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China-Japan-Koreas
OOPS! China Brags About Deals With Biden Family (video)
[Frontpage] In this new video, "Man in America's" Seth Holehouse explains how Joe Biden is the perfect puppet in the deep state plot to steal America, with influence from the DC swamp, the "wolves of Wall Street" and China. Don't miss it!
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/25/2020 11:59 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Here's Professor Di Dongsheng, CCP member and Vice Dean of Renminbi University's School of International Relations, in a lengthy public speech a few weeks ago in which the professor candidly admits that the CCP cannot buy Trump but boasts that they have already easily penetrated the Biden Family, leaning Wall Street firms, and others inside "the core circle of American power."

Cynical, blunt, scathingly sarcastic.

Posted to rumble, from which it is safe from Google and YouTube's pro-commie censors. n mandarin with English subtitles
Posted by: Glaique Protector of the Sith7094 || 12/25/2020 13:24 Comments || Top||

#2  Nice. I love this quote by the Professor:

"Trump has been saying that Biden’s son has some sort of global foundation. Have you noticed that? Who helped him [ie Hunter Biden] build the foundations? Got it? There are a lot of deals inside all these...."
Posted by: Slalet Lumplump1257 || 12/25/2020 13:43 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Biden Pledges Free Community College
[Fox News] In a tweet Wednesday, President-elect Joe Biden pledged to make community college tuition-free, while offering a similar benefit for students from families with working-class incomes or lower to attend state schools as well.
Remember, you rarely get much more than you pay for.
Biden wrote that a high school diploma is no longer enough for the occupational demands of the 21st Century.
But even if the students don't pay, somebody has to pay the teachers and administrators and the electric bill.
"That’s why under the Biden-Harris plan, community college will be free — and public colleges and universities will be tuition-free for families earning less than $125,000 a year," he tweeted.
Free Harvard degree if your family qualifies!
Posted by: Bobby || 12/25/2020 08:39 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Yes, per the inline comment above, free is usually priced appropriately. Not that there's much of that type pricing going on in higher ed these days.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/25/2020 10:27 Comments || Top||

#2  China provides such free education indoctrination in many colleges indoctrination camps, especially in East Turkestan.
Posted by: Glenmore || 12/25/2020 11:19 Comments || Top||

#3  Community colleges and two year colleges today used to be known as 11th and 12th grade back in the old days before they lowered standards to accommodate those who could not or will not make it in today's public indoctrination education system.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/25/2020 15:21 Comments || Top||

#4  Skip it and go to a trade school.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 12/25/2020 16:21 Comments || Top||


Post Office Agrees with NAACP on GA Ballot Deliveries
[Newsmax] The U.S. Postal Service has reached a deal with civil rights groups over how to handle ballots in Georgia ahead of the state’s upcoming runoff elections for its two Senate seats, The Washington Post reports.
Making illegal voting less controversial.
The USPS will consider Georgia ballots that remain in processing plants within three days of the elections as express mail and provide next-day delivery. It also said that ballots coming from a New York-based printing vendor will also get express delivery, and that completed ballots will get sent straight to vote counters, avoiding processing plants completely.

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Vote Forward
... also Vote FWD or VoteFWD), a Democratic-aligned voter registration and mobilization PAC (political action committee). The PAC provides template letters for individuals to complete, sign, and send urging voter participation from unlikely registered voters to increase Democratic voter turnout...
led the negotiations, and the groups note in the agreement that they are prepared to go before a judge to request these changes if necessary, though they did agree to try to settle any issues out of court first.
Posted by: Bobby || 12/25/2020 08:35 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  We could simply forego the entire balloting and postal delivery process and let the NAACP declare the winner.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/25/2020 9:11 Comments || Top||


Supreme Court sets Pennsylvania response date in Trump election challenge for two days after Biden inauguration
[Washington Examiner]
Posted by: 3dc || 12/25/2020 04:27 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,

#1  Needless to say but I will.

SCOTUS Chief Justice Roberts likely had a big hand in setting this date. Which means they have ZERO intention of fairly and honestly reviewing this thoroughly documented Treasonous Election Steal.

Which brings up the last question begging for an answer. What does Hillary, Pelosi, Chucky, Maxie-Mouth and other LSD's have on enough Conservative SCOTUS Judges to push them into F'ing over America to hide or keep.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/25/2020 5:40 Comments || Top||

#2  Well, maybe, NN2N1, but I read yesterday in a similar article, that SCOTUS's clerk sets those dates 30 days from filing, as sort of a placeholder. So maybe they'll move it up.

