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ATLANTA - President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to overturn the 2020 election results - laid out in stark detail in an hourlong weekend phone call with a Georgia election official - are demonstrating his unrestrained determination to maintain a grip on power no matter the consequences for the nation’s democratic traditions. Trump has ventured into uncharted and dangerous territory since his Nov. 3 defeat, becoming the first president who lost an election to try to hang onto his office by rejecting the will of the voters and casting aside results of the Electoral College enshrined in the Constitution. Trump’s refusal...

SHANGHAI - As a team from the World Health Organization (WHO) prepares to visit China to investigate the origins of COVID-19, Beijing has stepped up efforts not only to prevent new outbreaks, but also shape the narrative about when and where the pandemic began. China has dismissed criticism of its early handling of the coronavirus, first identified in the city of Wuhan at the end of 2019, and foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Monday that the country would welcome the WHO team. But amid simmering geopolitical tensions, experts said the investigators were unlikely to be allowed to scrutinise...

Because leftists obsess about wealth, conservatives often miss that modern leftists have bigger goals than mere money. In many ways, the Tony Blair administration helps reveal an important point about how leftists ultimately operate. Blair was very clever to adopt many of the right-wing economic policies of Thatcher, realizing that economics wasn't the major issue; transforming the people and culture was pivotal. Although leftists are more than happy to carry on with very similar economic policies, their long-term objectives are more in line with something akin to Antonio Gramsci as well as the Frankfurt School’s vision of cultural transformation. Indeed,...

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” – Oscar WildeWhat is it with Democrats and plagiarism? Their ideology appropriated from Marx, their speeches stolen from British parliamentarians, even their anecdotes lifted from people who led more interesting lives… Senator Kamala Harris started her life’s work young. She laughs from her gut, the way you would with family, as she remembers being wheeled through an Oakland, California, civil rights march in a stroller with no straps with her parents and her uncle. At some point, she fell from the...

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said late Monday that "Antifa scumbags" arrived at his Washington, D.C., home and threatened his wife and newborn daughter while he was in his home state of Missouri. Hawley was the first Republican senator to announce that he plans to raise objections when Congress meets for a joint-session meeting later this week for the final certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s win. Those outside his home were seen on video criticizing him of trying to derail Biden's win. Hawley described a terrifying situation. "They screamed threats, vandalized, and tried to pound open our door," he said.

It’s just the flu, bro. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3921394/posts https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3921520/posts Scotland is in full COVID lockdown and public worship is banned. Don’t let anyone tell you the people of Scotland want freedom. Maybe the English killed those people sometime after William Wallace. Regardless, these people are rotten socialists. Yesterday we denigrated Australians and today we denigrate Scottish people. And these people deserve denigration because they voted willingly for this oppression. - The biggest COVID story of all is the potentially stolen Presidential election as COVID was used as a cover for voter fraud. Congress will be meeting on the 6th. I think I...

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As the Wednesday electoral vote showdown draws near, offering both houses of Congress the opportunity to hear disapproval of the tallies sent by the states, a flurry of panicked claims fills the air. To hear those narratives, at best, partisan mischief is jostling our system of determining election results. At worst, the Republic teeters on the brink of chaos as our very institutions are dashed against the rocks. Even in these divisive times, some Republicans are joining Democrats in a burst of messaging that shares the assertion that the electoral vote challenge is not merely something they disagree with; it...

Americans have absorbed the truth that the institutions long depended upon for redress are compromised. For years we had always suspected this, but in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election this has been confirmed with much dismay and sadness. While these revelations have been downright traumatic, they have also provided clear insight as to the height, depth and breadth of the corruption that has seduced our governmental institutions into betrayal. And as with any cancer, you cannot have the proper treatment until you know the extent of the infiltration. Carrying this analogy further, many people delay reporting their health...

he U.S. Army’s Pacific theater strategy has long maintained that it does not plan to consider a land war against China for a number of key reasons. First and foremost, perhaps most obviously, deployment would be a problem. How could any kind of mechanized land force, with the requisite expeditionary capability, mobilize for some kind of large-scale land assault on the Asian continent. Where would there be a staging area? Possibly India, a major U.S. ally, could offer some kind of option. Abrams tanks, for example, need to be shipped, deployed, and prepared, as do larger infantry carriers, howitzers, and...

