The superhero sequel “Wonder Woman 1984” has earned an estimated $38.5 million in ticket sales from international theaters, Warner Bros. said Sunday. The film starring Gal Gadot started its rollout abroad last week, opening in 32 markets including China and playing on upwards of 30,000 screens. The studio said admissions totaled over 6 million and that the largely positive reviews bode well for its future. Most […]
Daily Archives: December 20, 2020
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WASHINGTON — Top Capitol Hill negotiators sealed a deal Sunday on an almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package, finally delivering long-overdue help to businesses and individuals and providing money to deliver vaccines to a nation eager for them. The agreement, announced by Senate leaders, would establish a temporary $300 per week supplemental jobless benefits and $600 direct stimulus payments to most Americans, along with a […]
Authored by David Stockman via LewRockwell.com, Jerome Powell puts you in mind of the boy who killed both of his parents and then threw himself on the mercy of the court on the grounds that he was an orphan! That’s what JayPo essentially did in his presser yesterday while trying to explain that the most hideous equity market bubble in history is actually not that at […]
Ariana Grande, a Florida-born singer and actress, keeps giving her fans reasons to celebrate during this difficult year. First, it was her new album Positions, then it was news about her Netflix documentary “Excuse Me, I love you”, and now it’s the sweetest announcement that made every Arianator happy. Source link
The White House has already endorsed the plan nearly two years after President Donald Trump first called on Congress to fix an issue that has drawn bipartisan concern. But it was nearly derailed by well-funded opposition groups and congressional turf battles. What’s new: The details of the provision haven’t yet been released, but Cassidy said it’s “99 percent similar” to a compromise brokered last week by […]
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) said Sunday on MSNBC’s “Weekends” that President-elect Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election “handily.” Witt said, “We have the president ramping up his campaign against election results. They have conducted an audit of ballots specifically cast in Antrim County. They have reaffirmed the 2020 election results. This is a county where a clerical error inspired some baseless conspiracies of fraud. Let […]
Fox News host Tucker Carlson bravely speaks out against the COVID-19 vaccines as the nationwide rollout begins. Source link
In a late night Saturday tweet President Trump trashed his former national security advisor John Bolton, who after his September 2019 firing wrote a book deeply critical of Trump. Trump called Bolton “one of the dumbest people in Washington” while taking him to task on his hawkish North Korea policy, a crucial area he was famously sidelined on during Trump’s big June 2019 Koreas-United States DMZ Summit. Recall that […]
Riaydh has sealed its borders for all passenger travel for at least a week, suspending international flights as well as entry to sea and land ports over a mutant Covid-19 variant, that was first discovered in the UK. With a growing number of European countries locking out travel from the UK, Saudi Arabia has pulled all the stops in its effort to curb the spread of […]
(Natural News) Following a six-hour-long deliberation among the Arizona legislature, the state senate announced the issuance of subpoenas to inspect and audit all ballot counting machines in Maricopa County, where Phoenix is located. A top Republican senator made the announcement, much to the chagrin of the local media which declared it to be “false claims of election fraud.” Chairman Eddie Farnsworth (R-Gilbert) countered this by explaining […]
The United States remains to be the nation worst affected by the coronavirus pandemic, as it has registered over 17 million cases and more than 317,000 related deaths, according to Johns Hopking University data. Source link
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam—On Sept. 5, 2020, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner took off from South Korea’s Incheon International Airport en route to Vietnam. On board the repatriation flight VN409 were 403 Vietnamese citizens—including 41 unaccompanied babies, who were being sent back to the country without their parents. Waiting at the Ho Chi Minh City airport for one of the babies was Nguyen Hoa My, who […]
An empty syringe on a table at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center after a care worker received the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 16, 2020. Brian van der Brug/AP hide caption toggle caption Brian van der Brug/AP An empty syringe on a table at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center after a care worker received the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 16, 2020. Brian van der Brug/AP Tens of […]
FBI Director Christopher Wray represented a Russian energy company before he became FBI Director. Why has FBI Director Wray kept this a secret? We’ve uncovered that Christopher Wray has connections to a Russian energy company. Per a review of Wray’s bio at the firm he represented before coming to the FBI, King and Spalding, Wray represented a Russian energy company. Wray’s bio at the King and […]
