesota, and the dangers of Elon Musk’s Grok.
Abrupt CDC Child Vaccine Rollback
AAP, APHA lawsuit against HHS moves forward
Grok’s gross contribution to the winter break. Elon happy to push Grok, and the content is worse than what’s on X. “Take It Down Act”. 404 Media coverage. NCII - report (stopncii.org)
Get X removed from the app store - directions.
- Go to the App Store
- Search for X
- Scroll to “report a problem”
- Select “Pornography or sexual content”
- Then select “Predatory behavior toward children”
- Then write a brief description, eg, “This app allows the creation and distribution of non-consensual sexually violent images and child sexual abuse material via Grok. Please remove this from the App Store.”
Wyoming Supreme Court blocks ban on abortion and abortion medication!
ICE shot and killed Renee Good in Minnesota. JD Vance video praising law enforcement. NYTimes’s video analysis.
January 6 insurrection-versary. NPR video of January 6 and January 6 archive. The White House’s revisionist history J6 site. Jack Smith testimony. “Presidential Memoranda” NSPM-7 on domestic terrorism.
💊Take Two and Call Me in the Morning💊
- Georgi Arthur makes a castle with her lips
- Film: One Battle After Another. Here is a thoughtful criticism.
- Visible and
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