By Ilya Tsukanov – Sputnik – 29.11.2020
The Trump campaign has accused Democrat Party officials in half a dozen battleground states of widespread election fraud, mostly involving mail-in ballots. Democrats, most legacy media, and even some Republicans have dismissed the allegations and urged the President to concede defeat.
President Donald Trump has accused the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation of possibly being ‘in on’ the alleged plot to steal the election from him.
“This is total fraud and how the FBI and the Department of Justice, I don’t know, maybe they’re involved, but how people are allowed to get away with this stuff is unbelievable. This election was rigged. This election was a total fraud,” Trump alleged, speaking to Fox News in a telephone interview Sunday morning.
“They’ve been there a long time. Some of them have served a lot of different presidents, and they have their own views. All I can say is… with all the fraud that’s taken place, nobody has come to me and said ‘the FBI has nabbed the people that are doing this scheme,’” he added. The President went on to complain that the FBI and the DoJ have yet to investigate Obama-era officials’ potential illegal activities, including spying on the Trump campaign in 2016.
“Where are they with Comey, with McCabe, with Brennan, with all these people? They lied to Congress, they lied, they leaked… Where are they with all this stuff?” Trump asked, referring to former FBI Director James Comey, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, and former CIA director John Brennan and their roles in instigating Russiagate.
Suggesting that the world was watching what’s going on in the United States regarding the election fraud allegations, Trump said that he’s had leaders of other countries calling him up and saying the 3 November vote was “the most messed-up election we’ve ever seen.” … continue
RT | November 29, 2020
An Australian couple whose child was reportedly seized by state authorities is appealing a magistrate’s ruling finding them abusive and “dangerous” for resisting testosterone therapy for their daughter, who identifies as male.
Lawyers for the unidentified parents filed papers last week seeking to appeal a magistrate’s October decision, setting up what appears to be the country’s first test case on parental rights regarding gender dysphoria medicine, the Australian newspaper reported on Saturday. Their child, then 15, was taken away from the family last year, after discussing suicide online.
“The authorities say we will not allow her to change gender, so it’s dangerous for told her to come back to our house because we will mentally abuse her,” the father told the Australian. “They want us to consent to testosterone treatment.” … continue
By John W. Whitehead | Rutherford Institute | September 8, 2020
“No one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end.”—George Orwell
You can map the nearly 20-year journey from the 9/11 attacks to the COVID-19 pandemic by the freedoms we’ve lost along the way.
The road we have been traveling has been littered with the wreckage of our once-vaunted liberties, especially those enshrined in the Fourth Amendment.
The assaults on our freedoms that began with the post-9/11 passage of the USA Patriot Act laid the groundwork for the eradication of every vital constitutional safeguard against government overreach, corruption and abuse.
The COVID-19 pandemic with its lockdowns, mask mandates, surveillance, snitch lines for Americans to report their fellow citizens for engaging in risky behavior, and veiled threats of forced vaccinations has merely provided the architects of the American police state with an opportunity to flex their muscles.
These have become mile markers on the road to tyranny. … continue
By Scott Ritter | RT | November 29, 2020
From Syria to Libya to Nagorno-Karabakh, this new method of military offense has been brutally effective. We are witnessing a revolution in the history of warfare, one that is causing panic, particularly in Europe.
In an analysis written for the European Council on Foreign Relations, Gustav Gressel, a senior policy fellow, argues that the extensive (and successful) use of military drones by Azerbaijan in its recent conflict with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh holds “distinct lessons for how well Europe can defend itself.”
Gressel warns that Europe would be doing itself a disservice if it simply dismissed the Nagorno-Karabakh fighting as “a minor war between poor countries.” In this, Gressel is correct – the military defeat inflicted on Armenia by Azerbaijan was not a fluke, but rather a manifestation of the perfection of the art of drone warfare by Baku’s major ally in the fighting, Turkey. Gressel’s conclusion – that “most of the [European Union’s] armies… would do as miserably as the Armenian Army” when faced by such a threat – is spot on. … continue
By Ilya Tsukanov – Sputnik – 29.11.2020
Joe Biden began announcing picks for his cabinet this week, even as incumbent Donald Trump continues to refuse to concede, citing alleged widespread voter fraud. On Tuesday, Biden selected Iraq, Libyan and Syrian war proponent Antony Blinken, his former vice presidential national security advisor, for the key post of secretary of state.
