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News discussed:

Early signs look like congestion pricing is reducing traffic in Manhattan

Trump sentenced to “unconditional discharge”

Dockworkers union has a tentative deal

FIRE to defend pollster in Trump lawsuit over outlier election poll

Some accounts criticized H1B visas and Elon retaliated by removing their verification

At least 24 people killed in LA fires

Over 12,000 homes and businesses burned

Newsome executive order waives CEQA and Coastal Act requirements for rebuilding

There will be no post-blitz boom

Mayor of LA ensures very little rebuilding will happen

The state of California got 6 month's advance warning from the best risk-assessment professionals

Every time an insurance company wants to raise rates for automobiles or homes, they have to have a public hearing and an elected insurance commissioner has to approve.

1600 policies cancelled in the Palisades over the summer (major devastation area).

FAIR testified it only had about $385 million, LA fires could have up to $24B of exposure

Newsome bans insurance companies from not renewing policies

Biden blocked sale of US Steel to Nippon Steel

Blinken, Yellen, and many other advisors against the block

Nippon Steel and US Steel filing suit to challenge

Federal judge found that requiring teachers to use preferred pronouns violates 1A

Also struck down the Biden administration’s unconstitutional Title IX rules

Trudeau is donezo

CFPB banned medical debt from lowering credit scores

Meta going based for Trump years

Fired chief diversity officer, ended diversity goals, stopped prioritizing minority-owned businesses

Removed tampons from mens bathrooms

The Sadam Statues are falling - Hanania

Pretty good Nate Silver piece on this

Tik Tok is probably going to shut down on January 19th

News You Can Ignore

“Grooming Gangs”?. (counter: Free Press?)

Elon Musk bought his Path of Exile account and his ranking in Diablo 4 is out of under 1000 players (Trace called it)

Happy News!

Amazon moving forward with WarHammer 40K series starring and lead by Henry Cavil.

WarHammer is For Romantics

US govt funding bird flu vaccine research and stocking up on vaccines

The Bukele Administration has turned the country from the most murderous in Latin America to the safest

Weather nerds found out where the water went during California’s drought!

Minnesota Summer Camp for HIV-Positive Kids Closes Down–Because There Aren’t Any More

Scientists drilled a 1.2M year old ice core out of Antarctica

Troop Deployment

Eneasz - I have just released a short story collection titled Dear Grom

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