An unusual peanut-butter-flavored vaccine helps to shield prairie dogs from outbreaks of plague.

I…just…I can't. https://t.co/mEDup7zf8D
— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) July 3, 2017

This is so beautiful, I want to have it framed https://t.co/vSP3AQaaEb
— PoliMath (@politicalmath) July 3, 2017

Economically speaking, Illinois is pretty much in the toilet. And with guys like Democratic Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch in the state legislature … it’s not surprising…

Earlier Monday, Twitchy noted some of the praise President Trump was receiving in response to his tweet offering help to Charlie Gard, the terminally ill British infant courts have ruled is to be taken off life support.

Trump vows to help Charlie Gard, the British infant courts say should be allowed to die https://t.co/Aemknh9YK9
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 3, 2017

Did we say “praise”?

This is a new low for @realDonaldTrump
— Julia Stain (@JuliaSm45799532) July 3, 2017

Unfortunately, the tweet also served as a sad reminder to Republicans: while Trump seems to invite heat from opponents, that heat would have been turned on any Republican who defeated Hillary Clinton last fall — just check out the rash of Mike Pence hit pieces and the derision he faced when a 15-year-old quote about dining with women other than his wife was reprinted…

British and European courts have ruled that a hospital can turn off life support for Charlie Gard, a 10-month-old boy with a rare genetic disorder.

Plenty have weighed in on an aerial photo of Gov. Chris Christie lounging on a New Jersey beach — after ordering state beaches closed to the public as part of a budget fight.

The plane truth: How we outsmarted Chris Christie and caught him sunbathing on a closed beach https://t.co/j7vHd0x0kH
— The Star-Ledger (@starledger) July 3, 2017

Even the socialists at Jacobin Magazine were appalled, albeit at the shocking display of “capitalism” at work…

This is a lie!
— James Hardy (@JSteevenh) July 3, 2017

Much ado has been made of Dana Loesch’s “clenched fist of truth” ad for the NRA. And much of that ado has been, quite frankly, garbage. But there’s always room for more crap on the pile:

New @NRA @dloesch ad says Americans need guns to shoot "the Resistance" https://t.co/pn30H8mYRX pic.twitter.com/Q4cipsUIrj
— Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) July 3, 2017

Excuse us?

Can you point out that quote for me? I didn't hear it when I watched the video…

Younger women are having children less often, while birthrates have risen slightly among those who are older.

A grass-roots practice hopes to reduce maternal deaths by threatening to impose fines on birth attendants if women deliver their babies at home.

Get a dictionary. Try again. We'll wait. https://t.co/wiCakIBjLE
— Andrea Ruth (@AndreaNRuth) July 3, 2017

Well, Chris Christie’s back in the news. Not for anything good like meatloaf, but because he closed a public New Jersey beach and then went there for a private sunbathing sesh with his family:

Chris Christie & guests enjoying NJ beach — after he ordered state beaches closed to the public over a budget fight https://t…

A $100 million study on the benefits of moderate drinking is largely funded by the alcohol industry, and many of the scientists have industry ties.