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NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea indicated Tuesday shootings in New York City are on track to be at their highest level in 14 years. The New York Post quoted Shea saying, “I wish I had better news on gun violence specifically… we’re looking to close out the year on a 14-year high.”

A New York Supreme Court justice said that election officials have found 12 uncounted ballots in a drawer that could affect a race where the GOP congressional candidate holds a slim 12-vote lead.

For too long, mayors and governors and health officials across the country have overstepped their authority. Time to ignore them. By now it should be obvious that elected state and local officials issuing COVID-19 lockdown and stay-at-home orders are just making things up as they go along.Too often, their edicts aren’t based on science or data, but on a grotesque understanding of their own authority and infallibility. In the face of a worsening pandemic, they want to be seen doing something, taking bold action to stop the spread of the virus—that is, so long as it doesn’t hurt certain favored...

The idea that bars should remain open yet schools remain closed runs counter to any sense of logic, not to mention good public policy.The past nine months have seen more than a quarter-million Americans die from the coronavirus. Each and every death represents a tragedy — a life cut short, an empty place at the family table this holiday season, children mourning their parents, even parents mourning their children. But a separate and ongoing tragedy has also struck at countless more than another quarter-million Americans: Children who have disappeared from school following last spring’s COVID-19 closures. A survey conducted by...

Magna Carta (English: Great Charter) charter of English liberties granted by King John on June 15, 1215, under threat of civil war and reissued, with alterations, in 1216, 1217, and 1225. By declaring the sovereign to be subject to the rule of law and documenting the liberties held by “free men,” the Magna Carta provided the foundation for individual rights in Anglo-American jurisprudence. With his conquest of England in 1066, William I secured for himself and his immediate successors a position of unprecedented power. He was able to dominate not only the country but also the barons who had helped...

Los Angeles County’s new district attorney, George Gascón, who is backed by globalist billionaire George Soros, announced radical changes on Monday, including eliminating cash bail, banning prosecutors from enhanced prison sentences, and declining prosecutions for various crimes. Soros donated $1.5 million to the California Justice and Safety PAC, which backed Gascón.

MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle pressed New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy about punishments she wants put in place for COVID rulebreakers. ... MSNBC’S STEPHANIE RUHLE: “Another state being hit hard, my home state of New Jersey. It recorded more than 6,000 cases for the first time yesterday. The governor of New Jersey, Democrat Phil Murphy, joins us now. Governor, thank you for joining me. You know, I have to ask you about this party. The New York young Republicans couldn’t hold an event in New York, because the rules wouldn’t permit it, but they held a gala here in our state....

KATHMANDU — Mount Everest is higher than previously thought, Nepal and China said on Tuesday, settling a long-running conflict over the height of the world’s tallest peak that straddles their shared border. Kathmandu and Beijing had differed over its exact height but after each sent an expedition of surveyors to the summit they have agreed that the official height is 8,848.86 metres (29,031.69 feet), a bit more than their previous calculations. Everest is an “eternal symbol of … friendship between Nepal and China,” said Nepali Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, announcing the findings of their surveys on a video call...

China's economy is roaring back as Americans gobble up everything from its cellphones to its health masks, raising the stakes for trade relations with the United States as President-elect [nope] Joe Biden gets set to take over. Data on Monday showed China notched a record $75.4 billion trade surplus in November after exports from China to the rest of the world jumped 21.1% compared to a year ago. Much of the increase was driven by a 46% jump in exports to the United States – despite tariffs imposed by President Trump that have contributed to the worst relations between the...

A New York Supreme Court justice said that election officials have found 12 uncounted ballots in a drawer that could affect a race where the GOP congressional candidate holds a slim 12-vote lead. “WOW: Justice DelConte casually mentions an additional 12 ballots were found in Chenango County in a drawer last week,” said local CBS reporter Josh Rosenblatt on Twitter. “This is on top of the 55 ballots I reported were found last week, now making it 67 found ballots.” Of the 55 uncounted ballots found last week, 11 were found to have been cast by unregistered voters. The news...

