PJ MEDIA — I spend a pretty penny to ensure all visible bugs are removed from my home using environmentally friendly products. It would vex me greatly if I ever found them in my pantry, kitchen cabinets, or refrigerator. Yet there is a never-ending push from the media to soften me up to the idea I should eat bugs. The latest installment comes from the Washington Post, and I remain unconvinced. First, the article describes a young girl popping a mealworm in her mouth at an event to encourage entomophagy or eating bugs. Reportedly, six-year-old Adaline Welk exclaimed, “It’s not that bad! It kind of tastes like kettle corn!” It is unclear whether she was referring to the crunch or the flavor, but I would have to bet on the former.... (more)

DENNIS PRAGER — What would you think of a person who never asked the price of anything he or she bought? You would assume the person was inordinately wealthy. But if the person wasn't, you would dismiss him as a fool, and you would certainly never ask this person for advice about how to spend your money. Yet, for two years, that question — "What is the price?" — was avoided by virtually every political leader in the world as well as the vast majority of epidemiologists and physicians, journalists and editors, college presidents, deans, professors and K-12 teachers.... (more)

JUST THE NEWS — The earliest demographics to get COVID-19 vaccines, such as healthcare workers, reported a surprisingly high rate of serious complications from them, according to data the CDC turned over under court order. Among the 10 million-plus users of the agency's v-safe active monitoring smartphone app through July — 8.5 million of whom signed up between December 2020 and April 2021, before all adults were eligible for COVID vaccines — nearly 8% said they required medical care after receiving the vaccines.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Dick Morris, author and adviser to former presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, told Newsmax Monday the Department of Justice's special counsel investigation of Trump will "backfire massively" because Americans can see it for what it is. "Politically, I think that this is going to backfire massively because everybody can see how unfair it is," said Morris, while appearing on "American Agenda."... (more)

THE FEDERALIST — Constituents of the 12 Republican senators who voted to advance Democrats’ wrongly named Respect for Marriage Act strongly oppose the legislation because they know it poses a risk to the First Amendment rights of religious Americans, a new poll from the Heritage Foundation found. Different polling in October claimed that voters in “key battleground” states including Alaska, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, North Carolina, Utah, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming were more likely to vote for senators who pledged to vote for the legislation.... (more)

YOUTUBE — Christian theologian Dr. Steven Turley offers insights into a conversation between podcaster Joe Rogan and renowned clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson about the symbolism of the cross of Christ and the staff fused with a serpent that symbolizes modern medicine.... (more)

YOUTUBE — “Raise your hand if you think @Elon Musk should make public all internal discussions about the decision to censor @NYPost’s story on Hunter Biden’s laptop before the 2020 elections in the interest of transparency.” So wrote a Twitter poster, and Musk is contemplating doing just that.... (more)

YOUTUBE — "Two years ago, would we think it was normal for the government to put a banner under your social media post saying, 'Follow the official state narrative'?" Eva Vlaardingerbroek and Mark Steyn discuss whether the consensus around Covid is changing.... (more)

THE FEDERALIST — “This is someone who, if you were trying to make it seem that this was above board, you really could not have done a worse job in picking someone,” Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway said on Fox News’s “The Ingraham Angle.”... (more)

THE FEDERALIST — After it trained upwards of 50,000 poll watchers, poll workers, and other roles for ongoing citizen engagement in the election process over the year leading up to the 2022 midterms, the Election Integrity Network sent out a survey to its on-the-ground volunteers following Election Day to gauge how things went. The responses from election workers in key battleground districts and states around the country showed a mostly calm election cycle compared to 2020, with one massive and overwhelming exception. In Maricopa County, Arizona, election workers were appalled and aghast at how things had been run there.... (more)

JUST THE NEWS — The same day retiring National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease Director Anthony Fauci urged Americans to get the new Omicron-targeting COVID-19 boosters, a sister agency accidentally pulled the rug out from under him. The so-called bivalents, composed of the outdated BA.4/5 subvariants and Wuhan strain, have less than 50% absolute vaccine effectiveness (aVE) against symptomatic infection for every vaccinated adult age group compared to the unvaccinated, according to the CDC's Nov. 22 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. It's particularly bad for those 65 and up: just 22% aVE.... (more)