The Biden camp is actively considering naming Democratic Michigan congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, senior Pentagon official and Iraq War intelligence operative as his CIA director, the New York Times has reported, citing people said to be familiar with the deliberations. … continue
Press TV – November 29, 2020
A Palestinian woman and two children have been injured when an Israeli settler ran them over in the occupied West Bank.
The Arabic-language Arab48 news website reported that the incident took place near the Cave of the Patriarchs, known to Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the heart of the Old City of al-Khalil, located 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Jerusalem al-Quds, on Sunday morning.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said in a statement that the three people suffered minor to moderate injuries.
There have been scores of incidents similar in kind to a hit-and-run situation where Palestinians have been targeted in different parts of the West Bank. Most of the cases go uninvestigated by Israeli authorities. Some of such events have resulted in fatalities.
On September 14, a Palestinian worker was seriously injured in a similar incident on a road near the town of Hawara, south of Nablus. The Israeli driver fled the scene. … Full article
By Lubna Tarabey – Al-Manar – November 28, 2020
“Normalization” is the process through which relationships can become normal or the process of bringing or returning something to a normal state or condition. Normalcy requires a balance of relationships, a regularization, an orderly state of affairs. Is that really the basis of the relationship between the so called “State of Israel” and the other countries of the Arab World that appear to be rushing to sign such ‘normalization’ agreements? Would such a state of affairs result in something that is even remotely balanced?
Let us take a look at this assumed balance and see if it is skewed in any direction – in whose direction. What does the “State of Israel” have? It has a nuclear ability- unlike the Arab countries, the strongest army, and the unconditional support of the United States of America and the Western world. What do any of the Arab states embarking on normalization have? Nothing of the above – not even the support of their people. Yes, they do have an oil-based wealth which can be robbed, used or abused, and that is what the Israelis are after. What resources does ‘Israel’ have that it promises to share with these Arab states? It promises to share nothing – promising peace. The idea in itself would be funny if it was not so pathetic. When were these Arab states now signing agreements ever in a state of war with ‘Israel’? When did any ever offer to send one soldier to fight alongside the Palestinians? The promised peace is pathetic as it is being offered as a gift among two parties that had never even been in war. Arab regimes are fools if they think they would benefit from the Zionists controlling the policies, both internal and external, in ‘Israel’. Which Arab state – those who actually were engaged in armed conflict – ever benefited from any agreement with the Zionists? Did Egypt benefit? Did Jordan benefit? The answer is categorically NO. None of these states benefited and none can hope to ever benefit from such agreements. That is against the policies of the Zionists state as the following clarifies. … continue
Press TV | November 29, 2020
The majority of Iranian lawmakers have approved double urgency of a strategic motion, which aims to counteract unilateral sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic by Western countries, topped by the United States.
The motion passed through the Parliament during its Sunday session with 232 votes in favor.
Iranian lawmaker Mojtaba Zonnouri, who had called for the double urgency of the motion, said as verified by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Islamic Republic has fulfilled all its commitments as per the landmark nuclear agreement of 2015, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
However, he added, the United States, as one of the signatories to the accord, has lifted banking sanctions only on paper and continued to pose threats and impose sanctions on international banking system after it withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018. … Full article
Press TV | November 29, 2020
Iranian lawmakers have issued a statement demanding that the country respond to the recent assassination of a senior nuclear scientist near Tehran by restricting the United Nations’ regulatory mandate regarding Iran’s nuclear program.
Members of Majlis (Iran’s Parliament) offered the proposal in a statement that was read out at the legislature on Sunday.
“Such atrocity entails an immediate and regret-inducing response,” they said, stressing that the best means of retaliation is through “the revival of the country’s brilliant nuclear industry by ending its voluntary adherence to the Additional Protocol” and restricting the UN nuclear watchdog’s unprecedented inspection regime. … continue
By Paul Homewood | Not A Lot Of People Know That | November 29, 2020
Demand for timber to construct British naval vessels in the 1800s and earlier seriously depleted the country’s forests. Some estimates say that England’s woodlands shrunk from an estimated land coverage of 15% in 1086, England’s forests and woods had dwindled to just 5.2% by 1905.
Fortunately thanks to the steel industry, our forest cover is back to 13%.
However, it might not be for long if the eco-loons [BBC] get their way:
The shipping industry’s climate impact is large and growing, but a team in Costa Rica is making way for a clean shipping revolution with a cargo ship made of wood. […]
So, let’s get this straight. You would need more than 2000 of these wooden ships to replace one conventional container ship. And it would travel at a quarter of the speed.
