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Following President-elect Joe Biden's 2020 win against President Donald Trump, many hip-hop artists are turning their focus to the high-stakes Georgia Senate runoffs, where Democrats are running to unseat two Republican incumbent senators. Communities of color in Atlanta and the surrounding areas were key to Biden’s narrow win against Trump in the Peach State, where the Black vote is especially powerful, hip-hop artists are hoping to boost turnout and deliver another win for Democrats. Hip-hop stars from all over the country have participated in virtual or in-person events in Georgia to get out the vote. Recently, artists like Common, BRS...

WASHINGTON, Friday, Jan. 4. The Fast was generally observed to-day and the town was exceedingly dull. At a Republican caucus, held to-night, ninety members of the House were present Hr. HOWARD, of Michigan, was Chairman, and Mr. GOLFAX Secretary. A proposition, made by Mr. SHERMAN, that the Republicans should discourage all discussion of the political crisis, and devote their time altogether to the Appropriation bills, and other necessary legislation, as such discussion only tends to exasperate the Opposition and divide Republicans, was adopted. A resolution was adopted pledging each Republican delegation to see to it that their members are regularly...

The idea of a new vaccine being developed in less than a year was laughable before last year, before the COVID pandemic, before President Donald Trump. But it became a reality, an unmitigated success. You’d think that would be cause for celebration, in and of itself, right? And while Operation Warp Speed has received some plaudits, leftists can’t bring themselves to give it the full credit the Herculean effort deserves. And now, as the injections are going into people’s arms, the left has found a new way to downplay the Trump administration’s success: the injections themselves.How many stories have you...

A Hill-Harris X poll found 75% of voters said the $600 stimulus checks were “too little,” the Hill reported Monday. The poll was done from Dec. 30 until Jan. 3 and 15% said the checks were the right amount while eight percent said the amount was excessive, according to The Hill. Most from political parties were in agreement that the $600 wasn’t enough, with 77% of Democrats and independents and 71% of Republicans in agreement. “Voters across party affiliation and income levels are of a consistent view that $600 in COVID relief is too little and a strong majority agree...

DALTON, Ga. - President Donald Trump on Monday headlined a rally ostensibly to drum up support for the two incumbent Republicans the night before their crucial Senate runoffs, but quickly shifted to attacking members of his own party, spreading misinformation about voter fraud and re-litigating both the 2016 and 2020 elections. President-elect Joe Biden won Georgia by nearly 12,000 votes and is set to be sworn into office later this month despite Trump’s repeated attempts to overturn the results. Trump has spent weeks pressuring Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Republican David Perdue, whose Senate term expired Sunday, to entertain his...

Rush didn’t come to work today.I fear that he might not ever come back.I fear that now, or soon, my friend of 30 years will be gone. And I already grieve him.And I don’t think I’m alone.There are millions of us across the country, tens of millions, many tens of millions, who hold this brother and father of the heart dear. Many tens of millions of us who have laughed and raged and resolved while he has led in the vital heart of American public thought.Rush Limbaugh has been an evangelist of the American spirit, a Billy Graham of our...

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the unlawful purchase or possession of a body vest.

A new report from a number of reputable, PhD statisticians analyzes the suspicious floods of ballots trickling in following the November 3rd election, concluding all were in favor of Joe Biden. The report analyzes “vote dumps” – a “25,000+ vote differential between Presidential candidates, received/recorded at one time.” “The conclusion is that all we were able to find were net Biden Dumps,” the report summary notes. Analysis extends to states both won and lost by President Trump, including Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Several states experienced more than one...

The New York Stock Exchange said it no longer intends to delist three Chinese telecom giants - a shock reversal of an announcement made only last week and deepening confusion over a U.S. crackdown on firms said to be linked to China's military. The bourse, which had planned to delist the companies before Jan. 11, said in a brief statement it had made the decision "in light of further consultation with relevant regulatory authorities." Hong Kong-traded shares in the state-backed firms, China Mobile (NYSE:CHL) Ltd, China Telecom (NYSE:CHA) Corp Ltd and China Unicom (NYSE:CHU) Hong Kong Ltd, surged following the...

The Environmental Protection Agency has completed one of its last major rollbacks under the Trump administration, changing how it considers evidence of harm from pollutants in a way that opponents say could cripple future public-health regulation.The new rule would require the release of raw data from public-health studies whose findings the EPA uses in determining the danger of an air pollutant, toxic chemical or other threat. Big public-health studies that studied the anonymized results of countless people have been instrumental in setting limits on toxic substances, including in some of the nation’s most important clean-air protections.Some industry and conservative groups...

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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...

Joint Session of Congress for Counting of Electoral College Ballots - Watch LIVE On January 06 | 1pm ET | C-SPAN

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...