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22+ min ago (194+ words) Democrat Jack Schlossberg's New York congressional bid is off to a rocky start as the Kennedy family scion's campaign manager is leaving after just one month on the job. Annabel Lassally, formerly the communications director for New York City comptroller-elect Mark Levine (D.) and a special assistant to New York governor Kathy Hochul (D.), has left Schlossberg's campaign to represent New York's 12th Congressional District, Politico reported Thursday. Neither Lassally nor the campaign gave a reason for the move, and the campaign did not say who will replace her. He also raised eyebrows when a video resurfaced of him making a Nazi salute, an attempt to mock Elon Musk. The Kennedy scion has cleaned up his social media, deleting the bizarre posts, since launching his campaign. The candidate's family has reportedly expressed concern about his congressional bid and odd behavior. A source told…...

42+ min ago (304+ words) As we've previously noted, we read a lot of legal news as we prepare this newsletter each day. Here's the most memorable headline we saw this week: How the bar exam failed Kim Kardashian. The December sitting is already halfway over. Here are the links to SCOTUSblog's coverage of the cases that have been heard so far: This is the third in our series covering some of the court's most notable justices. Not to be confused with Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, who would be appointed to the Supreme Court 68 years later by President Abraham Lincoln, Samuel Chase served as an associate justice from 1796 to 1811. Having served in the Maryland General Assembly for 20 years, beginning in 1765, Chase gained a reputation for his opposition to British policies concerning the colonies. In particular, he participated in protests against the Stamp Act, which included…...

57+ min ago (182+ words) Bradley seems to have determined that the flailing men were engaged in a "hostile act" simply by existing near a boat remnant that might have contained salvageable cocaine. As ridiculous as that position is, it is only a bit more risible than Trump's assertion that supplying cocaine to Americans amounts to "an armed attack against the United States" that justifies a lethal military response. The congressional investigation was prompted by'The'Washington Post's'recent report that Bradley ordered the second strike based on his understanding that Hegseth wanted him to "kill everybody" on the boat. Hegseth denied giving any such instruction, and Bradley reportedly confirmed to lawmakers that Hegseth had not said anything to that effect. NEXT: What America Can Learn From Japanese Housing Webathon 2025: Dec. 2 - Dec. 9 Thanks to 575 donors, we've reached $448,111 of our $400,000 $600,000 goal! Matt Welch | 12.5.2025 2:20 PM Jacob Sullum | 12.5.2025 1:45 PM Andrew Heaton…...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago (229+ words) Your home has but one sewer pipe leaving your house, and often just one vent pipe poking up through your roof. Ask the Builder: Installing a Laundry Faucet Is an Easy DIY Plumbing Project You may or may not know that not only am I a home builder, but I've also been a master plumber since age 29. I was drawn to the plumbing craft because of its fascinating three-dimensional nature. Your home has but one sewer pipe leaving your house, and often just one vent pipe poking up through your roof. However, in between these two points is a maze of interconnected pipes that all must work together to keep you and your family healthy. Many aspects of residential plumbing are complex and difficult. Some are not. Most of the plumbing problems you encounter in your home, you can often…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago (445+ words) The Florida House Judiciary Committee voted 13 to 7 on December 2, 2025, to advance legislation that would restore the right of young adults to purchase rifles and shotguns. This marked the fourth consecutive year Republicans have attempted to correct what gun rights advocates view as a constitutional infringement committed in the panic following the Parkland shooting. For gun rights organizations like Florida Gun Rights, this legislation represents an opportunity to roll back what they characterize as a betrayal of constitutional principles during a moment of political weakness. House Judiciary Committee voted 13-7 in favor HB 133. This removes the military age purchase ban of long guns that came from the egregious Parkland bill in 2018. While this is a victory, the Senate has refused to take it up for years. The Senate in Tallahassee is treating the" " Florida Gun Rights (@FLGunRights) December 2, 2025 State Rep. Jessica Baker…...

1+ hour, 35+ min ago (26+ words) Fuentes on Tucker Carlson: 'I've never met a faker human being in my life. And it's scary'... (Third column, 7th story, link) JavaScript is not available....

1+ hour, 38+ min ago (832+ words) Based upon her writing skills, it would probably take former ATF official Marianna Mitchem 15 or 20 minutes just to tell someone that they're on fire. Mitchem really likes her words, and it shows, according to a long, wordy story she recently co-wrote for her new employer, Everytown for Gun Safety. Mitchem joined Everytown in August after leaving the ATF. One former ATF official said she reached out to her former colleagues after leaving, trying to target Glock and Glock-type handguns, but more about her bio in a bit. Her story, "The Supply Side of Violence: How Gun Dealers Fuel Firearm Trafficking," like much of Everytown's anti-gun propaganda, targets gun dealers as if they're solely responsible for crime. Mitchem's coauthors, Nick Suplina and Chelsea Parsons, both worked for the New York State Attorney General's Office and are longtime Everytown staffers. As you…...

1+ hour, 45+ min ago (151+ words) Both cases attempted to hijack the Fourteenth Amendment to help one political party. Josh Blackman | 12.5.2025 12:57 PM The predictable commentary is that the Supreme Court simply does the GOP's bidding. I think that is exactly backwards.The Supreme Court's majority has now leveled the playing field, and let both parties duke it out politically. There is a reason the second sentence of the Court's per curiam opinion mentions California, even though the Golden State is not a party. NEXT: How Israeli Lawyers Vet Bombing Targets Webathon 2025: Dec. 2 - Dec. 9 Thanks to 563 donors, we've reached $433,611 of our $400,000 $600,000 goal! Andrew Heaton | 12.5.2025 11:00 AM Liz Wolfe | 12.5.2025 9:30 AM Steven Greenhut | 12.5.2025 7:30 AM J.D. Tuccille | 12.5.2025 7:00 AM Matthew Petti | From the January 2026 issue...

2+ hour, 6+ min ago (239+ words) President Trump had a very clear choice in front of him starting in January " Try to save America, or try to save the bankrupt Empire that lives at the expense of the American people. The time had finally come, after 100 years of almost non-stop wars, to make the choice. It has to be one or the other. The American people overwhelmingly voted to "Make America Great Again" as it was before the Empire's endless wars " drastically cut the government and free the American people. But President Trump chose to do the exact opposite, and the results throughout " Continue reading " The post The "Golden Age" of Job Layoffs? appeared first on LewRockwell. President Trump had a very clear choice in front of him starting in January " Try to save America, or try to save the bankrupt Empire that lives at the…...

2+ hour, 33+ min ago (974+ words) This is a horrific situation, but one we've seen play out across Colorado and across the United States,' said Colorado DA George Brauchler. Americans are paying dearly for the Biden administration's open-border policies that indiscriminately allowed rapists, murderers, and terrorists to walk right in. We're paying the bill daily. Just ask the families of the two National Guard members that federal officials say were shot by an Afghan national in an ambush-style attack while they were helping'protect the nation's capital.' The suburban Chicago man sees plenty of blame to go around, much of it on the shoulders of Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a far-left Democrat who has treated criminal immigrants better than the victims they've claimed.' "Just because the Biden administration was reckless does that mean the states individually have to become just as reckless? That's what I don't understand," Abraham…...