On the other hand, I remember the story about Robert's screaming he'd rather cut Trump loose than face BLMANTIFA riots.
Posted by: Bobby || 12/25/2020 8:25 Comments || Top||

#3  That date would make the cases moot and as a rule the Supreme Court does not hear cases than can no longer have an outcome that matters.
Posted by: Glenmore || 12/25/2020 11:21 Comments || Top||

#4  I hope that SCOTUS clerk sets a reminder on Google Calendar that 20 January is an important day.
Posted by: Clem || 12/25/2020 11:27 Comments || Top||

#5  Moot court finds its apex.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/25/2020 12:58 Comments || Top||

#6  Roberts et al can not comprehend a civil war. When it goes 'bang' their power will be out the window, never to return. They've already thrown out the trust of the institution.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/25/2020 15:23 Comments || Top||

#7  Hope we don't have nine black-robed Pontius Pilates on the bench and they actually consider the merits of the cases, the evidence and the legal issues.
Posted by: JohnQC || 12/25/2020 17:47 Comments || Top||

#8  It amazes me, this feckless court. They should know that if they fail to act a dem controlled nation will pack their court into meaningless drivel. They know not the war they will provoke, and the horrific aftermath, no matter who wins. We hire them for life, as to be exempt from politics, but I guess they just cant help themselves. This is not going to end well for this nation, either war or endless servitude to the new ruling class. They have the chance to save this nation and its future, or to let it boil...
Posted by: 49 Pan || 12/25/2020 18:38 Comments || Top||


Ossoff Refuses to Release ‘Further Financial Information' After Controversial Payments Surface
[Free Beacon] Even after a number of controversial payments to Jon Ossoff's foreign film company surfaced in September—including one from a Chinese-backed media giant—the Georgia Democrat refused to release additional financial documents from the company.

In a recent interview with the Washington Post, Ossoff declined the outlet's request to "release further financial information" relating to his company, noting that "the particulars of our annual finances are confidential." The refusal comes months after Ossoff quietly disclosed receiving at least $5,000 from PCCW, a Hong Kong-based media corporation owned in part by the Chinese Communist Party.

Ossoff's withholding of financial information could undermine his ability to fend off attacks from his Republican opponent. Senator David Perdue has criticized Ossoff for accepting funds from a "communist Chinese news agency" and called on him to explain "where his money comes from" in an October debate.

Ossoff failed to include the PCCW payment in his May candidate financial disclosure before revealing it nearly two months later in an amended filing. While his campaign initially blamed the discrepancy on a "paperwork oversight," spokeswoman Miryam Lipper later told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the payment was "around $1,000." Senate ethics rules, however, only require candidates to disclose payments exceeding $5,000. Lipper responded by telling the Journal-Constitution that—despite falling below the reporting threshold—the payment was disclosed "in the interest of transparency."

The Ossoff campaign declined a Washington Free Beacon request to review documents surrounding the payment, instead pointing to the Journal—Constitution’s review of the company's 2018 quarterly payments. The outlet, which did not respond to a request for comment, found that Ossoff's company received "about $950" from PCCW in 2018, though it did not review subsequent years. The campaign claims that the 2018 records "document the only transactions" between Ossoff's company and PCCW.

In addition to the payment he received from PCCW, Ossoff also received at least $5,000 from the Qatari-backed Al Jazeera network, his financial disclosures show. The network sparked controversy when it aired flattering footage of Osama bin Laden in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Its English-language counterpart has since faced criticism for "regularly skew[ing] coverage to promote Qatar." Ossoff defended the payment in his Washington Post interview, calling Al Jazeera English a "completely respected news organization" with which he negotiated "directly."

Ossoff used a sizable family inheritance to purchase London-based film company Insight TWI in 2013. He told the Washington Post that he first loaned the company $250,000 before investing "an unspecified additional amount" that made him CEO and majority owner. Ossoff also declined to reveal the total amount he inherited. Perdue has labeled the Georgia Democrat a "trust fund socialist."

