Topic: Santa Tracker

During a NORAD Santa Tracker call, a parent from Oregon ended his conversation with President Biden by saying "Let's Go Brandon." The President responded by repeating the phrase, leading to widespread media coverage and debate over the appropriateness of the remark.

First Lady Michelle Obama participated in the annual NORAD Santa Tracker program, answering phone calls from children on Christmas Eve. Transcripts reveal the First Lady informed children that Santa was flying over South Sudan and Rwanda. Observers contrasted the high technical performance of the Santa tracking website with the significant technical failures of the Healthcare.gov rollout.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) released its annual Santa tracker report, which a spokesperson compared to the technology used to track North Korean Taepodong missiles. The hosts argue that using military infrastructure to promote a fictional character trains the public to accept media lies and government-sanctioned misinformation.