Five Things
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Five Things: Tuesday, November 10
Good morning. Here is what matters today, in five.
1. Supreme Court lets the Big Bend border wall go up. The justices on Monday let the Trump administration keep building a border wall through Texas’s Big Bend region, brushing aside a challenge to the DHS legal waivers behind it. Only Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson would have blocked it. via The Center Square.
2. Trump pins the $2.9 trillion wipeout on the blue wave. At a surprise Monday briefing, the president said the S&P 500’s record $2.9 trillion post-election plunge came “because the stock market does not want to see Democrats,” and told voters their 401(k)s dropped with it. via The Daily Wire.
3. Philly boycott of Jewish restaurants backfires spectacularly. Cyclists targeting Jewish-owned restaurants in Rittenhouse Square on Sunday ran into hundreds of counterprotesters, a crowd police put at 500, plus condemnation from lawmakers of both parties. Gov. Josh Shapiro called it “blatant antisemitic targeting.” via The Center Square.
Picking Kristallnacht’s anniversary and calling it a scheduling conflict is certainly a choice.
4. Wes Moore’s commanding officer says the combat stories are false. Retired Lt. Col. James Gottschling, who supervised the Maryland governor in Afghanistan, says Moore worked a non-combat desk job and never led paratroopers under fire, contradicting the opening pages of Moore’s 2015 book. via the Washington Free Beacon.
Turns out “leading paratroopers” meant analyzing reports. Close enough for a Democratic governor.
5. Vanderbilt tells staff: shut everything down, hackers inside. Vanderbilt told every employee Monday to power down university devices and drop off Wi-Fi during an active cyberattack, after staff computers played a recorded warning: “Make the right choice or rot with the wrong one.” via The Daily Wire.
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Robert Garcia
Congressman from Long Beach and incoming House Oversight chairman. Known for: eight years as mayor, swearing in on Action Comics #1, and a two-word legal referral for the entire executive branch.
Honored for clarity of message. The moment Democrats were projected to take the House and hand him the gavel of the Oversight Committee, he posted a two-word threat on X, “LAWYER UP.” Having spent the mid-term campaign promising to fight to reduce costs for “gas, groceries, the mortgage, the rent,” he released a video promising endless investigations of the Trump family’s businesses, crypto ventures, Pentagon contracts, ICE, and the Epstein files. Sen. Ed Markey added that Democrats would “need to plant new forests for all of the subpoenas.” Messaged received.
“Oversight Democrats are ready to take on the crooks, the con men and the Trump crime family. Lawyer up.”
Source: Post on X, Nov. 6, 2026 (via CNBC)Photo: House Creative Services via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
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Supreme Court rules Trump Big Bend border wall construction can continue
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled against Texans trying to stop the Trump administration from building a border wall system in the Big Bend region of…
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Trump’s Jones Act waiver to expire Sunday unless extended
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump will decide by Sunday whether to extend temporary Jones Act waivers that allow foreign-flagged ships to haul fuel and farm goods between U.S.…
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Energy groups warn of tech companies’ participation in COP31 over China connection
(The Center Square) – A coalition of energy and policy organizations sent a letter to President Donald Trump expressing concern over the harm to national security that is posed by publicly…
Opinion
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Voter ID is on five ballots today. Notice who stopped arguing against it.
Eighty-three percent of Americans back photo ID to vote, Democratic nominees in Nevada and Ohio have stopped fighting it, and only California is still paying to keep it out.
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Tuesday was a rejection of MAGA, not of conservatism
Voters punished tariffs and a war they never asked for. Republicans who read that as a verdict on free markets will lose again.
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Brussels Eyes Europe’s Savings
How Brussels is turning household savings into an instrument of public policy.
Satire
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French Students Demand Better Schools, Set Fire to Existing Ones
“You cannot have an outdated education system if you no longer have an education system,” one protester explained.
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Local Progressive Stunned to Discover Higher Taxes Also Apply to Him
“I assumed the higher rates were for other people,” the man explained, refreshing his bank app.
From Our Allies
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From Our Allies: Tuesday, November 10
The best of the day from the Allies. Headlines link to the original; we add a line on each.
Trump Addresses Amnesty Uproar With A Hint At His Next Move
The Daily Wire — Trump told reporters Monday there is no amnesty plan, walking back weekend remarks that alarmed deportation supporters while leaving room for a deal on working illegal immigrants.
The Gasoline Tax Yo-Yo and the International Market for Crude Oil
American Enterprise Institute — Benjamin Zycher argues a temporary federal gas tax holiday would deepen highway fund deficits and blunt the price signals that get drivers to cut consumption.
Civics Schools Are the Antidote to Indoctrination Centers
City Journal — The authors answer a professor’s charge that civics schools are a right-wing plot by walking through their syllabi, which pair Smith with Marx and Plato with Nietzsche.
Wes Moore Lied About Leading Soldiers in Combat, His Commanding Officer Says
Washington Free Beacon — By Andrew Kerr: “Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D.) opened his 2015 book, The Work, with a dramatic telling of the first time he led soldiers in combat in Afghanistan.”
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