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    Just my opinion of course, but tomorrow is the "Safe Harbor" deadline for state adjustments to the November 3 election returns.

    Also tomorrow, the State of Pennsylvania must Answer, by 9:00 a.m. EST, a pleading to the SCOTUS by Mike Kelly. The SCOTUS then will rule if the case will move forward.


    No. 20A98

    Title: Mike Kelly, United States Congressman, et al., Applicants
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    Pennsylvania, et al.
    Docketed: December 3, 2020
    Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Middle District
    Reference: https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....lic/20a98.html

    If the SCOTUS does not rule to move forward, absent any possible future recourse(s) to certain state legislatures, consistent with his Presidential authority, this is Trump's last best shot:




    Executive Order on Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election

    Issued on: September 12, 2018

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,

    I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that the ability of persons located, in whole or in substantial part, outside the United States to interfere in or undermine public confidence in United States elections, including through the unauthorized accessing of election and campaign infrastructure or the covert distribution of propaganda and disinformation, constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. Although there has been no evidence of a foreign power altering the outcome or vote tabulation in any United States election, foreign powers have historically sought to exploit America’s free and open political system. In recent years, the proliferation of digital devices and internet-based communications has created significant vulnerabilities and magnified the scope and intensity of the threat of foreign interference, as illustrated in the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment. I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with this threat.

    Accordingly, I hereby order:

    Section 1. (a) Not later than 45 days after the conclusion of a United States election, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of any other appropriate executive departments and agencies (agencies), shall conduct an assessment of any information indicating that a foreign government, or any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign government, has acted with the intent or purpose of interfering in that election. The assessment shall identify, to the maximum extent ascertainable, the nature of any foreign interference and any methods employed to execute it, the persons involved, and the foreign government or governments that authorized, directed, sponsored, or supported it. The Director of National Intelligence shall deliver this assessment and appropriate supporting information to the President, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Homeland Security.

    (b) Within 45 days of receiving the assessment and information described in section 1(a) of this order, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the heads of any other appropriate agencies and, as appropriate, State and local officials, shall deliver to the President, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Defense a report evaluating, with respect to the United States election that is the subject of the assessment described in section 1(a):

    (i) the extent to which any foreign interference that targeted election infrastructure materially affected the security or integrity of that infrastructure, the tabulation of votes, or the timely transmission of election results; and

    (ii) if any foreign interference involved activities targeting the infrastructure of, or pertaining to, a political organization, campaign, or candidate, the extent to which such activities materially affected the security or integrity of that infrastructure, including by unauthorized access to, disclosure or threatened disclosure of, or alteration or falsification of, information or data.

    The report shall identify any material issues of fact with respect to these matters that the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security are unable to evaluate or reach agreement on at the time the report is submitted. The report shall also include updates and recommendations, when appropriate, regarding remedial actions to be taken by the United States Government, other than the sanctions described in sections 2 and 3 of this order.

    (c) Heads of all relevant agencies shall transmit to the Director of National Intelligence any information relevant to the execution of the Director’s duties pursuant to this order, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law. If relevant information emerges after the submission of the report mandated by section 1(a) of this order, the Director, in consultation with the heads of any other appropriate agencies, shall amend the report, as appropriate, and the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall amend the report required by section 1(b), as appropriate.

    (d) Nothing in this order shall prevent the head of any agency or any other appropriate official from tendering to the President, at any time through an appropriate channel, any analysis, information, assessment, or evaluation of foreign interference in a United States election.

    (e) If information indicating that foreign interference in a State, tribal, or local election within the United States has occurred is identified, it may be included, as appropriate, in the assessment mandated by section 1(a) of this order or in the report mandated by section 1(b) of this order, or submitted to the President in an independent report.

    (f) Not later than 30 days following the date of this order, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence shall develop a framework for the process that will be used to carry out their respective responsibilities pursuant to this order. The framework, which may be classified in whole or in part, shall focus on ensuring that agencies fulfill their responsibilities pursuant to this order in a manner that maintains methodological consistency; protects law enforcement or other sensitive information and intelligence sources and methods; maintains an appropriate separation between intelligence functions and policy and legal judgments; ensures that efforts to protect electoral processes and institutions are insulated from political bias; and respects the principles of free speech and open debate.

