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I don't want to link directly, and it's not exactly holiday reading, Raw Story's hit piece on President Trump. After all, why bring trash into one's home through your computer monitor "for Christmas", amIright?Dr. Brandy X. Lee's article, titled Here's why it is necessary to speak out about Trump's psychological dangerousness and lack of mental capacity, was published Dec. 23, 2020, as a Christmas stocking stuffer for Dems.I think a quote can help you glean where Lee's article is headed: "Yes, a forensic psychiatrist works at the interface of psychiatry and the law, which is what I have done for...

A law school professor called for “vote reparations” for black people to make elections fairer by giving them twice the voting power of other citizens. "Vote reparations would empower us to replace oppressive institutions with life-affirming structures of economic, social, and political equality," Brandon Hasbrouck, an assistant professor at the Washington and Lee University School of Law, wrote in the Nation last week. "And if our elected representatives did not prioritize this transformational work, we could vote them out." Hasbrouck, who teaches race relations law and a class on critical race theory, argued that the “core problem” of the United...

I have been under bizarre “gag” order issued by Atlanta judge prohibiting me from responding to accusations in lawsuit filed by lawyers with whom I formerly shared office space. Lawsuit used to attack me in left wing rags. Mother Jones, AJC & soon NY Times. Connect the dots. https://t.co/lpOGHUYw7R— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) December 23, 2020

U.S. Senate candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock’s wife told a police officer in March that her husband is "a great actor" and "phenomenal at putting on a really good show" after Warnock denied her allegations that he deliberately ran over her foot. The comments could be heard on police body camera footage obtained by Tucker Carlson Tonight. They centered around a domestic dispute between Warnock and his wife in early March. Warnock tells the officer in the footage that he and his wife had an argument that morning over divorce papers while their two kids were present. He says that his...

Before the text messages threatening to kill his family, Drew Pavlou gathered a small group of students on a busy walkway at the University of Queensland to protest the Chinese government’s repression of Uighur Muslims and crackdown on Hong Kong. “Hey-hey, ho-ho — Xi Jinping has got to go!” As he denounced the Communist leader, hundreds of counter-demonstrators massed around a colonnade at the campus in Brisbane, Australia. Some were students from China; others appeared older. They yelled pro-Beijing slogans and played the Chinese national anthem over loudspeakers. *** Things quickly turned violent. A man in the crowd rushed at...

438 miles complete, 213 mile under Construction, 87 miles in Pre-Construction (738 miles total has been funded).

Election software company Smartmatic is threatening to sue a number of networks for defamation, just days after serving a legal notice to attorney Sidney Powell. Smartmatic sent legal notices to media companies Newsmax, OANN, and Fox. In a press release, the company’s CEO says the networks “have no evidence” of their claims that Smartmatic is potentially involved in election fraud. He says “This campaign was designed to defame Smartmatic and undermine legitimately conducted elections.” The company is demanding retractions. Newsmax issued a statement about their coverage on Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems: “Newsmax would like to clarify its news coverage...

The Democrats will raise the cry "Voter Supression!" every time any attempt is made to enforce the idea of Voter ID where the voter has to obtain picture ID from DMV or other "government" source. (We won't get into proving citizenship, which is another no-no.) I propose an alternative: election bureaus snap a picture of the voter at the time of registration or re-registration. At the polls, the "front desk" will pull up that picture when the voter presents himself/herself.

....... terrifying for white people -- and that's what this is about -- that people of color are threatening them so deeply that they are willing to dismiss democratic tenets? And I'm just repeating what I said earlier because I have no other explanation, Joe. There's nothing else there. We could put the 10 smartest scholars in the room. That's it -- I'm saying the quiet part out loud. It's no other explanation, and that's what we have to deal with in this country right now. .We're a divided country, and it's about race. I don't care what anybody else...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced early Tuesday morning that the Senate will return to Washington on Dec. 29 to respond to a potential veto from President Trump of a mammoth defense bill. McConnell, speaking from the Senate floor, said that he had struck a deal with Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) for the chamber to return for a rare post-Christmas session during which he said they will "process" a veto override, if it's passed by the House.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., appears frustrated with efforts by President Donald Trump and his supporters to overturn the election, telling her leadership team during COVID relief talks she will take matters into her own hands if need be."I'm counting down the hours till he's gone," Pelosi said, according to a report in (Politico). "I plan to pull him out of there by his hair, his little hands, and his feet."

