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The 2020 election has brought multiple constitutional topics to the forefront of our daily discussions, many of which are rarely discussed today. The reason is because these issues are no less important than they were in 1787. The method by which the U.S. selects its president and the subsequent peaceful transfer of power to which so many have been referring define our nation. It is one of many examples of a larger theme that limits power, which is returned to the people. The presidency is an excellent place to begin examining this theme. For instance, prior to the passage of...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham said Friday that he met with President Trump on Christmas Day and believes the commander-in-chief's proposal to increase the coronavirus relief check amount to $2,000 per American is the right decision. Graham, R-S.C., also said he supports Trump's other major demand that Congress strip Big Tech firms like Facebook and Twitter from protections enshrined in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996.

Sen. Ron Johnson, among the best qualified and most level-headed of senators, has been labeled a conspiracy theorist by the media because he questioned the validity of the 2020 vote. We're at the point where any questioning of the liberal consensus is dismissed out of hand. It's not just that liberals think they're right — they think no other opinions should be heard. The Washington Post's depiction of dozens of GOP members as "rats" is a new journalistic low. Reminiscent of Nazi-era depictions of Jews, the cartoon attacks Trump "collaborators" for the same "crime" as Sen. Johnson — questioning the...

It’s just the flu, bro. The Coronavirus hoax goes on right through the holidays. Glad for the people who ignored Fauci’s recommendations over the holidays. And I fear for the psychological repercussions of anyone who did listen to Fauci. In fact, I believe that anybody who has followed every CDC recommendation since the start of this fauxdemic has lost their mind. The only question about people who have followed all CDC recommendations since day 1 is which has gripped them the hardest? - depression or insanity. - When will brave politicians, or even a few big celebrities, say that the...

I remember watching this movie when it was broadcast on TV during my youth. Perhaps this helped plant a seed for my later and current obsession with the Victorian Era. I re-watched on Christmas morning as the other members of the family were still asleep. In my mind, this is the best adaptation of the Dickens story. I know there are those who say the Alastair Sims version is the best. George C. Scott owns Scrooge. He plays him as not as an inherently wicked man but as someone whose life was broken as a boy and when it comes...

President-elect Joe Biden has made no secret that tackling climate change will be one of his top priorities. But to enact his platform to reduce global warming he may find an unexpected ally: Republicans. Biden campaigned on the most ambitious climate agenda in history: one that included plans for pioneering green energy and infrastructure projects and proposals to address environmental racism. Large chunks of his "Build Back Better" economic agenda are explicitly tied to climate-related policies. Biden has said he will re-enter the U.S. in the Paris climate accord on his first day in office and will prioritize undoing dozens...

A major Tennessee newspaper said Sunday it is investigating what its editor called a "horrific" full-page advertisement from a religious group that predicts a terrorist attack in Nashville next month. The paid advertisement that appeared in Sunday's editions of The Tennessean addresses the "citizens of Nashville" and warns that the attack would happen on July 18, 2020. snip....The ad from the group Future For America claims Donald Trump "is the final president of the USA" and features a photo of Trump and Pope Francis. It begins by claiming that a nuclear device would be detonated in Nashville and that the...

December 26 2020 Feast of Saint Stephen, first martyr Abbey of the Dormition, Jerusalem, Israel (where St. Stephen's remains are interred By Tango7174 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26453619 Lectionary 696Reading 1 ACTS 6:8-10; 7:54-59 Stephen, filled with grace and power, was working great wonders and signs among the people. Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen, Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and people from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and debated with Stephen, but they could not withstand the wisdom and the spirit with which he spoke.When they heard this, they were infuriated, and they ground their teeth at...

It is in every American's best interest to avoid secession and keep our federation of states together. However, that doesn't mean that the federal government is the vehicle for exposing and punishing the massive election fraud that took place in 2020. Instead, this fraud is a local problem and it may be the homeless on the street who are our best hope for proving that fraud. In my last column, I noted secession of some American states from the Union was the Communist Chinese goal, preceding a communist take-over. Rejecting secession, or a hot-shooting civil war, as possible remedies to...

On January 6, a joint session of Congress will open with Vice President Pence presiding as president of the Senate. His power will be plenary and unappealable. You heard that right. As president of the Senate, every objection comes directly to him, and he can rule any objection "out of order" or "denied." His task will be to fulfill his oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and to ensure that the laws be faithfully executed. This is a high standard of performance, and V.P. Pence will have two choices. He can roll over...