    Sec. 2. (a) All property and interests in property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of any United States person of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any foreign person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Homeland Security:

    (i) to have directly or indirectly engaged in, sponsored, concealed, or otherwise been complicit in foreign interference in a United States election;

    (ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, any activity described in subsection (a)(i) of this section or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or

    (iii) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property or interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.

    (b) Executive Order 13694 of April 1, 2015, as amended by Executive Order 13757 of December 28, 2016, remains in effect. This order is not intended to, and does not, serve to limit the Secretary of the Treasury’s discretion to exercise the authorities provided in Executive Order 13694. Where appropriate, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, may exercise the authorities described in Executive Order 13694 or other authorities in conjunction with the Secretary of the Treasury’s exercise of authorities provided in this order.

    (c) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date of this order.

    Sec. 3. Following the transmission of the assessment mandated by section 1(a) and the report mandated by section 1(b):

    (a) the Secretary of the Treasury shall review the assessment mandated by section 1(a) and the report mandated by section 1(b), and, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, impose all appropriate sanctions pursuant to section 2(a) of this order and any appropriate sanctions described in section 2(b) of this order; and

    (b) the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the heads of other appropriate agencies, shall jointly prepare a recommendation for the President as to whether additional sanctions against foreign persons may be appropriate in response to the identified foreign interference and in light of the evaluation in the report mandated by section 1(b) of this order, including, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, proposed sanctions with respect to the largest business entities licensed or domiciled in a country whose government authorized, directed, sponsored, or supported election interference, including at least one entity from each of the following sectors: financial services, defense, energy, technology, and transportation (or, if inapplicable to that country’s largest business entities, sectors of comparable strategic significance to that foreign government). The recommendation shall include an assessment of the effect of the recommended sanctions on the economic and national security interests of the United States and its allies. Any recommended sanctions shall be appropriately calibrated to the scope of the foreign interference identified, and may include one or more of the following with respect to each targeted foreign person:

    (i) blocking and prohibiting all transactions in a person’s property and interests in property subject to United States jurisdiction;

    (ii) export license restrictions under any statute or regulation that requires the prior review and approval of the United States Government as a condition for the export or re-export of goods or services;

    (iii) prohibitions on United States financial institutions making loans or providing credit to a person;

    (iv) restrictions on transactions in foreign exchange in which a person has any interest;

    (v) prohibitions on transfers of credit or payments between financial institutions, or by, through, or to any financial institution, for the benefit of a person;

    (vi) prohibitions on United States persons investing in or purchasing equity or debt of a person;

    (vii) exclusion of a person’s alien corporate officers from the United States;

    (viii) imposition on a person’s alien principal executive officers of any of the sanctions described in this section; or

    (ix) any other measures authorized by law.

    Sec. 4. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type of articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in this order, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 2 of this order.

    Sec. 5. The prohibitions in section 2 of this order include the following:

    (a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; and

    (b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.

    Sec. 6. I hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and I hereby suspend entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of such persons. Such persons shall be treated as persons covered by section 1 of Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to United Nations Security Council Travel Bans and International Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions).

    Sec. 7. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.

    (b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.

    Sec. 8. For the purposes of this order:

    (a) the term “person” means an individual or entity;

    (b) the term “entity” means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization;

    (c) the term “United States person” means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person (including a foreign person) in the United States;

    (d) the term “election infrastructure” means information and communications technology and systems used by or on behalf of the Federal Government or a State or local government in managing the election process, including voter registration databases, voting machines, voting tabulation equipment, and equipment for the secure transmission of election results;

    (e) the term “United States election” means any election for Federal office held on, or after, the date of this order;

    (f) the term “foreign interference,” with respect to an election, includes any covert, fraudulent, deceptive, or unlawful actions or attempted actions of a foreign government, or of any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign government, undertaken with the purpose or effect of influencing, undermining confidence in, or altering the result or reported result of, the election, or undermining public confidence in election processes or institutions;

    (g) the term “foreign government” means any national, state, provincial, or other governing authority, any political party, or any official of any governing authority or political party, in each case of a country other than the United States;

    (h) the term “covert,” with respect to an action or attempted action, means characterized by an intent or apparent intent that the role of a foreign government will not be apparent or acknowledged publicly; and

    (i) the term “State” means the several States or any of the territories, dependencies, or possessions of the United States.

