Crash Course: Kanye campaign chief says dinner was set up to “make Trump’s life miserable”

“Trump was totally blindsided,” a source told NBC News. “It was a setup” Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZWE1YzhmcHAxOC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). “He tried to f**k me”: Kanye campaign chief says dinner was set up to “make Trump’s life miserable” Far-right extremists Milo Yiannopoulos and Nick Fuentes claimed that their now infamous dinner with former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago was a set-up. Trump last week [dined with antisemitic rapper Ye](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcnJzZ2xwMjZidC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), formerly known as Kanye West, and Fuentes, a white nationalist Holocaust denier that has [repeatedly praised Hitler](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZHN2YzQ3bDJ0ZC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Trump has insisted that he was only supposed to dine with Ye and claimed that he did not know who Fuentes was. A growing number of Republicans have [condemned](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcnFvbHpsajRray8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Fuentes but many have stopped short of criticizing Trump directly. Ye, who claims that he is [running for president](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbzd4bndqNXpuai8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) and reportedly [suggested](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbjh4aXdxN2lwdS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) to Trump that he be his running mate, has tapped Yiannopoulos to serve as his de facto campaign manager. Yiannopoulos, a former Breitbart editor who was ousted after [defending pedophilia](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOGFpN2djd2VrNi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) and later [banned from Twitter](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOG5iZDAzMDcxMi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) for inciting racist abuse against comedian Leslie Jones, told [NBC News](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdGRlMmF5MmJ5dS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) that he was the "architect" of the dinner. [Read the rest from Igor Derysh.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvejM2eXNtc3loZS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images) Is the brain a quantum computer? A remarkable pair of studies suggests so If someone were to (theoretically) throw a wrench at your head, you might be able to catch it just in time to avoid a concussion. But how? Typically, for split-second reactions, we do not consciously decide to catch. Your brain reacts, does the catching thing, and you don't have to think about it at all. In fact, our brains regularly make decisions before we even know it. In one [2008 experiment](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdHpsaXowc3Mxci8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), that has since been [repeated](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvY2ozZ2cwemR0ei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) a few times, participants were given decision-making tasks while their brains were monitored using brain imaging techniques. It was found that one's brain can make a decision up to 10 seconds before its owner is consciously aware of it. [Read the rest from Troy Farah.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvc3d2Mndpa3U5di8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Getty Images/ANDRZEJ WOJCICKI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY) - As senators debate the [Kroger-Albertsons merger](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMveXBlcHNkdm9hdy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), some grocery employees still aren't being paid - Breaking down the [Kanye West and Kim Kardashian](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZW9icjVnMXcwcy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) settlement, including $200K child support - [Madison Cawthorn](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOWQ3MHZlNW8zNi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) departs House floor with a warning against "soft metrosexuals" - [Christine McVie](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMveXQ2d2xuM3Nici8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) of Fleetwood Mac, a distinctive voice whose hits spanned decades, is dead at 79 - [What to watch on Netflix in December](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbWUxZ3FwODh4OS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), including Letterman's Zelenskyy interview and a new Pinocchio - The ["Willow"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZjF0aTNwYWtxZC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) legend continues, only now the quest is open to all who would take it, including girls - [Sam Bankman-Fried](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYmV3ZDU3bDhyMS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) says he's secretly the "third-biggest Republican donor" thanks to "dark money" - Spotify listeners can't get enough of [Joe Rogan](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdmJtZ2RxcnZ1bS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) for the third year in a row - “I don’t believe he will ever get 218 votes”: GOP rebellion threatens to kill [McCarthy](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNmU4N3lwMTBxdi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) speaker bid - [Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdDBpMXFtdjIzMS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) must spend 500 hours registering voters over hoax targeting Black voters - [Elvis Mitchell](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbG9jZXN4Y21uMS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo): The success of Black '70s films was "the dirty little secret of American cinema" - Why does [Mountain Dew](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOXZ5ZWUwZW1taC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) think people want to drink fruitcake? - [Oath Keepers](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMXMwemszbDV3ay8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) leader found guilty: Will DOJ see this as a roadmap for Trump's trial? - L.A. Mayor [Eric Garcetti](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNTFmaHZlYzlpaS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), prominent Biden ally, implicated in harassment cover-up If you found yourself here without subscribing, sign up for [Crash Course](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvemZwcmp1MTExay8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), so you don't miss anything! GOP plans another post-election "autopsy": But this one is rigged for Trump Back in 2012, the Republican Party, feeling stung by its electoral losses, decided to do a serious postmortem to discover why it was having such a hard time in national elections. GOP leaders had convinced themselves that they had an excellent chance to beat Barack Obama and take control of the Senate, and from their point of view the stars seemed to be aligned. Their presidential nominee that year, Mitt Romney, had been a popular and reasonably successful governor of a blue state (Massachusetts) and Democrats were defending 23 Senate seats in that cycle (including two independents) while Republicans only had to defend 10. It was the first congressional election after the 2010 redistricting, and looked to be brutal for Democrats in the House. But Obama won re-election handily, while Democrats also gained two seats in the Senate and eight in the House. At that point Republicans had only won the popular vote for president once in 24 years, and they understood that something was wrong. [Read the rest from Heather Digby Parton.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZXo4aWh1bDd0Mi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) - "A Lasting Legacy of Covid: Far-Right Platforms Spreading Health Myths," [The New York Times](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMWRiejVoeGt4MC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "U.S. FDA gives first-ever approval to fecal transplant therapy," [Reuters](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvamM3d3B5MXFuZy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "Judge declares mistrial in actor Danny Masterson’s rape trial," [The Guardian](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZzBoc3c4Mnh1bC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "Joe Pesci says playing Harry in the ‘Home Alone’ films came with some ‘serious’ pain," [CNN](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvc2c1bmYzYmd3Ny8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) COVID-19, RSV and the flu are straining health care systems — especially in regards to children Every fall and winter, viral respiratory illnesses like the common cold and seasonal flu keep kids out of school and social activities. But this year, more children than usual are [ending up at emergency departments and hospitals](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNHprdmo5OTFuNC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). In California, the Orange County health department declared a state of emergency in early November 2022 due to record numbers of [pediatric hospitalizations for respiratory infections](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOXlldDVvbmxkMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). In Maryland, [emergency rooms have run out of beds](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbG1xYjU0aHN1YS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) because of the [unusually high number](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcnI1OTFxNTljaC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) of severe [respiratory syncytial virus](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMHJxamJ1bjFtay8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), or RSV, infections. So emergency departments there are having to refer patients across state lines for care. In the U.S., the winter respiratory virus season started earlier than usual this year. Since peak infections usually occur in late December or January, this uncharacteristic early wave suggests that the situation could get much worse for people of all ages, particularly children. [Read the rest from Rebecca S.B. Fischer and Annette Regan.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvanNpbDh6MzJ3cy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF2dmRoNTN4N3dXA3NwY0IKY4FPl4hjOqTBUVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Getty Images/OsakaWayne Studios) [Unsubscribe from this list](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL3Vuc3Vic2NyaWJlP2lkPUAzNTQzOTUyVwNzcGNCCmOBT5eIYzqkwVFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Copyright © 2022 Crash Course, All rights reserved. 1000 N. West Street, Suite 1200, Wilmington, DE 19801 [Made with Letterhead [Letterhead logo]](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlaxxPP0QiaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbmVwbm83czh5c1cDc3BjQgpjgU-XiGM6pMFRUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~)