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What We’re Reading: Minnesota Fraudsters, DOGE Legacy, Joe Who? … And More

It’s the Economy…

Trump Touts Economic Policies, Unsure About Midterms – Wall Street Journal

Trump Struggles To Find His Economic Messaging Amid Voter Skepticism — NPR

EJ Antoni: Fed Quietly Back to Printing Money — Newsmax

SBA Moves To Slash Federal Rules As Part Of Trump Administration’s Affordability Push — Fox News

Minnesota Fats

Tim Walz Downplays $1 Billion Fraud Scandal — Townhall

How Minnesota Fraudsters Spent Millions Earmarked for Hungry Kids — Yahoo Finance

Treasury Ratchets Up Investigations Targeting Somali Community for Fraud in Minnesota — Breitbart

Sleazy Dems Update

Dems Release Redacted Photo of Trump from Epstein Files; Unredacted Version Clears Him — Legal Insurrection

DC Police Chief Cooked Crime Books: New Oversight Bombshell Drops — RedState

Globalizing the Intifada

Masked Islamists target Hanukkah event in Amsterdam — Euro Weekly News

Eleven Killed In Shooting Targeting Jewish Community At Australia’s Bondi Beach, Police Say  —  BBC

 Drive-By Shooting in Redlands, CA, Targets Hanukkah Display in Apparent Antisemitic Attack. — RedState

Tucker & Candace

Are Tucker and Candace Responsible for Sydney Terror? — Substack

Carlson Goes Full Candace Owens — Instapundit

Calling Out Candace — National Review

Joe Who?

Sorry, Joe: Dems Not Interested In Funding Biden’s Presidential Library — Daily Caller

Joe Biden Is Getting a Brutal Lesson on How Irrelevant He Is — PJ Media

Confused Biden Escapes His Handlers, Invades Eagles Game — Twitchy

Newsomfornia

FBI: California Led Nation in ‘Active Shooter Incidents’ 2020-2024 — Breitbart

Newsom’s California Exposed — Breitbart

Criminal Class

Congressional Leaders See Far Higher Stock Returns Than Peers — RealClearPolitics

Misc

Media Detect GOP Splits You Might Miss and Miss Other News That Doesn’t Fit — Andrew Malcolm, RedState

Democrats Are Behind Rising Electricity Bills, Report Confirms — Daily Caller

House Republicans Unveil Health Care Bill — Punchbowl

EU Green EV Dreams Suddenly Looking Humpty Dumpty-ish — Hot Air

DOJ Now Targeting 18 States Over Voting Integrity — Newsmax

Almost a Year After It Launched, DOGE’s Legacy Is Mixed — Reason

Humor

The Week In Pictures: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Edition — Powerline

Pope Leo Says Orcs And Hobbits Can Be ‘Friends’ And ‘Murderous Orcs Are Just Misunderstood’ — Genesius Times

California Family Still Waiting For Permit To Build Gingerbread House — Babylon Bee

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