With the coronavirus running rampant in Los Angeles and hospitals projected to overflow by Christmas, officials have fallen back on a familiar refrain: Stay home. “My message couldn’t be simpler: It’s time to hunker down. It’s time to cancel everything,” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said last week. “If you’re able to stay home, stay home.” Some 33 million Californians are now under a new regional stay-at-home order that began Sunday night, a last-ditch effort to turn the corner on an alarming rise in coronavirus cases statewide. The blunt messaging worked to bend the curve in the spring, when fear...

The US suffered its deadliest week from the coronavirus pandemic last week — and it’s only going to get worse, numerous experts have warned. Data from Johns Hopkins University shows that 15,658 Americans died over the last seven days — in what the university says is a new record surpassing even the initial peak in April.

The State of Texas filed a lawsuit directly with the U.S. Supreme Court shortly before midnight on Monday challenging the election procedures in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin on the grounds that they violate the Constitution. Texas argues that these states violated the Electors Clause of the Constitution because they made changes to voting rules and procedures through the courts or through executive actions, but not through the state legislatures. Additionally, Texas argues that there were differences in voting rules and procedures in different counties within the states, violating the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause. Finally, Texas argues that there were...

by Laurie AzgardBrian D. Hill of USWGO alternative news had filed an appeal brief in his federal criminal case, challenging U.S. District Court tyrant judge Adolf Thomas David Schroeder claiming that all affidavits, witnesses, evidence, and testimony in support of Brian’s claims of fraud upon the court against AUSA Ramaswamy are all “meritless”. How are all affidavits, witnesses, and witnesses without cross examination meritless????The attacks against Brian and his entire family cannot be coincidental, the corrupt NAZI-type-tyrant U.S. Court of Appeals judges, and the constant lying and backlashes by U.S. Chief Judge Thomas David Schroeder for the “Middle District of...

Tom Lowell has been tapped as executive vice president and managing editor of news at Fox News, where he will oversee all daytime news editorial and news resources. -snip- Lowell will report to Jay Wallace, Fox News Media president and executive editor, who reports to Suzanne Scott, CEO of Fox News Media. In a statement, Scott said, “A skilled journalist and talented producer, we’re beyond confident that under his direction, the network’s daytime news programming will continue to thrive for many years to come.”

The left-wing New York Times admitted that the “Joe from Scranton” image that the liberal media was peddling for former Vice President Joe Biden was basically dismissed by the working class. A new “economic analysis” cited by The Times revealed politically devastating news for the Democratic Party: “Of the 265 counties most dominated by blue-collar workers — areas where at least 40 percent of employed adults have jobs in construction, the service industry or other nonprofessional fields — Mr. Biden won just 15.” To put this into context, “Mr. Biden fared worse than Mrs. Clinton in 2016 and Barack Obama...

A lot of historical ebooks. Some free, and some "to borrow" ebooks on Stonewall Jackson . Get them before the Commies have them cancelled. (I recommend the .pdf formats.) PDF formats seem to have fewer issues as far as optical character recognition errors.

Several states have filed Amicus Briefs in support of the PA republican party on the grounds that SCOTUS should grant certiorari to uphold the Constitution’s command that it is the legislative branch of each state, not the judicial branch, that determines federal election rules. The states are OK, IN, KS, NE, TN, WV, MO, IL, AR, FL, KY, LA, MS, SC, SD and TX. Read the briefs at link. Compelling.

Many cases regarding November’s election results have been winding their way through the courts and although most have not been decided in President Trump’s favor so far, Sidney Powell predicted tonight when speaking with Greg Kelly on Newsmax that the fight is far from over. “There should be at least 3 states in front of the Supreme Court with enough electoral votes to change the outcome before the end of the week,” Powell claimed. Powell shared another clip of the interview on Twitter which gave information on how to get in touch with her and help out the cause. “Discussing...

“I drove thousands of ballots from New York to Pennsylvania.” When I heard the above statement this week from Jesse Morgan as he testified before President Trump’s legal team investigating the widespread frauds in the 2020 general elections, it was an “a-hah! moment” for me. I live in Queens County in New York City, about 10 minutes outside Jamaica. My zip code actually falls within Jamaica town. My apartment complex is a post-World War II red brick six-story building. It was completed in 1946 and has been occupied continuously ever since. But because it’s been well-maintained, it still retains its...