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Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) is demanding an investigation into the “repeated, targeted theft” of campaign donation checks while in transit through the United States Postal Service.

“It is unacceptable that USPS has repeatedly allowed these targeted thefts to occur,” Stefanik’s attorneys wrote in a letter Thursday to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. They allege packages were “ripped open” and checks “stolen” totaling nearly $20,000.

The attorneys claim the postal service’s Office of the Inspector General said it would be hard to find guilty employees “unless and until” a donor “becomes the victim” of identity theft or fraud.

“In each case, the evidence indicates that Elise for Congress’s packages were plundered by a USPS employee or contractor while the packages were in transit,” the letter said, adding there were four separate incidents between June and November.

Stefanik’s campaign released pictures Friday showing ripped envelopes with apology letters from the USPS.

Scott Adams says that he had to quit mailing his cartoon art to his syndicate because postal employees would open his packages and steal the artwork before it got to its destination.

I always use UPS now.

Former Hunter Biden business partner snagged jobs in Trump, Biden administrations (N.Y. Post)

Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act makes green hydrogen profitable at scale, Goldman Sachs says (CNBC) At taxpayer expense, of course.

WH ripped over ‘bold-faced lie’ on Biden border visit: President avoided border ‘like the plague’

‘Last thing we need’: Pols want NYers to pay $300M so illegal migrants can stay (N.Y. Post)

78% of woke ESG funds that Biden wants 401(k)s to invest in UNDERPERFORMED by 15% (Daily Mail)

4 Charts Expose Feds’ Hypocrisy: Cracking Down on Taxpayers While Own Improper Payments Go Unchecked

Welcome, Bibi: Blinken To Headline Anti-Israel J Street Conference

Shale pioneer Harold Hamm slams US-Venezuela oil deal as ‘desperation’ (Financial Times)

Hawley Releases Internal E-Mails on Biden Admin’s Disinformation Governance Board

Dem Rep. Slams Biden for Lobster Dinner While Punishing US Fishermen

Inflation May Be Peaking, but Doubts Emerge About Its Decline

We still need a nuclear deal with Tehran. Protests don’t change that. (Washington Post) The globalist tyranny-appeasers at the Council on Foreign Relations are certainly consistent.

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In Analyzing the proposed rule, which was released June 2021, it appears that ATF has intentionally designed its Factoring Criteria for Rifled Barrel Weapons with Accessories Commonly Referred to as “Stabilizing Braces” to effect a complete ban of every pistol-braced firearm currently on the market.

Masquerading as a helpful rulemaking “to assist” gun owners and the firearms industry in complying with the law, in reality the proposed rule is designed with the obvious and specific intent to largely outlaw the use of stabilizing braces on firearms, threatening millions of current owners with imprisonment and putting a large segment of the gun industry out of business entirely.

To accomplish this goal, the proposed rule creates “Worksheet 4999,” which contains three sections of analysis, each more restrictive than the last, designed to ensure that virtually no stabilizing brace is eligible for use on a non-rifle firearm, and thereafter ensuring that most firearms do not qualify to even use an allowed stabilizing brace.

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One hundred motor vehicle thefts a day.

That’s the recent daily count in Chicago in October as motor vehicle thefts spiked dramatically in the last three months. Compare that to the first half of the year when Chicago was averaging “just” 35 thefts a day.

It’s just one part of the Great Unraveling of Chicago’s justice system that stems from emboldened criminals, a demoralized police force and a leadership class obsessed with soft-on-crime legislation like the SAFE-T Act. Late amendments to the Act under consideration today in the final day of the fall veto session could lessen the damage somewhat but key flaws and a lawsuit challenging the Act will remain.

Moral: Avoid Chicago. (Hell, avoid any city run by Democrats.)

Venezuela Is Bizarre Piece of Biden’s Incoherent Energy Policy Puzzle

How Inflation Changes Culture

IMF Chief Says US Must Keep Raising Interest Rates Because “They Owe It” To The World

U.S. Appeals Court Rejects Biden’s Bid to Revive Student Debt Plan  No, Joe, you can’t just do anything you want.

Inflation Gauge Slows to Still-High 6%

Biden’s November gaffe average: the president hits .500

A Hard Winter Looms for Americans’ Energy Bills and Wallets. Blame Biden.

