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Colon cancer is rising in young Americans. It’s not clear why. . . . something strange is happening in the United States in the long war on cancer. Although progress has been substantial in lowering the overall death rate from cancer, deaths due to some types of cancer have increased among people younger than 50. Colorectal cancer is one of the drivers of this trend. In the past three decades, incidence of the disease has risen significantly among people younger than 50, many of whom have no obvious risk factors, such as having a genetic predisposition. No one knows why. American life expectancy trails that of similarly developed nations, and the gap is widening. Washington Post

Probably because of all the sugar and neurotoxins that the food industry laces food and drinks with.

How fake sugars sneak into foods and disrupt metabolic health . . . Artificial sweeteners and other sugar substitutes sweeten foods without extra calories. But studies show the ingredients can affect gut and heart health. Washington Post

Top battleground state official sounds alarm on border crisis' impact on election integrity . . . Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is sounding an alarm that the crisis at the southern U.S. border may eventually cause an election integrity crisis in America, imploring lawmakers in Congress and his state Legislature to pursue constitutional amendments to permanently ban noncitizen voting before liberal activists try to secure voting rights for the millions flooding into the county under President Joe Biden. More than 2.8 million immigrants have had encounters with authorities so far this fiscal year, according to data from the Department of Homeland Security's CPB. “I think that they have a long-term plan,” Raffensperger said Wednesday night in an exclusive interview with the "Just the News, No Noise" television show.  Just the News

A Supreme Court shaped by Trump will weigh his political fate . . . The Supreme Court, shaped by Donald Trump, is now being asked to decide his political fate by weighing whether he can stay out of jail and on the ballot in an election year. The justices are grappling with a request by the federal special counsel pursuing criminal charges against Mr. Trump and have been asked to take up an appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling Tuesday banning Mr. Trump from the state’s primary ballot. The former president said he would appeal to the justices in Washington. Washington Times

Trump Lawyer Alina Habba: 100% Certain Supreme Court Will Overturn Colorado's Decision To Remove Trump From Ballot . . . Former President Trump’s attorney Alina Habba on Wednesday said she expects the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Colorado's decision to ban Trump from the ballot in an interview with "Breitbart News Daily," which airs on SiriusXM’s conservative Patriot channel. MIKE SLATER, HOST: This is Ty Cobb, who's a former Trump White House lawyer.

Audio of Ty Cobb: So I think this case will be handled quickly. I think it could be 9-0 in the Supreme Court for Trump. MIKE SLATER, HOST: Do you agree with that? ALINA HABBA: A hundred percent. A hundred percent. Because it's, look, this is the problem that I face every day when I go to court. Judges want to make a name for themselves. They think they're pioneers for the liberal radical left, okay? You're not a pioneer. You're going to look ridiculous. You do not understand due process. You do not understand the Constitution. Real Clear Politics

‘The Opposite of Politics’: A Conservative Legal Scholar Says Kicking Trump Off the Ballot Is ‘Unassailable’ . . . J. Michael Luttig, a prominent conservative legal scholar and former judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, who, together with the liberal law professor Laurence Tribe, promoted the idea that the 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump from seeking a second term. This isn’t the first time Luttig has played a central role in arguments about Trump’s eligibility for office. After the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol, Luttig published an op-ed in The Washington Post arguing that the Constitution prohibits Congress from impeaching a president once he or she has left office. Luttig’s op-ed found an eager audience on Capitol Hill , where several Republicans cited his legal argument as a reason for opposing Trump’s impeachment. Politico

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Chris Christie poses major threat to Nikki Haley in New Hampshire . . . Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's quixotic quest to deny former President Donald Trump the GOP 2024 nomination could end up dragging down another primary rival — former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley. Christie has centered his campaign on two central components. The first is holding Trump accountable for his record while in office, and the second is winning the New Hampshire primary, or at least performing well enough to prove he has a viable campaign. Washington Examiner

Texas leader wants Biden kicked off state’s 2024 ballot over immigration . . . Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Tuesday that President Biden should be taken off the 2024 ballot for causing an illegal immigration crisis. His remark was in response to a Colorado court ruling that former President Donald Trump would be kept off that state’s ballot because he violated the Constitution’s so-called insurrection clause. “Seeing what happened in Colorado makes me think — except we believe in democracy in Texas — maybe we should take Joe Biden off the ballot in Texas for allowing 8 million people to cross the border since he’s been president disrupting our state for more than anything anyone else has done in recent history,” Mr. Patrick, a Republican, said in an interview with Fox News. Washington Times

