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The Conservatives’ resounding victory in yesterday’s British General Election won’t come as a surprise to anyone who spent time canvassing in the ‘Red Wall.’ That’s the name given to a thick wedge of seats in the Midlands and North of England, some of which have been held by the Labour Party for over 75 years. Not that they have much love for the blond-haired leader. A friend of mine was standing as the Conservative candidate in Newcastle upon Tyne North, where the Labour incumbent won a 10,000 majority two years ago, and I knocked on a few doors for him...

You could say he’s been Berned. Sen. Bernie Sanders officially retracted his endorsement of Cenk Uygur just hours after offering it to him. Uygur, a liberal media commentator on his web show “The Young Turks,” is running to fill the congressional seat recently vacated by Rep. Katie Hill. The 2020 candidate faced immediate blowback for the endorsement given Uygur’s long history of past homophobic and misogynist blog posts.

[Note: The piece we posted here on December 9 from from a former instructor at NAS Pensacola (What Really Happened at NAS Pensacola, and Why) has gone viral across the Internet and generated an array of compelling responses. Some are so compelling that I feel they deserve high profile posts of their own. Below is the first of those, from a former Air Force instructor who also trained foreign nationals during his military service. I found his information especially interesting as it provides insight about the personal interrelationships that become formed between U.S. military personnel and their international colleagues and...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- A UNM student from Saudi Arabia is charged with unlawfully carrying a firearm. According to a criminal complaint, filed in federal court, Hassan Alqahtani, 28, was arrested after the FBI received a tip that Alqahtani had a "list of people who he wants to kill before he leaves the U.S." The complaint says the list includes professors from UNM. The FBI searched Alqahtani's residence and reportedly found a .380 firearm and ammunition. Alqahtani's girlfriend claimed the firearms was hers, according to the complaint. However, the FBI believes she was possibly conspiring with Alqahtani to conceal his possession of...

Soon a man in the crowd – not shown on camera – interjected to ask: “What about corruption in Ukraine?” [cut] But before Biden could address the Ukraine question on Friday, the crowd booed the protester and began to chant, “We want Joe!” Biden seemed to follow the crowd's lead. “This man represents Donald Trump very well. He’s just like Donald Trump,” Biden said of the protester, who appeared to leave the event, with the crowd waving goodbye to him -- though it was unclear if he chose to leave or if he was forced out either by security or...

Sidney Powell discusses Horowitz testimony and General Flynn ‘Mysterious letter to Clapper disappears…’ — at 7:05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=134&v=BcF1DlnceeM&feature=emb_logo Anonymous commenter in the CFP open thread pointed out the following: At 7:10 in the Powell clip we see the primary event that hooks Clapper into the conspiracy — a letter from British Security diasavowing Christopher Steele that was passed directly to ODNI. That letter has disappeared. That must be the moment when Clapper gave tacit consent to the coup plotters to proceed forward. The letter represents his area of maximum exposure and liability. It’s an item he has not been asked about....

A federal judge on Friday denied a challenge to a law that will allow New York to give driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants. The law, which is set to go into effect next week, was facing its second challenge in court, the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reports. U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe ruled against Rensselaer County Clerk Frank Merola, saying he lacked the legal capacity to bring the lawsuit against the state over the new law. The lawsuit, which was tossed out without the judge ruling on the merits of the law itself, was the last chance to block it...

Strange how this very major point is not even being covered a little bit in the mainstream media. Absolute insanity. https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1204944146903052288 

The Virginia National Guard on Friday responded to a Democratic lawmaker after he suggested that it may be needed to enforce new gun legislation. The remarks from Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.) suggesting that Gov. Ralph Northam (D) “may have to nationalize the National Guard to enforce the law” comes as dozens of counties across Virginia have declared themselves “Second Amendment sanctuaries” after Democrats took over the state legislature last election. "We have received multiple questions regarding proposed legislation for the 2020 General Assembly session and the authority of the Governor of Virginia to employ the Virginia National Guard in...

MADRID (Reuters) – Major economies resisted calls for bolder climate commitments as a U.N. summit in Madrid limped toward a delayed conclusion on Saturday, dimming hopes that nations will act in time to stop rising temperatures devastating people and the natural world.[snip] The annual climate marathon had been due to conclude on Friday, but dragged on with ministers mired in multiple disputes over implementing the Paris deal, which has so far failed to stem the upward march of global carbon emissions.[snip] The Paris process has been weakened by a move by U.S. President Donald Trump to begin withdrawing the world’s...

