201: Skepticrat201 - Blow Launch Edition

The Skepticrat

On this week's episode: India embraces ignorance as their national anthem ... Trump will make “at least Jack Teixeira got Minecraft discord server cred” a genuine consideration ... And Ron DeSantis almost kills Big Bird with his disaster of a campaign launch.
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Headline Sources:
Prosecutors have recording of Trump discussing sensitive Iran document: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/31/trump-recording-classified-iran/
And they have video of staff moving boxes at Mar-a-Lago right before DOJ and FBI showed up: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/30/trump-mar-a-lago-surveillance-camera/
Uganda enacts even more draconian anti-gay laws: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ugandas-museveni-approves-anti-gay-law-parliament-speaker-says-2023-05-29/
Taco Bell challenges “Taco Tuesday” trademark: https://apnews.com/article/taco-tuesday-trademark-taco-bell-911e62f2dc664c2a428c6741a94955e5
Ron DeSantis campaign launch and everything else he does going very badly:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/25/what-happened-ron-desantis-us-presidential-campaign-launch-twitter-elon-musk
India removes evolution and the periodic table from public education: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/india-cuts-periodic-table-and-evolution-from-school-textbooks/
Meteorite crashes into New Jersey home: https://apnews.com/article/meteorite-hits-home-hopewell-new-jersey-91fecf2eb7e5ffb938bfb68920dc6011