I am in DC now and just went into a CVS to buy some alka seltzer. There was a short African employee working there and he said "put on your mask!" I just ignored him and looked around for my merchandise. I took the elevator up and then all of a sudden seven cops approached me (led by this man) and told me to put on a mask. I pulled out a mask and popped it on. The mask nazi was not happy and said "I want you to go!" The cops said I'd have to leave. I dont really...

Since the Cold War, it has been a foreign policy goal of Mao Zedong and his successors to get America to lower its defenses and do the dirty work of empowering the People’s Republic. While we bemoan the events of the past year, the 90-million strong Chinese Communist Party (CCP) can rightfully celebrate a good half-century. Since the Cold War, it has been a foreign policy goal of Mao Zedong and his successors to get America to lower its defenses and do the dirty work of empowering the People’s Republic. All we got in exchange were diplomatic smiles, successive presidential...

South Korea is sending military forces to respond to the seizure of one of its tankers by Iran, an endeavor in which it is seeking to work with other nations operating in the region Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard announced Monday that its Zulfiqar fleet had seized a South Korean vessel operating in the Islamic Republic's First Naval District in the Persian Gulf "due to a series of violations of marine environmental laws" after it departed from Saudi Arabia's Al-Jubail port. The ship, Hankuk Chemi, was said to be transporting up to 7,200 tons of oil-based chemicals, and carrying a crew...

You think that Chief Justice Roberts is going to stop the federal government from looting your IRA? One of the common memes in our racist-sexist-homophobe world is that Conservatism Inc. betrayed us. They never stood their ground, always caving to the libs, whether on race, on spending, on deficits, and now on election fraud, Chief Justice John Roberts. But this assumes that we Americans are actually in control of our fate. You think? SNIP And so the Democrat strategy is to pile on more government loot by administrative trickery and Lawfare in the courts; they have to because nobody is...

The European Union warned on Monday that Iran's move to enrich uranium to 20 per cent would be a "considerable departure" from Tehran's commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal. EU spokesman Peter Stano said Brussels would wait until a briefing from the director of the UN's IAEA nuclear watchdog later in the day before deciding what action to take. Earlier, an Iranian government spokesman said the Shahid Alimohammadi enrichment complex in Fordow had begun the "process for producing" uranium enriched to 20 percent. That would be well above the 3.67 percent cap set in the deal, known as the JCPOA,...

Mr Pottinger said that the latest intelligence points to the virus leaking from the top-secret Wuhan Institute of Virology, 11 miles from the market, saying: ‘There is a growing body of evidence that the lab is likely the most credible source of the virus.

House Democrats blocked a motion Monday that would have preserved a long-standing budgetary restraint on excessive government spending. Democrats eliminated the restraint for climate change proposals such as the Green New Deal. Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO), the House Budget Committee ranking member, offered a motion to commit on the Democrats’ rules package for the 117th Congress. The motion to commit would strike the Democrats’ provision that creates an exemption for climate-related legislation for the pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) restriction on spending. PAYGO mandates that new spending is either offset by a “payfor” such as tax increases or spending cuts. Democrats blocked the...

Eric Jackson Hall, 29 of Pulaski, was reported missing after his family had not heard from him since December 29. He has health issues, adding to the family’s concern, according to police. Hall stands 5' 8", weighs 135 lbs., with brown hair and blue eyes. He was last reported seen wearing jeans, a t-shirt and a denim jacket with a faux fur collar. He goes by the alias “Gamma,” according to the Pulaski Police Department. He has health issues, adding to the family’s concern. His mother reported that he sometimes says his name is Gamma. If he sounds like he...

Mayor Muriel Bowser has just activated 340 National Guard troops ahead of a gathering of Trump supporters in DC on Wednesday, anticipating potential unrest on the streets of DC. "We will not allow people to incite violence, intimidate our residents or cause destruction in our city," said Bowser in a prepared statement. Unfortunately, she didn't see fit to do so when DC was in full riots back in early June of this year, and people were getting hurt.