<p>The opening of the holiday shopping season was the most robust on record, even in the face of <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/inflation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inflationary</a> pressures, <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/supply-chain" target="_blank" rel="noopener">supply chain</a> bottlenecks, and other <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/economy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">economic</a> headwinds.</p>
<p>A record 196.7 million Americans shopped online and in person during the five days between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, according to data released by the National Retail Federation, shattering the trade association’s initial projection of 166.3 million shoppers during the first weekend of the holiday season.</p>
<p>“The Thanksgiving holiday shopping weekend is a tradition treasured by many American families,” National Retail Federation CEO Matthew Shay remarked in a <a href="https://nrf.com/media-center/press-releases/record-1967-million-consumers-shop-over-thanksgiving-holiday-weekend" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. “As inflationary pressures persist, consumers have responded by stretching their dollars in any way possible. Retailers have responded accordingly, offering shoppers a season of buying convenience, matching sales and promotions across online and in-store channels to accommodate their customers at each interaction.”</p>
<p>The typical consumer spent $325.44 on holiday-related purchases throughout the weekend, most of which was spent on gifts, exceeding the $301.27 average recorded last year. Americans were most likely to shop online or visit a department store.</p>
<p>Shay said during a press call attended by The Daily Wire that many households have generally been “a bit more cautious” with their expenditures, although they continue to spend on necessities. Some families are “taking on additional debt” and “tapping into savings” to meet monthly expenses and cover additional spending during the holiday season. He noted that overall retail sales have increased every month since May 2020, implying that the sector has “incredible resilience” despite multiple economic constraints.</p>
<p>A similar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/black-friday-breaks-revenue-record-as-consumers-endure-high-inflation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Adobe Analytics found that households are projected to spend $210 billion this season, exceeding the $205 billion spent in 2021 and the $188 billion spent in 2020. Companies earned $9.1 billion this year on Black Friday alone.</p>
<p>Shay also expressed concern at the beginning of the call over a pending rail strike that could cripple supply chain operations ahead of the holidays. “Any slowdown, stoppage, or delay in rail transit of goods and people in this country would be devastating for our economy and for American households,” Shay continued. “We certainly encourage Congress… to move quickly to remove this uncertainty so we can all move on without this hanging over our heads as we get into the last few weeks of the year.”</p>
<p>Hundreds of business associations recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/business-groups-demand-congress-step-in-to-avoid-certain-economic-destruction-from-rail-strike-ahead-of-holiday-season" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> leaders of both major parties to intervene ahead of the holidays. President Joe Biden likewise <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-calls-for-congressional-intervention-to-avoid-potentially-crippling-rail-strike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demanded</a> that Congress immediately move to “avert a potentially crippling national rail shutdown” in a Monday statement. “At this critical moment for our economy, in the holiday season, we cannot let our strongly held conviction for better outcomes for workers deny workers the benefits of the bargain they reached, and hurl this nation into a devastating rail freight shutdown,” he remarked.</p>
<p>SMART Transportation Division, a union representing rail conductors, announced last week that members <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rail-strike-threat-returns-as-union-group-rejects-latest-offer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a> the tentative agreement, which would produce the largest wage hike for the industry in four decades. Freight rail accounts for 40% of long-distance shipping volume, according to a <a href="https://rilastagemedia.blob.core.windows.net/rila-web/rila.web/media/media/pdfs/supply%20chain/rila-rail-labor-dispute.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Retail Industry Leaders Association, including products such as chemicals used to treat wastewater and ethanol used as a component in gasoline.</p>


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Thanksgiving Weekend Holiday Shopping Shatters Expectations Despite Economic Headwinds

Holiday Shopping Spend Exceeds Forecasts During Thanksgiving Weekend

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<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s Secret Service rental vehicles were part of a large fire just one day after he left from a Nantucket vacation.</p>
<p>The Monday fire at the Nantucket Memorial Airport in Massachusetts included five vehicles rented from Hertz that were used to transport the president and his family.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A large car fire involving multiple rental vehicles at Nantucket Memorial Airport is now out. There were no injuries reported but at least four cars sustained significant damage. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nantucket?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nantucket</a> <a href="https://t.co/VF7Zh7qoot">pic.twitter.com/VF7Zh7qoot</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Nantucket Current (@ACKCurrent) <a href="https://twitter.com/ACKCurrent/status/1597193896014278656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;A large car fire involving multiple rental vehicles at Nantucket Memorial Airport is now out. There were no injuries reported but at least four cars sustained significant damage,&#8221; the Nantucket Current tweeted in a series of posts alongside videos and pictures of the damage.</p>
<p>&#8220;The fire was just 40 feet away from the airport’s 25,000-gallon jet fuel tanks,&#8221; the outlet added.</p>
<p>The vehicles involved in the fire included a Chevy Suburban, Ford Explorer, Infiniti QX80, Ford Expedition, and Jeep Gladiator. The Expedition was reportedly under a battery recall, though the source of the fire has not yet been determined.</p>
<p>The airport was briefly closed due to the fire but soon reopened.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Active fire at airport. Cause unknown. Airport closed at this time.</p>
<p>&mdash; Nantucket Airport (@AirportACK) <a href="https://twitter.com/AirportACK/status/1597176855593111553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Airport officials shared a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bidens-secret-service-rental-vehicles-burst-flames-left-nantucket-vacation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> about the blaze with the Current.</p>
<p>&#8220;At approximately 5:22 am Airport shift staff observed an active fire in the rental car overflow area through the Airport&#8217;s Closed Circuit Television System,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;Staff activated the Alert system and responded to the fire in Airport-3, where they were met by responding units from Nantucket Fire Department and Nantucket Police Department.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Combined fire resources responded and contained the fire. Several vehicles were damaged. The Airport is currently coordinating with rental car agencies and agency partners to ensure scene safety, There is no longer an active fire at this time: the Airport is open, and aeronautical operations are not affected,&#8221; the statement continued.</p>
<p>The local Inquirer and Mirror newspaper also posted images of the burned vehicles on Monday, noting that the fire occurred in the overflow parking lot.</p>
<p>The investigation is ongoing, and no results have been made public.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Several vehicles heavily damaged in rental-car lot at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nantucket?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Nantucket</a> Memorial Airport Monday morning:<a href="https://t.co/P3DXg3XCBz">https://t.co/P3DXg3XCBz</a> <a href="https://t.co/0zkzChZLYX">pic.twitter.com/0zkzChZLYX</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Inquirer and Mirror (@InkyM) <a href="https://twitter.com/InkyM/status/1597200522754547714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The president and first lady Jill Biden stayed at a location along Nantucket Harbor over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, part of a decades-long family tradition. Nantucket is a small island about 30 miles off the coast of Cape Cod.</p>
<p>In a strange twist, the Bidens visited the Nantucket Fire Department last week to thank firefighters for their service. The Bidens gave firefighters pumpkin pies from Pie Shop in Washington D.C., <a href="https://www.nantucketcurrent.com/president-biden-visits-nantucket-fire-department-on-thanksgiving" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> the Nantucket Current.</p>


