An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.

Markwayne Mullin on Hegseth’s drinking:

TAPPER: Drinking at 10 in the morning, that’s a drinking problem.

MULLIN: Yeah & there’s probably a lot of media that has a drinking problem too.

TAPPER: A drunk reporter who is drinking at 10 AM…is not in charge of the 3 million person defense department.💥

I love this.

ICYMI— Despite the private school vouchers scam losing everywhere it’s on the ballot, Trump says his Ed Sec pick will focus on steering taxpayer💰to private (mostly Christian) schools.

@GovBillLee’s pal Devos admitted it’s to “Advance God’s Kingdom”: x.com/thetnholler/...

Trump's demand for recess appointments is about more than his nominees. I wrote about his viewthat following the Constitution is negotiable: "Once Republican Senators bypass one provision of the Constitution at Donald Trump’s behest, they’re all up for grabs." joycevance.substack.com/p/what-letti...

Washington Post wouldn't endorse Harris.
SCOTUSblog publisher wants Trump criminal cases dropped.
Morning Joe travels to Trump to kiss the ring.

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Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Defense, paid a woman who had accused him of sexual assault as part of a settlement agreement with a confidentiality clause, but Hegseth insists it was a consensual encounter, his lawyer said on Saturday.