    Sec. 9. For those persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence in the United States, I find that because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this order would render those measures ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in this order, there need be no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 2 of this order.

    Sec. 10. Nothing in this order shall prohibit transactions for the conduct of the official business of the United States Government by employees, grantees, or contractors thereof.

    Sec. 11. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may re-delegate any of these functions to other officers within the Department of the Treasury consistent with applicable law. All agencies of the United States Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of this order.

    Sec. 12. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to submit the recurring and final reports to the Congress on the national emergency declared in this order, consistent with section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).

    Sec. 13. This order shall be implemented consistent with 50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1) and (3).

    Sec. 14. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

    (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

    (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

    DONALD J. TRUMP

    THE WHITE HOUSE,

    September 12, 2018.

    WhiteHouse.gov
    Reference: https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...ates-election/
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    Methinks that the SCOTUS is punting and is dodging its responsibilities, but what do I know?


    The Ellis message is well taken, but I believe it does not take into consideration the 2000 SCOTUS precedent.

    In Bush v Gore, strong consideration was given to the timeliness of Safe Harbor Deadline.

    In 2020, the Safe Harbor deadline expires at 11:59 p.m. tonight.

    In Bush v Gore, on December 8, the Florida Supreme Court ordered an immediate manual recount of all ballots in the state where no vote for president was machine.

    In the Trump case, the certification of the Pennsylvania returns are the resembling equivalent of the recount in Florida.

    On December 9, 2000, the SCOTUS granted the Bush petition for an injunction to stop the recount, and that was quickly followed by SCOTUS agreement to hear the Bush appeal of the Florida Supreme Court's decision.

    In the Trump case, the Kelly petition(s) for injunction and for certiorari served purposes similar to the 2000 Bush pleadings.

    Today, although the SCOTUS did not rule on certiorari, the Kelly petition for injunction was denied.

    Draw your own conclusions reader.


    Comment:

    "The application for injunctive relief presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied."

    WOW!!!

    The decision which may have decided the future of the Constitutional Republic, or at the very least, absent a ruling favoring certiorari, would seem to permit the state courts to wantonly abandon the Article Two Constitutional scheme, was pronounced with eighteen words. No explanation; no legal reasoning; certainly no dissent.

    Let's see, nine justices, eighteen words, that comes up to a two word contribution by each Justice. Such prose could have been adequately written with the skills of a sixth grader. Kind of a waste of law school, eh?

    Why not an emoji, Brilliant Nine?

    Reference: https://noqreport.com/2020/12/08/bre...i4XPpGgwtLMiDw
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    Just not smart enough

    While practicing mask wearing, social distancing, handwashing, and sanitizing since mid-March, have difficulty agreeing with Cuomo / de Blasio shutdown / restriction policies.

    Have trouble understanding why the obnoxious Trump can’t get credit for doing something good for the country. The media acted like fools today in interviewing him after the Summit vaccine announcement. Biden comes out with a three-point first 100-day plan where two mimic Trump’s plans on vaccine distribution and opening schools is met with praise from a fawning mainstream media.

    Bolstered by the news of a vaccine with a 95% efficacy rating and promise of rapid distribution, equally distressed and disturbed by the media’s attempt to use any means to downplay the good news.

    Find Pelosi’s gamesmanship in stalling stimulus negotiation until “we have a new president elected,” disgusting. And where the $900 billion deal she is now considering accepting is one worse than the previous $2.2 billion offered. Her and her party’s best interest trumps the hurting American and the economy.

    New York is considering mandating vaccine injections. Government control in the name of democracy?

    Several Biden’s appointments are Marxist-socialists. Elections have consequences. Is Biden truly the centrist he portends to be? Did we elect a leader or plagiarizing toady?

    January 20th, out with the old, in with the new, and we are still screwed!

    Coming soon to New York?

    Refusing to prosecute resisting arrest crimes in LA County, really? Social justice? Scary far-left BS!

    George Gascon, Los Angeles County's new head prosecutor, unveiled an agenda Monday that will usher in changes to the local criminal justice system by his refusal to prosecute certain crimes on top of other sweeping changes.

