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Israel pushes to the outskirts of Gaza City . . . Israeli tanks and infantry pushed into the outskirts of Gaza City and temporarily blocked one of the main roads connecting the northern part of the Gaza Strip to the south, a major advance that appeared aimed at encircling the enclave’s biggest population center, according to the Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, BBC geolocated footage - which was posted on social media - to the Salah- al-Din Road, the main road from north to south in Gaza. It shows a car driving towards a tank, before doing a three-point turn to drive away from it. We then see the tank fire, and the car explode. Another car, from which the video is filmed, drives away after seeing the explosion. This footage is the deepest inside Gaza we have seen Israeli forces since they expanded their ground operations on Friday. BBC

Trump maintains wide lead in Iowa . . . Former President Trump maintains a significant lead among Republican caucus attendees in Iowa, according to a new survey, as GOP presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley battle for second place. The NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll found that 43 percent of likely GOP caucus attendees say Trump is their first-choice candidate, giving him a 27-point lead over his closest challengers. DeSantis and Haley tied for second place, each garnering 16 percent of respondents. Haley is rising in Iowa, gaining 10 points since August as nearly every other candidate held steady. The Hill

DeSantis disliked by moderates, but MAGA hates him too . . . Some moderate Republican voters here recoiled at ads that Ron DeSantis’s allies started running last month broadcasting the Florida governor’s vows to use deadly force at the southern border. “I don’t like the fact that we’re going to start murdering people,” said Becki Kuhns, 71, who is eager for an alternative to Donald Trump and brought up the commercials unprompted. Down the road at a cigar bar in Nashua, where regulars talk politics and watch debates together, a different DeSantis problem came into focus: Trump supporters were unmoved by DeSantis’s pitch that he’d deliver the former president’s agenda more effectively. Washington Post

Biden has a New Hampshire problem . . . Rep. Dean Phillips, Minnesota Democrat, kicked off his upstart bid against Mr. Biden in the state on Friday, days after the Biden campaign announced that the president would not appear on the New Hampshire ballot. Mr. Biden tried and failed to strip New Hampshire of its traditional first-in-the-nation primary status in part because its demographics are too White. Mr. Biden’s decision has opened an opportunity for his long-shot rivals to land an embarrassing blow against the 80-year-old incumbent early in the nomination process. Washington Times

DeSantis defends call to ban pro-Palestinian groups . . . Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defended his call to ban pro-Palestinian groups from Florida state colleges Sunday, after one of his Republican presidential primary opponents, Vivek Ramaswamy, slammed the demand as “a shameful political ploy.” “It’s unconstitutional. It’s utter hypocrisy for someone who railed against left-wing cancel culture,” Ramaswamy posted on X, alleging that it violates students’ right to free speech. DeSantis held firm Sunday. “This is not cancel culture." Politico

McConnell, Speaker Johnson to face off over Ukraine funding . . . Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) are headed for a showdown over emergency funding for Ukraine and funding the government beyond Thanksgiving, two tough issues that will test their ability to work together.   McConnell says he wants to keep military aid to Ukraine and Israel tied together because he views those conflicts as part of a larger global threat. Johnson says he wants to “bifurcate” the issues of Ukraine and Israel. The Hill

Trump vows to appeal reimposed gag order . . . Former President Trump vowed to appeal the gag order reimposed late Sunday by a federal judge in his election interference case, calling the decision unconstitutional and politically motivated. Trump went on a lengthy social media rant shortly after the decision was posted, calling U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan a “very Biased, Trump Hating Judge” and claiming that the gag order will put him at a “disadvantage” in his legal battles and on the campaign trail. He again said that the gag order violates his First Amendment rights, an argument his legal team has pressed. The Hill

Trump: "I'm for Israel first . . . Former president Donald Trump said he supports increasing U.S. military aid to Israel for the war in Gaza and said that Jerusalem "cannot even think about losing" the fight. In an interview with the Washington Free Beacon on Saturday, Trump also said he has a "very good relationship" with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu—whom Trump had criticized in a recent speech Free Beacon

Squad member's husband reaping cash from her campaign . . . 

Kamala Harris reveals that Joe Biden is still living

But can we take her word for it? He doesn't show much proof of life during his appearances.

Biden unveils action to mitigate AI risks . . . U.S. President Joe Biden will take wide ranging action on artificial intelligence on Monday by seeking to increase safety while protecting consumers, workers, and minority groups from the technology's related risks. The executive order he will unveil is the latest step by the administration to set parameters around AI as it makes rapid gains in capability and popularity in an environment of, so far, limited regulation. AI companies such as OpenAI, Alphabet and Meta Platforms previously agreed voluntarily to commit to watermark AI-generated content to make the technology safer. Reuters

French Jews live in fear . . . In the usually lively “Little Jerusalem” neighborhood of Sarcelles, the only people loitering are gun-toting French soldiers on patrol. Since Hamas’ deadly assault against Israel on October 7, this largely Jewish enclave in the northern suburbs of Paris has gone eerily quiet, with locals keeping their movements to a minimum, and with restaurants and cafés bereft of their regular clientele — fearing an increasing number of antisemitic attacks across France. Politico

Here's a piece from Fox that I'm quoted in:

Muslin rioters flood Russian airport looking for Jews . . . Rioters in southwestern Russia flooded an airport while chanting anti-Israeli remarks on Sunday night, reportedly searching for passengers from a flight that departed from Tel Aviv. The airport, which is in the city of Makhachkala in the Republic of Dagestan, closed after rioters began flooding the runway . . . a small number of Jews and Israelis were "isolated" at the airport during the protests. 

