Republicans in many of the most important down-ballot races are turning away from Donald Trump’s election lies in ways that GOP candidates didn’t two years ago.

A bit late to this, but YouGov polling matches a lot of what I've been saying. Most Americans say 2023 was great, good, or OK for them, but a majority say it was bad for the country — and the disparity is largely driven by Republicans

In Russia, where the entire LGBTQ+ community has been banned as “extremist,” some parents are paying thugs to abduct their queer sons and daughters, forcing them into secure private centers to “cure” them with so-called conversion therapy.

If you’re dreaming of a white Christmas this year and live in the U.S., your best bet is to head to the mountains.

Only about 2% of people in the contiguous U.S. are likely to see a white holiday. See what the outlook is where you live. nyti.ms/48fara4

A seemingly offbeat observation: What Elon Musk paid for Twitter was roughly 10X Britain's entire intelligence budget, MI5, MI6 and more 1. So he could easily afford to be the world's best informed man. Instead he gets his information from random nutjobs www.politics.co.uk/reference/mi6/

Harlan Crow and a few billionaires have provided Clarence Thomas with:
-38 destination vacations
-26 private jet flights
-6 helicopter flights
-Yacht voyages
And we're going to let Thomas rule on Moore v. US, which could permanently shield billionaires from a wealth tax?

A 1300 on the SAT is a high score, one that can open a path to America’s top public and private colleges. But new data, on students who graduated in the 2010s, shows that just a sliver of the poorest students in the U.S. reached that level. nyti.ms/3Qa6bk1