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Jason D. Hill contributor to Frontpage Magazine: If we understand that the move to raze Western civilization and make white people extinct comes in many guises, and that Baker-Bell’s demand that all Americans speak Ebonics while canceling standard English is part of a systemic and comprehensive Final Solution by avowed nihilists to genocide an entire civilization—then we won’t feel as if we are fighting lice in a vacuum in this case. We will simply be destroying part of the rot before it fully turns to fertilizer.

Alexander G. Markovsky contributor to American Thinker: History punishes political frivolity. Dependent on the government handouts, too many blacks lost control over their destiny. They foolishly entrusted their fate to the decisions of the others and thus far have fulfilled Lyndon Johnson’s prophesy, “I’ll have these N—ers voting Democrat for the next two hundred years.” Although the authenticity of the blunt-speaking Texan’s statement remains debated among historians, its essence accurately reflects the sinister intent of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Andrew Arthur contributor to the New York Post: One of Biden’s first acts as president was to send Congress an amnesty bill covering nearly every illegal immigrant here and opening the door for aliens deported under Trump to return. The White House blames the border crisis on Republicans for blocking it, but even Speaker Nancy Pelosi wouldn’t touch it. Biden has given up on that amnesty, and if he couldn’t cajole Congress to pass it, perhaps he’s decided to break the immigration system, force members to legalize all those who have entered illegally and start from scratch. Honestly, it’s the only explanation that makes sense.

Bill Martinez contributor to American Greatness finds the Barack and Michell Obama Netflix production unsettling: The appearance of Leave The World Behind, with its bleak, hostile and even misanthropic tone in describing the end of the world brought on by a combination of cyberattacks, nuclear terrorism, disinformation and other means, is more than peculiar. It’s sinister.

Pete Colon contributor to American Thinker: Do your part for global warming: Stop breathing.

Nick Pope reporter for Daily Caller: The American Climate Corps (ACC) will train thousands of young Americans to work in green energy and “climate resilience” jobs in the future using the competencies of numerous federal agencies, according to NBC. The White House will finance the program using existing funding pools across several agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), because Congress has not expressly authorized funds for it.

BIDEN’S DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: PERSECUTE YOUR OPPOSITION, PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP & HIS FORMER TRUMP EMPLOYEES, SUPPORTERS & WH STAFF

Sundance: The Colorado Supreme Court 4-3 Decision Is Pure Nonsense and Can Be Laughed At, They Even Admit It on Page 9

Three main points before getting to the substance. [213 page opinion HERE] #1) It was a 4-3 decision. Meaning it was the politics of the court, literally the political makeup and perspective therein, that determined the outcome of the decision. This is showcased in point #3, which is the funniest part.

#2) The entire framework of the case against Trump in the Colorado decision is predicated on this: “[the complainants] asserted that he was ineligible under Section Three because he engaged in insurrection on January 6, 2021, after swearing an oath as President to support the U.S. Constitution.” [pdf, page 6] REMINDER – President Donald Trump was not charged with “insurrection,” is not accused of “insurrection,” does not fit the complaint under the definitions of “insurrection,” and has never been found guilty of insurrection. The complaint is moot before the court. But hey, it’s Lawfare […] and we all know Lawfare is created for public media consumption, so that takes us directly to the biggest point. #3) Instead of me writing it, let me screengrab it so we can all laugh together [pdf page 9].

Saavedra: Colorado Republican Party To Cancel Primary If Trump Kept Off Ballot

“We will withdraw from the Primary as a Party and convert to a pure caucus system if this is allowed to stand,” the party said in responding to the Court’s ruling.

(More election interference) Hemingway: How A Left-Wing Appeals Panel Is Rigging Trump’s J6 Case Through Bogus Fast-Track Process

Election interference isn’t incidental to this prosecution. It’s the entire point. For Democrats to succeed with their 2024 presidential campaign strategy of imprisoning the current front-runner in the race, they need a massive assist from key judges. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan has done everything in her power to speed up the process for one of the complicated cases Democrats have filed against former President Donald Trump. Whereas the standard federal fraud and conspiracy case takes about two years to get to trial, controversial Special Counsel Jack Smith and Chutkan have worked in concert to get the trial started in March, a breathtaking seven months after Trump’s indictment. Likewise, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Florence Pan is doing her part to assist the effort to give Trump far less time than other defendants to prepare for a trial against him. Last week, she led a panel to fast-track an appeal in order to facilitate Smith’s goal of securing a quick conviction before one of Washington, D.C.’s notoriously partisan juries.

THE CORRUPT & DANGEROUS U.S. INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES & THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE APPARATUS

Johnson: Mary McCord: Deep-State She-Devil?

