SQUAD OWN GOALS. Congratulations, Democrats: You Just Passed a Massive Tax Cut for the Rich.

EVERYBODY SHOULD: Parental Rights Activists Call for Merrick Garland To Resign.

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THE EXPERTS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB: Frozen vials labeled ‘smallpox’ found at Pennsylvania research lab.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: SUPPORT FOR VACCINE MANDATE DECLINES; JUST 30% BELIEVE PRESIDENT HAS LEGAL AUTHORITY TO ORDER IT.

EDUCATION: Students stunned by Thanksgiving inflation, say Americans were better off under Trump.

HAHA: #MeToo Comes to China: Another “Western” idea takes hold, despite Beijing’s best efforts.

So American culture is super vulnerable to information warfare, of which various woke political initiatives are a variety. The problem for the Chinese is that American culture remains highly influential, so that when we’re infected, so are they. . . .

Related (From Ed): The world of tennis stands up to China in a way that the National Basketball Association did not.

LAWLESSNESS: Biden Goes Rogue: Flouts OSHA, Court Rulings on Vaccine Mandate.

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Harris to take over as Biden undergoes anesthesia for colonoscopy before 79th birthday.

UPDATE: Our long national nightmare is over resumes: ‘In good spirits:’ Biden resumes duties after temporary transfer of power to Harris during colonoscopy.

“CLIMATE” INITIATIVE NOT DOING SO WELL IN MASSACHUSETTS: Charlie Baker drops out of TCI, admitting initiative ‘no longer best solution’ for state. “Gov. Charlie Baker has pulled the plug on a regional climate initiative that would have capped tailpipe emissions and was projected to hike gas prices at a time of record inflation, admitting the multi state-deal is ‘no longer the best solution.’ He backs out of the Transportation and Climate Initiative just days after Connecticut did.”

It never was the best solution.

SPOILER: IT WILL ACTUALLY ADD QUITE A LOT MORE THAN THAT. CBO: Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ Plan Will Add $367 Billion to the Deficit.

NBA, TAKE NOTE: Women’s Tennis Willing to Give Up Millions $$$ If Beijing Won’t Account for Missing Peng Shuai.

NOW OUT: Scoundrel In The Thick. #CommissionEarned

UGH: NASA Says Space Station Remains at High Risk From Shot Satellite.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Stanford president defends campus free speech in face of controversies. Good.

BREAKING: House Passes Massive $1.75T Build Back Better Bill. “The vote was close — 220-213 with a lone Democrat, Jared Golden of Maine, voting against the bill, along with all Republicans present.”

It still has to get through the Senate, where Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema still show no sign of dropping their opposition.

THIS IS WHO THEY ARE: Sneaky Provision Buried in Biden’s Build Back Better Package Threatens to Destroy Religious-Based Childcare Programs.

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WAR ON PARENTS: ‘White nuclear family’ perpetuates racism, CUNY prof argues.

MORE BACKBONE THAN THE NBA: WTA chairman willing to pull out of China if tennis star Peng Shuai not fully accounted for.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: 92% SAY INFLATION IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM; 56% SAY BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN WILL MAKE IT WORSE.

Related: Democrats’ war on suburban women includes inflation-fueling reckless spending. “When times are hard, people who still have jobs — which even in the Depression was most people — aren’t so affected. But when prices skyrocket, everyone pays, and everyone notices. And the people who notice the most are the people who do the shopping, and even today that’s more women than men, especially in the suburbs.”

HOW MUCH TO MAKE IT LETHAL? This hand-held electric rail gun may be the best answer to non-lethal deterrence. “The Anvil generates muzzle energy – the energy of the projectile as it leaves the barrel – of around 85 joules, according to New Scientist, comparable to high-end air rifles ‘or about half the power of a .22 caliber rifle.'”

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: DeSantis Is Just Mercilessly Toying With Democrats Now. “This should set off another round of libs caterwauling about DeSantis having ‘BLOOD ON HIS HANDZZZZZZZ!’ That’s their boilerplate tantrum every time DeSantis opts for protecting the freedom of the citizens of his state. It matters not that they’ve been wrong each time, they’re not much for memory on that side of the aisle.”

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Students suing Yale Law show America’s elites have a low opinion of minorities. “What can you say about an institution that is willing to break faith with its members and engage in blackmail and the subornation of false statements to wage a political vendetta? Sadly, you’d have to say that it’s pretty typical these days.”

WELL: Alec Baldwin ‘Intentionally’ Fired the Shot that Killed Halyna Hutchins and ‘Chose to Play Russian Roulette with a Loaded Gun’ in Violation of the Script, New Lawsuit Claims.

These are only allegations in a lawsuit at this point, but explosive ones if they turn out to be true.