The War on Thanksgiving Is America at Its Worst  —  THE $14.92 PROJECT … There's no better time or place to be alive than in 21st century America.  But a nation that can't honestly tell its own story and find nobility in it is a nation without a future.

Georgia prosecutor booked into jail for mishandling Ahmaud Arbery case  —  The former prosecutor charged with misconduct in the Ahmaud Arbery case was booked into a Georgia jail the same day three men were convicted of murdering the Black jogger.  —  Former Brunswick Judicial Circuit district …

POLITICO Playbook: A Dave Chappelle Thanksgiving special  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  READ OF THE DAY — WaPo's account of our own Meridith McGraw's retelling via Twitter of one dead turkey's journey on a Southwest flight from DCA to Austin: through scanning at TSA, into an overhead bin and …

How the events unfolded at Waukesha parade  —  It was 4:35 p.m. in Waukesha, Wis., 34 days before Dec. 25.  But the neighbors of this city west of Milwaukee were celebrating a Christmas parade moving through Main Street.  —  At the same time a few blocks away, an officer reported he had heard …

It Wasn't a Hoax  —  People with scant illusions about Trump are volunteering to help him execute one of his Big Lies.  —  About the author: David Frum is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy (2020).  In 2001 and 2002, he was a speechwriter for President George W. Bush.

L.A. firefighter accused of ‘despicable act’ in protest over vaccine mandate  —  The Los Angeles Fire Department is investigating an incident in which a firefighter “responded inappropriately” after being handed a letter to comply with the city's vaccine mandate, a department spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Judge Rules Scottish Officials Can Keep Being Sketchy About Trump  —  It's now up to Scotland's top prosecutor to pursue a financial investigation of Donald Trump's golf courses there, a judge has ruled.  —  A Scottish judge on Thursday shot down attempts to force the government …

Fighting the Inflation Profiteers  —  Companies are raising prices well above increases in their costs.  The only antidote is to finally take action against corporate power.  —  President Biden delivering remarks on the economy on Tuesday  —  In a time of high inflation …

Biden wishes Americans happy, closer-to-normal Thanksgiving  —  President Joe Biden is wishing Americans a happy and closer-to-normal Thanksgiving  —  NANTUCKET, Mass. — President Joe Biden on Thursday wished Americans a happy and closer-to-normal Thanksgiving, the second celebrated …

G.O.P. Cements Hold on Legislatures in Battleground States  —  Democrats were once able to count on wave elections to win back key statehouses.  Republican gerrymandering is making that all but impossible.  —  Republicans are locking in newly gerrymandered maps for the legislatures …

Anti-vax Wayne County Republican is in ICU with COVID-19  — William Hartman, then-Vice Chairman of the Wayne Board of Canvassers, has been in the hospital with COVID-19.  —  A Trump-adoring Wayne County Republican who spread misinformation about COVID-19 and the vaccine has been hospitalized …