Embracing Childhood Joy Amidst Adult Concerns

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News discussed:

Harvard sued Trump administration over funding withdrawal

Ukraine did a minerals deal!

Mike Waltz demoted to UN ambassador

Trump did a takesies-backsies on the whole deporting students thing

12 states sue Trump administration over 'illegal tariffs'

Senate almost voted to rescind the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 that gives the president the power to set tariffs

FBI filed criminal complaint against a judge for trying to help an illegal alien escape

Entire Iberian peninsula experienced a blackout

Oklahoma’s new social studies curriculum requires students to learn that the 2020 election was stolen

GDP growth going negative

Liberal party had a huge comeback in Canada

Australia too

David’s War Corner:

New War Just Dropped! Indo-Pakistan Cold War maybe going hot.

New Defense Funding Packet Dropped!

Petit Morts:

Elon Musk says he's stepping back from DOGE

North Korea confirms troops fighting in Russia

A federal judge ruled that President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport suspected Venezuelan gang members violated due process

a city called Starbase

Happy News!

Prohibiting the FDA from regulating e-cigarettes reduced smoking attributable mortality by nearly 10% on average each year from 2011-2019

USDA approves gene-edited pigs

Hemophilia B has been essentially cured in humans

“I am typing this with my brain”

Man who lets snakes bite him (over 200 times, almost died a few times, presumably for the high) is now the source of a potent antivenom

small molecule inhibitor neutralizes 19 of the most dangerous venoms and is called first step to universal antivenom.

We have self-driving commercial freight between Dallas and Houston!

Troop Deployments

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