7 Bizarre Initiatives From Biden’s $45 Billion Tribal Spending Spree

White House slammed for pledging to keep a ‘close eye’ on ‘misinformation’ on Twitter: ‘Absolutely insane’ (Fox)

Biden admin set to impose another rule on US oil and gas while courting Venezuelan oil (Fox)

NYC opens new mega shelter in Midtown for migrant families (N.Y. Post)

Non-binary Biden nuclear official charged with stealing woman’s $2.3K luggage at airport (N.Y. Post)

Progressives Relax on Idea of Replacing Biden in ’24

Montana AG: UPS, FedEx Working With Feds to Track Gun Purchases  Of course they are.

6 Points on Felony Theft Case Against Biden Administration’s Gender-Fluid Energy Official

Former White House ‘Disinformation Czar’ Nina Jankowicz Registers As Foreign Agent

Democrats Admit ‘Assault Weapons Ban’ Likely Doesn’t Have Enough Votes To Pass Senate

The White House Just Changed Its Plan To Refill SPR At $70 Per Barrel

Crazy People Are Dangerous (and They’re Working for the Biden Administration)

Venezuelan Oil Exported on False Documents, Iran-Linked Ships

Biden Considers Calling On Congress To Boost Heating Oil Supplies As Winter Nears  Since when is heating oil supply the job of the Federal government?

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A suicide prevention net on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge that is already years behind schedule will cost about $400 million, more than double its original price, because of problems sparked by the government agency that manages the span, the lead contractors allege.

The allegations filed Monday in state court by Shimmick Construction Co. and Danny’s Construction Co. say that changes to and flaws in the government’s net design and the lack of transparency about the deterioration of the bridge’s maintenance platforms have raised the construction price from $142 million to at least $398 million.

“We were alarmed to discover the District concealed significant information during the proposal phase of the Project, including extensive deterioration in certain areas of the bridge,” Shimmick said in a statement.

Government: Why We Can’t Have Nice Things.

Democratic senators question Biden administration on end to Title 42, potential migrant surge at border (Fox)

Supreme Court to hear arguments over Biden immigration priorities

Rasmussen Reports: Majority of Likely Voters Approve Probe Into Hunter Biden

KJP Issues Veiled Threat to Pro-Free Speech Musk: We’re ‘Keeping a Close Eye’ on Twitter

Nets Bury Cross-Dressing Biden Admin Official Charged With Felony Theft

Biden’s Gender-Fluid Nuclear Official Charged With Felony Theft After Lying To Cops

Biden’s Secret Service Car Rentals Burn in Flames at Nantucket Airport  I could ride you, but then I’d have to kill you.

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Exactly why anyone would want Kamala Harris is something of a mystery. She didn’t marry until she was just shy of her fiftieth birthday. It is, of course, barbarically sexist to comment on a successful woman’s romantic life (just ask Gladys), but in Harris’s case it’s relevant. She got her start in politics at the tender age of twenty-nine when her romantic partner at the time, the sixty-year-old speaker of the California state legislature, appointed her to a high-pay, low-work sinecure on the California Medical Assistance Commission. Nothing to see here; move along. Down with the Patriarchy.

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Simply put: no one likes Kamala Harris. No one even feels bad for not liking her. Her boss doesn’t like her; her aides don’t like her; even her Irish terrier doesn’t like her. Harris featured it (no one knows the sex) in a single 2018 Facebook post for National Puppy Day, calling the one-year-old her “office dog”, which implies that she never actually took it home. Now presumably five years old (and hopefully still alive), the dog was never seen or heard from again.

This unpopular but well-connected puppy-hater from San Francisco is the candidate whom the Democratic Party has anointed to “make history” as the first female President of the United States. Yes, President. Not only will Harris make history as the first female President; she will make double-history as the first female President of Colour.

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A reader recently sent me an email pointing out that many ex-convicts commit new crimes with the intent of being sent back to prison. They actually feel more comfortable in prison than they do in the outside world.

This phenomenon shouldn’t surprise us. In prison, the state takes care of prisoners and, by and large, keeps them safe. It provides their food, healthcare, and clothing. In some prisons, prisoners are even given a paying job. Much of the time, prisoners are free to lie around, relaxing in their cells or watching television. Sometimes prisoners are even provided a formal education. And the best part is that all of this is free.

In other words, with prison the state provides you with security. In the minds of some convicts, that’s a lot better than freedom. When the state casts convicts out of prison, they become responsible for themselves and their well-being. That’s not easy. They need money to buy food, housing, a car, and other things. That means finding and keeping a job. Moreover, outside prison they are faced with an array of choices on a daily basis, which contributes to their anxiety. Better to trade liberty for security.