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<p>Thanksgiving travelers experienced thousands of flight delays and hundreds of cancellations over the holiday weekend amid severe weather storms sweeping across the mid-Atlantic region.</p>
<p>Flight-tracking website FlightAware <a href="https://flightaware.com/live/cancelled/today">reported</a> nearly 7,000 flights faced delays, and almost 200 others were canceled on Sunday, flying within, into, or out of the United States.</p>
<p>Airlines on Saturday experienced at least 4,400 flights delayed and nearly 100 canceled.</p>
<p>Passengers flying out of New York City&#8217;s tri-state area saw the brunt of the disruptions after a storm system shifted north of the Mississippi River Valley Sunday into the Northeast, which brought heavy rains and gusty winds, according to the National Weather Station.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">[Sunday 1230 PM] Rain is beginning to fall across western portions of the area, and will expand to the rest of the region over the next couple of hours.</p>
<p>Locally heavy downpours are possible into this evening, with total expected rainfall between 0.75&quot; to 1.00&quot;. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NYwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NYwx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NJwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NJwx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CTwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CTwx</a> <a href="https://t.co/1QeGCltajH">pic.twitter.com/1QeGCltajH</a></p>
<p>&mdash; NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSNewYorkNY/status/1596919164022579201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;We can&#8217;t stress this enough — plan ahead and arrive early,&#8221; New York City&#8217;s John F. Kennedy International Airport tweeted on Sunday. &#8220;Budget extra travel time to arrive at JFK Airport, park in your reserved spot, check in, and get through security.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">We can’t stress this enough &#8211; plan ahead and arrive early</p>
<p>Budget extra travel time to arrive at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JFK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JFK</a> Airport, park in your reserved spot, check in, and get through security. <a href="https://t.co/WuI4PYbOgw">pic.twitter.com/WuI4PYbOgw</a></p>
<p>&mdash; John F. Kennedy Airport (@JFKairport) <a href="https://twitter.com/JFKairport/status/1596760846075850752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Newark Liberty International Airport warned passengers of high-volume travel impacting flight schedules.</p>
<p>“Due to the increased number of travelers during the holiday, allow extra time for travel, check-in and security,” the airport&#8217;s official account posted on Twitter.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EWR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EWR</a> Due to the increased number of travelers during the holiday, allow extra time for travel, check-in and security.</p>
<p>&mdash; Newark Liberty International Airport (@EWRairport) <a href="https://twitter.com/EWRairport/status/1596828473858748416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/3751970-thousands-of-post-thanksgiving-flights-delayed-amid-messy-weather/">reports</a> Washington, D.C. airports canceled four flights, and another 115 were delayed. Republic Airways delayed 227 flights, PSA Airlines delayed 125, and Frontier delayed 110.</p>
<p>National travel-related service <a href="https://autoclubsouth.aaa.com/about/aboutaaa.aspx">AAA</a> estimated air travel increased by nearly 8% since 2021, with 4.5 million Americans flying to their Thanksgiving destinations this year &#8211; an increase of more than 330,000 travelers.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/severe-weather-to-threaten-30-million-from-texas-to-illinois-indiana/1376744">AccuWeather</a>, weather conditions are expected to continue travel delays throughout the Midwest and Northeast portions beginning on Tuesday.</p>


