In this week’s episode, the SCOTUS huffily leaves a clause established, RFK Jr's top medical scientists are gonna see if Trump Derangement Syndrome can be cured with ivermectin, and we consider the complicated questions of duck-dynastic succession.
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Headlines:
SCOTUS passively barely maintains establishment clause for now with Barrett recused: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/split-us-supreme-court-blocks-religious-charter-school-2025-05-22/
Big beautiful bill gives more than $5 billion a year to private (mostly religious) schools: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/religious-charter-school-movement.html
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/23/nx-s1-5397175/trump-federal-voucher-private-school
Hegseth hosts meeting of what he says will be a monthly Christian prayer service at Pentagon: https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/politics/hegseth-pentagon-christian-prayer-service
MTG argues with Grok about whether or not she’s Christian: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/marjorie-taylor-greene-fights-grok-elon-musk-ai-1235347313/
GOP congressmen propose bill to have the NIH study the disease called "Trump Derangement Syndrome:
https://www.wonkette.com/p/house-republicans-seek-scientific