NPR — President Trump on Thursday defended students who feel they can't pray in their schools — and warned school administrators they risk losing federal funds if they violate their students' rights to religious expression. Trump held an event in the Oval Office with a group of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim students and teachers to commemorate National Religious Freedom Day. The students and teachers said they have been discriminated against for practicing their religion at school.... (more)

YOUTUBE — Jesus Revolution – Only in theaters February 2023. Starring Joel Courtney, Anna Grace Barlow, Jonathan Roumie, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, and Kelsey Grammer.... (more)

JERRY NEWCOMBE — The left seems to be dismantling Western Civilization, and in particular Christian contributions to it, one step at a time. Now, Thanksgiving, a wonderful American holiday, is on the chopping block among some. For example, Campus Reform reports: “University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) removed ‘Thanksgiving Closure’ from its calendar in place of ‘Fall Break’ at the alleged urging of a university professor.”... (more)

NEWSMAX TV'S SEAN SPICER — Newsmax TV's Sean Spicer—Investigating Hunter: A new poll shows a majority of Americans say House Republicans should investigate Hunter Biden's laptop.... (more)

FOX NEWS — John Paul Mac Isaac is set to release his new book, "American Injustice," in which he details what took place after he first discovered Hunter Biden’s laptop. The release comes just months before a new Republican House majority plans to begin investigations. Mac Isaac explained on "America’s Newsroom" on Monday that he has been working closely with members of Congress as their planned investigation into Hunter Biden nears. He said he has provided clean copies of the laptop’s contents and reported every interaction he’s had with the FBI to Congress.... (more)

YOUTUBE — Sen. Ted Cruz speaks about DOJ being politically weaponized under the Biden administration and the GOP's agenda on 'Kudlow.'... (more)

NBC NEWS — Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared Tuesday at his final White House press briefing, as he prepares to leave government next month following a half-century on the front lines of the world's gravest public health crises. “The idea that this may be very likely the last time I’m in that press briefing room is kind of sad. Sad, and yet with the full realization and appreciation that all things must pass. Things can’t go on forever," Fauci said in an interview earlier in the day with NBC News.... (more)

ART MOORE — Some evangelical Christian figures and the Mormon church are supporting the federal Respect for Marriage Act, which effectively would codify the Obergefell Supreme Court decision that created a right for same-sex couples to obtain a marriage license. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints explained in a statement that it still holds to marriage as the union of one man and one woman but believes the bill is the "way forward." "As we work together to preserve the principles and practices of religious freedom together with the rights of LGBTQ individuals, much can be accomplished to heal relationships and foster greater understanding," the LDS statement said.... (more)

FOX NEWS — Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, on Wednesday criticized the Respect for Marriage Act, legislation that would codify same-sex marriage into federal law, arguing the bill has inadequate protections for religious liberty. Lee shared a statement from Roger Severino, vice president of domestic policy at the Heritage Foundation, who asserted the bipartisan bill would be "used as a cudgel against those who believe in the reality of marriage as between a man and a woman."... (more)

ART MOORE — Mark Zuckerberg has disclosed Facebook suppressed the bombshell evidence on the Biden family's global influence-peddling operation just before the 2020 election after an intervention by the FBI. Twitter and other social-media outlets joined in the censorship as 51 former senior intelligence officials signed a letter dismissing the evidence reported by the New York Post, saying it "had all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."... (more)

ART MOORE — True the Vote founder Catherine Engelbrecht – who was jailed with colleague Gregg Phillips for refusing to disclose a confidential source in a probe of alleged foreign interference in U.S. elections – says she was put in solitary confinement for four days in a cinder block cell, with a light always on and a "glass partition" allowing her to be watched while she showered and used the bathroom.... (more)

JOSEPH FARAH — I got an email the other day from the Democratic National Committee. You may be surprised that I've been getting more and more emails from the DNC lately. What were they peddling? I admit I was curious. Why me? There was not a lot of product and even less originality in the DNC pitch, I determined.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate former president Donald Trump’s possession of classified information, was a key figure in the Internal Revenue Service’s infamous targeting of conservative non-profits, according to a 2014 report by Republicans on the House Oversight Committee.... (more)

JERRY NEWCOMBE — Despite some of the disappointments in last week’s election, I’m grateful to be an American—especially because of religious liberty. This month we celebrate Thanksgiving, when we remember the Pilgrims who came to this new land to celebrate religious freedom—something denied them in their native England.... (more)