I’ve been meaning to get a Show Notes page going for a few months now, and I’m finally sitting down to do it. Here are some of the stories we’ve covered in our Mindless Meanderings podcast. From now on, this should be updated every week.
Academic freedom around the world declining for first time since WWII
Ancient Roman military camp found hiding 7,000 feet in the sky
Scientists discover a ‘third state’ beyond life and death
How Pediatricians Created the Peanut Allergy Epidemic — The Wall Street Journal
Hollywood star shocks industry by endorsing Trump
LET’S GO: Babylon Bee files lawsuit against California after state adopts new “deepfake” laws 🔥
Pete Rose, MLB all-time hits leader, dies at 83 — Cincinnati Enquirer
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a standoff risking new shortages
Fact-Checking Is Not a Political Strategy — The Atlantic
Is Europe Becoming Ungovernable? — The Wall Street Journal
I Thought My Wealthy Roommate Had the Perfect Life. It Turns Out We Had the Same Tormentor. — Slate
A hidden push for communism.
Says inequality is the cause of mental illness.
The end of the EU as we know it? — Prospect Magazine
Want to slow down planes to reduce CO2
One dead, a dozen others trapped inside Colorado tourist mine after equipment malfunction — NBC News
How many Russians are actually dead
Russia gains ground in Ukraine, but at steep cost — POLITICO
Kenya Is Launching a Digital Nomad Visa — Condé Nast Traveler
Show irrational is naive, they keep talking about how the MI6 doesn’t operate in the US. 🤣. Gets some sound bites.
Real-life Inception as scientists claim two people communicated in their dreams
Math scores have barely improved with the new methods of teaching math
Andy Thorne: ‘Brexit has been a phenomenal gift for my business’ — The Times and The Sunday Times
23andMe reportedly faces bankruptcy — What will happen to everyone’s DNA samples?
Opinion | AI Can’t Teach AI New Tricks — The Wall Street Journal
Republicans Eat Into Democrats’ Early Voting Advantage — The Wall Street Journal
Korea is Worried that Russia will now help North Korea
University of Wisconsin moves boulder seen as symbol of racism
At one point in the 1920’s black stone boulders were called n——head. Only one reference in one paper. But the term was apparently widely used in the 1920s for any large dark rock.
A Trump Win Could Unleash Dangerous AI — WIRED
A cave in France is revealing how the Neanderthals died out — New Scientist
Ukraine cannot join NATO while at war, Scholz says
Most of us are overeating protein… and it’s driving up fat levels — BBC Science Focus Magazine
Beer’s secret superpower? Here are the health benefits of hops — National Geographic
The Democrats’ Insanity Defense
Are companies learning? This with WaPo
Microsoft Office 2024 is finally here, no subscription needed — PCWorld
Hey, Logitech, every mouse should be a forever mouse — PCWorld
Rolling Stone doesn’t understand that to fix a problem, you may have to do surgery
Elon on Economy Crashing if Trump Wins: ‘Sounds About Right’ — Rolling Stone
Voting machines must meet two requirements. They must count the vote accurately, and people must believe they count the vote accurately. The second requirement is distinct from and just as important as the first.
Likewise with newspapers. We must be accurate, and we must be believed to be accurate. It’s a bitter pill to swallow, but we are failing on the second requirement. Most people believe the media is biased.
Opinion | The hard truth: Americans don’t trust the news media
All newspapers owned by Gannet publishing, including USA Today, will not endorse a presidential candidate
The Des Moines Register won’t endorse a presidential candidate — Axios Des Moines
Jake Tapper Is Lying About CNN’s Role In Russia Collusion Hoax
‘It wasn’t because we were trying to fool someone, but it is because we were incompetent’
Allow Virginia to keep up the voter registration purge
300-year terror: How the printing press fueled witch hunts, misinformation in Europe
Exit poll results 2024 | CNN Politics
He fell into the trap of blaming misinformation. If you don’t feel the real information, which is actually misinformation. the numbers say it is a good economy, but people are still trying to catch up from the rapid inflation of 22/23
Allan Lichtman: Why I called the 2024 election wrong — The Times and The Sunday Times
Blaming dis/mis information is a lazy man’s argument. It is how people feel about their issues, not what the experts say. Just because the experts say something is good, doesn’t make it true for the people.
Nostradamus Pollster Blames Fox News and X for Election Prediction Disaster — The Daily Beast
Inflation, while spending only increasing for the wealthy
Opinion | The 2024 Election’s Other Loser: Economists — The Wall Street Journal
Special counsel Jack Smith seeks pause in Trump’s election interference criminal trial — NBC News
Alex Soros says that it was an anti incumbent movements, out of ten major democracies that had elections in 2024, all ten switched.
Republicans in response said that it was the globalist agenda of those major democracies that led to them losing
Many times these type of stunts are done by a person of the affected group, trying to raise awareness of the hate. So they are creating hate to show the hate
FBI investigating as Black students in Texas, nationwide targeted in racist texts
Some on the D side know what’s up. Let’s see if they can convince anyone else.
a former Biden-Harris official suggested that it was simply shitty governance that did them in.
“It’s very clear we got it wrong on economic policy. People feel squeezed and when they do, they pick change. Our policy position and execution wasn’t palpable to voters.”
