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🚨Attorney General Bill Barr has known about at least two Justice Department investigations of Hunter Biden since at least spring, and worked to keep it quiet during the campaign, The Wall Street Journal reports (subscription).
- Barr resisted pressure from congressional Republicans for information about what The Journal calls “an international financial investigation … going on for at least a year,” with probes based in Delaware and Manhattan.
Neither implicates President-elect Biden, The Journal reports.
Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios
After the first round of COVID vaccines is administered, state and local officials likely won’t be able to ensure that the rest of the process puts high-risk people first, Caitlin Owens writes.
- Why it matters: Experts have spent months debating a complex prioritization system. But the actual process will rely heavily on the honor system.
It’ll be relatively easy to ensure that the highest-priority groups — health care workers and nursing-home residents — are the ones who actually receive the first vaccine doses: Hospitals and long-term care facilities can just go through their staff and resident rosters to figure out who should be offered a vaccine.
- But after that, enforcement gets harder. Experts have said the next round of doses should be focused on people who are most at risk to catch or spread the virus, or for serious illness. That would include many service workers and people with underlying health conditions.
- “[Y]ou’ll get to the point where there’s a lot of providers and distribution points,” said Josh Michaud, associate director of global health policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation. “[I]t’s going to be harder and harder to ensure you adhere strictly to these priority groups. I’m sure there will be a point where we see line-jumping.”
Given the vaccine skepticism in the U.S., some experts said they’d be thrilled if line-skipping ends up being our biggest problem.
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios
Delivery companies are facing two heavy lifts at once this year: unprecedented demand for holiday shipping + complex logistics for coronavirus vaccine distribution, transportation correspondent Joann Muller writes from Detroit.
- FedEx’s regional president of the Americas, Richard W. Smith, tells Axios via email that delivering the vaccine is “among the most important work in the history of our company.”
So far, on-time deliveries are running well ahead of last year’s snowy holiday season, per ShipMatrix.
- For the two weeks of Nov. 22 through Dec. 5, including Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, UPS achieved 96% on-time delivery, FedEx was at 95% and the Postal Service was at roughly 93%.
- UPS imposed shipping limits on big retailers like Macy’s and Gap to prevent them from overloading the network.
What’s next: It all gets more complicated as soon as vaccines are ready for shipping. Through Operation Warp Speed, UPS is providing logistics support for eight of the 10 leading vaccines currently in clinical trials.
- UPS added new technology like proprietary sensor tags that track and monitor the status — including temperature — of every package in its network.
UPS will deliver vaccines in the eastern half of the U.S. and FedEx will handle the West.
- UPS created a vast “freezer farm” for -80°C storage at its logistics hub in Louisville, where it will also produce more than 24,000 pounds of dry ice per day.
- Each day, UPS will deliver a 40-pound box of dry ice to all Pfizer dosing sites that lack their own freezer capacity.
Disney unveiled its most ambitious content push in its 97-year history, announcing more than 100 new projects, most of which will be available on its streaming service Disney+, Axios Media Trends author Sara Fischer writes.
- In just over a year, Disney has gobbled up 86.8 million subscribers, making it nearly half the size (45%) of Netflix, which launched its streaming service over a decade ago.
In a four-hour investor presentation, Disney unveiled plans for 10 new Marvel and Star Wars series, as well as 15 new Disney live action, Disney animation and Pixar features to be released on Disney+.
- Disney also announced a slew of new content for Hulu, including a new show with the Kardashians in late 2021.
Disney’s strategy contrasts starkly with rival HBO Max. HBO’s parent company, AT&T, said last week it would make all 2021 Warner Bros. films available on HBO Max at the same time that the films debut in theaters.
- Disney, which owns 40% of the domestic box office, can’t afford such a bold release strategy. But CEO Bob Chapek said it would try putting one film, “Raya and the Last Dragon,” on Disney+ with a “premier access fee” in conjunction with theaters as an experiment in March.
In a long tradition, the new president is TIME’s Person of the Year. Reflecting the year and our times, a vice president is included this year for the first time.
- TIME editor in chief and CEO Edward Felsenthal writes: “For changing the American story, for showing that the forces of empathy are greater than the furies of division, for sharing a vision of healing in a grieving world, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are TIME’s 2020 Person of the Year.”
The four finalists were revealed on yesterday’s “Today” show:
Go deeper: The story behind the cover.
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios
Facing multiple tech giants rather than a single behemoth, regulators will have a tough time making a “monopoly” charge stick to companies that are busy competing with one another, managing editor Scott Rosenberg writes from the Bay Area.
This week’s double-whammy antitrust suits against Facebook by the FTC and a coalition of states come on the heels of a Justice Department suit against Google.
- In previous cycles of antitrust enforcement — against Microsoft, IBM and others — one colossus seemed to control the entire industry’s air supply.
- Today, Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft are all remarkably powerful, and each arguably holds some kind of monopoly power.
The bottom line: “Monopoly” means “one rule.” With five companies running things, maybe we should be talking instead about a pentopoly.
Social distancing bubble tents for dining in New York City yesterday. Photo: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
Each day for the past two days, the COVID death toll in the U.S. (3,124 on Wednesday, 3,067 yesterday) eclipsed American deaths on the opening day of the Normandy invasion during World War II: 2,500, AP points out.
- And it topped the toll on Sept. 11, 2001: 2,977.
CDC Director Robert Redfield said at a CFR virtual event: “[P]robably for the next 60 to 90 days, we’re going to have more deaths per day than we had at 9/11 or we had at Pearl Harbor.”
In what President Trump called “the big one,” 106 House Republicans and 17 attorneys general signed a court filing supporting the Texas lawsuit that seeks to invalidate millions of votes that President-elect Joe Biden won. (Go deeper.)
- Election law experts say the lawsuit has no chance.
🥊 Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a member of House Judiciary, told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow: “That’s all theater just to keep the fundraising going.”
🇨🇳 Breaking: China authorities detained Haze Fan, a Chinese citizen who has worked for the Bloomberg News bureau in Beijing since 2017, on suspicion of endangering national security, Bloomberg reports.
The Trump administration has executed more federal prisoners in a matter of months — including two this week — than over the past several decades combined, Stef Kight and Orion Rummler write.
- Why it matters: President-elect Biden opposes the death penalty and has said he wants to end its use. New presidents can undo many of their predecessors’ actions, but executions are uniquely irreversible.
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The Rundown  AP PHOTO/JOHN ELSWICK US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine; When one-day US deaths topped 3,000, it was more than D-Day or 9/11
A U.S. government advisory panel has endorsed Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, in a major step toward an epic vaccination campaign that could finally conquer the outbreak that has now killed more than 292,000 and infected close to 16 million in America.
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to follow the recommendation issued by its expert advisers. The group concluded that the shot appears safe and effective against the coronavirus in people 16 and older.
A final FDA decision is expected within days. Shots would then begin for health care workers and nursing home residents. Widespread access to the general public is not expected until the spring, Lauran Neergaard and Matthew Perrone report.
VIDEO: New York hospital rehearses for COVID-19 vaccine arrival.
U.S. Surge: Just when the nation appears on the verge of rolling out a vaccine, the numbers of people affected grow ever more horrendous. The U.S. recorded 3,124 fatalities Wednesday, the highest one-day total yet, That stunning death toll eclipsed American losses on the opening day of the Normandy invasion during World War II: 2,500, out of some 4,400 Allied dead. And it surpassed the toll on Sept. 11, 2001: 2,977. Up until last week, the peak was 2,603 deaths on April 15, when New York City was the epicenter of the nation’s outbreak. More than 106,000 people were hospitalized — also a record total, Heather Hollingsworth and Marion Renault report.
California’s Confusing Messages: Health officials are urging the state’s residents to stay home as much as possible because of a surge taxing the state’s hospitals. But the most recent stay-at-home order allows Californians to do many more activities than the March shutdown that made the state a model on how to respond to the virus. People have been buying Christmas trees, shopping for groceries and hitting the gym since the orders took effect Monday in Southern California and much of the Bay Area and Central Valley, Amy Taxin, Damian Dovarganes and Olga R. Rodriguez report.
Congress: An emerging $900 billion aid package from a bipartisan group of lawmakers has all but collapsed. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that Republican senators won’t support a key compromise. It includes a slimmed-down liability shield for companies from virus-related lawsuits in exchange for adding $160 billion for cash-strapped states and cities that Democrats want. The hardened Republican stance creates a new stalemate over the $900-billion-plus package. Now a legislative pile-up is threatening today’s deadline to pass an unrelated government funding bill by midnight or risk a shutdown starting Saturday. Talks continue. Lisa Mascaro and Andrew Taylor report.  AP PHOTO/FRANCOIS MORI ‘Such is life’: In a French virus ward, death is the harshest foe but also an inescapable fact; South Africa sees sharp rise in infections, part of African surge
“Seeing people dying one after the other after you’ve spent hours and hours in a room, doing everything you can, really, to get them out of there is very, very tough,” says a French paramedic at the ICU ward in the Bichat Hospital in Paris.
Even for hospital staff for whom death is a constant, witnessing the loss of a fellow human being to COVID-19 is a churn of emotions, John Leicester reports.
At the Paris hospital that recorded the first virus death outside Asia back in February, nurses and paramedics in the intensive care unit have their own coping mechanisms.
Some use meditation. Others try to remain detached. But in treating the critically sick, they also become involved emotionally. Some mourn the dead by performing the final washing of their bodies. They also have an in-house psychologist to turn to. They sometimes come to her in a rage or in tears, in need of her hot tea and understanding.
The paramedic says, ”we can’t allow ourselves to be affected by all the deaths because, otherwise, how do you cope? We’d fall into depression and stop working,” she says. Sometimes se adds, ”it is very hard and very cold but we have no choice but to say to ourselves, ‘So be it. Such is life.'”
South Africa: The country is seeing a dramatic rise in cases and is bracing for increased hospitalizations and deaths. South Africa’s spike is likely to peak very quickly and could overwhelm hospital capacities in some regions. The surge highlights that a strong wave of the disease is sweeping across Africa, the head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Mogomotsi Magoma reports from Johannesburg.
Africa’s top public health official also said “it will be extremely terrible to see” rich countries receiving COVID-19 vaccines while African countries go without as a second surge afflicts the continent of 1.3 billion people.
India Vaccine: Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest manufacturer of vaccines, is increasing its production capacity by the end of 2021 to over 2.5 billion doses a year to cope with future disease outbreaks. CEO Adar Poonawalla told the AP in an interview that the pandemic is a “wake up call” for governments to invest more in health care. He also said he anticipates more frequent outbreaks and increasing spread of animal-related diseases to humans, Aniruddha Ghosal reports. The Serum Institute has a vital role as the largest company licensed to manufacture the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccines.
Australia Vaccine: Prime Minister Scott Morrison says his government won’t rush approval of Pfizer’s vaccine as he wants people to have confidence in the product. His comments come as Australian researchers said they were abandoning their own potential vaccine because it produced false positive results to HIV tests, Rod McGuirk reports.
 AP PHOTO/LYNNE SLADKY Across US and Europe, the pandemic’s grip on economies is tightening; And then there’s a damaging no-deal Brexit looming as well
The worsening of the coronavirus pandemic across the United States and Europe is threatening their economies and intensifying pressure on governments and central banks on both continents to intervene aggressively.
In a worrisome sign of the harm the virus is inflicting in the U.S, the government said that the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits jumped last week to 853,000 — the most since September, Christopher Rugaber reports.
The surge in jobless claims made clear that many companies are still shedding workers as states reimpose business shutdowns and consumers avoid shopping, traveling or dining out.
Responding to similar pressures, the European Central Bank announced that it will ramp up its bond-buying program to try to hold down longer-term interest rates to spur borrowing and spending.
The ECB’s action coincided with the highest single-day viral death toll in Germany, Europe’s largest economy, and the shutdown of restaurants, bars, gyms, movie theaters and museums in France.
Adding to the apprehension and uncertainly on top of the pandemic’s economic whiplash is the long running European Union-United Kingdom divorce saga which is in its last chance saloon bar for a deal. No deal will see the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs and threatens billions in trade.
EXPLAINER: The two sides are hurtling toward a tumultuous and damaging split. An outcome almost no one wants looks increasingly hard to avoid, with U.K. and EU leaders setting Sunday as the deadline for a “firm decision” about the future of the deadlocked talks, and just three weeks until the split becomes final on Jan. 1. Jill Lawless reports.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, one of the leaders of the pro-Brexit campaign in 2016 when the nation narrowly voted to leave the EU, now says there is a “strong possibility” that talks will end without agreement.
In the meantime, EU leaders have sealed an agreement on a massive long-term budget and coronavirus recovery package after they overcame objections from Hungary and Poland. The 1.82 trillion-euro ($2.21 trillion) seven-year budget and recovery fund is considered vital for many European countries whose economies have been devastated by the virus, Lorne Cook and Raf Casert report from Brussels.  AP PHOTO/GERALD HERBERT 2020: Disasters and Climate Change The stormy, fiery year when climate disasters were relentless across the globe; EU agrees to reduce emissions after all-night talks
As the planet was beset by a pandemic, nature also struck relentlessly in 2020 with record-breaking and deadly weather- and climate-related disasters.
This year has seen record Atlantic hurricanes and western U.S. wildfires, devastating floods in Asia and Africa and a hot, melting Arctic.
2020 has not just been a disastrous year with the coronavirus, but a year of disasters, Seth Borenstein reports.
Worldwide, more than 220 climate- and weather-related disasters hurt a staggering more than 70 million people and caused more than $69 billion in damage. The United States will set a record for weather disasters that cost at least $1 billion.
Scientists see the fingerprints of human-caused climate change at work. There were a record 30 hurricanes, with 12 making landfall in the U.S. And California more than doubled its record for land burned in wildfires.
“Nature is sending us a message. We better hear it,” the United Nations Environment Programme Director told the AP.
Global Emissions: In the meantime, new calculations show the world’s carbon dioxide emissions plunged 7% in 2020 because of the pandemic lockdowns. The study says 37 billion tons of the main heat-trapping gas has been put in the air this year. That’s about 3 billion tons less than last year. U.S. emissions are down 12%. European carbon pollution is 11% lower. China’s emissions only went down 1.7%. Scientists say most of the emission drop is due to less driving. They expect levels to rise again.
Europe Climate: EU leaders have reached a hard-fought deal to cut the bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by the end of the decade compared with 1990 levels, avoiding a hugely embarrassing deadlock ahead of a U.N. climate meeting this weekend. Following night-long discussions at their two-day summit, the 27 member states approved the proposal to toughen the bloc’s intermediate target on the way to climate neutrality by mid-century, after a group of reluctant, coal-reliant countries finally agreed to support the improved goal., Samuel Petrequin reports from Brussels. Other Top Stories The revelation that federal prosecutors have launched a tax investigation into President-elect Joe Biden’s son Hunter is now looming over the incoming administration’s transition efforts. It’s reviving distracting storylines and complicating the choice of an attorney general who would have to oversee a probe into Biden’s son. President Donald Trump’s initial public response was surprisingly muted, just a pair of tweets. But privately he was demanding to know why the investigation was not revealed ahead of Election Day. Republicans have found a new way to express their loyalty to Trump. The Texas lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate Biden’s victory has quickly become a conservative litmus test. Many Republicans are signing onto the case even as some have predicted it will fail. The last-gasp bid to subvert the results of the election is the latest demonstration of Trump’s enduring political power even as his term is set to end. Seventeen Republican attorneys general are backing the unprecedented case. Trump and his allies have lost dozens of times in courts across the country and have no evidence of widespread fraud. International aid groups said that at least four staff members have been killed in the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The Danish Refugee Council said its three staffers killed last month had worked as guards at a project site. Separately, the International Rescue Committee said it was still working to confirm the events “that led to the death of our colleague” in a refugee camp in Shire. The Tigray region remains largely sealed off from the outside world as a humanitarian crisis for millions unfolds, with growing hunger, attacks on refugees and dwindling medicine and other supplies more than a month after fighting erupted. Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been charged under the city’s national security law, amid a widening crackdown on dissent. Local broadcaster TVB said that Lai was charged on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces and endangering national security. He is the most high-profile person to be charged under the law since it was implemented in June. Police said in a statement that they arrested a 73-year-old man under the national security law, but did not name him.  GET THE APP
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Sen. Rand Paul is delaying a Senate vote to send the president the annual defense policy legislation over the Kentucky Republican’s concerns that it would restrict U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan. But the measure is unlikely to result in anything of the sort. Read More…
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THE 116TH CONGRESS started with a government shutdown, and it’s ending with the institution completely paralyzed by its efforts to put in place policies to help Americans rebound from the coronavirus. The same set of policies have been bedeviling the leadership — self-described dealmakers all — for more than six months. WaPo’s Mike DeBonis and Jeff Stein on the stalemate
OH, and by the way, Sen. RAND PAUL (R-Ky.) has the nation on the brink of a government shutdown. Government funding needs to pass tonight, and PAUL is in the middle of a legislative blockade due to the annual defense policy bill. More details on the possible shutdown from Andrew Desiderio, Connor O’Brien and Burgess Everett
GREAT NEWS! … BREAKING OVERNIGHT: “U.S. panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine,” by AP’s Lauran Neergaard and Matthew Perrone: “A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak that has killed close to 300,000 Americans.
“Shots could begin within days, depending on how quickly the Food and Drug Administration signs off, as expected, on the expert committee’s recommendation. ‘This is a light at the end of the long tunnel of this pandemic,’ declared Dr. Sally Goza, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
“In a 17-4 vote with one abstention, the government advisers concluded that the vaccine from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech appears safe and effective for emergency use in adults and teenagers 16 and over.” AP
— THIS COMES as America is in crisis. The pandemic is raging. 15.6 MILLION Americans have tested positive for the coronavirus. 292,179 Americans have died.
SIREN … NYT’S WILLIAM RASHBAUM, BEN PROTESS and DAVID ENRICH: “Manhattan D.A. Intensifies Investigation of Trump”: “State prosecutors in Manhattan have interviewed several employees of President Trump’s bank and insurance broker in recent weeks, according to people with knowledge of the matter, significantly escalating an investigation into the president that he is powerless to stop. The interviews with people who work for the lender, Deutsche Bank, and the insurance brokerage, Aon, are the latest indication that once Mr. Trump leaves office, he still faces the potential threat of criminal charges that would be beyond the reach of federal pardons.”
ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION’S GREG BLUESTEIN: “Biden’s visit to Georgia next week highlights ‘sea change’ in Democratic strategy”: “President-elect Joe Biden’s plan to visit Georgia next week to campaign for Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock is a sharp reminder of a seismic shift in the state’s Democratic politics. Not long ago, state Democrats ran screaming from national figures. Now, they’re embracing them.
“Of course, it makes sense for the Senate candidates to tie themselves to Biden, who became the first Democratic presidential nominee to carry the state since 1992. And the Jan. 5 runoffs will determine control of the U.S. Senate — and the fate of Biden’s legislative agenda.
“But the Georgia Democrats’ embrace of national stars goes far beyond the former vice president, who defeated President Donald Trump in the state by about 12,000 votes. They’ve held fundraisers with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren — liberal leaders whom Republicans eagerly frame as too extreme for Georgia.”
YEP … NYT’S PETER BAKER: “Investigation of His Son Is Likely to Hang Over Biden as He Takes Office”: “Unless President Trump’s Justice Department clears Hunter Biden of wrongdoing before leaving office, the new president will confront the prospect of his own newly installed administration deciding how or whether to proceed with an inquiry that could expose his son to criminal prosecution. Already some Republicans are demanding a special counsel be appointed to insulate the case from political influence.”
— SIREN … WSJ: “Barr Worked to Keep Hunter Biden Probes From Public View During Election,” by Sadie Gurman and Rebecca Davis O’Brien: “Attorney General William Barr has known about a disparate set of investigations involving Hunter Biden’s business and financial dealings since at least this spring, a person familiar with the matter said, and worked to avoid their public disclosure during the heated election campaign.
“Republicans and President Trump have pressed Mr. Barr for months to pursue Mr. Biden, especially as his father, Joe Biden, gained momentum in his ultimately successful bid for president. Mr. Barr has staved off pressure from Republicans in Congress for information into the investigations, the person said, without elaborating on his actions.”
— “Barr Plans to Finish Term Despite Wanting to Leave Early,” by NYT’s Michael Schmidt
Happy Friday! President-elect JOE BIDEN and VP-elect KAMALA HARRIS were named as Time’s 2020 “Person of the Year.” While Biden follows many presidents bestowed the honor, Harris is the first VP.
THE RACE IS ON … SARAH FERRIS, JOHN BRESNAHAN and HEATHER CAYGLE: “Pelosi looks to lock down speaker’s vote in shadow of coronavirus”: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi had a blunt message for her junior members: I need your vote on Jan. 3.
“That’s the opening day of the 117th Congress, and Pelosi was making her pitch ahead of the crucial floor vote for speaker. No one on Capitol Hill believes Pelosi is really at risk of losing the gavel. But the vote has become much more complicated with a shrunken Democratic majority and the coronavirus pandemic shadowing the proceedings. ‘If someone votes for Colin Powell, it counts for the GOP,’ Pelosi warned the group at a virtual breakfast Wednesday, adding: ‘We need people to vote with the nominee. That would be me.’
“Pelosi and her allies have been ratcheting up their lobbying campaign in recent weeks to ensure House Democrats are in the Capitol that first Sunday in January. Pelosi has had help from her top deputies, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), according to several sources familiar with the effort. She and her supporters have also deployed former Obama administration alumni and big donors to help squeeze undecided Democrats, in addition to influential politicians and labor leaders in lawmakers’ home states.”
NYT: “Pentagon Weighs Sharp Drawback in Support for C.I.A.,” by Julian Barnes and Eric Schmitt: “The Trump administration is considering whether to pull back military support for the C.I.A., including potentially taking back much of the drone fleet the C.I.A. uses, according to current and former officials. The shift could sharply curtail the agency’s counterterrorism efforts that were greatly expanded after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
“The administration is considering multiple options that could take effect as early as Jan. 5. One would reduce the number of Pentagon personnel sent to the agency — many of them Special Operation forces who work in the C.I.A.’s paramilitary branch. But other changes being considered would be far broader and more consequential, making it harder for the agency to work out of military bases, use the Defense Department’s medical evacuation abilities or conduct covert drone strikes targeting terrorists in hot spots around the world.”
— LARA SELIGMAN: “The White House is making big changes at the Pentagon — but Biden can reverse them”: “Troop drawdowns. Advisory board firings. Navy budget overhauls. The Trump administration is using its last weeks in office to carry out a slew of changes at the Pentagon. But they all have one thing in common: The new president can cancel them on Day One.
“Under acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller, whom President Donald Trump appointed to the job after firing his predecessor, Mark Esper, in November, the Pentagon has announced plans to draw down troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia, and has elevated the senior civilian overseeing special operations. Then the White House abruptly fired longtime members of the Defense Policy and Defense Business Boards, replacing them with Trump loyalists.”
WAPO’S JOHN HUDSON: “After coming under fire from Pompeo, State Department watchdog to leave, citing vacancies act”: “The State Department’s acting inspector general is leaving his job Friday following an attack on his office by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s spokesperson concerning a report about official trips Pompeo took with his wife, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post.
“Inspector General Matthew Klimow told colleagues that he is leaving ‘a little bit earlier than I anticipated,’ noting that ‘it was determined’ that he must relinquish his duties in compliance with the Vacancies Reform Act, a law that allows acting officials to serve for 210 days after a vacancy is declared. The State Department declined to comment. When he first took the job, U.S. officials had said that Klimow would hold the position until late December.”
LET THE 2024 JOCKEYING BEGIN — “Biden’s Cabinet picks give Kamala an edge in 2024,” by Christopher Cadelago and Natasha Korecki: “Joe Biden hasn’t picked any of the nearly two dozen Democrats who ran against him to serve in his administration — and that bodes quite well for the former rival he did elevate as his No. 2, Kamala Harris.
“Biden’s decision to forgo a Cabinet of ambitious pols in favor of a group heavy on seasoned loyalists and technocrats contrasts with Donald Trump and Barack Obama’s appointment of next-generation officials to top posts. And it could deny a springboard to potential Harris competitors in 2024 if Biden decides to retire after one term rather than running for reelection in his 80s.
“While several people around Biden and Harris were reluctant to speak publicly about a topic they view as taboo, they acknowledged Biden’s choices for top positions reinforce Harris’s status as president-in-waiting. Biden has built an administration free of political threats to Harris.”
— GABBY ORR: “America First super PAC fights for relevance as Trump takes fundraising reins”: “America First Action, once one of the most prominent pro-Trump super PACs, is now fighting to stave off its potential irrelevance. As president, Donald Trump relied on groups like America First to collect the money he needed to buttress his campaign’s finances.
“But now that he’s leaving office, Trump and his allies are launching their own fundraising ventures, leaving America First hunting for new leadership to carry it into the future and potentially revamp its reputation among Republican critics who grew frustrated with the group toward the end of the 2020 cycle.”
TRUMP’S FRIDAY — The president has nothing on his schedule.
BIDEN and HARRIS will separately receive the President’s Daily Brief. The two will also introduce members of their administration in Wilmington, Del.
TV TONIGHT — PBS’ “Washington Week”: Molly Ball, Phil Rucker and Errin Haines.
SUNDAY SO FAR …
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“America This Week”: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) … Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) … Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) … Angela Marsden … Ric Grenell … Austan Goolsbee … Rob Smith.
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“State of the Union”: Bill Gates … Stacey Abrams … Al Gore.
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“Fox News Sunday”: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.). Panel: Karl Rove, Gillian Turner and Charles Lane. Power Player: John Matze.
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“Meet the Press”: Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.). Panel: Matt Bai, Lanhee Chen and Kristen Welker.
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“This Week”: Panel: Chris Christie and Rahm Emanuel. Panel: Matthew Dowd, Cecilia Vega, Peter Baker and Susan Glasser.
PLAYBOOK READS
BLOOMBERG: “Chinese Authorities Detain Bloomberg News Beijing Staff Member,” by Reto Gregori and Madeleine Lim: “Chinese authorities have detained Haze Fan, who works for the Bloomberg News bureau in Beijing, on suspicion of endangering national security.
“Fan was last in contact with one of her editors around 11:30 a.m. local time on Monday. Shortly after, she was seen being escorted from her apartment building by plain clothes security officials. Throughout the four days since her disappearance, Bloomberg has sought information on Fan’s whereabouts from the Chinese government and the Chinese embassy in Washington, DC. Bloomberg LP, the parent of Bloomberg News, on Thursday received confirmation that Fan is being held on suspicion of participating in activities endangering national security.”
FOR YOUR RADAR — “Mike Lee blocks legislation to create Smithsonian museums for Latinos and women,” by Marianne LeVine: “Sen. Mike Lee blocked bipartisan legislation Thursday that would establish national museums dedicated to the histories of Latino Americans and American women, arguing that they would create further division.
“In an exchange with Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), who sought to pass the National Museum of the American Latino Act by voice vote, Lee said that the history of Latino Americans and women should be a part of the National Museum of American History, rather than in a separate museum.
“‘The last thing we need is to further divide an already divided nation within an array of separate but equal museums of hyphenated identity groups,’ Lee said. ‘At this moment, in the history of our diverse nation, we need our federal government and the Smithsonian Institution itself to pull us closer together and not further apart.’”
CASH CRUNCH — “FTC suffering a cash crunch as it prepares to battle Facebook,” by Leah Nylen: “The agency that just launched a landmark antitrust suit to break up Facebook is so strapped for cash that its leaders have discussed shrinking their staff and warned against taking on more cases. In a series of emails to all Federal Trade Commission staff, obtained by POLITICO, Executive Director David Robbins said the agency would face a period of ‘belt tightening’ to cut costs — and that filing fewer cases and trimming litigation expenses must be on the table.
“‘[W]e will either need to bring fewer expert intensive cases or significantly decrease our litigation costs (e.g. experts, transcripts, litigation support contractors, etc.),’ Robbins said in an Oct. 29 email.
“The emails offer an increasingly dire portrait of the money woes facing the FTC, which has launched a record amount of litigation in the past year even as the pandemic has caused a sharp reduction in the corporate merger filing fees that normally supply about half its budget. The crunch also raises the possibility that the FTC may not have the cash it needs to win its case against Facebook, which is gearing up for an expensive fight, or to take on additional companies like Amazon. The agency released the emails in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.”
IN CHINA — “China’s Xi Ramps Up Control of Private Sector. ‘We Have No Choice but to Follow the Party,’” by WSJ’s Lingling Wei
BUSINESS BURST — “Airbnb’s Stock Price More Than Doubles in Market Debut,” by WSJ’s Preetika Rana, Maureen Farrell and Micah Maidenberg: “Airbnb Inc.’s shares more than doubled in their trading debut on Thursday, reflecting a soaring market for new stock listings and the home-sharing company’s ability to navigate the coronavirus-induced downturn in travel this year. The stock began trading at $146 on the Nasdaq Stock Market, higher than its initial-public-offering price of $68 a share. It closed slightly lower than its opening price at $144.71. …
“The company ended the day worth $100.7 billion, based on a fully diluted share count, greater than the combined market value of Marriott International Inc., Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. and Hyatt Hotels Corp.”
BOOK CLUB — AP: “CBS White House reporter Weijia Jiang is writing a memoir”: “One Signal Publishers, a Simon & Schuster imprint, announced Thursday that Jiang’s ‘Other’ would come out in Spring 2022. ‘In rural West Virginia where I grew up, most residents had never laid eyes on Chinese people until they saw my parents and me,’ Jiang, 37, said in a statement. ‘In China where I was born, I’m the foreign relative who married a White guy. In various newsrooms where I have worked, no one looked like me. And in the Trump White House, I stood out as the only Chinese American reporter regularly interacting with the president.’”
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SPOTTED at America Abroad Media’s virtual annual awards gala, which honored the casts and crews of “Contagion” and “Um Haroun” on Thursday: Kathleen Sebelius, UAE Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba, Saudi Ambassador Reema bint Bandar Al Saud, Margaret Brennan, Dina Powell McCormick, Ali and Josh Rogin, Aaron Lobel, Juan Zarate, Gen. Michael Hayden, Jim Glassman, Martin Indyk, Margot Pritzker, Jennifer Ehle, Scott Z. Burns, Larry Brilliant, Ian Lipkin, Jennifer Maguire Isham and David Linde.
MAZEL TOV — U.S. Army Lt. Col. Brian Babcock-Lumish is retiring today after 24 years in an Army uniform. He’s worked for three four-star generals, taught at West Point as an international relations professor and deployed twice to Iraq. He and his wife, Terry, will be moving back to D.C.
TRANSITIONS — Stephanie Schriock will step down as president of EMILY’s List at the end of March. The organization will conduct a search for her successor. … Jennifer Cox is now chief of staff to Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.). She previously was his campaign manager. Katie Campbell is now legislative director for Kelly. She most recently was deputy legislative director for Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.). Jacob Peters is now comms director for Kelly; he previously had that same job on the campaign. … John Byers will be chief of staff to Rep.-elect August Pfluger (R-Texas). He most recently was chief of staff to Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas).
WELCOME TO THE WORLD — Ted Prettyman, director at Sims Strategies, and Amanda Prettyman, editor at PAI Consulting, welcomed Ryan Prettyman on Wednesday.
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Kara Swisher, contributing NYT opinion writer and host of the “Sway” and “Pivot” podcasts. A trend she thinks doesn’t get enough attention: “The way the pandemic has benefited big tech companies, as well as entrenched interests and the rich, and those who cannot imagine that there is a larger society around them. Once again, we are willing to sacrifice the public good for the selfishness of the individual.” Playbook Q&A
BIRTHDAYS: John Kerry, incoming special presidential envoy for climate, is 77 … Ashley Spillane … Seth Johnson (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) … John Feehery, partner at EFB Advocacy, is 57 … Claudia Slacik … POLITICO’s Marianne LeVine and Sam Mintz … Helen Robins … Emily Buchanan, EVP of the Susan B. Anthony List … Joe Greeley … DOJ’s Perry Rosen (h/t Jon Haber) … Josh Brown … Michael Allen, managing director at Beacon Global Strategies … Elizabeth Spiers … Gideon Resnick, co-host of Crooked Media’s “What A Day” podcast … Rebecca Brocato … Jessica Seale, digital director at the Small Business Administration … Abby Bacak … William Wechsler, director of the Rafik Hariri Center and Middle East Programs at the Atlantic Council (h/t Sam Treiman) … Maya Krishna-Rogers (h/t Doug Farrar) …
… Margaret Hoover, host of PBS’ “Firing Line” … State Department’s Len Khodorkovsky … Julie Mason, host of SiriusXM’s “Press Pool” … Haydn Welch … Megan Capiak (h/t Niki Christoff) … former U.S. Ambassador to China and Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) is 79 … ESPN’s Kelly Cohen … Bruce Thomas … WaPo’s Elizabeth Dwoskin … Quartz’s Annabelle Timsit … Shira Efron … Tyler Daniel … Alex von Tunzelmann … Hannah Lankford … Allison Fleming … Kirstie Fleger … Gabe Amo … Phillip Escoriaza … Gordon Peterson … Tim McClellan … Erika Dimmler … Peter True, deputy comms director for the Senate Commerce Committee … POLITICO Europe’s Lili Bayer … Steve Gillon … Chris Stenrud … Brian Reich is 43 … Mark Ashworth is 61 … Fran Boyd … Benjamin Tribbett is 41 … Bob Corn … Pam Womack
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The Morning Briefing: Another Middle East Trump Triumph for the Media to Ignore
The Many Trump Wins Never Get Coverage
Happy Friday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. Only two more weeks until the COVID Scrooges tell you that you’re evil for celebrating Christmas.
As we meander through the end of this slog of a year I have to keep looking at the calendar to remind myself that 2020 will, in fact, soon be over. While I have never been a “Yay, it’s a new year!” kind of guy, I still like the collective giddiness and optimism that goes along with the transition to January 1st. We’ll be having none of that this year. I won’t be anyway.
Less than three weeks after January 1st, Joe Biden is going to be inaugurated. I know, I know, there are still people who think that won’t happen but I’m not feeling the miracle vibe anymore and I’ve explained ad nauseam why.
The thought of a puppet Biden presidency combined with the lingering plague propaganda have me wishing for time travel harder than I ever have before. Remember, I’m weird. I think about time travel more than the average person.
Biden is going to be a foreign policy disaster, we all know that. We are all going to be told that he is brilliant and that he’s making America safer, however. The Enemy of the People media are going to spin hard for Grandpa Gropes. It’s not going to be pretty.
As I wrote in the Briefing just two days ago:
If you thought that the anti-Trump bias of the last four years was vomit-inducing you’re going to want to avoid rich foods as members of the media transition to being full-time fluffers for Joe Biden.
There are deliberate errors of commission by the MSM (straight-up lies) and errors of omission. They’ve been doing a lot of both in the Trump era.
The latter has been happening throughout Trump’s triumphs in the Middle East this year. Historic agreements are being brokered, Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize four times.
And almost no one in the mainstream media has been talking about it.
There was more good news on Thursday. Tyler had the story:
On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced that the North African Muslim-majority nation of Morocco would normalize relations with Israel, marking yet another massive diplomatic breakthrough in the Middle East thanks to Trump’s strategy and negotiations.
“Another HISTORIC breakthrough today! Our two GREAT friends Israel and the Kingdom of Morocco have agreed to full diplomatic relations – a massive breakthrough for peace in the Middle East!” the president tweeted.
America gave Morocco an important concession as part of the deal.
“Today, I signed a proclamation recognizing Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara,” Trump added. “Morocco’s serious, credible, and realistic autonomy proposal is the ONLY basis for a just and lasting solution for enduring peace and prosperity! Morocco recognized the United States in 1777. It is thus fitting we recognize their sovereignty over the Western Sahara.”
The only “reporting” I saw in my numerous feeds about the story was this:
Inhofe didn’t like one part of the deal but praised most of it. Had the MSM not found this one negative comment the story would have remained even more buried than it was.
This is how utterly despicable the journalist class has become. What President Trump has accomplished diplomatically this year should be celebrated by all Americans. It takes a special kind of emotional stunting to not be able to admit that. The MSM is so riddled with Trump Derangement Syndrome that it can’t praise an accomplishment of his even when they think that they’re about to kick him out of the door.
They will now spend the Biden years re-writing all of the good that Trump did and giving Gropey Joe the credit.
America and the world are much safer after four years of President Trump. The Left lies about that.
When they start lying for Biden that safety will begin disappearing at a dizzying pace.
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Happy Friday! Chag urim sameach to all who celebrated the beginning of Hanukkah last night!
We all received gifts yesterday: A surprise Taylor Swift album, and promises of unfathomable amounts of new Marvel and Star Wars content.