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has been on the campaign trail stumping for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). During a campaign event in New Hampshire on Friday, Omar argued that the media has falsely labeled her and Bernie as "radicals." "The media and many political pundits have labels they place on Sen. Bernie and myself and sometimes we get the same titles. And one that they like to use is 'radical,'" she said with a smile. "Here's the truth: if believing that 500,000 Americans should not be forced into medical bankruptcy every single year is radical, then we're proud to be radical."...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas—Each morning well before sunrise, dozens of immigrants line up on the international bridge here to enter a recently erected tent facility at the U.S. border. Inside a large wedding-style tent, the government has converted shipping containers into temporary courtrooms, where flat screens show the judge and a translator, who are in front of a camera in chambers miles away. The tents, which appeared at ports of entry here and up the Rio Grande in Laredo in late summer, are the latest manifestation of the Trump administration’s evolving response to a surge of migrants seeking asylum at the southern...

........1 ...2........3 Picture the above as the three prongs coming out of a plug. "1" is the ground,,, I think. 2 & 3 are the common and power,,,,,,,,, I think. I have a cable I want to hook up to it. The cable only has two wires, black and white, no ground. No problem not having the ground but does the black go to 2 or 3. And the white to the other. In other words of the cable two wires and the '2' and '3' of the plug which is the common and power. Sorry for getting old.

This is a four part audio interview with a Russian born English citizen was at the epicenter of the Russian hoax. No one conducts an interview like John Batchelor. You will find out in greater depth of how and when the CIA and FBI started an extensive false flag operation to not only take down Trump but also spy and other Republican candidates. If you don’t know who Stefan Halper is and how integral he was to the scam, listen to this four part interview.

Earlier this week, 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time's Person of the Year, defeating four other finalists, including US President Donald Trump, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, the Hong Kong protesters, and the whistleblower in the Trump-Ukraine scandal. A group of Trump supporters has edited the TIME magazine's 'Person of the Year' cover by replacing the head of climate activist Greta Thunberg with that of the US president. The altered picture was accompanied by a list of things the group claims Trump has accomplished since taking office three years ago.

Today’s Cryptogram DCC JWIDX DFLKUXY JDQG UXG UZ IUZG UV LJGYG YGQGX FDWYGY: FJDXFG, XDLWZG, FUIHWCYKUX, JDAKL, ZGDYUX, HDYYKUX, DXO OGYKZG. ——DZKYLULCG You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications. The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram). Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated. PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and any tips you might...

The number of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) outbreak for the week ending Dec 10 substantially increased, with 27 reported, up sharply from the average weekly total of 7 reported during the previous 3 weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest weekly snapshot of the epidemic. The spike in cases underscores earlier WHO warnings that illness numbers could increase again, given suspensions in response operations owing to deadly security incidents that occurred about 2 weeks ago. One chain sparked by patient with 2nd illness All of the new cases are linked to...

PSA - reminder. Part Three of Chanel Rion's OAN Investigates - Ukraine series. Ukrainian Witnesses Destroy Schiff’s Case. Part 1: 9:00 am EST Part 2: 10:00 am EST ***Part 3 DEBUT***: 11:00 am EST

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday rejected a bankruptcy reorganization plan submitted by PG&E Corp (PCG.N), the state’s largest investor-owned utility, saying its proposal fails to meet the requirements of a recently enacted wildfire The decision by Newsom, sent to PG&E in a letter, complicates the company’s push to exit bankruptcy and provide billions of dollars to victims of devastating wildfires in 2017 and 2018 sparked by the utility’s power lines. The embattled utility now has until Tuesday to further amend its plan to Newsom’s satisfaction, but his criticism of the reorganization package as it was presented by PG&E a...

Thomas Callaway, a 43-year-old youth minister (Pittman Park United Methodist Church) from Statesboro, GA was charged Friday with sexual battery, a misdemeanor, in Chatham County, records show. “The conduct displayed toward Alex Bozarjian during her live coverage of Saturday’s Savannah Bridge Run was reprehensible and completely unacceptable,” the Savannah television station the employs Bozarjian said after the arrest. Bozarjian told police the man had slapped and then grabbed her buttocks, the Associated Press reported.