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Welcome to COVID-19 Theatre, today’s episode feature UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock pretending to cry tears of joy as 91-year old Margaret Keener becomes first person in the world to receive the Pfizer coronavirus jab. Oh, brother, spare me the phony tears just get on with it, will you? Prepare yourself for the coming onslaught of social, economic and political pressure to coerce you to ‘take the jab’, but just remember one thing. In boxing, the ‘jab’ is the set-up for the knock-out blow. Health Secretary Matt Hancock cried on live TV today after a 90-year-old grandmother Margaret Keener from...

MAGA supporters plan to gather downtown on December 12 and urge the President not to concede the election he lost... (Map at the link)

Jim and Jill were born a little more than a year apart to the same unmarried mother in Southern California. Jim was adopted by a working-class family in the San Fernando Valley, where the father made his living as an auto mechanic and the mother as a maid. Jill was adopted by an upper-middle-class family in Pasadena, where the father was a lawyer and the mother stayed home. Jim was a decent high school student and football player -- but not good enough at either to win a college scholarship. When he graduated from 12th grade, his father encouraged him...

Justin Trudeau invited China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to send its troops for cold weather training at CFB Petawawa in Ontario — and Trudeau raged at the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) for cancelling the training after China kidnapped Canadian citizens Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig.This is only one of many bombshell revelations in The China Files, a 34-page access to information document released by the Trudeau government to Rebel News, seen below.Documents that normally would have been completely blacked out by government censors were instead greyed out — the documents remain completely readable. Rebel News has chosen to black out...

Arrested allegedly placing ‘shunt’ on tracks in Whatcom County—can cause derailment, decoupling, or failure of gates at crossings, endangering publicSeattle – Two people arrested on the BNSF Railway tracks near Bellingham, Whatcom County, were charged with terrorist attack and other violence against a railroad carrier, and appeared in federal court today, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. SAMANTHA FRANCES BROOKS, 27, and ELLEN BRENNAN REICHE, 23, both of Bellingham, Washington, were arrested Saturday night in Bellingham as they allegedly placed a ‘shunt’ on the tracks. A shunt disrupts the low level electrical current on the tracks and can disable various...

It took mere minutes yesterday for major outlets to pick up the story of the single suspected Covid case onboard Quantum of the Seas. Once again it seemed as though an outbreak had happened onboard the vessel, with extremely sensational headlines from the mainstream media. As it turns out, the gentleman has now been confirmed to be negative for COVID -19 and no cases were found so far. This is certainly good news for the guest, the cruise line, and the Singaporean government’s experiment to resume cruising. The global reaction from the media shows once again that the cruise industry...

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump · 6h We will be INTERVENING in the Texas (plus many other states) case. This is the big one. Our Country needs a victory!

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of U.S. states led by New York will file a lawsuit on Wednesday afternoon accusing Facebook Inc of violating antitrust law, according to two sources familiar with the matter. New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office has said she will make a major “business related” announcement on Wednesday afternoon. North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein’s office announced a press call about “a technology company.” The lawsuit will be filed in federal court in Washington, one source said. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has been probing Facebook, as have state attorneys general. More than 40 are...

HOUSTON – A 25 year-old resident of Houston has been ordered to federal prison after he threatened two young girls and required them to engage in commercial sex, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.A Houston federal jury deliberated for one hour before returning a guilty verdict against Romello Lee following less than three days of trial on March 6. He was convicted on one count of trafficking a minor for commercial sex and one count of trafficking a minor by force for commercial sex.Today, U.S. District Judge David Hittner sentenced Lee to serve a total of 480 months in federal...

Now it is already International Human Rights Day (December 10) in the police state of Victoria in Southeast Australia and I have posted this little micro-movie to stress how important maintenance of traditions is to maintaining human rights. (NB In Australian slang a “mug” can be both a drinking cup and a dupe or person who is easily fooled and taken advantage of.) After World War Two, the world got together and established the Universal Declaration of Human Rights so that fascism could not rise again. Totalitarian group think has risen again to directly threaten the very fabric of western...