And for that, the BBC think it’s a good idea to cut down millions of trees!
The goals of the German transition to green energies are simple in terms of energy policy:
1. phase-out nuclear energy by 2022,
2. phase-out coal by 2035,
3. phase-out oil and gas in parallel and completely by 2050.
The energy needed for electricity, heat, mobility and industrial processes in climate-neutral Germany will then have to be supplied by wind and solar energy and a few percent by hydropower and biomass. This is at least according to the plans of the German government, which are supported by all major social players.
Is this realistic? … continue
By Kip Hansen | Watts Up With That? | November 28, 2020
There has been massive media attention on Covid-19 deaths – and there have been a lot of them. The CDC as of noon on 26 November 2020 was reporting that there have been 259,005 total Covid-19 deaths in the United States. […]
… if I were in the Emergency Room, the ER doctor might ask me these questions: Do you know anyone who isn’t feeling well? Have you been in close contact with them for more than 10 minutes? Have you attended any meeting with more than 10 people in the last 14 days? Have you been to church or a party? Have you visited a restaurant or a bar? Any YES epidemiologically qualifies me as a Covid case. More questions: Do you wear a face mask whenever you are out of your own home? in your car? in WalMart? at the park? while mountain biking? Any NO qualifies me as a Covid case epidemiologically.
You can see how easy it is to be classified as a Covid-19 case. And they haven’t even tested me yet. (Read the link to see why even testing wouldn’t save me.) They would report me as a Covid case even if I tested negative – I might not be positive “yet”.
And while I describe my pending Covid-19 Case classification jokingly, it is a very real scenario. And, heaven forbid, were I to die of almost anything (except obvious trauma) in the next 14 days, I would become another Covid-19 Death statistic. … Read full article
By Daniel Lazare | Strategic Culture Foundation | November 28, 2020
As Joe Biden unveils his hawkish cabinet picks, it’s hard not to get the sense that we’re all hurtling back in time to those glorious days of regime change when the United States believed it had a sacred right to topple any government that got in its way. It also seems like we’re returning to the days that when jihadi terrorism aimed at America and its allies was horrible, terrible, a crime against humanity, and so on, while terrorism aimed at people the US didn’t like was, well, distasteful and unpleasant but not something to bring up in polite company.
While no one wants to blow up innocent civilians, in other words, what really counts is which civilians and in whose behalf. … continue
The Saker | November 27, 2020
There is really nothing particularly complicated about what just happened: the AngloZionists have murdered a top Iranian scientist in the hope that this murder will trigger a war. The Iranians have promised a retaliation, but have not taken any action, at least so far.
Since there are those who will inevitably conclude that “Iran cannot do anything“, or “Iran is afraid” or even “Iran should strike Israel“, all I want to do today is to mention a few basic things about deterrence and retaliation. Let’s begin by the former: deterrence.
Deterrence: there are two fundamental ways to deter an enemy: denial and punishment. The first case in infinitely more desirable than the second one. Why? Denial simply means that you can counter-act your enemy’s attack plans by preventing your enemy from achieving success. This is what an air defense system does: it destroys the incoming missile before it reaches the target.
In our case, an effective denial strategy would have been executed by effectively protecting Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and his family from any attacks. … continue
MEMO | November 28, 2020
The Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas on Friday condemned Israel’s detention campaign targeting its senior leaders in the occupied West Bank, a statement announced.
“The Israeli detention campaign targeted senior leaders who reiterated that the national partnership and unity are the bases for the confrontation of the occupation and its plans,” the statement read.
It added: “Hamas’ leaders and members will remain at the forefront, defending the principles of the Palestinians.”
The statement noted that most Hamas leaders had spent tens of years inside Israeli occupation jails: “And remained steadfast in their positions regarding the resistance of the occupation.”
On Friday at dawn, Israel occupation forces carried out a wide-scale detention campaign against Hamas leaders in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. … Full article
IMEMC | November 28, 2020
Four Palestinians were injured, on Friday, one seriously, during the weekly peaceful procession in the northern occupied West Bank village of Kufur Qaddoum, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported.
Morad Eshteiwi, the coordinator of the popular resistance in the village said that Israeli soldiers opened fire with rubber-coated steel rounds and concussion grenades at dozens of Palestinian demonstrators at the anti-settlement rally, east of Qalqilia.
