The Daily Signal - Victor Davis Hanson: The Real Unconstitutionality? Undermining the Commander in Chief

In a recent strike on a Venezuelan drug boat, the vessel “was not completely obliterated,” requiring the U.S. military to “finish the job” with a second hit.

The Left instantly seized this as an opportunity to call it “an execution of prisoners,” saying that President Donald Trump ordered Secretary of War Pete Hegseth—“or perhaps Pete Hegseth on his own had ordered”—to “kill them all.”

Hanson breaks down the Left’s lies and the “Seditious Six’s” call to military members to “refuse illegal orders” on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.” 

 “It's a deliberate effort by the Left to undermine the chain of command and ultimately, the commander in chief itself. And the irony is: All of these senators and representatives and the media are talking about unconstitutionality. What they're doing is unconstitutional.”

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The Journal. - Netflix’s Fight for Warner Just Got Harder

This morning, Paramount Skydance launched a $77.9 billion hostile takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery. It occurred just days after Warner had agreed to a $72 billion deal with Netflix. WSJ’s Joe Flint reports on the twists and turns of the battle to control Warner and, if Netflix succeeds, how it would change Hollywood. Ryan Knutson hosts.

Further Listening:


- Will Paramount Settle With Trump?

- She Swore Off Legacy Media. Now She's Running CBS News.

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WSJ What’s News - Paramount Goes Hostile in Fight for Warner Bros. Discovery

P.M. Edition for Dec. 8. Paramount has launched a nearly $78 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, going directly to shareholders just a few days after Warner agreed to a $72 billion Netflix deal. Plus, the Trump administration announces a $12 billion bailout for struggling U.S. farmers grappling with the effects of the president’s tariffs. And pharmaceutical companies are shaking up the drug industry, selling some medicines directly to patients. WSJ reporter Peter Loftus joins to discuss the winners and losers from the shift. Alex Ossola hosts.


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WSJ Minute Briefing - U.S. Stocks Edged Lower To Start The Week

Plus: Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global shares rose after Paramount’s hostile takeover bid, while Netflix stock fell. And shares of Confluent surged after IBM announced plans to buy the data-infrastructure company. Danny Lewis hosts.

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Motley Fool Money - Profitability Predictions and Paramount Punches Back

We review the results from SentinelOne (S) and Snowflake (SNOW) and predict which stock is more likely to record profits first. We also take a critics-eye view of the Netflix-Warner Bros. deal amid Paramount’s hostile counter offer.


Rick Munarriz, Sanmeet Deo, and Tim Beyers:

- Review last week’s results from SentinelOne and Snowflake.

- Predict which of the two will reach GAAP profitability first.

- Give a critics choice take on the Netflix-Warner Bros deal, including some thoughts on Paramount’s just-launched hostile takeover.


Companies discussed: S, SNOW, NFLX, WBD, PSKY


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State of the World from NPR - Ukraine’s Government is Rocked by a Corruption Scandal

Even as Ukraine is engaged in high stakes peace talks with the U.S. and Russia, the country is dealing with a massive corruption scandal which has reached very high levels of the government. Though President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not been implicated, it has been a challenge for him. We go to Kyiv to get reaction from Ukrainians. 

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The Bulwark Podcast - Bill Kristol: This Is Not Democratic Government

ICE and Border Patrol are kidnapping people in the suburbs near New Orleans based on racial profiling—it’s like the South of 70 years ago. Mini Greg Bovino cares far more about his video team capturing him menacing and harassing people going about their lives than he does about due process and the Fourth Amendment. But despite her own pinup-style social media spreads, Trump may be readying to dump Kristi Noem from DHS. Meanwhile, the administration keeps creating new excuses for why it killed the two shipwrecked men near Venezuela, while also withholding key information. Plus, Trump is handing out more welfare checks to farmers, MTG says MAGA is not America First, the Dems get another shot this week on the affordability issue, Colin Allred may have been unwisely pushed out of the Texas Senate race, and Tim and Bill share a rare ‘you gotta hand it to Ted Cruz’ moment.

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1A - ‘If You Can Keep It’: Trump And Matters Of Military Law

As of Thursday, the Pentagon says it’s attacked 23 boats and killed at least 87 people as part of the Trump administration’s campaign against drug trafficking in the Caribbean.

In the months since the first strike on Sept. 2, one question has emerged that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cannot seem to shake: Are these boat strikes legal?

The White House says yes. But several members of Congress, legal experts, and former defense and intelligence officials have their doubts. Questions also remain about whether it’s legal for President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard in cities across the country.

In this installment of our weekly politics series, “If You Can Keep It,” we convene a panel of experts on military law to help us find answers.

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