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What We’re Reading: About That Boat Strike, Poll vs. Poll, ‘Rage Bait’ … And More

About That Boat Strike

Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime — New York Times

‘Sources’ Tell CNN Hegseth Ordered Survivors of Drug Boat Strike to be Killed — Legal Insurrection

Desperate Dems Push ‘War Crimes’ Hoax Over Narco-Terror Boat Strikes — Breitbart

Trump Says He Trusts Hegseth Did Not Order A Second Strike On Alleged Drug Vessel — CNN

Poll vs. Poll

Trump’s Poll Numbers Slip Amid Concerns Over Economy — The Hill

After Brief Decline, Trump Leadership Gauges Regain Lost Ground In December: I&I/TIPP Poll — Issues & Insights

Obamacare News

Trump Says He’d Extend ACA Subsidies Only To Make Time To Hash Out A Plan — Kaiser Health News

For Republicans, It’s Crunch Time On Health Care — The Hill

Immigration

How A Wave Of Muslim Politicians Came To Power Across The United States — Washington Times

DHS Secretary Noem: Biden Left A Backlog Of 1.5 Million Unprocessed Asylum Cases — DHS

Economy

White House Bullish On Economic Growth As Thanksgiving Spending Rises — Politico

All Five Least Affordable States For Housing Run By Democrats — Newsbusters

Can’t Walz This

NYT Torches Tim Walz After Somalians Scam Woke Minnesota For $1 Billion ‘On His Watch’ — Zerohedge

Gov. Tim Walz Deflects to Trump When Confronted With Minnesota’s Billion Dollar Somali Fraud Scandal — Twitchy

In Minnesota, Echoes of Failed Somali Experiment in Europe — Spectator

Minnesota State Employees Blame Governor For ‘Massive Fraud’ — Fox News

MN DHS Employees Spill the Tea on Gov. Tim Walz’s ‘Inveterate’ Lying, Complicity in Somali Fraud — RedState

Walz Desperate to Distract From Somali Fraud Scandal… — Breitbart

Misc

‘Rage Bait’ Named Oxford Word Of The Year 2025 — BBC

Democrats’ Calls For Violence Are Succeeding — Powerline

Trump Slammed Biden’s $52 Billion CHIPS Act. Then He Used It To Buy a Federal Stake in Intel. — Reason

Democrats Say Trump Gives ‘Illegal Orders’ But Can’t Name Any — Townhall

White House Launches New Broadside Targeting ‘Biased’ Media, ‘Fake News’ Reporting — Daily Caller

Poll Finds 51% Of Young Voters Want Democratic Socialist In 2028 — Just the News

Humor

The Week In Pictures: Turkey of a Week Edition — Powerline

AOC Demands Black Friday Be Renamed ‘Friday of Color’ — Genesius Times

Chicago Judge Hoping 23rd Time Is The Charm For Rehabilitating Violent Criminal — Babylon Bee

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