Four young men were wounded, including a teen, identified as Youssef Abdel Fattah Amer, 18, was shot in the head with a rubber-coated steel round, and transferred to hospital in critical condition.
Three other injuries, classified as moderate, were provided with medical treatment on the scene, while several other protesters suffered the toxic effects of tear-gas, heavily fired by occupation forces. … Full article
By Craig Murray | November 28, 2020
In the 15 year history of this blog, I have criticised the Human Rights records of states including Bahrain, Belarus, Brazil, Burma, Cameroon, China, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Libya, the Maldives, the Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, Uganda, the United Kingdom, the United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
The only country of which criticism has resulted in substantial legal and political action against me and attempted censorship is Israel. Criticism of Israel also immediately results in heavy suppression of traffic to my site from the corporate gatekeepers of Twitter, Facebook and Google.
Now a group of witch-hunting UK MPs has written to Amazon to complain that Alexa has quoted my blog on Israel. … continue
teleSUR | November 27, 2020
A court judge in Sacaba (Cochabamba) decided on Thursday to impose house arrest for the commander of the Armed Forces, General Alfredo Cuellar, accused of murder during the massacre that occurred in November 2019 during the police-army intervention against a public march of coca growers who were trying to reach the city of Cochabamba in support of deposed President Evo Morales.
Cuellar, who was arrested on Tuesday, assured the Sacaba Prosecutor’s Office that he only carried out administrative functions during those days and was the fifth in command, according to the Bolivian newspaper La Razón. The court order also prohibited communication with other witnesses and people involved in the case, the obligation to visit twice a week the Sacaba Prosecutor’s Office for a signature, and the payment of bail of 250,000 Bolivianos (a little more than USD 36,000). … Full article
By Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge – 11/28/2020
The United Nations has ‘launched a counter-attack’ against coronavirus misinformation – by teaming up with the World Economic Forum to battle coronavirus misinformation and other ‘potentially dubious content.’ … continue
By Eric Striker – National Justice – November 28, 2020
A respected physics professor who taught at Imam Hussein University of Tehran was ambushed by gangsters sent by Washington and Israel.
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is now the sixth Iranian scientist murdered by Jewish state actors. Fakhrizadeh was put on a hit list in 2018 when during a powerpoint presentation Benjamin Netanyahu accused him of being a leading expert in Iran’s nuclear program.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has repeatedly stated that there is about as much evidence for an Iranian nuclear weapons program as there was for Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction or Basher Assad’s gas attack. This has not stopped Jews around the world, including Netanyahu himself, from insisting otherwise.
Trump, in his usual candid form, revealed the real agenda behind the assassination by retweeting a loose-lipped Jewish journalist named Yossi Melman. According to the bragging Melman, Fakhrizadeh’s shooting is meant to be “a major psychological and professional blow for Iran.” In other words, the goal is to inflict fear; to send a message. The textbook definition of terrorism. … continue
By Jonny Tickle | RT | November 27, 2020
Belarusian opposition figure Svetlana Tikhanovskaya claimed on Thursday that Joe Biden had invited her for a meeting, but her team was forced to reveal one day later that the invitation was, in fact, fictional.
Tikhanovskaya told Belsat, a Warsaw-based outlet bankrolled by the US State Department and Poland’s right-wing government, that she was set for an encounter with the presumed US president-elect.
“We are planning to meet Joe Biden, and we have already received an invite,” she said.
The get-together would have seen the exiled activist engage with another major Western politician, after already sitting down with the likes of French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
After news of the interview gained international coverage, her adviser Franak Viačorka, who had made claims about the purported meeting, backtracked on Twitter, explaining that the opposition figurehead has an “interest” in going to Washington, but she “did not receive any official invitation from Joe Biden.” As well as his role with Tikhanovskaya, Viačorka is employed at NATO’s Atlantic Council adjunct.
The former US vice president has made his support for the Belarusian opposition known, and in October promised to expand sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s “henchmen.” … Full article
RT | November 27, 2020
An Iranian diplomat and three of his compatriots go on trial in Belgium on Friday after being accused of plotting to bomb an opposition rally outside Paris in 2018, in the first such proceedings in Europe.
The diplomat, Assadolah Assadi, who was formerly based in Vienna, and the three others have been charged by prosecutors in Belgium with planning an attack on a meeting of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). The exiled opposition group is headquartered in the French capital.
