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MAGA-curious CBS News boss Bari Weiss is reportedly set to lose control of the network’s most prestigious programs. Weiss, 42, was installed at editor-in-chief at CBS last year by Skydance Media CEO David Ellison after he bought up her digital media outlet The Free Press for $150 million. A conservative with anti-woke views, she has been on an apparent mission to make the network more Trump-friendly. Weiss personally recruited failing anchor Tony Dokoupil to front CBS Evening News as well as getting hands-on with the content of legendary news show 60 Minutes, including yanking one episode just hours before it was due to air, claiming it needed more input from the Trump administration. But a new report claims that Weiss may be about to have her mandate changed as CBS’ owner Paramount moves closer to its $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, including CNN. Members of the senior leadership team at Paramount have started discussions about Weiss having less day-to-day control

On a recent visit to my doctor’s office, I was asked the routine questions about whether I had any flu symptoms or had traveled out of the country. Then there was this: Had I noticed any swelling in my face or jaw? That was new, and when I asked in turn what it was about, the receptionist replied succinctly: “Mumps.” Yes, mumps is apparently making a comeback, taking its place alongside measles as an old-but-new-again risk to the American populace. It’s a regressive and unnecessary outcome that is largely the result of the anti-vax attitude and policies filtering out of RFK Jr’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Measles and mumps are highly contagious, yet the current CDC largely leaves infection tracking to the states. It’s odd that the very real threat stemming from these childhood diseases invokes less panic than we’ve seen around the hantavirus outbreak on a far-flung cruise ship. While it causes serious illness and can be deadly, hantavirus does not spread easily am