Quick Hits: Today’s Top Stories
- Morocco on Thursday became the fourth Arab country in recent months to establish diplomatic relations with Israel. The deal, which was brokered by the Trump administration, came to fruition once the United States agreed to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara region. GOP Sen. James Inhofe, who chairs the Armed Services Committee, criticized the move, saying President Trump “could have made this deal without trading away the rights of this voiceless people,” referring to Algerian-backed separatists who also lay claim to the region.
- A panel of outside experts voted 17-4 on Thursday to recommend the Food and Drug Administration issue an emergency use authorization for Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA is expected to do so in the next few days, clearing the way for vaccinations to begin early next week.
- The U.S. budget deficit grew a record 25 percent in October and November from the same two months last year, the Treasury Department said on Thursday. Federal spending in the first two months of the fiscal year rose 9 percent year-over-year, and revenue declined 3 percent.
- Brandon Bernard was executed at a federal prison in Indiana last night after the Supreme Court denied an emergency stay, making him the ninth person put to death by the federal government since the Justice Department resumed executions on the federal level in July. Bernard was one of five gang members convicted in the 1999 murder of youth ministers Todd and Stacie Bagley.
- President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday announced his intent to nominate Denis McDonough, President Obama’s longtime chief of staff, to serve as Secretary of Veterans Affairs. He also selected Susan Rice—national security adviser to President Obama—to lead the White House Domestic Policy Council.
- Days after a bombshell New York Times report from Nicholas Kristof found pornography platform Pornhub featured videos of child abuse and rape, Visa and Mastercard announced they are prohibiting the use of their cards on the website.
- The United States confirmed 214,858 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday per the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Dashboard, with 11 percent of the 1,954,686 tests reported coming back positive. An additional 2,644 deaths were attributed to the virus on Thursday, bringing the pandemic’s American death toll to 292,001. According to the COVID Tracking Project, 107,258 Americans are currently hospitalized with COVID-19.
Whose House? Trump’s House.
A majority of Republicans in the House of Representatives endorsed an amicus brief Thursday supporting a widely criticized Texas lawsuit aimed at overturning the results of the election. The release of the list of supporters—106 as of late afternoon Thursday—came after an intense behind-the-scenes battle between President Donald Trump’s most eager supporters and others in the Republican conference.
The move shows how much loyalty Trump still commands among congressional Republicans—and, perhaps more important to lawmakers, the GOP primary electorate. Trump personally lobbied some of the signatories, and a letter sent to members by the leader of the effort, Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson, recently elected vice chairman of the Republican conference, indicated the president would be made aware of who refused to sign.
Filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton earlier this week, the Texas suit targets Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin for election rules changes regarding mail-in voting. It asks the Supreme Court to block the four states, all of which Joe Biden won, from casting electoral votes on December 14.
The Trump team is all-in on the effort, with top Trump advisers publicly touting the suit as the president’s path to remain in power. In an appearance in Georgia ahead of the January 5 Senate run-offs, Vice President Mike Pence praised the effort. “All I can say is God Bless Texas!”
The complaint, as David French writes, “is woefully deficient.”
It rests on a deeply flawed claim. From the complaint: “The probability of former Vice President Biden winning the popular vote in the four Defendant States—Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—independently given President Trump’s early lead in those States as of 3 a.m. on November 4, 2020, is less than one in a quadrillion, or 1 in 1,000,000,000,000,000.”
As David notes: “The reason Trump ultimately lost when he was leading earlier in the evening is simple—large, heavily-Democratic counties were slower to count their votes, and they didn’t report their totals until later. Moreover, one reason some jurisdictions didn’t report until later is that Republican legislatures prohibited them from counting hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots before election day. The delay was a product of political choices, not corruption.”
More Trouble for Hunter
Hunter Biden, the president-elect’s son, confirmed on Wednesday that his taxes are under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Delaware. “I take this matter very seriously,” the younger Biden said in a statement released through his father’s transition team, “but I am confident that a professional and objective review of these matters will demonstrate that I handled my affairs legally and appropriately, including with the benefit of professional tax advisors.”
The statement added that Joe Biden is “deeply proud of his son, who has fought through difficult challenges, including the vicious personal attacks of recent months, only to emerge stronger.”
Subsequent reporting from Politico and the New York Times has revealed that the investigation into Hunter Biden extended in scope—at least at one point—beyond tax issues to include securities fraud and money laundering as well. “The money laundering aspect of the case failed to gain traction after F.B.I. agents were unable to gather enough evidence for a prosecution,” the Times reported. Federal authorities in the Western District of Pennsylvania are reportedly also conducting a criminal investigation into Americore, a hospital business in which Joe Biden’s brother James was involved, though it’s unclear if James Biden himself is a focus of the probe.
Is All Well With Swalwell?
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, a member of the House Intelligence Committee and an outspoken critic of Donald Trump, is under fire following an Axios report published earlier this week alleging that the Democratic lawmaker was the target of Fang “Christine” Fang, a Chinese national suspected of working on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party to collect information about American politicians.
Fang had a yearslong relationship with Rep. Swalwell from 2011 to 2015, reportedly fundraising for the congressman’s 2014 reelection campaign and helping him hire an intern. Swalwell told Axios that he met Fang more than eight years ago and has not interacted with her in nearly six years. His dad and brother, however, remained Facebook friends with Fang until earlier this week.
Swalwell made a name for himself as one of the most aggressive—and most hyperbolic—critics of President Donald Trump on Russia, using his seat on the House Intelligence Committee to become a constant presence on television, winning favor among the resistance-friendly base of the Democratic Party. He often went further in his claims than his colleagues, implying his seat on the intelligence committee gave him access to information not readily available to others. In one appearance on MSNBC, Swalwell argued Trump was an agent of Russia. Chris Matthews pressed him: “An agent like in the 1940s, where you had people who were ‘reds’ … in other words, working for a foreign power?” Swalwell doubled down: “He’s working on behalf of the Russians, yeah.”
Swalwell, who used his newfound celebrity to run briefly for president in 2019, insists he didn’t share any classified information with Fang, and claimed, implausibly, that the story was leaked to damage him because he is such a vociferous opponent of President Trump. “At the same time this story was being leaked out is the time that I was working on impeachment on the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees,” he said. “If this is a country where people who criticize the president are going to have law enforcement information weaponized against them, that’s not a country that any of us want to live in. I hope it is investigated who leaked this information.”
Worth Your Time
- In his most recent Washington Post column, David Ignatius argues that familiarity is playing too big a role in the formation of President-elect Biden’s Cabinet. “He’s gathering a Cabinet that mirrors his own strengths—sane men and women, each one likable and competent. Like Biden, they can play the old tunes so well that maybe Americans will begin to forget what they’re so angry about,” Ignatius writes. “But the virtues of calm and collegiality can be overstated. A team of elbows-in former colleagues and aides may end up looking more like a Senate staff than a dynamic Cabinet. Biden understandably doesn’t want a fractious ‘team of rivals,’ as Doris Kearns Goodwin dubbed President Abraham Lincoln’s Cabinet. But he shouldn’t have a team of retreads, either.”
- At the onset of the pandemic, Trump wasn’t the only public official who failed to provide accurate information about the efficacy of masks and their ability to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Many public health experts amended their positions weeks later as more data came to light, but they initially got the facts wrong, telling Americans to forgo masks and save them for health care workers. Matt Yglesias argues in his newsletter this week that public health experts’ initial failure to properly educate people about mask-wearing was one of the biggest mishaps of the pandemic—and set the stage for a fundamental misunderstanding of the virus that lasts until this day. “The forget-masks-wash-your-hands era, even if motivated by a concern about medical supplies, carried a larger implication that’s stuck with us—fear dirty things. The correct message should be to fear contaminated air,” Yglesias writes. “The fact that we aren’t out of stock of air purifiers itself reflects a huge failure to provide adequate information.”
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- On the latest episode of the Advisory Opinions podcast, David and Sarah provide an update on Sidney Powell’s Kraken lawsuits and break down the “frivolous” case Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is bringing alongside several other attorneys general. Plus: A dive into the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, and answering some reader mail about law school.
- Manhattan Institute president (and fan favorite) Reihan Salam returned to The Remnant this week for a conversation with Jonah about cities. Why do they tend to be so progressive? Do conservative ideals have a chance of ever catching on in metropolitan centers, and can the GOP ever win them?
Reporting by Declan Garvey (@declanpgarvey), Andrew Egger (@EggerDC), Haley Byrd Wilt (@byrdinator), Audrey Fahlberg (@FahlOutBerg), Charlotte Lawson (@charlotteUVA), and Steve Hayes (@stephenfhayes).
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- Is this Trump’s Churchillian moment?
- Nobody’s trying to ‘overturn’ the election. We’re CORRECTING fraudulent results.
- The winter of our discontent
- America last: Melinda Gates ‘incredible disappointed’ after Trump gives Americans vaccine first
- Gov. Northam expands lockdown, mocks Christians: ‘You don’t have to sit in the church pew for God to hear your prayers’
- Will Trump be reelected because of Massachusetts?
- Texas bill would require homeowners to ‘retreat’ before using deadly force
- The coming vaccines: Gold for Big Pharma but fools’ gold for Americans?
- Now that we know the left is the party of election fraud, what do we do about it?
- Chinese money launderer called James Biden after FBI arrest, was trying to reach Hunter
| Is this Trump’s Churchillian moment?
Posted: 11 Dec 2020 05:15 AM PST Speaking to the House of Commons in June 1940, Winston Churchill made the case that he would offer his “blood, toil, tears, and sweat” to defeat the tyranny that was sweeping Europe. He said:
Article originally published at Liberty Nation. The venues and purposes may have changed, but it seems President Trump has taken this message to heart. Not to be left on the side-lines, the president has jumped in with both feet to bolster support for the unprecedented lawsuit from Texas facing the Supreme Court. After numerous defeats in the courts to date, the fighter seems to still have gas in the tank, and as Churchill was heard to remark after completing his now famous oration, “And we’ll fight them with the butt ends of broken beer bottles because that’s bloody well all we’ve got!” At the time the Nazis smirked at Churchill’s statements with an imperious attitude, much the same way the Democrats look down their noses at Trump’s efforts today. Once More Into The BreachThe president tweeted:
Late on December 9, the president followed up on his tweet by filing a motion to intervene in the Supreme Court case in his personal capacity. A number of other states have offered support to Texas and they could do so in several ways. As Liberty Nation Legal Affairs Editor Scott D. Cosenza, Esq. explains:
At the time of publishing, 17 states (led by Missouri) have filed to become Amici Curiae in support of Texas. A Question Of RemedyWhile this case is by far the most sober and constitutionally convincing challenge to the election so far, the requested remedy may be a step too far for the Supreme Court justices. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking that the court order new elections in Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, or that the state legislatures be allowed to choose electors directly. A common theme in the cases that have so far made it to courts across the country is that judges are reluctant to go ahead because of the remedies. They have written that to overturn or discount a portion of votes would be disenfranchising to a larger number of voters. Which Way The Battlefield?President Trump has been wise to not hitch his wagon to one particular method of attack, but it seems that his threat at “intervention” signifies either a need for progress or a rush at the end zone. If the Texas suit fails, other suits will follow. According to the latest Rasmussen polling, up to 47% of voters believe that Democrats stole or destroyed ballots to enable a Joe Biden win; just 39% believe this was highly unlikely. In terms of winning hearts and minds, it appears that the president has the edge. With 61% of the adult population ready to accept that at least some fraud took place, Trump has at least one battle won – in the court of public opinion. Perhaps the president has other words of Winston Churchill in mind as he continues his seemingly improbable efforts: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ~ Read more from Mark Angelides. COVID-19 may take down an independent news outletNobody said running a media site would be easy. We could use some help keeping this site afloat.Colleagues have called me the worst fundraiser ever. My skills are squarely rooted on the journalistic side of running a news outlet. Paying the bills has never been my forte, but we’ve survived. We have ads on the site that help, but since the site’s inception this has been a labor of love that otherwise doesn’t bring in the level of revenue necessary to justify it. When I left a nice, corporate career in 2017, I did so knowing I wouldn’t make nearly as much money. But what we do at NOQ Report to deliver the truth and fight the progressive mainstream media narrative that has plagued this nation is too important for me to sacrifice it for the sake of wealth. We know we’ll never make a ton of money this way, and we’re okay with that. Things have become harder with the coronavirus lockdowns. Both ad money and donations that have kept us afloat for a while have dropped dramatically. We thought we could weather the storm, but the so-called “surge” or “2nd-wave” that mainstream media and Democrats are pushing has put our prospects in jeopardy. In short, we are now in desperate need of financial assistance. The best way NOQ Report readers can help is to donate. Our Giving Fuel page makes it easy to donate one-time or monthly. Alternatively, you can donate through PayPal as well. We need approximately $11,500 to stay afloat for the rest of 2020, but more would be wonderful and any amount that brings us closer to our goal is greatly appreciated. The second way to help is to become a partner. We’ve strongly considered seeking angel investors in the past but because we were paying the bills, it didn’t seem necessary. Now, we’re struggling to pay the bills. This shouldn’t be the case as our traffic the last year has been going up dramatically. June, 2018, we had 11,678 visitors. A year later in June, 2019, we were up to 116,194. In June, 2020, we had 614,192. We’re heading in the right direction and we believe we’re ready talk to patriotic investors who want to not only “get in on the action” but more importantly who want to help America hear the truth. Interested investors should contact me directly with the contact button above. Election year or not, coronavirus lockdowns or not, anarchic riots or not, the need for truthful journalism endures. But in these times, we need as many conservative media voices as possible. Please help keep NOQ Report going.
American Conservative MovementJoin fellow patriots as we form a grassroots movement to advance the cause of conservatism. The coronavirus crisis has prompted many, even some conservatives, to promote authoritarianism. It’s understandable to some extent now, but it must not be allowed to embed itself in American life. We currently have 8000+ patriots with us in a very short time. If you are interested, please join us to receive updates.
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| Nobody’s trying to ‘overturn’ the election. We’re CORRECTING fraudulent results.
Posted: 11 Dec 2020 04:02 AM PST The memo came down from the prince of darkness that everyone in media, Big Tech, and the Democratic Party are supposed to frame challenges to election results as attempts to “overturn” the election. This is ludicrous and disingenuous, especially when we consider the likelihood that this election was plagued by rampant voter fraud on a massive scale. There’s a reason they’re using that word. “Overturned” is, in its very nature, a violent and often unwanted action. A car can get “overturned” in an accident. But it’s also an important word because it insinuates the election results are already determined and the perceived winner, former Vice President Joe Biden, has his name already etched onto a plaque in the Oval Office. First and foremost, this is gaslighting. They know that tens of millions of Americans do not believe the election was fair or that the results are finalized, but they want us to believe that we’re the crazy ones for not denouncing thousands of sworn affidavits. They want us to believe our eyes are lying to us when we see clear voter fraud in videos that have been shown as evidence before state legislature hearings. Most importantly, they want us to believe that it’s a widely accepted fact that Joe Biden won the election fair and square and if we don’t, we’re delusional. It’s gaslighting in its purest form. They’re also using a logical fallacy called “begging the question.” They’re taking the conclusion of their argument, that Joe Biden won the election, and using it as evidence to try to prove their point. It’s sort of like circular reasoning, but with a slight detour around the mountains of evidence that point to their conclusion and premise both being wrong. In the latest episode of the NOQ Report, JD examines these topics and explains why we need to change the narrative framing from “overturn” to “correcting.” But he wasn’t all cheery about everything that’s happening. In fact, he’s not confident that the Texas lawsuit will yield the result people are expecting. It may delay the selection of electors on December 14, but it will not in and of itself sway the selection otherwise. That delay, he notes, is still extremely important and a huge win for the Trump team if it happens because it will buy time for other lawsuits that have direct evidence of voter fraud to work their way into the Supreme Court. He noted there’s one fatal flaw in the lawsuit, the fact that they are suing only states that didn’t go for President Trump. What they’re accusing the Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia of doing are the things that were also done in other states. The difference is that the results in the four defendant states were close and went to Biden. Do not let the left dictate the narrative. They want us to use terms like “overturn” because it insinuates sinister intent. But our true goal is for the righteous and lawful results of the election to come to light, and that would be a Trump landslide.
COVID-19 may take down an independent news outletNobody said running a media site would be easy. We could use some help keeping this site afloat.Colleagues have called me the worst fundraiser ever. My skills are squarely rooted on the journalistic side of running a news outlet. Paying the bills has never been my forte, but we’ve survived. We have ads on the site that help, but since the site’s inception this has been a labor of love that otherwise doesn’t bring in the level of revenue necessary to justify it. When I left a nice, corporate career in 2017, I did so knowing I wouldn’t make nearly as much money. But what we do at NOQ Report to deliver the truth and fight the progressive mainstream media narrative that has plagued this nation is too important for me to sacrifice it for the sake of wealth. We know we’ll never make a ton of money this way, and we’re okay with that. Things have become harder with the coronavirus lockdowns. Both ad money and donations that have kept us afloat for a while have dropped dramatically. We thought we could weather the storm, but the so-called “surge” or “2nd-wave” that mainstream media and Democrats are pushing has put our prospects in jeopardy. In short, we are now in desperate need of financial assistance. The best way NOQ Report readers can help is to donate. Our Giving Fuel page makes it easy to donate one-time or monthly. Alternatively, you can donate through PayPal as well. We need approximately $11,500 to stay afloat for the rest of 2020, but more would be wonderful and any amount that brings us closer to our goal is greatly appreciated. The second way to help is to become a partner. We’ve strongly considered seeking angel investors in the past but because we were paying the bills, it didn’t seem necessary. Now, we’re struggling to pay the bills. This shouldn’t be the case as our traffic the last year has been going up dramatically. June, 2018, we had 11,678 visitors. A year later in June, 2019, we were up to 116,194. In June, 2020, we had 614,192. We’re heading in the right direction and we believe we’re ready talk to patriotic investors who want to not only “get in on the action” but more importantly who want to help America hear the truth. Interested investors should contact me directly with the contact button above. Election year or not, coronavirus lockdowns or not, anarchic riots or not, the need for truthful journalism endures. But in these times, we need as many conservative media voices as possible. Please help keep NOQ Report going.
American Conservative MovementJoin fellow patriots as we form a grassroots movement to advance the cause of conservatism. The coronavirus crisis has prompted many, even some conservatives, to promote authoritarianism. It’s understandable to some extent now, but it must not be allowed to embed itself in American life. We currently have 8000+ patriots with us in a very short time. If you are interested, please join us to receive updates.