Foreign affairs expert Rebekah Koffler told Fox News Digital that the situation "could be a big problem for Putin" if the protests are not contained."Many [local Muslims] are radicalized, as a result of suppression of religion during Soviet times, having learned the extremist version of Islam outside of Russia," Koffler explained. "Putin brutally fought two wars in Chechnya having obliterated it in order to exterminate Islamic extremism.

"It is terrifying to think what could be happening to Russian Jews again. For 20 years, Putin has pursued largely a pro-Jewish, pro-Israel policies. If he doesn’t do it right, this will spill over and destabilize Muslim populated regions in Russia and may even spark terrorism in bigger cities again," she added. Fox News

German-Israeli Shani Louk is dead . . . The mother of Shani Louk, an Israeli-German woman thought to have been kidnapped by Hamas fighters at a music festival in Israel, says her daughter is dead. Speaking to German media, Ricarda Louk said she had been told by the Israeli military that a DNA sample taken from part of a skull bone proved to be Shani's. Her body has not yet been found. BBC

Money

Ex-Ford CEO predicts rough going for electric vehicles . . .Former Ford CEO Mark Fields warned the auto industry not to expect a quick adoption of electric vehicles.According to Fields, the industry will have to lower its expectations surrounding the popularity of EVs because they need internal combustion engine vehicles to fund their production. "You've got to keep that golden goose keep producing for them." Washington Examiner

You might have trouble getting your prescription today . . . Workers from some of the nation's biggest pharmacy chains, from CVS to Walgreens, have planned another "walkout" starting Monday as they continue to plead for better working conditions. They're calling it "Pharmageddon," Shane Jerominski, a licensed pharmacist for over a decade who is helping coordinate the latest protest, told FOX Business. From Monday through Wednesday workers at Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid have pledged to call in sick, according to Jerominski. Fox Business

Culture

Antisemitic Harvard lecturer faces no consequences . . . A Harvard University professor who subjected Jewish students to "anti-Israel and anti-Semitic" discrimination has not faced any sanctions or disciplinary action more than four months after his actions were brought to light, according to an advocacy group that is threatening legal action against the school. Marshall Ganz, a senior lecturer at the college’s Kennedy School, who told a group of Jewish students that the words "Jews" and "democracy" cannot be applied to Israel and organized a "Palestinian solidarity" discussion during class, has yet to face discipline from Harvard’s leadership. Free Beacon

Climate reparations fund wouldn't help the environment . . . The prospective contribution of vast sums of American taxpayer dollars to a de facto international “climate reparations” fund would have negligible impact on climate change and is unlikely to materialize beyond discussions, energy experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Environmentalists and officials from underdeveloped countries have called for a so-called “climate losses and damages fund,” which would have countries that have historically emitted high levels of greenhouse gases, like the U.S., route huge sums of money through international institutions to compensate developing and poor countries for the perceived effects of climate change. Daily Caller

Driver in DC shoots and kills carjacker . . . D.C. police said a driver shot and killed a 13-year-old carjacker Saturday near Judiciary Square.

Metropolitan Police said the victim was sitting in his car on the 600 block of D Street Northwest when he was approached by two juveniles around 10 p.m. Authorities said the juveniles demanded the man exit his car, with one of the suspects holding the front of his waistband as if he had a handgun. Police said the victim got out of the car and then opened fire on one of the juveniles with his own legally registered firearm. The other suspect fled. Washington Times

The Second amendment comes to the rescue.

HuffPost runs op-ed comparing Israel to Nazis . . . The left-wing Huffpost has apparently managed to trivialize the Holocaust so they could run cover for misguided affinities for Hamas terrorists. As soon as a reader opens the Spanish-Huffpost article, they are met with an image likening Nazis to Israel and Holocaust Victims to Gazans — the same people who want another Holocaust against Jews. “Hateful are the governments that manipulate their citizens with daily fakes to justify the killings, always of innocents,” Pepe Vera wrote without a hint of irony in the aftermath of Hamas terrorists wrecking havoc on innocent Israelis. Daily Caller

Calif. Gov. Newsom "plows through" Chinese kid . . . California Gov. Gavin Newsom was caught on video running over a Chinese child while playing a pickup basketball game during his trip to the country.

The short clip, which was shared by RNC Research, an arm of the Republican National Committee, features the California governor showing off his ball handling skills before making a move toward the basket and running right through one of the children attempting to defend him. New York Post

Scientists study fear of clowns . . .  In what may be a first-of-its-kind study focusing on the origins of clown fear, the University of South Wales team noticed some distinct patterns in the group. The study, called “Fear of clowns: An investigation into the aetiology of coulrophobia” was published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology. One of the most surprising findings is that for many people, having a “scary personal experience with a clown wasn’t a main contributor to the fear.” Instead, people said they were creeped out by clowns because you can never really know what a clown is thinking and A clown’s exaggerated features are disturbing. Washington Post

Fear of clowns is also why many conservatives are don't like Washington DC.