WHOA: Trump appointed judges SHOCK HIM with new ruling

A federal district court, including two Trump-appointed judges, blocked Alabama's 2023 congressional map, deeming it intentionally discriminatory against Black voters. This ruling would save a seat for Black voters, preventing a reduction from two majority-Black districts to one.

A federal district court blocked the state from enacting its 2023 congressional map, which they explained were intentionally discriminatory. And that map would have left black voters with just one seat where they form a majority, down from two. Interestingly, two of the three judges on this panel were appointed by Trump himself, and the other judge was also appointed by a Republican president.

Republicans in South Carolina failed to garner enough votes to redraw their map, which would have eliminated the state's only Black opportunity district. Some state legislators, including a conservative Republican, cited conscience and common sense against disrupting an election already underway.

Republicans in South Carolina failed to garner enough votes to redraw their map, which would have eliminated the state's only black opportunity district currently occupied by Jim Klyurn. Richard Cash, one of the most conservative Republicans in the South Carolina State House, said, 'Neither my conscience nor common sense will allow me to stop an election that is already underway.'

Neil deGrasse Tyson states that the chances of life existing elsewhere in the universe are 'so high as to be a near certainty.' This is based on the universe's age, life's early emergence on Earth, and the commonality of life's constituent elements (hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen) throughout the cosmos.

You would say what are the chances that there's life elsewhere in the universe and that is so high as to be a near certainty just given the age of the universe given how long life has been around on earth. It got started almost as quickly as it possibly could have. We're made of the most common ingredients in the universe. Hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen.

Tyson argues that claims of alien visitation lack scientific evidence. He highlights the logical fallacy of equating an 'Unidentified Flying Object' (UFO) with an alien craft, and criticizes the reliance on unreliable eyewitness testimony, even from high-ranking individuals, as insufficient scientific proof.

If you can't identify it, you're not you don't have the logical right to then declare that it's visiting aliens from outer space. The human physiology is awful at data taking. I'm surprised eyewitness testimony is ever allowed in the court of law based on what I know as a scientist and based on what psychologists know.

Tyson asserts that any alien life or technology, if functioning within our universe, must adhere to the same laws of physics observed on Earth. He allows for advanced technology like wormholes but draws a firm line at violating fundamental physical laws, such as leaving a shock wave when traveling faster than sound.

Your laws of physics are going to be the same as ours. But I'll give give them wormholes. Give them whatever technology we can't even imagine. That's a different granting of their powers and abilities than having them violate known and well-tested laws of physics. If you go faster than the speed of sound in a medium, you will leave a shock wave.

Tyson challenges 'Ancient Aliens' theories by questioning why ancient peoples would be denied the creativity to imagine their own deities, similar to how modern cultures depict gods with supernatural powers. He suggests these theories often stem from a denial of the intellectual capabilities of ancient civilizations, particularly African ones.

Why are we denying ancient people the creativity of imagining their own deities? Why is it okay for you even in modern look at fresco where Jesus is floating with beams of light coming out of him? Why is that not a consideration?

Tyson argues that both conservative and liberal political ideologies exhibit 'anti-science' tendencies. While conservatives are often criticized for climate change denial and rejection of biological evolution, liberals often embrace beliefs like crystal healing, horoscopes, anti-GMO, and anti-big pharma, which also reject mainstream science. He notes the difference lies in the scale of societal consequences.

Liberals do not have the science high road here. The difference of course is civilization won't collapse if you embrace feather energy. But if you deny climate change that has huge consequences. So the consequences are not equal here. The most of what happens in the liberal circles are very personal and we're in a free country so you have full freedoms.

Tyson expresses concern about the decline in US science funding and the loss of government scientists. He states that the US tends to be reactive rather than proactive in scientific investment and space exploration, citing Sputnik and China's moon ambitions as drivers for Apollo and Artemis programs, respectively, rather than inherent exploratory spirit.

We lost more than 10,000 scientists from the government this past year. Grants are being cut. Science research is being cut in universities. We don't tend to be as good at acting proactively. We don't tend to be as good at proactive decisions as we are at reactive decisions. Who was the first in space? Wasn't us. Sputnik.

Tyson firmly believes the Egyptian civilization built the pyramids, attributing doubts to a denial of African intellect, particularly from people of European ancestry. He points to evidence of trial and error in earlier pyramid designs as proof of human engineering, not alien intervention.

I've not been given any reason to doubt that the Egyptian civilization... I'm not given any reason to think that they didn't do it. The people I find who doubt it most tend to be European ancestry because what was Europe doing in 2000 BC? So to deny Africans the intellect and the power and the wisdom and knowledge to build that civilization... Have you seen the earlier pyramids that were not as successful? They made the sides too steep and the rocks kept falling off.