Winter Storm Causes Delays For Thanksgiving Holiday Travelers

Stormy Weather Delays Thousands Of Post-Thanksgiving Flights, Hundreds Canceled

Thousands Of Post-Thanksgiving Flights Delayed, Hundreds Canceled 

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<p>Some JetBlue pilots are outraged after the airline hired a violent felon to fly planes even as it refuses to hire people who haven’t taken the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/covid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID</a> vaccine, citing safety.</p>
<p>Two pilots told The Daily Wire that JetBlue has hired John Perrys, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for breaking into the home of a judge and attacking his daughter as she left the shower. Perrys was released from prison in 2014 and is on felony probation until 2044, according to the <a href="http://www.dc.state.fl.us/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&amp;DCNumber=A50372&amp;TypeSearch=AO" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida Department of Corrections</a>.</p>
<p>“Apparently JetBlue won&#8217;t hire unvaccinated pilots, but they will hire violent convicted felons to fly their airplanes,” one pilot said, speaking on condition of anonymity to protect his job.</p>
<p>In 2005, The Associated Press reported that Perrys, then an Air Force captain, was charged in Florida with burglary and assault with a deadly weapon while wearing a mask, and that he faced up to life in prison. Perrys allegedly entered the home of a judge and beat the judge&#8217;s daughter, who was his former fiancée, with a metal baton as she left the shower.</p>
<p>Police said that when he was arrested, he was wearing a bulletproof vest and his vehicle contained knives, handcuffs, parachute cord, a shovel, and a mask, according to <a href="https://www.ocala.com/story/news/2005/08/21/pilot-charged-in-attack-at-judges-home/31342281007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the AP</a>. Perrys was eventually convicted of aggravated battery with intent to cause death or great harm. He served nine years behind bars, including more than five years in pretrial detention.</p>
<p>JetBlue’s <a href="https://careers.jetblue.com/job/Orlando-First-Officer-FL-32827/939859900/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">job applications</a> say, “Every decision JetBlue has made throughout the pandemic has been with our safety value front and center. Whether it’s requiring masks, or many of the other health and safety protocols we’ve had to navigate during the pandemic, all of these efforts have been focused on making the workplace and air travel safer for you and our Customers. As part of our commitment to health and safety, COVID-19 vaccines are required for all JetBlue employees. New hire employees must be fully vaccinated prior to the start of training.”</p>
<p>In November 2021, JetBlue said it was <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/jetblue-nearly-all-staff-will-be-vaccinated-mandate-deadline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requiring</a> nearly all of its 21,000 crew members to take the COVID vaccine, saying it had no choice because it qualified as a federal contractor and was therefore obligated to abide by a Biden administration rule.</p>
<p>But the government never actually enforced that rule. It was delayed, then blocked by an injunction from a judge. Last month, the injunction was lifted, but the following day, the government <a href="https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;Despite the lifting of the nationwide bar to enforcement on October 18, 2022, at this time agencies should not: (1) take any steps to require covered contractors and subcontractors to come into compliance with previously issued Task Force guidance; or (2) enforce any contract clauses implementing Executive Order 14042.”</p>
<p>JetBlue did not respond to requests from The Daily Wire about its vaccine policies or the hiring of Perrys.</p>
<p>A screenshot of an internal JetBlue web page reviewed by The Daily Wire listed Perrys as a &#8220;Pilot Trainee&#8221; and a &#8220;Crewmember since July 20, 2022.&#8221; Another picture showed him beneath a banner that said &#8220;Congratulations Class 34-22,&#8221; referring to his training. Perrys did not return a request for comment.</p>
<p>The first pilot who spoke with The Daily Wire said that the airline was training Perrys to fly the Airbus A320, and that “several instructors have refused to train him. Many captains have told management they’ll refuse to fly with him.”</p>
<p>A second pilot said he is “on the line as a flying pilot in control of a plane with up to two hundred paying and oblivious souls on board.”</p>
<p><em><strong>Editor&#8217;s Note: </strong>A previous version of this story misstated the state in which Perrys was arrested, omitted the fact that a substantial portion of his time in custody occurred before his trial, and did not include the charge for which he was ultimately convicted. The story has been updated.</em></p>


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JetBlue Won’t Hire The Unvaxxed, But Hired Violent Felon To Fly Planes

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<p>A man in Chicago was arrested Friday after he claimed to have a bomb in his bag at O&#8217;Hare International Airport.</p>
<p>Law enforcement officials arrested the man at Terminal 1 inside the airport. No explosives were located.</p>
<p>&#8220;A man was arrested in Terminal 1 at @fly2ohare after stating he had a bomb in his bag,&#8221; said Tom Ahern, Deputy Director, News Affairs &amp; Communications, Chicago Police. &#8220;No explosives were found by #ChicagoPolice Bomb &amp; Arson Detectives.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A man was arrested in Terminal 1 at <a href="https://twitter.com/fly2ohare?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@fly2ohare</a> after stating he had a bomb in his bag. No explosives were found by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChicagoPolice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChicagoPolice</a> Bomb &amp; Arson Detectives. <a href="https://twitter.com/ChicagoCAPS16?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChicagoCAPS16</a> <a href="https://t.co/vNvPLEqdHx">pic.twitter.com/vNvPLEqdHx</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Tom Ahern (@TomAhernCPD) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomAhernCPD/status/1596206848390356992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>There were no other details available from the incident.</p>
<p>On Monday, a military plane carrying a National Guard general was forced to return to O&#8217;Hare International Airport after taking off because the plane struck a flock of birds.</p>
<p>&#8220;Out of an abundance of caution, the crew safely returned to the airport,&#8221; a spokesperson for the 89th Airlift Wing <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/national-guard-chief-military-plane-chicago-airport-birds">told</a> Fox News. &#8220;All members on board are safe and the incident is under investigation.&#8221;</p>
<p>Late last week, a flight from Envoy Air, flying for parent company American Airlines, was forced to return O&#8217;Hare International Airport shortly after takeoff because a pilot on board became <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/22/envoy-air-says-pilot-who-was-reported-incapacitated-during-flight-has-died.html">incapacitated</a> and later died.</p>
<p>“Despite heroic efforts by those on board and first responders on the ground, our colleague passed away at the hospital,” the company said in a statement. “We’re deeply saddened and are doing all we can to support his family and our colleagues at this time.”</p>


