DEMS IN DISARRAY: Former Obama Aides Lash Out At Schumer.

WELCOME TO TEXAS — GUNMAN STOPPED WITH SINGLE SHOT:

Police said the man started shooting around 2 a.m. and targeted the consulate, police headquarters and downtown courthouse.

During the spree, an unidentified Austin police officer fired a single shot at the gunman.

The 15-year force veteran shot his weapon with just one hand because he was holding two horses’ bridles in other, police said.

The horses are a nice touch.

REVIEW: iWork ’14.

STATE-SANCTIONED THEFT: DC Police Department Budgets Its Asset Forfeiture Proceeds Years In Advance.

AT AMAZON, Black Friday Deals in Musical Instruments.

Also, deals on best-selling Photo Printers under $100.

GEORGE WILL gives thanks.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: Law School Deans Question Sharp Drop in Bar Exam Scores.

THE STORY OF “SYBIL:” Another piece of “everybody knows” science that turned out to be crap.

I DUNNO, I THINK IT HAS KIND OF A NEO-1990S RETRO CHIC THING GOING ON: The BlackBerry Passport enigma: TCOB-machine or “worst designed thing, ever.”

TAXPROF: The IRS Scandal, Day 568.

CLASSISM AND DISDAIN: “Black Friday is the day wealthy whites are applauded for judging lower-class folks who are just trying to buy affordable gifts for their kids.”

JOSH KRAUSHAAR: The Curious Case of Jim Webb: Webb’s long-shot presidential campaign says as much about the evolution of the Democratic party as it does about his qualifications.

In a vacuum, Webb would be a compelling candidate. While independent-minded groups like No Labels obsess over liberal Republicans or independents (Jon Huntsman, Michael Bloomberg) as credible third-party candidates, Webb’s profile better fits that bill. He’s one of the few politicians who caters more to the populist grassroots than to elite public opinion. He has angered Democrats by expressing skepticism about increased immigration and has been downright critical of affirmative-action policies, but he is passionate about the issue of income inequality. He’s ticked off Republicans over their foreign-policy interventionism, with his outspoken opposition to the Iraq War fueling his 2006 Senate campaign. He’s skeptical of the free-trade deals that most Republicans champion, and is so at odds with the ascendant environmentalist wing of the Democratic Party that the online magazine Grist headlined its profile: “Jim Webb sucks on climate change.”

In a Democratic Party that’s been shedding white working-class voters during the Obama era, leaders would be wise to pay closer attention to Webb’s views on economic and cultural issue—and consider co-opting some as their own. On paper, his resume is first-rate: decorated Vietnam War veteran, secretary of the Navy under President Reagan, swing-state Democratic senator, and an acclaimed author. At a time when economic anxiety is a defining feature of American politics, Webb’s record on the subject is as impressive as Elizabeth Warren’s. That he’s treated more like a fringe figure these days is a testament to how far his party has drifted from its roots.

Consider: There will be only five red-state Senate Democrats left in the next Congress if, as expected, Sen. Mary Landrieu is defeated in next month’s runoff. Even more striking, there will be only five House Democrats left representing districts that Mitt Romney carried in 2012. The once-influential Blue Dog Caucus of fiscally hawkish Democrats is all but extinct. Republicans now boast twice as many blue-state senators (10) and five times as many blue-district representatives (25) than their Democratic counterparts in red territory.

The Democratic Party has become an aging, regional party with a diversity problem.

Related: Gallup: Only 27 Percent of Working-Class Whites Support Obama. There are, you know, rather a lot of white, working-class voters. And if you want their support, the very first thing you need to do is show respect to people who, you know, work.

FREEDIVING IS A COOL SPORT, but I think I’ll stick with scuba.

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WITH BILL WHITTLE, SCOTT OTT, AND DAVE SWINDLE, I talk about Robot Sex.

MICKEY KAUS: Chuck Schumer, Hypocrite.

GOOD: Steve Stockman Takes Aim at D.C. Traffic Cams.