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| The winter of our discontent
Posted: 11 Dec 2020 12:47 AM PST NOW IS THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENTNo this is not a line in a famous play by William Shakespeare from Richard III, spoken by Gloucester. This is a rather bleak Christmas season in our beloved America brought on by a pre-planned, coordinated onslaught of enemies here and abroad. I remember someone earlier this year said that April was going to be a very long year. Well, in that same tone, 2020 has seemed like a very long decade. I doubt that any of us have ever been so anxious and eager for a calendar year to become history rather than current events. As soon as we sing Silent Night, we will be ready for the words of Auld Lang Syne! As I sit here on my front porch in the tropical paradise of Hawaii on a pleasantly rainy night, I’m reminded that the only snowflakes we ever see here in Honolulu are the people who submit to the power games of our Democrat authorities. Those stunningly beautiful things falling from the sky and giving you frostbite on your nose are not part of our landscape here. But we share with you, wherever you are, the apprehension of an approaching winter which is more than just an annual meteorological phenomenon in the upper latitudes. AMERICA IS AT WARI was just a toddler during the Korean War and have no memories of that conflict, other than my late uncle in his U.S. Air Force uniform. I came of age and did my active duty military service in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam era. I survived the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Psychedelic 60s, the Cold War and the aftermath of 9/11/2001. But I have most definitely never seen a threat more serious, indeed more existential, than what we together face today! FOREIGN FOESAfter my military service, I spent the rest of my federal career of 42 years as a civilian law enforcement officer with the U.S. Customs Service and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The inspectional side of our agency was moved from the Department of the Treasury into Homeland Security. Much of what I did was help to identify potential threats to prevent their occurrence. That is precisely what now, as a retiree and as a journalist, I am trying to do at this crucial crossroads in time. I carefully monitor what I can from open-sources about what is going on around the world. I have previously written about this in more detail. But I will at this point just admonish you to keep an eagle eye on two fronts. Storm clouds are quickly gathering with the undeniable realization and recognition that the Chinese Communist Party is attacking us through many means. I’ll say more about that later when we deal with the domestic subversion being done in complicity with American traitors in our midst. Both National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien and Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller have recently visited Southeast Asia. Both are reminding our allies there that America will stand strong against Chinese hegemony both in their sphere and in our own. The United States is giving millions of dollars of armaments to the Philippines right now despite the unpredictability of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, with the obvious understanding that both civilian and military officials in Manila realize as we do that China is a wolf in sheep’s clothing and not to be trusted. Military exercises are underway along both the Pacific and Atlantic Coasts of North America as a warning and reminder that we are prepared against any hostile actions. Meanwhile, Iran is reportedly sending both troops and probably missiles into Venezuela. I was just a teenager on my bicycle delivering the Santa Monica Evening Outlook during the Cuban Missile Crisis when Russia’s Nikita Khrushchev was supplying Fidel Castro with missiles aimed at our heartland, not many miles offshore from Miami. The biggest difference I notice now is the absence of those blaring headlines. True, this is no longer the day when print media predominated. In 2020, social media is always in the vanguard of spreading information rapidly but all too often inaccurately. That’s why you’re not seeing those warnings that the war clouds are gathering all around us. Be thankful right now that Donald Trump is Commander-in-Chief and not Joe Biden, or worse yet, God forbid, Kamala Harris. If that eventuality should actually transpire, you might need to go back to building those underground silos in your yard. But if you’re paying attention, you understand that Donald Trump knows he is not a lame duck. DOMESTIC DEMONSI use that term “demons” because what we face now is not just a political contest, not just a collapse of the mainstream media, it is a supernatural phenomenon which you can find in Ephesians 6:12. Take the time and look it up. I want to tie in our section on FOREIGN FOES with this one on DOMESTIC DEMONS by showing what lies ahead during these next 40 days until Inauguration Day 2021. December 8 was the so-called “Safe Harbor” when all states were supposed to certify the results of their respective presidential elections. This coming Monday, December 14 will be the date for the Electoral College to officially cast their votes. On January 6, Congress will officially count those votes and verify the election of our… I’ll pretend right now that I’m Michael Buffer doing a boxing match and this is the point where the next word is the key word. Before I say President just as he says Champion, the word I’m going to say is STILL, not NEW. If you didn’t get that, Congress will not verify the election of our NEW President Joe Biden, it will verify our STILL President Donald Trump! But, there are two important dates between December 14 and January 6 that you may, or probably may not, have heard about. The first is the one that ties this section in with my previous one, which is December 18. Due to an Executive Order which President Trump issued two years ago in 2018, that will be 45 days after our recent November 3 election on which Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe must submit an analysis of any foreign involvement in this recent election. In this case, there is absolutely no doubt that there was foreign intervention in this election. The mainstream media will not tell you that and don’t want you to know that. But it is a game changer! This is undoubtedly why those military exercises are ongoing all around our country from the Pacific to the Atlantic to the Caribbean. I’m not going to speculate on that. Just be alert. The other day is December 23 when Vice President Mike Pence in his role as President of the U.S. Senate must demand that all states that have not yet certified their electors do so. Senator Ron Johnson [R-WI] has already called for hearings into the irregularities of our recent election. There are patriots in both Chambers of Congress, hopefully even a few with a [D] after their name, who put the survival of our country over their own partisan politics. Cases before the United States Supreme Court, including the current one by Texas and a growing number of other states, filed against the states of Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin could determine whether any candidate reaches 270 electoral votes. If not, that would result in a contingent election in Congress in which the House picks the President and the Senate determines the VP. As I have previously written in detail, because the House of Representatives votes by state delegation, and more are controlled by Republicans than Democrats, that would bode very well for Donald Trump to remain as President. Other cases including those on fraud committed by Dominion and Smartmatic being brought by Sidney Powell and Lin Wood may also change the dynamics of this process. The main takeaway from what I said here is that we need not rely 100% on the U.S. Supreme Court making the right decision with a proper remedy. It is also possible for the U.S. Congress to prevent an unprecedented and unmitigated disaster. For that is precisely what a Biden-Harris administration would be. The FBI has been sitting on an investigation on Joe Biden’s son Hunter and brother James for at least two years. If the FBI and Department of Justice know anything about involvement of Joe Biden himself, they have deliberately buried it. God forbid that only come out after he enters into the position as President and Commander-in-Chief. American forces in the Middle East are on high alert for an attack by Iran in retaliation for the recent assassination of the head of their nuclear program by Israel. But when you see what they are also doing in Venezuela, you fully fathom that they intend to bring this directly into the Western Hemisphere militarily. China is also developing potential military ports in places like Jamaica and Bahamas. A compromised Joe Biden would be at their mercy. The paternal side of Kamala Harris’s family is from Jamaica. SCOTUSI’m going to direct this appeal to two distinct vital components of preserving our constitutional republic. The first are the nine black-robed justices on the U.S. Supreme Court. You are the legal scholars who have reached the pinnacle of your career in a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land. But you are first and foremost Americans. Whatever you bequeath upon this country, you bequeath upon yourself and your family for a very long time. Yes, I know you must be apolitical as the very nature of your position, but you’re not blind and deaf and you also see what’s going on in this country. This really isn’t an issue of Clarence Thomas remembering that he had to consider Joe Biden as Chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee the architect of a high-tech lynching when he was confirmed nearly three decades ago. I was going to say something about his wife Ginni Thomas, but let’s don’t go there. Every women’s rights advocate in this country should respect that a spouse is her own person and not a surrogate of her husband. I’m sure Jesse Barrett also understands that concept as the male counterpart spouse of an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court. Even those dyed-in-the-wool liberal justices should be fully aware that a President Joe Biden will absolutely pack the U.S. Supreme Court which would change the very constitution of your court, and that is not merely a pun. CONGRESSAs hearings begin very soon in the U.S. Senate in the Committees for the Judiciary, for Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and for Intelligence, put your cell phones aside, leave your Twitter accounts idle for a while and pay attention! The foreign enemy is not just at our door, not just approaching our border, but deep within our homeland. Our recent presidential election has been irrevocably and irreversibly compromised in a foreign enemy attack with the collusion of American traitors. I know you do a lot of things, on the floor of the Senate, in your various committee meetings, in your offices, in social gatherings, back in your home state, wherever, but there’s absolutely nothing more important in your entire career that you will ever face than what stands before you now! Forget the C-SPAN cameras! Do the right thing! AMERICA WILL SURVIVE!The rest of us who are not inside the DC Beltway also play just as vital a role as we see our constitutional rights, our freedoms and our liberties under all out assault from every quarter. We will not be intimidated. We will not submit to censorship. We will not slink away and hide in our basement. I am warning you Democrats that your Chinese masters will not spare you for having been their useful idiots. You are an American and your fate will be the same as the rest of us. So, in the name of Almighty God, do the right thing! We will face this enemy head-on. In 1776, American Patriot of the Revolutionary War Thomas Paine said: These are the times that try men’s souls! My fellow Americans, I declare to you that once again these are the times that try all of our souls, and I am not being gender-specific, nor was he. As a nation, we came together in 1776 and prevailed. Now in 2020, we shall prevail again. But understand the key is that will only happen if we indeed do come together! Benjamin Franklin and all the delegates on that day in Philadelphia in July 1776 fully understood that: We must all hang together, or we shall all hang separately! COVID-19 may take down an independent news outletNobody said running a media site would be easy. We could use some help keeping this site afloat.Colleagues have called me the worst fundraiser ever. My skills are squarely rooted on the journalistic side of running a news outlet. Paying the bills has never been my forte, but we’ve survived. We have ads on the site that help, but since the site’s inception this has been a labor of love that otherwise doesn’t bring in the level of revenue necessary to justify it. When I left a nice, corporate career in 2017, I did so knowing I wouldn’t make nearly as much money. But what we do at NOQ Report to deliver the truth and fight the progressive mainstream media narrative that has plagued this nation is too important for me to sacrifice it for the sake of wealth. We know we’ll never make a ton of money this way, and we’re okay with that. Things have become harder with the coronavirus lockdowns. Both ad money and donations that have kept us afloat for a while have dropped dramatically. We thought we could weather the storm, but the so-called “surge” or “2nd-wave” that mainstream media and Democrats are pushing has put our prospects in jeopardy. In short, we are now in desperate need of financial assistance. The best way NOQ Report readers can help is to donate. Our Giving Fuel page makes it easy to donate one-time or monthly. Alternatively, you can donate through PayPal as well. We need approximately $11,500 to stay afloat for the rest of 2020, but more would be wonderful and any amount that brings us closer to our goal is greatly appreciated. The second way to help is to become a partner. We’ve strongly considered seeking angel investors in the past but because we were paying the bills, it didn’t seem necessary. Now, we’re struggling to pay the bills. This shouldn’t be the case as our traffic the last year has been going up dramatically. June, 2018, we had 11,678 visitors. A year later in June, 2019, we were up to 116,194. In June, 2020, we had 614,192. We’re heading in the right direction and we believe we’re ready talk to patriotic investors who want to not only “get in on the action” but more importantly who want to help America hear the truth. Interested investors should contact me directly with the contact button above. Election year or not, coronavirus lockdowns or not, anarchic riots or not, the need for truthful journalism endures. But in these times, we need as many conservative media voices as possible. Please help keep NOQ Report going.
American Conservative MovementJoin fellow patriots as we form a grassroots movement to advance the cause of conservatism. The coronavirus crisis has prompted many, even some conservatives, to promote authoritarianism. It’s understandable to some extent now, but it must not be allowed to embed itself in American life. We currently have 8000+ patriots with us in a very short time. If you are interested, please join us to receive updates.
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| America last: Melinda Gates ‘incredible disappointed’ after Trump gives Americans vaccine first
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 09:36 PM PST Melinda Gates is ‘incredibly disappointed’ that Americans will be receiving COVID-19 vaccines, developed by American companies, before the rest of the world. Article originally published at Zero Hedge. Putting aside overwhelming concerns over safety for a minute – including calls to halt trials until serious questions (including ‘indefinite infertility‘) are addressed – Gates told CNN‘s Poppy Harlow in a Thursday interview that she’s worried about ‘vaccine nationalism.’ “The president just signed an executive order to try to put Americans at the front of the line when it comes to vaccines,” said Harlow. “I wonder if that’s what you were worried about when you kept saying and warning against vaccine nationalism?” “That’s exactly what we were worried about,” replied Gates, adding “I knew it was coming and I was just incredibly disappointed.” “I’m much more optimistic about the president-elect and the COVID task force, this eminent task force that he has put together,” she continued. “I think we’re going to see a lot more sensible policy making in the United States, but that starts, you know, January 20 and we have still some dark months to live ahead until then.”
More via the Daily Wire:
So here’s a question; Assuming Biden becomes President on January 20, and assuming he offshores millions of doses of vaccine which would otherwise go to US citizens, and assuming it’s ‘safe’ (for various values of safe), how many dead Americans will Biden (and Melinda Gates) be directly responsible for? COVID-19 may take down an independent news outletNobody said running a media site would be easy. We could use some help keeping this site afloat.Colleagues have called me the worst fundraiser ever. My skills are squarely rooted on the journalistic side of running a news outlet. Paying the bills has never been my forte, but we’ve survived. We have ads on the site that help, but since the site’s inception this has been a labor of love that otherwise doesn’t bring in the level of revenue necessary to justify it. When I left a nice, corporate career in 2017, I did so knowing I wouldn’t make nearly as much money. But what we do at NOQ Report to deliver the truth and fight the progressive mainstream media narrative that has plagued this nation is too important for me to sacrifice it for the sake of wealth. We know we’ll never make a ton of money this way, and we’re okay with that. Things have become harder with the coronavirus lockdowns. Both ad money and donations that have kept us afloat for a while have dropped dramatically. We thought we could weather the storm, but the so-called “surge” or “2nd-wave” that mainstream media and Democrats are pushing has put our prospects in jeopardy. In short, we are now in desperate need of financial assistance. The best way NOQ Report readers can help is to donate. Our Giving Fuel page makes it easy to donate one-time or monthly. Alternatively, you can donate through PayPal as well. We need approximately $11,500 to stay afloat for the rest of 2020, but more would be wonderful and any amount that brings us closer to our goal is greatly appreciated. The second way to help is to become a partner. We’ve strongly considered seeking angel investors in the past but because we were paying the bills, it didn’t seem necessary. Now, we’re struggling to pay the bills. This shouldn’t be the case as our traffic the last year has been going up dramatically. June, 2018, we had 11,678 visitors. A year later in June, 2019, we were up to 116,194. In June, 2020, we had 614,192. We’re heading in the right direction and we believe we’re ready talk to patriotic investors who want to not only “get in on the action” but more importantly who want to help America hear the truth. Interested investors should contact me directly with the contact button above. Election year or not, coronavirus lockdowns or not, anarchic riots or not, the need for truthful journalism endures. But in these times, we need as many conservative media voices as possible. Please help keep NOQ Report going.
American Conservative MovementJoin fellow patriots as we form a grassroots movement to advance the cause of conservatism. The coronavirus crisis has prompted many, even some conservatives, to promote authoritarianism. It’s understandable to some extent now, but it must not be allowed to embed itself in American life. We currently have 8000+ patriots with us in a very short time. If you are interested, please join us to receive updates.
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| Gov. Northam expands lockdown, mocks Christians: ‘You don’t have to sit in the church pew for God to hear your prayers’
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 09:20 PM PST Virginia’s Democrat Governor Ralph Northam on Thursday announced a host of new restrictive lockdown measures and mocked Christians for wanting to go to church to worship God. Article originally published at Information Liberation. “This year, we need to think about what is truly the most important thing. Is it the worship or the building?” Northam said during a press conference. “For me, God is wherever you are. You don’t have to sit in the church pew for God to hear your prayers.”
Your God is Satan, Governor. How would you like it if a Christian governor told you that you don’t have to sacrifice babies to Moloch to worship the Devil?
As Breitbart reports, Northam “blamed churches for contributing to the spread of the virus, noting that some houses of worship were not social distancing or wearing masks.” “I have heard reports. They don’t use distancing inside the church. They are not wearing masks. Quite frankly we know that a lot of the spread is coming from this,” Northam said. Notice how he only chose to single out Christians for chastising. He would never dare tell Jews they “don’t have to go to synagogue” to worship God or tell Muslims they “don’t have to go to a mosque!” Meanwhile, Northam’s new lockdown measures demand everyone live according to his faith by mandating masks both indoors and outdoors and ordering everyone to stay in their homes between midnight and 5 AM every day to theoretically “stop the spread!”
COVID-19 may take down an independent news outletNobody said running a media site would be easy. We could use some help keeping this site afloat.Colleagues have called me the worst fundraiser ever. My skills are squarely rooted on the journalistic side of running a news outlet. Paying the bills has never been my forte, but we’ve survived. We have ads on the site that help, but since the site’s inception this has been a labor of love that otherwise doesn’t bring in the level of revenue necessary to justify it. When I left a nice, corporate career in 2017, I did so knowing I wouldn’t make nearly as much money. But what we do at NOQ Report to deliver the truth and fight the progressive mainstream media narrative that has plagued this nation is too important for me to sacrifice it for the sake of wealth. We know we’ll never make a ton of money this way, and we’re okay with that. Things have become harder with the coronavirus lockdowns. Both ad money and donations that have kept us afloat for a while have dropped dramatically. We thought we could weather the storm, but the so-called “surge” or “2nd-wave” that mainstream media and Democrats are pushing has put our prospects in jeopardy. In short, we are now in desperate need of financial assistance. The best way NOQ Report readers can help is to donate. Our Giving Fuel page makes it easy to donate one-time or monthly. Alternatively, you can donate through PayPal as well. We need approximately $11,500 to stay afloat for the rest of 2020, but more would be wonderful and any amount that brings us closer to our goal is greatly appreciated. The second way to help is to become a partner. We’ve strongly considered seeking angel investors in the past but because we were paying the bills, it didn’t seem necessary. Now, we’re struggling to pay the bills. This shouldn’t be the case as our traffic the last year has been going up dramatically. June, 2018, we had 11,678 visitors. A year later in June, 2019, we were up to 116,194. In June, 2020, we had 614,192. We’re heading in the right direction and we believe we’re ready talk to patriotic investors who want to not only “get in on the action” but more importantly who want to help America hear the truth. Interested investors should contact me directly with the contact button above. Election year or not, coronavirus lockdowns or not, anarchic riots or not, the need for truthful journalism endures. But in these times, we need as many conservative media voices as possible. Please help keep NOQ Report going.
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| Will Trump be reelected because of Massachusetts?
