12/18/2023 05:08 CDT/Online version

TOP DESANTIS PAC STRATEGIST LEAVES RACE; CNN ADMITS DOJ PROSECUTOR MOTIVATED BY ANTI-TRUMP POLITICS

TODAY’S TOP TEN

DESANTIS LOSES TOP STRATEGIST

CONTROVERSIAL REPUBLICAN CONSULTANT DEPARTS DeSantis SuperPac on eve of Iowa caucuses. The Last Refuge.

CNN LEGAL ANALYST ADMITS THAT JACK SMITH is motivated by politics to get Trump convicted and imprisoned before 2024 election. The Post-Millennial.

CONSERVATIVES UNHAPPY WITH SPEAKER JOHNSON over defense bill passage with FISA reauthorization. Just the News.

GOP’S STEFANIK FILES MISCONDUCT COMPLAINT against politicized Obama-appointed judge for election meddling. Just the News.

FIRED NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR FINALLY SEES the lack of courage and diversity of thought at the paper. PJ Media.

MEET THE JAN. 6TH DEFENDANT STANDING UP to the politicized DOJ that is criminalizing dissent. The Federalist.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES TO GIVE AWAY FREE extra seat to grossly overweight passengers. PJ Media.

AIDE FOR DEMOCRAT U.S. SENATOR CARDIN fired after video emerged of him having gay sex in Senate hearing room. Daily Mail.

LIBERAL MICHIGAN CITY TO PAY 6-FIGURE settlement to farmer banned for refusing to host gay weddings. The Western Journal.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY EMPLOYS 1 ADMINISTRATOR for every 2 undergraduates. The College Fix.

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COMMENTARY WORTH READING

• Blaming white men for problems is political stupidity. Froma Harrop.
• Having two parents is the ultimate privilege. Bari Weiss.
• Republicans need to play to win. John Daniel Davidson.

VIDEO WORTH WATCHING

• Lara Logan interviews U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins about J6. Rumble.
• Rudy Giuliani reacts to defamation ruling. Newsmax.
• 73-year-old Bay Area worker pulls gun on would-be robbers. Media Research Center.

OFFBEAT BEAT

• Some Founders thought the Boston Tea Party went too far. History.

TWEETS OF NOTE

• (@VivekGRamaswamy) The best way to control the mind of a society is to control its language first. Tweet.
• (@MikeBenzCyber) Every one of these assaults on liberty has to remembered & repaid w/ interest by State AGs. If you don’t do an eye for eye, you still end up blind, and the only people who get to keep their eyeballs are the people who poked your eye out. (This is obviously a metaphor, don’t fedpost in comments.) Tweet.

MOST CLICKED ITEM FRIDAY

• CAPITOL POLICE COMMANDER SAYS RAMASWAMY is right — government is lying about January 6th. The Post-Millennial.

BONGINO REPORT TOP HEADLINE AT TIME OF EMAIL

• Report: Obama Increasingly Concerned About Biden Losing in 2024 BONGINO REPORT.