Casting Call For Global Scavenger Hunt

Former Gov. Chris Christie (R) took questions at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College: ATTENDEE: I’m glad to hear you standing up against Trump, but when the results came in, you jumped ship on us. CHRISTIE: Let me explain. Let me explain 2016 to you. I’ll be honest with you.

Politico: “With urgency like never before, European governments are restricting exports of chip-making equipment to China, banning TikTok on government devices and pushing protectionist trade policy. Even long-time holdout Germany, the European Union’s biggest economy and a heavy investor in China, is starting to question its business-first ethos.”

A Florida school district banned the showing of a film about Ruby Bridges — the young girl who became a civil rights icon by wading through a White mob to integrate an elementary school in the South in 1960, the Weekly Challenger reports. Reports indicate that, once again, a single parent provoked the district’s action toward censorship, and the district failed to follow the process when petitioned.

“A little-known conservative activist group led by Virginia ‘Ginni’ Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, collected nearly $600,000 in anonymous donations to wage a cultural battle against the left over three years,” a Washington Post investigation found. “The previously unreported donations to the fledgling group Crowdsourcers for Culture and Liberty were channeled through a right-wing think tank in Washington that agreed to serve as a funding conduit from 2019 until the start of last year.” “The Post’s investigation sheds new light on the role money from donors who are not publicly identified has played in supporting Ginni Thomas’s political advocacy, long a source of controversy.

Rep. Andrew Ogles’ (R-TN) issued a statement after the mass shooting at a school in his congressional district: “We are sending our thoughts and prayers to the families of those lost. As a father of three, I am utterly heartbroken by this senseless act of violence. I am closely monitoring the situation and working with local officials.” Now look at the family Christmas card he sent last year glorifying guns.

Politico: “It looked at the beginning of the year like Democrats would have an easier time confirming Biden picks, having gained a seat last fall after a historically lengthy run in a 50-50 Senate.” “But this Congress has brought a host of new challenges despite that padded margin for Biden’s party.