Happy Thursday.
A new study finds that new mothers are more likely to see faces in inanimate objects. It is a phenomenon known as face pareidolia and researchers think it is due to high levels of oxytocin that make them want to cuddle everything.
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In Case You Missed It.
👴🏻 Senator Mitt Romney says he will not seek reelection because he’ll be too old in the next term. He is 76 years old.
🔫 A federal judge blocked New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan’s open carry gun ban.
🇦🇺 More than 60 Australian lawmakers have urged the U.S. to drop the charges against Julian Assange who has not been convicted of anything and has been wrongfully held in prison for over four years. Yes. Free Julian Assange now.
🌴 The U.S. Air Force is “clearing out jungles” in the Pacific to create more airfields. There is a word for that: Deforestation.
🤦🏻♂️ The White House can’t explain the nonsense that President Biden has spoken in recent days. Again, do we call them lies when he clearly just doesn’t know what he’s saying?
🧑🏻⚖️ A judge in Texas declared the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program illegal but did not mandate immediate action to deport children brought to the U.S. illegally.
🇱🇾 The death toll in Libya from recent storms and floods has surpassed 6,000 people.
🇷🇺 Russia’s second-largest bank will launch cross-border transactions in Indian rupees.
📺 You can watch last night's full Redacted show right here.
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