Insurance companies can regulate gun ownership if liability insurance is mandatory, bypassing Congress and NRA, argues mayor reacting to Gilroy shooting….--Sen. Schumer says Trump should use $5 billion in border wall funding to reduce gun violence
--Hong Kong protests shut down Kai Tak airport for second day
--our generous patriarch, the stable genius, delays tariffs on some Chinese imports so that we can have a Merry Christmas
--the reported death of Jeffrey Epstein prompts FBI raid on his private island
--that post on 4Chan we mentioned yesterday was made almost 40 minutes before jail officials announced the alleged suicide
--NY Times star reporter James B. Stewart reveals his interview with Epstein a year ago
--more names surface from Virginia Giuffre’s settled lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell
--Giuffre has also sued Alan Dershowitz for denying her claims against him, pitting two sleazy superlawyers against each other, Dershowitz and David Boies
--in important interview, gerrymandering author David Daley talks about the Supreme Court decisions on redistricting and the census citizenship question
--at ConsortiumNews, Ray McGovern adds new info to Seth Rich controversy
--Iran says Britain is ready to release tanker seized near Gibraltar last month
--NeoCons embrace report that Trump’s attempted pull-out from Syria has led to resurgence of IS
--at American Conservative, Scott Ritter has a positive view of Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s meeting with Assad
--in op-ed, Tyler Bellstrom reviews top Dem Prez candidates as hawks and doves
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