House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Sunday on MSNBC’s “Weekends” that President Donald Trump has “no moral compass” and was “entertaining” former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s call for a “military coup.” Witt asked, “Is there any chance, sir, that Joe Biden will not be validated again as the winner of this election?” Schiff said, “There’s no chance of that, what there is a […]
In recent years, there appears to have been some confusion among even erudite “economists” who in their vain attempts to sound sophisticated have given helicopter money – a concept as old as the Roman empire itself and which effectively boils down to printing money and having a central bank fund one’s deficit – the “cool” name of Modern Money Theory. There are just two problems: MMT […]
British and European Union sources told local media that the two sides were no closer to a post-Brexit trade deal on Sunday evening, despite weeks of intensive negotiations. They said the EU demands that it must continue the agreement on UK fishing waters, a key sticking point, with France still unwilling to bend on the issue. Source link
President Elect Joe Biden has picked Gina McCarthy, head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Barack Obama and president of the leftist environmental group National Resources Defense Council, to become his climate czar. The position does not require Senate confirmation, but would have significant impact across the federal government as McCarthy is expected to guide climate policy at Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and even […]
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Authored by Janita Kan via The Epoch Times, A former judge from Wisconsin, who is now representing the Trump campaign in the state, told lawmakers this week that he believes intimidation by the left has prevented lawyers and judges from accepting and hearing election fraud cases. “We have to acknowledge that the court system has been deeply intimidated by the left, just as the lawyers have been […]
Multiple rockets have targeted the Iraqi capital’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Sunday evening. The US embassy’s C-RAM air defense systems were engaged to intercept the missile attack, which it said resulted in no casualties. Footage published on the social media show the night skies over Baghdad illuminated with flashes of light as rapid-fire guns of the US C-RAM systems were used to intercept the incoming […]
(Natural News) A prominent leader within the largest non-Catholic religious denomination in the United States is urging Christians everywhere to get vaccinated for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) because this is supposedly what Jesus wants them to do in order to “love thy neighbor.” Albert Mohler, head of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., penned a lengthy article for his The Briefing newsletter that compares […]
Several days ago, bitcoin showed a significant upward trend, trading at over $23,000 and gaining around 20 percent in a single day. Source link
Southwest Airlines allegedly jeopardized the safety of thousands of flights by forcing its pilots to fly beyond the limits of safety recommended by Boeing for operating the airline’s fleet of 737 aircraft. This charge is in a new report made by a Senate committee as part of a scathing indictment of the Federal Aviation Administration’s oversight of the safety of America’s airline passengers. The committee is […]
Physicians and nurses wear personal protective equipment while they attend to a COVID-19 patient in the ICU at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, Calif. on December 18, 2020. APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images Physicians and nurses wear personal protective equipment while they attend to a COVID-19 patient in the ICU at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical […]
Drug overdose deaths this year far outpaced Covid-19 deaths in the liberal utopia of San Francisco. San Francisco has some of the strictest Covid lockdowns in the country yet their biggest killer is actually Fentanyl. City Hall hands out nearly 4.5 million syringes a year to intravenous drug users in San Francisco. A record 621 people died of Fentanyl overdoses in “progressive” San Francisco this year compared […]
A magnitude-4.5 earthquake shook Iran's northwest near the Turkish border on Sunday, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported, saying there were no immediate reports of casualties, Reuters reported. The quake in the region of Qotur in Iran's West Azerbaijan struck at a shallow depth of 5 km (3 miles), IRNA said. A magnitude-5.7 earthquake in February in the same area on the Iran-Turkey border killed nine people in Turkey, […]
A toy store owner whose business closed for good during the coronavirus pandemic donated her remaining inventory to a charity for kids fighting cancer. Marie Liburdi, the owner of Teaching Toys, said she felt inspired to help after watching a news segment on the Bottomless Toy Chest, an organization that delivers toys year-round to pediatric cancer patients. “It’s financial devastation for many small businesses,” Liburdi told […]
By B.N. Frank It’s bad enough that Walgreens announced they would be installing creepy facial recognition tech in their stores last year in order to market more products to customers. Now – despite increasing American 5G opposition and health risks from exposure – the company is partnering with Verizon to install it in thousands of their stores! Bat-shit Crazy! Become an Activist Post Patron for just […]
