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Rush started the show today, defeated; this is only the second time I had to tune out. There is so much to unpack and yet he makes it sound like Trump is throwing in the towel. This unlike him.

The federal government used the Patriot Act to collect website visit logs in 2019, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence revealed in letters made public Thursday, putting a renewed focus on surveillance authorities that lapsed earlier this year.Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe, in a Nov. 6 letter in response to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), wrote that Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which allows the FBI to covertly obtain court orders to collect any business records relevant to a national security, was not used to get internet search terms.He later clarified that position in a Nov....

CNN anchor and the network’s chief national security corresponding issued a surprising and alarming statement on Thursday. Jim Sciutto wrote on Twitter: As Chinese military activity around Taiwan continues to ramp up, a senior administration official tells me, “We are watching very closely and would be ready for anything including a grave miscalculation by the PRC. We’re definitely watching them.”Illustrative file image of Chinese nuclear submarine, via Reuters/VOAHe added at a moment Trump continues to chip away at Beijing through a series of unprecedented ‘blacklisting’ measures, as well as new visa restrictions against Communist Party members and their families (which...

An idea that's simple as an abstraction--vaccine ID cards--turns out to be extremely difficult once real-world operational realities must be dealt with.Authorities around the world have made it clear that they will do "whatever it takes" to vaccinate their citizenry with one of the first available vaccines. Authoritarian states may mandate universal vaccinations while less authoritarian states will favor a "carrot and stick" approach of offering benefits to the vaccinated and exclusions from employment, education, travel and most of everyday life for those who refuse to be vaccinated. To identify the vaccinated and unvaccinated, many nations are planning to issue...

An obituary for a Kansas farmer slammed anti-maskers for contributing to the spread of COVID-19 that left him for dead. Marvin James Farr, 81, was in isolation at a nursing home in Scott City, Kansas, when he died Tuesday “not surrounded by friends and family,” his heartbroken son Courtney Farr wrote in the online obituary.

A Hilton hotel in the Chicago suburbs could face charges after it threw a 150-person, indoor wedding in flagrant violation of COVID-19 restrictions, reports said. The Hilton Chicago/Northbrook, about 25 miles northwest of Downtown Chicago, threw the bash Wednesday evening even though weddings are not allowed under Illinois’s current “tier 3” restriction measures, ABC News reported.

Pope Francis joins Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" Campaign and falsely associates it with Matthew 7 parable of the house built on a rock. Pope Francis recently used Joe Biden's Presidential Election slogan "Build back better" in his tweet but also in his recently published message for "THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES". It reveals that the agenda of Biden and Francis agree.

Chinese scientists claim to have built a quantum computer that is able to perform certain computations nearly 100 trillion times faster than the world’s most advanced supercomputer, representing the first milestone in the country’s efforts to develop the technology. The researchers have built a quantum computer prototype that is able to detect up to 76 photons through Gaussian boson sampling, a standard simulation algorithm, the state-run Xinhua news agency said, citing research published in Science magazine. That’s exponentially faster than existing supercomputers. The breakthrough represents a quantum computational advantage, also known as quantum supremacy, in which no traditional computer can...

At the time of Watergate, the French were completely mystified about what it was all about. "Of course, an incoming Administration rewards its supporters and prosecutes the prior Admin as much as it can", numerous French heads have civilly rolled. It's a fine tradition, in Pakistan, if you're a former head of state but haven't got the death penalty, you're a nobody. In the late 1960s, a newly-dead American Congressman was found to have $3.3 million under his bed. It was considered a grievous travesty; and even the fact that he didn't set up a foundation to garner $billions by...

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) has called for a signature audit of the 2020 election after CCTV footage from election night appears to show several Atlanta poll workers engaged in late-night ballot fraud. "I called early on for a signature audit," Kemp said in an interview with Fox News's "Ingraham Angle," adding "I think it should be done... I think, especially with what we saw today - it raises more questions."JUST IN: Georgia Gov. Kemp is calling for a signature audit after CCTV footage of hidden ballots being secretly counted was leaked pic.twitter.com/aVsFx1AlZ4 — VINnews (@VINNews) December 4, 2020Will Georgia...