Airline Travel Rebounds After August Security Scare

Police Arrest Man Claiming To Have Bomb At O’Hare International Airport

Police Arrest Man Claiming To Have Bomb At O'Hare International Airport

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<p>In the spirit of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/thanksgiving" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thanksgiving</a>, a sheriff in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kansas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kansas</a> pardoned a turkey who broke into a family home.</p>
<p>The Douglas County Sheriff&#8217;s Office pardoned the wild turkey, given the name &#8220;Tom,&#8221; on Facebook Wednesday, after he broke into the home on November 10. The office also posted body cam footage of two sheriff&#8217;s deputies as they caught the fowl in a bedroom, removed it from the home, then released it back into the wild.</p>
<p>&#8220;In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Sheriff [Jay] Armbrister has pardoned a Douglas County turkey from any criminal damage charges,&#8221; DCSO <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dgsosheriff/videos/1295027421290239/?extid=NS-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on Facebook. &#8220;Tom the Turkey broke through a window and into a Douglas County resident’s home on Nov. 10. Thanks to the quick thinking and good work of Master Deputy Dunkle and Deputy Bonner, they were able to safely remove the bird from inside the home and set him free&#8230; the Sheriff’s Office is thankful for the work of our deputies and their efforts to go above and beyond for the community. #HappyThanksgiving.&#8221;</p>
<p>The body cam video begins with a brief introductory text. &#8220;The call you are about to witness is true,&#8221; it reads. &#8220;The names of turkeys involved have been changed to protect the innocent. Call him Tom.&#8221; In the video, the two deputies can be seen cornering the turkey in a bedroom. &#8220;Well, let&#8217;s just see what we got,&#8221; one of the deputies says. &#8220;He&#8217;s a little fired up, too.&#8221; A graphic on the screen informs viewers that the turkey broke into the home through a window. &#8220;Hey fella,&#8221; the deputy says. &#8220;What you doin&#8217;, old man, huh? What you doin&#8217; up here?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Yeah, this is my first time with a turkey,&#8221; the deputy tells the concerned homeowner.</p>
<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s staring at me,&#8221; says the other deputy. &#8220;I don&#8217;t like this.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Oh, he ain&#8217;t gonna hurt you too bad,&#8221; the first deputy responds.</p>
<p>The two deputies stretch out a blanket; one of the deputies throws it over the bird and grabs it. But the turkey escapes his grasp and tries to fly out another window in the room. The deputy then hands the blanket to his partner, who wrangles it and carries it out. &#8220;You&#8217;ve got enough feathers in here for a feather duster, ma&#8217;am,&#8221; the deputy carrying the turkey jokes to the homeowner.</p>
<p>&#8220;I must&#8217;ve taken all the fight out of him,&#8221; his partner jokes as the deputy carries the turkey downstairs and out of the house. The deputy then lets the turkey out of the blanket, and the bird runs into the woods nearby. The homeowner then thanks the two deputies profusely.</p>
<p>Earlier this week, President Joe Biden gave pardons to two turkeys from being stuffed at family tables for Thanksgiving, a tradition that dates back to the 19th century. According to the <a href="https://www.whitehousehistory.org/pardoning-the-thanksgiving-turkey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House Historical Association</a>, President Abraham Lincoln was the first to issue clemency for a turkey in 1863. Turkeys were sent to the White House as gifts from the 1870s onward. The tradition itself stemmed from an offhand remark made by President John F. Kennedy in 1963; The Washington Post reported Kennedy&#8217;s comment, &#8220;let&#8217;s keep him going,&#8221; as both a &#8220;pardon&#8221; and a &#8220;reprieve.&#8221; The practice of sending the turkey to a farm began under Richard Nixon, and the formality of the pardon started under George H.W. Bush.</p>


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‘In The Spirit Of Thanksgiving’: Sheriff Pardons Turkey That Broke Into Family Home

Kansas Sheriff Pardons Turkey That Broke Into Family Home 'In The Spirit Of Thanksgiving'

