Author: Freedom Watch
Liz Cheney might be onto something with criminal charges for Trump, legal experts say By C. Ryan Barber Business Insider December 17, 2021 Rep. Liz Cheney has made multiple references to a criminal statute discussing Trump in recent days. Cheney raised a law against “corruptly” obstructing or impeding an official congressional proceeding. Her comments came days after a judge upheld the use of that statute against January 6 defendants. Continue Reading…..
Mitch McConnell Hated Donald Trump More than He Loved Being Majority Leader By William M. Arkin Newsweek December 16, 2021 In this daily series, Newsweek explores the steps that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot. On December 15, the day after the Electoral College affirmed Joe Biden as the next president, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky quietly told White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows that he planned to acknowledge that former Vice President Biden had won the presidency. That was before he had an epic conversation with Donald Trump. Continue Reading…..
CDC vaccine advisers to revisit Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine recommendation By Jamie Gumbrecht and Elizabeth Cohen CNN December 16, 2021 (CNN)The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisers will meet on Thursday to revisit the benefits and risks for the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is scheduled to vote on “updated recommendations for use,” according to an agenda for the meeting posted online Wednesday. The single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine is authorized for use in people age 18 and older, and can be used as a booster shot for…
Analysis: How the January 6 committee finally exposed Trump’s empire of lies By Analysis by Stephen Collinson CNN December 16, 2021 (CNN)If politics still turned on truth and facts, this would be the week when the lie-filled foundations of Donald Trump’s movement imploded, destroying his apparent dream of a return to power after the 2024 election. But it is the ex-President’s greatest, most subversive victory that his empire of falsehoods will surely survive new disclosures that lay bare his own abuses of power and the voter-mocking deceit of his political and media enablers. Continue Reading…..
How a Kennedy built an anti-vaccine juggernaut amid COVID-19 | AP News AP NEWS December 15, 2021 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. strode onto the stage at a Southern California church, radiating Kennedy confidence and surveying the standing ovation crowd with his piercing blue Bobby Kennedy eyes. Then, he launched into an anti-vaccine rant. Democrats “drank the Kool-Aid,” he told people assembled for a far right conference, branded as standing for “health and freedom.” “It is criminal medical malpractice to give a child one of these vaccines,” Kennedy contended, according to a video of the…
Pelosi rejects stock-trading ban for members of Congress: ‘We are a free-market economy. They should be able to participate in that.’ By Bryan Metzger Business Insider December 15, 2021 Speaker Pelosi rejected the idea of barring Congress members and their spouses from trading stocks. “We are free-market economy. They should be able to participate in that,” she said. Progressives, such as Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have called for such bans. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday rejected the idea of barring members of Congress and their spouses from holding or trading individual stocks while in office. Continue…
December 15, 2021
Senator Blumenthal Delivered Speech at Communist Party Awards | National Review National Review December 15, 2021 The event was used in part to recruit new members to the organization, and presented certificates of special recognition from the Senate to three winners of the Connecticut People’s World Committee’s annual “Amistad Award,” according to the Yankee Institute, a free market think tank in Connecticut. The committee is an affiliate of the Communist Party USA and the Marxist People’s World news site. “I am really excited and honored to be with you today and share in this remarkable occasion,” Blumenthal said,…
By Peter Hasson Fox Business December 15, 2021 The National Football League’s “Inspire Change” partners, which receive financial backing from the multibillion-dollar league, include multiple groups that have openly advocated for defunding the police, a Fox News Digital review of the program found. Groups who have received funds as part of “Inspire Change,” the NFL’s social justice initiative, include the Vera Institute of Justice, the Oregon Justice Resource Center and the Community Justice Exchange. All three of those groups support defunding or abolishing the police, a review of their public statements shows. Continue Reading…..
Federal judge tosses Trump lawsuit to block income taxes from being released to Congress NBC News December 15, 2021 A federal judge threw out former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit seeking to block a House committee from getting his tax returns. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden said efforts by Trump’s lawyers to block the handover were wrong on the law. “A long line of Supreme Court cases requires great deference to facially valid congressional inquiries. Even the special solicitude accorded former presidents does not alter the outcome,” McFadden wrote. Continue Reading…..