Biden keeps ignoring Europe. It’s time EU leaders got the message (Politico)

How does the EU respond to Joe Biden’s $369bn green subsides bill? (Financial Times)

The Consumer Economy Has Completely Collapsed – “It’s A Ghost Town” For Holiday Shopping Everywhere

Bans On “Assault” Weapons Do Not Reduce Crime

Pressure Builds On Biden For Ukraine Weapons Tracking & Oversight

The Pentagon fails its fifth audit in a row

Border Patrol Bracing for Massive Migration Post-Title 42

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When former President Trump, Gov. DeSantis, and Senator Ted Cruz, among others, endorsed rolling back the power of bureaucrats and their administrative state, Democrats panicked.

Senator Dianne Feinstein and Hillary’s former running mate, Senator Tim Kaine, introduced a countermeasure which they called, “Preventing a Patronage System Act” according to Kaine, to “protect the merit-based hiring system for our federal workforce”.

Media editorialists claimed that making it easier to get rid of federal employees would bring back patronage or the spoils system. The problem is that patronage never left.

We have spent generations living under a permanent patronage system. The spoils system, as bad as it was, kept one party from permanently packing its supporters into the government. Removing it just meant that the Democrats have permanently packed the federal bureaucracy.

EU officials slam Biden administration for ‘profiting’ off Ukraine war (N.Y. Post)

This affluent city in Mexico has become a waystation for migrants with eyes on Texas (DMN)

US Issues Expanded License to Allow Chevron to Import Venezuelan Petroleum  Anything to avoid increasing U.S. petroleum production.

Biden’s ‘Buy American’ Rules Undermining Infrastructure Spending  Apparently nobody has explained to Biden exactly why people ‘ship jobs’ overseas. He is SUCH a dimwit.

‘Woke Warfighters’: GOP Report Says Leftist Ideology, Gender “Insanity” Weakening America’s Military

Mexican Asylum Seekers Set Their Sights North — on Canada

The Diesel Crunch Is Finally Causing Demand Destruction

How Obama’s Big Economic Lie Caused Our Inflation Crisis

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The New York Times, of course, is not on the side of property rights.

Biden wastes billions on COVID boosters no one wants (N.Y. Post) SPEND! SPEND! SPEND!

In Washington, Macron to seek relief for Europe Inc amid China competition (Reuters) Statists of a feather flock together.

With rail strike looming, Biden says he has ‘not directly engaged,’ contradicting White House press secretary (Fox)

Biden says he will try to move on gun control during lame-duck session (The Hill)

Biden Is ‘Going To Try’ To Ban Assault Weapons (MSNBC) Except that there is no such thing as an ‘assault weapon’ except in the minds of proglodytes.

U.S. prepared to authorize Chevron to boost Venezuela’s oil output (Reuters) But not America’s oil output, oh no, can’t have that.

US officials pressured Canada to stop ‘Freedom Convoy,’ new testimony reveals (N.Y. Post)

Biden phone call to Thanksgiving parade broadcast begins with 20 seconds of confusion: ‘Can you hear me?’ (Fox)

Same Dismal Pattern: CBS Only Mustered One Hunter Biden Story, ABC and NBC Fail to Notice  Biden family? What Biden family?

Texas Sends 2 More Buses of Migrants to Philadelphia

Post-FTX Regulatory Crackdown Will Erode Liberties, Accelerate Path To CBDC ‘Social Engineering’

STATE PROPAGANDA: Univision Shills for Biden’s Student Loan Bailout

In Huge Black Friday Sale, Store To Sell Everything For Price It Was Before Biden Became President  (Babylon Bee)

Biden: Over 55K Workers Got Pay Raise Through Minimum Wage Exec Order  Uh-huh. And how many lost their jobs because they’re employers judged them not worth the extra money?

Biden to Trudeau: Stop the Truckers’ Freedom Convoy  Fascists of a feather flock together.

Taliban Conducts 1st Public Whipping In Soccer Stadium Since 1990s  Thank you, Joe Biden.

Victor Davis Hanson.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has just announced the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith.

But Smith’s team will not look into the Biden family quid pro quo syndicate nor its incriminating confessionals on Hunter Biden’s laptop.

Instead, it will further investigate Donald Trump’s possession of presidential records that were hauled off from Mar-a-Lago, as well as his purported role in the January 6 “insurrection.”

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Remember the good old days, when the most obvious difference between conservatives and liberals was that conservatives objected to wasteful government spending? Now we live in a world where wastefulness is one of liberals’ better qualities.

Librarians have their own ideas of what you and your neighbors ought to read.