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<p>Megyn Kelly shared why she&#8217;s no longer in charge of cooking Thanksgiving dinner for her family after making an attempt three times, with each one just short of a &#8220;complete disaster.&#8221;</p>
<p>In the &#8220;<a href="https://www.devilmaycaremedia.com">American News Minute with Megyn Kelly</a>&#8221; <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?zx=jqodr0vqc3ov#inbox/FMfcgzGrbHsLRVpSXzTzJfgFQjdHKCpj" target="_blank" rel="noopener">newsletter</a> that came out on Friday, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/megyn-kelly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">host</a> of &#8220;The Megyn Kelly Show&#8221; podcast talked about her disastrous attempts to cook the Turkey dinner, complete with sides, that ended one time with the bird catching &#8220;on fire.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I have tried to cook this meal three times,&#8221; Kelly explained. &#8220;The first, I was only second-in-command so it wasn&#8217;t a complete disaster. The next time was when [I] was single – I cooked for my sister and her kids at a little townhome I moved into during my early days at Fox. I forgot to take the turkey out of the freezer until Thanksgiving Day and learned the hard way, that&#8217;s too late.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The final attempt was when [husband] Doug and I tried to cook for our friends Lisa and John O&#8217;Hurley in New York City,&#8221; she added. &#8220;It was an unmitigated disaster. I inadvertently left half of my bags at the grocery store … all we had was turkey and stuffing. The turkey caught on fire and wound up as dry as Clark Griswold&#8217;s in Christmas Vacation.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;We realized as we cooked that we were missing gravy, which — given the turkey situation — we really needed,&#8221; the former Fox News host continued, noting that at this point the only store open was a drugstore, with a packaged version. &#8220;While at first it seemed like an enormous watery soup, I soon found out that if you stir and stir and stir and stir the gravy gets thicker and actually … disappears…”</p>
<p>Things really got hilarious when Kelly shared how some &#8220;turkey grease&#8221; ended up getting on one of their dogs, leading the other dog to begin licking &#8220;the first dog incessantly for a week,&#8221; which the first dog &#8220;did not appreciate.&#8221;</p>
<p>This final Turkey Day attempt ended up with smoke billowing &#8220;out of the kitchen following the oven fire, O&#8217;Hurley yelled out, &#8216;I&#8217;ve got Jean-Georges on speed dial!&#8217; In the end we opted not to dine at this five-star restaurant (mistake) and our dear friends never complained about their one-star holiday meal. But that was it for me.&#8221;</p>
<p>At the end of the letter, the podcast host shared how this year was the family&#8217;s first Thanksgiving <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-gets-emotional-on-air-after-revealing-major-loss-in-her-family" target="_blank" rel="noopener">without her sister</a> Suzanne. Kelly shared that even though it was hard, she and her family, complete with her mom and her sister&#8217;s kids, enjoyed spending time together, reminding her &#8220;that what comes after tragedy is usually resilience.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-breaks-down-on-air-after-sharing-major-accident-that-left-her-kid-in-icu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Megyn Kelly Breaks Down On Air After Sharing Major Accident That Left Her Kid In ICU</a></strong></p>


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<p>Superstar Mariah Carey made an appearance in the annual Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, and Twitter followers had a field day with the singer as she appeared to lip-sync her performance.</p>
<p>In video posted on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVJYcs-MhdA">YouTube</a>, the 52-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">singer</a> was decked out wearing an off-the-shoulder hot pink floor-length dress while holding a sparkling umbrella in one hand and a microphone in the other. She wore a tiara as she stood on a giant star.</p>
<p>Carey tried to make it look like she was singing her monster hit song &#8220;All I Want For Christmas Is You,&#8221; but it appeared from the footage that the music was just playing in the background, with many Twitter users accused her of lip-syncing, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/24/mariah-carey-performs-at-the-macys-parade-and-the-internets-reaction-is-hilarious/?utm_source=like2buy.curalate.com&amp;crl8_id=1d2c40df-79e4-4779-86b6-95044aedb999">New York Post</a> noted. Other noticed that the &#8220;One Sweet Day&#8221; hitmaker was flanked on all sides by dozens of energetic dancers as she basically just stood.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Mariah Carey is getting millions right now to just stand there with her umbrella and honestly I&#8217;m not mad. Mad respect,&#8221; sports journalist Ian Hest tweeted.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mariah Carey is getting millions right now to just stand there with her umbrella and honestly I’m not mad. Mad respect.</p>
<p>&mdash; Ian Hest (@IanHest) <a href="https://twitter.com/IanHest/status/1595823697268547585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;I love the lack of energy Mariah Carey gives in her performances,&#8221; another person wrote. &#8220;It&#8217;s the one thing we can all count on.&#8221;</p>
<p>While another shared, &#8220;Mariah Carey getting paid to just stand there at the Thanksgiving Parade and not even pretend to be actually singing to the backing track lmfao queen behavior.&#8221;</p>
<p>Carey supporters came to her defense as they noted that no one in the parade was performing live.</p>
<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no way that not one single artist performs live at this parade, yet people are mad at Mariah for it. Are you all ok?&#8221; one person wrote.</p>
<p>Others joked that the pop singer had been thawed out or had come out of hibernation in time to celebrate the holiday.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is not a drill,&#8221; one person wrote. &#8220;Mariah Carey has been thawed out. Christmas has begun.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">THIS IS NOT A DRILL. MARIAH CAREY HAS BEEN THAWED OUT. CHRISTMAS HAS BEGUN. <a href="https://t.co/vCHJoaTgmw">pic.twitter.com/vCHJoaTgmw</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Zach Cronin-Hurley 🎥🐐 (@zCroninHurley) <a href="https://twitter.com/zCroninHurley/status/1595824149481590793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;Mariah Carey has come out of hibernation [Macys Parade],&#8221; another wrote.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mariah Carey has come out of hibernation <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/macysparade?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#macysparade</a> <a href="https://t.co/1MXYsT9v5Y">pic.twitter.com/1MXYsT9v5Y</a></p>
<p>&mdash; SΞAN (@Seanlofficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/Seanlofficial/status/1595824079147339776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The &#8220;Hero&#8221; hitmaker recently lost her bid to trademark &#8220;Queen of Christmas,&#8221; a moniker she&#8217;s been referred to as for years, after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office decided that wasn&#8217;t possible, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mariah-carey-loses-bid-to-trademark-queen-of-christmas">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.</p>


