“There is nothing for him to lose, and that’s a terrible position to be in.”

Bumper week for bad news as we head toward the end of the year, with fighting resuming in Gaza, trouble securing more aid for Ukraine, record-setting numbers of mass shootings, Republicans protecting January 6th rioters, and Donald Trump practically crowing over the possibility of a Trump dictatorship. But all the news can’t be bad, with Trump appeals denied and signs inflation could be on the way down.

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