The trial is scheduled to be held on Friday and then Thursday next week, and if convicted, Assadi, 48, faces life in prison. The diplomat, who has not commented on the charges, was arrested while on holiday in July 2018 in Germany, where he had no immunity from prosecution and was handed over to Belgium. … continue
Palestine Information Center – November 27, 2020
RAMALLAH – Jewish settlers cut down trees and destroyed an agricultural room in Turmus’ayya village, to the northeast of Ramallah, on Friday.
Eyewitnesses reported that settlers cut down about 400 grape vines and destroyed an agricultural irrigation network in the town. Settlers also cut down 7 olive trees and destroyed the contents of an agricultural room belonging to Rajeh Abu Sukkar.
The settlers established a settlement outpost a few days ago and set up mobile homes in the outskirts of Turmus’ayya, which is located near the settlement of Adi Ad.
Turmus’ayya town is located 23 km northeast of Ramallah and its total population is about 4,200 people.
According to the Municipal Council data, the total area of Turmus’ayya is 18 thousand dunums, 3,000 dunums are the structural plan for the town, and 4,000 dunums are rangelands planted with various field crops and vegetables.
The Jewish settlements seized about 7,000 dunums of Turmus’ayya lands.
The presence of settlements has prevented the townspeople from expanding from the north and east completely, in addition to converting a large part of the olive-cultivated lands into a closed military zone which could be only entered after obtaining prior permission from the Israeli Civil Administration.
By Andrew Korybko | One World | November 27, 2020
It seems like almost every week that Russian media reports on NATO’s attempted infringement of Russian airspace and maritime borders, but two ultra-dangerous developments occurred over the past week which signify that this trend will intensify. The Russian Navy threatened to ram the USS John McCain after it aggressively passed into the country’s territorial waters near Peter the Great Bay off Vladivostok, after which it thankfully reversed its course. The second incident involved the US launching rockets into the Black Sea from Romania that are capable of reaching Crimea in a wartime scenario. These two events deserve to be discussed more in detail because of their significance to NATO’s grand strategy.
The transatlantic alliance intends to provoke the Eurasian Great Power into reacting in a way that could then be manipulated as the “plausible pretext” for imposing further pressure upon it. It amounts to de-facto brinksmanship and is therefore incredibly dangerous since both parties are nuclear powers. Furthermore, it’s the definition of unprovoked aggression since Russia doesn’t partake in symmetrical provocations against NATO. If anything, every time that it’s been dishonestly accused of such was just the country carrying out military exercises within its own borders which just so happen to abut several NATO states after the bloc extended its frontiers eastward following the end of the Old Cold War. … continue
By Damian Wilson | RT | November 27, 2020
A shocking video of French police beating up a man who wasn’t wearing a mask showed the authorities’ iron-fist approach to enforcing regulations and suppressing protests. Will this be the new norm when the pandemic has passed?
A British shopper recently spotted by police failing to wear a face mask decided to heap abuse on the hapless copper patiently explaining the rules to her before she simply flung her basket to the ground and strolled off without a care in the world. All very British, and no one was hurt – but it illustrated the frustration normal people are feeling over this never-ending pandemic.
Meanwhile, in Paris, a young, black music producer leaving his studio without wearing a face mask was spied by three policemen who set upon him and forced him back into his studio, where they kicked, punched and beat him with a truncheon for five minutes before he managed, with the help of friends, to bundle them out the door.
That didn’t deter the trio of plod as they tossed tear-gas grenades through the window to flush their prey from safety so he could be arrested.
The young chap, identified only as Michel, was later released without charge or having to pay the €135 fine for failing to comply with face-mask rules in Paris. The three policemen involved have been suspended from duty after it emerged that the entire incident was caught on a studio video camera. … continue
By Robert Bridge | Strategic Culture Foundation | November 27, 2020
The globalists responsible for engineering a medical tyranny across much of the Western world have something valuable to teach right-wing nationalists and would-be fascists, and that is you don’t sell your damaged product out of the barrel of a machine gun, but rather dripping from the end of a syringe that promises to end all pain and misery.
