TOP SELLER: Pandemia: How Coronavirus Hysteria Took Over Our Government, Rights, and Lives. #CommissionEarned

FREE FALL: Joe Biden’s Approval Now Underwater in 48 States. “To spend the holiday in a state where his approval is above water, Biden would need to head north. Vermont is one of only two states where Biden’s approval remains above 50%– at 55%, according to Civiqs survey for Biden’s job approval. The other is a much longer trip to the islands of Hawaii, where he is barely hanging on with 51% approval. Poll Project USA summarized the state-level findings in a chart.”

IT’S ALMOST LIKE SPREADING FALSEHOODS IS HER JOB: Journalism professor Nikole Hannah-Jones spreads Rittenhouse trial falsehoods.

FITTING: President Biden’s New Helicopter Hits Setback: It’s Unreliable in a Crisis.

BLACK FRIDAY DEALS: Save on Automotive Parts and Accessories.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: WATCH: Students want to rename ‘Black Friday’, until they find out the name has nothing to do with race.

CHRISTIAN TOTO: Why is Hollywood So Liberal? “I can promise you that the majority of people who work in Hollywood find the ‘woke’ orthodoxy oppressive, censorious and inhibiting. They just can’t admit it, not in work meetings, not at job interviews, not online.”

McCarthyism, straight up.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: America Is Awesome, Let’s Have Some Black Friday Fun. “Returning now from a rather brisk walk of my sister’s dogs in 26-degree Michigan morning weather. I don’t know how you cold weather people do this. I think you may all have mental problems.”

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: A common thread in Waukesha tragedy, Kenosha shootings: Government failure. “In fact, though, there is a thread connecting the Rittenhouse shootings and the Waukesha mass murder. But the thread isn’t so much racism as awful Democratic politicians.”

LIFE IN THE BLUE ZONES: Boston: String of violent assaults interrupts Michelle Wu’s feel-good honeymoon.

A string of recent random violent assaults — including an 82-year-old man pummeled by ATV and dirt bike riders — is interrupting new Mayor Michelle Wu’s feel-good start to her administration.

Wu has said nothing so far about the shocking, brutal attack on the elderly man that started on Boylston Street and continued onto Storrow Drive last week.

But she has had time to announce the extension of outdoor dining season in Boston and sign an ordinance to divest city funds from the fossil fuel industry, making good on her “Green New Deal” for the city.

But reality gets in the way of the best-laid plans, and right now Wu needs to confront a wave of lawlessness that is putting a damper on tourism and businesses like restaurants, and show support for the victims.

So far all we’ve heard is silence.

Will she back police if they try to crack down on the ATV and dirt bike riders who are running roughshod on city streets? Or will her defund-the-police mentality get in the way?

The assault on the 82-year-old man has shocked city residents and visitors, and is at least the third recent incidence of violence in Boston that has triggered unpleasant headlines.

In South Boston late Sunday night, a 43-year-old man was knocked unconscious by three juveniles at the Andrew Square MBTA station, according to Transit Police.

Elect a Democratic mayor, get random street violence. It’s a pattern, it seems.

NARRATIVE POLICING: Media Outlets Lose Interest in Waukesha Christmas Parade Massacre as Death Toll Mounts.

GET WOKE, GO BROKE: Salvation Army’s Donors Withdraw Support in Response to Racial ‘Wokeness’ Initiative.

If the Salvation Army is vulnerable to this BS, who’s safe?

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: ALMOST NONE of the 82,000 Afghans Airlifted From Kabul in August Were Vetted Before Coming to the U.S.

BLACK FRIDAY SALE: New Apple AirPods Pro. #CommissionEarned (Bumped)

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Jacob Sullum: The last thing considered by Dems in the Rittenhouse case was the actual law.

The unrest in Kenosha followed a police shooting that left a black man, Jacob Blake, partially paralyzed. But Rittenhouse’s guilt or innocence had nothing to do with whether that use of force was justified or whether the response to it is more accurately described as a riot or an exercise of First Amendment rights.

Rittenhouse, then 17, said he brought a rifle to the protest because he wanted to defend local businesses from vandals, looters and arsonists. But his guilt or innocence had nothing to do with whether one views that decision as heroic or reckless.

Rittenhouse’s political views and the merits of the gun laws that allowed him to carry that rifle likewise were irrelevant. So was the fact that Rittenhouse — who lived in Antioch, Ill., 16 miles from Kenosha — “crossed state lines,” a detail that critics of the verdict bizarrely emphasized.

What mattered, as far as the law was concerned, was whether Rittenhouse reasonably believed the use of deadly force was necessary each time he fired his gun. On that crucial issue, the jury heard credible testimony that supported Rittenhouse’s self-defense claims.

The commentariat has skulls full of mush, and even the ones with law degrees seldom have any interest in thinking like a lawyer.

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MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: A common thread in Waukesha tragedy, Kenosha shootings: Government failure. “In fact, though, there is a thread connecting the Rittenhouse shootings and the Waukesha mass murder. But the thread isn’t so much racism as awful Democratic politicians.”

OPEN THREAD: What are you thankful for?

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Japan to recruit first new astronauts in 13 years to support Artemis program.

ALIENS: Inexplicable Phenomena Spur Pentagon to Launch New UFO Investigation Force.

IMPOSSIBLE: SUVs HADN’T EVEN BEEN INVENTED THEN. Arctic Ocean started to warm decades earlier than scientists thought. “The Arctic Ocean has been warming since the beginning of the 20th century, fueled by a process known as Atlantification, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances.”

OUT: THESE RULES ARE ONLY UNTIL WE HAVE A VACCINE. In: WHO warns vaccinated feel ‘false sense of security.’

GOOD: Hepatitis C drug may reduce antibiotic resistance, researchers say.

GET WOKE…: Liquor Company Asks Consumers Not to Buy Its ‘Rittenhouse Rye’ Brand To Celebrate Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict.

Many social media users didn’t appreciate the sentiments of the Kentucky-based company, which describes itself as the “largest independent, family-owned and operated producer and marketer of spirits” in the U.S.

Radio show host Jesse Kelly said of the post, “Rule #1: You don’t have to respond to everyone. In fact, don’t have to respond to ANYTHING. Shut your freaking mouth and let it blow over. Here’s a great example why that’s Rule #1.”

Justified actor Nick Searcy, who stars in the upcoming Daily Wire release, “Terror on the Prairie,” also blasted the company, replying, “I’m going to buy it and celebrate the #RittenhouseVerdict anyway, @heavenhill, and if you don’t like it, you can kiss my ass.”

Finally an account by the name of “Some Welder (With a Bulldozer)” reflected the views of the vast majority of the hundreds of replies by commenting, “They went out of their way to make sure you’re aware that, if you’re not a commie pos, their whiskey is not for you. These people don’t value your patronage, act accordingly.”

Earlier: Black Rifle Coffee — Who Disavowed Rittenhouse — Silent After Not Guilty Verdict.

Flashback: Is Black Rifle Coffee About to Throw Its Customer Base Under the Bus for Fun and Profit? “Just as Black Rifle Coffee is on the cusp of changing its financial structure, it is also arriving at a philosophical decision point. Will it stay conservative and cater to the people that made it successful? Will it go ‘woke?’ Will it complete the transition from a cause to a grift? Unfortunately, the signs aren’t all that great.”

EVERGREEN ADVICE: This Thanksgiving (and Christmas) don’t be Molly Jong-Fast.