    As of Tuesday, many misdemeanor cases will be declined or dismissed prior to arraignment unless "factors for considerations" exist. The list of offenses includes trespassing, disturbing the peace, a minor in possession of alcohol, driving without a license, driving with a suspended license, making criminal threats, drug and paraphernalia possession, being under the influence of a controlled substance, public intoxication, loitering to commit prostitution and resisting arrest.

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    Let them eat cake!

    Hypocrisy to the max! Stimulus? There are more important things!

    When the voter fraud case was dismissed by SCOTUS, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the lawmakers who signed onto the lawsuit “brought dishonor to the House” and chastised them for choosing “to subvert the Constitution and undermine public trust in our sacred democratic institutions.”

    This coming from Nancy Pelosi who recently stated on CNN when congressional correspondent Manu Raju asked why the House speaker is suddenly willing to move forward with a smaller coronavirus relief package, “Finally, we have a new dynamic, a new president in a little more than a month committed to crushing the virus … and more than one successful vaccine to make all the difference in the world.” She also said the proposal “has simplicity, it’s what we had in our bills, it’s for a shorter period of time, but that’s OK now because we have a new president.”

    So now, after months of stalled negotiations and Americans suffering, the Democrats this week put their support behind a $908 billion relief package that was introduced to Congress by a bipartisan group of lawmakers and turning down an earlier stimulus offer of $1.8 billion.

    Yep, in five weeks Trump is out and Biden the ‘unifier is in. No more deep state, riots, Covid, corruption, racism, scandals, depressed economy, etc. No more reference to China’s virus. It’s the Trump virus and all deaths are attributed to him. Biden and Swalwell scandals gone, nothing there. Move on. Peace in the valley – like that’s going to happen.

    Four more years of getting screwed, but now by the other party. And when Biden departs, in whatever timeframe or for whatever reason, and Harris takes over, we really get screwed over.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec View Post
    And when Biden departs, in whatever timeframe or for whatever reason, and Harris takes over, we really get screwed over.
    Strange how the Mainstream Media has conveniently rediscovered its journalistic integrity in connection with Hunter Biden's problems this week, eh?

    If the Republicans loose Senate control, and it is in fact President Biden, he may want to revisit his cozy relationship with Madame Speaker. This proposed piece of legislation would not make a distinction between a President Trump and a President Biden...

    Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) will introduce legislation on Friday to create a commission to evaluate the president for removal from office under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.
    Reference: https://www.breitbart.com/2020-elect...cLdOenLvCRA7bM
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    If sworn in, will Biden be sharing the Oval Office with ilk of this type?...


    Hunter Biden Called His Father and Chinese Business Partner ‘Office Mates’ in September 2017 Email
    Reference: https://www.theepochtimes.com/hunter...hhCTw-QhsVEq-Y
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    Better late than never

    The Deep State, far-left Dems /media, big Tech may have shut the door on the Biden and Swalwell scandals coming before the early voting taking place, but the doors are now open for investigation.

    Four years of hearing, “Russia, Russia, Russia,” it is time to look at the China connection / contrivance, perceived by many as our true #1 adversary and threat.

    The following Ingraham report as well as Jennine Pirro’s report this evening brought forward much to think about the Deep State – even Attorney General Bill Barr’s role.

    Elections have consequences! January 20th the Trumpster is gone. Replaced by what is what we need to know before we move on.

    Rep. Jim Jordan: Voters not knowing about Hunter Biden probe before election 'is just wrong'

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jim...n-voters-media

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec View Post
    Better late than never

    The Deep State, far-left Dems /media, big Tech may have shut the door on the Biden and Swalwell scandals coming before the early voting taking place, but the doors are now open for investigation.

    Four years of hearing, “Russia, Russia, Russia,” it is time to look at the China connection / contrivance, perceived by many as our true #1 adversary and threat.

    The following Ingraham report as well as Jennine Pirro’s report this evening brought forward much to think about the Deep State – even Attorney General Bill Barr’s role.

    Elections have consequences! January 20th the Trumpster is gone. Replaced by what is what we need to know before we move on.
    I agree Lee, but forget it. This garbage with China has been going on for a long time and has tainted, and continues to taint, both parties.

    Both Republican and Democrat actors, in my opinion, have been in the tank for Communist Chinese since at least the George H.W. Bush administration, just my opinion of course.

    I was at the time, and remain, disgusted with Bush 41's response to the Tiananmen Square Massacre.

