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#10 'Stop the invasion': Migrant flights in battleground state ignite bipartisan backlash from lawmakers - Aubrie Spady, Adam Shaw for Fox News
"A month ago, the Senate voted to continue secret, taxpayer-funded illegal migrant flights by one vote – Jon Tester. Now, illegals are reportedly being flown to Montana," Sheehy said in a statement. "This is insane. Stop the invasion, seal the border, and put America First!"#9 Can the Current Universities Be Saved? Victor Davis Hanson for The Epoch Times
Politicized faculty, infantilized students, and mediocre classes have combined to erode the prestige of college degrees, even at once elite colleges. A degree from Columbia no longer guarantees either maturity or preeminent knowledge but is just as likely a warning to employers of a noisy, poorly educated graduate more eager to complain to Human Resources than to enhance a company’s productivity.
Yet it may not be all that unfortunate that much of higher education is going the way of malls, movie theaters, and CDs. The country needs far more skilled physical labor and less prolonged adolescence and debt.
#8 Pro-Palestinian protesters are backed by a surprising source: Biden’s biggest donors - Shia Kapos for Politico and Asher Press on X
President Joe Biden has been dogged for months by pro-Palestinian protesters calling him “Genocide Joe” — but some of the groups behind the demonstrations receive financial backing from philanthropists pushing hard for his reelection.
The donors include some of the biggest names in Democratic circles: Soros, Rockefeller and Pritzker, according to a POLITICO analysis.
Two of the organizers supporting the protests at Columbia University and on other campuses are Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow. Both are supported by the Tides Foundation, which is seeded by Democratic megadonor George Soros and was previously supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It, in turn, supports numerous small nonprofits that work for social change.
#7 Bomb Threat Emailed to Nearly Two Dozen Jewish Sites in NYC as Disturbing Text Revealed: sources - Joe Marino and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon for The New York Post and Chuck Schumer and ADL on X
The targets included 14 Manhattan synagogues and Jewish centers, five in Queens and another two in Brooklyn — with two more upstate temples and one on Long Island, the sources said.
The threats come amid heightened antisemitism in the five boroughs and beyond, as pro-Palestinian protesters have taken to the streets and have set up anti-Israeli encampments on college campuses, including Columbia University and City College in recent weeks.
#6 California Tuberculosis Outbreak Kills 1, Infects 14 as Officials Declare Health Emergency - Michael Dorgan for Fox News and Zerohedge on X
A deadly outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) has occurred inside a California hotel housing homeless people, leading to the death of one person and forcing city health officials to declare a public health emergency. The alarming outbreak at the unnamed hotel infected 14 people, resulting in nine people being hospitalized, the Department of Health and Human Services for Long Beach announced Thursday.
#5 IRS Says its Number of Audits is About to Surge. Here's who the agency is targeting - Aime Picchi for CBS News
Werfel noted that the IRS' strategic plan over the next three tax years include a sharp increase in audits, although the agency reiterated it won't boost its enforcement for people who earn less than $400,000 annually — which covers the bulk of U.S. taxpayers.
#4 Man pulls gun on pastor giving a sermon at church - Washington Examiner Staff
“He stood up and he smiled at me, and it was just a smile,” Germany said. “I started to begin to preach and all of a sudden, from my left-hand side, I saw him move from the back to the front of the church, and he set up in the front corner of the church and smiled at me.”
“He pulled the gun. It clicked,” Germany said. “You heard him shoot it. God jammed the gun so the bullet didn’t come out.”
#3 Mick Jagger and Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry trade barbs: 'You can’t always get what you want' - Paul Sacca for The Blaze and Jeff Landry on X
Jagger allegedly said of Landry, "We want to include him too. Even if he wants to take us back to the Stone Age."
Landry, 53, fired back at the 80-year-old singer on the X social media platform: "You can’t always get what you want. The only person who might remember the Stone Age is Mick Jagger. Love you buddy, you’re always welcome in Louisiana!"
#2 Texas Authorities Rescue Over 200 People, 153 Pets, As Residents Brace For More Flooding - John Oyewale for Daily Caller
Residents and their pets were trapped in their homes and vehicles and it was “really sad to see the impact of people’s livelihoods, homes, infrastructure as well as just the public infrastructure,” Harris County Judge Linda Hidalgo told CNN Saturday.#1 Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders Becomes First Female Governor To Stand Against Biden’s Illegal Title IX Rewrite & Issue Pro-Woman Executive Order - Press Team at Independent Women's Voice and Alley Beth Stuckey and Riley Gaines on X
In an Executive Order signed today, and inspired by IWV’s Women’s Bill of Rights, Governor Sanders directs state officials to continue enforcing Title IX and Arkansas state law as written, not as twisted by President Biden in his flagrantly illegal administrative rule. The Governor’s order makes clear that common sex-based words are to be legally defined according to science, not woke ideology. Independent Women’s Voice Ambassador Riley Gaines joined the governor at today’s signing ceremony.And Now for Something Special 
Baby Boom: Kentucky Sheriff's Office Celebrates 15 Bundles Of Joy - SunnySkyz
In the past year alone, an incredible 15 babies have been welcomed into the families of the dedicated staffers of the Boone County Sheriff's Office. Recently, the agency took to Facebook to share the heartwarming news, accompanied by a captivating photo that has since captured the attention of people far and wide.
"That Christmas party in 2022 must have been lit," one commenter joked.
