NOW - Trump appears to doze-off and fall asleep several times while Marco Rubio rambles and monologues. Trump's right hand is also bandaged.

NOW - U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon: "We've been working really very hard to make sure that we've got antisemitism and DEI out of our universities." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/39b8e2b6d443298c5bdc56f4b13e62e380df6b0c851584694eebd5c6c744104c.file

NOW - U.S. War Department on troops conducting raids in Somalia: "I can assure you, right, this is an America first department of war and president. So we aren't conducting forever wars in Somalia. We're not seeking regime change, or, you know, we're not nation building." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/a3e3240b48442fbe3dd6f25deb0137612dc6774d15717aacd28066748451901c.file

JUST IN - RFK Jr.'s vaccine advisers plan to vote on ending vaccination of all newborns for hepatitis B and reexamine whether vaccines in the childhood immunization schedule are behind rising allergies and autoimmune disorders — WaPo

NOW - Irish Prime Minister welcomes Zelensky to "militarily neutral" Ireland: "We will be with you when peace prevails to support the recovery and reconstruction of your country." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/2945c92bd778d8e1c332978535700519374871a01f7b56126da1b57fdeab6bde.file

NOW - Massive crowds gather in Lebanon to see Pope Leo XIV arrive in the popemobile. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/6c8c6eaf932ae2c10b2ab9126728b355d606cba97e1656665d5d3459773e9eab.file

RT @RichardGrenell@twitter.com: This left wing outlet is funded by the German people. It’s incredibly biased. They regularly mock and ridicule religion and religious people - and call all conservatives extreme. German politicians need to stop funding news organizations that are clearly partisan. It’s not journalism. It’s a left wing agenda that is ripping Germany apart.

NEW - In many German cities, there is less or no Christmas sparkle this winter: It's "too expensive," BILD reports. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/8586cdb8028d9833ea9175b89be2a272e0da5a9f1121a0f382dd0ca67e52b4e3.file

NOW - Trump says he stands by his claim calling Tim Walz retarded, "Yeah, I think there's something wrong with him. Absolutely." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/61d5eaa44229e5b57c13f12e20afdb2444ee4d3356235eb40419d9bca852cdad.file

NOW - Trump says he thinks asylum into U.S. will be paused for "a long time... we don't want those people, do you understand that?... because many of them are no good and they shouldn't be in our country... countries like Somalia... all they do is go around killing each other." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/b88684e3303166f579c40c048762d2ef4a70b865ae60e7e378d3082379aac548.file