Biden torched for agreeing to climate reparations: Is this an ‘Onion’ headline? (Fox)

‘Woke warfighters’: GOP report claims Biden admin, Pentagon policies weakening military (N.Y. Post)

CBS ‘confirms’ Hunter Biden laptop is real 769 days after Post broke story (N.Y. Post)

9-12 More Months: How Long US Consumers Have Before The Bottom Falls Out

Lawmakers Slam Pentagon for Funding CRT, Gender Ideology Training

What Elephant? AP Denies that There Is Any Evidence That Joe Biden Discussed Hunter’s Business Dealings  Biden family? What Biden family?

Hunter Biden Laptop Repairman Reveals “Chilling” Warning From FBI Agent

Copy of what’s believed to be Hunter Biden’s laptop data turned over by repair shop to FBI showed no tampering, analysis says (CBS) Preparing for the effort to eases Creepy Joe out of office.

DOJ Rules Officer’s Post-Jan. 6 Suicide Line-of-Duty Death  I guess it was his job to kill himself.

Biden Tells Boy to ‘Go Steal a Pumpkin’ During Thanksgiving Speech

Biden Admin Not Enforcing Conflict-of-Interest Rules, Ethics Watchdog Group Alleges  My, what a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.

G20 Summit Declaration, Endorsed by Biden, Supports Censorship of ‘Disinformation’

Turkey Denied Presidential Pardon After Photos Emerge Of It Attending January 6 (Babylon Bee)

Diesel prices rising after falling U.S. refinery capacity and loss of Russian imports (Topeka Capital-Journal)

European industry pivots to US as Biden subsidy sends ‘dangerous signal’ (Financial Times)

Germany mulls breaking subsidy taboo to avoid trade war with Biden (Politico)

Are You Eligible for a Piece of the $4.5B Energy Assistance Program? (CNET)

White House announces $13 billion in grid resilience funds (The Hill)

Hess CEO says OPEC ‘back in the driver’s seat’ as U.S. shale growth slows (Reuters)

Federal court border ruling may increase migrant buses to D.C. area, advocates say (Washington Post)

Could oil-rich Alaska be forced to import natural gas? 2 utilities are looking into it (Anchorage Daily News)

U.S. Vice President Harris announces $20 million new clean energy funding for Mekong region (Reuters) Since when does the Mekong flow through the U.S.?

Poll: 71 Percent of Democrats Say Biden to Win Reelection

The Pentagon Has No Idea How Much Military Equipment It Actually Left Behind In Afghanistan

Legalizing Border Crossing for All: The Next Stage of Biden’s Migration Crisis (Center for Immigration Studies)

As Biden Turns 80, Don Lemon Laments: US Doesn’t Honor Elders Like Other Countries!

CBS FINALLY Admits Hunter’s Laptop From Hell Is REAL After Two Years of Lollygagging

12 Things That Took Less Time Than CBS Took to Acknowledge Hunter Biden’s Laptop

Student debtors refuse to pay back loans: ‘I’m not gonna feed this monster anymore’ (N.Y Post)

Massive group of migrants hits Texas border as end of Title 42 looms (Fox)

Immigration attorney receives hundreds of calls, migrants asking if they can cross after Title 42 ruling (KTSM)

‘Slow-walked justice’: FBI insists it is prosecuting attacks on pro-life centers amid claims of politicization (Fox)

Texas to send military armored personnel carriers to the border to escalate enforcement: Report (Fox)

‘It’s like living in an igloo’ People are turning off their heat as prices surge

Watch: FBI Director, DHS Secretary Grilled On Tech Censorship Collusion, Targeting Everyday Americans As Terrorists

Foreign Students May Have Overstayed Visas via Employment at Possible Shell Cos

Jake Tapper Destroys Biden For Determining ‘Thug’ Mohammed Bin Salman Has Immunity: You’re Letting Him ‘Get Away With Murder’ (MEDIAite)

Court awards $6 billion in student loan relief to borrowers (The Hill)

Judge rejects former White House press secretary Jen Psaki’s effort to quash subpoena (CBS)

US farmer worried Biden’s policies put industry in jeopardy (Fox)

House Judiciary Republicans Setting Sights on DHS’ Mayorkas

Wealthier Shoppers Flocking To Walmart As Inflation Bites

Washington Post Publisher Hits Biden Over MBS Immunity

House Republicans Introduce Resolution To Audit Ukraine Aid

Border Crisis Likely to Worsen After Federal Judge Orders End to Title 42 Expulsion of Illegal Aliens

House GOP Will Subpoena Hunter Biden but Not President

FBI Director Wray Defends Using Bureau Jet To Go On Vacation

Lawyer who firebombed NYPD cruiser sentenced to only 15 months after Biden admin intervention

WATCH: Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week Vol. 20

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A Republican lawmaker on the House Financial Services Committee says the panel will look into a committee Democrat’s hiring three years ago of the brother of Samuel Bankman-Fried, whose cryptocurrency empire collapsed last week.