    It is wrong to think of Bush’s policy as simply a “hands-off” approach to China’s internal politics. He gave scant recognition either to the people in the streets or to the reformers at the highest levels of the Party. He “saved” America’s relationship, but primarily with the old guard within the C.C.P. The rest of “China” was repressed, and with a few ups and downs, it has remained so.
    Reference: https://www.chinafile.com/conversati...ishandle-china

    Actually Lee, I has been uncomfortable with U.S.-China policy since the 1971 Nixon-Kissinger opening to the mainland, all done in the interests of putting the need for foreign markets over freedom for an oppressed people.

    Bill Clinton got away with the Charlie Trie...

    Reference: https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/...ia-downplayed/

    And, in terms of a broad systematic problem with confronting high-level corruption, just consider that Obama got away with everything in the book; Hillary skated, and so on and so forth.


    Unless the Left's passion for Harris transcends its Biden boot licking, the Mainstream Media, along with complicit D and R actors, the collective cabal will make sure it is swept under the rug.

    They all suck!
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    Disgraceful selection – God bless all our essential workers

    Another reprehensible politically incorrect piece of tripe!

    Time awarding Biden, Harris 'Person of the Year' is an insult to health care workers

    Time awarding Biden, Harris 'Person of the Year' is an insult to health care workers (msn.com)

    Time giving President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris its 2020 Person of the Year award is patently laughable in its partisanship

    Why did Time do it? Because it was the politically correct thing to do, and it's what Time's readers wanted from a comfort food perspective, all while largely ignoring the true heroes of 2020: health care workers on the front lines of COVID-19.

    Thousands of doctors, nurses, physician assistants, techs, administrators, ambulance drivers, EMTs, firefighters, right down to those keeping medical facilities as clean as possible, have died since this unprecedented, horrific pandemic began. But Time went with Biden and Harris, who in any other year would be the default choice given the election - but this isn't any other year.

    So, here's to our medical professionals on the front lines and all essential workers and everyone else, from bus drivers to pilots to food processing plant workers to grocery store employees.


    So, here's to our medical professionals on the front lines and all essential workers and everyone else, from bus drivers to pilots to food processing plant workers to grocery store employees, Amen!

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    Biden and his adoring media

    Trump should have been considered a ‘dead man walking’ for some time to any reasonable thinking individual. The Electoral College will end his political career today.

    Reasonable and honorable does not apply to the lamestream media. They went out of their way today to not only chastise Trump as usual, but to psychoanalyze and rebuke the 74 million Trump voters / supporters as well. It’s not enough to label Trump deranged, anyone who voted for Trump is equally deranged and considered complicit in his ‘perceived’ transgressions.

    Complicit, nah! Those Trump voters most likely are no different than the Trump haters in the Democratic Party. It would have been an abomination for some to vote for Clinton in 2016: more so in voting for a Biden / Harris ticket fearing Marxist / socialist ‘progressive’ policies.

    Regardless, Biden will be our president on January 20th, 2021. After watching the biased media / Tech companies plotting against Trump and focusing on every Trump perceived shortcoming, some of us want same Biden / Harris treatment – you know, like investigation of the Biden / Swalwell scandals.

    Columnist Margaret Sullivan wrote today that Trump’s relationship with the media was downright awful. Trump’s rhetoric had frightening real-world consequences. She suggests Biden can act more like a normal president. (The media was so good to Trump, right?)

    “The Biden administration needs to get out there quickly and clearly communicate that it stands for press freedom,” Joel Simon executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists told Sullivan.

    Biden is advised to bring back the daily press briefings, make himself available through periodic news conferences and interviews with a wide range of outlets, and to tell the truth. (He’s been so good at that already – NOT!)

    Alan Miller former investigative reporter for the LA Times warns Biden against repeating the Obama’s administration’s bad habit of ‘opposing’ the release of public information and cracking down on government leaks. The Obama team’s deeply flawed record on press freedom laid the groundwork, in some way, for the harm Trump did”

    This get’s even better!

    After interviewing Biden and Harris last week, CNN’’s Jake Trapper reflected, on air, about what a far cry their demeanor was from Trump’s. When asked uncomfortable questions, they didn’t respond with “the attack that we in the Fourth Estate have been used to”. That’s a welcome change.