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<p>Americans expected to pay more for <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/thanksgiving" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thanksgiving</a> turkey this year than ever before, but residents of some states are experiencing far higher prices than their counterparts in others as <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/inflation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inflation</a> continues to impact the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/economy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">economy</a>.</p>
<p>The average household was projected to pay $34.15 for a 15-pound turkey this year. Residents of Hawaii, which typically has a higher cost of living than the rest of the nation, and residents of Alaska, the only state without a native turkey population, saw prices of $50.35 and $49.85, respectively, according to an <a href="https://financebuzz.com/cost-of-turkey-in-every-state" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> from FinanceBuzz. On the mainland, however, residents of South Carolina paid an average of $38.85 per bird.</p>
<p>States such as Minnesota and Idaho and coastal states such as California, New York, and New Jersey also saw turkey prices higher than the national average. The least expensive birds are found in Mississippi and Texas, where prices are $26.35 and $28.30, respectively.</p>
<p>The elevated turkey prices occur as an outbreak of the avian flu impacts flocks in 46 states and 332 counties, according to <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/data-map-commercial.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Americans consume 46 million turkeys each Thanksgiving, according to <a href="https://web.extension.illinois.edu/turkey/turkey_facts.cfm#:~:text=88%25%20of%20Americans%20surveyed%20by,19%20million%20turkeys%20on%20Easter." target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the University of Illinois, roughly equating to the number of poultry impacted by the outbreak.</p>
<p>FinanceBuzz recorded the prices of multiple turkeys sold by chain grocery stores in each state for their analysis. More <a href="https://financebuzz.com/costly-thanksgiving-foods" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the company revealed that other Thanksgiving fare, such as potatoes, pies, and stuffing, are significantly more expensive this holiday season.</p>
<p>According to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/amber-waves-of-pain-thanksgiving-dinners-will-be-20-more-expensive-this-year" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the American Farm Bureau Association, households preparing for 1tenpeople during the holiday were projected to spend an average of $64.05 for the meal, a considerable increase from the $53.31 families spent to feed the same number of people last year. Americans in the western portion of the country were projected to pay $71.37, while those in southern states were expected to spend a more modest $58.42.</p>
<p>“General inflation slashing the purchasing power of consumers is a significant factor contributing to the increase in average cost of this year’s Thanksgiving dinner,” Farm Bureau Chief Economist Roger Cryan remarked in a <a href="https://www.fb.org/newsroom/farm-bureau-survey-shows-thanksgiving-dinner-cost-up-20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. “Other contributing factors to the increased cost for the meal include supply chain disruptions and the war in Ukraine. The higher retail turkey cost at the grocery store can also be attributed to a slightly smaller flock this year, increased feed costs and lighter processing weights.”</p>
<p>Inflation has slowed economic activity over the past two years as American consumers and businesses tighten their belts. Price levels rose 7.7% between October 2021 and October 2022, according to a <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showing that headline inflation has begun to decline amid contractionary policy from the Federal Reserve.</p>
<p>The lower headline number, however, was driven by declines in areas such as used vehicles, apparel, and medical care services, which have a lower day-to-day impact on consumers. Overall, food prices rose 0.6% month-to-month while energy prices rose 1.8%, the first such increase since June. Shelter costs rose 0.8%, marking their fastest increase since the beginning of the year.</p>


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<p style="font-weight: 400;">On the eve of Thanksgiving, MSNBC’s Joy Reid <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH2_9F1NiuE&amp;t=72s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">went on a tirade</a> against the cherished holiday in which she called it a holiday that erases the “genocide” committed by white Americans.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The comments came in a segment of Reid’s show “The Reidout” that focused in on two recent mass shootings. One of the shootings involved a self-described “non-binary” individual who allegedly attacked a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/colorado-springs-suspect-identifies-nonbinary-uses-pronounces-defense-rcna58499" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leaving</a> five people dead. In the other, a black man allegedly <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/22/us/chesapeake-virginia-walmart-shooting/index.html">murdered</a> six co-workers, including a 16-year-old boy, at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“For millions of Americans it’s a cherished tradition. And as Americans we certainly value those traditions,” Reid said of Thanksgiving.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;But it’s also important to unpack the myth of Thanksgiving. It is a holiday riddled with inaccuracies, built on this myth that the indigenous welcomed their colonizers with open arms and ears of corn; a simplistic fairytale interpretation of a 1621 encounter between indigenous tribes and English settlers that erases the genocide that followed,&#8221; she added.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Reid then accused Republicans of conspiratorially erasing American violence.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“It&#8217;s the truth that Republicans want banned from our textbooks, because here’s the secret they want so desperately to keep: We are a country founded on violence,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The she claimed that “we are a country that still chooses violence.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Our birth was violent. In 1619, a ship with more than 20 enslaved Africans landed in Virginia ushering in two centuries of American slavery that left millions in chains or dead. And when those humans in bondage were finally free, a terrorist organization that was a card-carrying member of polite society — the Ku Klux Klan —picked up where the Civil War ended using violence to maintain white supremacy,&#8221; she claimed.</p>
<p>Conservatives took Reid to task:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joy Reid, screwed up head case who’s hate for our fabulous country knows no limits<a href="https://t.co/6DOIk3fV0m">https://t.co/6DOIk3fV0m</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) <a href="https://twitter.com/marklevinshow/status/1595596047673446400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joy Reid smears America&#39;s history on the eve of Thanksgiving: &quot;We are a country founded on violence. Our birth was violent. In 1619, a ship with more than 20 enslaved Africans landed in Virginia, ushering in two centuries of American slavery that left millions in chains or dead.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/jMdKOrp8bT">pic.twitter.com/jMdKOrp8bT</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinTober94/status/1595581425981562880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is a woman who can&#39;t deal with how many Americans can&#39;t afford to buy a turkey this year so she attacks the entire holiday. </p>
<p>She must be a miserable guest on Thanksgiving!</p>
<p>Joy Reid calls out &#39;the myth&#39; of Thanksgiving <a href="https://t.co/aqK3dZF568">https://t.co/aqK3dZF568</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FoxNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FoxNews</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Stacy Washington (@StacyOnTheRight) <a href="https://twitter.com/StacyOnTheRight/status/1595641568400138240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Reid has long expressed her dislike for Republicans on her MSNBC show and on Twitter. In April 2022, she went on a Twitter tirade in which she again targeted Republicans, writing, “I genuinely fear that before long, America will look a lot more like Russia or Hungary or even Afghanistan than any one of y&#8217;all can imagine. Because Republicans are aggressive in their pursuit of social and political control, while just about everyone else is pretty disengaged.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I genuinely fear that before long, America will look a lot more like Russia or Hungary or even Afghanistan than any one of y&#39;all can imagine. Because Republicans are aggressive in their pursuit of social and political control, while just about everyone else is pretty disengaged.</p>
<p>&mdash; Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/1511501319743356940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">She continued, “And it&#8217;s what they hope to impose on us: unbreakable rule by far right Christian ideologues, coal &amp; oil polluters, heeled corporations &amp; the super rich. With all rights hoarded by white Christian men &amp; everyone else under firm control.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#39;s Putinite fascism mixed with Talibanism. And it&#39;s what they hope to impose on us: unbreakable rule by far right Christian ideologues, coal &amp; oil polluters, heeled corporations &amp; the super rich. With all rights hoarded by white Christian men &amp; everyone else under firm control. <a href="https://t.co/Jtwcsio9Gm">pic.twitter.com/Jtwcsio9Gm</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/1511509389676617730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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‘Screwed Up Head Case’: Joy Reid Attacks Thanksgiving, Gets Slammed

