A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo.
It turns out that Herschel Walker, former NFL player-turned-Trump-endorsed candidate for Georgia Senate, has some doubts about evolution: During a church event on Saturday, Walker pointed out a gaping hole in the theory that “man came from apes.”
Permanent Daylight Savings Time makes no sense. Why not just declare that Pacific states are now on Mountain Standard Time, central states are on Eastern Standard Time, etc.? Depending on which side of the time zone you live, some will benefit and some will end up with really skewed schedules for work and school. Just quit tinkering with it.
Or we should go the Chinese route: force the entire country to operate on Eastern Standard Time. Enjoy those 11 am sunrises, California!
You and other folks keep pointing to a later sunrise like it’s a punishment. If you’re in school or working, those are the hours that you’re stuck inside anyways. If you’re retired, that’s a chance to sleep in more.
Herschel’s forthright statement of privileging a religious opinion over Science will play well with the GA GOP base, as should be obvious…
Everyone else will just roll their eyes.