PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Maniac Sheriff Insults DAPL Veterans with an Absurd Lie” / The Jimmy Dore Show / Jimmy Dore ☮

North Dakota’s Morton County Sheriff Paul D Laney announced he had received “intel” that veterans with PTSD were being manipulated by DAPL protesters.

CANNABIS: “The Truth About Marijuana” / The Humanist Report / The Weekly Dose / Mike Figueredo ☮

Many talking heads have made strong assertions about the dangers of marijuana. In this short satirical mini-documentary, we pay homage to these people by highlighting their stupidity.

PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Hillary Clinton Throwing Thank You Party for Big Money Donors” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮

Democrats Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine are planning a thank-you party next week for those who donated millions to their presidential campaign.

The party at the Plaza Hotel’s Grand Ballroom on Dec. 15 is expected to feature fashion icon Anna Wintour, investor Alan Patricof, hedge fund manager Marc Lasry and more, according to the New York Post’s Page Six.

“Hopefully there’s no balconies so nobody can jump,” an insider told Page Six.

RELIGIOUS STUDIES: “The Infancy Gospel of Thomas Explained” / ReligionForBreakfast / Andrew Henry ☮

Stories about Jesus’ birth are famous. But what about stories about Jesus’ childhood? One early Christian text, the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, invents some pretty crazy stories about the schoolboy Jesus. But what did this text mean for an ancient audience?