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Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced legislation designed to rein in Big Tech censorship of Americans, telling such companies they’ll be getting “no more free passes.” Rubio issued a statement to the Daily Caller in which he accused tech companies and social media platforms of having “openly interfered in our elections” and “baselessly” censored important topics. The bill – dubbed the DISCOURSE Act (Disincentivizing Internet Service Censorship of Online Users and Restrictions on Speech and Expression) – would remove section 230 protections for Big Tech companies that use certain practices and hold them “accountable.”

Hillary Clinton, who frequently cast doubt on the results of the 2016 election, says doing so regarding the 2020 presidential contest is “doing Putin’s work.” Clinton made the unsurprising remarks in an interview on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe.’ “We never thought we had to worry about domestic enemies,” the former First Lady lamented. “We never thought we had to worry about people who didn’t believe in our democracy.” “Sadly, what we’ve seen over the last four years and particularly since the election is that we have people in our own country who are doing Putin’s work,” she claimed.

Democrat Tulsi Gabbard is making news on two fronts, introducing a ‘born alive’ amendment that protects infants who survive abortion, and bringing forth legislation that would prevent biological males from competing in women’s sports. Gabbard, a former candidate for President, is sure to ruffle some feathers within her own party on both matters. Her first effort regarding infants would amend U.S. criminal code “to ensure a health care practitioner exercises the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.” It seems like common sense to administer medical care to a child...

A Bloomberg News report indicates that multiple migrant caravans are forming in Central America and are heading for the border in the coming weeks. The caravans represent an “early test” for President-elect Joe Biden and his promised efforts to abolish President Trump’s substantial immigration reforms, according to Bloomberg. The report cites Jose Luis Gonzalez, coordinator of the Guatemala Red Jesuita con Migrantes, who advises “there are going to be caravans, and in the coming weeks it will increase.” Gonzalez notes that it is Biden’s promises to reverse Trump’s anti-illegal immigration policies that are, in part, motivating the caravans to make...

McCarthy: “Speaker Pelosi was notified, I was not. I’m asking for an FBI briefing now. But if she knew and maintained Swalwell on Intel, wrong. He is a national security threat. He was put on in his second year. I will tell you as a Leader, Intel Committee is treated differently. Why? Because those who serve on Intel get information that members do not. For the Republican side, the leader — Republican leader appoints there; for the Democrat side, the Democrats appoint there. If you spend the last four years in Intel worried about foreign intrusion, Adam Schiff knew as...

Where was the media, which once thrived on unveiling political scandals to the public, for two full years as the investigation churned on? They were covering for Biden and his father. They were covering to meddle in an election. Ben Shapiro, the editor of the Daily Wire, reminds us that the media and Big Tech deliberately buried a New York Post story involving emails found on Hunter Biden’s laptop which seemed to discuss shady business dealings with foreign entities. “Hunter Biden has been under investigation since 2018. We only found out about this now,” Shapiro tweeted. “The media didn’t dig...

A new report suggests President-elect Joe Biden plans to hire a “high-ranking” official at the Department of Justice (DOJ) whose lone job will be to systematically undo President Trump’s immigration reforms. Reforms that the current administration has argued improved America’s national security and public safety. According to Politico, “Biden will be able to rescind some policies through the stroke of a pen on Day 1.” Others, however, will take time and dedication. Something one source tells the outlet will be the job of one person specifically. A man dedicated solely to undoing everything President Trump did to strengthen and enforce...

Newsmax TV has scored a historic, first-ever ratings victory over Fox News Channel, according to a CNN Business report. The notable win came this week in the key 25- to 54-year-old demographic prized by advertisers, when the “Greg Kelly Reports” show topped Fox’s “The Story with Martha MacCallum.” Kelly’s show averaged 229,000 viewers compared to MacCallum’s which averaged 203,000. “Before the election, Newsmax was not regarded as a formidable competitor to Fox; it was mostly dismissed as one of a handful of wannabe challengers,” the CNN writeup states. “But President Trump’s loss on November 3 changed the cable TV calculus.”...

President Trump, speaking at a rally in Valdosta, Georgia over the weekend, urged Republican voters to show up and vote in the Senate runoffs, claiming the “socialists and communists” could win. The runoffs – between Republican Sen. David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff and between Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock – will determine which party has control of the Senate. Republicans maintaining control has been deemed crucial in keeping a Biden administration in check. “There’s never been a case where a state has had this prominence on Senate races. Never together, and this is something that’s...

