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Joe Biden is said to be considering cyber attacks on Russian infrastructure in retaliation for the hacks that breached 200 US federal agencies and firms. The president-elect's team will consider several options over the country's suspected role in the unprecedented hacking of US government agencies and companies, sources have told Reuters. The massive data breach enabled hackers believed to be from Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service to explore the networks of government agencies, private companies and think-tanks for months. Moscow has denied involvement.

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Governor Northam announced that Virginia’s statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was removed from the U.S. Capitol overnight. A representative from the governor’s office was present for the removal along with United States Senator Tim Kaine and Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton. For 111 years, the Confederate statue has stood along with America’s first president George Washington as Virginia’s contributions. The two statues were added in 1909, which was 44 years after the Confederacy rebelled against the United States and was defeated.

On a 2018 visit to China, we were enjoying a cruise on the Yangtze River. The only English-speaking channel we could view from our cabin was CNN. When trying to catch up on happenings in America, a reporter transitioned from criticism of President Trump to a negative comment on China’s practices. The screen went blank. I checked the TV, but before I could even discern whether something was wrong with the TV, the coverage returned. China was no longer the focus. There is no freedom of information in China. We may still have freedom of speech in America, we just...

We’re told to stand strong, hold the line, and fight for Trump. And we want to. Desperately. But what does that mean in actuality? Many of us don’t know what to do. This isn’t about pre-Election Day rallies or volunteering for the Trump campaign. We’re in dark and dangerous waters barreling toward an illegitimate presidency littered with Marxists.

White House coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx traveled to her Delaware vacation home during the Thanksgiving weekend despite advising people to celebrate the holiday with only those in their immediate household. The Associated Press reported that Birx traveled with family members from two other households. Birx told the AP in a statement the purpose of the trip was to winterize the property before an upcoming sale. “I did not go to Delaware for the purpose of celebrating Thanksgiving,” Birx said, adding that her family shared a meal while in Delaware. Birx said that all of the gathered family members belonged...

Stock futures down a pretty good bit this morning. Haven't seen any significant news as to why (other than the usual lies). S&P -72 NASDAQ -151 DOW -507 Everything is corrupt. One of these days, we're going to see things implode because of it.

POTUS: Big news coming out of Pennsylvania. Very big illegal ballot drop that cannot be accounted for. Rigged Election!

Obviously, no amount of evidence, data, trends, facts, studies, or science will ever convince most ‘public health officials’ that masks aren’t doing squat to stop the spread of COVID-19. Cases and deaths continue to spike (yes, many of these are super-sensitive PCR test-driven numbers, but still) despite the fact that well over 90% of the country are complying with their absurd mandates. Yet, predictably, the virus keeps going right on virusing, as highly contagious respiratory viruses, unfortunately, tend to do, especially once cold weather hits. Nevertheless, those of us who are mask skeptics have a difficult chore in front of...

The Green Virus is on a rising curve in the Anglo-Sphere. Boris, Biden, Kerry, Trudeau, Arden and Australia’s Morrison are all competing to be the first to destroy all industries reliant on coal, cattle, petrol and diesel. Hydrogen, solar, wind, pumped hydro, biofuels, carbon cemeteries and batteries are hyped everywhere, especially in academia, Hollywood, most media and the bureaucracies. Big business is widely supportive – they see big profits in supplying metals for this Green Revolution and mining more coal to power Carbon Capture plants. The forlorn hope is that if we spend enough money on green indulgence payments it...

Concerns around food supply and the importation of goods are rising after France banned the entry of UK freight lorries in response to a new strain of Covid-19 identified in the east and southeast of England. Richard Burnett told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme "fresh food supply where it’s short shelf life and there will be product on its way now, that's where the challenge kind of comes from”. He added: "The concern that we do have though is that with it being so close to Christmas we're looking at 48 hours at this point in time in terms of...

<p>Peter Navarro's Report: The Immaculate: Six Dimensions of Election Irregularities is the right report at the right time.  I found four threads on this important report on FR alone.</p><p>Yesterday I noticed that Fake News is working overtime to disparage the Report, probably because it does such a good job of sorting out the complexity.</p>

The left wants to make sure we’re silenced for good, never to rise to power again. And they’re on the threshold of pulling it off. We’ve been passive all year with few exceptions. We’ve absorbed one shock after another with little pushback. We’ve watched the rise of totalitarianism in disbelief as it has taken hold in the form of lockdowns, riots, censorship, and election fraud. We have, for the most part, been obedient as a handful of “experts” told us what we can and cannot do after the coronavirus swept in. We’ve tolerated demands to close our businesses, schools, and...

The coming vaccine fiasco is going to be yet another example of our idiotic ruling class’ utter incompetence and total paucity of wisdom. It is clear that there is going to be a huge backlash in the form of people refusing to take the vaccine. The vaccine may actually be quite good – real doctors (not fake doctors like Lady McBiden) have told me it is. I have no dog in the fight, since my bloodstream surges with powerful antibodies that have already defeated the puny COVID virus and render me invulnerable to its .05 percent death rate for my...

This is Donald Trump's finest hour. So Mitch McConnell thinks it’s over. We need to congratulate Biden (whom I have taken to calling “President Asterisk”), forget everything, put it all behind us, and move on. According to Mitch, the greatest political crime in American history is something you just walk away from. Mitch is not alone in this, nor was he the first. Mitch’s neighbor Sen. Lamar Alexander on Dec, 13 stated, “The presidential election is over. States have certified the votes. Courts have resolved disputes. The electors have voted. I hope that President Trump will put the country first,...

While some countries, including Middle Eastern countries, have begun coronavirus public vaccination, the head of the health committee of Iranian Parliament said, there is currently no news of vaccines being purchased by Iran, this is while Iran has suffered the most casualties from coronavirus in the Middle East. Perhaps in the early days of pandemic, few people, even among experts, thought the corona vaccine would be made in not only a year, but also be available for public vaccination. Now this has happened, and it can be called a scientific miracle, since in the shortest time in history, a coronavirus...

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District officials in San Diego evidently believe that the practice of grading students based on average scores is racist. [At the Reason article]: ...Under the new system, pupils will not be penalized for failing to complete assignments or even show up for class, and teachers will give them extra opportunities to demonstrate their "mastery" of subjects. What constitutes mastery is not quite clear, but grades "shall not be influenced by behavior or factors that directly measure students' knowledge and skills in the content area," according to guidance from the district. District officials evidently believe that the practice of grading students...

CHINA’S government on Monday criticized President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Chinese hackers, not Russia, might be behind a cyber espionage campaign against the United States. Trump on Saturday scoffed at assertions by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other officials that the Kremlin was behind attempts to spy on federal agencies. Trump, without offering evidence, said “it may” be China. The foreign ministry said China opposes cyber spying and has crackdown on cyber crime. “The United States has politicized the issue of cyber security without conclusive evidence and continuously spread false information and thrown mud at China in an attempt...

Battery Wars: is Japan about to beat China in race for the energy game changer of the decade? Japan once supplied the world with the most advanced Li-Ion batteries. China and Korea now dominate the market, and Japan wants it back The search for the holy grail of batteries may be over. After a multi-year industry-wide effort, Japan solves the elusive solid-state technology

National Republicans are desperate to avoid a floor fight in Congress over the certification of the Electoral College vote next month, believing it would be horrible politics to continue waging what most recognize to be a hopeless battle to overturn the outcome of the election. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has intervened, asking his members not to join Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) or any other House members looking to object to the results on Jan. 6, when Congress meets to certify the Electoral College count. President Trump is waging a pressure campaign to get senators to revolt. Incoming Sen....