JUDICIAL NOMINEE FACES SENATE SCRUTINY over Knights of Columbus membership.

MORE: Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Knights of Columbus?

I DON'T NEED EVIDENCE, I need subpoenas.

RAND PAUL TO THE LEFT: "How about you just admit you hate the President, love war and have been wrong for the last twenty years on every part of foreign policy?"

DON SURBER: Day 4 of no government.

The effects of the government shutdown have gone from bad to worse. Last night was eerily silent. Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

Now go read the rest.

YES, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus.

Not quite what you expected, eh?

AND A TRUMP CHRISTMAS to Congress.

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM SHADOW'S WORLD:

And Mele Kalikimaka and Feliz Navidad from where we used to live....

IT'S ONLY A PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: Ocasio-Cortez calls for furlough of congressional salaries.

She's probably pissed because she's not on the payroll yet....

DON SURBER: Day 3 of no government. From the comments:

As a show of solidarity with the hordes of furloughed government workers, I have chosen not to go to the office today or tomorrow.

Solidarity ends Wednesday, however. I've got too many deadlines coming up.

Read it all, including comments.

NO BORDERS, NO WALLS! NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio builds ‘privacy fence’ around Gracie Mansion.

Maybe Trump could get Democrat support for his border wall if he called it a 'privacy fence'....

SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS OWNER: "We live in a pretty f**ked up city."

So when will the city fathers mothers persons of indeterminate gender you voted for notice?

IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO THE BUREAU: Former FBI agents sound off on James Comey.

I THINK 'BOTH' IS THE CORRECT ANSWER: Is MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow a bigot or just ignorant?

I'd say we are better off with a private Christian university that affirms the teachings of Jesus Christ, than a government-run university that affirms the teachings of Karl Marx.

Religion may not be fulfilling for everyone, but secular progressivism is fulfilling for no one.

DOUBLE DOWN: An ethics lesson for USA Today’s “queer” bullies.

Bigots with bylines....

THEY WERE AGAINST HIM BEFORE THEY WERE FOR HIM: Mattis to be replaced by deputy, will leave January 1.

'They' being journalists and Democrats.

SO CLIMATE CHANGE IS BAD? Millions moving to warmer climates.

Linked from Whatfinger News.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: It was always about the wall.

The solidly blue states of the American Southwest, including Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico, voted red as recently as 2004 for George W. Bush. Progressives understandably conclude that de facto open borders are good long-term politics.

And you can see it playing out in Congress right now.

SO VERY TRUE: Folks in Flyover country are getting sick and tired of politicians.

Linked from Whatfinger News.

PUNCHING BACK: Stephen Miller hands Wolf Blitzer his ass on a silver platter.

I JOURNEY to the land of Social Securities (sic).

I've never had the wait - or 'be interrogated' - at my local Social Security office, and I have to admit that for a federal government organization, the service was pretty good.

Linked from Whatfinger.