SO THEY’RE FINALLY CATCHING UP WITH THE REST OF AMERICA: Hillary Clinton Becomes a Punchline for Establishment Dems.

OUR FOREIGN POLICY CROWD ISN’T GOOD AT FORESEEING THINGS: Iran in flames and ‘experts’ didn’t foresee it due to Trump-hate blindness. To be fair, they’re not great at understanding things after they happen, either.

BOOM: Devin Nunes sues CNN for $435M over ‘false and defamatory’ Ukraine story.

OH, I LIKE THIS IDEA: Petition: Rename The White House Press Room After Richard Jewell.

I JUST ASSUME THAT ALL OF THESE ARE HOAXES NOW, AND I CAN’T REMEMBER WHEN I WAS WRONG: Surprise, Surprise, The Latest College Racism Claim Turns Out To Be A Hoax.

ADVENTURE TOURISM: Drug Cartels Muscle Into Mexican Town Packed With Americans. “Violent gangs are pushing cocaine and imposing a brutal brand of property tax on small businesses in San Miguel de Allende.”

IT WOULD TAKE A HEART OF STONE NOT TO LAUGH: The Democratic field is demoralizing Democrats. “It must be very very depressing for them. They hate Trump. He seems to them like a sitting duck, and the presidency seems to be ripe for the taking. And yet as they look around they don’t see a single person in the vast Democratic Party whom they believe can do it. And these Democratic voters don’t know why.”

Really? Because I have some ideas.

PLEASE, LORD, SAVE US FROM THOSE WHO WOULD SAVE US: Forget ‘Medicare for All.’ Mayor Pete Wants to Give Health Care a Social Justice Overhaul.

SIGNS AND PORTENTS: Bald eagle smashes window at Virginia tax office, flies off.

99c, ON SALE FOR CYBER WEEK, FROM BLAKE SMITH:   The Hartington Inheritance (The Hartington Series Book 1).

Almira Hartington was heir to the largest fortune in the galaxy, amassed by her father during his time as a director of the Andromeda Company. But when Sir Josiah commits suicide, Almira discovers that she and her siblings are penniless. All three of them must learn to work if they wish to eat, and are quickly scattered to the far reaches of the universe. Almira stubbornly remains on-planet, determined to remain respectable despite the sneers of her former friends.

Sir Percy Wallingham pities the new Lady Hartington. But the lady’s family will take care of her, surely? It’s only after he encounters Almira in her new circumstances that he realizes the extent of her troubles and is determined to help her if he can. He doesn’t know that a scandal is brewing around Sir Josiah’s death and Almira’s exile from society. But it could cost him his life, and the lady he has come to love.

EPSTEIN DIDN’T KILL HIMSELF, YOU KNOW?  Rattling the Cage Doors.

OH, DEAR LORD: U.N.’s #COP25 Conference: Make Climate Change Scary Again.

AND THIS IS NO REASON FOR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION?  Schiff Obtained Phone Records of Nunes, Journalist, Others.

BLOOMBUG HAS DANGEROUS IDEAS, PERIOD:  Michael Bloomberg Has Dangerous Ideas About China.

BUT… BUT… BUT WE’VE ALREADY SPENT SO MUCH ON ROPE, TAR, FEATHERS AND A RAIL!!!!  Pelosi waiting for Judiciary Committee hearings before committing to impeachment.  (And the commitment should be involuntary and to a mental facility for Pelosi and the gang. Look, if ever I saw a crying need for anti-psychotics.)

SHUSH, YOU. MY CATS ARE NOT LEFTISTS:  Cats are trying to talk to you with their faces: study.

BARELY, THAT’S HOW!  ‘Snowball Earth’ discovery: Experts reveal how life survived prehistoric ice age.

THEY DON’T WANT THESE “FREE” THEY WANT THEM PAID FOR BY SOMEBODY ELSE AND ARE TOO IGNORANT TO PROCESS THE DISTINCTION. SERIOUSLY, FOR $13.25 A MONTH THEY’D SELL THEIR LIBERTY? ALSO, WHAT KIND OF INSANITY IS THIS? WHAT ELSE SHOULD BE FREE? SOCKS? HAIR CREAM? IF NOT, WHY NOT? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE, PRECISELY? HAVE THEY TAKEN LEAVE OF THEIR SENSES?  Should feminine hygiene products be free?

LET THEM EAT TATER TOTS: Farmers warn of possible french fry famine and smaller spuds.

99c ON SALE FOR CYBER WEEK FROM CEDAR SANDERSON:  Tanager’s Fledglings (The Tanager Book 1).

When the starship’s captain died midway through a run with a cargo of exotic animals, the owner gave first mate Jem one chance, and one choice. The chance: if he successfully runs the trade route solo, he’ll become the new captain. If he fails, he’ll lose the only home he’s ever known.

And the choice? He’s now raising an old earth animal called a basset hound. Between station officials, housebreaking, pirates, and drool, Jem’s got his hands full!

A DAUGHTER NO FATHER WOULD ADMIT TO:  Daughter of police chief in Starbucks cup scandal says he’s ‘absolutely a pig’.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Husband Of Democrat In Impeachment Hearings Took $700K From Firms Tied To Ukrainian Oligarch ‘Accused Of Ordering Contract Killings’: Reports.

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