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Anyone else noticed? Probably not as you rightly won't visit but he's turned on them over the Biden pardon. I doubt anyone here will be welcoming him back after his ridiculous hype of a potential Harris victory... 🤔

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The township council of Edison Township in New Jersey prohibited residents from using "props" when addressing the council, including the Constitution and the U.S. flag. The Edison Municipal Township said the ban was meant to keep any props from becoming “an impediment to the orderly conduct.” Residents, outraged about the ban, showed up at the council meeting on Nov. 25 to voice their opposition to the law, leading to a five-hour meeting. Many argued the prohibition was a violation of free speech and their constitutional rights. "To consider the American flag and the Constitution a prop when someone raises it...

In Maryland, Frederick Mayor Michael O'Connor says he "will use money from the City's Legal Advocacy Fund to pay the expenses for illegal immigrants who want to fight deportation during President-elect Donald Trump's administration. The money will be allocated to organizations already providing similar legal services, helping them expand the number of people they're able to support." In response to criticisms of his proposal, the mayor's office said "this fund will provide resources to community partners for any Frederick residents who may be harmed by policies from the new administration, ensuring they have the legal support they need to stand...

Can We Talk About J6?The “insurrection” narrative has enjoyed unchallenged dominance for so long, the reckoning will take time. Let us finally begin to hear the truth about that fateful day.Can we finally talk about January 6 without fearing that Feds might bang down our doors at dawn? After all the lives that have smashed on the scaffolding of craftily-edited footage, fantastical narratives, and media malfeasance, can we at last talk about the national disgrace of January 6? No, not the fiction force-fed us by the media. The real disgrace of imprisoning U.S. citizens for their political beliefs in an...

Okra water is an infused beverage made by soaking okra pods in water overnight and has become the latest health fad. Even though the drink is thought to offer health benefits like reducing blood sugar levels, supporting weight loss, and improving digestion, there are many side effects you can also have. From allergic reactions to gut issues and even kidney stones, read on to know about the hidden dangers of okra water. Okra water can cause allergic reactions in some, who are not able to digest the high fructose levels in the vegetable Okra or lady’s finger, popularly known as...

Judy S., 27, has been suspended since allegations emerged that [he] took two male colleagues home to [his] apartment to take drugs and have sex before assaulting them earlier this month [November]. The men reported having sustained serious injuries, including to their genitals, from the alleged assault with a penis pump 'among other things', as reported by German outlet Bild.

Gottlieb - Pfizer director, Biden v Berenson defendant - is openly trying to block RFK from the Dept. of Health and Human Services. His pharma paymasters must be even more worried than I thought. If I’ve learned anything about Dr. Scott Gottlieb while suing him for his role in making Twitter censor me in 2021, it’s that he thrives in darkness. Which is why his open attack on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shows how badly Big Pharma wants to keep Kennedy from the federal government’s top healthcare job - Secretary of Health and Human Services. Gottlieb is a walking, talking...

President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden in criminal cases during his final days in office. Hunter was convicted for federal firearms and tax offences early this year. He was scheduled to appear in Delon, California, where he might have been sentenced to long jail terms. Thi​s is a power in the hands of the President that allows the court to decide to exempt a convicted human being from serving his/ her sentence. President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden in criminal cases during his final days in office. Hunter was convicted for federal firearms and tax offences...

A Delaware judge moved Monday to confirm its confiscation of Elon Musk's wealth that he created at Tesla — denying him a compensation package that would be worth over $100 billion in value today. Musk has paid a heavy price for countering woke politics, making X a neutral platform, and backing Donald Trump for president. Delaware Chancellor Judge Kathaleen McCormick on Monday ruled to confirm her January ruling that found Musk was not eligible for a 2018 compensation package then valued at $56 billion. McCormick complained the Tesla package for Musk was the "biggest compensation plan ever — an unfathomable...

Winter weather is making its presence known across the U.S. as millions of people deal with the onslaught of a long-duration, lake-effect snowstorm that has paralyzed communities downwind of the Great Lakes. And to make matters worse, rounds of arctic air will continue to invade the country and send temperatures tumbling below freezing in cities as far as the Southeast. The FOX Forecast Center said the arctic blast from Canada has been sweeping across the central and eastern U.S. Temperatures in cities in the northern Plains plummeted below zero over the weekend, and wind chills made it feel even colder....

CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten expressed surprise Monday at the significant decline in Americans’ trust in the FBI following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that he will nominate former Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense Kash Patel as his FBI Director. Enten, on “CNN News Central,” suggested Patel’s potential reform agenda might resonate with the public due to the agency’s dwindling credibility among Americans. VIDEO AT LINK................... “I think Patel has real reason to believe that Americans would go along with changes that he might potentially make at the FBI and...

A Secret Service agent fired at suspects who were attempting to open car doors near Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s home in Washington, D.C., early Tuesday morning, a spokesman said in a statement. An agent working a protective assignment in the 2900 block of Stephenson Place NW saw a sedan with multiple people who were attempting to open car doors along the street at about 1:30 a.m., Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said. That address is near where Yellen lives in the District, though Guglielmi said no Secret Service protectees were threatened during the incident. “As the sedan approached the agent,...

BEIJING, Dec 3 (Reuters) - China has banned exports to the U.S. of some goods containing critical minerals while tightening exports on others, after U.S. curbs a day earlier on the Chinese chip industry. Following is background on export controls and other steps that analysts say Chinese authorities might take to safeguard China and its companies' interests. DUAL-USE On Dec. 3 China banned exports to the U.S. of items related to gallium, germanium, antimony and superhard materials, the latest escalation of trade tensions between the countries ahead of President-elect Donald Trump taking office. China had already on Dec. 1 enforced...

Nothing goes together quite like Thanksgiving and Rosie O'Donnell. Two peas in a pod! Nutty Rosie was at it AGAIN yesterday, this time taking 10 minutes out of her day to freak out about Donald Trump. That's right. While us normal, sane Americans were frying turkeys and gambling on football – with cherished loved ones, of course – Rosie O'Donnell was barking into her phone about how Donald Trump is a "madman" and "not a sane person." Not a sane person! ROSIE O'DONNELL said Donald Trump is not a sane person. These people are truly the best. I can't get...

President Joe Biden’s pardon of Hunter Biden is “selfish,” legitimizing potential pardons of January 6 defendants, the Washington Post’s editorial board complained Tuesday. The paper’s statement comes after media elites had for months regurgitated Joe Biden’s repeated lie that he would not pardon Hunter – all while Joe Biden reportedly planned to do so. The Post’s editorial board seemed to accuse Joe Biden of undermining its narratives about him. In one action, the Post explained, Joe Biden gave the lie to claims that the president upheld the rule of law and had respect for the judicial process, institutional integrity, and...

Georgia’s longest-running criminal trial ended Tuesday with not guilty verdicts, except for one charge, for the two remaining co-defendants in a sprawling racketeering case that had included rap superstar Young Thug. The defendants — Deamonte Kendrick, a rapper known as Yak Gotti, and Shannon Stillwell — were both facing charges linked to the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, statute. Among the most serious charges were for the killing of an alleged rival gang member in a 2015 drive-by shooting and conspiracy to violate RICO. Stillwell was also charged with murder in the 2022 killing of another alleged...

Kyiv knows that it will have to recalibrate and take care not to get on Trump’s bad side, hence Zelenskyy’s emphasizing the importance of exploring diplomatic solutions. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Keith Kellogg, a former national security adviser and decorated retired U.S. general, to be his special envoy to Ukraine and Russia has reassured a nervous Kyiv up to a point. Ukrainian officials are familiar with Kellogg, a peace-through-strength advocate who’s argued publicly that any deal to end the nearly three-year-long war of attrition would have to include solid security guarantees for Ukraine to ensure there’s lasting peace...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in an unannounced late-night TV address Tuesday, accusing the country’s main opposition party of sympathizing with North Korea and of anti-state activities. The last time a South Korean president declared martial law was in 1980, during a nationwide uprising led by students and labor unions. In the surprise announcement, he cited a motion by the opposition Democratic Party, which has a majority in parliament, to impeach top prosecutors and reject a government budget proposal. (continues at link...)

When I heard Kash Patel had been tabbed by Donald Trump to run the FBI, I could already imagine the pushback and moved immediately to start the just-published article “The Bell Finally Tolls for the FBI” piece. The thought was that the role Patel played in preparing the “Nunes memo” was both the clearest example of media corruption from Trump’s first term and also the most easily demonstrated episode of FBI malfeasance. Since I had to spend an unnatural amount of time on the topic over the years (it even intersected with the Twitter Files and Hamilton 68) I quickly...