“While there is still much to be learned and investigated, it appears FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and his family had no shortage of influence within the Democrat Party,” Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., told The Daily Signal on Thursday evening.

In an email, Loudermilk said that influence “could amount to conflicts of interest, especially if individuals within the Democrat Party accepted money with knowledge of potential criminal activity occurring at FTX.”

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Naomi Biden, the oldest legitimate daughter of amateur adult film star Hunter Biden, lives at the White House with her fiancé and elderly grandfather, according to the New York Times.

The newsworthy revelation was included as an aside in a fawning piece about Naomi’s plans to marry her fiancé, former Hillary Clinton intern Peter Neal, at a White House ceremony on Saturday, which happens to be President Joe Biden’s last day as a mere septuagenarian. The hard-hitting journalists at CNN report that the wedding will offer a “youthful spin” for the president on his 80th birthday.

The news that one of Hunter’s legitimate daughters is living at the White House comes after House Republicans announced plans to investigate “all avenues” of Hunter’s shady foreign business arrangements, and the extent to which President Biden was aware of and helped facilitate his troubled son’s money-making ventures. It is not entirely clear why Naomi and Peter—both lawyers who could certainly afford their own apartment—are living in a taxpayer-funded mansion, and why it is just now being reported in a mainstream news outlet.

House Republicans vow to investigate Biden and his family’s business dealings (CNN)

After midterms, the return of the ‘pen and phone’ (The Hill)

Majority of Hispanic Voters Want Government to Do More to Enforce Immigration Laws, Exit Poll Finds

Biden Admin Warns Of Bankruptcy Surge As It Asks Supreme Court To Resume Student Debt Forgiveness Plan

Wray wriggles

Watch: Thermal Drone Footage Shows Army Of Illegals Entering US

Diesel hits record premium over gas, oil (Fox)

How Much Diesel Is Left? Shortage Fears as East Coast Supplies ‘Very Low’ (Newsweek)

U.S. will begin deporting Cubans by plane in ‘coming weeks,’ U.S. officials say (NBC)

Justice Department Announces Director of the Office of Environmental Justice (DOJ)  What’s next? An office of Black Lives Matter?

DHS blocked vital research on domestic threats, say terrorism experts (Washington Post)

Wray Refuses To Say If FBI Had Sources ‘Dressed As Trump Supporters’ On January 6

Congress Eyes Investigation Into Anti-Israel Bias at Biden Justice Department

Inside the White House’s months of prep-work for a GOP investigative onslaught (CNN) Shredders overheating, cellphones being smashed, etc. etc.

High Inflation: The Gift That (Unfortunately) Keeps on Giving This Thanksgiving

Poll: Majority of Hispanic Voters Want Tougher Border Enforcement

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott invokes constitutional ‘invasion clause’ amid immigration crisis (Fox)

Special protections for about 300,000 immigrants are extended amid federal lawsuit (NPR)

Biden administration approves $250M for energy efficiency upgrades in homes, businesses (The Hill) SPEND! SPEND! SPEND! FREE GOVERNMENT MONEY!

Judge strikes down Title 42 policy blocking asylum-seekers (The Hill)

DHS blocked vital research on domestic threats, say terrorism experts (Washington Post)

Inflation risks remain as Congress eyes billions in year-end spending spree: budget hawk (Fox)

Top Biden DOJ Official Working for Law Firm Defending Hunter Biden

Governor Abbott Announces First Bus Of Migrants Departs For Philadelphia

John Hinderaker at Power Line.

When I was a kid growing up in Watertown, South Dakota, we had a Carnegie Library. It was an imposing stone building, and I spent many happy hours there. The library was a haven of peace and quiet, as it was manned by middle-aged librarians who would shush anyone who started to talk.

One thing we did not have was drag queens. I don’t know what would have happened if a drag queen had shown up and started hanging out with the kids, but it would not have ended well.

Weirdly, for reasons I cannot fathom, the concept of a “drag queen story hour” has gained currency. Someone apparently thinks it is a great idea for drag queens to be stationed in libraries, reading to children. To me, it seems like the product of a random bad idea generator. Happily, that appears to be the majority view.

Appeals court blocks Biden student debt cancellation plan (The Hill)

Federal appeals court blocks Biden student debt relief program nationwide (CNBC)

Biden quickly regrets making news on abortion at press conference: ‘I shouldn’t have answered your question’ (Fox)

White House response to University of Virginia shooting invokes ‘assault weapons’ ban (Fox)

White House Presses for ‘Assault Weapons Ban’ After UVA Shooting  How about a ban on black people carrying guns?