Joy Reid Attacks Thanksgiving, Gets Slammed

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<p>The White House geared up for the Thanksgiving holiday by sharing a list of talking points for people to reference if the happened to find themselves talking to &#8220;that uncle&#8221; during a family gathering.</p>
<p>Press Secretary <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/wolf-blitzer-to-karine-jean-pierre-is-biden-setting-himself-up-for-failure-by-focusing-on-abortion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Karine Jean-Pierre</a> — along with several other officials in <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-between-bites-of-ice-cream-brags-the-economy-is-strong-as-hell-ice-cream-prices-are-up-13-6/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Joe Biden&#8217;s</a> administration — shared a handy tip sheet for those who just had to keep talking politics at the Thanksgiving table.</p>
<p><a href="https://dailywire.com/news/who-exactly-thinks-the-president-is-doing-a-good-job-on-inflation-peter-doocy-corners-karine-jean-pierre/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jean-Pierre</a> tweeted the list — complete with holiday-themed illustrations and bullet points for easy referencing — with a pun-filled caption: &#8220;It’s hard to quit talking politics cold turkey — even at Thanksgiving. Talk to your family from across the aisle, and across your dinner table, with this cheat sheet.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s hard to quit talking politics cold turkey — even at Thanksgiving. Talk to your family from across the aisle, and across your dinner table, with this cheat sheet. <a href="https://t.co/0KLii3kiGJ">pic.twitter.com/0KLii3kiGJ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Karine Jean-Pierre (@PressSec) <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1595507114977464348?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Chief of Staff Ron Klain joined in with his own caption, saying, &#8220;<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">One last item for your Thanksgiving dinner: some talking points when &#8216;that Uncle&#8217; comes &#8216;at you&#8217; about </span><span class="r-18u37iz">@POTUS</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">One last item for your Thanksgiving dinner: some talking points when &quot;that Uncle&quot; comes &quot;at you&quot; about <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>. <a href="https://t.co/P9X0wDRRZK">pic.twitter.com/P9X0wDRRZK</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) <a href="https://twitter.com/WHCOS/status/1595414110438662144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The first point alleged that Biden had been &#8220;tackling inflation and lowering costs&#8221; — despite the fact that the price of a <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/amber-waves-of-pain-thanksgiving-dinners-will-be-20-more-expensive-this-year/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thanksgiving dinner</a> is up a average of 20% since last year and gas prices, though down considerably from their record-shattering peak, are still straining wallets nationwide.</p>
<p>The second point touted Biden&#8217;s moves to lower prescription drug costs, and point #3 outlined the bipartisan infrastructure deal. The following points addressed the CHIPS and SCIENCE Act, recent gun control measures, and the economic progress that many Republicans argue was simply the natural result of businesses being allowed to reopen.</p>
<p>The final point on the &#8220;cheat sheet&#8221; calls Congressional Republicans &#8220;extreme&#8221; and accuses them of pushing for a full national abortion ban, trying to cut Social Security and Medicare, and &#8220;trying to raise costs on Americans by repealing the Inflation Reduction Act.&#8221;</p>
<p>Critics were not impressed by the talking points, however, and they made their thoughts known.</p>
<p>&#8220;No thank you. I like my family,&#8221; Chad Felix Green said.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">No thank you.<br />I like my family. <a href="https://t.co/jyS1W1CWHs">https://t.co/jyS1W1CWHs</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) <a href="https://twitter.com/chadfelixg/status/1595555161010847746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;During this holiday season, share the gift that keeps on giving with your loved ones: government propaganda,&#8221; Siraj Hashmi suggested.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">during this holiday season, share the gift that keeps on giving with your loved ones: government propaganda <a href="https://t.co/HOdx3hQv6z">https://t.co/HOdx3hQv6z</a></p>
<p>&mdash; siraj hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) <a href="https://twitter.com/SirajAHashmi/status/1595544183833591808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>From NRO&#8217;s Isaac Schorr came the following: &#8220;My favorite family tradition is when we go around the table at Thanksgiving dinner, each of us enumerating our &#8216;top accomplishments&#8217; in an effort to humiliate the others.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">My favorite family tradition is when we go around the table at Thanksgiving dinner, each of us enumerating our “top accomplishments” in an effort to humiliate the others. <a href="https://t.co/I2vLBiV0Qx">https://t.co/I2vLBiV0Qx</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Isaac Schorr (@isaac_schorr) <a href="https://twitter.com/isaac_schorr/status/1595543704206548992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;If things were going well, perhaps you wouldn’t need dishonest talking points to make it through Thanksgiving dinner &#8230;&#8221; Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1595544147162701844" target="_blank" rel="noopener">observed</a>.</p>