General Flynn @GenFlynn Why are so many elected officials (both sides) from WDC & select States resistant to an honest review of what appears to be wide scale election fraud? #WeThePeople ask only for a fair & transparent process. For OUR country, get it together.

This video features Charlie Shamp, a Christian who has some reputation as a prophet. He posted the video to youtube on the Wedenesday after election day. In this presentation Charlie Shamp goes on record with the claim that God revealed to him that the 2020 presidential contest will eventually result in Donald Trump being elected for a second term. Charlie Shamp says that the ultimate theme of various prophetic revelations over several years is that the election will hinge upon corruption in Philadelphia, which will result in the Supreme Court determining that President Trump is the winner of the election....

Pennsylvania reported 11,763 new coronavirus infections on Friday, another one-day record. Thursday’s total of 11,406 new infectious was the previous record. Pennsylvania also has recorded 169 new deaths, raising the total to 11,113, according to newly-updated figures on the state’s public tracking dashboard. That’s an increase of more than 1,000 deaths in little more than a week. Hospitalized patients and those needing intensive care also continued to surge, with 5,071 people hospitalized with COVID-19, and 1,065 needing intensive care, the health department said. The intensive care situation to cause alarm, with fewer than 700 intensive care beds still open, according...

Video interview of Jenna Ellis by Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business News Morning Futures

ROME — The Vatican suggested Thursday a Biden presidency might inject new life into the stagnant Paris Climate Accord after President Trump pulled the U.S. out of the deal in 2017. The Vatican COVID-19 Commission announced Thursday that it is organizing a webinar next week in preparation for a December 12 global climate summit to be co-hosted by the United Nations and the UK to mark the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement. In its preparatory document, the Vatican team lamented the lack of initiative and commitment around the Paris climate goals, something it said needs to gain renewed momentum...

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden took to Twitter today to ask US President Donald Trump to pardon Wikileaks founder Julian Assange during his last days in office. "Mr. President, if you grant only one act of clemency during your time in office, please: free Julian Assange. You alone can save his life," Snowden tweeted. Assange, who has gained international fame for founding the WikiLeaks portal, is currently in custody in London, UK. He was arrested in April 2019 for breaking pre-trial release conditions in a 2012 UK case. At the time, Assange absconded and requested political asylum in the Ecuador embassy...

Georgia Senate Judiciary subcommittee heard new jaw-dropping allegations of alleged election fraud in the state from several people including President Donald Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani. The supposed videotape evidence alleges proof of ballots being counted without oversight. A subcommittee comprised of both Republicans and Democrats held a hearing at the State Capitol for perhaps the biggest bombshell presented to lawmakers from inside State Farm Arena. For the first time, the president’s legal team, led by Giuliani, presented surveillance video from the state’s largest voting center. The video allegedly shows people taking out at least four boxes of ballots from underneath...

The latest installment of the Netflix chronicle of the royals seeks to slime Margaret Thatcher, but the Charles-Diana soap opera undermines the series’ political slant.Since its debut in 2016, fans of the Netflix series “The Crown” have been looking forward to when this depiction of the life of Queen Elizabeth II would take the story of the royal family and British politics into the 1980s. For Americans who love the show because it satisfies their yen for celebrity gossip with a gloss of politics and social commentary, the arrival of Princess Diana as a major character was highly anticipated.Much of...

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that he will assume the role of chief medical adviser to the White House in January.Fauci, who is currently director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was tapped by presumptive potential President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday to fill the job.During an appearance Friday on NBC’s “Today” show Fauci said, “I said ‘yes’ right on the spot” after Biden asked him to assume the post.Biden told CNN on Thursday he plans to issue a voluntary call for Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days of his potential administration.On Friday, Fauci recounted...

Paddy was driving home, drunk as a skunk, suddenly he has to swerve to avoid a tree, then another, then another. A cop car pulls him over as he veers about all over the road. Paddy tells the cop about all the trees in the road. Cop says For Heaven sake Paddy, that's your air freshener swinging about!