Chinese Fentanyl Not Discussed in Biden, Xi Meeting

Biden Hands China’s Xi Propaganda Victory at G-20

Biden’s Climate Change Policies Work More In China’s Interest: Ex-NSA Officer

Cubans, Nicaraguans Drive Illegal Border Crossings Higher  C’mon in! Have some U.S. taxpayer money! Make yourselves at home! Be sure to vote Democrat, the Free Stuff party!

NYC Mayor: Waiting on Reimbursement for Housing Migrants  GIVE US MONEY!

Sen. Rick Scott: Biden Inflation Destroying American Dream

Yellen Contradicts Biden: ‘No Basis’ to Probe Elon Musk’s Purchase of Twitter

Texas Gov. Abbott Invokes Invasion Clause to Deal With Border Crisis

Philly Mayor Says Migrant Buses Coming From Texas; Abbott Disputes Claim

Biden Requests $9.25B for COVID, $37.7B for Ukraine From Congress

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My, what a surprise.

U.S. judge rejects Biden administration’s LGBT health protections (Reuters)

Fed-up US farmers tell why government will put them out of business (N.Y. Post)

Philadelphia preparing for possible arrival of migrants from Texas (WPVI)

Yellen says U.S. debt ceiling hike by lame-duck Congress would be ‘great’ (Reuters) Congress has never failed to raise the so-called debt ceiling when government spending approached it.

Biden Thanks ‘Columbia’ Instead of Cambodia at ASEAN Summit Imagine if Trump had said that.

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Considering the penchant of American Inner Party administrations to stick there nose in other people’s business around the world, can you blame them? I’d do the same.

Manchin comes out against Biden nominee for energy commission (The Hill)

Migrants hoping to seek U.S. asylum face years-long legal limbo in overwhelmed system (CBS)

Biden admin directs pregnant migrant girls to be sheltered in states with abortion access (N.Y. Post)

Biden pushes to require big federal contractors to cut climate pollution (Washington Post)

Biden says women ‘beat the hell out of’ SCOTUS justices in midterms

Texas Judge Strikes Down Biden’s Student-Loan Forgiveness Plan As Unconstitutional

Federal Court Blocks Biden’s Student Loan Bailout. Will the Opinion Stand?

Big Three Ignore Biden Admitting He ‘Can’t Guarantee’ US Will ‘Get Rid’ of Inflation

8 Big Biden-Related Investigations Likely From House’s New GOP Majority

Washington’s Pandora’s Box: The Opening Of The Hunter Biden Laptop Could Expose The Cottage Industry Of Influence Peddling

Turning 80, Biden Weighs Reelection as Fitness Questions Persist  80? I didn’t think his IQ was that high.

Video Report: Biden Suggests Elon Musk Should Be Investigated  It would be appropriate if Elon Musk were to suggest that Joe Biden be investigated. Certainly the available evidence points that way.

Biden Renews American Apology Tour in Egypt

White House Won’t Say How It Spent $1 Billion in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan

WATCH: Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week Vol. 19

FBI arrests 2 Venezuelan illegal immigrants for assault on Border Patrol agent in Texas (Fox) The invasion continues.

Overwhelmed El Paso releases 600 migrants onto streets – until Biden admin pays $7M (N.Y. Post)

Biden’s Latest Gaffe: Russia Withdrawing From ‘Fallujah’

Average American Family Has Lost $6,100 in Real Income Under Biden, Economist Says

Here Were the Dumbest Questions from Biden’s Post-Midterms Presser

Biden’s Versus Trump’s ‘Lies’ — What a Difference an Administration Makes

Biden-nominated US Attorney Rachael Rollins under DOJ IG investigation (Fox)

Rachael Rollins reportedly subject of DOJ probe following Herald report (Boston Herald)

Biden Call To Congratulate Fetterman Lasts Three Hours As Neither Can Form A Coherent Sentence (Babylon Bee)

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In a statement earlier this week, the DOJ said it was sending officials to 64 jurisdictions throughout the country – most of which would be in red or purple states.