In what is JPMorgan’s last Flows and Liquidity report for the year, quant Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou writes that with the year coming to a close, it is useful to look at how the investment landscape changed during 2020, or said otherwise, “how have different asset classes and types of investors fared in terms of overall growth during a year dominated by the impact of the global pandemic […]
The Order of the Nine Angles claims it was founded in Shropshire, Wales, by a witch who led an underground pagan cult that has survived in secret since the coming of Christianity. It reveres Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden for bringing death and chaos to the world. Source link
Tunisian authorities have detained 17 Egyptian fishermen, officials in Cairo informed on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, Egypt's State Information Service (SIS) quoted Mahmoud Abbas, assistant foreign minister for consular affairs as saying: "Foreign Ministry is closely following up the conditions of 17 Egyptian fishermen detained by Tunisian authorities." Abbas reiterated that the Egyptian Embassy in Tunis is making the necessary contact with the Tunisian authorities […]
A fallen police officer’s family in Tulsa, Oklahoma, no longer have to worry about paying their mortgage thanks to a nonprofit’s gift. The Tunnel to Towers Foundation announced Saturday it paid off Sergeant Craig Johnson’s mortgage through its Fallen First Responder program, News On 6 reported. The 15-year Tulsa Police Department veteran was shot multiple times during a traffic stop in June and succumbed to his injuries […]
By Matt Agorist According to the most recent count of police killings, police in America have killed 1,039 people this year. Exactly 21 of these victims were at or under the age of 18 when their lives were taken by police officers who swore an oath to protect and serve. Many were unarmed while others were entirely innocent. All of them, however, were innocent until proven […]
National File has learned that the Supreme Court will not even consider hearing the Trump campaign’s Pennsylvania case until after the January 6 Electoral College confirmation. Attorney David Carroll, who filed an amicus brief alongside attorneys representing President Donald Trump in the state of Pennsylvania, tells National File that the Supreme Court docket indicates the court will not consider whether to hear President Trump’s case in Pennsylvania until […]
National security correspondent and investigative journalist Jordan Schachtel in an epic thread has gone off on the Russia hawks now seizing the moment to blame the Kremlin for the SolarWinds hack and whip up this current round of “the Russians are coming!” hysteria. The cyberattack, said to have been months-long in the making which breached multiple US federal agencies, has posed a “grave risk” to the nation including the potential […]
Dublin and Paris have imposed restrictions on travel from Britain for at least 48 hours. It comes as a slew of European countries mull travel bans over the new coronavirus strain the UK government has warned Brits about. The Irish government says the measures, banning private travel between the UK and Ireland, will take effect on Sunday night and initially stay in place for at least […]
Sunday, December 20, 2020 by: Mike Adams Tags: dominion, election fraud, insurrection act, Joe Biden, MAGA, martial law, national security, Situation Update, Trump, vote fraud, White House Bypass censorship by sharing this link: https://www.hangthecensors.com/484164.html […]
The benchmark Indian stock index, Sensex, on Friday touched another peak at the 47,000 mark, an almost 81 percent recovery from the low of 25,981 witnessed on 23 March of this year, two days before a nationwide lockdown was instituted to slow the spread of the Covid-91 pandemic. Source link
It was supposed to be the gayest holiday season ever for film & television. This year, an unprecedented number of seasonal films with LGBTQ lead characters aired on national networks and streaming platforms—six (not bad for a genre that often barely gives us representation annually). As a Black queer millennial, I was enthusiastic to finally be able to snuggle with my fiancé as we intended to […]
Progress on the COVID-19 relief bill, as a lame duck President Trump continues to spread falsehoods about the election amid the continuing COVID-19 crisis and now an alleged Russian cyberattack. Source link
YouTube has removed the opening statement from President Donald Trump’s lawyer Jesse Binnall before the Senate Homeland Security hearing on election fraud. YouTube has said that they will be removing “content alleging widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of a historical U.S. presidential election.” Binnall tweeted about the censorship on Saturday. YouTube has decided that my opening statement in the U.S. Seante, given under oath […]
India is fast-tracking "settlement colonies" in Jammu and Kashmir by transferring land to ex-soldiers, Pakistan-administered Kashmir President Masood Khan claimed on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, Khan said India under a "well-thought-out policy is swiftly acting to grab Kashmiri land to turn the whole IOJK [Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir" to its colony". "The IOJK government has expedited the process to transfer 200 kanals [25 acres] agricultural […]
