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CNN‘s Jim Acosta and Jake Tapper both predicted in new interviews that the media will change under the incoming Biden administration, arguing that the new president will likely provide for less combative coverage. Mr. Acosta, the network’s chief White House correspondent who has repeatedly made headlines for his confrontations with President Trump and even wrote a book about his contentious relationship with the current administration, told The Atlantic in a piece published Tuesday that he “couldn’t stomach” the president’s attacks on the press and his “fake news” tagline. “The drama has made him famous,” The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins reports, “but...

[Note: This piece contains heavy video and graphic content.] The Swamp hates McConnell’s bill because the Swamp, which has become a wholly-0wned subsidiary of Big Tech and the ChiComs, loves Section 230, and it also detests the provision in McConnell’s bill that would establish a commission to “study” voter fraud during the 2020 elections. My goodness, does the Swamp hate that stuff. McConnell, on the other hand, doesn’t give a tinker’s damn if any of this stuff is passed into law. He couldn’t care less personally about COVID relief; is himself firmly in the pocket of Big Tech; and has...

Pray For the Peace of JerusalemLambs, Sheep, and Shepherds.1 Chronicles 17:1-7God’s Promise to David 17 After David was settled in his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.” 2 Nathan replied to David, “Whatever you have in mind, do it, for God is with you.” 3 But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying: 4 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build me...

You know what’s really irresponsible? Stealing a damn election and pretending you are the President-elect when you don’t even know what town you’re in half the time. Biden’s statement in that clip, of course, is completely false, as the Secretary of Defense pointed out later in the day: Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller slammed the claims from Biden, noting that the department has given Biden’s team more access to resources than they initially requested. “The Department of Defense has conducted 164 interviews with over 400 officials, and provided over 5,000 pages of documents – far more than initially requested...

“Follow the Science” has become a frequently heard rallying cry from the Left and their media in recent months. An even newer phenomenon is the bumper sticker asking “Got Science?” which is often spotted adorning a Prius or Subaru, between the drivers’ other decals pleading “Feel the Bern” and “Resist.” Anyone paying attention understands that those of us who disagree with our friends on the Left on matters of science tend to do so not based on any aversion to science, but rather the political nature and behavior of individuals within the scientific community. The issue isn’t science at all....

A California nurse has tested positive for COVID-19 eight days after receiving the vaccination. ER nurse Matthew W., received the Pfizer vaccine on December 18, according to a post from Instagram. But on Christmas Eve, Matthew, who works at two different hospitals in San Diego, began feeling sick after working a shift in the COVID-19 unit. Regulators of the Pfizer vaccine have found that the best immunity against coronavirus comes seven days after the second dose, which is given three weeks after the first, meaning there is a possibility that someone who had received the vaccine could still contract the...

Congressman-elect Luke Letlow (R-LA) has succumbed to COVID. He was 41 years old. He leaves behind his wife and two small children. He tested positive on December 18 but deteriorated rapidly. He passed away in the intensive care unit at Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport. Letlow was chief of staff of outgoing Congressman Ralph Abraham (R-LA). He was set to take over his seat. It’s an absolute tragedy, but the ghouls are already out. This is social media in 2020. We shouldn’t be shocked by some of the reactions regarding the news of Rep-elect Letlow’s death. Julio will have more...

The American left has been working overtime to obfuscate the real issues at the heart of whether or not the 2020 presidential election is being stolen. For instance, when Chris Krebs, the former head of the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), announced in a statement on November 12 that the 2020 election was "the most secure election in American history" and President Trump fired him, the Left went berserk and cited the firing as just more evidence that Trump is an illegitimate tyrant or something. On December 13, however, the Department of Homeland Security released Emergency Directive 21-01, a...

It has been a seismic year for sport, and no more so in athletes raising their voice in the fight for racial equality. Events in Germany have shown that, while progress has been made, there is much work to be done. ... Even before support for the Black Lives Matter movement surged across Europe in May, German football revealed in one month just how much work was still to be done. Blame it on the lack of diversity at the executive level of the sport (particularly true in Germany), blame it on fundamental issues stretching deep into the fabric of...

Our founders were visionary and provided ways to resolve disputed Presidential elections. Constitutional law expert Attorney Jenna Ellis, a Trump legal team member, outlined this procedure. The most straightforward solution is for the six contested states' legislatures to convene on their initiative by a simple majority vote without being called into session by a reluctant governor. Then by a resolution by a simple majority vote, reclaim their state’s electors pledged for Biden and appoint electors for Trump before Congress meets Jan. 6, 2020. Patriots in the contested states should immediately deluge by phone, fax, and email their representative to demand...

