- As Sam Bankman-Fried awaits sentencing, his successor defends cleanup of messy aftermath (semafor.com)
- Intelligence Chairman Defends His Hints About a Russian Space Weapon (nytimes.com)
- 📺 Yellen Defends Biden’s Economic Gains While Criticizing Trump (nytimes.com)
- Vivek Ramaswamy defends new endorser: Steve King, legislator with a racist stench (rawstory.com)
- After Nonbinary Student’s Death, Schools Chief Defends Restrictive Gender Policies (nytimes.com)
- Mayorkas defends record as Republicans move forward with impeachment process (washingtonpost.com)
- 📺 Ben Carson Defends Trump Internment Camps for Migrants in Disastrous CNN Interview (meidastouch.com)📺 Joe Scarborough Cannot Help But Laugh at Ben Carson for ‘This Donald Trump is Jesus Shit!’ (mediaite.com)










