Scott MacFarlane's daily editorial note argues the Arlington National Cemetery disruption by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Trump's Veterans Day golfing have reenergized Democratic lawmakers, and he expects battles with the Trump administration to escalate as the new Congress nears subpoena power. The newsletter also covers Senator Richard Blumenthal's records-preservation memo to prosecutor Aaron Reitz, a court fight over the East Potomac Park golf course, Jensen Huang's Nvidia resignation, a HUD citizenship-verification rule, data center fights, hospital closures, and a spreading school bus driver shortage.