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Health Secretary Matt Hancock has asked the UK's drugs regulator to 'understand the data' coming out of Oxford University's coronavirus vaccine trial amid a row over the science behind the jab's promising results. Officials last night asked the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to consider giving emergency approval for the jab, so that it could be given out from next month if it is deemed safe and effective.It comes after confusing trial results from Oxford found under-55s accidentally given too little of the vaccine actually had better protection from coronavirus than those who got the full doses, making...

In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court ruled that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's restrictions on church attendance in his state are an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment's "free exercise" clause. The original suit was filed by a Catholic Diocese and two Orthodox Jewish synagogues. In the unsigned majority opinion, the court ruled that "the restrictions at issue here, by effectively barring many from attending religious services, strike at the very heart of the First Amendment's guarantee of religious liberty. Even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten." Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, saying that...

The Count gives a short piece for classical guitar called "Pavane." It's an original composition that fell on his lap one day. He has also received praise from Michael Chapdelaine for this piece. If you enjoy the music please subscribe to his channel.

The Trump legal team has established objections to over 160,000 absentee ballots in Milwaukee County that could be used in a lawsuit. Milwaukee County alone could swing to favor Trump in WI. It’s up to President Trump and his legal team on whether or not to pursue in court.

Explanation: This Long March-5 rocket blasted off from the Wenchang launch site in southernmost Hainan province on Tuesday November 24, at 4:30 am Beijing Time, carrying China's Chang'e-5 mission to the Moon. The lunar landing mission is named for the ancient Chinese goddess of the moon. Its goal is to collect about 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of lunar material from the surface and return it to planet Earth, the first robotic sample return mission to the Moon since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 mission in 1976. The complex Chang'e-5 mission landing target is in the Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms)....

Congresswoman-elect Maria Elvira Salazar is seeking to create her own version of “the Squad” to combat radical socialist Democrats. They are being called ‘The Force’ or ‘Freedom Squad.’ “I want to create a force within my freshman class that will have to be reckoned with. A force of reason, a force for freedom, a force for democracy,” Salazar told NBC News. The Republican freshman seeks to take on the ‘Squad,’ led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), and batting down their socialist agenda is the main priority. “When I hear this Democratic socialism that is being presented within the Democratic Party,...

[I'm excerpting to my experience. Some missionaries have chosen to return to their home countries.]... Some missionaries never had any choice. Mary Lott is currently in Alabama, hoping that next year she and her husband can go back to Indonesia. She would have stayed if she could have. A staff member with Wycliffe Bible Translators, Lott and her husband have worked at an international school since 1995. They considered the health risks when they first moved to the country—long before anyone knew of COVID-19. “We knew malaria is endemic,” Lott said. “Dengue fever. Typhoid. Typhus. Tuberculosis. We knew that when...

I have one basic rule. Anytime John Brennan is upset about something, you know it’s good for the United States. As we reported earlier, “someone,” likely the Israelis, took out out Iran’s top nuclear scientist, the father of their military nuclear program, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. First photos of the car where the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh took place today are circulating on Tabnak's Telegram account. #Iran pic.twitter.com/0iE0Aqtzwg — Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) November 27, 2020 Now at a time when there’s a possibility that Joe Biden might come in and re-up the Iran Deal and throw open the doors to all Iran’s...

Diplomatic Reception RoomNovember 26, 20204:59 P.M. ESTTHE PRESIDENT: Well, I’m thrilled to be online with heroic members of the United States Military. Incredible people. I want to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving. We’re going to have a great year. We have a year coming up — the foundations are ready for one of the best years we’ve ever had.We have with us six units deployed all across the world, representing every branch of the armed forces. Many of you are very far from home, but today we hope you know that millions of American families are praying in...

MILWAUKEE — On Friday evening, the Milwaukee County Board of Elections concluded the recount and certified the results from election night. Election officials said that no instances of fraud were found while conducting the recount. This comes after a week long recount process that took place at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee. Out of a total 459,723 votes President-Elect Joe Biden received 317,527 and President Trump received 134,482. Overall, Biden added 257 votes while Trump gained 212 votes which means Biden netted a total of 45 votes. Dane County is expected to have its recount completed during the weekend.

