Author: Freedom Watch

Dow books longest losing skid in 3 months and Nasdaq snaps 5-session rally but GameStop stock surges again By Mark DeCambre MarketWatch January 27, 2021 U.S. stocks finished slightly lower in the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, a day ahead of an important update from the Federal Reserve and as investors digested a slew of corporate quarterly results. The Dow Jones Industrial Average [: DJIA] closed down less than 0.1% at about 30,937, but the decline was enough for a fourth straight loss, which matches a similar downturn that ended Oct. 28, according to FactSet data. The…

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McConnell allows Senate power-sharing deal to advance after fight with Democrats over filibuster By Manu Raju and Ted Barrett CNN January 26, 2021 (CNN)Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Monday that he will allow the 50-50 Senate to officially organize so Democrats can take control of key committees in the chamber after a weeklong battle with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer over the rights of the minority to stall legislation. The breakthrough came as GOP leaders were eagerly looking for a way out of a potential crisis that would have stymied the Senate committee process indefinitely, after McConnell…

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KSTP January 26, 2021 Twitter has permanently banned My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell’s account after he continued to perpetuate the baseless claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Twitter decided to ban Lindell, who founded bedding company My Pillow, due to “repeated violations” of its civic integrity policy, a spokesperson said in a statement. The policy was implemented last September and is targeted at fighting disinformation. It was not immediately clear which posts by Lindell on Twitter triggered the suspension of his account. Continue Reading…..

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Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski Apologizes to Student Reporter for Response to Question Bleacher Report January 25, 2021 After a critical response to a question during his press conference Saturday, Duke men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski personally called the student reporter to apologize. The situation came after the Blue Devils’ loss to Louisville when Krzyzewski angrily responded to Duke Chronicle’s Jake Piazza: Piazza elaborated on the situation from his perspective in a column Monday. Continue Reading…..

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Brennan: Biden moving with ‘laser-light’ speed to ‘root out’ opposition By Art Moore WND January 24, 2021 Amid calls by Democratic leaders to “deprogram” and “reeducate” supporters of President Trump, former CIA Director John Brennan said Wednesday that the Biden administration is “moving in laser-light fashion” to root out an “unholy alliance” that includes “religious extremists” and libertarians. Brennan, who is widely regarded as the “quarterback” of the unwarranted “Trump-Russia collusion” effort to undermine Trump, spoke with MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace after the inauguration of Joe Biden. “The members of the Biden team who have been nominated or have…

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American dies hours after COVID vaccine By Joe Kovacs WND January 24, 2021 Officials in California are investigating the death of a local resident who died just hours after receiving a vaccine for the coronavirus. The Placer County Sheriff’s office made the announcement on Facebook Saturday evening, but details were sparse: “Placer County Public Health and the Placer County Sheriff-Coroner Division were recently notified of the death of an individual who tested positive for COVID-19 in late December. Continue Reading…..

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