WELL, GOOD: ‘Hope in a bottle’ for a deadly cancer and the firefly gene that lit the way: The first FDA-approved treatment for an incurable brain cancer gives the gift of time.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Rocket Lab launches 79th Electron mission, ends successful year.

CHANGE: Survey: Teen substance abuse rate declines for fifth straight year.

FROM THE THE LAW IS AN ASS DEPT: Judge rules against UCLA prof suspended for refusing lenient grading for black students.

THE ENEMY WITHIN: Adversaries shifting focus to western universities, ex-intel official warns: ‘The frontline has moved.’

PROGRESS: How the Trump Administration Is Taming the Administrative State.

MARK JUDGE: Make America Zen Again.

DON SURBER: When CBS silenced Andy Rooney. Twice.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, AMERICA!

my official statement to the american people is “you’re welcome” 🫡🇺🇸 https://t.co/M5Kiage1zG

— kaitlin (@thefactualprep) December 23, 2025

IF YOU’D PREDICTED THIS A FEW YEARS AGO, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED A BIGOTED FANTASY: Massachusetts Mayor Can’t Understand English, Needs Translator In Court: Mayor Brian DePena immigrated to the United States in the 1980s.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: DEI hollowed out a generation — and sapped America’s promise.

HATE: In Deleted Social Media Posts, Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed Repeatedly Drew Equivalence Between 9/11 and the US Response: The far-left Senate hopeful also claimed the ‘greatest threat’ to US security was ‘”homegrown” and “radicalized” White men.’

SHOWING THE WAY: Japan Ready to Restart World’s Largest Nuclear Reactor 15 Years After Fukushima Disaster.

THE WALLS ARE CLOSING IN: Trump approval rating rebounds as new poll shows him hitting three-month high.

MIRANDA DEVINE: Trump’s ‘Loud’ Speech Rightly Counted Off All the Ways His Admin Delivered.

THE 21ST CENTURY IS NOT TURNING OUT AS I HAD HOPED: Danielle Collins’ blunt ‘no feet pics’ rule on fun holiday with girl pals. Well, it’s actually a ‘no free feet pics’ rule, because it’s 2025.

DRONE WAR UPDATE:

The following is evaluation is based on a number of professional discussions:

This CRPA found in a shot down jet Shaheed is reported to be Russian built. This is highly doubtful as the design and construction style looks far too professional for Russian industry.

1/ https://t.co/ElsOFR0ctm

— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) December 21, 2025

Related:

This is so fucking wild. Drones vs Cavalry is something I never imagined would happen.

— AJ Jones (@IronMan198XAD) December 22, 2025

SALENA ZITO:

What can bear hunting in rural Pennsylvania teach us about American politics? Michael chats with @ZitoSalena about her immersive reporting from a bear camp — a place where Democrats, Republicans, and Independents come together without arguing politics.
Listen at the link below ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/nipsXKE1Ff

— Michael Smerconish (@smerconish) December 22, 2025

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: DEI hollowed out a generation — and sapped America’s promise.

OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.

WHICH BLUMENTHAL IS DUMBER AND MORE DISHONEST? RICHARD, OR SIDNEY? It’s a tough call, but the Senator with the fake Vietnam record is making a strong play here:

@SenBlumenthal sent a 3 page letter (gave to @nytimes )addressed to me (why did he send it to the NYTimes and not me?) w/ 6 questions about a dinner I attended in Oct at the WH as the wife of someone who works there as Deputy Asst to the President and Envoy to Belarus …they are…

— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) December 22, 2025

THE ROAD TO LAUNCH SUCCESS IS PAVED WITH LAUNCH FAILURES: Japanese H3 rocket fails during launch of navigation satellite.

CRP NEWS: One Protein Is a Better Predictor of Heart Disease Than Cholesterol.

FASTER, PLEASE: MIT Scientists Have Discovered a Way To Rejuvenate the Immune System.

ENDORSED:

It really should

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 21, 2025