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ITEM 1: The Daily Mail reported, "Meet Joe Biden's seventh grandchild Navy Joan Roberts - the two-year-old lovechild Hunter tried to deny he had with stripper - who was notably absent from the stage as the president-elect celebrated with his other grandkids."
The newspaper ran a photo of the love child that does not show the child's face. Possibly, British law would not allow that even if the newspaper had such a photo.
Her mom is gorgeous and evidently Biden's grandchild will grow up with a normal childhood protected from contact with her druggie daddy.
ITEM 2: Via Biz Pac Review, Sarah Palin spoke to Fox about the plethora of new Republican congresswomen.
She said, "It’s so important that these voters recognized their experience, their vision of what government actually should be, their records, their plans for what they will do in Congress.
"Don’t just kick these mama grizzlies to the side and only call them up when you need some fund-raising or you need something nice said about you or your policy. Utilize these women. They have such great amounts to offer this country. I’m very happy for them. And just really glad they had the guts to get out there and run."
Amen.
As for the congresswoman, Palin said, "You can’t expect the media will relay accurately your plans, your record, your life story. So no, don’t expect that any of those publications will be friendly, but don’t whine about it, either. Suck it up, cupcake, and go do your job."
Remember, Palin helped pave the way for President Trump.
ITEM 3: KOMO reported, "The Emerald City is filled with nearly 500 parks but if you look around, you'll see Seattle’s Park system is in peril. Since the pandemic hit, many city green spaces have become overcome by homeless encampments, drugs and crime. It’s a homeless crisis that’s been growing into a searing scar across our city for more than decade."
Corona virus had nothing to do with this.
Antifa and BLM did this with the full support of Seattle's mayor and city council. Those tears come from crocodiles. Communist crocodiles, I might add.
ITEM 4: Just the News reported, "Ticketmaster will soon require customers to provide either a negative covid 19 test result or proof that they have obtained a covid 19 vaccination prior to attending a concert or event through the platform, according to industry reports.
"The company, founded in 1976 and a pioneer in digital ticket sales, will reportedly utilize third-party reporting software to confirm a customer's vaccinated status before they will be permitted to purchase tickets through the service."
It is time to fight back against this bullying. Crank up the anti-trust division and go after them.
A few class action suits also would help.
ITEM 5: Just the News reported, "Pfizer, which announced on Monday that it's covid 19 vaccine has 90% effectiveness in humans, favored Democrats overall with campaign contributions in the 2020 election cycle.
"According to Open Secrets data, Pfizer employees and its affiliated Political Action Committees donated 60.3% to Democrats in 2020 and 39.6% to Republicans. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was the top recipient with $256,520 in contributions."
The biggest contribution was withholding its vaccine breakthrough until after the election, a development that would not have happened if President Trump had not guaranteed to purchase a successful vaccine under his Operation Warp Speed.
ITEM 6: United Press International reported, "Georgia will conduct a full recount -- by hand -- of all ballots cast statewide in the 2020 election between President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden, officials said Wednesday.
"Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger made the announcement, following up on an earlier promise for a recount of all votes in the state -- where Biden has received 14,000 more votes than Trump for the state's 16 critical electoral votes, according to the official count."
Now we may see how many votes Democrats stuffed in the ballot box to steal the state.
ITEM 7: CNBC reported, "Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla sold almost $5.6 million worth of stock on Monday, the same day the drugmaker announced positive early data on its experimental corona virus vaccine that sent shares soaring.
"Shares of Pfizer jumped by almost 15% on Monday after the company and its partner BioNTech said its vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 among those in the trial without evidence of prior infection.
"Bourla sold 132,508 shares at an average price of $41.94 per share, or nearly $5.6 million, according to a securities filing. The sale was part of a pre-scheduled 10b5-1 trading plan, which was adopted on Aug. 19, the filing shows, as the company was enrolling participants in its late-stage trial."
Smart move by Bourla because he should not have all his nest eggs in one basket. As long as he made the trade after the announcement, I have no problem with it.
ITEM 8: The Week reported, "Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) is reportedly under consideration for a number of Cabinet positions by President-elect Joe Biden, including attorney general and agriculture secretary, but there's a sense that could backfire on Democrats down the line.
As analysts point out Klobuchar represents a state that generally leans blue, but is still competitive, and may grow more so over the next few years. For a party trying to flip the Senate majority, losing Klobuchar — whom NBC News' Benjy Sarlin notes is uniquely popular and wins big in battleground areas within the state — could add another hurdle."
