#JOURNALISM:

NBC’s Tom Costello instantly blames President Trump, Elon Musk, and DOGE for the Delta plane crash in Toronto.

Really can’t hate these people enough.
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— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 17, 2025

Does Tom Costello understand that Canada isn’t a state yet? It’s still another country.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Improving spaceport infrastructure could ease strain at Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg.

THIS IS REAGAN ALL OVER AGAIN: More CNN #Sadz: Frank Luntz Says Clinton Voters Who Flipped to Trump ‘Lovin’ It.’

JONAH LIVES: Incredible Video: Whale Swallows Man Then Spits Him Out Again.

MICROBIOME NEWS: New Study Uncovers a Shocking Side Effect of a Parkinson’s Drug: A new study reveals that entacapone, a drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease, significantly disrupts the gut microbiome by inducing iron deficiency. “

UGH: Flu and stomach bugs are spreading fast: Are you prepared? Tamiflu is a good drug, but my friends who have used Xofluza say it’s a game-changer.

THE LIST KEEPS GETTING SHORTER: The best manual transmission cars of 2025.

I’M SURE LEFTIES ARE ALREADY TRYING TO BLAME TRUMP FOR THIS ACCIDENT, WHICH HAPPENED IN CANADA. Delta Plane Crashes and Overturns While Landing at Toronto Airport.

GOOD LUCK: Gun Control Orgs Doing Battlefield Prep As Trump Administration Zeroes In On Biden Gun Control Policies.

EVERYTHING WAS FINE WHEN THEY WERE AFRAID HUMANS WOULD SHOOT THEM: Deadly encounter: Mountain lion attacks spark controversy. “A mountain lion attack that killed a young California man last year has reignited a debate over how the big cats should be managed.”

David Baron, call your office.

QUALIFIED IMMUNITY: No penalties even when deputies share a woman’s nudes after an illegal phone search.

COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: Dangerous bacteria lurk in hospital sink drains, despite rigorous cleaning, study reveals.

JEFFREY CARTER: What You Don’t Know.

THAT’S WHY THEY WERE FORMED, OF COURSE:

Also, coincidentally, those norms protect a large group of people who are pretty heavily weighted to one side of the political spectrum.

Coincidentally.

— Jay Lampert (@MortChristenson) February 17, 2025

Also, Democrats ignore “norms” when they’re in power, so why should Republicans care about them?

SCIENCE:

Shot:

At the moment, mansion-sized Asteroid 2024-YR4 has a one-in-fifty chance of hitting Earth in the next eight years.

Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’. pic.twitter.com/hzmIjEJRBr

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) February 15, 2025

Chaser:

If we had cut grants to NIH earlier there would have been no Covid https://t.co/gnU5ajY3Lm

— Jeff Carlson (@themarketswork) February 16, 2025

MATT TAIBBI: CBS Loses Its Mind: Two days after J.D. Vance’s historic address to Europe on speech, CBS and 60 Minutes offer a counterattack.

EXACTLY:

Changing the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America and then abusing journos who don’t go along with it, to me, is hilarious, ironic performance art because it’s playing off something libs did to the public in 100s of instances with zero awareness that was no less ridiculous.

— Coddled affluent professional (@feelsdesperate) February 17, 2025

WHY DO THEIR OPINIONS MATTER? ‘Manifest Destiny’ on Mars: Trump’s remark stirs up disagreements in astronomy community.

CENSORSHIP ON THE GOVERNMENT’S DIME: National Science Foundation granted George Washington University $5 million to stop ‘misinformation.’

OH, LET’S HOPE: Does The FTC’s ABA Ban Portend Revocation Of Its Law School Accreditation Power?

JOHN KASS: Boss Madigan Goes Down. “I opposed the Combine, the insular corruption of Illinois, the crooked lawyers, and especially the corrupt journalism of Springfield and Chicago that fawned over Boss Madigan and other political leaders over the decades, all those Combine jackals and hyenas laughing. It fed hopelessness and profound cynicism of the people.”

Plus: “States like Illinois, California, New York, and Michigan are political cesspools. Yet, they contribute quite a bit to the gross domestic product of the United States. Imagine what the US GDP would be if those states weren’t corrupt cesspools and were trying to empower businesses.”

TRUMP’S SO COLD-HEARTED, FIRING ALL THOSE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES:

WATCH: Former President Obama once spoke about cutting wasteful spending through sweeping executive action, using tactics similar to those President Trump and DOGE boss @elonmusk are employing today to save taxpayers billions. The difference? This time, Democrats are freaking out pic.twitter.com/6tHsTO5Vjx

— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 16, 2025

REMINDER:

Never ever forget that CA Gov. Gavin Newsom locked down the entire state of 40M Californians for 3 years; he arrested people taking a run outside, and paddle boarding, while he dined in Napa, vacationed in Cabo and Costa Rica, and ordered K-12 school kids and babies to take the… https://t.co/mVlhN312SU

— Katy Grimes (@KATYSaccitizen) February 17, 2025

YES:

What’s happening in DC right now is what an actual transfer of power looks like. The political right hasn’t engaged in exercising real authority over the exec branch in so long (eg: we elect GOP presidents who sit atop a thoroughly Democratic infrastructure that undermines them… https://t.co/YBQB79NgCV

— Rachel Bovard (@rachelbovard) February 15, 2025

ICYMI: Roger Kimball: Trump, Musk, and the Deep State: The Battle Over Transparency Begins. “Trump and Musk are unraveling the deep state’s secrets at record speed, and the left is panicking—wielding emergency orders, judicial overreach, and legal theatrics to stop the exposure.”