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 03:07 PM PST The eyes of the nation are on the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and everyone is wondering will SCOTUS hear the Texas case and grant Texas standing. For those that do not know, “standing” essentially means are you a harmed party and therefore can you bring a suit against someone. The question is, does Texas have standing to bring a case against Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin? Just like most things that concern the law, there is so no clear answer and therefore we rely on past cases to help guide us. This is called Stare Decisis or otherwise known as Precedent. Stare decisis is not straightforward though. Different justices have different judicial philosophies. Take, for instance, Chief Justice John Roberts. In 2016 a Texas abortion law regulating abortion procedures and practices was ruled unconstitutional. Roberts dissented and stating that the Texas law was constitutional. Fast forward to 2020, an almost exact duplicate law in Louisiana made its way to the Supreme Court and Roberts flips. His reasoning was stare decisis. Justice Thomas, for instance, doesn’t hold to stare decisis when it comes to Constitutional questions. If he thought Texas’ law was Constitutional he would continue to think it was and vote in the same matter regardless of a prior decision. Therefore, getting back to the question at hand. Does Texas have standing? The answer is yes and no, and it is anyone’s guess what the Court will decide. Those that say Texas has no standing need to realize that there are cases that have established precedent for Texas to have standing. Take Massachusetts v. EPA. Massachusetts sued the federal government (EPA) for denial of their rulemaking petition in connection to the regulation of greenhouse gases. The synopsis of the rule of law is that in order to have standing to sue in a federal court the petitioner must have; injury in fact, causation, and redressability in the claim, these elements are easier to meet if you are a State rather than an individual. In this case, SCOTUS granted standing to Massachusetts. The Court first held that Massachusetts had standing to seek review of EPA’s denial of the rulemaking petition in light of the harms global warming could cause that State, including submersion of State-owned property on the coast due to increase in ocean levels. In the Elections Clause of the Constitution, state legislatures “shall” which mandates they set up election laws for federal elections. If the power is vested in state legislatures then a Governor, the Secretary of State, and so forth, may not change laws by edict or fiat. Since these states violated the Constitution by conducting an illegal election, it has caused harm to Texas by diluting their vote in the electoral college. Thus, Texas has also made a Fourteenth Amendment claim of Equal Protection. Therefore, under the precedent set up by Massachusetts v EPA, Texas may have legal standing to bring this case. By these states not upholding their laws like the federal government in the EPA case. Texas has been injured in fact, causation, and have brought redressability in their claim. This does not mean that SCOTUS will accept this case or Texas will succeed even if it is heard. I’m just showing you that there is case history that could grant Texas standing. We shall see what SCOTUS decides. COVID-19 may take down an independent news outletNobody said running a media site would be easy. We could use some help keeping this site afloat.Colleagues have called me the worst fundraiser ever. My skills are squarely rooted on the journalistic side of running a news outlet. Paying the bills has never been my forte, but we’ve survived. We have ads on the site that help, but since the site’s inception this has been a labor of love that otherwise doesn’t bring in the level of revenue necessary to justify it. When I left a nice, corporate career in 2017, I did so knowing I wouldn’t make nearly as much money. But what we do at NOQ Report to deliver the truth and fight the progressive mainstream media narrative that has plagued this nation is too important for me to sacrifice it for the sake of wealth. We know we’ll never make a ton of money this way, and we’re okay with that. Things have become harder with the coronavirus lockdowns. Both ad money and donations that have kept us afloat for a while have dropped dramatically. 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| Texas bill would require homeowners to ‘retreat’ before using deadly force
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 03:07 PM PST Austin, TX – Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that would require homeowners to “retreat” before using deadly force in certain situations. Under Texas’ “castle doctrine,” citizens have the right to use deadly force to defend their “land or tangible, movable property,” KPRC reported. Article originally published at The Police Tribune. House Bill 196, filed by Rep. Terry Meza (D-Irving) earlier this month, would require homeowners to be “unable to safely retreat” before they could legally use deadly force against a perpetrator. Property owners would also no longer be able to use deadly force to stop aggravated robbery or robbery crimes under the bill, according to KPRC. “A person who is in the person’s own habitation, who has not provoked the person against whom the deadly force is used, and who is not engaged in criminal activity at the time the deadly force is used is not required to retreat before using deadly force,” according to the proposed legislation. Critics have accused Meza of trying to repeal the state’s “castle doctrine” by forcing people to surrender their property and flee before resorting deadly force. But Meza said she is just trying to stop people from being so quick to shoot criminals on their property. “My bill HB 196 and my position on the Texas Castle Doctrine has been misrepresented in the news as of late,” she lamented in a series of tweets on Nov. 19. “It does not repeal the Castle Doctrine, and it does not restrict homeowners from using firearms in self-defense as applicable to current Texas stand your ground laws.” Meza said her bill “would require a homeowner to exhaust the potential of safely retreating” into their own home before they could legally use “deadly force in defense of themselves or their property.” She explained she filed the bill because the current “castle doctrine…emboldens people to take justice into their own hands.” “While theft is obviously wrong, we have laws to address that,” Meza reasoned. “I don’t believe that stealing someone’s lawn ornament should be an offense punishable by death.” Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he has no intention of backing the bill. “Let me be clear,” he tweeted on Wednesday. “The Castile Doctrine will not be reduced. We won’t force Texas homeowners to retreat. Especially with the crazy ‘defund police’ ideas, homeowners need to protect themselves now more than ever.” “We will protect 2nd Amendment rights,” Abbott wrote. COVID-19 may take down an independent news outletNobody said running a media site would be easy. We could use some help keeping this site afloat.Colleagues have called me the worst fundraiser ever. My skills are squarely rooted on the journalistic side of running a news outlet. Paying the bills has never been my forte, but we’ve survived. We have ads on the site that help, but since the site’s inception this has been a labor of love that otherwise doesn’t bring in the level of revenue necessary to justify it. When I left a nice, corporate career in 2017, I did so knowing I wouldn’t make nearly as much money. But what we do at NOQ Report to deliver the truth and fight the progressive mainstream media narrative that has plagued this nation is too important for me to sacrifice it for the sake of wealth. We know we’ll never make a ton of money this way, and we’re okay with that. Things have become harder with the coronavirus lockdowns. Both ad money and donations that have kept us afloat for a while have dropped dramatically. We thought we could weather the storm, but the so-called “surge” or “2nd-wave” that mainstream media and Democrats are pushing has put our prospects in jeopardy. In short, we are now in desperate need of financial assistance. The best way NOQ Report readers can help is to donate. Our Giving Fuel page makes it easy to donate one-time or monthly. Alternatively, you can donate through PayPal as well. We need approximately $11,500 to stay afloat for the rest of 2020, but more would be wonderful and any amount that brings us closer to our goal is greatly appreciated. The second way to help is to become a partner. We’ve strongly considered seeking angel investors in the past but because we were paying the bills, it didn’t seem necessary. Now, we’re struggling to pay the bills. This shouldn’t be the case as our traffic the last year has been going up dramatically. June, 2018, we had 11,678 visitors. A year later in June, 2019, we were up to 116,194. In June, 2020, we had 614,192. We’re heading in the right direction and we believe we’re ready talk to patriotic investors who want to not only “get in on the action” but more importantly who want to help America hear the truth. Interested investors should contact me directly with the contact button above. Election year or not, coronavirus lockdowns or not, anarchic riots or not, the need for truthful journalism endures. But in these times, we need as many conservative media voices as possible. Please help keep NOQ Report going.
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| The coming vaccines: Gold for Big Pharma but fools’ gold for Americans?
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 02:56 PM PST I first want to say that I believe that President Trump and his team — excluding many of the doctors — have done their best to facilitate the production and delivery of safe vaccines that can negate the Chinese Virus. But Trump and much of his team had no choice but to deal with the national government’s medical-and-science establishment, all of which is globalist, hates Trump and his supporters, helped rig the election in favor of corpse-Biden, and are in the thrall of Big Pharma. Need proof? Well, just look at the large number of well-qualified and often senior doctors and scientists who have been blacklisted by their globalist colleagues and the media because they have used hard-evidence and commonsense to oppose the medical establishment’s handling of the Chinese Virus. They have plainly demonstrated that the manner in which the Chinese Virus has been handled has caused it to last longer than necessary, and that lock-downs, masks, quarantining, and the rest of the illegal and so meaningless measures deployed by governors and mayors as “orders”, rather than by legislatures as laws. have made the casualty count –including the economically ruined, the terrorized, and the mentally wounded — much higher than it otherwise would have been. These same doctors also helped kill thousands more Americans by preventing their access to hydroxychloroquine, and by praising the “great work” done by the five murderous Democratic governors who crammed seniors into elder-care homes so they would die from the Chinese Virus. Why would such people produce a vaccine that could help protect the Americans they hate? The question is why would anyone believe that vaccines brought to Americans by these medical gangsters, men and women who eagerly inflicted such pain on the citizenry, should be be assumed to be “safe”? Each American, of course, will make his own decision about whether to receive the vaccination and allow his or her children to be likewise branded. How free the choice will be, of course, is limited, as the political-medical-social-media shaming machine has already begun to ridicule, if not damn, any parent who is hesitant to have his or her child vaccinated. It begs reality to imagine that any sane but vaccination-hesitant American could believe that their globalist critics give a good damn about their kids, after they gleefully killed, dismembered, and sold the body parts of 61-plus million murdered infants since 1973. This leads to a second point, which is that an increasing number of sources are reporting that the vaccine was constructed via a process that included tissue from the corpses of infants aborted in and bought from China. That is, the globalists’ smug and all-knowing medical-scientific mafia has created a vaccine that may or nor save lives at the cost of killing many other innocents. The globalists’ sacred icon — Communist China — of course is the big winner in all of this; the Chinese communist regime sent the China Virus both to infect the republic and to empower their sieg-heilling automatons in the national government’s medical establishment, and the Chinese regime is now getting paid to murder infants to help construct a likely dangerous vaccine to be used on (against?) Americans. This last point once again serves to remind those many millions of Americans who oppose abortion for reasons of faith, humanity, and commonsense just how deeply they are hated by the nation’s elites. By using the body-parts of infants to concoct their vaccine, the medial elites intentionally sought to make people choose between their strongest beliefs and access to the vaccine for themselves and their family. Most American opponents of abortion have been long since abandoned by numerous Catholic and Protestant clergymen and bishops — Catholics also have an anti-U.S., globalist/socialist shill as Pope — and so can expect no truthful guidance or support from them on this issue. No matter. The many millions of anti-abortion citizens will stand their ground, and will not seek safety for themselves at the cost of murdering infants, and, for the religious, their chance to accept the Lord’s promise of an eternal after-life. COVID-19 may take down an independent news outletNobody said running a media site would be easy. We could use some help keeping this site afloat.Colleagues have called me the worst fundraiser ever. My skills are squarely rooted on the journalistic side of running a news outlet. Paying the bills has never been my forte, but we’ve survived. We have ads on the site that help, but since the site’s inception this has been a labor of love that otherwise doesn’t bring in the level of revenue necessary to justify it. When I left a nice, corporate career in 2017, I did so knowing I wouldn’t make nearly as much money. But what we do at NOQ Report to deliver the truth and fight the progressive mainstream media narrative that has plagued this nation is too important for me to sacrifice it for the sake of wealth. We know we’ll never make a ton of money this way, and we’re okay with that. Things have become harder with the coronavirus lockdowns. Both ad money and donations that have kept us afloat for a while have dropped dramatically. We thought we could weather the storm, but the so-called “surge” or “2nd-wave” that mainstream media and Democrats are pushing has put our prospects in jeopardy. In short, we are now in desperate need of financial assistance. The best way NOQ Report readers can help is to donate. Our Giving Fuel page makes it easy to donate one-time or monthly. Alternatively, you can donate through PayPal as well. We need approximately $11,500 to stay afloat for the rest of 2020, but more would be wonderful and any amount that brings us closer to our goal is greatly appreciated. The second way to help is to become a partner. We’ve strongly considered seeking angel investors in the past but because we were paying the bills, it didn’t seem necessary. Now, we’re struggling to pay the bills. This shouldn’t be the case as our traffic the last year has been going up dramatically. June, 2018, we had 11,678 visitors. A year later in June, 2019, we were up to 116,194. In June, 2020, we had 614,192. 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| Now that we know the left is the party of election fraud, what do we do about it?
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 02:54 PM PST The time has arrived for all of us to consider the hard realization that we have reached the end of the line with our comrades on the national socialist left. As a student of history, it is always notable that the people caught up in these events usually do not understand their significance. Granted, most see these as ‘interesting times’ but perhaps for the wrong reasons. We don’t take notice of the historic turning points because we can’t see the big picture in a forest of small events. Two separate questions the left keeps intertwined for no reason: What happened? What do we do about it?Those who would exploit a scheme like election theft strive to keep these two concepts bound tightly together like a fasces, the collectivist of the symbology of fascism. The obvious reason for this is so that it makes it easier to perpetrate these crimes against civilized society. Closely tying these together short circuits any discussions of election fraud or theft because it’s perpetrators keep connected to any remedy. Thus the response of taking it to the courts or some variation to any assertions on election theft. Anyone who has been on social media for the past month has seen a variation of this leftist tactic, they all use it across the board for a reason. But these are two different issues despite the protestations by the left. Evidence of election fraud is evidence of election fraud, no matter its legal disposition. The cynical tactic of tying these questions together only serves to reward those who engage in election fraud, resulting in a breakdown in civil society. In the end, the people lose faith in the system and the result is one-party rule. The other dodge is of course the ‘widespread’ or ‘conspiracy’ canards. The first is undefined and we’re seen from the evidence that it never has to be ‘widespread’. Neither does it have to be a conspiracy, the prime example being the infamous Georgia election fraud video, whereby it only took a handful of people to massively change the results – on camera and in full view of everyone. The nation’s socialist left knew it could not win a free and fair election.Let’s just come out and state what just happened. The nation’s socialist left knew they couldn’t win with their woefully inferior base ideology. They knew they didn’t have a better candidate. But they did know they had their comrades in the national socialist media and they dominate social media. So, it was just a matter of exploiting these advantages to win the election ‘by any means necessary’, and when the left makes statements like that, everyone would be advised to listen to them. Thus, they had to have a massive effort to cheat. All of the news stories beforehand, all of the censorship shenanigans, all of the statistical anomalies, and all of the evidence shows this was the case. This also meant that it couldn’t be hidden away too well and that the best they could do is keep it obscure enough to maintain a sense of plausible deniability – at least among themselves. Different groups of Democrats around the country were working off a set of beliefs, changing the results by many different means. This meant they could play the game of saying ‘there is no evidence of election fraud’, move the goal post to ‘there is no evidence of widespread election fraud’, or move the goal post to ‘there is no evidence of widespread election fraud that would have changed the results’… One final note on an oddity with the infamous Georgia election fraud video.It wasn’t just that the pro-liberty media extensively reported on this bombshell video, that was summarily ignored by the national socialist media. It wasn’t just that the attempted ‘debunking’ of the video was woefully inadequate, with all manner of contradictions that served to maintain it’s veracity. Something was striking about the brightly colored shirts the perpetrators were wearing that stood out, starting with the iconic image of the man in a red shirt dragging out a container of ballots from under that infamous table. Now, perhaps this was just random chance, or it could be a way of standing out in the video. The cameras can be clearly seen in other videos of the room such as those seen on Report: Georgia governor wants answers over what’s being called ballot fraud “smoking gun” so they should have known they were there. Consider the possibility that it wasn’t just random chance, that those people wanted to stand out in the video. Knowing the odds are that nothing would be done about it since most people would rather not think the worst of them. We started this dissertation, detaching the two questions incessantly entangled by the left:
Those shirts might have been their way of visually inciting the rest of us, making it clear what was happening, trying to provoke a response. We all know what happened, we should all know what will happen if we do nothing. Thus we are back to where we started: What do we do about it? COVID-19 may take down an independent news outletNobody said running a media site would be easy. We could use some help keeping this site afloat.Colleagues have called me the worst fundraiser ever. My skills are squarely rooted on the journalistic side of running a news outlet. Paying the bills has never been my forte, but we’ve survived. We have ads on the site that help, but since the site’s inception this has been a labor of love that otherwise doesn’t bring in the level of revenue necessary to justify it. When I left a nice, corporate career in 2017, I did so knowing I wouldn’t make nearly as much money. But what we do at NOQ Report to deliver the truth and fight the progressive mainstream media narrative that has plagued this nation is too important for me to sacrifice it for the sake of wealth. We know we’ll never make a ton of money this way, and we’re okay with that. Things have become harder with the coronavirus lockdowns. Both ad money and donations that have kept us afloat for a while have dropped dramatically. We thought we could weather the storm, but the so-called “surge” or “2nd-wave” that mainstream media and Democrats are pushing has put our prospects in jeopardy. In short, we are now in desperate need of financial assistance. The best way NOQ Report readers can help is to donate. Our Giving Fuel page makes it easy to donate one-time or monthly. Alternatively, you can donate through PayPal as well. We need approximately $11,500 to stay afloat for the rest of 2020, but more would be wonderful and any amount that brings us closer to our goal is greatly appreciated. The second way to help is to become a partner. We’ve strongly considered seeking angel investors in the past but because we were paying the bills, it didn’t seem necessary. Now, we’re struggling to pay the bills. This shouldn’t be the case as our traffic the last year has been going up dramatically. June, 2018, we had 11,678 visitors. A year later in June, 2019, we were up to 116,194. In June, 2020, we had 614,192. We’re heading in the right direction and we believe we’re ready talk to patriotic investors who want to not only “get in on the action” but more importantly who want to help America hear the truth. Interested investors should contact me directly with the contact button above. Election year or not, coronavirus lockdowns or not, anarchic riots or not, the need for truthful journalism endures. But in these times, we need as many conservative media voices as possible. Please help keep NOQ Report going.
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| Chinese money launderer called James Biden after FBI arrest, was trying to reach Hunter
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 02:48 PM PST With Politico reporting on Wednesday that Hunter Biden’s criminal investigation covers potential money laundering, and CNN‘s Simon Prokupecz reporting that the feds are looking into a 2017 gift to Hunter from CEFC China Energy Co. founder Ye Jianming – a 2.8-carat diamond, let’s revisit a prime example of what one Chinese professor described as ‘friends in high places‘ within the Democratic party. Article originally published at Zero Hedge. In November, 2017, Joe Biden’s brother James received a surprise call on his cellphone from Patrick Ho, Ye Jianming’s lieutenant who was arrested by the FBI (and is now serving a 36-month sentence for bribery and money laundering), according to a December, 2018 report by the New York Times. According to James, the call was meant for Hunter.
