Top of the Fold

• All three defendants found guilty of murder in Ahmaud Arbery trial (National Review)

• “Our justice system [is] doing its job”: Biden strikes far different tone after Arbery verdict than Kyle Rittenhouse (Fox News)

• Arbery’s father: “All lives matter, not just black children” (Daily Wire)

Politics

• “What happened on January 6th, senator?” Anthony Fauci snaps at Ted Cruz suggestion that he should be prosecuted (Daily Wire) | Rand Paul blasts the Swamp Doctor: “Astounding and alarming” to declare “I represent science” (Fox News)

• “This is about American energy independence”: Joe Manchin rightfully urges Joe Biden to restore Keystone XL Pipeline (National Review)

• Washington Post and CNN roasted after tweeting “Waukesha tragedy caused by an SUV” (Daily Wire) | Leftmedia calls Waukesha fatal car-ramming a “crash.” They called the 2017 Charlottesville car-ramming an “attack.” (Daily Wire)

• Majority of voters blame Joe Biden for surging inflation (National Review)

• “More money than God”: Chinese titan lavished Hunter Biden with 3-carat gem, offer of $30 million (New York Post)

Security

• Christian groups furious at Antony Blinken for removing Nigeria from religious violence list (Politico) | Meanwhile, Muslim militants murder 10 Christians, burn 100 homes in Nigeria (Not the Bee)

• Knife-wielding Afghan “refugee” charges San Francisco police, is shot dead (PJ Media)

• What could possibly go wrong? China takes possession of Uganda’s only major airport after the country failed to pay its debts on time (Not the Bee)

• Good: U.S. lawmakers defy China by meeting with officials in Taiwan (NBC News)

Economy

• Black Friday shopping in stores drops 28% from pre-pandemic levels (CNBC)

• Key inflation figure for the Fed up 4.1% year over year, the highest since January 1991 (CNBC)

• Dollar Tree will raise prices to $1.25 (Daily Wire)

Health

• World races to contain new COVID Omicron variant (AP)

• New York prematurely declares state of emergency (National Review)

• U.S. joins EU in restricting flights from southern Africa over new variant (BBC) | Biden just implemented a travel ban and I distinctly remember him calling that kind of thing “xenophobia” (Not the Bee)

• Birds of a feather flock together: WHO skips over naming new variant “Xi” to avoid causing offense (Daily Wire)

• South African doctor who raised alarm about Omicron variant says “symptoms were so different and so mild” (Townhall)

• Merck says its antiviral pill is less effective than initially reported (New York Times)

Democrat Inner City Dystopias

• Philadelphia experiencing deadliest year ever with 500 homicides so far (New York Daily News)

• Washington, DC, records 200th homicide of the year, a mark not seen since 2003 (Washington Post)

• California Apple store hit in latest smash-and-grab in broad daylight (Fox News)

“Social Justice”

• Out of touch: Salvation Army wants white donors to offer “sincere apology” for their racism (Daily Wire) | Donors withdraw support in response (Newsweek)

• New Jersey’s Woodrow Wilson High School changing name over “racist" namesake (Daily Wire)

Notables

• Five Democrat senators reject Biden’s communist pick for top bank watchdog (National Review)

• Nine of 10 most popular governors are Republicans; Biden less popular than least popular governor (Fox News)

• Jussie Smollett to go on trial today in alleged race-hoax case (Chicago Tribune)

• Jeffrey Epstein coconspirator Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial also begins today (NPR)

Non Compos Mentis Awards

• The Elizabeth Warren playbook: Director of indigenous peoples’ health research in Canada forced to resign for being a fake (PJ Media)

• In Germany, you must be fully vaxxed before your death by assisted suicide (National Review)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: Oil and gas should be the tie that binds Mexico, U.S., and Canada (Dallas Morning News)

• Policy: New Build Back Better childcare entitlement will be costly for states (AEI)

• Satire: White smoke emanates from Wuhan lab chimney signaling a new variant has been named (Babylon Bee)

• Satire: San Francisco stores hold 100% off Black Friday Sale (Babylon Bee)

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