A BIG LOSS FOR STATE-CONTROLLED MEDIA: ‘The View’ Forced to Issue On-air Correction After False Claim About House Speaker Mike Johnson.

OPEN THREAD: Thank God it’s Friday, only two more working days until Monday.

FINALLY: ULA gearing up for first Vulcan launch.

IT’S FUNNY BECAUSE IT’S TRUE.

'I'm On The Right Side Of History,' Thinks College Student In Front Of Dorm Posters Of Stalin, Hitler, Osama Bin Laden https://t.co/YYG5YrMJbY pic.twitter.com/TJcjbAhJSs

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) November 17, 2023

It’s also sad because it’s true.

Related thoughts here.

CHANGE: ChatGPT-4 Passes Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE), Beats Law School Graduates And Other Generative AI Models.

SADLY TRUE:

For a free country it’s surprising how many political prisoners we have. https://t.co/1JS6lZaA7P

— Bret Weinstein (@BretWeinstein) November 11, 2023

160 YEARS AGO TODAY: Siege of Knoxville Begins.

OH NO! ANYWAY . . . The War in Gaza is Making Life Difficult for The Squad.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY/K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: ACT test scores drop to lowest level in 30 years. “The average scores in three of the four subjects featured on the test – mathematics, reading and science – were below the ACT College Readiness Benchmarks. The benchmarks are the minimum ACT test scores required for students taking the test to have a high probability of success in college.”

Plus: “The graduating class of 2023 began their high school careers when the COVID-19 pandemic took place, according to the ACT report.”

MEET MY “CANCELING OF THE AMERICAN MIND” CO-AUTHOR: 23-year-old wunderkind Rikki Schlott

CORN, POPPED: Speaker Johnson Releases J6 Footage, and the Left Is Gonna Flip Out

GUESS WHO FUNDS THOSE DNC PROTESTORS: It’s George Soros, according to the Washington Free Beacon’s Chuck Ross.

THOUGHTS ON The Economics of Space Mining.

HMM: OpenAI’s Sam Altman exits as CEO because ‘board no longer has confidence’ in ability to lead.

WELL, SURE, IT INVOLVED BIDEN: The Biden-Xi summit was a total embarrassment.

NEXT SUPREME COURT TERM: It could be a very difficult one for supporters of the Administrative State, according to The Epoch Times’ Supreme Court reporter Matthew Vadum. He says two cases that will be argued in January 2024 are especially important.

“The two most-watched cases, Relentless Inc. v. Department of Commerce (court file 22-1219) and Loper Bright Enterprises Inc. v. Raimondo (court file 22-451), will be heard back-to-back on Jan. 17.

“In Relentless and Loper Bright, the court may narrow the application of the so-called Chevron deference doctrine that the Supreme Court articulated in the 1984 landmark ruling, Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

“In Chevron, the court held that while courts ‘must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress,’ where courts find ‘Congress has not directly addressed the precise question at issue’ and ‘the statute is silent or ambiguous with respect to the specific issue, the question for the court is whether the agency’s answer is based on a permissible construction of the statute.’

“In other words, Chevron stands for the proposition that when the meaning of a statute is unclear, an executive agency’s interpretation of a statute it administers is entitled to deference unless Congress has said otherwise.”

Well maybe not much longer.

YOU CAN’T PASS A GUN BAN WITHOUT OVERCOMING THE FACTS: NY City Mayor Eric Adams Struggles With the Facts in His Call for Another ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban.

READER FAVORITE: ThermoPro Lightning 1-Second Instant Read Meat Thermometer. #CommissionEarned

ARE MIRACLES HOAXES? Maybe, maybe not, according to the Colson Center’s latest “What Would You Say?” video on HillFaith. It’s not always unreasonable to conclude something beyond MEST is the most logical explanation of a phenomenon. (Matter, Energy, Space, Time).

HEALTH: The UK becomes the first country to approve CRISPR treatment: The new therapy uses gene editing to treat sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia.

AT NO EXTRA CHARGE? The Biden Admin Offered China a Tour of a Critical Nuclear Test Site.

HEALTH: Study finds vitamin B12 is a key player in cellular reprogramming and tissue regeneration.

CHANGE: Snoop Dogg begs fans to ‘respect my privacy’ after rap legend announced he had quit smoking weed sparking concern. “The main way is being concerned with how I live, how I move, the kind of people I’m associated with because I want to see my grandkids grow old.”

WELL, GOOD: Amazon’s Project Kuiper completes successful tests of broadband connectivity.

BLUE ON BLUE: New Hampshire Democrats Give Biden the Finger.