Another cited a range of frustrations: “The party was lied to about our candidate, and the leadership who lied were the same ones who never bothered to actually listen to voters and understand what was appealing to them about Trump — or why the Biden economy wasn’t working for them even if it looked good on paper.”
107 chevy Bolt Ev and euv recalled over a high risk of fire
Urgent recall for popular family car over ‘high’ risk of fires
Opinion | A Democrat Ponders a ‘Thumping Rebuke’ — The Wall Street Journal
Jon Favreau: Team Biden Secretly Knew Trump Would Crush Him — The Daily Beast
FEMA worker breaks silence after telling staff to avoid Trump homes
For their election prediction, they choose how people feel about the economy, not what the experts say
Fans find official Wicked Mattel doll boxes link to NSFW site on the back
Plastic-eating insect discovered in Kenya
This lady hates musk, but I would say musk is a humanist.
OpenAI and rivals are looking to develop smarter AI that could change a market dominated by Nvidia
FAA grounds all US flights to Haiti after three planes were struck by gunfire
Tracking Trump’s picks for his Cabinet and administration
took ozempic, lost 7lbs, then it got too expensive, and then gained 16 lbs once she was off it.
Here’s what happened when I quit Ozempic: it was not what I expected
Opinion | Trump Keeps Trolling as the ‘Resistance’ Fades — The Wall Street Journal
Musa al-Gharbi’s We Have Never Been Woke.
Those that work with their minds, and not with their hands, are the ones that cause “Awokenings,” because the new and upcoming went through an upheaval that caused them to lose out on their aspirations. The Great Depression caused the first, the loss of college exemption from the draft in the 60s caused the next, they third was the turn down in the late 80s into the 90s, and then the last has been caused by too many going to school, too many highly educated people, and not enough jobs to go around.
Those that are on the unrealized goals side tend to align themselves with other marginalized minorities, and will stress those social ills as a way to advance themselves.
Is Wokeness One Big Power Grab? — The Atlantic
A Texas state rep states that the federal government was gained too much power, and senators have become beholden to Washington insiders. He argues that they should be beholden to the state, and not to anything else.
How the Ivy League Broke America — The Atlantic
Opinion | Four More Years of Trump May Make America Normal Again — The Wall Street Journal
Blaming Russia without proof. Bet it’s Ukraine in order to raise tensions
European nations denounce Russian hybrid attacks, cable cut probes launched — Reuters
Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect
“Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray’s case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the “wet streets cause rain” stories. Paper’s full of them.
In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know.”
– Michael Crichton (1942-2008)
I’d point out it does not operate in other arenas of life. In ordinary life, if somebody consistently exaggerates or lies to you, you soon discount everything they say. In court, there is the legal doctrine of falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus, which means untruthful in one part, untruthful in all. But when it comes to the media, we believe against evidence that it is probably worth our time to read other parts of the paper. When, in fact, it almost certainly isn’t. The only possible explanation for our behavior is amnesia.
Michael Crichton
Why Tech Billionaires Love the Author of Jurassic Park — Bloomberg Businessweek
Trump can’t appeal until the sentencing round, so what this decision would do is to keep Trump known as a convicted felon, even though it would probably get tossed on appeal.
Farmer’s being screwed in the UK
MIT free tuition for families under 200k. Free room and board for families under 100k
This top American college is going tuition-free for families making less than $200K — ABC News
Weight-loss drug found to shrink heart muscle in mice, human cells
BBC ‘misrepresented’ Covid risk to boost lockdown support, inquiry told — The Telegraph
Sitting while at work is better for blood pressure.
‘Sitting is the new smoking’ myth busted? Scientists expose workplace wellness flaw
The material also offers a perfect solution for recycling. When immersed in salt water, it breaks down into its original components, which can be easily separated and reused to make new plastic.
Microplastics crisis solved? Scientists create plastic that vanishes in seawater
President Biden announces Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal — NBC News
New rule allows HIV-positive organ transplants — expected to shorten wait time for all
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Over 3,000 hidden genes uncovered in amazing genome discovery
Is anyone actually surprised that Biden pardoned Biden
President Biden Pardons Son Hunter — The Wall Street Journal
Well this could go bad
Combining AI and Crispr Will Be Transformational — WIRED
JK Rowling might have just won the culture war — Newsweek
Opinion | Jay Bhattacharya and the Vindication of the ‘Fringe’ Scientists — The Wall Street Journal
WARMINGTON: Mayor says he refuses to be bullied or pay fine for not flying Pride flag
Holy shit
Analysis | The extraordinary breadth of Hunter Biden’s pardon
No more bmi. Now it’s BRI
Why ‘body roundness index’ could be the new BMI, and what it says about your health
issues with RoK and France
South Korean president to lift martial law after own party voted against it
Timeline
South Korea’s short-lived martial law: A timeline
The main disagreement centers over Barnier’s attempts to rein in France’s soaring budget deficit. After France spent billions during the pandemic, Barnier wants to cut 40 billion euros ($42 billion) in spending and raise taxes by 20 billion euros.
France’s deficit is currently projected to hit 6.1% of GDP, far higher than than the European Union requirement of 3% or lower. The looming economic and political crises has spooked markets, with French borrowing costs briefly rising above those of Greece on Monday.