Mika Brzezinski's absolute abhorrence of all things Trump was on display on today's Morning Joe. Brzezinski opened the show by joking about the news that Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis has tested positive for COVID, saying: "There are now more Trump attorneys with COVID than they have election challenge wins."Later, Michael Steele, the Never Trumper and member of the failed Lincoln Project, said that President Trump's goal in claiming the election was rigged: "Is about ginning up the kind of momentum he wants to carry with him out of the White House, so that he will be able to sit on...

And the GOP continues to defend, promote, and do special immigration favors for the tech leviathans imposing technofascism on the country. "Our policies disallow content alleging that widespread fraud or errors changed the result of a historical US presidential election." They say that while they have allowed some "discussion" about election fraud when the election was, they claim, "current," now that the safe harbor deadline has come, any content claiming election fraud in a "historical" (past) election is now a violation and will be deleted. Funny, they never banned anyone for claiming "Russia stole the election" even after the Mueller...

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Wednesday did not rule out challenging the results of the Electoral College next month when Congress formally certifies the vote. Johnson, who is chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced the same day that he would hold a hearing next week on the "irregularities" of the 2020 election. When asked if he plans to challenge the election results, Johnson told reporters: "I would say it depends on what we found out. I need more information. The American people need more information. I'm not ready to just close and slam the book...

The Council for Inclusive Capitalism announced Tuesday morning a new partnership between the Vatican and business leaders across the globe. This alliance followed a meeting just over a year ago when Pope Francis called for the urgent need for “an economic system that is fair, trustworthy and capable of addressing the most profound challenges facing humanity.” Lynn Forester De Rothschild, founder of the Council for Inclusive Capitalism, joined “Squawk Box” on Tuesday to discuss.

Dozens of Trump political appointees are petitioning to become part of the permanent bureaucracy — a process known as "burrowing" that is common at the end of administrations... (the rest of the story behind paywall)

Keith Raniere, the founder and leader of Nxivm, was sentenced today to 120 years in prison by United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis in federal court in Brooklyn. Raniere was convicted by a federal jury in June 2019 of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, attempted sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy, forced labor conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy. The Court also imposed a fine of $1,750,000. At the sentencing hearing, the Court heard victim impact statements from 15 individuals, including “Camila,” the victim who was sexually exploited by Raniere when she was 15 years old. A hearing on victim restitution...

Early voting starts Wednesday in the runoff in a special election for a seat in the Texas Senate. Voters in District 30 will choose between State Rep. Drew Springer and Dallas salon owner Shelley Luther. Both are Republicans. Luther became a darling of conservatives earlier this year when she defied county orders to close her salon and briefly went to jail. The seat is open after State Sen. Pat Fallon resigned to run successfully for U.S. Congress. The district includes 12 rural counties north and northwest of the DFW-area as well as parts of Collin and Denton counties...

It was only for an hour, but Newsmax beat Fox News among the coveted 25- to 54-year-old demographic for the first time Monday evening, CNN Business reports. Newsmax's Greg Kelly Reports beat Martha MacCallum's Fox News program in the 7 p.m. hour, bumping MacCallum down to No. 4 in cable news, behind Erin Burnett on CNN and Joy Reid on MSNBC.

During U.S. Attorney Peeler’s tenure, the Office grew to its highest number of AUSAs and prosecuted more criminal defendants in the District’s historyMACON, Ga. – Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, is resigning as U.S. Attorney effective 11:59 p.m., December 11, 2020. Following his resignation, he plans on reentering private practice with a law firm in Atlanta, Georgia.“Serving as the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia has been the most rewarding experience of my professional career. I thank the President for the trust he placed in me, and I thank Attorney General...

WASHINGTON — The architects of a newly unveiled 10-year, $600 billion climate plan to revitalize Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley region are moving forward with a difficult task of building political willpower in Washington while gaining the trust of rural communities tied to the coal and natural gas industries, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto told a group of sustainable development advocates Tuesday. That coalition-building — a communications strategy to be forged over the next six weeks among academic institutions in Pittsburgh and seven other cities — is a critical step toward executing the plan Mr. Peduto described as both idealistic...