Emails obtained from Hunter’s laptop, reported in October by the New York Post and called Russian disinformation by the MSM after they could no longer ignore the bombshell, suggested that the Bidens were involved in a joint venture with CEFC to create a new corporation which would be headed up by former Biden business partner, Tony Bobulinski – who has corroborated the emails after turning whistleblower just before the 2020 election. According to evidence found on Hunter’s laptop, Joe Biden may have been assigned a 10% ownership stake, which Bobulinski said was concealed through brother’s James’ interest. In July of 2019, Hunter confessed to the New Yorker that he had accepted the 2.8 carat diamond worth at least ten thousand dollars, which he insisted wasn’t a bribe – before admitting that he and his father Joe had in fact discussed his business dealings.
Indeed – why then would Patrick Ho be trying to reach Hunter in 2017 when his dad wasn’t in office? Perhaps the Bidens’ Chinese associates knew all about Joe’s plan to run in 2020 and thought the former Vice President’s family might still have some pull within the DOJ? Whatever the case, it didn’t work – as Ho is currently sitting in a prison cell and Hunter is under criminal investigation for money laundering and tax evasion. COVID-19 may take down an independent news outletNobody said running a media site would be easy. We could use some help keeping this site afloat.Colleagues have called me the worst fundraiser ever. My skills are squarely rooted on the journalistic side of running a news outlet. Paying the bills has never been my forte, but we’ve survived. We have ads on the site that help, but since the site’s inception this has been a labor of love that otherwise doesn’t bring in the level of revenue necessary to justify it. When I left a nice, corporate career in 2017, I did so knowing I wouldn’t make nearly as much money. But what we do at NOQ Report to deliver the truth and fight the progressive mainstream media narrative that has plagued this nation is too important for me to sacrifice it for the sake of wealth. We know we’ll never make a ton of money this way, and we’re okay with that. Things have become harder with the coronavirus lockdowns. Both ad money and donations that have kept us afloat for a while have dropped dramatically. We thought we could weather the storm, but the so-called “surge” or “2nd-wave” that mainstream media and Democrats are pushing has put our prospects in jeopardy. In short, we are now in desperate need of financial assistance. The best way NOQ Report readers can help is to donate. Our Giving Fuel page makes it easy to donate one-time or monthly. Alternatively, you can donate through PayPal as well. We need approximately $11,500 to stay afloat for the rest of 2020, but more would be wonderful and any amount that brings us closer to our goal is greatly appreciated. The second way to help is to become a partner. We’ve strongly considered seeking angel investors in the past but because we were paying the bills, it didn’t seem necessary. Now, we’re struggling to pay the bills. This shouldn’t be the case as our traffic the last year has been going up dramatically. June, 2018, we had 11,678 visitors. A year later in June, 2019, we were up to 116,194. In June, 2020, we had 614,192. We’re heading in the right direction and we believe we’re ready talk to patriotic investors who want to not only “get in on the action” but more importantly who want to help America hear the truth. Interested investors should contact me directly with the contact button above. Election year or not, coronavirus lockdowns or not, anarchic riots or not, the need for truthful journalism endures. But in these times, we need as many conservative media voices as possible. Please help keep NOQ Report going.
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- Democrat Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Introduces Born-Alive Bill in US House
- States Join Texas Suit, Hunter On The Hot Seat, Swalwell’s Strange Answer
- Every Citizen Should Have A Voter Id Card
- Trump Does it Again, Peace Breaks out Between Israel and Neighbors
- Operation Warped Deeds
- The Racist Agenda Behind Anti-Race Training
- Social Media Censorship
- “Americans Cannot Afford To Wait” for Targeted COVID-19 Relief
- Two Conspiracies Unearthed
- Multiple States Throw Support Behind Texas’ Election Lawsuit Against GA, WI, MI, PA
- Lockdowns, Mask Mandates, Civil Disobedience … & More
- The Next 7 Days Will Decide Everything
- How to Steal an Entire Country
- When No One Is Watching
| Democrat Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Introduces Born-Alive Bill in US House
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 11:44 PM PST Tulsi Gabbard’s bill wants ‘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.’
by Doug Mainwaring: A Democratic congresswoman has introduced a “born-alive” bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, attempting to protect babies born after a failed abortion attempt. Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who was a contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, has offered H.R. 8923, which aims to amend Title 18 of the United States 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.” The legislation has been referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Although at times Gabbard has held a 100 percent pro-abortion voting record, during one of last year’s Democratic Presidential debates she at least took a stand against late-term abortion amid her virulently pro-abortion-until-birth fellow presidential hopefuls, including Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. The Hill reported at the time: Soon after announcing her presidential bid, various liberals attacked her progressive credentials over her past involvement in her father’s Alliance for Traditional Marriage, and her opposition to same-sex “marriage” and civil unions as recently as 2004. She apologized for her prior conservative position in 2012, the same year former President Barack Obama dropped his formal opposition to same-sex “marriage.” LifeSiteNews has reached out to Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for comment. This story will be updated as more information becomes available. To offer support to Rep. Gabbard for introducing legislation to protect children born alive during failed abortion attempts, contact her office and leave a message:
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| States Join Texas Suit, Hunter On The Hot Seat, Swalwell’s Strange Answer
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 11:00 PM PST
by Gary Bauer: States Join Texas Suit The states supporting Texas at the Supreme Court are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia. Congratulations to their courageous attorneys general. In their supporting brief, filed by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, these states allege that “non-legislative actors . . . unconstitutionally abolished or diluted statutory safeguards against fraud enacted by their state Legislatures, in violation of the Presidential Electors Clause,” and that these actions “predictably conferred partisan advantage on one candidate in the Presidential election.” In announcing his brief, Schmitt declared, “The integrity of our elections is of critical importance to maintaining our republic, both today and in future elections.” I couldn’t agree more. In addition to this brief, 27 House Republicans are calling on Attorney General William Barr to appoint a special counsel to investigate the irregularities in the 2020 election. Hunter On The Hot Seat When President Trump brought up Hunter’s foreign connections during one of the debates, Joe Biden dismissed it as Russian disinformation, a bald-faced lie. All the commentators on CNN, MSNBC and the mainstream media networks refused to even address the charges, claiming that there was no basis for questioning Hunter’s foreign work and his integrity. Well, they were wrong. Yesterday Hunter Biden was forced to admit that he is indeed under investigation by federal officials and has been since 2018. That’s not surprising given that several of his former business associates have already been convicted. (Here and here.) Tony Bobulinski, one of Hunter’s business partners, came forward to publicly disclose what he knew about the Biden family’s ties to China. But virtually no media outlets would talk to him. We reported weeks ago that there was an active criminal investigation involving Hunter Biden’s business dealings. But Americans who get their news from the “mainstream media” never knew that because the media refused to talk about it. The media’s censorship was a big part of the left’s effort to steal this election. So, there are lots of interesting questions now. If you needed another reason to insist on a full investigation of election fraud, here it is. Has the Biden family been compromised by communist China? And if Joe Biden is allowed to take office, does anyone think the investigation of his son will be allowed to continue? By the way, Hunter is not the only Biden under investigation. Joe’s brother, James Biden, is also facing a criminal investigation. Swalwell’s Strange Answer I’m sure Bill Clinton must be frustrated for not having thought of that answer for his fouling of the Oval Office with Monica Lewinsky! No doubt many of you may be wondering how your liberal friends are reacting to the Swalwell story. Well, you probably need to tell them about it because the fake news media are not reporting it. Apparently, a U.S. congressman being compromised by a communist spy is not newsworthy. The “mainstream” networks completely ignored it, while CNN gave it about three minutes. Speaking on Sean Hannity’s show last night, former Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell said, “I can tell you without giving away too much intelligence [the Swalwell story] is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the leverage that China is putting on our politicians. There are many, many more.” It’s not surprising that the communist Chinese targeted Swalwell. He has what Shakespeare called that “lean and hungry look.” He was tapped early on as a rising star on the left. And like so many progressives, he always assumes America is at fault, while frequently making excuses for communist China. When President Trump raised concerns about communist China, the left and its media allies immediately accused Trump of following the Russian playbook by attempting to smear progressives by linking them to China. But it’s the exact opposite of what we have been told. Leftists in Congress, like Swalwell, and in the media who have been harping on Russian collusion have been following the Chinese communist playbook. They have tried to protect China by going after Donald Trump and conservatives who are tough on communist China by accusing conservatives of doing the work of Russia! She’s Back! That’s the same position I held under President Ronald Reagan. It makes me sick to think a person of such low character could sit in the same office I sat in when I was advising one of our greatest presidents. Coincidentally, President Trump invited Carol and me to one of the White House Christmas parties last week. After we arrived, Carol snapped this photo of me under the portrait of my old boss. b style=”color: #666666;”>Happy Chanukah Carol and I extend our warmest wishes to all our Jewish friends and supporters. As an evangelical Christian, I have tremendous respect and admiration for the Jewish faith and the state of Israel. As the celebration of the miracle of lights begins tonight, I promise to continue to fight against the darkness of anti-Semitism and to work for the safety and security of America’s friend and ally Israel. Tags: Gary Bauer, Campaign for Working Families, States Join Texas Suit, Hunter On The Hot Seat, Swalwell’s Strange AnswerTo share or post to your site, click on “Post Link”. Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service and “Like” Facebook Page – Thanks! |
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| Every Citizen Should Have A Voter Id Card
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 10:29 PM PST
by Marvin L. Covault, Lt General, US Army retired: I have been thinking a lot about how to have honest presidential elections. A recent blog, WE NEED A NEW LAW FOR NATIONAL ELECTIONS 20 November, 2020, provided a solution in the form of new federal law. In case you missed it, the essence of the proposal is as follows: There will be only two authorized election possibilities; in-person and absentee ballot requested by the voter. The election period will be the first Saturday, Sunday and Monday (a national election holiday) in November. The presidential candidates will be on a separate ballot. When finished filling out the ballot the voter will hand that ballot to a 3-person counting team where the ballot will be immediately numbered, initialed by the three team members and a tally of who the vote was for recorded. That will take about 15 seconds at which time the ballot will be placed in a storage box. When the box is full it will be sealed, numbered, signed and placed in a locked limited-access secure room. There will be a time-stamped chain of custody for every ballot, in-person or absentee. This is easy and doable. I followed that on 30 November with a blog, CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM. The key point of that blog was to point out that the 2020 campaigns spent about $14 billion with out-of-control spending by Super PACs and billionaires. Under the new federal law campaign financing for all federal candidates will consist of one, and only one, source. The source is the voter who is geographically associated with the candidate. The proposed new federal law would limit campaign contributions to $1000 per person per candidate in their state. Scrupulous records would be required by every candidate matching money contributed and money spent. It is all about accountability by the contributors and the candidates. In that blog I recommended tracking the contributions with an individual’s social security number. Using SSN is doable but I have determined there is an even better way; individual Voter ID numbers. Thus, this blog, EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD HAVE A VOTER ID CARD. I believe we can make the voting process even more simple and free of fraudulent activities with a new federal law requiring Voter ID Cards. Think of it as a picture ID (like your driver’s license) with a “swipe” capability (like your credit card) that will display on a screen all of the times the Voter ID Card has been “used”. We need a federal law to make Voter ID Cards happen. The intent of the Voter ID Card Law is to positively identify a voter at a voting site with a current photo, a valid state Voter ID number, current address and a history of voter activity. Under this federal law everyone who is eligible to vote must have a Voter ID Card in order to perform in-person voting or to apply for an absentee ballot, the only two voting methods that would be authorized. The Voter ID Card will be obtained from a State Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) facility and it will expire simultaneously with the expiration of your driver’s license. Both can be renewed at the same time. The Voter ID Card will be the same size and quality as today’s driver’s license. The Voter ID card will present a photo, full name, date of birth, address, sex, eye color, height, hair color, expiration date and, most importantly, an individual Voter ID 10-digit number beginning with the two-letter state abbreviation such as TX-456-789-3322. In order to obtain a Voter ID Card, you must be 18 years of age and present: A valid passport or birth certificate proving identity and date of birth. One document confirming full name and Social Security Number. Two documents with a current physical address proving state’s residency. The State DMV will immediately provide the State Election Headquarters with all Voter ID Card data. When a voter presents their Voter ID Card at the voting site, the voter administrative assistant will swipe the Voter ID Card and ascertain if that particular Voter ID Card number has already been used during the current election period. If not, the assistant will print out an individual ballot which has the voter’s full name, address and Voter ID Card number printed on the ballot. In the presence of the voting assistant, the voter will sign the ballot acknowledging that the data is correct. Fraudulently signing a ballot will be a federal offense. Once the voter has filled out the ballot and it has been read by the vote tabulating machine, any subsequent ballots presented with that Voter ID number will be automatically rejected. Those who are physically unable to travel to a DMV processing site may sign a sworn affidavit requesting that another person assist in getting them a Voter ID Card. Across America the states’ voter registration rolls are terribly maintained and highly inaccurate. The Voter ID Card system will solve those problems and be self-policing. That is, when a Voter ID Card hits the expiration date the software will automatically delete that voter ID number from the system. Furthermore, when a voter gets a new card or renews an expired one, the system will automatically add the voter to the registration rolls. So what? The so what is that we will no longer have dead people voting. One method of voter fraud struck down. Ballot stuffing: Casting illegal votes or submitting more than one ballot per voter. That cannot be done with this system because eve ry ballot must have a Voter ID number on it and that number can only be used once during an election cycle. Voter registration fraud: Filling out and submitting a voter registration card for a fictional person, or filling out a voter registration card with the name of a real person but without that person’s consent and forging his or her signature on the card. None of that can happen with the Voter ID Card system in place because of the voter identification requirements at the DMV site. Voter impersonation: A person claims to be someone else when casting a vote. The Voter ID Card prevents all of that activity. Fraud by election officials: Manipulation of ballots by officials administering the election, such as tossing out ballots or casting ballots in voters’ names. Each ballot will have a valid Voter ID number on it. If not, the system will not accept it. If it does have a valid number, the system will only accept it once. Another fraud problem solved. Absentee ballot vote fraud: A person attempts to fill out and turn in an absentee ballot containing false information. The Voter ID Card will not allow this because an absentee ballot application must contain a valid Voter ID Card number. The only way absentee ballot fraud can exist is if a registered voter has their Voter ID Card stolen; an insignificant number. With respect to campaign contributions, the change is simple. Every eligible voter who wishes to make a campaign contribution will need to have a Voter ID Card because under the new federal law, the contribution cannot be accepted by the candidate without a Voter ID number. And that ID number will be the key to auditing a candidate’s contributions. Bottom line: 1. We have seen the videos of ballot counting rooms with dozens of people milling about, workers carrying stacks of loose ballots, tables piled high with hundreds of ballots and workers taking ballots from one stack and placing it on another stack. Zero ballot security. Under the new proposed federal election law, the voter will relinquish a completed ballot into the hands of a 3-person counting team and literally within seconds that ballot will be numbered, time-date stamped, initialed by each team member, the vote tallied to the correct candidate and the ballot secured in a storage box. Seconds, not hours or days. 2. Under the new federal Campaign Finance Reform law, throughout the campaign, auditors will be active in every state. Candidates running for US House and Senate seats and for President must keep scrupulous records and be able to match contributions totals with campaign expenditures and prove that no voter has contributed more than $1000 to their campaign. The Voter ID # is the key to making this work. 3. Voting is a civic responsibility. We value our freedoms: freedom of speech, religion, bearing arms, assembly, etc. But freedom is not free. We all need to play a role. Voter apathy is rampant and disgusting. In the 2016 election an estimated 100 million eligible voters did not vote. In the 2020 election a record number of Americans voted but still an estimated 80 million did not. With this Voter ID Card law in place, the Department of Education should initiate an on-going national campaign to get every high school in the country involved in voter registration. Most high school graduates are age 18. Every high school should have a program that encourages every student who turns 18 to immediately get a Voter ID Card. Encourage them to participate in elections beginning with the first election following their eligibility and make it a life-time civic duty response. A note to subscribers: There are four imperatives to getting our national elections under control. Part One was: WE NEED A NEW LAW FOR NATIONAL ELECTIONS . . . Part Two was: CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM, . . . This is Part Three: EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD HAVE A VOTER ID CARD. Coming soon, Part Four: CHANGE THE WAY WE CONDUCT PRIMARY ELECTIONS. If you agree with any of these proposals, I encourage you to contact your US Representative and Senators. Thank you. Tags: Marvin Covault, Lt.Gen, Every Citizen Should Have A Voter Id CardTo share or post to your site, click on “Post Link”. Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service and “Like” Facebook Page – Thanks! |
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| Trump Does it Again, Peace Breaks out Between Israel and Neighbors
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 09:57 PM PST
by Rick Manning: Issued the following statement praising President Donald Trump and his administration for achieving a fourth peace agreement with Israel, this time with Morocco, effectively normalizing relations between the two countries: “Donald Trump continues to prove to be the greatest peace President in modern American history, as he has just announced a fourth peace deal between Israel and Morocco. The prior peace and normalization agreements with United Arab Emirates, Sudan and Bahrain and Israel set the stage for the opportunity of a generation to put finally the Middle East at peace. Of course, this requires that whoever is President on Jan. 20, 2021 doesn’t fumble the ball by throwing the United States back into the arms of the Ayatollahs in Iran. “It is incumbent upon Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who has a long history of supporting Israel, to demand that a potential Biden administration move forward with a winning peace process rather than gazing back longingly to their failed policies of the past. No matter the outcome of various election disputes, today’s announcement demonstrates that Donald Trump continues to be the most consequential President this century. It would be a shame if his peace legacy was abandoned by a China-bowing Biden stuck in the 1990s foreign policy establishment construct.” Rick Manning is President of Limited Government. Tags: Trump Does it Again, Peace Breaks out, Between Israel and Neighbors, Rick manning, Americans for Limited GovernementTo share or post to your site, click on “Post Link”. Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service and “Like” Facebook Page – Thanks! |
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| Operation Warped Deeds
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 09:35 PM PST Biden Would like to be the one accredited for the fast-tracked COVID vaccine but this was all Trump’s policies.
Editorial Cartoon by AF “Tony” Branco Tags: AF Branco, editorial cartoon, Operation Warped Deeds, Biden, Trump, Covid vaccineTo share or post to your site, click on “Post Link”. Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service and “Like” Facebook Page – Thanks! |
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| The Racist Agenda Behind Anti-Race Training
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 09:19 PM PST “If you’re white, you’re racist,” they say. It doesn’t get any more racist than that.