Patrick Henry, one of America’s more outspoken Founding Fathers, famously remarked “give me liberty or give me death” when the life of his nation was on the line. Today, America’s famous battle cry has been replaced by a masked and muffled gasp that advises, without hope of a second opinion, “give me lockdowns and keep me safe.” So terrified is the American public of catching a virus that comes with a 99 percent survival rate that they are willing to forego Thanksgiving, the great national holiday commemorating – with no loss of irony – their Pilgrim ancestors’ collective courage to overcome the wild, hostile conditions of their new land. … continue
By Damian Wilson | RT | November 26, 2020
Discredited, Brexit-obsessed hack Carole Cadwalladr faces having to explain why demonstrably false claims of dodgy Russian links, illegal funding and data manipulation during the referendum deserve journalism’s highest accolades.
The headline said it all above the prize-winning journalist’s latest piece, ‘A shadowy global operation involving big data, billionaire friends of Trump and the disparate forces of the Leave campaign influenced the result of the EU referendum.’
Wow! As a tale, it was a liberal journalist’s jackpot. Scheming Russians meddling in British democracy from the heart of Westminster, nefarious foreign agents pulling the strings of populist political puppets to influence the outcome of the most important referendum in a generation.
The shocking details of wrongdoing certainly would have been award-worthy journalism, had any of it been true. … continue
By Zachary Leeman | RT | November 26, 2020
Barack Obama is out promoting his new book through puff-piece media interviews, a reminder of how much he got away with as president and the fact that he couldn’t handle the level of scrutiny thrown at his successor, Donald Trump.
Watching media interviews with Obama while he promotes his new book ‘A Promised Land,’ you’d think he was a movie star talking up a film project, rather than the former commander-in-chief.
From playing “wastepaper basketball” with late night host Stephen Colbert to fielding softball questions about what Trump’s ascension to political power “says” about the US, Obama has been given a platform time and time-again to paint himself as a positive leader in contrast to Trump’s brash style.
The truth is Obama would never have made it through his eight years if he were forced to face the media scrutiny that Trump faces. … continue
Revolver | November 25, 2020
If Joe Biden taking the lead in Michigan and Wisconsin was the moment the dynamic of the Presidential race changed, this may be the moment the dynamic changes again.
A thorough and damning new analysis just published calls the legitimacy of this critical period into question and shows just how completely ridiculous and far-fetched the core of Joe Biden’s comeback really was in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia. It flags four individual vote dumps critical to Joe Biden’s “victory” in these states and shows, convincingly, that their ratios of Biden votes to Trump votes were profoundly anomalous when compared to other dumps in those states and virtually every other vote dump across the country. … continue
Surely the journalist class should be intrigued by the historic implausibility of Joe Biden’s victory. That they are not is curious, to say the least.
By J.B. Shurk | The Federalist | November 23, 2020
In all the excitement among objective journalists for Joe Biden’s declared victory, reporters are missing how extraordinary the Democrat’s performance was in the 2020 election. It’s not just that the former vice president is on track to become the oldest president in American history, it’s what he managed to accomplish at the polls this year.
Candidate Joe Biden was so effective at animating voters in 2020 that he received a record number of votes, more than 15 million more than Barack Obama received in his re-election of 2012. Amazingly, he managed to secure victory while also losing in almost every bellwether county across the country. No presidential candidate has been capable of such electoral jujitsu until now.
While Biden underperformed Hillary Clinton’s 2016 totals in every urban county in the United States, he outperformed her in the metropolitan areas of Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Even more surprising, the former VP put up a record haul of votes, despite Democrats’ general failures in local House and state legislative seats across the nation.
He accomplished all this after receiving a record low share of the primary vote compared to his Republican opponent heading into the general election. Clearly, these are tremendous and unexpected achievements that would normally receive sophisticated analysis from the journalist class but have somehow gone mostly unmentioned during the celebrations at news studios in New York City and Washington, D.C.
The massive national political realignment now taking place may be one source of these surprising upsets. Yet still, to have pulled so many rabbits out of his hat like this, nobody can deny that Biden is a first-rate campaigner and politician, the likes of which America has never before seen. Let’s break down just how unique his political voodoo has been in 2020. … continue
RT | November 27, 2020
Outgoing Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has urged President Donald Trump to issue pardons for Edward Snowden and Julian Assange, echoing growing calls to absolve whistleblowers who helped to “expose” the US “deep state.”