President-elect Joe Biden’s niece, Caroline Biden, avoided jail time for a DUI after pleading guilty to the charge December 3. Instead, the judge sentenced the 33-year-old Biden to 20 days to six months of “confinement,” according to Pennsylvania court records. The “confinement,” as part of the plea deal, included the 20-day stint she spent in rehab, the New York Post reported. She also received five months […]
By Tyler Durden With more than 16 million Britons now required to stay at home as coronavirus lockdown went into effect on Sunday, tens of thousands of Londoners scrambled to get out of the capital Saturday night. Boris Johnson’s bombshell announcement to introduce Tier 4 restrictions in London and southeast England, to mitigate the spreading of a new strain of the coronavirus, sparked traffic jams and […]
Liberal magazine The Nation argued that the votes of black Americans should be counted twice as a form of reparations. Yes, really. The op-ed, called “The Votes of Black Americans Should Count Twice”, claimed that “white votes count more than black votes”, and so “vote reparations” must be implemented in the name of “equality.” From The Nation: The Constitution’s framers set up the Electoral College to […]
Authored by Chris Martenson via PeakProsperity.com, I can’t wait to get away from Covid coverage. I’ve learned a lot, helped many, and yet I’m really anxious to get back to my main work in the world, which has to do with cultivating resilience. This has been a huge year for us here in the Martenson household. First, we moved right as Covid was breaking across the […]
The Democrat has promised to assemble “the most diverse Cabinet in history” for his term, but despite inviting minorities and women to hold posts, he could still not escape criticism from fellow party members who claimed he was not doing enough. Source link
Palestinian group Hamas on Sunday accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of supporting Israeli occupation in violation of Palestinians' rights, Anadolu Agency reports. "Statements made during visits by some Emirati officials to the [Israeli] occupation went over the line and reflect unlimited UAE support to the settlement and occupation," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said on Twitter. Such statements also confirm "UAE involvement with the occupation against Palestinian […]
Jen Psaki, Joe Biden’s choice for White House press secretary, said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that President-elect Joe Biden would not discuss the investigation into his son, Hunter, with anyone the president-elect interviews to nominate for attorney general. Anchor Chris Wallace said, “There has been a lot of concern among Republicans about whether or not President Biden is going to stop the investigation […]
By Tyler Durden According to the latest IMF forecasts, Iraq’s GDP will contract 12% this year, more than that of any other OPEC member under a production quota. A global pandemic-induced demand slump (among other domestic issues) has pushed Iraq – under its OPEC membership – to slash oil production by over 12% year-over-year (however, Iraq, along with other nations such as Nigeria, has pumped above […]
As if the government hasn’t done enough to subsidize Tesla with money it doesn’t have over the last decade, Joe Biden has now promised to build 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations (which will likely be powered by coal power plants) across the country. This will be part of Biden’s plan to help create “over 1 million jobs by investing in clean energy”, TechStartups wrote. The plan […]
Anyone who tuned in late to AC Milan’s 2-1 win against Sassuolo on Sunday will have missed a little bit of Serie A history after Portuguese forward Rafael Leao etched his name into the record books with a lightning-quick strike. Leao struck just 6.2 seconds after kick-off when his canny run from the left flank was found by the advancing Hakan Calhanoglu, who played him through on […]
(Natural News) Dominion Voting Systems was found using a software flagged by a federal cybersecurity agency for network breaches. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned Dec. 13 that SolarWinds Orion products had been compromised and called to power these down immediately. The voting machine provider was among the firms connected to the SolarWinds Orion platform. CISA’s Emergency Directive 21-01 states that “SolarWinds Orion products […]
The pervasive data breach, which is said to still be compromising the servers of top US institutions, mostly federal agencies and think tanks, was reported late last week, sparking a heated debate on who the perpetrators are. Source link
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) slammed President Donald Trump on Sunday over his flirtation with the idea of imposing martial law to rerun the 2020 presidential election, insisting that “it’s going nowhere” while calling Trump’s actions “really sad” and “embarrassing.” Several media outlets, including The Daily Beast, reported over the weekend that Trump held an Oval Office meeting with his former campaign lawyer Sidney Powell and her […]
Jaleesa Garland, a newcomer to Tulsa, Okla., after being accepted into the Tulsa Remote program. September Dawn Bottoms for NPR hide caption toggle caption September Dawn Bottoms for NPR Jaleesa Garland, a newcomer to Tulsa, Okla., after being accepted into the Tulsa Remote program. September Dawn Bottoms for NPR $10,000 is a significant chunk of money. But is it enough to convince you to pick up […]
