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It’s just the flu, bro. https://www.ushmm.org/learn/timeline-of-events/1933-1938/reichstag-fire-decree Hitler uses Reichstag fire to strengthen his dictatorial powers. Even though the origins of the fire were unclear Hitler blamed the communists and stripped individual rights and freedoms based on this “emergency”. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/christians.htm Nero also used a fire of vague origins to scapegoat Christians and to pass laws justifying the persecution of Christians. There is a long history of tyrants using emergencies to justify the long term removal of people’s rights. Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel said that one should never let an emergency go to waste. Inspired by the actions of past dictators...

... If congressional Republicans are adamant that the votes of the people of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia are illegitimate, let them stand up and object . . . and see if they ever win another election in those states again. Let Republicans try to explain to the country why what they propose to do to states that vote for a Democratic candidate won’t result in Democrats disenfranchising states that vote for a Republican candidate. With President Trump refusing to accept defeat and his core supporters stoked by hysterical claims that the election has been stolen — as opposed to...

“Sidelined NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is getting his own ice cream flavor courtesy of Ben & Jerry's," wrote CNN this week. "The company said it created the flavor to celebrate 'Kaepernick's courageous work to confront systemic oppression and to stop police violence against Black and Brown people.'" In 2016, Kaepernick's claim to fame was when he said, "I’m going to continue to stand with the people that are being oppressed. There is police brutality. People of color have been targeted by police…There’s people being murdered unjustly and not being held accountable.” While proclaiming the sentiments above, which earned him Ben...

This will be a weekly post. Count remains at 229 judges confirmed. 3 Trade Court judges 170 District Court judges 53 Circuit Court judges 3 Supreme Court justices On Monday the Senate will move to invoke cloture on Thomas Kirsch, nominee for the 7th Circuit vacancy that resulted from now Justice Barrett's elevation. Kirsch will be Trump's 54th Circuit confirmation in less than four years. Obama had 55 in EIGHT years. There are two other Circuit vacancies, one on the 1st for which there is a nominee pending and one on the 7th, for which there is not yet a...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., took to social media Friday night for a “Cooking Q&A” to answer questions and update her followers on what is happening with COVID-19 relief – a practice she has exercised since entering office in 2018. Ocasio-Cortez has used the sessions with her followers, as a time to vent and speak to her young base in a way officials in political office have never done in the past – something that members from both parties have been critical of. But the New York Democrat, often deemed a socialist by her critics, used the opportunity to voice her...

HOW TO CALL THE POLICE... WHEN YOU'RE OLD, AND DON'T MOVE FAST ANYMORE. George Phillips, an elderly man from Walled Lake, Michigan, was going up to bed, when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. George opened the back door to go turn off the light, but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things. He phoned the police, who asked "Is someone in your house?" He said "No," but some people are breaking into my garden shed and stealing from me ....

The second reading for Sunday Mass speaks to us of “the fire next time” and reminds us of the need to be ready for the coming of the Lord. In this homily I will focus on that reading, in which St. Peter reminds us of the passing that will come for us all one day.Because Advent is a time to prepare, through prayer and repentance, we do well to heed this sacred teaching and warning. It is echoed by St. John the Baptist, of whom the Gospel today says, A voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the...

It’s been nearly six weeks since the election and electoral votes in swing states are in flux. Texas, joined by at least 17 other states, sought to sue Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia for unconstitutional changes to 2020 election Laws. The U.S. Supreme Court, however, ruled that Texas has no standing.Texas and fellow litigants had a legal precedent from seven weeks ago. On October 26, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by a 5 to 3 margin from Wisconsin Democrats "to extend the deadline for counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day."Apart from all the squabbles, legal wrangling,...

A second federal probe was launched into Hunter Biden in Pittsburgh after Rudy Giuliani handed material over to 'Trump loyalist' Scott Brady, sparking concerns among the FBI, it has been revealed. Five current and former law enforcement officials, and others familiar with the matter, told the New York Times an investigation into Joe Biden's son was going on in Philadelphia in the lead-up to the election. Sources said Brady, Pittsburgh's top federal prosecutor and a staunch Republican, headed up the investigation at the request of Attorney General Bill Barr after Giuliani reached out with information he had gathered on the...

December 12 2020 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Altar of St. Stanislaus Kostka church, Żoliborz, Warsaw, Poland Lectionary 690 AReading 1 ZEC 2:14-17Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion! See, I am coming to dwell among you, says the LORD. Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD on that day, and they shall be his people, and he will dwell among you, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. The LORD will possess Judah as his portion in the holy land, and he will again choose Jerusalem. Silence, all mankind, in the...

Representative-elect Kat Cammack (R-FL) is honored to represent 710,000 Floridians residing in the 3rd Congressional District.A graduate of the U.S. Naval War College, Cammack will be the youngest Republican woman entering the House of Representatives—joining a growing cadre of GOP women serving in the 117th Congress.The freshman lawmaker spoke with me about her run for office, how she plans to shake up Washington, and why she’s eager to help shape policies affecting rural America.What Motivated Her to Run for OfficeCammack’s family, whose livelihood depended on cattle ranching and commercial sandblasting, was displaced by the Obama-era Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP)...

When it comes to the liberal media's criticism of the Trump team's challenges to the election, this is quite possibly the most absurd argument yet! On CNN's New Day Friday morning, co-host John Berman claimed that Republican congressmen who have signed the amicus brief in the Texas lawsuit, and who represent districts in states whose results the suit is challenging, "have to resign or . . . not take the oath of office in January."Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

AUGUSTA, Georgia — Georgia Republican Party chairman David Shafer said Thursday during Vice President Mike Pence’s rally for the upcoming Senate runoff election that the state party is “trusting no one” as it prepares for Georgia’s voting process to begin. Shafer told the rally crowd of several hundred Thursday afternoon that Georgians must vote for Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler regardless of accusations that voter fraud occurred in the November 3 general election. “The fight for election integrity and the fight for David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler go hand in hand,” Shafer said. Shafer was adamant that the...

#BREAKING: #SCOTUS throws out Texas's suit attempting to challenge presidential election results in four battleground states, granting Texas leave to file its complaint but summarily dismissing its suit for lack of standing:

Does it even make sense to vote in the runoff? I'm going to but what the left has learned is it can, if the democrats are behind, wheel in boxes of ballots with no chain of custody, all bearing the same signature and be counted twice each. The media will defend them, big tech will defend them, the courts won't get involved, democrats will laugh and the voter is screwed, again. It appears we're now headed for one party rule. The saying, "Those who cast the votes decide nothing, those who count the votes decide everything" is now the law...

Here's a little something I cooked up on the spur-of-the-moment. It's a good thing that it doesn't mention vote fraud, since YouTube has banned those videos.

I don't think he will , for a variety of reasons , one of which he wants to live . Your thoughts ...

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump gave a moving Christmas address to the nation.

“The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit” (Proverbs 12:5 KJV).

Start with the headline: Supporting the 2020 U.S. Election. YouTube in its company blog can’t even say, “Banning Election Conspiracy Theories.” They have to employ the Orwellian language of politicians — Healthy Forests, Clear Skies, “Supported” Elections — because Google and YouTube are now political actors, who can’t speak plainly any more than a drunk can walk in a straight line. The company wrote Wednesday: Yesterday was the safe-harbor deadline for the U.S. Presidential election and enough states have certified their election results to determine a President-elect. Given that, we will start removing any piece of content uploaded today (or...