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Yglesias will become part of The New Contras, a band of center-left journalists whose willingness to critique the excesses of leftism have pushed them from major publications to ascendant self-publishing platforms.The state of the media is neatly explained by the recent separation of inseparable bloggers Ezra Klein and Matthew Yglesias. Six years after co-founding Vox in 2014, and nearly two decades after hitting the blogosphere, the pair is splitting up. Klein is headed to The New York Times. Yglesias is going to Substack. At the Times, Klein will become part of The Consolidation, another starry-eyed pioneer of new media settling...

The US Army has fired or suspended 14 officers and enlisted soldiers at its Fort Hood, Texas, base and ordered policy changes to address chronic failures of leadership that contributed to a widespread pattern of violence, including murder, sexual assault and harassment.... The actions come after a year that saw at least 25 soldiers assigned to Fort Hood die due to suicide, homicide or accidents, including the bludgeoning death of Vanessa Guillen. The young soldier was missing for about two months before her remains were found..... The firings include Army Maj Gen Scott Efflandt, who was left in charge of...

The outcome of the US presidential election and the possibility of a change in US foreign policy prompted a reaction in many of the world’s capitals: “What effect will Biden’s victory have on us?” Naturally, the intensity of the reaction of each country and its officials depends on the degree of political stability and fundamental independence of those countries. Iran was among the countries most affected by the US election to an extent that it created turmoil. Joe Biden’s stance on the JCPOA is one of the most important elements of his political agenda, which is being considered by the...

RUDY Giuliani has insisted that "you can overdo" face masks as he remains hospitalized with coronavirus and awaits his release after taking the drug Remdesivir. Donald Trump's personal lawyer called into his own radio show from the hospital on Tuesday to update listeners on his current bill of health. "Pretty much all the symptoms are gone now," the attorney said, saying that he's "doing fine" and is taking the drug Remdesivir, the same experimental drug Trump took during his own battle with Covid in October. Giuliani revealed that he'll be released from George Washington University hospital on Wednesday in Washington...

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Freedom is having a spirit that is wild like the wind; there is a bird that flies over the ocean, it goes over the rock of Gibraltar to get thermals to lift it higher. My brother was a missionary in Brazil, he showed us a picture of a huge boa constrictor with a big lump in it. It was a man. Bitterness is a squeezing away of joy and peace. At the cross Jesus cried out “Father forgive them they know not what they do”. We come to the cross in our “as is” condition and we are loved. When...

The War Is Not Over. Time To Put Our War Paint On!

"[Christ] upholds all things by the word of His power" (Heb. 1:3). Christ, by His almighty power, holds together all creation. We base our entire lives on the constancy of physical laws. When something like an earthquake disrupts the normal condition or operation of things even a little, the consequences are often disastrous. Can you imagine what would happen if Jesus Christ relinquished His sustaining power over the laws of the universe for it is He in whom "all things hold together" (Col. 1:17)? We would go out of existence, our atoms scattering throughout the galaxy. If He suspended the...

In the midst of their trial God told Israel to do three things: “Fear not. Stand still. See the salvation of the Lord.” His call to Israel was, “I am going to fight for you. You’re simply to hold your peace. Just be quiet, and put everything in my hands. Right now, I’m doing a work in the supernatural realm. Everything is under my control. So, don’t panic. Trust that I’m fighting the devil. This battle is not yours” (see Exodus 14:13 and 14). Soon dusk fell over the camp. This was the beginning of Israel’s dark and stormy night....

The Republican led Senate Finance and Homeland Security Committees published a new and lengthy report Tuesday evening further detailing national security concerns related to Hunter Biden's shady foreign dealings in China and Ukraine. "The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) and the Senate Committee on Finance undertook this investigation into potential conflicts of interest, and the involvement of the Biden family in foreign business ventures while Joe Biden was vice president, following allegations that the Obama administration’s Ukraine policy could have been affected by Hunter Biden’s position on the board of Burisma, and that family members may...

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On Monday, a bill that would bring universal basic income (UBI) to all Californians was introduced to the Assembly. Assembly Bill 65, authored by Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell), would specifically create the California Universal Basic Income Program that, with taxpayer funding, would give an equal income to all Californians.

Stacey Abrams, a Republican lightning rod, could be a political liability for Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock.

Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) of Portland, Oregon, promised Tuesday that police would remove radical left-wing protesters from an area they had occupied in the city: “There will be no autonomous zone in Portland.” As Breitbart News reported, anti-eviction protesters attacked police officers on Tuesday and set up an “autonomous zone” at the “Red House” Tuesday, setting up barricades.

Newsmax TV scored its first ratings victory over rival Fox News Channel, eclipsing the Murdoch-owned outlet in a key demographic on Monday night. “Greg Kelly Reports,” which airs 7-8 p.m. EST, beat “The Story with Martha McCallum” in the 25- to 54-year-old audience demographic. Kelly drew an average of 229,000 viewers for the hour while McCallum pulled in 203,000, CNN reported. "We're here to stay," Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy said Tuesday evening to CNN. "The ratings are showing that." Newsmax TV has shown exponential growth in viewership since Nov. 3, a trend media outlets have attributed to resentment at Fox...

The Sun may be in for a very busy time. According to new predictions, the next maximum in its activity cycles could be the one of the strongest we've seen. This is in direct contradiction to the official solar weather forecast from NASA and the NOAA, but if it bears out, it could confirm a theory about solar activity cycles that scientists have been working on for years. "Scientists have struggled to predict both the length and the strength of sunspot cycles because we lack a fundamental understanding of the mechanism that drives the cycle," said solar physicist Scott McIntosh...

The cybersecurity expert who was fired by President Donald Trump last month filed a lawsuit on Dec. 8 against the Trump campaign and one of the president’s lawyers who made incendiary remarks about him. Christopher Krebs directed the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) until Nov. 17, when Trump fired him. The firing came shortly after Krebs and others released a joint statement calling the election “the most secure in American history Krebs said in the lawsuit, filed in Maryland, that since Trump campaign lawyer Joe diGenova made the threatening remarks, he has been “bombarded”...

The state of Texas filed an audacious lawsuit in the Supreme Court on Tuesday against four other states, asking the justices to extend the Dec. 14 deadline for certification of presidential electors. The suit, filed by the state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton, said Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin had engaged in election irregularities that require investigation, and it asked the court to “enjoin the use of unlawful election results without review and ratification by the defendant states’ legislatures.” Legal experts called the suit outlandish, and it comes at a time when Mr. Paxton is battling a scandal in his own...

Image courtesy Dean WeingartenU.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- Everytownlaw, the Bloomberg financed anti-right to arms group, is involved in a convoluted lawsuit filed in Houston, Texas.Texas statutes prescribe signs be posted on businesses if the presence of a person who is armed, in the business, is presumed to be trespassing. This is not unusual. The regulation of signs to give effective notice, especially in licensed businesses, is common. Posting of business licenses, for example, is often required.The lawsuit contends this is a First Amendment issue. Their logic is, the owners might post a different sign which would serve the same purpose; but...

During the Michigan House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday, Cynthia Johnson was vocal about her opposition to the process. “You’re allowing people to come in here and lie,” she said to the committee chair, state Rep. Matt Hall (R). “And I know they’re lying,” she said. Johnson is the Democratic minority vice-chair of the committee. This is what we heard about Michigan state Cynthia A. Johnson from the mainstream media. A Black Michigan lawmaker who slammed Republicans for inviting President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani to hold a hearing last week over unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud has become the target...