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#10 House COVID-19 Panel Releases Final Report - Joseph Choi for The Hill, Breanna Morello, Steve Kirsch, and Mike Lee on X
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released its final report Monday, laying out numerous conclusions from its review of the federal pandemic response, including what the Republican-controlled panel believes to be the likely origins of the virus. The 520-page document encompassed a wide range of issues relating to the pandemic, including vaccinations, public health guidance, state-level actions, and use of relief funds. “Since February 2023, the Select Subcommittee sought to produce a full after-action report to provide a road map of how we, in Congress, the Executive, and the private sector may better prepare for and respond to future pandemics,” subcommittee Chair Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) said in a letter...
#9 Trump Demands Release of Oct. 7 Hostages by Inauguration, Threatens ‘Hell to Pay in the Middle East’ - Joseph Konig for Spectrum News 1, Benny Johnson, Libs of TikTok, Raylan Givens, and Vivid on X
President-elect Donald Trump threatened “ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East” if hostages taken by Hamas and other groups during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel were not released by his second inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025. The threat, made in a social media post on Monday afternoon, came hours after Israeli officials confirmed the death of Israeli American soldier Omer Neutra and said they believed his body was held by Hamas in Gaza. After Trump was elected last month, Neutra’s parents wrote an open letter to him urging him to “have a Reagan moment of his own,” referencing the release of the hostages held by Iranian revolutionaries on the day of Ronald Reagan’s 1981 inauguration...#8 Manchin Says Biden Should Pardon Trump - Tara Suter for The Hill, The New York Post, Ethan Townsend, Acyn on X
Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) said Monday in an interview with CNN that President Biden should pardon President-elect Trump. “What I would have done differently, and my recommendation as a counsel woulda been, ‘Why don’t you go ahead and pardon Donald Trump, for all his charges?'” Manchin said of Biden’s pardoning of Hunter Biden when talking to CNN’s Manu Raju. Biden announced the pardon of his son late Sunday, arguing in a statement that the charges brought against his son, which included three felony charges on his purchase and possession of a gun in 2018, came about due to political reasons...
#7 New Jersey Lawyer Ejected From Town Council Meeting for Waving American Flag to Protest ‘Disgusting’ New Ban - Yael Halon for Fox News/Mark Levin, Tom Homan Border Czar News, Matt Veasey, and Queenie on X
A New Jersey resident was escorted out of a town council meeting for waving an American flag in protest of a new rule that bans such items, including the U.S. Constitution and other "props," from the public comment portion of town meetings. Last week, the Township of Edison, New Jersey, passed an ordinance that cuts down the time residents have to address the council and forbids them from using "props" in their remarks, including American flags, during public comments, MyCentralJersey.com reported. Residents immediately pushed back against the rule, arguing during a five-hour meeting on Nov. 25 that it was in violation of their First Amendment rights and a "disgusting" attempt to silence those looking to speak up for their community...
#6 Arla Faces Backlash Over Trials With Methane Reducing Bovaer - Debbie James for Farmers Weekly, Dr. Janci, Jim Willmott, The Food Professor/K.A. Law, Robin Monotti/Heritage Party, and Ivor Cummins on X
Direct milk sellers have taken to social media to distance themselves from Arla Foods and its trial of the feed additive Bovaer on UK supplier farms after a consumer backlash to the study, including boycotts of products made by the dairy co-operative. Arla announced last week that it would test Bovaer, a feed additive which suppresses a methane-producing enzyme, on more than 30 farms. What it hadn’t reckoned with was the public reaction to this trial, amid concern about any human health implications. Even though the product is approved by the Food Standards Agency, shoppers have seemingly tried to avoid Arla dairy products in supermarkets...
#5 State Senate Overrides Gov Cooper SB382 Veto, 30-19, Passing Controversial Relief Bill - Starletta Watson for Fox News 8, Eric Daugherty/Ethan Townsend, and George, (community note) on X
Through flaring tempers and small outbursts inside the chambers of the General Assembly the NC Senate has officially overridden the veto of Senate Bill 382 on Monday. Now, the bill goes to the House for final approval. Just before the vote, protesters began to shout, forcing Lt. Gov. Robinson to completely clear the chambers. After the chambers were cleared, Senate members passed the overriding of Cooper’s veto 30-19. Just a week ago, Governor Cooper vetoed the bill, which would move $227 million from the state’s $4 billion rainy day fund to Helene relief in western NC, calling it a “sham.”
#4 Trump Repeats Vow to ‘Block’ Nippon Steel’s Bid for U.S. Steel - Lee Ying Shan for CNBC, Laura Loomer/Trump Daily Posts, Zerohedge, Nikkei Asia, and AFP News Agency on X
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to block Japanese company Nippon Steel’s planned purchase of U.S. Steel. “I am totally against the once great and powerful U.S. Steel being bought by a foreign company, in this case Nippon Steel of Japan,” Trump said in a post to his social media platform Truth Social on Monday night E.T. “As President, I will block this deal from happening,” he said, adding that he will make U.S. Steel “Strong and Great Again” through the use of tax incentives and tariffs. While he made similar statements on the 2024 campaign trail, it was the first time that Trump had spoken about the deal since he won a second presidential term last month...
#3 Trudeau Told Trump Americans Would Also Suffer if Tariffs Are Imposed, a Canadian Minister Says - Rob Gillies for AP News, Leading Report, Libs of TikTok, Shawn Farash, and Katie Hopkins on X
TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Donald Trump that Americans would also suffer if the president-elect follows through on a plan to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products, a Canadian minister who attended their recent dinner said Monday. Trump threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico if they don’t stop what he called the flow of drugs and migrants across their borders with the United States. He said on social media last week that he would impose a 25% tax on all products entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico as one of his first executive orders...
