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Georgia officials on Thursday caved to requests for a statewide signature matching effort after President Trump’s campaign has repeatedly asked for the study since the Nov. 3 elections. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced a statewide effort to review signatures for absentee ballots in all of the state’s 159 counties. The move is an attempt to rebuild trust in the state’s election process. The announcement comes less than three weeks before the Georgia Senate runoff elections on Jan. 5, which will determine what party holds the majority in the upper chamber. Mr. Raffensperger announced the partnership with the University...

US university grafts scalps from aborted babies onto ‘humanized’ miceMothers reportedly provided written consent for their aborted children to be used in this research.December 17, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The University of Pittsburgh is conducting medical research by grafting scalps from aborted babies onto rodents. After publishing a report in the National Catholic Register about the many ways that aborted children are being used for scientific research at major universities and hospitals in the United States, author Stacy A. Trasancos tweeted a summary of her horrifying findings. She links the mengelian research to U.S. COVID-19 guru, Dr. Anthony Fauci:Aborted baby scalps...

Pope Francis will step down before the end of the year, according to a source close to the Vatican, who said there was "no doubt" the Pontiff "will resign in 2020". The 84-year-old became head of the Catholic Church following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI – a controversial move and the first of its kind in more than 500 years. However, a source close to Pope Francis claimed he would only serve for seven years, stating he would follow in the footsteps of his predecessor. Austen Ivereigh is the former Director for Public Affairs of the previous Archbishop of...

Tulane University will offer a course called “Feminism after Trumplandia” during the spring semester. The course, which will be taught by English Professor Kate Baldwin, will focus on the plight of women in a “post-Trump” America. The professor claims: “It is not a politically-partisan course.” According to a report by Campus Reform, Tulane University will offer a course about feminism in the age of Donald Trump during the upcoming spring semester. The course, which was been taught by Professor Kate Baldwin in the past, has been redesigned for the upcoming semester to address the “inauguration of a new administration.” The...

Not Censure But Calculated Silence. A Letter From Argentina on the Pope and AbortionSettimo Cielo's previous post, “Pope Francis censured every time he speaks out against abortion,” has prompted a resounding critique from an authoritative Argentine reader, the philosopher José Arturo Quarracino, nephew of Cardinal Antonio Quarracino, Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s predecessor as head of the archdiocese of Buenos Aires.In his judgment, it is true that Pope Francis speaks tough words against abortion, but he does this so as to make no waves in the mainstream media, thus not enduring a sort of censure but deliberately posturing himself in accord with...

I believe that it's time to reform the role of Chief Justice of the United States.The Constitution only mentions "Chief Justice" in one place: Article I, Section 3, Clause 6 as presiding over impeachment trials in the Senate. Otherwise, the Chief Justice has no constitutional distinction over the other Justices of the Supreme Court. In fact, it was the Judiciary Act of 1789 the formally created the titles of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.Going further, there is no provision in the Constitution that specifically requires the President to nominate a Chief Justice;...

First, they came for the Confederates. And that purge is far from over. But the cultural-Marxist revolution has moved far beyond Davis, Lee and Jackson. Out west, it is Abraham Lincoln's turn.

Shocking photos show what happened when a dozen tractor-trailers skidded out of control on snow-covered Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania during Wednesday night’s winter storm — killing one person and injuring a number of others. The 66-vehicle pileup, including 55 trucks and 11 passenger vehicles, over a mile span on the westbound side of the highway happened around 3 p.m. Wednesday in Clinton County, State Police said Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a religious school in Kentucky that is challenging the state’s decision to limit in-school instruction as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.The action by the justices is a loss for Danville Christian Academy. The school said the order violated its religious rights under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees the free exercise of religion...

President Trump called out Mitch McConnell after the Republican Senate Majority Leader congratulated Joe Biden for winning the presidential election. McConnell on Tuesday acknowledged Biden as the winner of the 2020 election for the first time, declaring that “the Electoral College has spoken.” “Yesterday, electors met in all 50 states, so, as of this morning, our country has officially a president-elect and a vice president-elect,” McConnell said.