    Comment

    Didn’t see the interview. Biden was asked an uncomfortable question on CNN, really? And he really answered?

    Biden will be savaged by the conservative media in the future. We shall see how he comports himself. He can hide (as he has been doing) but he can’t run forever.

    Hunter, Swalwell, Schiff, China, domestic violence, defund the police, socialism, all aboard!

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    It is not over yet Lee; the revolution/coup that is, and the two Georgia Senate seats loom large.

    But, Biden and company need to stop radical talk of defunding the police and other Marxist garbage, in order to give their upcoming larceny a semblance of credibility.

    Comrade Chowaniec, once they steal the two Senate seats in Georgia, then Revolution will be complete, eh?

    But no worries, should an unforeseen election integrity happen, and the Republicans pick-off one of those seats, there are a couple of elderly incumbent Republican Senators, as well as the convivence of unforeseen fate.
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    Today in recognition of the meeting of the Electoral College and the designation of Chairman Biden, I submit these observations of Secret Service agents just for laughs...



    JFK and LBJ = Philanderers of the highest order, both kept a lot of women in White House for affairs. Both set up "early warning" systems for it and when their wives were nearby. Total immoral men. In addition, LBJ was as crude as the day is long.

    Richard Nixon = Weird, moral man but very odd and weird. Paranoid etc. Horrible relationship with his family, almost a recluse.

    Spiro Agnew = a nice, decent man, everyone was surprised at his downfall.

    Jerry Ford = A true gentlemen who treated them with respect and dignity.

    Jimmy Carter = A complete phony who would portray one picture of himself to the public and a very different one in private; i.e., he would be shown carrying his own luggage, suit cases were always empty, he kept empty one just for photo ops. Wanted the people to see him as pious and a non drinker, he and family drank alcohol a lot. Had disdain for the Secret Service, and was very irresponsible with the "football" nuclear codes. Didn't think it was a big deal and would keep military aides at a great distance. Would never acknowledge military or Secret service they were there to serve him.

    Ronald Reagan = The real deal. Moral, Honest, respectful and dignified. Treated Secret Service and everyone else with respect and honor. Would always thank everyone all the time. He took the time to know everyone on a personal level. One story was early on in Presidency the President came out of his room with a side arm attached to his hip. The Agent in charge said "Why the pistol Mr. President." Ronald Reagan replied, "In case you boys can't get the job done, I can help." It was common for him to carry a pistol. People do not know that when he met with Gorbachev, he had a pistol in his briefcase. Upon learning that Gary Hart was caught with Donna Rice during the election Ronald Reagan said, "Boys will be boys, but boys will not be President"

    Nancy Reagan = Very nice but very protective of the President . . . the Secret Service was always caught in the middle. Nancy would try to control what the President ate all the time (healthy) and he would say to the Agents "come on you gotta help me out." The Reagans rarely drank alcohol. Secret Service said they could count on one hand the times the Reagans were served alcohol other
    than wine during dinner. They made the comment for all the fake bluster of the Carters it was the Reagans who lived life as genuinely moral people.

    George and Barbara Bush = Extremely kind and considerate. Always respectful. Took great care in making sure the agents comforts were taken care of. They would bring them meals etc. One time Barbara Bush brought warm clothes to agents standing outside a Kennebunkport. One agent who was given warm hat tried to nicely say no thanks when he was obviously freezing and President Bush said "Son, don't argue with the first lady, put the hat on."

    Bill Clinton = Presidency was one giant party. Not trustworthy, he was nice because he wanted everyone to like him but life is just one big game and party to him.

    Hillary Clinton
    = Another phony. Her personality would change the instant cameras were near. She hated with open disdain the military and Secret
    Service. Again another one who felt people are there to serve her. She was always trying to keep tabs on Bill Clinton.

    Al Gore = An egotistical ass who was once overheard by his Secret Service detail when he told his son he needed to do better in school or he "would end up like these guys" and pointed to the Secret Service agents.

    G. W. Bush
    = They loved him and Laura Bush. They said no one is a nicer person than Laura Bush who never has a harsh word to say about anyone. The Bush's went out of their way to take care of the Secret Service and made sure they were well cared for with meals and other comforts. GW was the most prompt of the Presidents. He ran like a well oiled machine. He was also the most in shape who had a very strict work out regimen. The Bush's made sure their entire administration understood to respect and be considerate of the Secret Service. Karl Rove was the one who was the most caring of
    the Secret Service in the administration.