Many of the actors of the shadow government are well publicized, such as FBI’s James Comey, Robert Mueller, and Peter Strzok. However, one of the most calculating and devious is Mary McCord, who flies under the public’s radar screen. Mary McCord’s resume has deep state bonafide, and she uses it to influence and manipulate policy decision-making and to conduct slander campaigns against citizens at large who criticize the Federal government’s assault on personal freedoms. Notably, she was appointed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to the U.S. House of Representatives Task Force 1-6 Capitol Security Review following the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. She is also a member of the far-left National Task Force on Election Crises, which aims to address “systemic vulnerabilities in our election systems.” In other words, to assail election deniers and President Trump. It is a pseudo-organization, a donor advisory unit of the radical United to Protect Democracy 501(c)(4) nonprofit.

Read more/Watch the 7 minute video: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/mary-mccord-deep-state-she-devil/

Sundance: People Finally Starting to Notice the Real DC Players Like Mary McCord, but It’s Much, Much Bigger

That GP article starts to scratch the surface, but if people ever decide to dig, I mean really dig, they will find McCord is a thread that unravels some of the biggest undiscovered background stories in DC media. Including: (1) The likely leaker of the Flynn conversation with Russian Ambassador Kislyak, and (2) the almost certain leaker of the Supreme Court “Dobbs Decision.” Hint: They eat dinner together nightly. […] If there is one corrupt DC player who has escaped scrutiny for her corrupt endeavors, it would be Mary McCord. More than any other Lawfare operative within Main Justice, Mary McCord sits at the center of every table in the manufacturing of cases against Donald Trump. {GO DEEP} Mary McCord’s husband is Sheldon Snook; he was the right hand to the legal counsel of Chief Justice John Roberts.

GLOBALISM (GREAT RESET/NEW WORLD ORDER) & TRANS HUMANISM (AI HUMANS 2.0) ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED

Martinez: Is Obama’s Netflix Film an Attempt to ‘Pre-Program’ America?

What’s predictive programming? Derided by our elites as a conspiracy theory, it’s the notion that certain things are embedded into the pop culture to make the public accepting of them when later they turn up in real life. The 2011 movie, Contagion, for example, presented a fictional scenario which bore a strange resemblance to the COVID-19 pandemic. Even more peculiar was a 2019 episode of Netflix’s series Explained called The Next Pandemic, in which Microsoft founder Bill Gates was seen predicting a virus would kill millions of people after originating in a Chinese “wet market.” When COVID-19 emerged, a not-insignificant segment of the population saw the worldwide response, tinged as it was by pronouncements from suspicious actors like the World Economic Forum that the pandemic could be used to bring on a global socialist “Great Reset,” as simply the follow-through to a pre-planned release. And while that might sound like a wild theory, we’ve seen subsequent disclosure that Anthony Fauci, America’s highest-paid government employee, had directed tax dollars to perform gain-of-function research at a Chinese lab with connections to biowarfare. When that same lab was the site of a viral leak which produced the COVID-19 pandemic, a pandemic that deprived us of our most basic God given freedoms, it wasn’t just the zany conspiracy theorists who saw something sinister in the works.

Hess: Scientists invent doom calculator that can predict when you’ll DIE and how much money you’ll earn with 78% accuracy

Scientists have developed an algorithm that uses the story of a person’s life to predict how they will live and when they will die. According to a new study, the model called ‘life2vec,’ is accurate about 78 percent of the time which puts it on par with other algorithms designed to predict similar life outcomes.

But unlike other models, it works like a chatbot, using existing details to predict what comes next. It was built by scientists in Denmark and the US who trained a machine learning algorithm on a massive pool of Danish data, feeding it all sorts of information on over six million real people, including income, profession, place of residence, injuries, and pregnancy history.

REPUBLICAN U.S. HOUSE MAJORITY

Chaitin: Jordan Subpoenas Garland Over DOJ’s Alleged Efforts To Spy On Congress

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) announced on Tuesday that he subpoenaed Attorney General Merrick Garland for information on alleged efforts to surveil members of Congress and congressional staff — including during the Russiagate controversy that rocked former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and administration. In a cover letter to Garland, which noted potential legislative reforms could follow, Jordan said his panel “must resort to compulsory process” because of the “inadequate response to date” by the Department of Justice (DOJ) following his request for details about the apparent use of subpoenas to obtain private communications of Legislative Branch employees.

Revolver.news: Republicans can now take out Eric Swalwell, and by golly, they better do it…

As many of you are aware, Hunter Biden will likely face criminal contempt charges soon due to his refusal to testify before Congress. What many don’t realize is the big trouble Eric Swalwell is now in for pairing up with Hunter and running interference for him. […] Legal experts are now grappling with the question of what to do with Eric Swalwell, the traitor who slept with a Chinese spy and who is not only implicated in facilitating contempt of Congress but also in an alleged federal crime. It all started last week […] We say it’s time for Republicans to start sharpening their knives and getting ready to claim a political scalp.