France Faces ‘Moment of Truth’ With Government on Brink of Collapse
‘Guilt tipping’ isn’t just uncomfortable — It’s changing consumer behavior forever
Ancient genes predating animal life used to create a living mouse
Tiny black holes could be hiding in Earth’s oldest buildings — Scientists explain how to find them
American Nightmare: Only 31% think they’ve financially ‘made it’
Salome Zourabichvili: Georgia’s president becomes voice of protest movement
Thank god the Finn’s have some brains. The article glosses over Ukraine sabotaging the pipeline
Damaged cables appear to be accident, Finland says
The End Of Fake News? MSNBC Hits New Low In Ratings
U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid cyberattack that exposed live phone calls
French government topples with no-confidence vote — NBC News
Charlamagne Tha God Rips Gov. Newsom’s Plan to ‘Trump Proof’ California
Funny how republicans criticized him after the stroke, but now they respect him. Wonder did the dems will start wondering about the stroke
Fetterman: Trump Should Be Pardoned, NYC Case Was ‘Politically Motivated’
Murdered health insurance boss backed ‘AI that denied 90% of coverage
Scientists Haven’t ‘Saved’ the Ozone Layer
Assad flees to Russia to claim ‘humanitarian’ asylum after despot ousted from Syria
YouTube is restricting European teens’ access to fitness videos. Why?
Stone tablet contains unknown language unlike anything seen before
Denmark Receives No Bids in Largest-Ever Offshore Wind Tender
Doctors Say Dealing With Health Insurers Is Only Getting Worse — The Wall Street Journal
NATO must shift to wartime mindset, secretary general warns
NATO tells members to divert social spending to militaries
Beyonce fans in shock over ‘name change’ amid Jay-Z’s rape allegation
South Korean president is impeached over martial law declaration — NBC News
OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment — Business Insider
Brit’s are taxed to no end
Will you be caught in the 60% income tax trap? — The Times and The Sunday Times
UnitedHealth CEO Sparks Uproar After Unbelievable New York Times Op-Ed — The New Republic
Doctors Seethe Over Insurance Companies’ “Out of Control” Tactics — Vanity Fair
Basically, every generation is the same
Justin Trudeau ‘is on brink of resigning’ as his government crumbles
Mirror bacteria may constitute ‘radical departure from known life,’ scientists warn
Give states the power to shoot down drones, says Homeland Security secretary
German Government Collapses at a Perilous Time for Europe
A Constitutional Convention? Some Democrats Fear It’s Coming.
Never ending voyage
NASA astronauts who flew on Boeing’s spaceship to remain in space even longer — NBC News
The FTC is officially banning hidden junk fees from hotel and ticket prices — The Verge
FBI: Pilots of aircraft misidentified as drones hit by lasers
U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made Router in Millions of American Homes — The Wall Street Journal
5 recent scientific findings that change what we know about cannabis — National Geographic
Drinking alcohol could make nut allergies even deadlier
Penn State Gave SMU’s Band the Worst Seats in the House for Playoff Game — Sports Illustrated
But now a new twist in this appalling tragedy: a ban on the press naming the judge who handed Sara over to her murderous father.
Ukraine drones hit Russian high-rise buildings more than 1,000km from frontline
Space elevator in a matter of a few years?!
Just one cable stands between us and space elevators — BBC Science Focus Magazine
Biden signs 50 bills, including 1 backed by Paris Hilton, on Christmas Eve — The Hill
Immunotherapy Is Transforming Cancer Treatment and Oncology — New York Magazine
Kind of a brilliant moved since Zelenskyy out lawedr the Russian Orthodox Church
Putin ‘inhumane,’ Zelensky says, as Russia pounds Ukrainian power grid on Christmas Day — CNN
Canadian military sent ‘gender advisors’ to Ukraine
Putin apologises for Azerbaijan plane crash without admitting Russia at fault — Guardian US
‘Shocking’ footage shows handcuffed inmate who died after prison guards beat him — ABC News
Do animals experience jealousy? Here’s what science says
Vaping, even without nicotine, impairs blood vessel function
Dark energy doesn’t exist? Scientists propose radical rethink of cosmic expansion
Why human civilization may be on the brink of a ‘planetary phase shift’
Pop-Tarts Bowl mascots bring delightful chaos to Iowa State-Miami thriller — Yahoo Sports
Trump team says Canada, Greenland, Panama comments are part of a broader plan — The Washington Post
Legacy airlines are now coming for your carry-on bag — The Telegraph
Opinion | Biden Antitrust and the Spirit Airlines Bankruptcy — The Wall Street Journal
How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness — Guardian US
Mexico’s New Ban on US-Bound Apparel Imports a ‘Nightmare Scenario’ — WWD
In private, Biden has also said he should have picked someone other than Merrick Garland as attorney general, complaining about the Justice Department’s slowness under Garland in prosecuting Trump, and its aggressiveness in prosecuting Biden’s son Hunter, according to people familiar with his comments
She suggested trying ‘dolphin-style’ to overcome the challenges of low gravity.
‘Dolphins are kind of in a neutral buoyancy environment,’ Dr. Pandya explained on Scientific American’s Science Quickly podcast. ‘When two dolphins are trying to mate, a third dolphin comes in, takes one for the team, and holds a partner in place so the two dolphins can successfully mate.’
Other experts in the field have also proposed Velcro suits to keep couples from drifting apart or even a specially designed suit that fits two people.
