Welcome to Monday, December 30th, lefts, rights, and centers...

Two days, two attacks in houses of worship.

On Saturday, the seventh night of Hanukkah, a machete-wielding man stormed the home of a Hasidic rabbi in Monsey, NY, and stabbed multiple celebrants, leaving five wounded, including two critically.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said that he considers the attack an "act of domestic terrorism."

Then, on Sunday, two people died after a gunman opened fire at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, a suburb of Fort Worth.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said in a statement that "[p]laces of worship are meant to be sacred, and I am grateful for the church members who acted quickly to take down the shooter and help prevent further loss of life."

Were the attacks acts of domestic terrorism?

On the Radar

Trump Administration Dims Light Bulb Standards

President Donald Trump’s Department of Energy (DOE) has decided it will not enforce suggested light bulb efficiency standards.

Trump has repeatedly rallied against energy-efficient LED bulbs, telling a rally in Michigan earlier this month:

“We’re even bringing back the old light bulb. You heard about that, right? The old light bulb, which is better. I say, why do I always look so orange? You know why, because of the new light, they’re terrible. You look terrible.”

Critics of the move point out that incandescent bulbs emit more heat and die quicker than most LED bulbs.

And a report in The Hill found that the administration’s new rule “will increase U.S. electricity use by 80 billion kilowatt hours over the course of a year, roughly the amount of electricity needed to power all households in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, according to an analysis by the Appliance Standards Awareness Project.”

Do you support a rollback of light bulb efficiency standards?

Under the Radar

Trump Retweets ‘QAnon’ Hashtag

President Trump retweeted a video message Friday morning with a hashtag referencing the pro-Trump conspiracy theory "QAnon": #WWG1WGA

WWG1WGA" is a QAnon catchphrase meaning "Where we go one, we go all."

In August, the FBI designated QAnon a possible domestic terrorism threat.

“Identity based, and fringe political conspiracy theories” are very likely to motivate some domestic terrorists to “commit criminal and sometimes violent activity."

Confused about QAnon? Don't worry, we've got some As to your Qs here.

One of its core tenets: Every president before Trump was a “criminal president” in league with the global banking elite, deep-state intelligence operatives, pharmaceutical companies, Pizzagate-esque global pedophile rings, and death squads who've pledged allegiance to Hillary Clinton.

What do you think of QAnon?