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Guard troops are stationed at 13 medical facilities in the state... Each team consists of about six to 10 medical corps members, led by a physician or a nurse. Some facilities, like El Centro Regional Medical Center in Imperial County, have two teams. The Guard has dispatched medical help since the start of the pandemic, but the need is now greater, with hospitals reaching a breaking point from an unprecedented surge in coronavirus cases. Last week, nine National Guard medical corps members arrived at Riverside Community Hospital, where there are more intensive care patients than beds. Staffers have converted a...

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Larry Schweikart: 1) Just finished a discussion with a pro-Trump congressional source on procedures. Very high. 2) On Jan. 6, all that is needed is 1 senator (Hawley) and 1 Congressman (Brooks) to bring an objection to an elector slate (almost certainly AZ, since that will be the first contested. 3) The rules are made by the previous congress; the laws already in place bind the procedures. 4) Pence has no authority on his own to accept or reject any slate. According to source, he will turn to the Parliamentarian for a ruling on how to proceed.

Among those attending the meeting were Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA.), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), and Trump Campaign lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Four representatives-elect who will take their seats on Jan.3 2021 also committed their support: Barry Moore (R-AL), Bob Good (R-VA), Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA.) They discussed logistics, such as what the objection language for each state would look like and how the floor proceedings will work. Gaetz announced his intentions publicly at Turning Point’s Student Action Summit in Florida this weekend. When Greene exited the...

On this date in 1757, Catholic priest Andreas Faulhaber was hanged at the order of Frederick the Great to defend the seal of the confessional. Frederick had been appointed by the Heavenly Father, and a cruel earthly one, to a task far too monumental to tarry with theology: lifting the Kingdom of Prussia from the morass of German principalities and into the ranks of Europe’s great powers. Frederick was nominally a Protestant, as was the bulk of his domain, and der Alte Fritz once remarked that this profession pleasingly liberated his sovereignty from papal interference; his real doctrine was nothing...

Update (1520ET): Out of left field, Walmart decided to pick a fight with Sen. Josh Hawley, calling him a "sore loser" in a tweet written by an unknown "member of the social media team" over his announcement challenging the Electoral College certification."Go ahead. Get your 2 hour debate," wrote Walmart, with the hashtag #soreloser."Thanks ⁦@Walmart ⁩for your insulting condescension," shot back the Missouri Republican, adding "Now that you’ve insulted 75 million Americans, will you at least apologize for using slave labor?"Hawley followed it up with "Or maybe you’d like to apologize for the pathetic wages you pay your workers as...

The crystal orb that normally draws millions of visitors to Midtown will still make its famous descent down the flagpole — but don’t bother trying to sneak a peek in person, says the NYPD. “Next year we will all gather and fill Times Square,” Chief of Department Terence Monahan told reporters Wednesday. “This year, don’t even attempt to come and watch it.”... [BUT] ...First responders and other essential workers will be allowed to watch the ball drop from a private spot...

The Wisconsin medical center where 57 vials of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine were discarded earlier this week said in a statement Wednesday that the employee who had removed the vaccines from the freezer had done so "intentionally" and was no longer employed by the hospital....

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP/VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE and AMERICA: Government, Family, Military, Business, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14 Religion Forum threads labeled "Prayer" are closed to debate of any kind.

File photo of ivermectin. Following an observational study, researchers call for large-scale trials around the worldWhile multiple vaccines are undergoing clinical trials across the globe, an observational trial in Bangladesh has found Ivermectin, a cheap and widely available drug, effective in preventing Covid-19.The FDA-approved broad spectrum anti-parasitic drug, which earlier was largely touted as effective in treating moderate level corona positive patients, is now found to be more effective as a preventive drug. In its latest issue, the European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences (EJMED) published a study carried out in Bangladesh, aimed at determining the effectiveness of Ivermectin...

China is guarding ancient caves where bats infected with coronavirus variants once lived in an attempt to control research into the outbreak, The Associated Press reported.... Authorities also confiscated samples taken by a team of scientists on a recent trip to the caves and police blocked access to roads and sites around the caves in late November, the AP said. On a recent visit, the BBC reported that "unidentified men told us their job was to keep us out" and that a truck was abandoned in the road to block their convoy... ...All research papers based on evidence from the...

The man authorities say was the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, with nearly 60 confirmed victims, died Wednesday in California. He was 80. Samuel Little, who had diabetes, heart trouble and other ailments, died at a California hospital, according to the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. He was serving a life sentence for multiple counts of murder. California corrections department spokeswoman Vicky Waters said there was no sign of foul play, and his cause of death will be determined by a coroner. A career criminal who had been in and out jail for decades, Little denied for...

The Public Integrity Section of the Department of Justice may be the most oxymoronically named unit within the federal government. The Public Integrity Section of the Department of Justice may be the most oxymoronically named unit within the federal government. And a recent change in leadership there spells more unjust political persecution for conservative office-holders, including former representative Steve Stockman, recently released from federal prison (where he contracted COVID) thanks to a commutation of his sentence by President Trump. The Public Integrity Section (PIS) has been missing in action when it comes to investigations of vote fraud in the presidential...

Rodney Robinson, a public school indoctrinator who was named national teacher of the year in 2019, is calling for “heroes” to commit terror attacks against Republicans. Robinson made the comment in reference to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY). He celebrated the cowardly ambush attack against Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) by his own neighbor in 2017 and called for McConnell’s neighbors to accost the senate majority leader. “Who are Mitch McConnell’s neighbors? I’m just saying Rand Paul’s did what a true Kentucky hero should do. It’s your time to step up,” Robinson wrote in his violent tweet celebrating political violence....

Document at the link. He's the plaintiff and Georgia election officials and governor the defendants.

Well it's been a long time since I saw that show. I always liked Mary Ann over Ginger. Now she's gone. Ginger still alive and kicking at age 86 though.

The vaccine for the Wuhan virus is now being administered to people across the nation. In some jurisdictions, the best principles of social justice and critical race theory are being used. When the CDC first made its recommendation for vaccine distribution it made it clear that there were just too damned many old white people and to atone for white privilege and past injustices they might have to die (see CDC Is Literally Trying to Kill Granny by Using Critical Race Theory to Decide Who Will Get Wuhan Virus Vaccine). In Massachusetts, convicts who, correct me if I’m wrong, are...

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a civil forfeiture complaint claiming that a piece of commercial property in Ohio was obtained with funding misappropriated from PrivatBank. Two civil forfeiture complaints were lodged earlier this year regarding properties located in Texas and Kentucky which are also alleged to have been secured with funds misappropriated from the bank in Ukraine, according to a DOJ press release. "The three complaints allege that Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Boholiubov, who owned PrivatBank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine, embezzled and defrauded the bank of billions of dollars," according to the DOJ. "The two obtained...

WASHINGTON—A proposed wind farm project in West Texas has become a potential national security issue due to its Chinese owner who has ties to the communist regime in Beijing and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), experts say. A Chinese-owned company called GH America Investment Group since 2015 bought 130,000 acres of land—an area the size of Tulsa, Oklahoma—in Val Verde County, Texas. The man behind the investment firm is Sun Guangxin, a businessman from Xinjiang, China, who is described as a “carpetbagger” by Chinese media with strong ties to the communist regime, The Epoch Times previously has reported. Sun, a...

<p>Police in Minneapolis shot and killed a man in an exchange of gunfire during a traffic stop on the city’s south side Wednesday night, authorities said. Department spokesman John Elder said the incident happened about 6:15 p.m. while officers were carrying out a traffic stop with a man suspected of a felony. Elder said the man was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel. A woman in the car was unhurt, Elder said.</p>