According to Professor Turley, Swalwell could be facing significant trouble. Now, the big question is whether the GOP numb-nuts will seize this golden opportunity and oust Swalwell with the same fervor they used to remove Republican George Santos.

Lendrum: 8 Conservative House Candidates Who Must Win Their Primaries

These contenders would be unified behind President Trump and his MAGA agenda. The 2024 election cycle will be about many things, from the Biden regime’s overt authoritarianism to retribution against political and legal persecution. President Trump’s comeback candidacy will be a perfect representation of these broader existential issues at the core of the campaign. But the down-ballot races should be about something just as important as defeating our enemies on the Left. Just as in 2022, the races for Congress should be about an ideological purging of the Republican Party. As the already razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives has proven, a “majority” doesn’t mean much if we are still at the mercy of establishment moderates, RINOs, and outright NeverTrumpers. Whether or not the GOP will hold the House remains completely up in the air […] Here is a short list of some of the best candidates who must be supported in their primary bids for Congress, many of them challenging or seeking to replace RINOs whose time should have come long ago. Mark Harris: North Carolina 8 […] Mark Houck: Pennsylvania 1 . . .

BIDEN/HARRIS/OBAMA’S AMERICA LAST REGIME: RADICAL TRANSFORMATION OF FOREIGN POLICY

Reuters: North Korea fires ICBM after condemning US ‘war’ moves

North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile on Monday that has a range to hit anywhere in the United States, said South Korea and Japan, marking its second launch in hours as Pyongyang condemned a US-led show of force as “war” moves. The missile has a potential to travel more than 9,300 miles, meaning it can reach anywhere in Japan and the mainland United States, Japan’s Parliamentary Vice Minister of Defense Shingo Miyake said.

Hutchison: ‘It’s Shameful’: Retired General Rips Biden For Stopping Military From Taking ‘Decisive Action’ Against Rocket Attacks

A retired general blasted President Joe Biden on Tuesday, saying that he “shut down” military plans to take “decisive action” against Iranian-backed rocket attacks. The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Carney shot down 14 drones fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen Saturday. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the formation of a task force to combat Houthi attacks on merchant shipping Monday. “It’s well-known here that the United States military really wants to take decisive action here,” retired Army Gen. Jack Keane told Fox News host Martha MacCallum. “They’re being shut down by the Biden White House.”

BIDEN/HARRIS/OBAMA’S AMERICA LAST REGIME: RADICAL TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICA

Markovsky: How Black Americans Were Tamed to Vote Democrat for 200 Years

Beware of those who might feign sympathy or pity on you because they want power over you. Martin Luther King Jr., in his famous speech, had a vision that was, for a long time, woven into the American psyche: “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.” However, the evolution of the relationship between the sons has been marked by complexity and adversity. Since its establishment in January 1828, the Democrat party was the Party of Slavery, governed by Plato’s philosophy that it was right for the ‘better’ to rule over the ‘inferior.’ Neither the Emancipation Proclamation nor the ravages of the Civil War changed the slave owners’ moral convictions. Although the war had settled that blacks were human beings with souls—hence, eligible not just for physical freedom but also for constitutional equality—the Democrats would not allow the former slaves to get too far from their plantations. For almost one hundred years after the war ended, all the Democrat party’s efforts would be devoted to elaborate political maneuvers to forestall the nightmarish scenario of blacks voting. Since the Republican Party was formed to abolish slavery and was the driving force behind liberating slaves, blacks were expected to vote overwhelmingly for Republicans.

DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: CHILDREN ARE THE TARGET OF THE DARKNESS AFFECTING OUR NATION

Kurt: Queer Activists Are Putting Pornographic Books In Little Free Libraries

‘We want the bottom shelf to be accessible by littles,’ says the queer-supporting atheist working to share sex books with kids. The president of Northern Indiana Atheists raised money to build several Little Free Libraries in 2024 specifically to “share banned and challenged diverse books,” including those with LGBT messaging and pornographic material. Troy Moss fundraised for the project over his Facebook page in November, surpassing his goal of $800. According to Moss, he gathered almost $1,000 for the project, which will begin in 2024. Little Free Libraries are small wooden boxes planted in neighborhoods that serve as book exchanges. Moss’s libraries will be built in the South Bend and Mishawaka, Indiana areas. “We have installation locations ready to go,” Moss said in a recent update. “We will spend the winter months building and collecting books and we will install them in the spring of 2024 when the ground thaws.”

