RT | The US is well aware that a possible attack on North Korea would inflict heavy casualties.

RT | The Royal Navy’s HMS ‘St Albans’ shadowed the cutting-edge Russian missile frigate ‘Admiral Gorshkov’ as she passed near British waters in the North Sea on Christmas Day.

Daily Caller | Alphabet announced on Thursday that Schmidt will be stepping down in January.

Michael Snyder | So where do things go from here?

Breitbart | The Southern Poverty Law Center is tracking the hashtags #Christmas, #MerryChristmas, #Jesus, and #ChristmasEve.

Campus Reform | A group of feminist professors recently discovered that Instagram selfies taken by women in college can reinforce “traditional gender roles.”

Fans of Theodore Dalrymple | Self-hatred is neither attractive nor constructive. It is not only insincere but unjustified.

Information Liberation | The vast majority of Americans prefer “Merry Christmas” to “Happy Holidays,” according to a new poll from Axios/SurveyMonkey.

Information Liberation | The question is whether people are paying attention.

The Hill | “It’s both sad and telling The New York Times would print the lies of their anonymous ‘sources'”.

AP | France’s government is deploying nearly 100,000 police and soldiers for the holiday season as fears of extremist attacks remain high.

Breitbart | “I promise to god i want kill you and your family amir” vowed one, in a now deleted message.

Daily Star | KILLER robots with a conscience may become so advanced they could enslave the human race before killing our species, a leading expert has warned.

RT | Pyongyang considers the latest round of UN sanctions, which severely crippled its remaining imports and exports, to be an “act of war,” the country’s foreign ministry has said.

RT | The gunman opened fire and targeted police in several locations in the city.