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures earlier today. Nunes described perfectly what just was perpetrated here in the 2020 US election. Nunes compared Joe Biden’s stunning and fraudulent win with the former Soviet Union “elections.” Rep. Devin Nunes: I think the American people now see it too, Maria. You have an election here where just a few counties in the United […]
Israel's top Jewish rabbi inaugurated a Jewish nursery school in Dubai on Sunday and made a special Jewish ritual for the safety of the ruling family in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to Israeli media, Anadolu Agency reported. The Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef arrived in the Gulf state on Thursday, marking his first visit to an Arab country. The official Israeli Twitter account – Israel in […]
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol officials report an increase of 182 percent of migrants apprehended after illegally crossing the border from Mexico into Texas. The report compares November 2019 to the same month this year. Del Rio Sector agents arrested 8472 illegal aliens who crossed the border between ports of entry in November. This compares to 3008 who were arrested in November 2019, officials said in […]
By Max Gulker Imagine an extra $3 tax any time you order something online. That’s what two New York City officials are asking of New Yorkers in the name of “saving” the city’s financially troubled Metropolitan Transit Authority. John Samuelson, president of the Transport Workers Union, and state assemblyman Robert Carroll make their case in a recent New York Daily News op-ed. While the authors maintain […]
A federal agency announced last week that employers can legally require their workers to take the COVID-19 vaccine, and can prevent them from entering the workplace if they refuse. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued guidelines Wednesday claiming that requiring a COVID test would not violate the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and that though employers can’t require certain medical exams like blood […]
Among the finer points of Elon Musk’s Twitter account lately have been Musk’s tweets calling transgender pronouns an “esthetic nightmare” and his recent meme post about his “huge cock”. In keeping with the classy “tone at the top” of his now $600 billion organization, Musk once again took to Twitter this weekend – in God knows what state of mind – to tweet out a meme […]
Several lawmakers on both sides of the aisle previously reiterated accusations levelled by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who claimed that it was “pretty clear” that Russia was behind the cyberattack on several government institutions. However, Trump appeared to disagree with him, suggesting that China might be the culprit. Source link
The coronavirus pandemic claimed five more lives in Oman and sickened 143 in Qatar on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reports. The Omani Health Ministry said 684 people were infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 127,667 cases, including 1,488 deaths. The ministry said 565 patients recovered from the virus, pushing the total recoveries to 119,574. In Qatar, the Health Ministry said the total […]
“The party that I knew is one that was very concerned about Russia and [Vladimir] Putin and Kim Jong Un and North Korea, and we pushed back aggressively against them,” Romney said. “We were a party concerned about balancing the budget.” Romney, now a persistent critic of Trump, has often been alone among Republicans in his criticism, most notably when he voted to convict Trump on […]
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA — Conservative stars addressed students with megaphones after authorities locked hundreds of attendees out of Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit on Saturday night due to the event allegedly surpassing venue capacity restrictions implemented in response to the coronavirus. The organization, however, says it had separate overflow rooms available, to which County officials denied students access. Hundreds of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) attendees […]
By Ahmed Abdulkareem TAIZ, YEMEN- – Both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates seem to be doing everything in their power to prevent an end to the suffering in Yemen. Even those living in areas under the total control of the wealthy Gulf monarchies are facing levels of devastation that hearken back to the total destruction of European cities during World War II. With no […]
Summary: Allergic reactions prompt CDC investigation Global cases top 76MM UK alarmed at new mutations making virus more infectious Apple shuts California stores Scientists warn UK mutaiton “unlike anything we’ve seen” Poland announces holiday lockdown measures Italy sees decline in daily deaths * * * Like we noted last night, Boris Johnson has placed London (and parts of southeast England) on an even more restrictive lockdown […]
Germany has become the latest European nation to reveal its plans to restrict entry after the UK announced that a variant of Covid-19 is rapidly spreading. German government spokeswoman Martina Fietz announced on Sunday that the country intends to join Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, and Belgium in restricting UK flights to stop the variant from spreading. “Because of the reported coronavirus #Mutation the federal government intends […]
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused PM Boris Johnson of populism by resisting calls to lock down the country over Christmas to slow the spread of coronavirus until his U-turn this weekend. Meanwhile a poll showed three-quarters of Britons supported the new harsher measures announced on Saturday. Source link
