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It was entirely expected that the worst year in my lifetime should have the worst election in my lifetime. Not because the second-best president in my lifetime (after Ronald Reagan) lost, but because we don’t know for sure that he did. I would rather be certain that the ghost of Joe Biden won outright than see the greatest nation on Earth embarrass itself like Venezuela. Sadly, the unprecedented goalpost-shifting and manipulation by the Left, bolstered by the usual obsequious accommodation by the Right, has created a national humiliation that will fester for a long time to come, no matter who...

United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of FORNANDOUS CORTEZ HENDERSON, 33, to 78 months in prison for aiding and abetting arson. HENDERSON who plead guilty on August 26, 2020, was sentenced today by Judge Susan Richard Nelson, in U.S. District Court, in St. Paul, Minnesota.According to HENDERSON’s guilty plea and documents filed with the court, HENDERSON and GARRETT PATRICK ZIEGLER[1] (co-defendant) constructed multiple Molotov cocktails. In the early morning hours of May 29, 2020, HENDERSON and the co-defendant went to the Dakota County Western Service Center (the ''WSC") located at 14955 Galaxie Avenue in Apple Valley,...

Now that National Security Action Memorandum 57 has transferred powers from the CIA to the Department of Defense, are the two agencies at war? Lt. General Thomas McInerney says that a struggle ensued as special forces from the DoD stormed a CIA facility in Germany and retrieved servers implicated in vote rigging in the 2020 election. Are big things happening behind the scenes, illustrative of Trump’s battle against the Deep State? Are bigger things than even the election taking place? ...

Now that the states have certified the election results, fake journalists like CNNLOL’s Jake Tapper have suddenly discovered the two-month-old story about the Biden family’s breathtaking corruption. How about that? And it was just six weeks ago that Tapper was pressuring the news outlet that actually did report the story, the New York Post, to delete its tweet linking to its 100 percent accurate story. In the history of self-owns, though, you can’t do any better than this tweet from the far-left Daily Beast’s Sam Stein: Evidence of [a money laundering] probe [into Hunter Biden] was apparent in the markings...

What is it like to be in the House of Representatives in 2020? Hear from one of its youngest members — RepSwalwell ⁩on the latest episode of ⁦@passjudgmentpod ‎Passing Judgment on Apple Podcasts ‎Government · 2020 podcasts.apple.com

More than two dozen House Republicans sent a letter to President Trump on Wednesday requesting that the president direct Attorney General William Barr to appoint a special counsel to probe “irregularities” in last month’s general election. “The American people deserve a definitive resolution to the uncertainty hovering over the outcome of our election, but legitimate questions of voter fraud remain unanswered,” reads the letter, signed by 27 GOP representatives. Representative Lance Gooden of Texas first wrote and sent the letter on his own last week, but he decided to resend it after other members in his caucus expressed interest...

Left Wing Pollster Finds Only 51% Of People Feel US Election ‘Conducted Fairly’A new Daily Kos/Civiqs poll reveals just 51 percent of Americans believe the 2020 presidential election was “conducted fairly.”The December 2020 poll, commissioned by the left-wing, anti-Trump Daily Kos outlet, inquired if voters felt “that the 2020 presidential election was conducted fairly?”The results from the left wing pollsters:3. Do you feel that the 2020 presidential election was conducted fairly? Yes, it was conducted fairly 51% No, the election was unfair to Republican voters and candidates 34% No, the election was unfair to Democratic voters and candidates 4% No,...

Prelates Back Biden Communion BanArchbishops Samuel Aquila, Charles Chaput speak outDETROIT (ChurchMilitant.com) - A pair of U.S. prelates are warning that Joe Biden should be denied Holy Communion.On Saturday, Abp. Samuel Aquila of Denver tweeted his support for Abp. Charles Chaput, former head of the archdiocese of Philadelphia, who called last week for the former vice president to be barred from receiving the Eucharist."Archbishop Chaput speaks the truth for the salvation of souls," Aquila declared. "The scandal & confusion are real & when we don't treat the Eucharist with love & reverence our faith is weakened in the real presence."In...

The FBI has widened a criminal probe into 2020 presidential election fraud and are on the trail of 500,000 manufactured/phony ballots for Democratic candidate Joe Biden, according to high-ranking federal sources on the Thomas Paine Podcast. The states in play? Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia and Michigan. The fraud is massive and complex. Listen above or below for details. This story is developing...