The state of New Mexico recently canceled its plan to offer free college tuition to all state residents. The proposal, which was originally introduced in September 2019 by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham(D), would have made college tuition-free for 55,000 students in the state. According to a report by Campus Reform, the state of New Mexico has canceled its plans to offer free college tuition to residents of the state. The plan, which was originally announced in September 2019, would have made college tuition-free for the 55,000 students enrolled at state colleges and universities. Recently, the state announced that the plan...

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Hospitals in Southern California are so overrun by COVID-19 cases that doctors are running low on supplies of oxygen, infected patients are forced to wait eight hours in ambulances before they can enter an emergency room, and intensive care units are fully booked with no more beds available. The skyrocketing surge in COVID-19 cases is raising suspicions among public health officials in Los Angeles County that a new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus is fueling the outbreak. California's deadly Christmas was marked by pleas to avoid holiday gatherings outside the home and indoor church services in what could be...

Nearly 2.1 million Georgians have cast their votes through early in-person voting or absentee voting for the Georgia Senate runoff election taking place January 5, according to data provided by the state on Thursday. The number represents more than a quarter of the state’s 7.7 million registered voters, and, as measured by the Georgia Votes tracking website, it trails the turnout at this point in the November 3 general election by just seven percent, or about 148,000 votes. Of the 2.1 million votes accepted thus far, 1.3 million were cast via early in-person voting, which began December 14, and the...

New Jersey's tyrannical Attorney General, Gurbir Grewal, is adding to his dubious list of anti-Second Amendment activism. On 15 December 2020, Smith & Wesson sued Grewal, asking for relief, for using his office to violate the First Amendment, Second Amendment, as well as the Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment protections of the U.S. Constitution. Defense Distributed won a significant victory in September of 2020, with the Fifth Circuit agreeing Defense Distributed could sue AG Grewal in Texas. The case is ongoing and alleges Grewal violated Defense Distributed's First Amendment rights.The Smith & Wesson lawsuit is about a subpoena issued on...

Imagine that you’re a graduate student majoring in journalism, accepted by one of the premier programs in the U.S. such as Washington and Lee University, Emerson College, Northwestern University, the University of Missouri at Columbia, or some other top-ranking school. You've been indoctrinated since the third grade by Left-leaning teachers. During your time in college, you’re further indoctrinated. However, once you graduate, your goal is to be as objective as possible in your reporting. You realize that most stories have at least two angles to them and you're going to search the unexplored territory that most industry professionals seem to...

The cartoonist who created the Peanuts gang and television specials like “A Charlie Brown Christmas" drew from some of his experiences as an Army staff sergeant during World War II to fashion the enduringly popular comic series. Charles Schulz, the cartoonist behind “Peanuts,” took part in the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp and the occupation of Munich shortly before the end of the war. Biographies about Schulz, as well as his own essays, talk about the impact military service had on him and the characters he created. “The three years I spent in the army taught me all I...

Gunmen on a motorbike have shot dead a women’s rights activist and her brother north of Afghanistan’s capital, officials said, as a wave of assassinations ravages the violence-wracked country. “Unknown gunmen on motorbike assassinated Freshta Kohistani in Kohistan district of Kapisa province,” interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian told reporters on Thursday. Kapisa provincial governor, Abdul Latif Murad, told AFP news agency the shooting took place near Kohistani’s home and that her brother was also killed in the attack. Kohistani, 29, is the second activist to be killed in two days after a prominent pro-democracy advocate was gunned down in capital...

In the top echelons of classical music, the violinist Jennifer Koh is by any measure a star. With a dazzling technique, she has ridden a career that any aspiring Juilliard grad would dream about — appearing with leading orchestras, recording new works, and performing on some of the world’s most prestigious stages. Now, nine months into a contagion that has halted most public gatherings and decimated the performing arts, Ms. Koh, who watched a year’s worth of bookings evaporate, is playing music from her living room and receiving food stamps. ...During the quarter ending in September, when the overall unemployment...

image of Komal and her family. Pakistan's Central Investigation Agency have sought papers from Lahore High Court relating to the rape of deaf-mute teenager Komal. The papers in their entirety have already been dispatched by the court and the CIA is beginning a deeper investigation into the rape allegations. Komal was kidnapped from her home on 16th March 2020 and was gang-raped by five men for 2 months, after first being forcibly married to a Muslim man and falsely converted to Islam. Komal is now living in a hidden place and she and her family face daily threats by cronies...