BLUE ON BLUE: Pro-Hamas Protestors Shut Down This Vital Bay Bridge.

MOSTLY PEACEFUL: Chaos at DNC HQ When Pro-Palestinian Rioters Attempt to Break In.

GUESS THAT PARTY: Colorado lawmaker calls Israel war “genocide.”

You have to make it to the sixth paragraph before her party is mentioned and even that is semi-oblique, referring to a “fellow Democratic state” lawmaker.

THE ENEMY WITHIN: You’ll Smash Your Kid’s Smartphone After Reading This.

SPACE: JWST detects water vapor, sulfur dioxide and sand clouds in the atmosphere of a nearby exoplanet.

Previously: Webb Telescope Just Getting Started.

GOOD FOR HER FOR ONCE: Hillary Clinton Rejects Calls For a Cease Fire in Gaza: ‘Hamas Must Go.’

NICE SHOOTING: USS Thomas Hudner shoots down drone launched from Yemen over the Red Sea in act of self-defense. “The official confirmed that the drone originated in Yemen and was heading toward the ship, which was operating in international waters. It’s unclear whether the drone was armed or how close it came to the ship before being shot down.”

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Al Jazeera Reporter Cuts off Gaza Hospital Interview After Patient Says Hamas Is Hiding Among Wounded. “In the clip, the reporter, whose identity is unclear, then turns away from his interview subject and appears to quickly change the subject. The man continues to talk and tries to follow the journalist, even as he’s walking away from him.”

VICTORIA TAFT: Gavin Newsom’s French Laundry Moment, Part Deux.

AND HAMAS IS HAPPY TO REMIND YOU THEMSELVES: Reminder: Hamas Seeks The Death Of All Jews Everywhere.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: So Much for ‘Nikkimentum.’ “As Haley’s stature grew in the Republican Party, there were a couple of soft shoe drops along the way. The other day, a lead boot hit the ground.”

KEVIN DOWNEY JR: The Not-So-Surprising Bromance Between Palestine and Marxism.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY (CHINA EDITION): China’s unfinished property projects are 20 times the size of Country Garden.

Apartments in China are typically sold ahead of completion. Ensuring construction of the homes has been a government priority since delays make people less willing to buy new apartments.

“In our view, amid the collapsing property sector and widespread credit fallout among property developers, home buyers might get increasingly impatient while waiting for the delivery of their purchased new homes,” the Nomura report said.

“At some point next year, the issue of home delivery could turn into a social issue and endanger social stability, and Beijing may eventually need to significantly ramp up policy support,” the analysts said. “We see this as the key to truly restoring the confidence in the property sector and economy.”

Plus: “About 3.2 trillion yuan ($440 billion) is needed to complete those remaining units, according to the analysts’ estimates.”

That would be one heckuva bailout.

MEGAN FOX PUNCHES BACK TWICE AS HARD: Wauwatosa School Board Pays My Bills and Offers Public Apology for Violating the Constitution.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT [VIP]: Insanity Wrap: Decolonize Your Racist Sofa. “‘I had no idea the shape of my dinner table reinforced the patriarchy, helpful female decorator of color. Please, take my money.’ That’s the lead crazy on today’s Insanity Wrap, an entire week’s worth of the best bad news.”

WHY DO WE BOTHER WITH WATCHLISTS WHEN THEY’RE NEVER WATCHED? Gunman suspected of killing Texas SWAT cop and 2 hostages was reportedly on FBI terror watchlist.

PRIORITIES: NSA Goes Full Woke, Pushes CRT and Transgender Ideology on Employees.

Related:

JUST IN: While Hamas Planned Its Attack on Israel, Biden’s Intel Community Was Fighting Climate Change — Massive US intel failure under Congressional scrutiny after Biden pivots focus to climate https://t.co/sojWRWvTM9

— Adam Kredo (@Kredo0) November 14, 2023

If I’m judging our intel community by what they do, America’s real enemies are the weather and actual Americans.

SPOILER: CHINA WON’T. US and China pledge to ramp up renewables in place of planet-warming fossil fuels ahead of Biden-Xi summit.

LOL: Biden Aide Tries to Sell Idea of Vigorous Joe: ‘He’s a Beast.’

BATTLESWARM: Hamas’ Hospital Hideout. “So the left has known that Hamas was committing war crimes for decades, but was willing to ignore it in service of the holy cause of slaughtering Jews.”

BIG STUPID GOVERNMENT: The Very Stupid Reason for That Devastating Los Angeles Freeway Fire.

WEAPONIZING REFUGEES: Finland considers closing border crossings with Russia to stem an increase in asylum-seekers.

Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said the number of migrants at Finland’s southeastern border crossings has risen substantially since August due to what the government suspects is a change in Russia’s border policy and enforcement.

Finnish and Russian border authorities have for years cooperated in stopping people without the necessary visas or passports before they can attempt to enter either of the two countries. But Russia has started allowing undocumented travelers to access the border zone and enter crossing stations where they can request asylum in Finland, Rantanen said.

“It is clear that these people get help to get to the border. This seems like a very conscious decision,” Prime Minister Petteri Orpo told reporters. “The government’s message is clear: We must take this seriously and safeguard the security of our border.”

Makes sense. Maybe we could try that here — again.

UNEXPECTEDLY: Another Gay Superhero Comic Reboot Obviously Tanks.

Superhero comics are supposed to be about heroes battling villains in stories aimed mostly at boys and young men, featuring almost impossibly well-built women in Spandex.

For decades that formula was a sales winner but then comics went woke — and now they’re going broke.

HOW IT STARTED: Hamas kills 40 babies and children — beheading some of them — at Israeli kibbutz.

How it’s going:

They murdered our babies while they are sleeping on their beds, we are providing their babies Incubators.
Never been prouder to be an israeli. pic.twitter.com/3KKajYWEzG

— raz sauber – רז זאובר (@raz_sauber) November 14, 2023

Meanwhile, this CBS News headline spins the news as something Joe Biden did.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: Nikki Haley: Enemy of Free Speech? “If Haley hadn’t already fallen off my list of candidates I might possibly vote for in Colorado’s Republican primary next spring, she removed herself from it with extreme prejudice on Tuesday when she came out against free speech on the internet.”