Ossoff and Perdue will square off in Georgia's January 5 Senate runoff election.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/25/2020 03:20 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Commies


Georgia Secretary of State Calls to End No-Excuse Absentee Voting
[THEEPOCHTIMES] Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday joined other Republicans in calling to end the state’s current practice of allowing all voters to submit absentee ballots without giving a reason why they cannot vote in person.

He said that the system, referred to as "no-excuse" absentee voting, "opens the door to potential illegal voting, especially in light of the federal rules that deny us the ability to keep voter lists, registration files, clean."

Raffensperger’s remarks were made at a hearing before the state Houses’s Governmental Affairs Committee and comes as his office continues to dismiss claims that there was any widespread fraud or irregularities in the November election.

Many states across the country implemented no-excuse absentee voting ahead of the November election, saying that it enables voters to bypass physical polling sites amid the pandemic caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Georgia, however, has had no-excuse absentee voting for 15 years.

"The no-excuse system voted into law in 2005—long before most of you, if not all of you, long before I was in the General Assembly—it makes no sense when we have three weeks of in-person early voting available," Raffensperger said, adding later that allowing everyone to vote by mail brings logistical challenges.
Posted by: Fred || 12/25/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Having already screwed over Ga and likely the Pro-USA voters.

The SOS of GA. (Fox) has decided to eliminate the possibility of Pro-USA Voting using the same means to REMOVE HIM from Office. So he has closed the hen house door after accomplishing what he set out to do, or was too short sighted to see could and did happen.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/25/2020 5:52 Comments || Top||

#2  Hello, Brad, you're the Secretary of State. Don't "call for" ending this farce--actually DO it.
Posted by: Tom || 12/25/2020 7:54 Comments || Top||

#3  Raffensperger can't do this himself. It requires legislative action.

Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/25/2020 8:02 Comments || Top||

#4  It's the thought that counts, right?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/25/2020 13:01 Comments || Top||


Nancy Pelosi schedules Monday vote on $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks
[NYPOST] House Speaker Nancy San Fran Nan Pelosi
Congresswoman-for-Life from the San Francisco Bay Area, born into a family of professional politicians. On-again-off-again Speaker of the House. It's not her fault when they lose, but it's her accomplishment when they win. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace and occasional senior... uhhh... moments...
says she will hold a Monday vote to approve the $2,000 COVID-19 stimulus checks requested by President Trump after Republicans blocked her attempt for a unanimous Christmas Eve vote.
House Republicans accuse Pelosi (D-Calif.) of ignoring Trump’s request to gut the $2.3 trillion spending bill that passed this week of billions in foreign aid. Democrats shot down their counteroffer Thursday to reconsider those funds.

Pelosi, who readily embraced Trump’s Tuesday night demand for $600 stimulus checks to be boosted to $2,000, tore into Republicans for objecting to unanimous passage.

"Today, on Christmas Eve morning, House Republicans cruelly deprived the American people of the $2,000 that the President agreed to support," Pelosi said in a statement.

"If the President is serious about the $2,000 direct payments, he must call on House Republicans to end their obstruction."


Posted by: Fred || 12/25/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Actually, Pelose rejected Trump's call for a standalone bill stripped of the foreign aid and other Democrat wish list items. Of course, the New York Post can't resist carrying water for this witch, thanks to Lachlan Murdoch.
Posted by: Zhang Fei || 12/25/2020 1:09 Comments || Top||

#2  [Twitter]

Posted by: 3dc || 12/25/2020 4:20 Comments || Top||

#3 
Posted by: Frank G || 12/25/2020 4:29 Comments || Top||

#4  Every now and then AOC gets one right.
Posted by: Clem || 12/25/2020 11:03 Comments || Top||


Team Joe-Kam Upset Twitter won't give them Trump's List
[MRC News Busters] The left is never happy. Likely president Joe Biden’s team is angry at Twitter because the site won’t transfer all of President Donald Trump’s official followers to Biden.

Digital Director Rob Flaherty whined that, "In 2016, the Trump admin absorbed all of President Obama's Twitter followers on @POTUS and @WhiteHouse -- at Team 44's urging. In 2020, Twitter has informed us that as of right now the Biden administration will have to start from zero."
So now the score is 553-1, in favor of The Big Guy - see number below.
Trump has been the most interactive president in history ... and the media and the left hated him for it. They especially despised the Twitter account that he built up to more than 88 million followers. But that’s Trump’s personal account and not at issue.