With a handful of weeks left in his term, the Republican introduced bills to mandate a public firearm range in the District of Columbia and prohibit the city from using automated speed and traffic cameras.

Stockman’s gun legislation comes about a month after the city enacted a system to begin issuing concealed carry permits, in response to a federal judge’s ruling. The July 26 order briefly wiped D.C.’s ban on carrying handguns from the books, something Republicans on Capitol Hill tried to do over the summer with an appropriations rider. The D.C. Council is putting the finishing touches on a more permanent solution that would maintain strict gun control standards.

Stockman’s traffic camera proposal is similar to that by another short-timer in Congress: Michigan Republican Kerry Bentivolio, a freshman heading home at the end of this session. Bentivolio sought co-sponsors for a similar bill last year, but it was never introduced. Stockman’s proposal is more broad. In addition to targeting the District, it would cut certain federal highway funds from any state or local government that uses automated traffic enforcement systems.

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., caught wind of Stockman’s attempt to curtail traffic cameras and accused both Republicans of bullying the District.

The District is bullying America on a daily basis. Stockman is trying to inject a little freedom into its confines.

“SMART DIPLOMACY” UPDATE: Anti-ISIS coalition to meet next week. “Foreign dignitaries from around 60 countries that make up the international coalition against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will meet for the first time next week, the State Department announced Wednesday. Secretary of State John Kerry will chair the first ministerial meeting on Dec. 3 at NATO headquarters in Brussels. The ministers plan to ‘discuss the political mechanism for our joint efforts to degrade and defeat’ ISIS, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement.”

I’m not super-optimistic about this.

MILO YIANNOPOULOS: An Open Letter to Bloomberg’s Sheelah Kolhatkar, on the Delicate Matter of Anita Sarkeesian. “Dear Sheelah Kolhatkar: Yesterday, my attention was drawn to your extraordinary profile of video game critic Anita Sarkeesian, which is to be a cover story in Bloomberg Businessweek. On Twitter I intemperately called it a ‘grotesquely shoddy work of credulous, ridiculous fangirlism.’ On reflection, I conclude I did not go far enough.”

NO, AND I HOPE SOMEONE CHALLENGES THEM ON THIS: Constitution Check: Does the government have the authority to write restaurant menus?

It’s also an obsolete approach, now that there are loads of smartphone apps that give you more detailed nutritional info — carb/fat/protein breakdowns, for example — at your fingertips.

HMM: NSA Chief Predicts ‘Traumatic’ Cyber Attack Within Next Decade. “NSA Director Adm. Michael Rogers, who took the helm of the agency in April, said that foreign criminal gangs have traditionally hacked into U.S. commercial systems to steal information that they could use or sell for a profit. But a new trend is emerging as these groups and foreign governments are increasingly cooperating with one another.”

Yeah, this is another reason why I’m not excited about the “Internet of things.”

WELL, THEY HAVE TO BE WORRIED ABOUT RE-ELECTION. OBAMA DOESN’T. Tensions flare between Senate Democrats, White House.

Criticism of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law by a top Senate Democrat this week laid bare post-election tensions that could pose challenges for the party in upcoming fights with Republicans over taxes, energy and immigration.

In a high-profile speech on Tuesday dissecting Democrats’ losses in this month’s midterm elections, Charles Schumer, the No. 3 Senate Democrat, listed “a cascade of issues” botched by the White House, starting with Obama’s push for healthcare reforms soon after he took office in 2009.

Later on Tuesday, the White House took the unusual step of publicly pledging to veto a deal on tax breaks that Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid was trying to hammer out with Republicans in the House of Representatives.

Funny, just a couple of weeks ago it was the White House accusing Congressional Republicans of “obstructionism.”

FROM JOHN C. WRIGHT: Thoughts On Thanksgiving. With a reference to Robert Heinlein.

OUCH: “Remember, Coates didn’t write about Cosby for reasons of money, and then he did write about Cosby for reasons of money.”