Dr Pandya said there is good reason for researchers to get serious about testing some of these strategies and investigating others.
‘Dolphin-style,’ snuggies and Velcro: the ‘how-to’ of sex in space
Jimmy Carter dead at 100: Former president passes away in Georgia
AI spots heart conditions before sufferers have symptoms
University of Iowa announces plans to close Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies department
Russia shot down passenger plane, says Azerbaijan president
Special Report: As Gaza suffers, experts call on hunger monitor to redefine famine — Reuters
It would be me and melania
Redheads feel pleasure, pain differently — and have more sex, scientists say
Opinion | Syria’s Rebel Leader Is No Moderate — The Wall Street Journal
At Least 10 Killed in New Orleans in What Mayor Calls Terrorist Attack — The Wall Street Journal
Opinion | Biden just gave a final middle finger to the working class on the way out — Newsweek
U.S. Companies Vouched for China During Trump’s First Term. Not Anymore. — The Wall Street Journal
Opinion: It’s time to become the 51st state of the US — The Telegraph
Opinion | Integrate? Europe’s Muslims are damned if we do and damned if we don’t — Guardian US
Lorry with 35,000 pints of Guinness ‘believed to have been stolen’
Appeals Court Strikes Down FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules, Citing Supreme Court Decision — CNET
Older homeowners trying to avoid an extra tax on home sales — Business Insider
Greenland leader calls for independence from Denmark as Trump enters
Apple CEO Tim Cook plans to donate $1 million to Trump’s inauguration: report
Obsession with healthy eating can lead to addiction and mental illness, study finds — The Telegraph
Everyone but the center
Congress formally certifies Trump’s election win — The Hill
Opinion | Ditch the Green-Card Lottery — The Wall Street Journal
Fucking stop fact checking
Fact check: Trump makes false claims about January 6, Europe, NATO and Canada — CNN
New study reveals that people who make good decisions have an unfair advantage
Where Have All the Doctors Gone? America’s Emerging Health Care Crisis — AARP Bulletin
The (re)education of Mark Zuckerberg: ‘he doesn’t care anymore’ — The Times and The Sunday Times
BlackRock Exits UN-Backed Net-Zero Climate Pact
Meloni: Soros Is Interfering In Democracies, Not Musk
Report: Denmark Told Trump Team It Could Discuss Expand…- Jellyfish.NEWS
Elon Musk could acquire US operations of TikTok under new Chinese deal
Vance Blasts “Dumpster Fire” Left For Trump By Biden/Harris
Pub customers could be banned from talking about contentious issues such as trans rights
‘Keep New England White’ Banner Did Not Violate State Law, New Hampshire Supreme Court Rules
Jack Smith writes biting defense of Jan. 6 probe, says jury would have convicted Trump
Pete Hegseth confirmation hearing chaos as man carried out amid fierce protest
Is there something wrong with Mrs Obama?
Michelle Obama will skip Trump inauguration, but ex-Presidents Obama, Clinton and Bush will be there
Keeping the thermostat between these temperatures is best for seniors’ brains
NATO launches new naval operation in Baltic Sea after severing of cables
Gay men can now become Catholic priests if they remain celibate — JOE
Biden to remove Cuba from list of state sponsors of terrorism — Guardian US
Opinion | Hegseth Gets a Senate Pass — The Wall Street Journal
PHOTO — Report: 100 L.A. Fire Trucks Wait for Repair as Blazes Burn City
‘Beyond the brink’: data shows LA Fire Department among the most understaffed in America — CNN
Either way its the people that pay. Human existence is paid for by humans. Just the way it works
Insurers’ Rule Change Puts California Homeowners on the Hook for L.A. Fire — The Wall Street Journal
Effective May 7, 2025. They always say it’s going to be enacted this year, but it never is, will it this year?
doesn’t help in polarized topics
“The way it’s been implemented on X actually doesn’t work very well,” says van der Linden. He points to an analysis done last year that found the community notes on X were often added to problematic posts too late to reduce engagement, because they came after false claims had already spread widely.
Does Fact-Checking Work? Here’s What the Science Says — Scientific American
Anger over Labour’s shameless bid to ‘rig’ election by easing ID law — Daily Mail
Paedophiles could face death penalty in US under new bills set out by Trump ally — The Mirror
Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) on X
Israel, Hamas Quarrel Over Final Details of Gaza Cease-Fire — The Wall Street Journal
first Californian to be charged for possession of AI-generated CSAM since it became state law on January 1
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist arrested on child pornography charges — The Independent
Denmark Opens Back Channel to Trump to Discuss Greenland — The Wall Street Journal
GM banned from selling your driving data for five years — The Verge
SpaceX Starship rocket explodes during test flight — Austin American-Statesman
Biden commutes sentences for 2,500 non-violent drug offenders in one of his final acts — POLITICO
Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban-or-sale law slated to start Sunday — The Washington Post
Aren’t laws designed to be enforced
Biden won’t enforce TikTok ban in hours before Trump is inaugurated — Washington Examiner
TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users after Trump comments — NBC News
Tiktok Supreme Court decision
The D. C. Circuit consolidated and denied the petitions,
holding that the Act does not violate petitioners’ First
Amendment rights. 122 F. 4th 930, 940, 948–965 (CADC
2024). After first concluding that the Act was subject to
heightened scrutiny under the First Amendment, the court
assumed without deciding that strict, rather than interme-
diate, scrutiny applied. Id., at 948–952. The court held that
the Act satisfied that standard, finding that the Govern-
ment’s national security justifications—countering China’s
data collection and covert content manipulation efforts—
were compelling, and that the Act was narrowly tailored to
further those interests. Id., at 952–965.
