Author: Freedom Watch

Newsom Says Stay-At-Home Order Expected to Be Extended in Socal ABC7 Los Angeles December 28, 2020 Gov. Gavin Newsom’s regional stay-at-home order for Southern California is set to expire Monday, but with regional intensive care unit capacity officially considered to be zero, he has said the order will almost assuredly be extended. The situation is already dire, with California topping 2 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on Christmas Eve, and the worst is expected to come in the next few weeks after Christmas and New Year’s travelers return home. Continue Reading…..

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Rep. Kinzinger calls efforts to overturn election ‘a scam’ By David Cohen POLITICO December 28, 2020 “This is a scam,” said Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of continued efforts by President Donald Trump and some House Republicans to overturn the election of President-elect Joe Biden. Kinzinger, speaking Sunday morning on CNN’s “State of the Union,” said: “The reality is there is no impetus to overthrow an election,” and added that even if there were reasons to do so, there is not a constitutional mechanism to overturn a presidential election after states have formally certified their results. Continue Reading…..

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Gal Gadot is the U.S. ambassador Israel doesn’t deserve By Adrian Hennigan haaretz.com December 27, 2020 Watching Gal Gadot laugh and charm her way through various late-night U.S. talk shows in recent weeks, I kept wondering what the “Wonder Woman” star might say if a host slipped the Lasso of Truth around her and asked about her native land. You could argue that the Rosh Ha’ayin-born actress, 35, is currently Israel’s greatest export: a former beauty queen who projects an aw-shucks, girl-next-door quality that does as much to normalize Israel globally as any quid pro quo deals with…

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Amy Coney Barrett steers the Supreme Court to the right, but not toward President Trump By Richard Wolf USA TODAY December 26, 2020 WASHINGTON — To hear Democrats tell it, President Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court this fall in order to destroy the Affordable Care Act and prevail in any lawsuits over a disputed election. Two months into Barrett’s tenure, those fears look to be unfounded. But conservatives remain hopeful she will advance the cause of religious freedom, expand Second Amendment rights and cement a conservative majority on the nation’s highest court. They…

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Air Canada Boeing 737 Max ferry flight diverts after engine issue CNBC December 26, 2020 A Montreal-bound Air Canada Boeing 737 Max ferry flight diverted in Arizona earlier this week due to an engine issue, the airline said Friday. Pilots on Air Canada Flight 2358 received an engine alert shortly after takeoff from Marana, Arizona on Tuesday, the airline said. The carrier had been storing 737 Max jets there after the planes were grounded worldwide in March 2019 after two deadly crashes. “As part of normal operating procedures in such situations, decided to shut down one engine” and…

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Roger Stone threatens to sue DOJ, Mueller after Trump pardon By Jason Lemon Newsweek December 26, 2020 President Donald Trump’s longtime friend Roger Stone threatened to sue the Justice Department, former special counsel Robert Mueller, and a number of other high-profile figures in the wake of his controversial pardon. Trump formally pardoned Stone on Wednesday evening along with Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, and several others. Stone and Manafort refused to cooperate with prosecutors working on Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The president previously commuted Stone’s 40-month prison sentence…

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Sidney Powell’s secret intelligence contractor witness is a pro-Trump podcaster Washington Post December 26, 2020 As she asked the U.S. Supreme Court this month to overturn President Trump’s election loss, the attorney Sidney Powell cited testimony from a secret witness presented as a former intelligence contractor with insights on a foreign conspiracy to subvert democracy. Powell told courts that the witness is an expert who could show that overseas corporations helped shift votes to President-elect Joe Biden. The witness’s identity must be concealed from the public, Powell has said, to protect her “reputation, professional career and personal safety.”…

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