FAKE HATE CRIME // An airplane customer claimed he was kicked off a flight for speaking Arabic on his phone. Turns out it wasn’t just any passenger, but a YouTube star who has recorded fake incidents on planes before. Delta said the YouTube star was kicked off flight for being disruptive, not for speaking Arabic. http://cvote.it/2ihzO1f
FAKE HATE CRIME // A Mississippi man was arrested for burning a black church and spray painting “Vote Trump.” The suspect is black. http://cvote.it/2ihqACe
TRANSITION 2017 // Trump names “Death by China” author as top trade adviser. http://cvote.it/2hbgl4X
HEALTH CARE // Yet another ObamaCare co-op has shut down its operations — and taken with it $65.5 million in taxpayer subsidies. http://cvote.it/2hb8WCm
LAME DUCK // President Obama says his ban on drilling in the Arctic is ‘permanent.’ But just how permanent is it, really? http://cvote.it/2hb8RyO
LOOP // You read it every day for the latest in politics news and the Church. Tell your friends and family this Christmas to stay in the Loop. http://catholicvote.org/getloop
EDUCATION // The pro-abortion legal activist organization Law Students for Reproductive Justice changed its name but at least 13 of their student chapters remain active on the campuses of Catholic university law schools. http://cvote.it/2hbejSk
CATHOLIC // Sainthood cause formally opened for former slave who served Denver’s poor. http://cvote.it/2igLhy5
ON THIS DAY // 1775 – Continental Congress creates a Continental Navy. http://cvote.it/2hb39gn
SAINT // Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini – http://cvote.it/2h0CKlh
DAILY READINGS // Today’s readings – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
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