[It is]an effective ban on a
social media platform with 170 million U. S. users certainly
burdens those users’ expressive activity in a non-trivial
way.
While we find that differential treatment was justified
here, however, we emphasize the inherent narrowness of
our holding. Data collection and analysis is a common prac-
tice in this digital age. But TikTok’s scale and susceptibil-
ity to foreign adversary control, together with the vast
swaths of sensitive data the platform collects, justify differ-
ential treatment to address the Government’s national se-
curity concerns. A law targeting any other speaker wouldCite as: 604 U. S. ____ (2025)
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Per Curiam
by necessity entail a distinct inquiry and separate consid-
erations.
Here, the Government’s TikTok-related
data collection concerns do not exist in isolation. The record
reflects that China “has engaged in extensive and years-
long efforts to accumulate structured datasets, in particular
on U. S. persons, to support its intelligence and counterin-
telligence operations.”
HHS Defunds EcoHealth for Facilitating Gain-of-Function Research
Universe expanding faster than physics can explain — New evidence deepens cosmic ‘crisis’
Why are they researching this. Just let us be. If some jews are willing to break kosher for bacon, then I’m willing to risk dementia.
Love bacon? Just one slice is all it takes to raise your risk of dementia
I’ll eat bacon, and listen to my favorite music, which have to offset each other, right?
Familiar songs reduce dementia patients’ anxiety, trigger lost memories
This spectacular signal from the Sun alerts us to solar flares hours ahead of eruption
Glass of milk a day keeps colorectal cancer away, massive study reveals
For fuck sake. This stinks to high heaven
What the actual fuck
Just minutes before leaving the presidency, Biden pardons his siblings and their spouses
ABC keeps commenting how Trump didn’t brink up unity in his speech. He said unity once, but to push it and not mean it is worse. Playing lip service to unity doesn’t help anyone, and is pure bullshit.
Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) on X
Executive Orders – In essence America First in Everything. stop border incursions. Make sure the executive branch does what trump wants. Mitigate issues where people in the government used their power to hurt their political rivals.
GUARANTEEING THE STATES PROTECTION AGAINST INVASION
This just states that the executive has the duty to insure the health and safety of the States, and so people coming to the boarder need to have their criminal and medical records, so they can be verified.
RESTORING NAMES THAT HONOR AMERICAN GREATNESS
Renaming Mount McKinley, Mount McKinley
Changing Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America
DESIGNATING CARTELS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AND SPECIALLY DESIGNATED GLOBAL TERRORISTS
Mexican Cartels, MS13, Tren de Aragua (TdA), threaten US national security, both in and outside of the US
REFORMING THE FEDERAL HIRING PROCESS AND RESTORING MERIT TO GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Beyond getting rid of DEI and Affirmative Action, it streamlines the hiring process, to where someone isn’t waiting more than 80 days on a decision, and they will know what part of the process they are in.
ENDING RADICAL AND WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT DEI PROGRAMS AND PREFERENCING
Gets rid of DEI, DEIA, and environmental justice programs.
DEFENDING WOMEN FROM GENDER IDEOLOGY EXTREMISM AND RESTORING BIOLOGICAL TRUTH TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Everything is now based on sex at birth, male/female
““Gender identity” reflects a fully internal and subjective sense of self, disconnected from biological reality and sex and existing on an infinite continuum, that does not provide a meaningful basis for identification and cannot be recognized as a replacement for sex.”
ESTABLISHING AND IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT’S
“DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY”
modernizing Federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.
AMERICA FIRST POLICY DIRECTIVE TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Just as it says
PROTECTING THE UNITED STATES FROM FOREIGN TERRORISTS AND OTHER
NATIONAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY THREATS
Make sure in depth background checks are done, and if it can’t be done in certain countries, bar all aliens from those countries
UNLEASHING ALASKA’S EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCE POTENTIAL
Allow us to open of resources in Alaska, review Native land that the Fed took into trust. Ensure that hunting and fishing will not be affected, and align with state law.
PROTECTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AGAINST INVASION
Federal Homeland Security Task Forces
The objective of each HSTF is to end the presence of criminal cartels, foreign gangs, and transnational criminal organizations throughout the United States, dismantle cross-border human smuggling and trafficking networks, end the scourge of human smuggling and trafficking, with a particular focus on such offenses involving children, and ensure the use of all available law enforcement tools to faithfully execute the immigration laws of the United States.
Sets up detention facilities for removal of aliens, and allows Homeland Security to utilize local and state LEOs as immigration officials
Encourages aliens to leave willingly
Uses the State Department to force countries to take their nationals, with sanctions or other methods. removes document requirements, probably passport and some such.
Stop as much federal money going to sanctuary jurisdictions as is legally possible
Cut funding to NGOs helping illegals
Stop all public benefits going to illegals
THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) GLOBAL TAX DEAL (GLOBAL TAX DEAL)
Get us out of The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Tax Deal (Global Tax Deal)
Stop outside forces from dictating our internal tax liabilities, or punishing our entities from complying with those same dictates.
ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
AND SUBCOMMITTEES
Sets up the National Security Council and how it works
REEVALUATING AND REALIGNING UNITED STATES FOREIGN AID
Stops foreign aid that does not align completely with US foreign policy, states that many times all the varying aid leads to world conflicts and instability
TEMPORARY WITHDRAWAL OF ALL AREAS ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF FROM OFFSHORE WIND LEASING AND REVIEW OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S LEASING AND PERMITTING PRACTICES FOR WIND PROJECTS
Set to see if things are legal and also make sure the impact on sea mammals and birds is not overly burdensome
DECLARING A NATIONAL ENERGY EMERGENCY
Try to boost US energy production for internal and export use, and to refill our reserves, and stop us from buying energy from our adversaries.
RESTORING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CAREER SENIOR EXECUTIVES
This states that SES officials who engage in unauthorized disclosure of Executive Branch deliberations, violate the constitutional rights of Americans, refuse to implement policy priorities, or perform their duties inefficiently or negligently should be held accountable.
PROMOTING BEAUTIFUL FEDERAL CIVIC ARCHITECTURE
Big Beautiful Buildings. He wants people to be proud of our governmental buildings, that’s how i read it.
RESTORING THE DEATH PENALTY AND PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY
on December 23, 2024, President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 most vile and sadistic rapists, child molesters, and murderers on Federal death row: remorseless criminals who brutalized young children, strangled and drowned their victims, and hunted strangers for sport.
This directs DOJ to pursue reversal of anti-execution court decisions up to and including Supreme Court decisions.
PUTTING PEOPLE OVER FISH: STOPPING RADICAL
ENVIRONMENTALISM TO PROVIDE WATER TO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
Route more water to southern California. Fuck the smelt. 🙂
SECURING OUR BORDERS
Focus on the border, make it federally operationally controlled. Build a wall, detain, arrest, prosecute. End the CBP One app.
PROTECTING THE MEANING AND VALUE OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP
not “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.
United States citizenship does not automatically extend to persons born in the United States: (1) when that person’s mother was unlawfully present in the United States and the father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth, or (2) when that person’s mother’s presence in the United States at the time of said person’s birth was lawful but temporary (such as, but not limited to, visiting the United States under the auspices of the Visa Waiver Program or visiting on a student, work, or tourist visa) and the father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth.
REALIGNING THE UNITED STATES REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM
This is aiming to allow local and state officials to have a say in where refugees are placed. I think as a way to spread them out, and not let them have control over certain towns, like Springfield, OH.
UNLEASHING AMERICAN ENERGY
Stops the EV car mandate, and possibly stop subsidies on them, “promote true consumer choice”, become the top producers of rare-earth elements. Let us buy the lightbulbs, dishwashers, washing machines, gas stoves, water heaters, toilets, and shower heads that we want to.
allow permitting of interstate pipelines
Only used legislated rules, and all other rules are to be eliminated
Eliminated the “social cost of carbon” calculation
Stop all funding of the Inflation Reduction Act that is essentially the Green New Deal
CLARIFYING THE MILITARY’S ROLE IN PROTECTING THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF THE UNITED STATES
So the military will be used to secure the boarder
United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) the mission to seal the borders and maintain the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and security of the United States by repelling forms of invasion including unlawful mass migration, narcotics trafficking, human smuggling and trafficking, and other criminal activities.
AMERICA FIRST TRADE POLICY
Just what it states, in all negotiations it must be good for the US, including the upcoming review of mexico us canda free trade deal
MEMORANDUM TO RESOLVE THE BACKLOG OF SECURITY
CLEARANCES FOR EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
PERSONNEL
This lets his political appointments get top secret/ sensitive compartmented information security clearance, while they wait for the backlog leftover from Biden.
DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES
Just more of the same above, but the National Emergency allows for more actions, like that of the military being used.
HOLDING FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE
FOR ELECTION INTERFERENCE AND IMPROPER DISCLOSURE
OF SENSITIVE GOVERNMENTAL INFORMATION
Strips 50 people of their security clearances, which hits them hard in the pocket book. Some big names, James Clapper, Leon Panetta, John Brennan, and John Bolton.
This is done, you could say, in retaliation for them lying about the Hunter Biden laptop in 2020, which many said swayed that election.
RESTORING ACCOUNTABILITY TO POLICY-INFLUENCING
POSITIONS WITHIN THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE
Allows positions that affected policy to be fired if they don’t follow the presidents wishes
Employees in or applicants for Schedule Policy/Career positions are not required to personally or politically support the current President or the policies of the current administration. They are required to faithfully implement administration policies to the best of their ability, consistent with their constitutional oath and the vesting of executive authority solely in the President. Failure to do so is grounds for dismissal.”
WITHDRAWING THE UNITED STATES FROM THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Leaving the WHO because we subsidizing the world. Fuck that.