>> I want to talk about the Kremlin playbook. There are a number of ways a foreign adversary can influence a person. Do you agree with that? >> Yes. >> Financial? >> Yes, that can be one. >> Romance. >> Yes. >> Compromise. >> Correct. >> Setting up a compromise. >> Yes. >> How about inadvertently compromising? You stumble into that surveillance and they take that information and try to use to it coerce you. >> That’s part of the playbook. >> It’s part of the playbook. Part of the Kremlin playbook, Eric Swalwell says. What they do, these foreign...

Democrats have every intention of pursuing investigations into President Trump and his administration even after he leaves office, CNN reports. According to the network, some lawmakers have expressed interest in continuing the witch hunt against the President. “They [Democrats] argue they have an obligation to scrutinize the actions of Trump and his administration that they charge violated constitutional norms and eroded the separation of powers,” the report states. There are also multiple ongoing lawsuits according to CNN, “including efforts to obtain Trump’s tax returns, key financial documents, testimony from a former White House counsel and grand jury material from the...

MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle pressed New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy about punishments she wants put in place for COVID rulebreakers. ... MSNBC’S STEPHANIE RUHLE: “Another state being hit hard, my home state of New Jersey. It recorded more than 6,000 cases for the first time yesterday. The governor of New Jersey, Democrat Phil Murphy, joins us now. Governor, thank you for joining me. You know, I have to ask you about this party. The New York young Republicans couldn’t hold an event in New York, because the rules wouldn’t permit it, but they held a gala here in our state....

Conservative activist Candace Owens torched Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) following comments in which the New York socialist insisted her work ethic is more intense than any Republican. ... In a remarkable takedown, Candace Owens blasted Ocasio-Cortez for suggesting a work ethic that nearly everybody in America has when they first start out in the job world is unique. She even referred to AOC as a “coastal elitist” suggesting her comments make her sound like a “spoiled rotten brat.” “I used to be a waitress and I worked multiple doubles,” Owens replied. “I am laughing out loud at how much of...

Representatives Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Jody Hice (R-GA), and members of the House Freedom Caucus are calling on Attorney General William Barr to conduct a forensic audit of the 2020 election. Biggs accused Barr of being “missing in action” after suggesting a request had been made a month ago that he conduct an investigation into allegations of voter fraud. “I feel that [Barr] is missing in action,” accused Biggs. “The reality is that he is capable, he’s qualified and he’s got a department of capable, qualified individuals. We need them in action from about a month ago. We are running out...

Doug Band, a former aide to Bill Clinton, made shocking allegations in an interview with Vanity Fair, including claims that the former president took a trip in 2003 to the island of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The island purportedly is where Epstein trafficked underage victims. “In January 2003, according to Band, Clinton visited Epstein’s private Caribbean island, Little St. James,” the Vanity Fair column states, adding his claim that “it was one of the few trips he declined to go on in his time with Clinton.” A spokesperson, however, states Clinton “had never been to the island” and provided...

SORKIN: “The difference between a big box retailer — hold on. The difference between a big box retailer and a restaurant or frankly, even a church, are so different it’s unbelievable. Going into a big box retailer, you’re wearing a mask.” SANTELLI: “I disagree! I disagree! I disagree! You can have your thoughts and I can have mine.” SORKIN: “It’s science. If you’re wearing a mask, it’s a different story.” SANTELLI: “It’s not science! 500 people in a Lowe’s aren’t any safer than 150 people in a restaurant that holds 600. I don’t believe it! Sorry. Don’t believe it.” SORKIN:...

President Trump, in what he described as the “most important speech I’ve ever made,” claims “bad things happened” during the election. Trump added that if he’s right about the level of election fraud that took place in 2020, “Biden can’t be President.” In a speech that stretched 46 minutes, the President once again claimed voter fraud during the election was rampant and that the results were rigged. “If we are right about the fraud, Joe Biden can’t be president,” he insisted. “We’re talking about hundreds of thousands of votes. We’re talking about numbers like nobody has ever seen before.” The...

RAJU: “Months ago when you said I’m not going to going to —“ [crosstalk] PELOSI: “I’m going to tell you something — don’t characterize what we did before as a mistake, as a preface to your question if you want an answer. That was not a mistake, it was a decision, and it’s taken us to a place where we can do the right thing without other, shall we say, considerations in the legislation that we don’t want. Now, that is it.” RAJU: “So she said it was not a mistake and she’s pointing to what she calls a quote,...

Despite Attorney General Bill Barr suggesting he had “not seen” widespread voter fraud, a Department of Justice (DOJ) official has said they will continue pursuing “specific and credible allegations.” Barr, according to the Associated Press, disputed President Trump’s “persistent, baseless claims” of voter fraud in the 2020 election. “To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election,” he said. A DOJ spokesperson however, in a statement to several media outlets, reminded the public that the department had not concluded their investigation. They advised, “The Department will continue to receive...