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Karine Jean-Pierre

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Republican

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You guys know I love Thanksgiving for many different reasons. It&#8217;s the one holiday that I host at my house every year. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can hear more about what I am making and why love it on my Wednesday show — </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-48-will-kim-k-speak-out-about-the-bdsm-themed-balenciaga-kids-campaign-3d-printed-meat-is-here-what-i-m-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">click here to watch</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This year, I&#8217;m going to share with you ten things I am grateful for over these last 365 days. These are in no particular order — and I explain each one of them in more detail on my show.</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I am so grateful for the birth of <strong>my daughter, Louise Marie Farmer</strong>. She is absolutely perfect. It was a perfect birth, perfect delivery. She has been an absolute dream of a child. It just doesn&#8217;t even make sense to me how lucky I got with this child. I mean, every child is a blessing, but I&#8217;m telling you, Louise is an extra blessing because she is just so gracious and kind and she just loves her big brother. She&#8217;s always smiling. And I always say that when she smiles, she has this way of looking at you.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I am grateful for <strong>the South</strong>. I told my cousin this yesterday, but believe it or not we put up our Christmas tree yesterday. I know, I&#8217;m so against it, but somehow the South and the rednecks have convinced me to get on board with early Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why? Because Christmas makes everybody happy. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">And I&#8217;m just grateful to be down in the South. Not just because they put up their Christmas decorations way too early, but because the people have their values right.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The documentary “<strong><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/the-greatest-lie-ever-sold" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Greatest Lie Ever Sold</a></strong>.” It was a lot of work, and I was pregnant throughout the entire time we filmed. Yet, we were able to deliver and create the documentary I wanted. To be able to be in a position where I can put forth that sort of work where I can actually help better society by exposing the truth — that is the ultimate blessing.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sort of a weird one — but I am grateful that <strong>Elon Musk freed the bird</strong>. I&#8217;m grateful that he took over Twitter. I really do believe that the pendulum is starting to swing — and moving it starts being able to have free speech.  It feels like we won a little bit in that category, like the totalitarian system of social media had to take a loss. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I say this, but I don&#8217;t say it enough, that I am so grateful for <strong>all of you</strong>. I mean, the fact that this show is now going on five days a week is incredible. I&#8217;m grateful that you guys trust me and more importantly, that you guys have allowed me to grow.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Next, it is appropriate to say that I am grateful for <strong>the supporting cast of characters around me</strong>. The people in the control room who drive me crazy. I love them. I love my entire supporting cast at home. Everybody who makes it possible for me to do what I do every single day.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">When I was thinking of moments from this past year I was thankful for, two trips come to mind: <strong>a family trip to Cabo and two weeks in London as a family</strong>. I just don&#8217;t know what it was about Mexico, but my son absolutely loved it. He had the kiddie pool all to himself. It was our last trip as a family of three. And I&#8217;m also grateful that we were able to go to London as much as we wanted to and that my children&#8217;s grandparents we were able to experience Louise&#8217;s warm smile.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">And of course, <strong>I am thankful for my son</strong>. I just can&#8217;t say enough. He is just at a really fun stage right now. And this year, there were just a lot of firsts. He started to say a lot of words and it turned him into a parrot. He is hilarious. He definitely has my stubborn, stubborn nature. I love being able to wake him up in the morning and put him to bed every night.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">It follows, of course, that <strong>I am forever grateful for my husband</strong>. The number one thing that I tell women to do is go marry the right man. Do not listen to feminism. I almost feel like my life began when I met my husband. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">I became such a better, more full, smarter, and happier person just doing one thing — getting married to the right individual.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">This brings me to number ten. <strong>The Catholic faith</strong>. Of course, my husband is a Catholic. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">I am not a Catholic, but I&#8217;m grateful for the Catholic faith because it has worked so many miracles in my husband&#8217;s life. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">And I am grateful that I am learning about the Catholic faith because it&#8217;s Christianity. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">As you guys know, I believe so much in God. I see Him in all of this. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">So much of what we are fighting is a spiritual battle, good vs. evil here on earth. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">And by investing yourself in that goodness, by investing yourself in small acts every single day, plugging into the real source — God — then you remain optimistic. You remain hopeful because you know that evil can&#8217;t and doesn’t win in the end.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ladies and gentlemen, that is all I have to say about that. Happy Thanksgiving.</span></p>


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