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Golf Goes Global

After the biggest names in the game reject Saudi money.

Morning Docket: 11.30.20

* A new lawsuit alleges that a beer manufacturer falsely claimed its brew was made in Mexico instead of Holland. Would be amazing if free beer is part of any settlement… [Fox Business]

* Carter Page has filed a lawsuit against the FBI and others for allegedly illicit surveillance during the Russia investigation. [USA Today]

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