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Trump’s $500 Million Bet on a 1940s Vaccine, Settling with Insurrectionists, and Making the Poor Pay Again.

Good morning! Let’s start where the absurd meets the authoritarian: with Donald Trump reopening Alcatraz. Not metaphorically, literally. The former prison island is to be retrofitted to house what Trump calls “the worst of the worst”, which, given his definitions, likely means protestors, whistleblowers, and anyone who uses the word “climate.” The execu…