Wednesday, February 12, 2025

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 12:44) The Ideological Capture of the Left: The Left is Increasingly Committed to Theory Rather Than Reality Still Crazy… by Substack (Joe Klein) The Democrats Show Why They Lost by The Atlantic (Jonathan Chait) Democrats Have a New Leader but Haven’t Come to Grips With Failure by The Wall Street Journal (Molly Ball) Part II (12:45 - 20:31) Are We 89 Seconds to Midnight? The Scientific Community Has an Apocalyptic Worldview Too Closer than ever: It is now 89 seconds to midnight by Bullet of the Atomic Scientists (John Mecklin) Part III (20:31 - 27:55) You Want a Penny For Your Thoughts? You Better Hurry: President Trump Seeks to Stop Minting the Penny It takes nearly 4 cents to make a single penny. Here's why Trump wants them gone.