Politics

• Team Biden spin doctors cling to reconciliation bill zero-cost claim (Fox News) | WaPo runs interference for Biden, gives him just 2 Pinocchios for the “zero dollars” whopper (Washington Post)

• “We can get you out of office if you don’t support what you promised us”: Kyrsten Sinema pestered by immigration activists (Fox News) | “This is insane”: Outrage erupts after Sinema chased into bathroom and recorded (Daily Wire)

• Dems tuck multibillion-dollar handout to illegal immigrants into reconciliation (Free Beacon)

• Friendly fire: House Democrats blast Nancy Pelosi after spending bills holdup (New York Post)

Health

• U.S. reaches 700,000 COVID deaths (The Hill)

• Dr. Anthony Fauci isn’t sure that you can gather for Christmas, but he is sure that you must give up your individual rights (American Thinker)

• California first state to require coronavirus vaccinations for K-12 students (Fox News)

• CDC implements gun violence study after wrongly naming it a “public health threat” (PM)

Security

• No joke: Catch-and-release at border up more than 430,000% in August (Washington Times)

• Havana Syndrome continues to baffle U.S. officials (Washington Times)

“Social Justice”

• Salvation Army imposes racial wokeness within church’s ranks (Daily Signal)

• Woke infighting: Women’s March cancels “Handmaid’s Tale” imagery over its use by white women (PM)

Notables

• Facebook whistleblower trashes the social media giant on “60 Minutes” ahead of her congressional testimony (New York Post)

• Trump asks U.S. judge to force Twitter to restart his account (CNBC) | He also demands revocation of 2018 Pulitzer Prize, cites Russian collusion fibs (Washington Examiner)

• Seven of the 10 states in worst financial condition are run by Democrats (Just the News)

Stranger Than Fiction

• Self-proclaimed shaman accused of starting California fire said she was trying to boil bear urine (Washington Examiner)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: New Supreme Court term set to be one for the ages (National Review)

• Policy: An argument for Section 230 reform (AEI)

• Satire: Thief assures victim robbery will cost $0 since victim is paying for it (Babylon Bee)

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