And while the district is promoting this racist drivel, the real scandal occurring here gets obscured — as in the reality that only 47% of San Diego Unified students reach proficiency in reading and math. What to do? In September, the same district unanimously voted to eliminate what it characterized as “non-academic factors” from student grades “partly to address racial and other disparities in current grading practices,” the San Diego Union reports. When one gets beyond the double-talk? As the paper explains, students “will no longer be docked in their academic grades for turning work in late or other factors related to work habits,” and “academic grades will only be about showing progress toward ‘mastery of standards,’ rather than rewarding students for completing a certain quantity of work.” The district is also exploring “offering ‘credit/no credit’ grades to students with extenuating circumstances.” In short, rather than addressing the black-white achievement gap that has existed in public schools for 50 years, objective standards will be eliminated. This is no accident, because an honest discussion about it would require America to address what columnist Heather Mac Donald refers to as “bias fallacy” whereby disparate outcomes in education and employment are automatically deemed racist, rather than a reflection of the skills gap. A skills gap that is largely a reflection of behavior. And again, a lack of courage is the culprit. As Mac Donald explains, one is not supposed to point out that “one-third of all black males have a felony conviction,” that many “embrace a street culture of guns, drugs, and impulsivity,” or that the out-of-wedlock birthrate in the black community is 69%. “As long as data on the skills and behavior gap remain available, it is possible to challenge the myth of bias, at least in theory,” she states. “So those facts must themselves be canceled, as well as anyone who publicizes them.” Mac Donald also reminds us how insidious this effort has become. “The National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington declared this past summer that rationality, the two-parent family, punctuality, self-control, and being polite were ‘white’ traits,” she adds. Do Americans really want to live in a nation where “meritocracy” and “racism” are becoming interchangeable terms? In the San Diego Unified School District the answer is apparently yes, and so-called “honest conversations about race with grace” are nowhere to be found. During a guest lecture at Boston University in 2019, one of the district’s aforementioned trainers, University of Washington professor Robin DiAngelo, who authored the book White Fragility, told the audience that a “dangerous white person” is one who views people as individuals rather than judging them by skin color. The other aforementioned trainer, Boston University professor Ibram Kendi, asserted that white people who adopt black children are “colonizers” attempting to influence “savage” children in “superior” ways “while using them as props in their lifelong pictures of denial.” Both of these racial arsonists are paid handsomely for their efforts. DiAngelo gets paid thousands of dollars per hour for her university lectures, and Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research launched by Kendi received a $10 million donation from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. What will it take to stop this nonsense from continuing? Courage. Courage in the form of an anti-discrimination lawsuit filed by someone coerced or required to attend these racist indoctrination sessions, based on the 1964 Civil Rights Act that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Let’s see if “white privilege” — which is nothing more than insisting someone is automatically racist based solely on the color of one’s skin — holds up in court. Tags: Arnold Ahlert, The Patriot Post, The Racist Agenda, Behind, Anti-Race TrainingTo share or post to your site, click on “Post Link”. Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service and “Like” Facebook Page – Thanks! |
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| Social Media Censorship
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 08:42 PM PST
He talks about a Facebook post about World War II that was appended with the “false information” tag. His comment was about the impact of gun control policies in Germany and how that could have led to the Holocaust. He had these relevant comments about the fact-checking on Facebook. First, is the “touchingly naïve idea that a complex question, over which historians continue to argue, could be stamped true or false as though it were a fact you’d simply been too lazy to look up.” This fact-check label was placed on a Yale graduate who has written for the Wall Street Journal, Weekly Standard, and National Review on numerous topics including military history. Second, is the problem that the “fact-checking article is full of factual errors. But that’s not surprising when such articles are generally written by a twenty-something journalism school graduate who became an expert in World War II that afternoon after her supervisor told her to research a meme on the Internet.” His experience parallels what so many other people have found. Often the fact-checker knows less about the subject than the person who posted the comment on social media. John Stossel recently documented that his YouTube video was slapped with a false label because the fact-checking group didn’t like one of the experts he interviewed. The biggest problem with all of this is “that Facebook had decided that this question—remote and unimportant as it might be in our daily lives—was not something you should be allowed to think about.” We aren’t talking about quack medicine or false information that could affect an election. The fact-checkers are going after any post they don’t like. This is censorship greater than any of us would have imagined. Tags: Kerby Anderson, Social Media Censorship To share or post to your site, click on “Post Link”. Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service and “Like” Facebook Page – Thanks! |
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| “Americans Cannot Afford To Wait” for Targeted COVID-19 Relief
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 08:29 PM PST Our Democratic colleagues have not even let us pass non-controversial money to invest in vaccine distribution. Not unless the two parties settle a whole list of issues that are controversial the way they want. I hope our colleagues let Congress deliver more help soon.’
“Here’s what one litigator told one reporter a couple days ago: These lawsuits are, quote, ‘pretty common these days. I have seen 10 like this over the past 30 days.’ “The American Council on Education told Congress in May that colleges and universities need temporary but strong legal protections. Our Democratic colleagues want to pretend they are bravely fighting big corporations, but they’re really bullying small-business owners and college presidents, who’ve been pleading for these protections for months. “Our Democratic colleagues have not even let us pass non-controversial money to invest in vaccine distribution. Not unless the two parties settle a whole list of issues that are controversial the way they want. “I hope our colleagues let Congress deliver more help soon. A lot of Americans cannot afford to wait.” Tags: U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Senate Democrats, COVID-19, Jobs, Small BusinessTo share or post to your site, click on “Post Link”. Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service and “Like” Facebook Page – Thanks! |
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| Two Conspiracies Unearthed
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 08:11 PM PST
The first is that the “People’s Republic” of China guided American policy for decades using “old friends” who had “penetrated the highest levels of the U.S. government and financial institutions before the Trump administration.” Bill Gerz, writing in The Washington Times, reported that “Di Dongsheng, a professor and associate dean of the School of International Studies at Renmin University in Beijing, also suggested in a Nov. 28 speech that China’s Communist Party helped Hunter Biden, a son of presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden, obtain Chinese business deals.” These remarks were posted as a video on the professor’s Weibo account (think “Chinese Facebook”). Though quickly removed, copies went viral. The second story? “Did Donald Trump Nearly Confirm Existence of Aliens? Israeli Ex-Space Chief Makes Bizarre Claim,” by Jeffrey Martin, writing at Newsweek. “Professor Haim Eshed, who served as the head of Israel’s space program from 1981 to 2010 spoke to the Hebrew newspaper Yediot Aharonot on Sunday. On Tuesday, the Jerusalem Post published some of Eshed’s quotes in English and they contained the most incredible claims made about Trump, who has long [been] the center of conspiracy theories—some of which he has actively encouraged.” Eshed claims that both the U.S. and Israel have had contact with extraterrestrial civilizations (a “Galactic Federation,” no less) and that President Trump was about to go full-on Full Disclosure but — somehow — the aliens stopped him. Quite a yarn, not unfamiliar to science fiction readers and moviegoers. But note: quite a few de-classified Pentagon, FBI and CIA documents suggest something very much like this. And in the last few years we’ve covered the U.S. Government’s trickling admissions that the UFO phenomenon is not all fakery, but real and odd. Both stories hail from professors with close ties to foreign governments. Both point to actual conspiracies. Both present “epistemic” problems for us: they are neither easily proved or disproved. Both, also, are too eerily plausible. This is Common Sense. I’m Paul Jacob. Tags: Paul Jacob, Common Sense, Two Conspiracies UnearthedTo share or post to your site, click on “Post Link”. Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service and “Like” Facebook Page – Thanks! |
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| Multiple States Throw Support Behind Texas’ Election Lawsuit Against GA, WI, MI, PA
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 07:53 PM PST
by Ryan Saavedra: Multiple states have thrown their support behind a Texas election lawsuit against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin at the United States Supreme Court which alleges that those four states exploited “the COVID-19 pandemic to justify ignoring federal and state election laws and unlawfully enacting last-minute changes, thus skewing the results of the 2020 General Election.” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit late on Monday night, arguing that “Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin destroyed that trust and compromised the security and integrity of the 2020 election.” “The states violated statutes enacted by their duly elected legislatures, thereby violating the Constitution,” Paxton continued. “By ignoring both state and federal law, these states have not only tainted the integrity of their own citizens’ vote, but of Texas and every other state that held lawful elections. Their failure to abide by the rule of law casts a dark shadow of doubt over the outcome of the entire election. We now ask that the Supreme Court step in to correct this egregious error.” Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced late on Monday that his state would back Texas’ lawsuit at the Supreme Court. “Election integrity is central to our republic,” Schmitt wrote on Twitter. “And I will defend it at every turn. As I have in other cases — I will help lead the effort in support of Texas’ #SCOTUS filing today. Missouri is in the fight.” Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry released a statement calling for the Supreme Court to consider the case brought by Texas. “Only the U.S. Supreme Court can ultimately decide cases of real controversy among the states under our Constitution. That is why the Justices should hear and decide the case which we have joined representing the citizens of Louisiana,” Landry said. “Furthermore, the U.S. Supreme Court should consider the most recent Texas motion, which contains some of the same arguments. Louisiana citizens are damaged if elections in other states were conducted outside the confines of the Constitution while we obeyed the rules.” Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said in a statement that he expects the Supreme Court to “act quickly in deciding whether to grant the State of Texas’s request.” “That decision will instruct me as to how the State of Alabama will proceed in our fight to ensure election integrity,” the statement continued. “The unconstitutional actions and fraudulent votes in other states not only affect the citizens of those states, they affect the citizens of all states — of the entire United States. Every unlawful vote counted, or lawful vote uncounted, debases and dilutes citizens’ free exercise of the franchise. The State of Alabama will continue to pursue any legal remedy available to protect her people from such disenfranchisement. Both our rights and our republic demand it.” Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said that after reviewing Texas’ lawsuit: “I have determined that I will support the motion by the State of Texas in all legally appropriate manners.” Tags: Ryan Saavedra, Daily Wire, Conservative Review, Multiple States, Throw Support, Behind Texas, Election Lawsuit, Against, GA, WI, MI, PATo share or post to your site, click on “Post Link”. Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service and “Like” Facebook Page – Thanks! |
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| Lockdowns, Mask Mandates, Civil Disobedience … & More
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 07:30 PM PST
The Virus:
Lockdowns and the Rule of Law — American Institute for Economic ResearchCOVID, global warming: Look out when the power-mad left takes a temperature — Climate DepotBiden Annouces He Will Sign ‘Executive Order to Require Masks Everywhere’ He Can — Legal InsurrectionIt’s Time For Mass Civil Disobedience Against Lawless Lockdown Orders — The Federalist‘I’m Not Sure We Know What We’re Doing,’ Says a Newly Skeptical California Lockdown Advocate — ReasonSo, when will the Health Dictators shut down the highways? — RicochetMisc: Even The Left Has to Admit Trump Had Real Successes on the Economy — Daily Beast It’s Time To Take a Stand for Free Speech — Manhattan Contrarian California’s Energy Fantasies — Steven Hayward, Power Line Could North America have been settled more peacefully, with fewer property rights violations against Native Americans? — Marginal Revolution Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler: Police Are Authorized To End The ‘Red House Autonomous Zone’ — Hot Air The Bee: Security Concerns Raised As Eric Swalwell’s Girlfriend Revealed To Be President Xi In A Wig Newsom Issues Double Stay-at-Home Order Where You Have To Stay In A Smaller House Inside Your Original House Tags: I & I Editorial Board, Lockdowns, Mask Mandates, Civil Disobedience, MoreTo share or post to your site, click on “Post Link”. Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service and “Like” Facebook Page – Thanks! |
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| The Next 7 Days Will Decide Everything
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 06:33 PM PST If you knew the fate of generations of Americans would be decided in 7 days, or less, what would you do? What “important” things would you put aside, in order for you to do your duty? If you knew with absolute certainty that a new Declaration of Independence was only 168 hours away, what would you tell America?Well, it is true. The next 7 days will change America forever. Yes, prayer is vital. We must pray. But we cannot stop there.Yes, we must believe God’s true prophets and their prophecies—but we must do more. A lot more.This is no time for harmless worship gatherings that skirt the issue and do not sound the trumpet for action! We need to shake off falsehood!The coalition of Marxist Socialists on the Left has learned to how to be rude. We must learn to be forceful. The Left has learned to lie, and lie loudly. We must tell the truth forcefully. The Left has cheated and flouted the law. We must vigorously enforce the law. The Left has stolen the national microphone. Let’s drown it out, with the roar of heaven! Satan has seduced leaders in our ranks who say we ‘look unloving’ when we oppose evil. They discourage the kind of action this moment demands. But what can be more loving than to save our freedoms for our children? What can be more loving that to expose the corruption and lies of the Left?We have been too polite when dealing with false Republicans. We have been too patient toward cowardly Christian leaders. Do not wait for them to come to their senses. If you do, it will be too late.This is the one and only week in the life of the over 80 million people who had their votes stolen, and overruled, to make some serious noise. Sidney Powell talked about releasing the Kraken. If there is a Kraken in this situation, it is you! God wants the millions of disenfranchised Americans to cause a national concussion. We must take our stand, and let them know we won’t take it and we will neither back down, back away, tone it down or relent, until justice flows like a mighty river, washing our nation clean again. We must have a victory from God. And, know this, that God will answer in such a way that there will not be a shred of equivocation or ambiguity that remains. None of the guilty parties will be able to deny their guilt, nor will they be able to deny that God has done it! But all of God’s promises are conditional. Such as, ‘I will heal your land, IF you pray, repent, and turn.’ We are required to do our part. In order for the power of God in us to strike fear into demons and into men who have cooperated with devils, the American Church must reach a condition I call conation. Conation is one of the rarest words in the English language. Here is the long definition: Conation (koh- NAY-shun) n. Conation is the area of one’s active mentality that has to do with desire, volition, and striving. The related word, ‘conatus’ (koh-NAY-tus) is the resulting effort or striving itself or the natural tendency or force in ones’ mental makeup that produces an effort. Conative (KOHN-uh-tiv) is the term in psychology that describes anything relating to conation. All these words come from the Latin conatus, past participle of the verb conari, to try). Conation differs from ‘velleity’ (the wish without the effort). In simple terms here’s what this condition is: conation is the will to conquer, the unstoppable quest for victory, the attitude that “to stop me, you’ll have to kill me,” that elusive “fire in the belly” that manifests itself in drive, enthusiasm, excitement, and single-mindedness in pursuit of a goal—any goal. I know some vessels of God who just can’t be stopped, regardless of the odds or the obstacles. This is their moment! All consistently victorious people have conation. Many well-educated, intelligent, endearing and presentable people don’t have it. They seem wonderful, but at this hour, they can help kill our country. Christians must reach conation this week. Conation is described in these verses: “Then the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man. And let it be, when these signs come to you, that you do as the occasion demands; for God is with you” (1 Samuel 10:6-7). At the very least you need to do this. TAKE 5 MINUTES TO CALL YOUR OWN ATTORNEY GENERAL AND GOVERNOR, IF YOU LIVE IN A RED STATE. HERE IS A LIST – MADE EASY FOR YOU. ANDREW POLLOCK OF BREITBART SAID ‘THIS IS A LIST OF EVERY REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND SECRETARY OF STATE. HAVE EVERYONE YOU KNOW CALL & DEMAND THEY TAKE ACTION TO JOIN THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT CASE CHALLENGING THE FRAUDULENT ELECTION. ‘RT’ (Retweet) AND ‘LIKE’ TO SPREAD THE WORD!’ Do not think that reading the news is what will win this battle or keep America free. You must act – here is something you can do now from your home. And it is very easy, and costs nothing.  Mario Murillo is an evangelist Mario Murillo, minister, blogger. – —————————
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| How to Steal an Entire Country
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 05:58 PM PST
For those who care, the internet still exists, and there are more sites than Twitter, Facebook and news services out there where the truth actually matters. So why does anyone have to search for the truth? Investigations and impeachments have been blasted forcefully into our faces for years, thanks to the author of the MSM’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Joseph Goebbels, of Third Reich fame, who said, “The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly — it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over. A lie told once remains a lie, but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth.” It appears he also wrote the SOPs for Facebook, one of which is clearly “propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will.” Now, all across the MSM, Biden’s “victory” consequences are given the fait accompli treatment. We should all just behave and accept reality. It sounds and reads like this: “Trump is baselessly contesting the results.” “Trump campaign court cases have been thrown out due to baseless claims.” All the “doing” is from the Trump side, and it’s wasting everyone’s time. The Democrats haven’t done a thing, obviously. They are the innocent victims, once again, of Trump’s craziness. “Meanwhile, President-Elect Biden saw his shadow again today.” There is nothing baseless about what happened. It’s clear the Democrats planned this for quite some time, focusing on the battleground states, and centrally synchronizing and executing their Transition Integrity Project war-gamed plan. They prepped the battlefield with lawsuits all across the country to remove any teeth in election laws, thus making the commission of fraud much easier and its discovery much harder. And here is what they did. And here. And here. And here. More here. Just check it out. I recommend getting a head start and caring now; otherwise, it will be a big shock when you care later, and you will certainly care later. So there’s a growing mountain of evidence that President Trump was re-elected. If the election had been conducted according to existing laws, there would be no question. If only legal ballots were counted, there would be no question. If the Democrats hadn’t fabricated so many illegal votes, there would be no question. But there is a question, and it’s this: how are we going to make this right? This is no conspiracy theory; it’s a real conspiracy, across many states, involving the highest levels of Democrat elected officials, down to hapless election volunteers just following directions. It was a conspiracy to steal the federal election for Joe Biden or, in other words, to remove Donald Trump from office, something Democrats have been openly trying to do for at least four years. All the guilty Democrats believe that if they act the propaganda out, it will actually happen. Why don’t they call for transparency? Because they don’t want it. It will expose them for what they are. Don’t they want to eliminate the cloud of illegitimacy in the election? No, because they built it; it’s about power, not legitimacy. What about their reputations in being associated with a fraudulent election? They don’t care what we think of them; they want their shot at wielding power and getting rich from taxpayer dollars, book deals, and speaking fees. There is no MAGA in what the Democrats did, nor in what they plan to do. If they are allowed to do it, there will be no America left to make great. Like the home title theft commercials, this is entire country and cultural theft. Every MAGA policy will be reversed if Biden is allowed to take the Oval Office. He will make America weak again, dependent upon others again, full of Made in China again, and friends to jihadists again — it’ll be Obama II, the narcissistic pronoun president again. “I,” “Me,” and “My” will dominate every speech again, which will repeatedly lecture to us, “That’s not who we are,” as something we absolutely are is insulted in favor of some more egalitarian socialist-globalist replacement. Under a Democrat administration, “we” real Americans who love “our” nation and don’t want “our” prosperity given to China so Hunter Biden can get rich again will slowly watch “our” Constitution, freedom, history, democracy, tradition, and independence chip away. Because the Democrats are so self-centered, they have framed the governance of the U.S. as them versus Donald Trump. They have fought everything Trump because he has fought their corruption with his promise to “Drain the Swamp.” But this is much bigger than Donald Trump, and he has openly said so. It’s not whether he wins or loses this election; it’s whether the U.S. ever again holds a free and fair election. To the Democrats, it’s “Donald Trump’s investigations can destroy many of us in the next four years and we’ll never win another election” versus “Donald Trump goes away, and so do his investigations of Democrat crimes (and as a bonus, Joe Biden will let us do whatever we want and we’ll ensure we never again lose an election).” In framing it in such a way, the Democrats’ thirst for power at all costs created the circumstances whereby they couldn’t succeed without doing grave damage to the country. That’s where we are, with our election system shattered, void of the electorate’s trust, and those who did the damage potentially and ironically poised as the only ones who can fix it. The epitome of “the fix is in.” In the end, it comes down to this: what does it mean to have right versus wrong, corrupt versus honest, truth versus lies, fair versus stolen all work out backwards? The last place on Earth the rest of the world would have thought that possible is right here. “Our” America. Abraham Lincoln said, “We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.” He was talking about slavery, an evil that needed to be purged from our nation, lest we lose our nation altogether. There are many evils, but today the foremost evil we must address is the Democrat party’s corruption of our national election. We all know what happened, and what the right thing is. We need to fix it. Now. The details and the prison terms can be figured out later. Tags: Col. Donald N. Finley, American Thinker, How to Steal, Entire County To share or post to your site, click on “Post Link”. Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service and “Like” Facebook Page – Thanks! |
