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1 Trump Nominates Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As Secretary Of Health
President-elect Donald Trump announced more nominations yesterday for a cabinet position in his upcoming administration. Trump announced on his Truth Social site that he was nominating Robert F. Kennedy to head the Department of Health and Human Services. In his announcement, Trump said Kennedy would target drugs, food additives, and chemicals. Kennedy has pushed against processed foods and the use of herbicides, but is best known for criticism of childhood vaccines. Democrats condemned the selection immediately after it was announced, but some Republicans publicly approved of the choice, including Sen. Josh Hawley, who posted on X “Bad day for Big Pharma!” and tagged Kennedy’s account. The Kennedy nomination drew most of the attention, but Trump made another nomination late yesterday. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum was picked by the president-elect to head up the Department of the Interior. Burgum dropped out of the Republican primaries in December, endorsed Trump, and became a vocal supporter. President-elect Trump also announced several other nominations yesterday, including: Jay Clayton for the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Todd Blanche as Deputy Attorney General, Dean John Sauer as Solicitor General of the United States and Former Congressman Doug Collins of Georgia as the Secretary for Veterans Affairs.
2 Annual Government UFO Report Shows 757 Reports Received Last Year, 21 Still Not Explainable
Yesterday, the federal government’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office released the 2024 report on unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs, which is the government’s term for UFOs. In the report, AARO details 757 UFO incidents over the last year, with 174 of them still unresolved. The report also lists 21 cases as displaying anomalous behaviors that need deeper investigation and says that hotspots for sightings and incidents include US nuclear sites, the Middle East, and East Asia. There were multiple reports from pilots of UFOs “shadowing” their flights, including one near-collision over the Atlantic that is raising safety concerns. The report says that the office has found “no evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity, or technologies,” but also says that none of the cases point to foreign adversaries or breakthrough technology. Dr. Jon Kosloski, the director of AARO, said yesterday “There are interesting cases that with my physics and engineering background and time in the intelligence community, I do not understand, and I don’t know anybody else understands them.”
3 The Onion Buys Alex Jones' "InfoWars" In Bankruptcy Auction
It was announced yesterday that Alex Jones’ “InfoWars” was purchased at auction by the satire website “The Onion” for an undisclosed amount. The families associated with the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre backed “The Onion’s” bid for the site and all of “InfoWars” intellectual property, and “The Onion” said it plans to turn it into a satirical site mocking the types of conspiracy theories Jones has become known for. In a twist, Jones posted a video on X last night saying that a federal judge said the auction wasn’t properly conducted, and that an evidentiary hearing would be held early next week.