The best of the day from the Allies. Headlines link to the original; we add a line on each.
Texas Mayor Rolls Back ICE Cooperation After Blue Wave
The Daily Wire — Houston Mayor John Whitmire signed an order limiting when city police may contact ICE, days after Democrats swept Texas, confining referrals to arrests for jailable offenses.
The Towns We Can’t Build
City Journal — Brad Hargreaves argues that demand for walkable small-town centers on the edges of big metros is strong, yet zoning and regulation make building new ones nearly impossible.
On Higher Ed, It’s Time for a Conservative Affordability Agenda
American Enterprise Institute — Preston Cooper urges Republicans to make college affordability their post-midterm priority through cost control, upfront price disclosure and curbing accreditors, not new subsidies.
Gavin the Merciful: Newsom’s 548 Death Row Commutations of Infamous Child Murderers and Serial Killers Overshadow Biden’s Notorious Clemency Spree
Washington Free Beacon — By Andrew Kerr: “Over the past 50 years, 917 death row inmates in the United States have received clemency.”
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