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| When No One Is Watching
Posted: 10 Dec 2020 05:31 PM PST
by Judd Garrett: John Wooden once said, “The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.” C.S. Lewis put it this way, “Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching.” Why is “no one watching” such a revealing condition for one’s character and integrity? Because people have a tendency to commit certain acts; illegal, unethical, immoral, when no one is watching, or to put a finer point on it, when they know they can get away with it. Accountability, others watching prevents people from committing wrong or illegal acts that they would be tempted to do if no one is watching. Stores, ATMs, Banks all have security cameras; houses have RING systems, all designed to prevent people from stealing or breaking-in because someone is watching. Why are convenient stores robbed mainly after midnight and not in broad daylight? It’s easier to rob a store when no one else is in the store watching. When you remove layers of security from a system, it becomes exposed to fraud, corruption, theft. This is human nature. We all know this. Its common sense. I was at the airport the other day and I saw a sign that read: “Beginning October 1, 2021, you will need a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license… to fly within the United States.” Not only were we required to show a picture ID to go through the TSA security, we needed to show a picture ID at the gate when we were boarding the plane. Why would they make us do that? Because flying is much safer when every passengers’ identity is verified because people will do bad things and commit illegal acts when they use a fake name. So, why wouldn’t we use the exact same mechanism to ensure that no one was assuming a fake identity to vote or hand in a ballot under someone else’s name as we do to secure every other process in our society? No one has ever put forth a compelling argument for removing voter ID. The only argument advanced is voter ID is racist. If requiring picture ID is racist, then the TSA, the airlines, banks, the public library are all racist. Has there been one lawsuit by a minority claiming racism based on the picture ID requirements against any of these entities? No. Voter ID ensures the integrity of the elections the best way we can. The people who oppose voter ID, want to open the door to fraud. We all know it’s true. Only certain people are pretending that it’s not true because their guy won. It is interesting that many of the same people who demand body cameras on police officers don’t want to have voter ID. Aren’t you suspicious of the police officer who does not want to use a body camera? And aren’t you equally suspicious of people who want to do away with voter ID and other security measures. When you remove layers of security from the voting process as we did in the 2020 election, such as, voter ID, signature verification, post marks, verified absentee ballot application, when you allow mass ballot harvesting, you have removed all layers of security and accountability from the voting process, and created a system where no one is watching. It doesn’t matter that there were poll watchers during the counting of the vote when every security measure designed to verify and validate the ballots up until then had been removed. The Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council claimed on November 12, 2020, “The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history.” They made that statement 9 days after the election before all the ballots had been counted, before any audit of the election had been completed, before any one of the hundreds of sworn affidavits claiming fraud and irregularities had been presented. So, we know their statement was false, and we know the people overseeing the elections are not telling the truth. This year, we had the least secure election in our history. We instituted mail-in ballots where ballots were sent out to people who never requested them, ID verification was not required, signatures on ballots did not have to match signatures on voter rolls. And it was all allowed to be done through the mail. What is the number one federal crime committed in the United States? Wait for it…… Mail fraud. So, the people who are telling us that this election was completely secure implemented a system by which the most prevalent federal crime is committed. Does anyone pay their bills with cash? Of course not. Does anyone send money through the mail? Of course not. Why? There’s a good chance the money would be stolen. We all know this. Why do we pretend that the mail is secure when we act in our daily lives that it is not? I went to a college that had an honor system, an honor code, un-proctored exams. You know who loved the honor system? The people who were cheating. Removing layers of security during exams made cheating easier. You know who hated the honor code? The honest students. A system that allowed lesser students to cheat threw off the curve, and cause the honest students’ grades to go down. We spent this entire summer debating the idea of defunding the police. You know who loves the idea of defunding the police, removing layers of security from society? The criminals. You know who hates the idea of defunding the police? The law-abiding citizens. You know who loves the idea of removing voter ID and matching signatures, instituting mail-in ballot systems and ballot harvesting? The people who want to cheat. You know who hates those changes? The honest voters who believe secure elections are vital to our country’s survival. We all know who the cheaters are in class, just as everyone in the clubhouse knows who cheats on their scorecard. You don’t get straight A’s by spending every night getting drunk at the frat house, just as you don’t shoot a 68 when you can’t drive the ball 100 yards off the tee. The behaviors don’t add-up to the results. And you don’t receive 10 million more votes than any presidential candidate in history by campaigning from your basement, shutting down your days at 10:45 AM, and not getting more than twenty cars to show up for your campaign rallies. It does not add-up. It makes us all feel better to pretend that this was the most secure election in our country’s history. That means the country we love is safe and secure, that it is not facing an existential threat. And that is reassuring. If we have integrity in our governmental systems, if corruption is limited, we are strong enough to survive and withstand even if a bad person is elected president. But if our systems have been compromised, if fraud and corruption becomes the modus operandi, then the foundation of our country will have been irreparably damaged even if the fraudulent system elected the best person for the job. We can either play the short game or the long game. The short game is, my guy got elected, so I don’t care if it happened through corrupt or fraudulent ways. This compromises the future stability of the nation for the short-term result. Or we can play the long game, where we root out all the mechanism which are open to voter fraud; no voter ID, mail-in ballots, no signature requirement, unsecure drop boxes, and ballot harvesting. In 2022 and 2024, if these insecure mechanisms are still in place, our elections will be a race to the bottom, who can cheat the most, and the most efficiently, will win. It appears that Joe Biden will be our next president, and whether he ends up being a good president or a bad president, the next Abraham Lincoln or the next Millard Fillmore is irrelevant if we do not fix a voting system which is absolutely begging for people to commit voter fraud. The United States of America can survive a bad president; we can absorb all of his bad decisions, correct them and move on. The United States of America will not survive a corrupt and fraudulent voting system. That is what destroys nations. Whether fraud was committed in this election, or not, or whether that fraud was enough to change the outcome, at this point is irrelevant. We have serious flaws in our voting system. We must have strong voter ID laws, so only legal eligible voters vote. We must do away with the mail-in ballot system that was in place this year, so certain parties or certain districts cannot stuff the ballot boxes. Every illegal voter disenfranchises a legal voter, every illegal vote cancels out a legal vote. This is the existential threat to our nation, more so than the coronavirus, more damaging than anything that China or Russia could even attempt. We shouldn’t just have voter ID; we should implement facial recognition software to identify voters. Not only should we require matching signatures, we should require a matching thumb print. These are technologies that are on the latest three versions of iPhones to keep our phones safe and secure. Why not use this software to ensure the integrity of our elections? These are no-brainers. Anyone against these security measures, don’t want to have secure elections because they know their guy must rely on an unsecured election to win. Tags: Judd Garrett, When No One Is Watching, Objectivity is the ObjectiveTo share or post to your site, click on “Post Link”. Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service and “Like” Facebook Page – Thanks! |
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NBC MORNING RUNDOWN
Friday, December 11, 2020
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Good morning, NBC News readers.
Today, NBC News is devoting its homepage to a special collection of reports that show the looming pain of the coronavirus pandemic and the paths that could lead the country out of it.
Before the year-end holidays begin, providing the easiest possible transmission of the virus, these reports are a last-minute attempt to highlight an urgent truth: We can still turn the tide of the pandemic.
Here is what’s happening this Friday morning.
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As U.S. vaccine approval gets nearer, debate intensifies over who should get it first
A nurse holds a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at Guy’s Hospital in London on Tuesday. (Frank Augstein / Pool via AP)
The U.S. came one step closer to protecting people against Covid-19 on Thursday after a panel of experts overwhelmingly recommended the approval of Pfizer’s experimental vaccine for general use.
But a thorny question remains: who should get it?
Front-line health workers and nursing home residents and staff members expected to get the initial doses — but after that, manufacturers, grocers, bank tellers, dentists and drive-share companies have all made the case for their staff to be next in line.
Mitchel Rothholz, of the American Pharmacists Association, said, “Everybody wishes there was enough supply for everyone right out of the gate, but that’s not the situation.”
Meanwhile in Washington D.C., negotiations over a Covid-19 relief package are again stalled, with Democrats and Republicans divided over the scope and size of a possible deal.
There were 3,110 Covid deaths reported across the U.S. on Thursday, a new one-day record.
Follow our live blog for all the latest Covid-19 developments.
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Pennsylvania blasts Texas’ attempt to overturn presidential election results
Texas’ bid to invalidate a string of President-elect Joe Biden’s election wins was described as a “seditious abuse of the judicial process” by Pennsylvania, one of four battleground states targeted.
More than two dozen states filed motions with the Supreme Court on Thursday opposing the motion.
“Overturning Pennsylvania’s election results is contrary to any metric of fairness and would do nothing less than deny the fundamental right to vote to millions of Pennsylvania’s citizens,” the state’s Democratic attorney general, Josh Shapiro, wrote in response.
In a long-shot move, Texas GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton is bidding to toss out presidential election results in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia and Michigan.
President Donald Trump at a campaign event for Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in Valdosta, Ga., on Saturday. (Jonathan Ernst / Reuters)
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- Brandon Bernard, who was 18 when he took part in a 1999 double murder, was killed by lethal injection Thursday, despite eleventh-hour attempts for court intervention.
- President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2020.
- Disney unveiled a roster of over 50 new shows and movies for its Disney+ platform, including several set in the “Star Wars” and Marvel universes.
- “Songbird,” the first feature film to have been made in Los Angeles during the pandemic, opens on premium video on demand on Friday.
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“I’m sorry. That’s the only words that I can say that completely capture how I feel now and how I felt that day.”
— Brandon Bernard, who was killed by lethal injection at a federal prison Thursday for his part in a 1999 double murder.
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You might expect to see alligators eating other animals — but what about a bird not just eating but swallowing a whole alligator?
That’s exactly what wildlife photographer Shellie Gilliam saw at a lake northwest of Orlando, Florida.
The adult great blue heron caught the juvenile alligator and flew with it to the lakeside location where Gilliam filmed it.
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From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Carrie Dann and Melissa Holzberg FIRST READ: There’s a common thread in America’s current crises — a president who’s not leading You have a deadly virus that’s grown out of control in this country. (In just the past week, more than 16,000 Americans have died, and the CDC director says we’re going to have more daily deaths than 9/11 over the next 60 to 90 days.)
You have congressional leaders who’ve been unable so far to come to ANY agreement on providing new economic relief to Americans who’ve been hurt by the coronavirus.
And you have a Republican Party that’s been split into two – Republicans who’ve come to accept that Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, versus those who believe (falsely) that it was stolen from him. (And that divide is happening less than a month before the Georgia runoffs that will decide control of the Senate.)  REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo What these three different stories all have in common is a lack of leadership, all starting with the president of the United States.
Trump continues to say and do nothing about the spike in coronavirus cases and deaths – other than tout a vaccine that for months will be unavailable for most Americans.
The president has shown no leadership in getting a bipartisan deal on coronavirus relief. (If he wanted a deal, he could get it.)
And if you want to see who’s responsible for dividing the Republican Party over the election’s outcome, look no farther than the man who currently sits in the Oval Office.
Of course, like with most failures, there’s plenty of blame to go around. Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, for example, haven’t played particularly strong hands with the coronavirus relief.
But if you want to see why the United States seems so rudderless right now – and so without leadership – you have to start at the very top.
Data Download: The numbers you need to know today 15,659,815: The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States, per the most recent data from NBC News and health officials. (That’s 177,941 more than yesterday morning.)
292,902: The number of deaths in the United States from the virus so far. (That’s 2,286 more than yesterday morning.)
213.02 million: The number of coronavirus tests that have been administered in the United States so far, according to researchers at The COVID Tracking Project.
107,258: The number of people currently hospitalized with coronavirus
25: The number of days until the Jan. 5 Senate runoffs.
40: The number of days until Inauguration Day.
18: How old Brandon Bernard was when he took part in a double murder in Texas in 1999, for which he was killed by lethal injection last night at the age of 40.
7,060,412: Joe Biden’s lead in the popular vote at the time of publication
106: The number of GOP House members who signed on to an amicus brief supporting a Texas lawsuit that would overturn election results in four states.
TWEET OF THE DAY: Meet the Coup Caucus 
Six observations about Biden’s emerging Cabinet With Biden’s Cabinet now almost complete – save for his picks for attorney general, Education secretary and Transportation secretary – we can now make some broader points about it.
1. It has strong ties to the Obama Era: Obama’s former chief of staff, Denis McDonough, is Biden’s selection to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs; Obama’s old No. 2 at the State Department, Tony Blinken, will be Biden’s No. 1; Obama’s Fed chair, Janet Yellen, is Biden’s pick for Treasury secretary; Tom Vilsack will be reprising his role as Ag secretary; John Kerry is back; and so is Susan Rice – this time as director of the Domestic Policy Council.
2. It represents a broad swath of the Democratic Party: You have African Americans (Lloyd Austin, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Marcia Fudge), Latinos (Xavier Becerra, Alejandro Mayorkas), those with progressive backing (Becerra, Fudge) and Asian Americans (Neera Tanden, Katherine Tai).
3. Yet there isn’t much of a bridge to a younger generation: Yellen is 74; Vilsack is 69; Fudge is 68; Austin is 67; and even Becerra is 62.
4. It’s largely a Team of Managers: Many of Biden’s picks have managerial experience, even if they don’t have expertise in their new jobs. McDonough is a former chief of staff, and Rice was a former national security adviser.
5. It’s also a “Team of Buddies,” as the New York Times puts it: Biden has strong ties and past relationships with the likes of Blinken, Vilsack and Austin.
6. And it’s coming together faster than Trump’s first Cabinet did: This is especially true for second- and third-tier posts.
Biden Cabinet/Transition Watch List
State: Tony Blinken (announced) Treasury: Janet Yellen (announced) Defense: Ret. Gen. Lloyd Austin (announced) Homeland Security: Alejandro Mayorkas (announced) HHS: Xavier Becerra (announced) UN Ambassador: Linda Thomas-Greenfield (announced) Director of National Intelligence: Avril Haines (announced) Agriculture: Tom Vilsack (confirmed) HUD: Marcia Fudge (confirmed) OMB Director: Neera Tanden (announced) US Trade Representative: Katherine Tai (confirmed)
Attorney General: Doug Jones, Sally Yates, Merrick Garland Interior: Deb Haaland Labor: Andy Levin, Bernie Sanders, Marty Walsh Education: Lily Eskelsen Garcia, Randi Weingarten. Sonja Santelises, Linda Darling Hammond CIA: Michael Morell Small Business Administration: Keisha Lance Bottoms
Chief of Staff: Ron Klain (announced) National Security Adviser: Jake Sullivan (announced) Climate Envoy: John Kerry (announced) National Economic Council Director: Brian Deese (announced) Surgeon General: Dr. Vivek Murthy (announced) Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Dr. Rochelle Walensky (announced) Covid-19 Czar: Jeff Zients (announced) White House Communications Director: Kate Bedingfield (announced) White House Press Secretary: Jen Psaki (announced) VP Communications Director: Ashley Etienne (announced) VP Chief Spokesperson: Symone Sanders (announced)
Georgia Runoff Watch by Ben Kamisar We’ve talked before in the Runoff Watch about the unprecedented amount of money being spent in Georgia for the two Senate runoffs ($177 million already spent on TV and radio, more than $400 million spent and booked in both runoffs combined). But it’s sometimes hard to fathom what that number really means, particularly for Georgians.
Our friends at AdImpact (formerly known as Advertising Analytics) helped provide a useful metric — every adult across the state aged 35 and older has seen a Senate runoff ad about 328 times.
328 times. And the race is only halfway over.
That’s what happens when there’s record-level saturation in TWO races in the same race at the exact same time, and its why some Georgians are already lamenting how they’re being inundated with TV ads.
It also raises the question: Is there a point where these ads could start hitting diminishing returns? Could the flooding of the airwaves to this degree end up turning voters off?
THE LID: Fight club Don’t miss the pod from yesterday, when we looked at a looming veto fight over a major defense bill.
ICYMI: What ELSE is happening in the world? Don’t miss a special report on NBCNews.com about the state of the coronavirus in America.
Here’s the status of coronavirus relief negotiations. (Spoiler: It’s not great.)
Politico offers a grim assessment of how dysfunctional Washington is right now.
Sen. Mike Lee is standing in the way of moves to approve a national Latino museum and a women’s museum.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are Time Magazine’s person of the year.
Student loan cancellation is likely to be an early flashpoint between Biden and congressional Dems.
The newly-minted speaker of the House in New Hampshire has died of Covid.
The U.K. is up against a Brexit deal deadline, and businesses are begging for resolution.
Here’s what you need to know about Morocco normalizing ties with Israel.
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