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SHREVEPORT, La. — Congressman-elect Luke Letlow has died after contracting COVID-19 last week, according to his campaign manager Andrew Bautsch. Letlow, who just turned 41, was getting treatment in the intensive care unit in Shreveport, according to an announcement on his Twitter page last week.

This month's full moon occurs on Tuesday, Dec. 29 at 10:28 p.m. EDT (3:28 UTC, Dec. 30), but the moon will appear full the night before and after its peak to the casual stargazer. This December's full moon is known as the Cold Moon, though it has many other nicknames by different cultures.

Even if the AP's numbers are right, the percentage of registered Pennsylvania "voters" who "voted" is very, very hard to believe, maybe unprecedented.

On Tuesday, McConnell introduced his own proposal for $2,000 checks, adding in measures that would repeal Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act—a law shielding social media companies from liability for posts shared by users—and establish a commission to study voter fraud, fulfilling two long-time wishes of some Republican voters who believe that both social media companies and the election were biased against Trump. If McConnell's measure is passed by Senate Republicans, House Democrats could be forced to vote on the measure, and most are expected to vote against. Republicans could then claim that Democrats killed an effort to...

Some of the major components in most satellites include aluminum, Kevlar and aluminum alloys, which are able to withstand both temperature extremes and constant bombardment by radiation—all in a vacuum. Unfortunately, these characteristics also allow satellites to remain in orbit long after their usefulness has ended, resulting in constant additions to the space junk orbiting the planet. According to the World Economic Forum, there are currently approximately 6,000 satellites circling the Earth but only 60% of them are still in use. Some in the field have predicted that nearly 1,000 satellites will be launched into space each year over the...

A doctor in Northern California has been fired from his job after he co-authored a letter that questioned the science behind his county’s lockdown order. Dr. Michael deBoisblanc was working as the trauma medical director for John Muir Health in Contra Costa County, California, until last Friday, after he questioned the scientific basis for again locking down citizens of the area. KNTV reported that deBoisblanc wrote a letter to the county health director and board of supervisors voicing his concern regarding the continued lockdown policies prior to his dismissal.

The Trump campaign on Tuesday took its Wisconsin Constitutional fight to the US Supreme Court. Trump advisor Boris Epshteyn broke the news today on Steve Bannon’s War Room. @BrandonBeckham_ Replying to @realDonaldTrump and @BreitbartNews DEVELOPING NEWS: @BorisEP, on War Room with Steven Bannon, confirms Trump Campaign is/has filed a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) out of Wisconsin. Boris Epshteyn tweeted out the news earlier this afternoon. The Trump campaign is challenging the 50,000 illegal absentee votes that were allowed to be counted in the state.

KANSAS CITY, MO—According to sources, local man Jason Greenman is enjoying his last few days of living like an utterly debased and filthy slob before his anticipated turnaround comes on January 1st. "Yeah-- January 1st! That will be the day my life changes forever!" said Greenman while eating a breakfast of Christmas cookies, leftover ham, pumpkin pie, and beer. "It's gonna be great! I'm going to get in the best shape of my life, read at least 30 books, get that promotion at work, start reading that Bible again! But first I need to clean out all these leftovers and...

Senator Mitch McConnell blocked an attempt by Democrats on Tuesday to hold an immediate vote on increasing stimulus checks to $2,000 from $600, leaving the fate of the measure unclear as President Trump continued to demand the larger payouts and more Republicans publicly endorsed the idea. Instead, Mr. McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, provided vague assurances that the Senate would “begin the process” of discussing $2,000 checks and two other issues that Mr. Trump has demanded lawmakers address: election security and removing legal protections for social media platforms. Mr. McConnell would not say whether he planned separate...

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Prather's analysis of Nashville explosion. Destruction of AT&T election audit. China. CIA. Drone strike.

CLAIM: There were 205,000 more votes than voters in the 2020 election in Pennsylvania. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. This analysis is based on incomplete data, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State. THE FACTS: A misleading claim about election results from a group of Republican state lawmakers in Pennsylvania is circulating widely on social media a week before Congress meets to reaffirm Joe Biden’s decisive presidential win. The claim emerged in a release from the Republican state Rep. Frank Ryan and several others on Monday. “A comparison of official county election results to the total number of voters who voted on...

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Video from a body camera worn by a police officer released Monday captures the moment of impact and aftermath of the Nashville bombing on Christmas Day. The video released by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department shows Officer Michael Sipos’ body camera minutes before the explosion and the sound of the bomb going off on 2nd Avenue near Commerce Street. The footage begins at 6:14 a.m. local time and the RV’s “evacuate now” recording can be heard in the background.

Before Vice President Mike Pence was sued by Representative Louie Gohmert their lawyers met and the two sides disagreed about how the Electoral College is formally accepted. After the meeting, Rep. Gohmert sued VP Pence and argued that Mike Pence should pick competing slates from the swing states Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigann, Wisconsin due to the mass amount of fraud in the 2020 stolen election. Evidently, Mike Pence is interested in getting out of politics. Trump voters WILL NEVER FORGET such a betrayal to this country and president. Newsmax reported: Before Vice President Mike Pence was sued by a Republican...

The White House on Tuesday issued a proclamation praising St. Thomas Becket, an English archbishop who was martyred 850 years ago after conflict with King Henry II over the rights of the Church. “Before the Magna Carta was drafted, before the right to free exercise of religion was enshrined as America’s first freedom in our glorious Constitution, Thomas gave his life so that, as he said, ‘the Church will attain liberty and peace,’” President Donald Trump wrote in a Dec. 29 proclamation. “To honor Thomas Becket’s memory, the crimes against people of faith must stop, prisoners of conscience must be...

In Resurrection School v. Gordon, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 242315 (WD MI, Dec. 16, 2020), a Michigan federal district court refused to issue a preliminary injunction sought by parents of Catholic school children to eliminate the COVID face covering requirement for children attending K through Grade 5 at religious schools. Parents contend that the requirement interferes with the free exercise of the students' religion. Rejecting that claim, the court said in part: The order is clear: individuals over the age of five must wear a mask when they are out in public. Therefore, given the near-universal mask requirement, the Court...

A leak in the French media suggested the rebuilding of the interior of the cathedral is tilting towards a more contemporary style, but the Archdiocese of Paris insists no decision will be made before the end of March.PARIS, France — Six months after the end of a long and fierce controversy surrounding the terms for the rebuilding of the roof and spire of Notre-Dame, a new national outcry has erupted after part of the rebuilding project for the interior of the monument, severely damaged by the 2019 blaze, was leaked to the press. Indeed, according to an article by Le...

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK — The Guardian reports that Danish company Seaborg Technologies plans to fit barges with small nuclear reactors, to provide energy to developing countries. These reactors will be Compact Molten Salt Reactors, or CMSRs, in short. This is how CMSRs work: The primary loop is where the heat from standard nuclear rods are transferred to molten fluoride salt. The secondary loop is where this superheated liquid transfers its heat to a heat exchanger filled with coolant salt.The third loop is where the heat from the coolant salt is finally transferred to the liquids that will now transmit the nuclear...

If you think McConnell is on the average guys side, here’s food for thought, from today: Fox News, Dec 29: McConnell blocks quick vote on Trump’s $2K checks https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mcconnell-blocks-quick-vote-on-trumps-2k-checks