A whistleblower claim says the CIA raided Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's office and walked out with roughly 40 boxes of files, including JFK declassification documents and MK Ultra records. Both Gabbard and a CIA spokesperson deny it happened, so I'm treating this as unverified. I also work through a dense stack of hantavirus "coincidences," question the post-War of 1812 fort-building spending spree, and flag the irony of satire normalizing the darkest corners of public life.