Peter Thiel to Exit Meta's Board to Support Trump-Aligned Candidates  —  The tech billionaire, who has been on the board of the company formerly known as Facebook since 2005, is backing numerous politicians in the midterm elections.  —  Peter Thiel, one of the longest-serving board members of Meta …

France says Putin is moving towards de-escalating Ukraine crisis  —  Russia's president has agreed not to undertake new military initiatives in region, according to Paris  —  French officials said Vladimir Putin had moved towards de-escalating the Ukraine crisis by promising not to undertake any new …

Supreme Court, in 5-4 Vote, Restores Alabama's Congressional Voting Map  —  A special three-judge court had ordered lawmakers to redraw the lines, saying Black voters “have less opportunity” than other Alabamians to elect their favored candidates.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …

Senate GOP backlash smacks RNC after Cheney-Kinzinger censure  —  Senate Republicans are not happy with the Republican National Committee.  —  In interviews on Monday evening, GOP senators lashed out at their own national party's overwhelming vote to censure Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) …

Chris Christie: ‘Inexperienced’ DeSantis Gets ‘Too Cute’ In Avoiding Questions on Trump, Vaccines  —  Former New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie, joined the Guy Benson show to discuss the school mask mandate being lifted in NJ, VP Pence saying he could not overturn the 2020 election & the direction of the Republican party.

Sidney Powell, ‘Kraken’ Lawyers Ask Appeals Court to Reverse ‘Intemperate’ Sanctions Order: We're Not ‘Overwrought, Dangerous Lunatics’  —  Indignant about what they describe as their portrayals as “overwrought, dangerous lunatics,” attorney Sidney Powell and her fellow “Kraken” …

We Have Kyrsten Sinema's Social Security Number  —  Last month, we filed a public records request for Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's divorce papers.  The request came back with many enlightening insights, such as that the Congresswoman — who wrote the book Unite and Conquer …

‘Precipitous decline’: J.D. Vance pollster issues warning on Ohio Senate race  —  Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance “needs a course correction ASAP” — and that's according to the well-funded super PAC supporting him.  —  A 98-page PowerPoint presentation produced by Tony Fabrizio …

Requiem for a Liberal Giant  —  There's an indelible scene in Todd Gitlin's 1987 book “The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage,” in which he and other leaders of Students for a Democratic Society — the leading organization of what was called the New Left — meet with old guard democratic socialists from the journal Dissent.

Biden's top science adviser, Eric Lander, resigns amid reports of bullying  —  President Joe Biden's top science adviser, Eric Lander, resigned on Monday evening following reports of his bullying and mistreatment of subordinates.  —  The resignation came despite initial insistence …

New York Deer Infected With Omicron, Study Finds  —  White-tailed deer on Staten Island have become the first wild animals with documented Omicron infections.  The coronavirus has now been found in deer in 15 states.  —  White-tailed deer on Staten Island have been found carrying …

Slow-Motion Suicide in San Francisco  —  The city is carrying out a bizarre medical experiment in which they are helping homeless drug addicts use drugs.  'It's handing a loaded gun to a suicidal person.'  —  Writes Michael Shellenberger  · Subscribe

U.S university reverses decision to remove Olympic protest posters  —  The president of George Washington University in D.C. has reversed his earlier decision to remove campus posters protesting the Beijing Olympics, which Chinese student groups had said “incited racial hatred and ethnic tensions.”

He Survived the Holocaust and Was Killed Crossing the Street at Age 99  —  Jack Mikulincer was on his way to synagogue to observe the Sabbath when he was hit by an SUV in Brooklyn, the police and family members said.  —  After surviving two wars, the Nazi invasion of Hungary and the Holocaust …

How Manchin used politics to protect his family coal company  —  Selling scrap coal has earned Sen. Joe Manchin millions of dollars over three decades, and he has used his political positions to protect the fuel from laws and regulations that threaten his family's business.

Kilar Comes Back for More...  After a series of off-the-rails newsroom conversations last week to address Jeff Zucker's ouster, the likely outgoing WarnerMedia C.E.O. returned to the barrel today via an emotional virtual meeting with select high-level staff.

SoftBank's $66bn sale of chip group Arm to Nvidia collapses  —  Transaction had faced scrutiny from regulators and was opposed by rivals  —  SoftBank's $66bn sale of UK-based chip business Arm to Nvidia collapsed on Monday after regulators in the US, UK and EU raised serious concerns …

How can you judge the quality of a news outlet?  Look at how politically diverse its audience is  —  One exercise I like to use when teaching college students about media is to draw a Cartesian coordinate plane, give them each a list of news organizations, and then have them place each one at some X,Y coordinate.

Re: The Federal Government's Duty To Protect the States And The States' Sovereign Power Of Self Defense When Invaded  —  Attorney General Opinion Number  —  To:  —  Arizona House of Representatives  —  Questions Presented  —  The request seeks a formal legal opinion on whether …

Roger Stone Is Raking It In—From Candidates He Endorses  —  Roger Stone is officially back, tax evasion cases be damned.  —  Less than a year after receiving a presidential pardon, Roger Stone is staging a comeback, doling out political endorsements to a spate of right-wing longshots and raking in cash.

Amy Coney Barrett's Long Game  —  The newest Supreme Court Justice isn't just another conservative—she's the product of a Christian legal movement that is intent on remaking America. … On December 1st, the Supreme Court had its day of oral argument in a landmark abortion case …

Child Custody's Gender Gauntlet  —  Transgender ideology has already achieved a powerful hold on our court system—and parents and children are paying the price.  —  The Social Order  —  Politics and law  —  Before she decided to strip him of all custody over his son, Drew* …

Banker gets gets 1 year in prison in Manafort loan scheme  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A Chicago banker was sentenced on Monday to a year in prison for his conviction in a scheme to make $16 million in loans to Paul Manafort to gain influence in the Trump administration.