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On Trump Junior's Triggered podcast Monday, he explained how much he dislikes being at Mar-A-Lago on New Year's Eve, being forced to listen to political opinions he doesn't want to hear. It's his birthday, which adds to his discomfort. TRUMP JUNIOR: New Year's is always a little rough. I, you know, I, my birthday is New Year's Eve.

Elon Musk has been branded a “national security risk” by former U. S. army general Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré, who highlighted Musk’s history of appeasing and praising the Chinese Communist Party and his multiple business deals with the party, particularly in the modern space race. Via The Independent: In a scathing op-ed, published in The New York Times, Honoré noted that Musk and his company SpaceX already face federal reviews for failing to provide details of meetings with foreign leaders, but said that such infractions were “just the beginning of my worries.” Musk has previously borrowed at least $1.4 billion from banks controlled by the Chinese government to help build a “gigafactory” in Shanghai for Tesla.

For defending our democracy and fearlessly fighting and winning lawsuit after lawsuit designed to undermine our elections in America, Marc Elias And Democracy Docket definitely deserve one of our Crookie Good Guy awards this year. Elias has been outspoken about CNN "sanewashing" Trump, and ABC's capitulation to adjudicated rapist Donald Trump, and at his blog, Democracy Docket, he has discussed what he and his team have fought against this year, in what he describes as The Most Litigated Election Ever: As we approached the 2024 election, the stage was set for an unprecedented wave of voting and election litigation to sweep across the country.

Marjorie Taylor Greene is already making threats to outgoing DC US Attorney Matthew Graves, who prosecuted most of the January 6th insurrectionist traitors. This Monday, Graves announced his plans to retire on January 16th, ahead of Trump's inauguration, and as ABC News reported, Graves was a frequent target of Republicans over the crime rate in DC due to post-pandemic conditions he inherited, and during his term he "oversaw initiatives that significantly reduced crime in the District." Don't expect that to ever make the headlines over at Fox or other right wing media.

CNN MAGA contributor Scott Jennings lowered the bar of decency after the passing of President Jimmy Carter. Jennings did the job CNN pays him to do, when he claimed the former president dabbled in anti-Semitism and sidled up to dictators. Donald Trump sends love letters to dictators and has meddled in US foreign policy throughout Russia's immoral attack against Ukraine.

WASHINGTON — When the Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on Friday, it will be the year’s first chance to see fireballs in the sky. A waning crescent moon means good visibility under clear and dark conditions. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Most meteor showers are named for the constellations where they appear to originate from in the night sky.