RT

Love boats, Oedipus complexes, and pants suits on a desert island – a pair of new schmaltzy films, courtesy of the US Department of Defense, are the Christmas present we could all do without.

You know how it goes, you spend half your life waiting for the US military to help make a sentimental, Christmas-themed romantic comedy and then two come along at once: Hallmark’s ‘USS Christmas’ and Netflix’s ‘Operation Christmas Drop’. Continue reading “The Pentagon spends millions helping Hollywood movies that portray the US military favorably. But now it’s into Xmas ROM-COMS?”

Washington Free Beacon

When Antifa and BLM came to ravage your city, what did you do? Some seized their chance to loot the nearest Walmart. Others watched helplessly as Democratic mayors and governors let their own communities burn. But among us there are patriots—righteous men of action. Kyle Rittenhouse is one such man.

On the night of Aug. 25, as riots engulfed Kenosha, Wisconsin, Kyle Rittenhouse ran toward the danger armed only with an AR-15 and a first aid kit. In an interview just hours before a confrontation that would leave two men dead and another wounded, Rittenhouse told a reporter: “So people are getting injured, and our job is to protect this business, and a part of my job is to also help people. If there’s somebody hurt, I’m running into harm’s way. That’s why I have my rifle because I need to protect myself, obviously. But I also have my med kit.” Continue reading “2020 Man of the Year: Kyle Rittenhouse”

The Sun

IRAN’S president believes “madman” Donald Trump will end up being hanged like Saddam Hussein when he leaves the White House.

Firebrand Hassan Rouhani made the astonishing claim during a heated cabinet meeting in Tehran on Wednesday. Continue reading “Iranian president Rouhani says ‘madman’ Trump will be HANGED like Saddam Hussein when he leaves office”

Inside Higher Ed – by Kery Murakami

A $900 billion coronavirus-relief package, passed by Congress late Monday night, gives colleges and universities another $23 billion in relief aid, which the head of the American Council on Education blasted as “wholly inadequate.”

The Senate shortly before midnight followed the House in also approving overwhelmingly a larger $1.4 trillion budget deal to fund the government through next September. The proposed deal also brings an additional $1 billion in spending on medical research as well as major changes to financial aid, including simplifying the Free Application for Federal Student Aid from 108 to 36 questions, and giving Republican education committee chairman Lamar Alexander one of his top priorities days before he retires from Congress. It also includes a number of Democratic priorities, including allowing more incarcerated prisoners to be eligible for Pell Grants. President Trump is expected to sign both pieces of legislation Continue reading “Congressional Deal Would Give Higher Ed $23B”

Activist Post – by BN Frank

Cell phone safety is NOT tested on humans or animals.  It’s tested on “SAM”, a plastic mannequin head.

From “We Are Not Sam”:

SAM is a dummy used by the telecommunications industry across the world to test the heating effects of wireless radiation of 5G mobile phones.  Continue reading “Doctors, Scientists, and Ex-Industry Whistleblowers Support Petition to Boycott 5G Phones”

Sputnik

Earlier, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York State Governor Cuomo agreed to end indoor dining in New York City in a move to clamp down on the spike in hospitalisations.

Members of the Whitestone Republican Club have been filmed having a maskless Christmas party on 9 December at an Italian restaurant in Queens, New York. Continue reading “COVID Conga Line: Video Showing Maskless Republicans Dancing at Christmas Party Sparks Investigation”

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

Health and Human Services gave the Ohio National Guard a waiver allowing them to administer COVID-19 vaccines to the general Ohio populace. Now they can “help” get everyone vaccinated for a disease that’s statically irrelevant.

Major General John Harris said members of the Ohio National Guard will begin receiving doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, clearing the way for them to assist in vaccinating all Ohioans. According to a report by Patch, there is not yet a concrete plan for how to use the Guard in distributing the vaccine.  Continue reading “Ohio National Guard Will “Help” Administer The Vaccine To All Ohioans”

Breitbart – by John Binder

President-Elect Joe Biden is planning to dismantle the legal wall at the United States-Mexico border that President Trump has constructed that ensures a reduction of illegal immigration through asylum agreements with Mexico and Central America.

In statements this week, Biden and his advisers said they plan on taking down Trump’s legal wall that includes the Remain in Mexico policy, as well as cooperative asylum agreements with Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. The agreements have allowed federal immigration officials to swiftly return border crossers to their native countries after failing to meet asylum thresholds. Continue reading “Joe Biden to Dismantle Trump’s Legal Wall, Inviting Central Americans to Southern Border”

NBC 4

Dr. Anthony Fauci got an early birthday present when D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser proclaimed Thursday, December 24, 2020, “Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Day” in the District.

Dr. Fauci, who is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a top U.S. advisor on COVID-19, turns 80 years old on Thursday. Continue reading “DC Mayor Proclaims Thursday ‘Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Day’”

Daily Mail

House Republicans will stop President Donald Trump’s demand for $2,000 relief checks, saying they won’t support Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Christmas Eve proposal to get more money to Americans struggling in the coronavirus pandemic.

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy told his fellow Republicans on a conference call Wednesday that the unanimous consent request Pelosi plans for the $2,000 checks will not go through. Continue reading “Republicans REFUSE to give Trump the $2,000 relief checks”

MLive – by Martin Slagter

ANN ARBOR, MI – Undergraduate students at the University of Michigan undergraduate student are being required to be tested weekly for COVID-19 if they need to be on the Ann Arbor campus this winter.

The mandatory weekly testing is required for students living, learning, working or doing research in person on the Ann Arbor campus during the winter semester. Testing for this group prior to starting any on-campus activities also is required and will be made available, university officials said. Continue reading “Mandatory weekly COVID-19 testing required for University of Michigan on-campus undergrads”

Israel-Palestinian News – by Alison Weir

The US Senate and House have voted legislation to upgrade a position that the State Department had deemed was unnecessary. Once the legislation is signed into law (as is expected), the position will be elevated to ambassadorial rank.

The position, “Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism,” directs a State Department office that was established by Congress in 2004 over the objections of State Department officials who said it was not needed. According to the State Department, the new office would be a “bureaucratic nuisance” that would actually hinder the Department’s ongoing work. Continue reading “Congress votes to elevate ‘Anti-Semitism’ Envoy to Ambassadorship”

Common Dreams – by Kenny Stancil

Lawmakers in Congress are under fire from digital rights campaigners for embedding three controversial changes to online copyright and trademark laws into the must-pass $2.3 trillion legislative package—which includes a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill and a $900 billion Covid-19 relief bill—that could receive floor votes in the House and Senate as early as Monday evening.

The punitive provisions crammed into the enormous bill (pdf), warned Evan Greer of the digital rights group Fight for the Future, “threaten ordinary Internet users with up to $30,000 in fines for engaging in everyday activity such as downloading an image and re-uploading it… [or] sharing memes.” Continue reading “‘This Is Atrocious’: Congress Crams Language to Criminalize Online Streaming, Meme-Sharing Into 5,500-Page Omnibus Bill”