But Biden "won" her state by 7 points and Ddemocrat Senator Tona Smith "won" by 5. Replacing her should be easy cheezy.
ITEM 9: Dan Bongino reported, "Freudian Slip? De Blasio's Daughter Grateful Biden Was Able to 'Steal the Election.'"
Little pictures have big ears.
ITEM 10: Dan Bongino reported, "Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty got into an argument with a Lyft driver which led to both her and the driver calling 911. Despite the frequent riots in Portland, Jo Ann Hardesty has been an advocate of defunding the police. She wanted to take $18 million from the Portland Police Department to reinvest elsewhere."
It is about power. She will have her police escort. Everyone else is on their own. And disarmed, too.
ITEM 11: Politico reported, "Ohio Democratic Rep. Marcia Fudge is making her case for Agriculture secretary, arguing she’s best positioned to take on a cabinet post that has never gone to an African American woman. It's a move that sets up a battle with former North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, long seen as the front-runner for the post in the Biden administration."
Why give up a near-permanent congressional seat for a Cabinet post?
The bribes are bigger.
ITEM 12: Breitbart reported, "An adviser to Joe Biden on corona virus has floated the idea of a nationwide lockdown for four to six weeks.
"Dr. Michael Osterholm was appointed to Biden’s 12-person Covid advisory board on Monday.
"On Wednesday, he appeared on CNBC and attempted to rationalize a national lockdown order."
Big Business is content with destroying half the small businesses. They want them all gone.
ITEM 13: Breitbart reported, "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) outlined a few key objectives Congress will pursue on the first day of the 117th Congress, promising to pass H.R.1, an election reform bill Republicans warn will enable even greater voter fraud.
"In a letter to her colleagues on Friday in which she formally requested their support to reelect her as speaker of the House, Pelosi said Democrats will prioritize championing progress for LGBTQ Americans, women, seniors, and frontline communities, as well as 'remove barriers to the ballot box so that the American people can make their voices heard' in the 117th Congress."
The last election reform after the 2000 election brought us computerized voting. Democrats then wrote the software.
Republicans should counter by demanding all presidential votes be cast by paper ballot.
ITEM 14: The Daily Mail reported, "Ilhan Omar paid her husband's political consultancy firm $2.8 million during the 2019-2020 election cycle, campaign finance records show.
"The Democrat congresswoman handed husband Tim Mynett's eStreet Group $1.6 million between 2019 and July 22 this year, another $1.1million between July 22 and the end of September and paid an additional $27,000 since then. The majority of the money has been spent on digital advertising, FEC records show, but charges also include consultancy fees and more than $2,700 in travel expenses.
"The two largest payments in recent months were $404,338.75 paid on July 7 for digital advertising, and another $289,759.58 on July 24 for cable advertising."
Cynics call campaign donations bribes. Cynics are right.
ITEM 15: The Daily Caller reported, "Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has proposed an anti-mob bill that would allow residents to shoot rioters and looters who target businesses following nationwide unrest.
"The law would expand the state’s self-defense law, which currently forbids 'the use of force in defense of property,' by increasing what constitutes a 'forcible felony,' according to the Miami Herald. DeSantis seeks to make looting or 'interruption or impairment' of a business such a felony, thereby justifying deadly force to prevent it, the local outlet reported."
Good.
Former Miami-Dade County prosecutor Denise Georges told the Herald, "It allows for vigilantes to justify their actions. It also allows for death to be the punishment for a property crime — and that is cruel and unusual punishment. We cannot live in a lawless society where taking a life is done so casually and recklessly."
Don't loot and we won't shoot.
ITEM 16: Jim Hoft reported, "The Fox News Channel crashed in ratings on Saturday, coming in a distant third place to leader CNN and second place MSNBC. In the week before Tuesday’s election Fox News averaged more than double the viewership of CNN and MSNBC.
"Fox hit rock bottom when they defended and ignored the massive fraud in this year’s 2020 election.
"Two days ago Bret Baier deleted the tweet that exposed the exploding on-going backlash against Fox.
:Many of their hosts were openly hostile to their conservative audience.
"And several Fox hosts absolutely HATE President Trump and his supporters.
"The exodus from Fox is so immense that the station reportedly hired a PR firm to save what is left of the floundering channel."
Sooooooo...
Which version of "Working My Way Back to You" do you like best? The original Four Seasons or the Spinners?
