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What We’re Reading: U.S.-Iran Still Talking, California’s Vote Joke, ICE Gets Paid … And More

Some headlines, issues and news that caught our eye.

Iran War: Trump Still Sparring With Iran As Talks Go On

Trump: Iran Has Taken Too Long To Negotiate A Deal — Donald Trump, Truth Social

US Hitting Iran (Again) With ‘Self-Defense Strikes’ — RedState

Trump: ‘May Keep Going With Strikes’, Impatient With Iran — Trey Yingst, X

Putting Iranian assets to good use — Las Vegas Review-Journal, via MSN

Trump Says US in ‘Final Throes’ of Iran Deal, Strait of Hormuz Could Reopen Within Days — The Epoch times

Trump says peace deal with Iran could come in ‘two or three days’ — Politico

California’s Wild And Woolly Election: Is It All A Fraud?

Republican Steve Hilton to face Democrat Xavier Becerra in California governor’s race — NBC News

Stealing Elections In California: That’s How The System ‘Works’ — Larry O’Connor, Townhall

House Speaker Johnson on California Elections: ‘I‘m Not Saying It‘s Rigged; I‘m Saying It Stinks to High Heaven’ — Grabien News

California allows voters to register with gym card, insurance card, employer ID—none of which verify identity or citizenship — U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, via Post Millennial

California Allows Late Ballots With No Postmark — That’s An Invitation To Fraud — The Federalist

California’s Choice (Decline) — American Greatness

As Pratt Gets Bad News, California Vote-Counting Fuels Conservative Distrust — Susan Crabtree, Real Clear Politics

Worst Case Scenario for Los Angeles — SashaStone.com

Oops! New Gerrymandered CA Congressional District Will Remain In GOP Hands — Conservative Brief

U.S. Immigration: Still Broke, But Getting Better

Trump Just Got the Last Laugh on Immigration — Townhall

Congress passes $70B for immigration enforcement, ending months-long fight — Grabien News

Most of the H1-B Program Is a Fraud: Fake Degrees, Fake Info — Independent Sentinel

Trump administration launches largest-ever effort to denaturalize U.S. citizens accused of fraud or other crimes — CBS News

Britain Remains Afire As Rage Over Migrant Violence Grows

Henry Nowak’s murder has sparked a political firestorm in Great Britain — Deseret News, via Yahoo

Belfast Erupts: Protesters Set Fires to Vehicles, Homes in Wake of Suspected Migrant Beheading Attempt — Breitbart

Fiery protests erupt in Belfast as demonstrators torch homes, cars & buses after Sudanese man charged over ‘attempted beheading’ — The Sun

Protests across Scotland follow Belfast knife attack — BBC, via Yahoo

Time For Starmer And Labour To Go? — Roundup, Instapundit

Are States And Feds Committing Mass Fraud With Tax Dollars?

13 States Failed Basic Financial Audits — Here Are the 7 Biggest Red Flags — Daily Signal

Vance and GOP’s Golden Political Issue: Federal Fraud — J.T. Young, Real Clear Politics

JD Vance Refers Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s Possible Fraud To Justice Department — Jesse Watters, X

Some Headlines We didn’t Expect …

Cost of living leads Americans’ concerns by a wide margin, with the U.S.-Iran conflict now in the top three — TIPP Insights

Merry Christmas! Yellowstone To Get June Snowstorm As Cold Front Dips Into Wyoming — Cowboy State Daily

Silicon Valley found AI and started looking for God — San Francisco Standard

Socialist ‘Red Rabbits’ are training for national uprising against cops (be careful what you wish for) — New York Post

World’s Most Popular Sport: FIFA faces World Cup empty seats embarrassment
with 180,000 tickets available
— The Mirror (U.S.)

Public Schools Are in a Downward Spiral — American Greatness

Scott Pelley’s Hysteria Is A Good Sign That The Legacy Media Continue To Die A Painful Death — The Federalist

Trump-Endorsed Candidates Win Primary Elections — Real News Feed

Survey: 55% of Democrats Would Prefer Living Outside the United States — American Greatness

Concerning Platner (Who Won Dem Primary), What Would Frederick Douglass Tell Maine’s Voters? — American Thinker

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