President Donald Trump speaks during a presentation in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., November 24, 2020. (Hannah McKay/Reuters) President Trump threatened via Twitter on Tuesday to veto the National Defense Authorization Act unless lawmakers repeals Section 230, a law that shields tech companies from publishing liability. The defense bill provides
Month: December 2020
(Natural News) John Fredericks interviews Lin Wood, Dec. 1st, 2020: Full transcript by NaturalNews.com – full video shown at the bottom of this transcript. Audio Transcript John Fredericks: Lin Wood, thanks for being with us, sir. Lin Wood: Good morning. I guess you are finding that our mainstream media is not telling the American public
(Jim Young/Reuters) I have a running theory that government officials, and the policies they support, are often disconnected from reality. Politicians on both sides of the aisle tend to do what they always do, no matter the current state of the world. They use the same policy tools, whether appropriate or not. They use every
Columnist Paul Krugman of the New York Times is a real piece of work. In a recent piece for the paper, he lamented the fact that so many people on the right are questioning the legitimacy of Biden’s win and goes on to say that Democrats never did that to Trump. Of course, there are
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The Department of Justice is investigating allegations of a possible “bribery conspiracy scheme” in which “a substantial political contribution” was offered in exchange for a presidential pardon, according to heavily redacted court documents unsealed Tuesday. What are the details? CNN reported that the filings submitted in late August do not “reveal a timeline of the
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued a statement Tuesday urging the United States Supreme Court to hear an emergency appeal challenging the election results in the state of Pennsylvania, which was filed by fellow Republicans. What are the details? Last month, Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Kelly (R) and GOP congressional candidate Sean Parnell filed a lawsuit in
After a 10 episode run, Fox’s Filthy Rich is finally over. The show was canceled late last month due to low ratings. It seems viewers weren’t too keen on the offensive portrayal of Christians, week after week, centered around one televangelist family, the Monreauxs, with Margaret (Kim Cattrall) the matriarch running the show. Minutes into
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says we’ll need more electricity to power cars like his. A lot more. Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday that electricity consumption will double if the world’s car fleets are electrified, increasing the need to expand nuclear, solar, geothermal and wind energy generating sources. Increasing the availability of sustainable
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A year ago when Merriam-Webster announced the 2019 Word of the Year, the choice was “they”. That idiotic choice was a sop to the woke among us who do not identify as either male or female. Previous winners in recent years include “justice” in 2018, “feminism” in 2017, and “surreal” in 2016. Little did anyone
The New York Times ran a long editorial over the weekend arguing that higher wages can cause economic growth instead of its always having to be the other way around. The basic argument is succinct if conclusory: “Consumption drives the American economy, and workers who are paid more can spend more.” Advertisement The contrary view
Project Veritas released tapes on Tuesday of CNN’s 9 a.m. rundown calls that they have secretly been recording for months. These tapes expose CNN president Jeff Zucker and several other CNN executives expressing their extreme political biases against the president. “This is yet another investigation Project Veritas has conducted into CNN, and once again they’ve
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. (Tami Chappell/Reuters) When the pandemic really shut down U.S. daily life in March, lots of Americans described getting either a bad cold or what they thought was the flu the previous winter and speculated that they may have caught COVID-19 — in some cases, before
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is reportedly placing partial blame for his party’s failure to regain the upper chamber on failed Democratic candidate Cal Cunningham who allegedly “couldn’t keep his zipper up.” What are the details? Axios reported Tuesday that Schumer “has made the zipper comment on numerous calls” to donors in blaming Cunningham’s
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany accused a reporter for Playboy of shouting at her “in a misogynistic manner” and called for the White House Correspondents’ Association to investigate him. McEnany made the comments about reporter Brian Karem during an interview on “Fox and Friends” Tuesday. She was addressing an argument she had with the
In both their Monday and Tuesday evening newscasts, the broadcast networks flashed just how they planned to protect the incoming Biden administration from all controversies that are sure to arise. One of their first tests was to defend far-left think tank operator Neera Tanden, who had been nominated to run the budget office. Avoiding her
The Washington Examiner reports that Joe Biden’s pick to head the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, has deleted about 1,000 tweets in anticipation of tough Senate confirmation. Tanden, who is the CEO of the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank, would need a majority vote in the Senate to become the
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U.S. Attorney John Durham (United States Attorney’s Office, District of Connecticut/Wikimedia) It does not appear Durham qualifies for the special-counsel post announced by the AG. Still, Biden would be wise to let the probe conclude. Attorney General Bill Barr told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he has appointed Connecticut U.S. attorney John Durham as a
Call this David Perdue’s Heroes Act. No, this isn’t a reference to Nancy Pelosi’s bloated state-government-bailout-disguised-as-relief bill. Remember “Save the cheerleader, save the world”? Think of Georgia as the cheerleader in this case, although Perdue had better hope the payoff is better than it was with the superhero series. In his new ad launched this morning,
(Natural News) An all-powerful global government has already formed, and they have already made their plans public. They plan to use covid-19 lock downs and public health orders to strip people of their individual rights, to forfeit private property ownership, and to submit sovereign countries to a one world economy that is complete with heightened
(Natural News) Court documents released last week under Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy process reveal that that consultancy firm McKinsey & Company advised its client to pay rebates to distributors of OxyContin whenever an overdose case could be traced back to abuse of the controversial opioid pill. The purpose of these kickbacks or bonuses was to help
Attorney General William Barr appointed U.S. Attorney John Durham as a Special Counsel in October tasked with investigating the Crossfire Hurricane investigation targeting the Trump campaign and administration. Barr told the Associated Press about the appointment in an interview Tuesday, saying he wanted to give protection to Durham’s investigation regardless of the outcome of the
Signs at the Supreme Court during the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., January 18, 2019. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Last week, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released new data on the incidence of abortion in the U.S., indicating that although there was a slight uptick in the abortion rate between 2017 and 2018, the
The Apple Inc. logo at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue, N.Y., October 16, 2019. (Mike Segar/Reuters) On Sunday, the New York Times reported that several multinational corporations including Apple and Nike are lobbying against legislation that would ban products from China’s Xinjiang province, many of which are made by forced Uyghur
In yet another instance of Democratic hypocrisy regarding the coronavirus pandemic, Democratic San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo reportedly celebrated Thanksgiving with family and friends despite urging residents to “cancel” big gatherings for the holiday. What are the details? On Nov. 25, the day before Thanksgiving, and likely well after most had already made plans for
Attorney General Bill Barr told the Associated Press Tuesday that the United States Department of Justice has not found any evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Barr said that U.S. attorneys and FBI agents have investigated specific complaints and information they’ve received and that the investigations
During the Trump administration, reporters stood up to the President, telling us that “democracy dies in darkness.” Well, democracy must being doing just fine as hack journalists have turned back into stenographers now that Joe Biden is President-Elect. NBC News Now anchor Kate Snow on Tuesday parroted, with no skepticism, the talking points of a Biden
Attorney General Bill Barr appointed U.S. Attorney John Durham as special counsel to continue investigating Obamagate and the illicit origins of the Russia probe. “On May 13, 2019, I directed John Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, to investigate certain intelligence and law-enforcement activities surrounding the 2016 presidential election,” Barr wrote in a