Here are some Covid realities that we’ve long alluded to that might be useful to spell out in the current surge. U.S. government scientists now estimate that 40% of cases are asymptomatic and 80% of symptomatic cases are mild—in short, 88% of subjects don’t know they are infected or have no great incentive to find out if they are suffering from Covid or some more familiar bug. An American adult typically suffers two colds a year, while school-age children may suffer 10 or more, and 20 million of us get the flu. A conservative estimate, then, is that 13 million...

The Arizona legislature will hold a hearing on election improprieties and the integrity of the state’s 2020 election on Monday. Members of the Arizona Senate and House of Representatives will participate on the public event. Representative Mark Finchem of Legislative District will chair the hearing. “Since shortly before the 2020 election a number of my colleagues and I have been examining potential fraud pathways and illegal actions through which our 2020 election could become tainted. My worst fears have come to light in the process, and so far the evidence has been blocked from an official public forum,” Rep. Finchem...

Dr. Navid Keshavarz-Nia, is an experienced cybercrimes investigator and digital security executive, who has worked with the CIA, NSA, FBI, and U.S. military counterintelligence. In addition to his work with U.S. intelligence agencies Dr. Keshavarz-Nia works on cyber security and fraud with financial giants like Deutsche Bank and Stripe. Within the documents filed by Sidney Powell in Georgia Wednesday, Dr. Keshavarz-Nia shares this bombshell assessment in his affidavit. Ms. Powell has some high-powered experts in support of her court filings. [pdf link here]

With mounting evidence of election fraud now visible, members of the Pennsylvania legislature have drafted a joint resolution [SEE HERE] to overturn election results, reverse the previous state certification, and the sponsors promise they will take it to the Supreme Court if necessary.

The results from eight U.S. House races have still not been finalized in the 2020 elections nearly four weeks after election day. The Republican candidates in all eight races currently are leading their Democrat opponents. According to The New York Times, the following eight races have still not been officially called: California’s 21st Congressional District; 98% reported: Republican David Valadao: 50.5% Democrat TJ Cox (incumbent): 49.5% “Republican challenger Valadao of Hanford has a 1,820-vote lead over Fresno Democrat Cox, according to the California Secretary of State,” The Fresno Bee reported. “Fresno County Registrar of Voters Brandi Orth said she expects...

Republican Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) has slammed Joe Biden's pick to run the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), arguing that he was caught "selling citizenship" to Chinese elites.Sen. Cotton ripped into Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, for naming Alejandro Mayorkas as his choice to head DHS.

AUSTIN, Texas (CNN) -- Texas Gov. George W. Bush said he will go ahead with forming an administration after Florida officials certified his 537-vote lead in that state's presidential recount Sunday, but Vice President Al Gore prepared to challenge those results in a formal contest. Bush named his running mate, former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, to lead his transition team, and former Transportation Secretary Andrew Card to serve as chief of staff. "This has been a hard-fought election, a healthy contest for American democracy," Bush said. "But now that the votes are counted, it is time for the votes to...

Instant karma for CNN's John Berman this morning. The New Day co-host was strangely obsessed with the size of the desk that President Trump sat at yesterday as he took some questions from the press. The CNN host repeatedly mentioned the desk size in each of New Day's three hours. At one point, Berman somehow imagined a "metaphor" in the image of a "large man at a small desk." [snip] Then, karma struck. In the final New Day hour, Berman had the aforementioned Mason on as a guest. After yet again raising the desk size, Berman asked Mason "what's going...

FLORIDA — Gov. Ron DeSantis announced last week that while vaccines for COVID-19 are coming soon, he won’t require anyone to get vaccinated if they don’t want to. But a GOP state lawmaker said that state law, as currently written, could allow him or any other governor to mandate vaccinations, and he will file legislation in the coming days to repeal that law. “Right now in Florida, under the public health emergency statute chapter 381, they can literally take you, test you, quarantine you, but also force you to take a vaccine. They can restrain you and force you to...

The mainstream media, rather than cover in any real detail the serious allegations of voting fraud that were presented at a Gettysburg hearing of the Pennsylvania Senate Majority Policy Committee on Wednesday, instead mocked and dismissed the event.CNN made no effort to hide its extreme bias over the hearing in its headline which described it as a "baseless voter fraud event," "Trump invites Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers to White House after calling in to baseless voter fraud event."In addition, the story put "hearing" in quotes so as to present it as somehow not a real hearing.