U.S., China Militaries Start Talking Again After a Dangerous Rupture . . . The Pentagon’s top officer spoke with his Chinese counterpart, restoring dialogue between the militaries after a 16-month rupture during which the U.S. said China’s forces conducted dangerous intercepts of American and allied planes and ships. In a videoconference Thursday, Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Liu Zhenli of the People’s Liberation Army’s Joint Staff Department, discussed a range of issues including global and regional security issues, but Pentagon officials were mum on details in a brief statement issued after the call. Wall Street Journal

Foreigners bought 3.4 million acres of U.S. forest, farm land in 2022, Agriculture Dep't says . . . Amid mounting concerns over foreign land purchases within the United States, a report from the United States Department of Agriculture's (DAG) Farm Service Agency has highlighted the alarming pace at which external entities have been gobbling up American forest and farm land. Between Dec. 31, 2021, and the same date in 2022, foreign entities added 3.4 million acres of U.S. soil to their holdings, the report stated. In total, foreign parties held more than 43.4 million acres, of which 48% was forest land, 28% cropland, 21% pasture and other agricultural land, and 2% non-agricultural land. Just the News

International

Israel Signals It Could Agree to Palestinian Authority Governing Gaza After the War . . . A top national security aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated that the country could accept a U.S. plan for a revamped Palestinian Authority—which currently governs the West Bank—to also take over the day-to-day administration of Gaza after the war, in a sign that Netanyahu is easing his opposition to the idea under pressure from the Biden administration. “Israel is aware of the desire of the international community and the countries of the region to integrate the Palestinian Authority the day after Hamas, and we make it clear that the matter will require a fundamental reform of the Palestinian Authority,” Israel’s national security adviser, Tzachi Hanegbi, wrote in an opinion piece published Thursday on the Arabic-language news site Elaph. Israel, he added, “is ready for this effort.” Wall Street Journal

Gazans increasingly blame Hamas for devastation as terrorist group rejects Israeli cease-fire offer . . . Gazans are increasingly blaming Hamas for the suffering and destruction in Gaza in recent weeks, according to the Wall Street Journal. The sentiment came to a head Thursday when the terrorist organization rejected a hostage exchange and cease-fire offer from Israeli forces. Roughly 1.8 million Gazans have been displaced in the conflict, a majority of the region's residents. Fox News

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Wants A Million FPV Drones In 2024 . . . Kyiv says it plans to manufacture around a million first-person view (FPV) drones next year, as part of expanding efforts to build uncrewed aircraft of different types. Used for reconnaissance and attack, the FPV drone is a weapon that has had a significant impact on the battlefield, as well as producing some of the most dramatic video footage of the war so far. However, there are real questions about whether such an output is even possible. Ukraine also plans to build more than 11,000 medium- and long-range attack drones next year, Oleksandr Kamyshin, Ukraine’s minister for strategic industries said, according to a Reuters report. The Drive

Europeans Should Be Terrified of What’s Coming . . . Dutch election: Veteran anti-Islam populist leader Geert Wilders has won a dramatic victory in the Dutch general election, with almost all votes counted. After 25 years in parliament, his Freedom party (PVV) is set to win 37 seats, well ahead of his nearest rival, a left-wing alliance. “The PVV can no longer be ignored,” he said. “We will govern. The zeitgeist that exists is decidedly anti-establishment, and increasing numbers of people are unhappy with the authoritarian nature of the pointy shoes in Brussels. Consider the election of Meloni in Italy, the election results in Slovakia we have spoken about, and now of course the Dutch elections all point towards the same thing. Right now both the Dutch as well as the Slovaks are celebrating, but the issue here is that these elections are not enough. The leaders of any EU country are completely and totally hamstrung by their monetary overlords at the ECB. Zerohedge

Money

Millions of student loan borrowers still aren't paying their bills . . . Millions of Americans strapped with student loan debt are still not paying their bills after a three-year payment hiatus ended this fall. Federal student loan payments restarted at the beginning of October after President Biden declined to extend the pandemic-era pause that first began in March 2020 under his predecessor, former President Donald Trump. However, 40% of the 22 million borrowers who had bills due failed to make a payment as of mid-November, according to a new report published by the Department of Education. That means about 9 million Americans who have payments due are not making them. Fox Business