Dozens of dogs saved from slaughterhouses in China will meet their new fur-ever families in California this weekend thanks to a Big Apple-based rescue group. The 27 lucky pooches — including 18 adorable beagles — will be flown 14 hours from Beijing to Los Angeles by No Dogs Left Behind, which rescues pups from the dog meat trade. “These families are bringing home survivors,” Kristine Wallace, a rep for the group told The Post.

I was asked by several Freepers to post a thread once I have received my Pfizer Corona Virus Vaccine. As many of you know, I am a critical care physician in a large city environment. We have been having a surge for the last several weeks. I received the Vaccine this morning at 7:56 AM. I was the third physician outside of the large academic center in town to receive the vaccine. Our hospital system had the vaccine released it first as we are the largest non-academic system in the city. Prequel: I have been on experimental prophylaxis combination for...

When did Inauguration Day change to Jan 20? I remembered something about Lincoln and checked. He was inaugurated on March 4th. Both times. So much of history i unknown and has become a mystery.

Joe Biden, a candidate who spent most of the campaign in his Delaware basement, and was only able to generate a meager turnout when he emerged for a rare rally, supposedly has a job approval rating of 60 percent, even though he is technically unemployed. These were the findings of the Hill-HarrisX online poll of about 3,800 “nationally representative” registered voters. There is no indication if the respondents primarily logged in from CNN headquarters, the MSNBC studios, or various legacy newsrooms. On a more serious note, registered voters traditionally have been considered an unreliable cohort for opinion surveys. Plus, in...

Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine got the greenlight from a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee Thursday, paving the way for authorization of a second shot aimed at slowing a pandemic that has killed nearly 310,000 people in the United States. The panel voted that the benefits of the highly effective vaccine outweighed its risks for people individuals 18 years of age and older. The FDA plans to authorize the vaccine Friday... Anticipating the authorization decision, Gen. Gustave F. Perna, who is overseeing the federal effort to distribute vaccines, said Monday the government was preparing to ship almost 6 million doses of...

...Vice President-elect Kamala Harris says there will be "no punishment" for people who violate President-elect Joe Biden's 100-day mask mandate...

CNN's energetic switch from Trump Derangement to Biden Exceptionalism runs roughshod over their supposed devotion to "Facts First."On Sunday, reporters Michael Warren and Arlette Saenz blatantly boosted Joe Biden as a man of devout faith, touting he would be the only president in decades to attend church. Decades? Really? Did CNN not remember that President George W. Bush was well known as a very religious man who attended church?Oops! Well, apparently somebody pointed out that obvious fact overlooked by CNN and they updated their story which was originally titled, "Biden's Catholic faith will be on full display as the first...

Twitter/ScreenshotOne of those special things at this time of year is when kids get to meet with or get a call from Santa Claus. Now that conversation is usually about Santa asking if they’ve been good this year or what they want for Christmas. But this year, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer interfered in the normal tradition of childhood and used an imitation Santa Claus to tell little kids that they should follow her Wuhan coronavirus rules, saying Santa was “following the rules” and making sure that “he stayed safe and the elves stayed safe.” I don’t know about those poor...

How many more different layers of corruption do the American people have to endure before their President is rightfully recognized as the winner of the 2020 election? Sidney Powell, the blessed attorney who is fighting for our President, tweeted that the Supreme Court is now delaying our (America’s) cases in swing states that need to be heard. These cases show the corruption and the magnitude of the efforts to steal the election from President Trump. These cases should have the highest priority. Americans want justice and will not stand for a stolen election. We will not agree to a communist...

December's Ratings Collapse for Fox News continues to be a debacle for the Murdochs and the Fox News Crown Loyalists. Going from record ratings in November, to a massive ratings collapse by Wednesday 12/16. Here are the current Fox News ratings losses as of Wed 12/16 according to Nielsen: Sandra Smith -55% Fox and Friendless -54% Baier -54% Ingraham -53% MacCallum -53% Hannity -48% Cavuto -48% Carlson -47% Outnumbered -45% Hemmer -43% Perino -41% The Five -38%