Here's some good news. Scientists in Australia have found a new "micro-organ" in the human immune system which might enable us to make better vaccines. From sciencealert.com:

"When you're fighting bacteria that can double in number every 20 to 30 minutes, every moment matters," says senior researcher Tri Phan . "To put it bluntly, if your immune system takes too long to assemble the tools to fight the infection, you die."

The same thing, of course, can be said for political systems. If one of them gets infected, and nobody gets their act together in time, they die. However, acquired immunity in the legal system seems to be working perfectly at the moment. From CNN:

Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, whose entanglements with Trump's finances are extensive, was granted immunity by federal prosecutors for providing information about Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen. The interview, which focused on Cohen and the payments, happened weeks ago under a deal negotiated by his attorney, one of the sources said. Weisselberg hasn't been called back, the source said. But the disclosure, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, caps a tumultuous week for Trump that has pushed his presidency to new heights of legal peril.

Weisselberg, whose relationship with Trump dates back decades, is also the treasurer of Trump's charity, helped prepared Trump's tax returns and is the only non-family member to serve as trustee of the trust that holds the President's interest in his own companies. He was subpoenaed last month to testify as part of the ongoing criminal investigation into Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen, the Journal reported . At the time, a former Trump Organization employee told CNN that Weisselberg being subpoenaed was the "ultimate nightmare scenario for Trump" because Weisselberg knows "anything and everything" about the finances of the Trump Organization.

They flipped the accountant. Remember what happened in The Untouchables when they flipped the accountant. Nothing good happens to the boss when they flip the accountant.

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The barely-believable events of the past week prove one thing, if they prove nothing else: There's a huge amount of work being done under the surface regarding this administration* and we only know maybe an eighth of it. All of a sudden, one day, the president*'s former campaign manager gets convicted and his longtime fixer cops a plea. That's a rich, full week. Then, on Thursday, we find out that the president*'s top media bagman has been singing. On Friday, we find out that they've flipped the accountant. At this point, if Tiffany were spotted walking out of the Manhattan DA's office, nobody would be surprised.

One way or another, the whole operation is going to be uprooted, and that might happen before Robert Mueller releases his full report. I have to believe that Weisselberg represents a real threat at least to Trump's two sons, and possibly to Ivanka as well, especially with Cohen singing as well. Beyond that, how much does Weisselberg know about the president*'s past connections to New York mobsters? Nothing good happens when they flip the accountant. And Robert Mueller, with no expression on his face, reaches for another document.

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Charles P. Pierce Charles P Pierce is the author of four books, most recently Idiot America, and has been a working journalist since 1976.

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