Americans Spending Less on Gifts, More on Everything Else . . . Americans are spending more this holiday season, but not on presents that go under the tree. While prices for toys and electronics started to come down just in time for Christmas, people are shelling out much more on dining, entertainment and tickets, Bank of America’s card data shows. Spending on services rose 2.5% last month while retail spending excluding restaurants fell 1%. Financial professionals and economists say spending money on experiences delivers longer-lasting joy than buying stuff. Investing in more quality time is also normally good for your bottom line. But this year, the higher cost of fun might frustrate consumers hoping to cut their overall spending. Prices for services, which include things such as travel and entertainment, rose 5.5% over the past year while overall inflation rose 3.1%, according to the latest consumer-price index. Wall Street Journal

Culture

America Is Crumbling Under Gen Z’s Contempt For What Makes It Great . . . The last three years have been a struggle session between the everyday American and the younger generation who has an apparent disdain for their country. When old footage surfaces of immigrants talking about America, you can hear their love and admiration for this country in their words, making it even more frustrating and confusing to watch Gen Z hate everything about the history and legacy of the United States. America was once the envy of the world. Like thirsty men to drink, they came to our shores because everyone in the world saw that the promise of prosperity and liberty was real for those willing to work hard. Our institutions were so revered that people from different heritages and family traditions agreed to assimilate into our culture to be a part of the American Dream. Daily Caller

At Georgetown Med, the Doctors of Tomorrow Aren't Hiding Their Support for Terrorism . . . An array of Georgetown Med students since the attack have taken to Instagram to praise the "Palestinian resistance" and argue that violence against innocent civilians is "inevitable" given Israel's "apartheid" and "settler colonialism," screenshots obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show. One student, Nicole Olakkengil, even urged her classmates who refuse to "stand ... with the resistance" to "maybe try entering a different field," as "medicine is inherently political." In some cases, those students are already working in Washington, D.C.-area hospitals. Free Beacon

Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre taunts 170 people to be exposed on his ‘naughty list’ . . . An alleged victim of deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein celebrated Wednesday after it was revealed that more than 170 people with ties to the accused sex trafficker will soon be exposed — calling the reveal an early Christmas gift. Virginia Giuffre — who settled a $12 million lawsuit over allegations that Epstein sex-trafficked her to Prince Andrew — appeared to taunt the dozens of associates and ex-employees whose names will be dredged up in a trove of court documents to be unsealed in the coming weeks. “There’s going to be a lot of nervous ppl over Christmas and New Years, 170 to be exact, who’s on the naughty list?” Giuffre wrote on X. NY Post

Sleeping longer over the weekend could help prevent heart attacks, says study . . . Didn’t get enough sleep during the week? Take heart — catching up on shuteye over the weekend could provide the bonus of improved cardiovascular health, according to a new study published in the journal Sleep Health. Researchers from Nanjing Medical University in China analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which compiled information from 3,400 U.S. adults ages 20 years and older between 2017 and 2018. The survey gathered information on how long the participants slept on weekdays and weekends, as well as whether they had heart disease, high blood pressure and/or diabetes. Fox News

Amazon under fire for selling hidden cameras disguised as ordinary objects . . . A lawsuit accuses Amazon of enabling a West Virginia man to spy on an underage Brazilian girl with a hidden camera.

The device, which resembles a clothes hook, was purchased from Amazon and used to record the girl. The suit alleges that Amazon failed to remove the camera from its platform despite inspecting it three times and knowing the potential harm it could cause. Fox News

 Happy New Year? . . . By Miljan Vešović. As 2023 draws to a close and people around the world are beginning preparations to celebrate the “happiest season of all”, the state of international affairs is very bleak. This conflagration of international crises and elections that increase the probability of anti-systemic radicals taking power in largest NATO allies will pose a unique set of challenges for democratic world in 2024. “The center” will be under threat more than ever – next year will tell whether it will survive or it “cannot hold, and mere anarchy is loosed upon the world” – as Yates predicted in his famous poem. AntenaM

Good News: You Don’t Have to Sleep With Your Spouse . . . Ever tried to get a good night’s sleep with your partner snoring or tossing around restlessly next to you? You’re gonna like this: Therapists and sleep scientists say it’s OK for couples to sleep apart as a growing body of research shows the striking importance of sleep. It’s a reversal from the long-held marriage tenet that once partners move to separate beds, the romance is dead. Sleep is “essential for a healthy body, mind and relationship,” says Wendy Troxel, clinical psychologist, sleep scientist at Rand and author of a book on couples sleeping. “It’s important to prioritize it.” Wall Street Journal

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