It’s just the flu, bro. https://www.unionesarda.it/en/articolo/news/mondo/2020/12/28/in-spagna-un-registro-per-chi-rifiuta-il-vaccino-sara-condiviso-c-137-1098221.html Spain to have a registry of those who refuse vaccine. This registry will be provided to other EU nations. 1984. - https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/28/us-confirms-first-case-of-the-new-covid-strain-discovered-in-uk-.html Fear porn- “Mutant” strain of Coronavirus found in Colorado. Bottom line is that each person is responsible for their own immune system. I don’t care how mutant it is...healthy people will almost always be fine. - I think I have an effective retort when someone says “don’t you care about granny?”, which is “I care more about granny’s freedom than I do about her life”.

As the Trump era draws to a close and not a single journalist has been jailed or probed in leak investigations, like Team Obama probed reporters and its leakers, some journalists can admit that furiously opposing President Donald Trump has been a pretty rewarding gig. McKay Coppins of The Atlantic -- a very partisan magazine -- penned an article headlined "The Resistance's Breakup With the Media Is At Hand." In a Twitter post about the article, he admitted, "In the Trump era, many Washington reporters became resistance heroes, showered with book deals, TV contacts, and Twitter followers." Journalists couldn't be...

I believe January 6, 2021 will be the day of reckoning. If a million patriots show for The Trump Rally in DC, AND if Mike Pense does the right thing, the country will be saved. But we must get the message out to the 75,000,000 plus people from all backgrounds who voted for Trump, and are seeing their votes disenfranchised. January 6, 2021 The Daily Cryptogram will be posted at around 9 AM EST. The first correct answer to the Cryptogram sent to my private reply, will get a $100 donation to Free Republic in their name. Second prize $75...

No matter what happens in 2021, we are not helpless for there are changes that Trump can make and changes that we can make to disarm the left. Once Trump is elected President in the House of Representatives, we need to focus on ways to reclaim America from the left. Even if Harris/Biden prevail, individual citizens still have the power to enact these approaches and make them effective. How have leftists had such success in pulling America down? They have captured all the powerful institutions that drive culture – education, the media, entertainment, religion, major metropolitan areas, the Imperial City...

Conservatives got an inkling of how bad 2020 would be before the year even started. On Dec. 30, 2019, Gertrude Himmelfarb died. She was just the first of many conservative luminaries to die over the next 12 months — and it is worth remembering each one and what they contributed to conservatism and our country. As conservatism enters its next chapter, without a slew of great ideas or clarity regarding its future direction, learning lessons from these heroes of the past can potentially be a first step in discerning the way forward into the future. Let’s start with Himmelfarb, an...

When someone who isn’t very bright to begin with starts losing it, the truth has a weird habit of leaking out. One of the things elderly people are famous for is losing their filter, that little auto-edit in the brain that stops them from saying inappropriate things. Many lose their filter because they just don’t care (and good for them). Others, though, lose it because nature has cruelly attacked their brain function. The problem is exceptionally bad when the person wasn’t too bright or too filtered to begin with. And that brings us to Joe Biden, who just announced that...

COOK FOREST, Pennsylvania -- It has just finished snowing here, and the forest looks magical, draped in white. It takes on a silvery blue shine under the blue sky that emerged after the storm finished leaving its mark. The silence is soon broken by the crunching of snowshoes off in the distance. Southwest of here, a handful of anglers fishing the drift of the Slippery Rock Creek breaks the silence of the surrounding forest. At Laurel Hill, it is the rustling of the leftover fall leaves, softened by age and weather, under the weight of hikers' boots. Along the High...

It's not just Muslims who immigrate to defeat their enemies. Socialists are doing it, too, this time in Georgia. With the 2020 election still up in the air, lawsuits being filed, and the results heading to the Supreme Court, there is another threat to the republic rearing its ugly head. The liberal media (I know, redundant) are now giving tips to other socialists on how to hack the election even more. Their plan involves actually moving to another state, specifically Georgia, in order to turn the Senate blue by voting for the two Democrats in the Georgia Senate runoff election!...

Was 2020 the worst year ever? The media keep saying that. We did have the pandemic, a bitter election, unemployment, riots and a soaring national debt. But wait, look at the good news, says historian Johan Norberg. His new book, "Open: The Story of Human Progress," points out how life keeps getting better, even if people just don't realize it. 2020 was "the best year in human history to face a pandemic," he says. Had the pandemic happened in 2005, "You wouldn't have the technology to create mRNA vaccines." "In 1990," he continues, "we wouldn't have a worldwide web. If...

The second dose of the coronavirus vaccines will be given later than originally planned, experts have said. The move is to ensure more people are given a first dose to help fight the UK's rising coronavirus infection rate, with the second dose administered up to three months later. Speaking at a briefing at Downing Street today, Professor Wei Shen Lim, chair of the Joint Committee of Vaccinations and Immunisations, said the "immediate urgency" was for the rapid rollout of the new Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and to ensure high levels of uptake. "We recommend delivery of the first vaccine should be prioritised...