"The move would mean the Biden administration will start with zero followers and would cut off a way for Biden to instantly reach millions of people who currently follow the official accounts used by Trump," said Bloomberg News. "The @POTUS account has more than 33 million followers while @WhiteHouse has 26 million."
Well, Biden has the media, and that group has ... dozens of readers.
Flaherty remained upset that Twitter wasn’t backing down. He followed up by commenting yesterday to Twitter spokesman Nick Pacilio, "happy to share the email thread where we pushed back and we were told this was unequivocal."

Fifty-nine million fans is a big PR baseline, though presumably many would unfollow Biden.

Team Biden would have a tough case to make that Twitter is somehow unfair to them. Twitter censored the Hunter Biden scandal and shut down the New York Post account for 17 days. It has censored Trump or his campaign 553 times, compared to zero for Biden.
But maybe Trump's accounts are all going to be zeroed out, anyway -
Several outlets have also reported on the likelihood Twitter and other social media sites might ban Trump whenever he leaves office.
Posted by: Bobby || 12/25/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Combined with "Dr." Jill's feed they should have at least ...uh...carry the 1...42 followers
Posted by: Frank G || 12/25/2020 4:01 Comments || Top||

#2  Coming up. Four two years six months of Joe tweets about "you know, the thing..." before he moves on to his life's work.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/25/2020 13:00 Comments || Top||


Government
Rosen Takes Over Justice Department as Acting Attorney General
Order up Special Counsels for Hunter and Election Fraud. Now!
[NTD] Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen became the head of the Department of Justice on Dec. 24, a day after the departure of former Attorney General William Barr.

Rosen's tenure begins at a time of heightened tensions between the White House and the Justice Department over the handling of several matters of crucial interest to President Donald Trump, including prospective investigations into voter fraud, an ongoing inquiry into the financial dealings of former Vice President Joe Biden's son, and the special counsel investigation of the Obama administration's spying on the Trump campaign during the 2016 election.

Barr on Dec. 14 announced his resignation in a letter in which he praised Trump for accomplishing what he has in the face of intense partisan interference from within the government.

"Your 2016 victory speech in which you reached out to your opponents and called for working together for the benefit of the American people was immediately met by a partisan onslaught against you in which no tactic, no matter how abusive and deceitful, was out of bounds," Barr wrote. "The nadir of this campaign was the effort to cripple, if not oust, your Administration with frenzied and baseless accusations of collusion with Russia."

Rosen served as the deputy attorney general since May last year, a role he inherited from Rod Rosenstein. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Richard Donoghue took over Rosen's position as deputy attorney general on Dec. 23.

Rosen worked as an attorney in the private sector for over two decades before taking a position as the general counsel at the U.S. Department of Transportation in 2003. In 2006, he moved to the Office of Management and Budget, where he served as the general counsel and senior policy adviser. He returned to private practice in 2009.

In 2017, Trump nominated Rosen to serve as the deputy secretary of transportation. The Senate confirmed Rosen in May of that year.

On Wednesday, Barr's last day in office, Trump suggested on Twitter that a special counsel should be appointed to investigate election interference and voter fraud.

"After seeing the massive Voter Fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election, I disagree with anyone that thinks a strong, fast, and fair Special Counsel is not needed, IMMEDIATELY," Trump said on Wednesday evening. "This was the most corrupt election in the history of our Country, and it must be closely examined!"

Earlier this month, Barr said there he hasn't seen "fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election." Trump shot back saying Barr and the DOJ "haven't looked very hard, which is a disappointment, to be honest."

The president has not conceded the election and is pursuing several lawsuits challenging the validity of the outcome in several states.

Shortly before Barr submitted his resignation letter, Trump criticized him for keeping the investigation of Hunter Biden hidden from the public during the election.

"Bill Barr, I believe‐not believe, I know‐had an obligation to set the record straight, just like Robert Mueller set the record straight," Trump told Fox News on Dec. 13.

"Joe Biden lied on the debate stage," Trump told Fox News on Dec. 13. "He said ‘there's nothing happening, nothing happening,' and Bill Barr should have stepped up. Say what you want about Robert Mueller, when [a news outlet] put out a phony article … Bob Mueller stepped out and he said that article was a phony. And then there was ultimately proven there was no collusion.

"Bill Barr should have done the same thing."
Posted by: Frank G || 12/25/2020 10:28 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under:



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