Above the Fold
**DEEP-STATE COLLUSION:** Whistleblower attorney Mark S. Zaid tweeted of Trump “coup” and “rebellion” in January of 2017 ([The Washington Times](https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/6/mark-zaid-whistleblower-attorney-tweeted-trump-cou/))
TARIFFS BEING PHASED OUT: China says it has agreed with U.S. to gradually cancel tariffs, which should help to ameliorate the $38 billion consumer price tag (Reuters)
Government & Politics
**”FAKE OUTRAGE”:** Rand Paul blocks Senate resolution backing protection for whistleblowers ([The Hill](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/469303-rand-paul-blocks-resolution-backing-protection-for-whistleblowers))
PREPARE THE POPCORN: Impeachment going public: Hearings next week for all to see (Associated Press)
FRENEMIES SCHEDULED TO MEET: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit White House next week (Washington Examiner)
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM QUASHED: Federal judge strikes down rule allowing clinicians to object to abortions for moral or religious reasons (NBC News)
Big Brother
**MORE TIME FOR INDOCTRINATION:** Kamala Harris proposes a 10-hour school day ([The Daily Wire](https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-harris-proposes-a-10-hour-school-day))
INDEFENSIBLE: A Michigan man underpaid his property taxes by $8.41. The county seized his property, sold it — and kept the profits. (Reason)
National Security
**ALIEN SURGE:** Illegal-immigrant population inside U.S. surged 550,000 in 2019 ([Washington Examiner](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/report-illegal-immigration-population-inside-us-surged-550-000-in-2019))
EATING CROW: DOJ charges two former Twitter employees with spying for Saudi Arabia (National Review)
Closing Arguments
**POLICY:** Time for the Supreme Court to clearly protect religious freedoms ([Washington Examiner](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/time-for-the-supreme-court-to-clearly-protect-religious-freedoms))
POLICY: How Trump is reshaping the courts (The Daily Signal)
HUMOR: Elizabeth Warren’s plan to pay for Medicare for All: Spend so much that the national debt clock rolls over to zero (The Babylon Bee)
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