Radio Show Hour 2 – 12/27/2024

* Hard-Right Freedom Caucus Takes Power in Wyoming.

* Ascendancy of Freedom Caucus Hits a Peak in Wyoming - NYT.

* Wyoming is the first state where the Freedom Caucus has won control of a legislative chamber, and as such represents a laboratory, and a test, for governance.

* In the State Senate, Freedom Caucus allies now hold two of the top three leadership positions.

* 'The success of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus is part and parcel of the whole American desire to look at the Constitution as the guiding document,' said Ms. Lummis, who served in the Wyoming House and Senate before becoming a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus in Washington.

* US spies hid Covid-19 lab leak evidence from Biden, media - Pentagon researchers reportedly uncovered the origin of the coronavirus - RT.com

* “silenced” researchers who found evidence that the Covid-19 pandemic was the result of a Chinese lab leak - NYP.

* New York Law Makes Polluters Pay on Climate - Hilary Howard, NYT.

Gov. Kathy Hochul of NY signed the Climate Change Superfund Act, a law that requires companies that are big fossil fuel polluters to help pay to repair damage caused by extreme weather, which is becoming more common because of greenhouse gas emissions.

* Is Trump Falling Into A Trap?