“Since you’re giving pardons to people, please consider pardoning those who, at great personal sacrifice, exposed the deception and criminality of those in the deep state,” Gabbard said in a tweet addressed to the president on Thursday, referring to Snowden and Assange. … continue
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- French companies train Saudi troops to kill Yemeni civilians: Report
- Israeli occupation authority to Judaize Palestinian property near Ibrahimi Mosque
- On Coronavirus, We Must Not Allow Politics to Dictate Science
- A dozen compelling allegations of voting irregularities in 2020 election
- The 4-year (neoliberal) radicalisation of US media & Bidenites’ ‘unradical radicalism’
- Open Skies no more: US pulls out of Cold War-era deal that provided global security in diplomatic row with Russia
- Michigan Legislators Face Calls For Possible Criminal Charges After Meeting With President Trump On Certification
- Pfizer’s Experimental Covid-19 Vaccine—What You’re Not Being Told
- UK Health Dept pilloried after issuing vague objection to Daily Mail article challenging govt’s Covid-19 narrative
- France’s new law limits press freedom
- New York Times job listing shows how Western propaganda operates
- Glenn Greenwald defends calling NBC a CIA mouthpiece, mocks accusation of ‘endangering journalists’
- Why is challenging suspicious election results ‘a threat to our democracy’?
- The fascist neo-left and the Trump Factor
- The Blizzard of Bogus Journalism on Covid
- Trudeau calls Great Reset a Conspiracy Theory after video of him promoting the globalist initiative went viral
- Poll: 80% of US deeply divided on basic values
- UK amends status of Israel and Jerusalem following pressure from pro-Israel lobby
- First group of US occupation forces leaves Iraq: Cmdr.
- HHS issues rare ‘fraud alert’ encouraging pharma to nix paid doctor speaker programs
- ‘Heroic Testimony’ In US Senate from Whistleblower COVID19 Doctors
- Top Canadian Pathologist On COVID: Media & Politicians Pushing Greatest Hoax Ever Perpetrated
- ‘No evidence’ that asymptomatic Covid-19 cases were infectious: analysis of post-lockdown Wuhan
- Antifa marches against ‘Nazi’ Covid sceptics in Berlin, amid demos decrying pandemic restrictions
- If the ‘Great Reset’ really is so good for us, let’s hold a referendum on it, so it can have a democratic mandate (or not)
- Portuguese Court Rules PCR Tests “Unreliable” & Quarantines “Unlawful”
- Snopes: ‘Misleading’ to Correctly Point Out Biden’s Cancer Charity Spent Millions On Salaries, Zero On Research
- Joe Biden: I Do Not Want a National Shutdown; I Just Want a National Shutdown.
- Justice Department Asserts Unreviewable Discretion to Kill US Citizens
- Israel to Evict 400 Palestinians from Jerusalem’s Neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah
- Palestinian medic arrested while treating protesters in West Bank
- Palestinian Authority Considers Cutting Stipends to Palestinian Prisoners
- Israeli occupation authority holds former minister, journalist in administrative detention
- Beijing Sends Biden a Warning
- Iran dismisses NYT report on contact with Biden team as piece of ‘yellow journalism’
- No, Climate Change Is Not Eliminating Thanksgiving Cranberry Sauce
- WHO Officially Counsels Against Prescribing Gilead’s Remdesivir To Treat COVID-19
- YouTube removes lockdown-sceptical interview with renowned immunologist Dr Mike Yeadon
- German Doctor Raided By Armed Police During Live YouTube Stream
- We need to protect the free speech of dissident doctors
- ‘Conspiracy theories’ on Covid-19 come from brain damage? Questionable science is being used to pathologize dissent
- California sheriffs say deputies will NOT enforce Gov. Newsom’s new coronavirus restrictions
- Iran envoy: Nuclear US not entitled to talk about nonproliferation concerns
- Pompeo: US to Label BDS Movement as ‘Anti-Semitic’
- UK terrorism chief calls for ‘national debate’ on criminalizing doubts about Covid-19 vaccine
- Anti-Lockdown Protests All Across Europe
- Irish Scientists and Doctors Inveigh Against Lockdowns
- Covid-19: New evidence on face masks
- Doxing must not become normal political tactic, like the latest scandal around Michigan vote certification shows
- In Shocking Reversal, Wayne County Election Board Republicans Rescind Certifications; Claim Family Threatened
- Affidavit from Democrat observer questioning Georgia ballots
- The New Ruling Coalition: Opposition to Afghanistan Withdrawal Shows Its Key Factions
- Australian war crimes report: Elite troops executed 39 Afghan civilians including to achieve ‘first kill’
- Israel forces shoot Palestinian youth in the eye
- Hamas condemns PA announcement on restoration of ties with Israel
- Israeli Soldiers, Police, Invade Silwan To Accompany American Delegation
- US legislator: Israel ‘asked me’ to introduce bill against groups boycotting it
- Surprise: The “Smartest” People Are Actually Painfully Stupid
- Boris’s “Green Industrial Revolution” is Economic Lockdown, for ever…
- NY Governor Cuomo set to get $25k pay rise despite massive budget deficit
- COVID lockdowns ‘likely to push between 88 and 115 million people into extreme poverty’
- White House Press Secretary Calls Thanksgiving COVID-19 Restrictions ‘Orwellian’
- Criticism as US lawmakers fly to Hawaii luxury resort for conference as Americans are told to avoid travel
- Did the CIA Cause a Mexican General to Escape Drug Charges?
