The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3:

• Dr. Victoria Coates— Former Deputy National Security Advisor & the Vice President of the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the extension of a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas which has, thus far, resulted in the release of fifty-one hostages taken by Hamas during their barbaric attacks against innocent Israeli citizens on October 7th. Dr. Coates is the author of “David’s Sling: A History of Democracy in Ten Works of Art.” You can find her book here: https://www.amazon.com/Davids-Sling-History-Democracy-Works/dp/1594037213
• The Associated Press writes that there has been a concerning “surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization.” China’s health ministry has claimed the uptick “is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus.” You can read more here: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/26/china-respiratory-illnesses-cause-flu-pathogens-00128637
• In a new report featured in Vanity Fair, Katherine Eban writes: “A series of previously unreported alarms and clashes over US-funded research in China reveal long-standing friction between two groups of government scientists: those who prioritize international collaboration, and those who are kept up at night by the idea that cutting-edge technologies could end up in the wrong hands.” Additionally, there were “warnings about Wuhan research” that “predated the pandemic.” You can read the full article here: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/11/covid-origins-warnings-nih-department-of-energy
• Is Red Barron’s frozen pizza the best pizza in the world? Rich is horrified to learn that anyone could actually believe this to be true. You can read Peter Suderman’s argument, published by Reason, here: https://reason.com/2023/11/26/frozen-pizza-is-the-best-pizza/
• The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board writes: “The 2024 election will probably be preceded by another flood of lawsuits over voting rules, especially absentee ballots, and keep an eye on Pennsylvania. Last week a federal judge there ruled that timely mail ballots must be counted even if the voter neglected to write the date, as state law requires. This may go to the Supreme Court, which punted a similar case last year. The saga of Pennsylvania’s undated ballots since the Covid pandemic is worth unspooling, because it shows how litigation puts indeterminacy into the election system.” You can read the full editorial here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/pennsylvania-mail-vote-elections-third-circuit-supreme-court-undated-ballots-e315013e?mod=opinion_lead_pos3