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What We’re Reading: End-Of-Year Bomb Plots, Antisemitic Attacks, Terrorist Assaults … And More

Some headlines, issues and news that caught our eye.

Bomb Plots: Antisemitic Far-Left Continues Extreme Violence

Radical Anti-Israel Group Planned To Bomb Los Angeles Buildings Marked With Hamas Triangles, FBI Reveals — Washington Free Beacon

Far-left extremists face judge in alleged LA New Years bombing plot as trans suspect begs for women’s jail — New York Post

Poland foils ISIS-type bomb plot as Sydney attack triggers UK, Europe terror alerts — Fox News

5th person arrested in NYE bombing plot is a ‘trantifa’ Marine vet out to ‘recreate Waco’ on ICE In New Orleans: complaint — New York Post

Aussie Murders Of Jews Underscore Islamist Terrorist Threat To West

After Bondi Beach terror attack, the West must face Islamist ideology with clear eyes — Rich Lowry, New York Post

Australia’s “Hanukkah Massacre” is Worse Than You Think — TIPP Insights

Poland foils ISIS-type bomb plot as Sydney attack triggers UK, Europe terror alerts — Fox News

Beyond Anger — Commentary

Mass attacks: we’re on our own — American Thinker

On Civilizational Erasure — American Thinker

Australian police say Bondi Beach mass shooting was inspired by ISIS — AP

Ignored Warnings: Australian Government Now Blamed for Beach Massacre — Red State

Ignoring Islamic Threat, Aussie PM Vows Tougher Gun Laws After Bondi Beach — PJ Media

Bondi Beach terrorists were father and son who legally owned 6 guns —  despite tough firearms laws — New York Post

Australia’s PM Now Deflects From Jihadi Attack to ‘Right-Wing Extremists’ — Red State

Brown University Murder: More Terrorist Mayhem

Oh, We Know What the Brown University Shooter Reportedly Said Before Opening Fire — Townhall

Who Is Mustapha Kharbouch And Why Is He Being Linked To Brown University Shooting Amid Suspect Manhunt? — Times Now, via MSN

‘Hunted, killed in cold blood’: Was conservative leader Ella Cook targeted for her beliefs in Brown University killing? College Republicans of America founder says answer is yes — 1819 News

Trump Makes Fentanyl A WMD, Doubles Down On Boat Attacks

Trump Designates Illicit Fentanyl ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’ — PJ Media

House Speaker Johnson calls drug smugglers ‘clear and present danger’ — The Center Square

U.S. Obliterates Venezuelan Drug Boats Hours After President Trump Designates Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction — Gateway Pundit

Obama Aided By Trump Appointees In ‘Russiagate’ Plot

How Trump’s Own Appointees Aided Russiagate Plot Against Him — Real Clear Investigations

New Records Reveal DOJ’s Yearslong Efforts to Shut Down Investigation into Clinton Foundation — U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee

Flashback: How Obama Admin Turned ‘Unverifiable’ Report Into Russiagate Dynamite — Real Clear Investigations

Hillary Clinton’s own Russia scandal: FBI memos detail how Uranium One probe thwarted — Just The News

FBI repeatedly warned DOJ didn’t have probable cause to raid Trump home: ‘Not been corroborated’ — Just The News

China Puts Dissident Jimmy Lai In Prison

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty under national security law — Hong Kong Free Press

China strongly dissatisfied with criticism over court verdict on Jimmy Lai — Straits Times

Is Trump Chief Of Staff Susie Wiles In Hot Water After ‘Hit Piece’?

Trump Chief Calls Musk Drug User, VP Vance ‘Conspiracy Theorist’ — Yahoo

Left’s Take: ‘The Trump Era Is Ending’: Political World Rocked by Bombshell Susie Wiles Tell-All — Mediaite

Wiles’ Take: Report is ‘a disingenuously framed hit piece on me’ — Susie Wiles, X

Trump’s Take: Trump stands by chief of staff Susie Wiles after bombshell Vanity Fair interviews — admits he has ‘alcoholic’s personality’ — New York Post

Yeah, Susie Wiles Went Nuclear in Her Vanity Fair Interview, but There’s a Major Catch — Townhall

Illegal Truckers With Fraudulent Licenses: A Road Menace

Federal Audits Expose Widespread Commercial Truck Drivers’ Licensing Fraud, Illegal Immigrants, Fake Schools, and Bribery — Gateway Pundit

I’m an American Trucker. Illegal Migrants Are Flooding My Industry — Pirate Wires

U.S.-British Ties On The Rocks?

Trump slaps BBC with eye-watering $10B suit for alleged defamatory editing of Jan. 6 speech — New York Post

US pauses implementation of $40 billion technology deal with Britain — Reuters via Yahoo

Miscellaneous, But Important, Stuff …

Inside a Hollywood Tragedy: Nick Reiner’s Relapse and the Killings of Rob and Michele Reiner — The Wrap

Poll Reveals Democratic Strengths in California, But … — Joel Fox, California Globe

Leftists crushed in blowout conservative presidential victory in Chile — American Thinker

It’s Affordability, Stupid? — Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

‘Absolute bulls–t’: Endangered House Republican blasts leaders over impending Obamacare lapse — Politico

Reminder: Socialism Is Always Evil and Hideous—Never ‘Gorgeous’ — Red State

U.S. crude oil closes at lowest level since early 2021 as looming surplus weighs on market — CNBC

Payrolls rose by 64,000 in November after falling by 105,000 in October, delayed jobs numbers show — CNBC

Related: Biden Blew Off Warnings That Terrorists Were Flooding Into US Following Botched Afghan Withdrawal — Red State

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