- Taliban Reportedly Hails US Decision to Pull 2,000 Troops Out of Afghanistan
- Twitter and Facebook transformed US politics into a shouting match. Has it saved, or doomed, their monopoly status?
- Biden’s Deep State
- Trump won, regardless of the election outcome… because Trumpism is here to stay
- Trump Fires CISA Director Chris Krebs Over ‘Highly Inaccurate’ Election Statement
- US’ successful ICBM intercept test brings us closer to nuclear war, proves Moscow’s concerns were well grounded
- US security agency accused of spying on European private companies
- Pentagon fails another audit but comptroller insists they’ll pass soon… like in 2027
- Acting US Def Sec Miller Formally Announces Plans to Cut Troops in Afghanistan, Iraq to 2,500 Each
- Trump Mulling Near-Total Withdrawal of US Forces From Somalia Amid Global Pullback, Report Suggests
- First Reaction of the Leading Asian Countries to the Results of the US Elections
- Where’s Donald? When 40% of voters cry ‘fraud’ you’ve got a big problem
- “The First Thing We Do”: The Lawless Campaign To Harass Lawyers Representing The Trump Campaign
- The election vote: the deeper you look, the worse it gets
- NY Times’ Real-Time Election Data Seems to Confirm Massive Georgia Vote Fraud, Eerily Similar to Pennsylvania’s
- President Luis Arce Appoints New Military Leadership in Bolivia
- Bolivians Face Major Post-Coup Struggles As Luis Arce Seeks Justice, Economic Reforms, Activist Says
- Israel’s Power Is Unlimited
- UK’s Labour Party suspends critic of Israel
- As Israel destroys EU projects in Palestine, European foreign policy remains impotent
- Townhall Columnist Marina Medvin Falls for Dachau Gas Chamber Hoax
- Locking Down See Oh Too
- Merkel forced to postpone further Covid-19 restrictions amid pushback from German regional leaders
- 6 Factors Which Point to a Rigged Election
- UK secretly funded Syrian cartoons and comic books as anti-Assad propaganda aimed at children
- Israeli occupation forces seize four tractors, one car in Jordan Valley
- Will Biden Listen to the Science?
- Obama’s Failed Mideast Policies Likely to Make a Comeback if Biden Wins Presidency
- India and US signed a game-changer defence deal, amid the rise of what could be a new bipolarity
- Who’s World Order??
- President of Soros-Linked Voting Software Firm on Biden Transition Team – Trump Lawyers
- Michigan’s Whitmer, whose previous lockdown orders were ruled unconstitutional, imposes new Covid-19 restrictions
- Covid-19 was present in Italy as early as September 2019, study shows
- UK Labour Party demands online crackdown on ‘anti-vax disinformation’ ahead of Covid-19 vaccine rollout
- Hamas slams UAE for ‘real support’ of Israel’s settlement expansion in West Bank
- Susan Rice has blood on her hands: Journalist
- Pakistan Makes A Compelling Case That India Is A State Sponsor Of Terrorism
- Dozens of US troops leave Syria’s Hasakah, cross into northern Iraq: Report
- More on the Strange Demise of The American Herald Tribune
- ‘That Was in the Teleprompter’: Fox News Host Casts Doubt on News He Just Read About Lack of Voting Irregularities
- ‘Bidenism’ domestically: no free press, no lawyer, one-party state?
- When Does a ‘Glitch’ Become a Coup? It’s Time to Regulate America’s Fly-by-Night Voting Machine Monopoly
- Biden Cancer Initiative Reportedly Gave Out No Grants in First Two Years, Spent Money on Salaries