EU says it has serious concerns about Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (CNBC)

‘I’m selling my blood’: millions in US can’t make ends meet with two jobs (The Guardian)

Washington Post Gives Biden ‘Bottomless Pinocchio’ Rating

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Joe was centered on the returns in the family coffers.’ Whistleblower claims Hunter and then-VP Biden were part of a group call to discuss online gambling venture in Latin America – the president talking like he was chairman of the board (Daily Mail)

Biden Tells Big Oil to ‘Expand Supply,’ Assures ‘No New Drilling’

FBI Announces “Enhanced” Firearm Background Checks For Young Adults To Start Next Week

Biden approval ticks lower as Democrats brace for midterm losses -Reuters/Ipsos (Reuters)

Does Joe Biden Know The Fix Is In? (American Thinker)

Trump is losing steam. That’s reason for Biden to bow out in 2024. (Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin signals that Dump Biden has been given the green light.

Pro-Life Father Arrested By Biden DOJ Reacts to Press Sec Claiming Democrats Aren’t Locking Up Pro-Lifers

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Proving once again that she was only hired so the Biden administration could fill their diversity quota, President Biden’s press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre struggled through another painful and cringeworthy press conference where she had difficulty stringing coherent sentences together in order to answer simple questions from reporters in the briefing room.

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My mate and I have noted our supply of various spirits is running out just in time for the holidays. What this means is undertaking a two-hour road trip to an adjacent state where we can shop in a pleasant, supermarket-style store stocked with spirits and wine from across the country and around the world. The knowledgeable staff will help us choose new brands based on our tastes. We will drop several hundred dollars and return across the river with enough to get through the long, dreary winter. I will try and find a good brand of cinnamon whisky which, in my experience, is a highly effective cold medicine.

We cannot get this in our home state. Why? Because our state has a “Liquor Control Commission,” a relic of Progressive and Prohibition-Era socialism that “appoints private businesses to act as its agents and sell its products in exchange for a commission.” In effect, it protects a crony market of crappy, hole-in-the-wall liquor stores staffed by surly, resentful employees, and limits beverage selections to those it deems worthy of being sold in our state. It also regulates what brands of liquor can be distributed within the state, which is why (I suspect) the only cinnamon whisky on sale around here is ‘Fireball.’ Which is… not that good.

The store we go to is part of a national chain. The reason they do not operate in this state is because of this part of the Liquor Commission’s power: “Normal proof spirits (>21% ABV) are sold only in a limited number of agent stores.” I imagine securing a permit to be one of those “limited number of agent stores” is a hotbed of paybacks and backroom deals with some organized crime thrown in.

Sky-high electricity is Biden’s new pain point before elections (Straits Times)

Twitter fact-checks Biden gas price claim (Fox)

Biden: The Days Are Over For Corporations Paying Zero Federal Tax (MSNBC)

Biden Admits The Truth: “No More Oil Drilling” As Energy Stocks Set To Soar

Joe Biden Gets the CNN “Fact Check” Treatment  Getting ready to dump Joe Biden.

“They’re Simply Not Motivated”: Homebuyers Are Fleeing The Market

“People Are Fed Up”: Soaring Electricity Bills Become New Pain Point For Biden

Tom Cotton Slams Merrick Garland for Allowing Illegal Protests at Supreme Court Justices’ Homes

Northeast Faces Winter Energy Crisis as Biden Promises ‘No More Drilling’

Inflation Was Always The Endgame

Biden says ‘my shotgun’ ready to ward off recession, calls Afghanistan ‘God-forsaken place’ (N.Yl Post)

Fact check: Biden’s midterms message includes false and misleading claims (CNN) The Inner Party must be getting ready to dump Biden.

“Independent Commission” SEC Coordinated with White House on ‘Climate Risk Disclosure’ Rule

Americans Moving To Mexico At Record Pace – Up 85% Since Pre-Covid  Inflation can be a bitch.

Chuck Todd: More Immigration Will Fix America’s Inflation Problems  By voting Democrat, of course.

Biden Press Secretary Under Fire For ‘Mega MAGA Republican’ Comment

5.5 Million Illegal Aliens Crossed US Border Since Biden Took Office: Report

“I’m Selling My Blood To Eat, I have No Choice”: Biden Inflation Crushes Americans

Feds Paid Room Service, Laundry, for Illegals in Hotels

Biden predicts Democrats will take Senate, have chance to keep the House in midterms (Fox)

Biden says coal plants ‘all across America’ will be shut down, replaced with wind and solar (Fox) Which is why Democrats are going to lose in the mid-terms.

White House releases net-zero road map (Energy Wire)

Biden administration identifies ‘game-changing’ climate technology for priority investment (The Hill)

White House may have violated law by deleting fact-checked tweet: watchdog (N.Y. Post)

US Debt-Servicing Costs Skyrocket: $1.4 Trillion In Interest Payments On Deck  The problem with all the drunken-sailor Democrat spending is that it has to be paid for by borrowing money, and now that the Fed has quit subsidizing Federal debt with negligible interest rates that chicken (say rather dragon?) is coming home to roost.