Gun sales in the United States have soared in 2020 following a year of radical-left violence against the backdrop of a global pandemic. Americans purchased 21 million firearms this year, according to the latest figures. The number marks a staggering increase of 73 percent over the number purchased in 2019.

Real? Deep Fake? Joe Biden tells African-Americans America is doomed unless blacks start working with Hispanics when Whites become a minority in America in 2040. "This country is doomed, it is doomed, not just because of African-Americans..." Joe Biden Audio (26 secs)

The 5,593-page government funding bill that includes the COVID-19 stimulus legislation also includes a section outlining the reincarnation and succession of the Dalai Lama. The legislation includes some notable sections that are not directly related to government funding or the pandemic.Section 342 of the bill outlines a "statement of policy regarding the succession or reincarnation of the Dalai Lama." Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, currently resides in exile in India after escaping from Tibet in 1959 amid a revolt against Chinese governance. Tibet was occupied by China in 1951 and incorporated as part of the East Asian nation.

Fox News contributor Karl Rove on Tuesday criticized former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and lawyer Sidney Powell for the “idiotic” ideas they are pushing to President Donald Trump on overturning the results of the 2020 election. Anchor John Roberts said, “I want to ask you about these meetings that the president has been having a close group of allies about what to do regarding what happens on January 6… that some members of the House may oppose the seating of electors from their states. And then there’s other things that have been kicked around, too, which the president denies,...

Claims by China that that it "expelled" the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain from disputed South China Seawaters are untrue, the U.S. Navy said. "On Dec. 22, USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the Spratly Islands, consistent with international law," a statement Tuesday by the Navy's 7th Fleet began. "This freedom of navigation operation ... upheld the rights, freedoms, and lawful uses of the sea recognized in international law by challenging restrictions on innocent passage imposed by China, Vietnam and Taiwan. "All interactions with foreign military forces were consistent with international norms and...

With news of a second strain in the UK that has shuttered London, U.S. leaders are starting to take precautions. Experts predict that the second variant of the virus is reportedly 70 percent more transmissible than the original strain. "We will have a new approach, given the new strain we're seeing there," New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said in a press conference on Wednesday.

The actions of Joseph teach men how to be virtuous and women and children that they deserve to be protected, trusted, and cared for.Pope Francis, the spiritual father of the Roman Catholic world, recently declared that church body will journey through “A Year of St. Joseph” from Dec. 8, 2020, through Dec. 8, 2021. Proclaiming a year in the name of some person or theme is a method several popes have used to highlight an all-important message they believe to be critical for both the church and the entire world at that time. In 2014, Francis did something similar when...

Complaint Alleges Company Unlawfully Dispensed and Distributed Prescription OpioidsIn a civil complaint filed today, the Department of Justice has alleged that Walmart Inc. unlawfully dispensed controlled substances from pharmacies it operated across the country and unlawfully distributed controlled substances to those pharmacies throughout the height of the prescription opioid crisis. The complaint alleges that this unlawful conduct resulted in hundreds of thousands of violations of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The Justice Department seeks civil penalties, which could total in the billions of dollars, and injunctive relief.“It has been a priority of this administration to hold accountable those responsible for...

A Canadian citizen accused of operating a decades-long psychic mail fraud scheme was extradited to the United States and made his initial appearance today in federal court in Central Islip, New York, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced.On Oct. 25, 2018, a grand jury in the Eastern District of New York indicted Patrice Runner, 54, on charges of mail and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Runner was arrested in Ibiza, Spain, by officers of the Spanish National Police in December 2018, based on the U.S....