MARK JUDGE: The Return of Due Process.

HEARTWARMING GENEROSITY:

BREAKING NEWS:

Former part-time McDonald's fry cook donates his next 4 years salary ($1.8 million) to support Homeless veterans.

He starts his new job in January. pic.twitter.com/8wNVo5TQxx

— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) December 17, 2024

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Biden Admin Sent $300M to Reuters to ‘Look Into’ Musk and His Companies?

DEMOCRATS ARE BECOMING A RUMP PARTY OF WOKE WHITE PEOPLE: New York: How Asian voters’ rightward shift could make a difference this session.

IF GREENS WERE WORKING FOR OUR ENEMIES, WHAT WOULD THEY DO DIFFERENTLY: China Is Halting Critical Mineral Exports to the US. An Idaho Mine Could Help—If It Ever Secures Federal Permits. Idaho mine will be only US source of key mineral after 18 years of permitting.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: How Congress can end DC’s lawfare and one-party federal bias.

THIS DOES NOT INSPIRE CONFIDENCE IN THEIR JUDGMENT: Attorneys, Law Professors Flock From X To Bluesky.

Related: Bluesky’s Death Threat Problem.

THE ENEMY WITHIN: The Near Enemy: China’s Subnational Reach Into the United States. “Chinese subnational influence in the United States today grossly outweighs the capacity enjoyed by any other external power. It also dwarfs the leverage cultivated by the “active measures” playbook deployed by the last U.S. great power rival, the Soviet Union. This paper attempts to scope the strategic challenge posed by this apparatus by documenting indications of China’s strategy, noting the means and actors deployed to realize this vision, and offering case studies that convey a more granular portrait of how subnational influence in the United States may benefit Chinese strategic interests.”

FLASHBACK: Yale University exposed for hiding millions in Qatari funding: According to the new research, Yale reported receiving only $284,668 from Qatar between 2012 and 2023, however the actual amount is estimated to be at least $15,925,711.

THE TWO-BODY PROBLEM: Spousal Hiring In Higher Education.

OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Thailand signs Artemis Accords.

I ALREADY SUPPORT HIM, YOU DON’T HAVE TO SELL ME: Canada Conservative likely to unseat Trudeau has Trump-like tendencies.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: How Congress can end DC’s lawfare and one-party federal bias.

THAT PRETTY MUCH COVERS IT:

Stop calling it a CR. It’s a massive K Street Christmas tree omnibus with giveaways to every special interest in Washington, D.C. https://t.co/iy6C8p5PX5

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) December 17, 2024

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY IN GAVIN NEWSOM’S WONDERLAND: More Californians are freezing to death: Experts point to more older homeless people.

PLAUSIBLE: CAIR’s fear of bill targeting pro-terror charities is reason enough to pass it.

A MASSIVE REPORT ON Harvard’s latest research fraud investigation. With bonus leaked report, from Chris Brunet, who’s been on this story for quite a while.

INTERESTING: Does Your Law Review’s Cite-Checking Process Include Retraction Checking for Cited Scientific Articles? It’s analogous to checking whether a case has been overruled, or whether a statute has been repealed.

It’s a good idea.

I’D RATHER SEE THEM PACKING THEIR BAGS: With a Gun-Friendlier Incoming Trump 2.0 Administration, the ATF Girds its Loins.

I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO A FUN FOUR YEARS:

BREAKING: Senator Elizabeth Warren has sent a letter to Trump to establish "conflict of interest" rules for Elon Musk given he is a top adviser, per WaPo

In response, Trump's team called her "Pocahontas," and said that Warren was a "career politician whose societal impact is…

— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) December 17, 2024

Lmao.

The person actually writing these things from Pocahontas are SBF’s parents btw. https://t.co/V741yhitwp

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 17, 2024

The Washington Post is more offended that Trump hilariously calls Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas” than they are that she used her fake heritage to get ahead in life.

You don’t hate legacy media enough. pic.twitter.com/no0rzuFwnk

— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) December 17, 2024

MY FAVES WERE TOM MCAHILL & PETER EGAN: What Auto Writer(s) Did You Grow Up Reading?

MOVE YOUR MENTAL MUSCLES: Study finds lower rates of death from Alzheimer’s disease among taxi and ambulance drivers. “A new study raises the possibility that jobs that require frequent spatial processing—such as figuring out a taxi route or the best way to navigate to a hospital—could lead to lower rates of death from Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers from Mass General Brigham investigated this possibility by using national data on the occupations of people who had died to evaluate risk of death from Alzheimer’s disease across 443 professions.”

BRAVE NEW WORLD: Plagiarism detection software sparks widespread student concern.

I’ve seen undergraduate students bragging (anonymously) about successfully using ChatGPT to cheat.

THE PROCESS IS THE PUNISHMENT. ALSO, THE PUNISHMENT IS THE PUNISHMENT. Bombshell Report Calls for FBI Investigation Into Liz Cheney.