Biden: Republicans Will Impeach Me If They Win  Got that right. Sauce for the Trump is sauce for the Biden.

House Republicans Release Scathing FBI Whistleblower Report: Bureau Is ‘Rotted at Its Core’

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In the private sector, if an employee fails to meet his job requirements, he is likely to be reprimanded or fired. Imagine that an HVAC tech gets called to install 30 units throughout the month. Instead of installing 30, he only installs 22. The HVAC tech missed his goal by about 25 percent. His boss will probably start looking for a new tech.

The U.S. Army just missed its recruiting goal by 25 percent. As a result, the total force of the Army will be undermanned by 15,000 soldiers.

So who’s responsible? Who is ultimately in charge of recruitment for the entire U.S. Army? There is an easy answer found in Title 10 of the U.S. Code, which pertains to the Armed Forces. The code lays out in plain English the responsibilities of the Secretary of the Army. The first responsibility listed is “Recruiting.” It falls directly under the Secretary of the Army, who was chosen by the President of the United States and confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

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Early this Sunday morning, Americans will engage in the annual autumnal ritual of “falling back” — setting their clocks back one hour to conform with standard time.

If some lawmakers had their way, it would mark the end of a tradition that has stretched for more than a century. But a familiar story unspooled of congressional gridlock and a relentless lobbying campaign, this one from advocates that some jokingly call “Big Sleep.”

A bill to permanently “spring forward” has been stalled in Congress for more than seven months, as lawmakers trade jabs over whether the Senate should have passed the legislation at all. House officials say they’ve been deluged by voters with split opinions and warnings from sleep specialists who insist that adopting permanent standard time instead would be healthier, and congressional leaders admit they just don’t know what to do.

U.S. sells last batch of emergency reserve oil from historic release (Reuters)

Biden administration sells final tranche of emergency oil stockpile (Washington Examiner)

Biden administration boasts ‘no meetings’ to prep for recession — despite expert warnings (N.Y. Post)

White House says US not in recession, lowering inflation ‘number one’ priority (Fox)

Harvard economist issues dire warning on economy (Fox)

DHS Begins Limited Implementation of DACA under Final Rule

Biden: Student Loan Forgiveness to OK 16 Million by Week’s End

Probe Launched Into Homeland Security’s ‘Taxpayer-Funded Censorship Campaign’

House GOP Preps 1,000-Page Report on Politicized DOJ Under Biden

Biden Admin Renews Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox

TikTok Hires Biden’s Campaign Spokesman

White House insists it’s not using Facebook censorship portal despite Jen Psaki’s ‘flagging’ admission (N.Y. Post)

ACLU slams government working with Big Tech to decide ‘what is true or false’ (Fox)

ABC/CBS/NBC Ignore Biden’s Latest Embarrassing Gaffes, Signs of Cognitive Decline

The View Co-Host Joy Behar Claims Crime Is “Going Down” Under Biden

Under Biden, America’s Oil Reserves Drop to Lowest Levels Since 1984

Biden, Trudeau Choose Green War on Oil and Gas Over Working Class

Video Report: US Agents Fire ‘Crowd Control’ Projectiles in Border Chaos

Fact-Checking 5 Biden Warnings About Dangers to Democracy

Immigration officials confirm alleged Pelosi attacker was in the U.S. illegally (Washington Post)

How the government hid the truth behind Hunter Biden’s laptop (N.Y. Post)

Top Pipeline CEO Compares Biden’s Chaotic Energy Policy To “Saturday Night Live Skit”

SURPRISE: PolitiFact Throws First ‘Pants on Fire’ Flag at President Biden

WH Chief of Staff Ron Klain: US Not in Recession  Stock market says you’re wrong.

Biden Says It May Take Days For Democrat Votes To Be Double-Counted (Babylon Bee)

Suspect in Arizona candidate Katie Hobbs campaign burglary was illegal immigrant wanted by ICE  I’m guessing he’s not a Republican.

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The Department of Homeland Security agency was established in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and subsequent threats to air travelers’ safety, such as the foiled shoe bomber in 2001 and the 2006 attempt to detonate liquid explosives hidden in soda bottles on flights from England to North America. Many of the safety measures introduced back then are still with us now, such as the 3-1-1 liquids rule.

“I don’t think anyone is saying that the way we did things are the way we will do things,” said J. Matt Gilkeson, director of TSA’s Innovation Task Force, which tests new security technologies. “We want to be beyond where we were 20 years ago.”

The TSA will continue to push people around so long as they tolerate it.