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The Pentagon Brass is going to have a way to handle briefings. — Bluegal Fran Langum (@bluegal.bsky.social) November 23, 2024 at 1:35 PM Open thread below read more

On Meet the Press, Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt threw up a plethora of juvenile defenses to defend Trump's Secretary of Defense nominee after rape allegations surfaced after a police report was released. Host Kristen Welker read some of the police report before asking the Senator his thoughts and prayers about Hegseth's nomination.

From powering a cleaner planet to unlocking the mysteries of space, three visionaries at Monday’s TIME100 Talks in London explored a crucial challenge: how to transform promising breakthroughs in science into real-world solutions. In a discussion moderated by TIME senior correspondent Alice Park, Phil Caldwell, CEO of clean energy company Ceres Power, space scientist and science communicator Margaret Aderin-Pocock, and Michael Short, former chief scientific adviser at the U.

Donald Trump has officially avoided prosecution for both his federal classified documents case and his January 6th election interference cases, both being prosecuted by Special Counsel Jack Smith. Monday afternoon, Smith filed motions in both cases to dismiss them. And by the afternoon, the motion in the DC case was already granted (without prejudice). It would be easy to blame Merrick Garland for this absolute betrayal of justice due to his years long delay in even appointing a Special Counsel, but really the blame lies with the corrupt Supreme Court, Leonard Leo (for his part in corrupting our judicial system) and for Judge Cannon in Florida.

Image credit @bluegal via imgflip Parents, teachers, and other critics of Christian nationalism were outraged by a Texas board's Friday vote to approve a "Bible-infused" curriculum for elementary school students—part of a broader right-wing push to force Christianity into public education. "They chose politics over what's best for students, promoting an evangelical Christian religious perspective and undermining the freedom of families to direct the religious education of their own children," declared the Texas Freedom Network, accusing the State Board of Education (SBOE) of ignoring warnings from religious studies experts, national media attention, and overwhelming negative feedback from the people they're elected to serve." read more

On Fox News, Trump Senior campaign advisor Tim Murtaugh claimed that now people aren't afraid to celebrate Christmas since Trump was just elected. Fox News host John Roberts cited decided an article Murtaugh wrote for the Washington Times where he warns companies to shut up, and either sell, or entertain us and be done with diversity. The flood of GOP MAGA propaganda has begun and it's already ridiculous even before the Thanksgiving day holiday. Did you know President Biden canceled Christmas these last four years?