    Barack Obama – Clintons all over again – hates the military and looks down on the Secret Service.
    Reference: The First Family Detail by Ronald Kessler
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    I Have Been Writing This For A While:


    In September, 2018, President Trump signed an Executive Order which enables the President to confront foreign interference in American elections.

    If the appropriate government agencies reach a finding suggesting that the interference was the result of a hostile foreign-inspired and supported domestic coup, the Insurrection can and should be invoked.

    Attached is an editorial appearing in today's Epoch Times that considers the possibility of such a present circumstance and advises accordingly.

    Presented in sequential order are some of the editorial's key points...

    "The United States is facing an evil force that wants to destroy our country and in fact destroy all good things in humanity.

    This election is the climax of the battle between freedom and communism, between good and evil...

    ...He has taken an oath to defend the U.S. Constitution, and he has the presidential powers to do so...

    ...The Insurrection Act enables Trump to use the military to seize the key electoral evidence in contested states and deliver a transparent, accurate accounting of the vote.

    Our system is in crisis. Trump would act to restore the rule of law."
    Reference: https://www.theepochtimes.com/at-thi...g-2020-12-14-7
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    Fox News Poll: Two-thirds of voters feel hopeful

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...s-feel-hopeful

    Half of Trump voters will support Biden or at least give him a chance.

    Hope and relief are voters’ most common reactions to the presidential election. More are embarrassed than angry, while many feel scared.


    An interesting poll, especially for unaffiliated registered voters (blanks) like myself who have issues with both Trump and Biden.

    Having acknowledged Bidens election victory some time ago, I will give Biden a chance to a point – if he remains true to his claim of being a ‘centrist’ and his denial of being a socialist. That would make me hopeful and relieved. Doing otherwise would scare me!

    It's time for Trump to go. He has been an embarrassment and polarizing force in so many ways. At the same time he has accomplished much in four years and if Biden tries to steal his thunder regarding Warp Speed and the rapid discovery of a vaccine and its market delivery, that would be very disappointing, As disappointing as Biden’s blaming the virus on Trump and the resulting number of deaths. It came from China, Joe! Say it!

    Biden declared today that we need to dampen the rhetoric and come together. Practice what you preach, sir. You promise truth and transparency to unite this country, yet deny any involvement with Hunter’s business deals, outright deny voting ‘irregularities’ took place and promise no investigation to assure that election voting is secure, stay silent on the destructive protests, and silent on Swalwell and other scandals within your party.

    Millions of Americans will be ‘watching’ what direction you take this country in, Mr. Biden, and whose best interests will be served! Watching to see whether the media and big-tech treat you in the same manner as the Trumpster.

    I would like to see same poll applied to vice-president elect Kamala Harris in the event she becomes president sometime in this presidential term. Stay healthy Mr. president-elect.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec View Post
    [I]Half of Trump voters will support Biden or at least give him a chance.
    I will give him every chance to:

    (1) Pledge to veto any legislation which would expand the numbers of SCOTUS Justices.

    (2) Pledge to publicly criticize any attempt to end the Senate Filibuster.

    (3) Pledge to veto any legislation which would make Puerto Rico and Washington D.C.

    (4) Withdraw his promise to enact programs which would place a tax on gun ownership and/or confiscation.

    (5) Come clean about allegations of his ties with China.

    (6) A pledge not to interfere with the work of Special Counsel Durham.

    (7) A pledge not to fire any Special Counsel charged with investigating issues associated with Hunter Biden.



    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec View Post
    It's time for Trump to go.
    Agree, with these stipulations:

    If Trump has evidence indicating foreign inference in the 2020 election, which was applied in support of, and concert in with a domestic revolutionary coup, or an exclusively domestic coup involving provable fraudulent ballots, ballot counting, and/or other illegal manipulations, he MUST publicly announce and substantially provide that evidence, clearly and unambiguously. I would then support him in applying whatever legally-prescribed action is needed to restore Constitutional order.

    However, if Trump does not have such evidence, he needs to leave office in accordance with the Constitution.

    In short, it is time that Trump either put-up or shut-up.
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