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An Oklahoma ICU nurse has been left homeless for the holidays after her house burned down while she was at work treating COVID-19 patients. Tina Irwin was working a 12-hour shift at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City when her neighbor called to tell her that her home was on fire, according to KOCO News 5. Three of the single mother’s four children were at home when the fire started, the outlet reported.

The Centre of Fine Arts in Brussels announced the celebration of the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven by posting a portrait of the composer as a black African man. The centre, also known as BOZAR, published a post on Wednesday of a still from a video entitled “Black Beethoven” by American artist Terry Adkins, which features a portrait of the late 18th and early 19th-century composer depicted a young black man with dreadlocks. “In the work, Adkins presents a portrait of the iconic composer that slowly morphs into that of a young black man with short dreadlocks and back...

On Friday, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) reacted to the alleged hacks orchestrated by Russia on multiple U.S. federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security. Kaine argued during MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that the alleged cyberattack shows we cannot count on the President Donald Trump administration to keep Americans safe. However, he touted President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming national security team as “competent” enough to do so.

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s new book “Persist” will hit stores in April, her publisher announced on Wednesday. “I wrote ‘Persist’ because I remain as committed as ever to fighting for an America that works for everyone,” Warren in a statement. “I’ve written a dozen books, but this one is especially personal: I bring the pieces of who I am to the fight for real change, and I passionately believe that we are in a moment when extraordinary changes are possible.” The book, due to be released on April 20, will touch on the Massachusetts Democrat’s 2020 presidential run but will...

The NFL’s social justice initiative ‘Inspire Change’ has made headlines on numerous occasions over the past few months. This week, it happened again. On Wednesday the NFL honored 21-year-old Draesjon “Sean” Reed, a young man who was shot and killed by Indianapolis police back in May.

ormer Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Thursday took to Twitter to push back against Trump supporters “offended” by President-elect Joe Biden’s former campaign manager cursing when talking about GOP lawmakers in a recent interview. Republicans took aim at incoming deputy chief of staff Jen O’Malley Dillon after she called GOP lawmakers “a bunch of f---ers” and said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is “terrible” in an interview published by Glamour on Tuesday. Clinton responded to the criticism in a tweet Thursday, writing, “People who stood by Donald Trump for the last four years are now claiming to be...

One of the most commercially successful painters of the last century, Montague Dawson, born in Chiswick, West London is acknowledged as a supreme painter of the sea, sailing ships and the deep ocean.His father and grandfather were both marine painters, and this maritime background was reinforced when, early in his life, his family moved to Smugglers House on Southampton Water, on England's south coast. Dawson never went to art school but, around 1910, he joined a commercial art studio in London, working on posters and illustrations.Joining the Royal Navy at the outbreak of the First World War, Dawson met Charles...

BATH, N.Y. (WETM) – Steuben County Legislator Steve Maio and four other men have been charged as part of a sex trafficking ring in Steuben and Chemung Counties, according to Steuben County District Attorney Brooks Baker.... Maio, a Democrat representing the City of Corning...was charged “as part of the enterprise corruption program. He is a participant in the enterprise corruption and engaged in a course of criminal conduct to advance the aims of the enterprise.” Maio was also charged with falsifying business records and forgery as part of what Baker called a “cover up.” Charges in the indictment include sex...

I’m pleased to write that Congressman Mike Kelly of PA has joined the effort, by conspicuously missing from the list is the signature of our own US Representative John Joyce, who never missed a photo op with President Trump, but is now willing to throw the President under the bus, no doubt to please his RINO supporters.

The video gives a good explanation of how the software manipulation worked in the Dominion voting machines as well as evidence to the ownership of that software. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZLgz8UHcWk&feature=youtu.be

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) said Friday on CNN’s “Newsroom” said Republican lawmakers still trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election “are bordering on sedition and treason.” Anchor Jim Sciutto said, “This morning the president is praising the new Senator from Alabama Tommy Tuberville who has said his mind is open to being the one senator necessary for a floor challenge on January 6 when Congress meets to finally approve the Electoral College votes. I want to give you a chance here to speak to your Republican colleagues, who even though the Department of Justice, even though the...

BUDAPEST - Hungary amended the definition of family in its constitution Tuesday to allow an effective ban on adoption by same-sex couples, another win for the ruling conservatives but decried by one pro-LGBTQ group as "a dark day for human rights." The nationalist Fidesz party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban has worked to recast Hungary in a more conservative mold since winning a third successive landslide in 2018,and anti-gay verbal attacks and legislation have become common. In recent years Orban, facing a unified opposition for the first time, has doubled down on propagating his increasingly conservative ideology, deploying strong language...

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FireEye has uncovered a widespread campaign, that we are tracking as UNC2452. The actors behind this campaign gained access to numerous public and private organizations around the world. They gained access to victims via trojanized updates to SolarWind’s Orion IT monitoring and management software. This campaign may have begun as early as Spring 2020 and is currently ongoing. Post compromise activity following this supply chain compromise has included lateral movement and data theft. The campaign is the work of a highly skilled actor and the operation was conducted with significant operational security.

Is it about time to adopt our enemy’s tactics or are we going to watch our republic fall as we continue being the ‘good guy’? Publish the names and home addresses of everyone who has been involved in this fiasco of an election so we can send them strongly worded letters.

ransomnote: Below are two notices posted to whitehouse.gov on December 16, 2020. The notices signify that President Trump has again renewed his original December 20, 2017 Executive Order (origina EO thread link at the bottom of this post). He's been renewing this EO annually as the conditions of this national emergency still exist.Message to the Congress on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Serious Human Rights Abuse and CorruptionTO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days...

The worldwide spread of Marxist materialism, which has already brought destruction and death to the lives of so many, and which has threatened the foundations of our nation for decades, now seems to seize the governing power over our nation,” Burke began his sermon.Link TSermon LinkLink

Marine Pfc. Austin Ferrell made headlines when he earned the title of deadliest shot at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, but the 21-year-old who grew up shooting in Culpepper, Virginia was actually hoping to shoot better than his record-breaking rifle qualification score. Shooting an M16A4 rifle equipped with a 4X, fixed-power rifle combat optic, Ferrell broke the depot record for Table One rifle qualification in July with a total score of 248 out of 250. The previous record on Table One — which includes shooting from the prone, kneeling and standing positions at target ranges of 200, 300 and...

"China-Based Executive at U.S. Telecommunications Company Charged with Disrupting Video Meetings Commemorating Tiananmen Square Massacre" FBI Tweet

The Supreme Court of the United States on Friday in a 6-3 ruling dropped a lawsuit seeking to stop the Trump administration’s plan to ensure illegal immigrants are not counted in the 2020 census. The ruling was made along ideological lines, with the 6 conservative justices ruling in favor and the 3 liberal justices dissenting. BREAKING: Supreme Court punts in census case and declines to issue definitive ruling on Trump’s plan to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the population count used to re-apportion U.S. House seats.https://t.co/IFOMW7doHT — SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) December 18, 2020 One of President Donald Trump’s biggest concerns would be...