Based below is a report from the Washington Examiner regarding a judicial hearing before a US Court of Appeals judge for the 13th Circuit involving an independent audit of 22 machines of Dominion Voting Systems taken for a forensic examination in Antrim County, Michigan. Read on: The judge asked Meingast why the state didn’t intervene sooner, to which she cited a heavy load of other post-election litigation being addressed by Benson’s office and said that it has an interest in the case going forward. During DePerno’s oral arguments, he said that the plaintiff believes that Benson “comes to the court...

As the sun began its afternoon fade, Willie Lyons stepped inside his new Conestoga-style hut, pounded a nail into a beam and hung a coat inside the tiny shelter made by volunteers that will protect him from the elements this winter. Lyons, who is deaf, spent much of Saturday methodically moving his belongings from boxes and bags to become the first homeless person to move into a community of what will be 28 tiny huts that nonprofit Occupy Madison is building and placing at the former Wiggie’s Bar property at 1901 Aberg Ave. on the East Side. As Lyons continued...

Two notable Republican leadership names on this list: House Minority Whip Steve Scalise and Republican Policy Committee Chairman Gary Palmer. {this CNN article left out the links to read, so I listed them below]

December 11 2020 Memorial of Saint Damasus I, pope Modern altar in the cell of Saint Jerome underneath the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Saint Jerome did much of his work on the Vulgate here under the patronage of Pope Saint Damasus I, to whom he dedicated the work. Lectionary 185Reading 1 IS 48:17-19 Thus says the LORD, your redeemer,the Holy One of Israel:I, the LORD, your God,teach you what is for your good,and lead you on the way you should go.If you would hearken to my commandments,your prosperity would be like a river,and your vindication like the waves...

The SSPX parish in St Mary’s Kansas is set to build what will be the largest church in Kansas. The design draws inspiration from the Romanesque style, which was dominant in Europe from approximately the 9th to the 13th century. The project, according to the website created to showcase it (discover .anewimmaculata.org), will cost a projected $30 million. This money has already been raised and, notably, 80% of it has come from parish community itself., which currently numbers around 4,000 people. The seating capacity of the new church will be about 1,500; here are some of the architect’s drawings taken...

Michigan Democrat CA Johnson is the gift that keeps giving. Last week Michigan Democrat lawmaker CA Johnson harassed and intimidated Michigan witnesses who testified about rampant voter fraud in the 2020 election. Then later this week Cynthia Johnson issued a threat to “Trumpers” on her facebook page. Cynthia Johnson: “So this is just a warning to you Trumpers. Be careful. Walk lightly. We ain’t playing with you. Enough of the shenanigans. Enough is enough. And to those of you who are soldiers, you know how to do it. Do it right. Be in order. Make them pay.”

Wall Street donors for Democrat Joe Biden are hosting multiple fundraisers for Georgia Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, who are challenging Senators Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) and David Perdue (R-GA) in a highly-contested runoff election. Analysis by Bloomberg reviewed donations from Wall Street in House and Senate elections this year, noting that the financial industry’s biggest donors to Biden are now aiding Warnock and Ossoff with campaign cash. Bloomberg reports: Biden bundler and Signum Global Advisors Chairman Charles Myers, whose fundraising network is centered in the financial services industry, said he’s attended at least seven fundraisers for the Georgia races...

The Trudeau Liberal government has proposed a new election voting format that would allow Canadians to vote in person over a several-day period to promote physical distancing. The legislation, titled Bill C-19, would change the one-day format to a three-day polling period from Saturday to Monday, giving voters eight hours per-day on the weekend to submit their ballots, and a 12-hour window on the final day of voting....

The Faithful America letter rejects dangerous rhetoric from Robert Jeffress and Cardinal Dolan, and commits to sacrificing for others this Advent. As coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths spike to record levels, 13,605 people and counting have signed an open letter titled, “Christians support digital worship this Christmas.”The letter was organized by Faithful America, the largest online community of grassroots Christians putting faith into action for social justice. Faithful America’s members are both lay and ordained, and represent every major U.S. Christian denomination. Their letter reads, “Not being together in person is so hard this time of year, but we know the...

Facebook is facing a lawsuit filed by 48 states for monopoly practices and the FTC is joining with supportive legal action. NY Attorney General Latitia James held a news conference to announce the antitrust lawsuit using Instagram & WhatsApp as examples.WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators on Wednesday sued to force a breakup of Facebook as 48 states and districts accused the company in a separate lawsuit of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors.The antitrust lawsuits were announced by the Federal Trade Commission and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The FTC specifically asked a court...

Legal battle lines are being drawn. 17 states side with Texas in their Supreme Court lawsuit. Even President Trump has jumped into the case. 26 states are in opposition. Where will this lead? And the legacy media... ignores it all. See video at link.