DHS secretary Mayorkas blames global warming and Greg Abbott for illegal immigration crisis. Bombing in Iran heightens already high tensions. Day 9 of Haley cleaning up her civil war mess. Missouri's governor takes action against China. How long could a $1 million dollar retirement go these days? And why one story from Arizona is particularly irksome -- and what to do about it.

A couple of independent journalists take a rare scalp from woke academia. The caucus approaches. Trump wants to build a "spectacular" new FBI building. DeWine is DeWorst. A record-breaking December at the southern border. Learning more about the Maine Secretary of State. Japan gets rocked. Rainbow jihad activists tell on themselves. And my resolution for the new year.

Nikki Haley doesn't know much about the Civil War, apparently. Trump still won't say he's ruling her out as VP (if he gets the GOP nomination). Lindsey Graham says Lindsey Graham things. Lauren Boebert runs for higher ground. Francis Collins is on the straight and narrow now (no, seriously). A massacre of Christians nobody in the MSM is talking about. And yet another week shows Ron DeSantis is the most fit for the highest office in the land.

Three stories to close out 2023 could be a preview of much more to come next year. Is Delta getting a kickback for transporting illegals? Ad expenditures continue to boggle the mind. RFK Jr. swings and misses. It's a brutal zombie deer season. Hulk Hogan gets baptized. And why, if you believe in anything worth believing, you're never gonna be cool.

Colorado may have jumped the gun on the ultimate plan against Trump. Texas makes committing crime, a crime. Dispatches from Wuhan. The Pentagon left Americans in Afghanistan (but definitely not weapons). Eric Adams steps in it. And one of my favorite tales of Christmas tradition.

One man will never, ever drink and drive again. Tennessee takes on ESG and BlackRock. DeSantis on why Trump wasn't and isn't a threat to the system. Trump laments the burning down of cities. And Orwell goes to Arlington National Cemetary.

A BIG announcement for the AM Update. Rudy's on the wrong end of a defamation suit (and it's a little steep). More trouble for DeSantis' SuperPAC. Israel turns up the heat. Mainstreaming genocidal dogwhistles -- what could go wrong? And more on the future of The A.M. Update.

The NDAA heads to Joe Biden's desk, complete with warrantless spying on American citizens. Israel pumps water. A man from Mississippi smashes and idol in Iowa. The best, worst, and funniest things I heard this week.

Potentially huge news out of Washington, D.C. in the 2020 election case involving Donald Trump (and potentially J6ers). Hunter Biden is very sad. Ron DeSantis holds a town hall in Iowa. And why one form of lying should be criminalized -- harshly.

Penn's president resigns after disastrous congressional testimony. Trump endorses Sharia Muslim for congress. DeSantis talks about how his faith drives him. New data about mRNA technology is bad news. And Anthony Fauci is spirit of the age in a bottle.