APPLICATION OF PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLICATIONS ACT TO TIKTOK
Give TikTok 75 days to figure shit out with the US government
GRANTING PARDONS AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES RELATING TO THE EVENTS AT OR NEAR THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6, 2021
Commutes the sentence of 14 people, and pardons everyone else
DELIVERING EMERGENCY PRICE RELIEF FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES AND DEFEATING THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS
This shall include pursuing appropriate actions to: lower the cost of housing and expand housing supply; eliminate unnecessary administrative expenses and rent-seeking practices that increase healthcare costs; eliminate counterproductive requirements that raise the costs of home appliances; create employment opportunities for American workers, including drawing discouraged workers into the labor force; and eliminate harmful, coercive “climate” policies that increase the costs of food and fuel.
ENDING THE WEAPONIZATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Ex going after Jan 6ers, but not BLM rioters
RESTORING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ENDING FEDERAL CENSORSHIP
Mississippi lawmaker introduces ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’
The Myth of a Loneliness Epidemic — The Atlantic
Trump’s first week: New president moved with lightning speed to overhaul government — USA TODAY
Texas teacher invites ICE to raid his school: ‘I have many students who don’t even speak English’
Canada could cut US energy supply in reply to Trump’s tariffs
Donald Trump impeachment efforts ramp up — Newsweek
8-28-2024 Episode 1
Zuckerberg Says Biden Officials ‘Pressured’ Meta to ‘Censor’ Some COVID-Related Content
What to Know About Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Amid His High-Profile Paris Arrest
Elon Musk Unveils UFO Fighter Jet That Defies Physics
Big Pharma Is Fooling You Again, and You Don’t Even Know It
9-4-2024 Episode 2
US prosecutors charge Hamas leaders in October 7 attack
Exploring the Mediterranean diet as a potential strategy against SARS-CoV-2
A brain implant lets a blind person see again — without using their eyes
Scientists used a tiny brain implant to help a blind teacher see letters again
Paralysed man walks with device that connects brain, spinal cord
Duke Scientists Create Brain Implant That May Enable Communication From Thoughts Alone
A new implant for blind people jacks directly into the brain
9-11-2024 Episode 3
A rural Georgia town in mourning has little sympathy for dad charged in school shooting
Brittany Mahomes ‘doubles down’ on Trump support as Taylor Swift remains mum about Harris
WATCH: Trump and Harris face off in their first presidential debate, hosted by ABC News
Meta’s Oversight Board rules that ‘from the river to the sea’ is not necessarily hate speech
The controversial plan to turn a desert green
9-18-2024 Episode 4
Florida boy arrested, ‘perp-walked’ and thrown in jail after bragging about a “k*ll list”
Sweden is going to PAY (illegal) immigrants to leave their country
White houes breifing after questioned about when they will stop saying trump is a threat.
SpaceX fined by EPA for dumping potable water on the ground.
United Airlines has announced that they will be equipping over 1,000 planes with Starlink internet
9-25-2024 Episode 5
What are tariffs, and why are they rising?
More than 50 companies reportedly pull production out of China due to trade war
Chinese Manufacturing Companies Moving to the US
Trump Tariffs: Tracking the Economic Impact of the Trump Trade War
FCC approves order to fast-track George Soros’ purchase of over 200 radio stations: report
US nuclear plants won’t power up Big Tech’s AI ambitions right away
SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years.
10-9-2024 Episode 6
Charges of Election theft in 2020
US lets Starlink provide direct-to-cell coverage for hurricane-hit areas
10-16-2024 Episode 7
At Tesla’s ‘We, Robot’ event, Optimus humanoid robot tells guest ‘learning to be human’ is hard
Highlights From SpaceX’s Starship Launch and Landing
California rejects SpaceX rocket launches, with officials citing Elon Musk’s political posts on X
Donald Trump could turn Elon Musk into an American oligarch
10-23-2024 Episode 8
Artificial intelligence in clinical medicine: catalyzing a sustainable global healthcare paradigm
AI breakthrough could help us build solar panels out of ‘miracle material’, scientists say
Scientists say they can use AI to solve a key problem in the quest for near-limitless clean energy
Italian surfer dies after being impaled by fish off the coast of Indonesia
10-30-2024 Episode 9
New photo from Mars shows yellow crystals: elemental sulfur (pure sulfur).
Europe Just Passed a Law That’s About to Change Your Life
UN summit of the future : Pact for the future
11-6-2024 Episode 10
No Topics all about the election
11-13-2024 Episode 11
The Interlocking Genius of Elon Musk
RIP Intel: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks vs. 7800X3D, 285K, 14900K, & More
As the AI era heats up, this startup has generated a novel way to cool data center microprocessors
Celebrities paid for their appearances at Harris campaigns
rump Pledges Educational Gamechanger By Creating The American Academy.
Conservatives trashed NPR’s new CEO for being ‘woke.’ But the truth is far more complex.