Fox News anchor Chris Wallace took a not-so-veiled shot at his Fox colleagues who have obsessed over soon-to-be first lady Jill Biden’s use of the title “doctor,” noting on Sunday that other prominent figures who aren’t medical doctors have used it and there’s never been a “fuss about that.” Following a heavily mocked Wall Street Journal op-ed that suggested Biden using “Dr.” to highlight her doctorate […]
During the pandemic, Japan’s government has been subsidizing travel and tourism to juice the economy. After a spike in coronavirus cases, it will now suspend the program for two weeks. Source link
The 2020 Election Results in Arizona clearly make no sense and therefore indicate fraud. Advertisement – story continues below We knew the results in Arizona were fraudulent when the totals for the state went on and on before the 2020 Presidential race was finally called for Biden. One outlet claims to have identified over 700,000 fraudulent votes. They did this by reviewing the data being reported […]
Morocco has said it is ready to permanently open its border with neighboring Algeria, Anadolu Agency reports. Morocco is "ready to solve the issue of closed border when the Algerians are ready for this," Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine El Othmani said in an interview with El-Sharq TV. Borders between the two neighbors have been closed since 1994 amid tension over the Western Desert, a region disputed between […]
Some of the nominees already announced by the president-elect will face a steep climb in their confirmation process. For instance, Neera Tanden, Biden’s pick to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget, was the target of broadsides from congressional Republicans who attacked past tweets from the chief of the liberal Center for American Progress. Barrasso said the nominees announced so far look like a […]
“Fox News Sunday” anchor Chris Wallace said on this week’s broadcast of his program that the “fuss” over Jill Biden’s title of “doctor” had not been applied to “Dr. Henry Kissinger, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King.” Wallace said, “There has been some criticism recently from conservatives, including some conservatives on Fox News about the fact that First Lady-to-be Jill Biden goes by the title doctor. […]
By John Vibes On Friday, Vice President Mike Pence announced that members of the Space Force military service will be called guardians. “We just returned from the Oval Office and so it is my honor, on behalf of the President of the United States, to announce that henceforth, the men and women of the United States Space Force will be known as guardians,” Pence said at […]
Londoners took PM Boris Johnson’s announcement of a Covid-19 lockdown for the Christmas holiday as their cue to flee London, in doing so, perhaps achieving exactly the opposite of the latest efforts to contain the virus. “Congratulations Prime Minister and your experts,” Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage quipped on Twitter Saturday. “You have caused the first evacuation of London since 1939.” Videos posted on social media showed large […]
With more than 16 million Britons now required to stay at home as coronavirus lockdown went into effect on Sunday, tens of thousands of Londoners scrambled to get out of the capital Saturday night. Boris Johnson’s bombshell announcement to introduce Tier 4 restrictions in London and southeast England, to mitigate the spreading of a new strain of the coronavirus, sparked traffic jams and crowded train terminals […]
Keisha Lance Bottoms, the mayor of Georgia’s largest city, is said to have first turned down a newly proposed Cabinet role while speaking to Joe Biden’s representatives, and then she reportedly stood her ground when talking privately to the president-elect. Source link
The Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB) concluded on Saturday a series of activities titled Palestine is my cause, which featured participation by Moroccan artist Rashid Gholam, Palestinian artist Omar Bader, and Secretary-General of the Emirati Association for Resistance to Normalisation Ahmed Al Shaiba Al Nuaimi. PFB President Dr Hafez Al-Karmi opened the proceedings affirming "Palestine is my cause as a Palestinian, Arab, Muslim and a human […]
Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that President Donald Trump was acting “embarrassing” with his election fraud claims. Anchor Jake Tapper said, “President Trump held a meeting on Friday in which he reportedly discussed with his disgraced former National Security adviser Michael Flynn this deranged idea to appoint martial law and force new elections in states that Biden won. They […]
By Variant Perception The remarkable resilience of equity markets this year, along with the general bullish consensus for 2021, has some parallels with previous price action in 2009 and 2017 In 2009, equity markets rallied against a backdrop of a terrible economy, but rising leading indicators and strong policy stimulus. The rally extended until January 2010, before the S&P experienced an 8% correction in February 2010. […]
A story most blood-chilling comes exclusively from the Independent. A bunch of students at the University of Bristol had to spend a week unable to use the main lighting in their flat after one of them tested positive for Covid-19. The Covid-19 pandemic is the source of so many stories, some tragic and heartbreaking, some inspiring and soul-warming. And then there are those that make one […]
While Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Russia of being behind a recent major hacking attack on the US, President Donald Trump was not that sure, instead suspecting China’s involvement in the intrusion. Source link
Like many people who are spending much more time at home, I have amassed a large collection of plants. I am partial to ferns, which require humidity, and recently I realized I do too. Unfortunately, as the seasons have turned colder, my apartment has become drier. The morning after I turned the heat on, I woke up and immediately reached for a glass of water, then […]
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., seen here on Capitol Hill in May, had proposed curbing the Federal Reserve’s ability to offer emergency loans. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., seen here on Capitol Hill in May, had proposed curbing the Federal Reserve’s ability to offer emergency loans. Alex Wong/Getty Images Lawmakers have cleared a major obstacle in their path […]
President Trump is holding his first rally since the 2020 election was stolen from him by Joe Biden and the radical left back on December 5th. Tens of thousands turned out to see President Trump in Valdosta, Georgia. The rally featured remarks from President Donald J. Trump, Senator David Perdue, Senator Kelly Loeffler, candidate for Public Service Commissioner Lauren “Bubba” McDonald, and other Republicans. The mainstream […]
Students clashed with riot police in Lebanon during furious protests against tuition fee hikes at top university, The New Arab reported. Tear gas was used to disperse the students, who were attempting to approach the main gate of the American University of Beirut (AUB). Students fought back by hurling water bottles and other objects at the riot police blocking the way. Lebanese students burn dumpsters while […]
“They don’t need rockets to take those things out,” Romney said. “They potentially have the capability to take out all of those things and doing it remotely at very small cost.” While Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and intelligence experts have blamed the attack on Russia, Trump on Saturday offered his own theory — that it could have been China. “Russia, Russia, Russia is the priority […]
President Donald Trump denied Sunday he was considering martial law, after news outlets speculated about the contents of a White House meeting. “Martial law = Fake News,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Just more knowingly bad reporting!” Martial law = Fake News. Just more knowingly bad reporting! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 20, 2020 The New York Times reported Trump met with Sidney Powell and his former […]
The Biden administration has reportedly been refusing to talk to Juan Guaido, the man the US considers to be Venezuela’s legitimate president, and may drop the demand for President Nicolas Maduro to step down from power. The incoming Democratic government in the US will take a somewhat new approach to Venezuela, a nation that the Trump administration designated as part of a Latin American “troika of tyranny” and […]
Late on Saturday night, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) reached an agreement on language to curtail the Federal Reserve’s special lending authorities, clearing the last major hurdle on a $900 billion coronavirus-relief package. The deal had been held up over a dispute over the Fed’s emergency lending facilities, such as its unilateral ability (with Treasury permission) to buy corporate bonds […]
Shaking up a calm weekend in his inimitable style, billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk has dropped another bitcoin bomb in an ongoing series of provocative tweets targeted at cryptocurrencies. Musk has tweeted in the past about bitcoin, dogecoin and the like, often in a joking manner. This time around, however, the Tesla and SpaceX founder, started by saying bitcoin was his “safe word,” and tweeted: “Just […]
The public action comes as Germany is experiencing an uptick in the number of coronavirus cases, which has prompted the authorities to intensify restrictive measures. Source link
Israel barred foreign nationals from the UK, Denmark and South Africa after a new "fast spreading" strain of COVID-19 was discovered, i24 News reported. The UK's Chief Medical Adviser Chris Whitty revealed on Saturday that a new virulent, faster-spreading strain of the deadly virus was found, and confirmed that urgent research is being done to see if the latest mutation causes a higher mortality rate. He […]
Doug Andres, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, said the compromise on the Fed language means Congress “can begin closing out the rest of the package to deliver much-needed relief to families, workers and businesses.” The House is expected to vote first, followed by a Senate vote that could slip into Monday. Democratic leaders sent out a whip notice late Saturday informing members that […]
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) is hosting its sixth annual Student Action Summit (SAS) in West Palm Beach, Florida, this weekend. Day 2 of the event kicks off Sunday morning, and will feature Dan Bongino, Jesse Watters, My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell (pictured), and many more. Day 2 of the event will begin at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Students and young activists from across the country will […]