11-20-2024 Episode 12
FDA drills in on common cold medications
Raven Space Systems opens up a whole new category of industrial 3D printing
SpaceX launches Starship for the sixth time — with Trump on site to watch
“National White House Correspondents Association”
US shuts Kyiv embassy over fears of ‘significant air attack’
11-27-2024 Episode 13
Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) introduced a bill to ABOLISH the Department of Education
Tesla Excluded From EV Buyer Credits in California Proposal
Toyota Shifts Away from LGBTQ+ Sponsorship and DEI Initiatives Amid Growing Controversy
New Zealand defence chief slams ‘misogynistic’ trolling over ship sinking
Mexican President Folding After Just One Phone Call with Trump
Trump Lauds ‘Right To Try’ Law That Expands Drug Access For Terminally Ill, But Uptake Is Slow
12-4-2024 Episode 14
President Biden pardons son Hunter
Tesla CEO Elon Musk loses bid to get $56 billion pay package reinstated
Guinea stadium crush kills 56 people after disputed refereeing decision
This dress can read your mind and changes shape accordingly
Antidoping Agency Froze Out Investigators Who Warned About China
SpaceX mulls tender offer at $350B valuation
Upcoming Supreme Court decision could transform transgender health care
‘Shut it down’: Red state makes massive land buy to ramp up border wall efforts amid migrant surge
12-11-2024 Episode 15
Republicans rip Hochul’s ‘inflation refunds’ as a bribe to ‘make NYers like her’
Deadly virus samples went missing from lab in ‘major biosecurity breach,’ say authorities
Restaurants are making up for your crummy tip
Germany’s one million Syrians at centre of fierce debate over their future
Brittish vs US thoughts on business
12-18-2025 Episode 16
Joe Biden Commuting ‘Kids for Cash’ Judge Sentence Sparks Anger: ‘Shocked’
Thousands of Federal Employees Land Work-From-Home Deal Ahead of Trump
Biden says he supports a congressional stock trading ban
Dutch court orders Bill Gates to face trial over Covid 19 vaccine injuries
NASA astronauts who flew on Boeing’s spaceship to remain in space even longer
Walmart employees are now wearing body cameras in some U.S. stores
Honda and Nissan are in merger talks
“Every dentist’s dream”: Tooth regrowth medication moving forward
Tooth regrowth medicine successful in animal trials
12-24-24 Episode 17
Trump picks former Senate candidate Herschel Walker for ambassador to the Bahamas
‘Bargaining chip’: Trump allies dismantle Liz Warren’s claim GOP blocked childhood cancer research
Tetsuwan Scientific is making robotic AI scientists that can run experiments on their own
Dem Rep. Quigley: Biden’s Pardons Concerning, Sets Bad Precedent
Unborn Babies Disguise Selves As Death Row Inmates So Liberals Will Defend Their Right To Live
Michael Cohen Turns Heads on CNN: Trump Is RIGHT About Media Lies
Kosovo election authority bans main ethnic Serb party from parliamentary vote
Spacecraft attempts closest-ever approach to Sun
1-1-2025 Episode 18
The 39th US President Jimmy Carter dies at age 100
Is the era of body positivity over? Some experts worry about a return of ‘thinness’ as the norm
Costco defends DEI program as other major retailers drop controversial diversity push
AR displays in self-driving cars could actually be cool
NASA solar probe survives dramatic plunge into the sun
Chlamydia could make koalas extinct. Can a vaccine save them in time?
First device to monitor transplanted organs detects early signs of rejection
Trump sides with Elon Musk in H-1B visa debate, says he’s always been in favor of the program
Man on vacation goes viral for blunt answer to question: ‘No, I’m not having fun’
Israeli spy network uncovers Hezbollah commander’s plans to marry his 4 mistresses
In Gaza’s Crowded Tent Camps, Women Wrestle With A Life Stripped Of Privacy
MIT has created an inflatable prosthetic hand
U.S. Treasury confirms it was breached by China-backed hackers
‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Dice Used to Break Election Tie in California
Blue Origin looks to take on SpaceX dominance with New Glenn launch days away
Smart glasses give tech giants dangerous FOMO
Moldova faces energy crisis as flow of Russian gas ends
1-15-2025 Episode 19
Contract could end after girl, 5, fined £1,000
Biden’s last chance to tackle tobacco: Limiting nicotine levels in cigarettes
The Prototype: Study Suggests AI Tools Decrease Critical Thinking Skills
‘Anything but ordinary’: Legal experts shred NY v. Trump as ‘one of the worst’ cases in history
Magnets could offer better control of prosthetic limbs
Liberal group threatens to sue law enforcement in blue state for helping ICE
Two House Dems join GOP to ban biological males from girls’ school sports
1-22-2025 Episode 20
Ramaswamy done at DOGE; source says Ohio gubernatorial campaign launch expected early next week
Trump will pull U.S. out of Paris climate agreement
President Trump’s “Weaponization” Executive Order
Nuclear startup Deep Fission plans to bury micro-reactors to power data centers
Trump moves to sink offshore wind
Six Trump executive orders to watch
1-29-2025 Episode 21
Tech stocks fall as China’s DeepSeek sparks U.S. worries about the AI race
New police chase technology aims to make pursuits safer
Trump fires more than a dozen inspectors general, including those he personally appointed
Boom Supersonic XB-1 breaks sound barrier over Mojave Desert
Boom! The XB-1 Demonstrator Jet Has Gone Supersonic
Move over, plant-based beef: Hello, beef-infused rice
1-8-2025 Episode 22
House Republicans rejoice over quick speaker vote with only one defector
‘Mob’ of college students attack man in TikTok-inspired trap, police say
Biden admin sends 11 Guantanamo detainees to Oman for resettlement
Nvidia’s Project Digits is a ‘personal AI supercomputer’
Social Security Fairness Act brings retirement changes for nearly 3 million public pensioners
Two death row inmates reject Biden’s commutation of their life sentences
Manhattan drivers face $9 fee in first such US effort to fight gridlock