WAR IN ISRAEL

Charles: What the Terrorists Imprisoned in Israel Did After Being Released Is Eye-Opening

After some of the Palestinian prisoners were released by Israel, footage and images circulated on social media showing these individuals immediately celebrating Hamas, waving the terrorist group’s flags and even wearing its insignia. The arrangement resulted in Israel releasing 150 convicted terrorists, while Hamas released 50 hostages. The scenes broadcast on social media, which include images of women and minor children, underscore the deep-rooted connection and influence the terrorist group has over the Palestinian community in Gaza. Once again, they celebrate terror and hatred. We saw how it ends on October 7. It all starts with a celebration of hatred. […] Currently, about 47 percent of the population in Gaza is under 18. This creates a fertile field for radicalization. The New York Times published a report discussing the issue: […] In fact, Hamas also added a military training elective in high schools focused on “resistance to Israel.” Palestinian children in Gaza also participate in militarized summer camps, where they are taught to fight against the Jewish state. Under the aegis of promoting jihad, Hamas indoctrinates these youth into extremist ideologies, which makes them even more dedicated to killing Israelis.

Jehring: Female Israeli soldiers tell how they sprang into action on the Gaza border to defend their homeland during the Hamas terror attack on October 7

Ella Mizrach, 22, and Hagar Abraham, 19, sped across the Negev Desert clutching their M16 assault rifles to tackle Hamas and protect civilians. Part of the elite border guard unit, they are trained to understand the mind of the terrorists to stay one step ahead. They also have an intricate knowledge of the Kibbutz positioned close to Gaza, allowing them to respond to an invasion faster than other soldiers.

OTHER NEWS, COMMENTARY, OPINION

Bates: Over 170 of Jeffrey Epstein’s high-profile associates will be NAMED in court documents set to be unsealed in the first days of 2024

Dozens of Jeffrey Epstein‘s high profile associates are in for a New Year’s surprise as they will be named in court documents set to be released in the first days of 2024. The pedophile’s powerful friends are set to be exposed as part of a vast unsealing that a judge ordered on Monday will take place in 14 days.

That will take the release day to January 1 – but as that is a holiday it is likely the files will be made public the following day. Some 177 people will be identified across hundreds of files which will shed new light on the late financier’s sex trafficking operation and his network of influence. Judge Loretta Preska wrote ‘unsealed in full’ next to the names of 177 Does who are Epstein’s friends, recruiters, victims and others whose names will be revealed when the material is released within the coming weeks. The material is related to a defamation case brought by Prince Andrew’s accuser Virginia Roberts in New York against Epstein’s madam Ghislaine Maxwell.

Buckley: From Humanized Mice to Micenized Humans: Societal Parallels Of ‘Gain-Of-Function Research’

ot to cast aspersions, but it seems there was this lab in China that performed gain-of-function research on a certain virus that ended up upending the entire world for three years…and beyond. Now imagine that it was not just one lab using humanized mice to change a virus but a ubiquitous and global mechanism that caused virtual viruses to create micenized humans. Welcome to social media. For purposes of clarity and for those who, like Anthony Fauci’s checkbook, are not exactly sure what gain-of-function (GoF) research is or that they actually do it, a quick nut-shelling is in order. n nature, physical viruses exist and, in the right environment and set of circumstances, can evolve to a level where they can become rather problematic to humans. GoF takes a virus and artificially creates a perfect environment for its hyper-accelerated evolution. It can involve human guidance of the virus’s evolutionary path towards a pre-determined desired outcome and it definitely involves intentional generational serial passage through an intermediate species – in COVID’s case, modified or humanized mice in Wuhan – making sure that whatever is meant to happen happens very quickly. The basic concept behind the GoF process should actually be rather familiar to the general public as everyone everywhere sees it every day in real time – it’s called social media.

(Feeling the heat) Poulter: Elite University Scrubs Multiple Web Pages About ‘Identity Recognitions,’ Pronouns

Harvard University scrubbed several web pages from the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) department’s website, according to the web archive. Two web pages, titled “Heritage Months and Identity Recognitions” and “Gender Identity and Pronouns at Harvard,” appear to have been deleted, according to the archives. Both links now route directly to the Diversity and Inclusion homepage. […] A downloadable file titled “Foundational Concepts & Affirming Language” attached to Harvard’s pronoun webpage also appears to have been deleted, according to its archived link. The webpage defined words such as “heteronormativity,” “womanist” and “white fragility.”

Leonard: How Mark Zuckerberg is turning an idyllic corner of Hawaii into a Bond villain compound where his family can see out the apocalypse

With its blast-proof doors, huge underground bunker and fortress-like security, it sounds more like a Bond villain’s lair than a family home. And, in fact, the £212 million compound Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is building on the Hawaiian island of Kauai […] In doing so, critics say he has ridden roughshod over ancient, indigenous property rights and indulged a paranoid passion for privacy that looks deeply hypocritical from the man who’s made his fortune from monetising other people’s private information. Zuckerberg’s venture is one of the most ambitious private construction projects in North American history, and will see the building not only of two mansions but an entire village of outhouses. […] But there’s no point shutting yourself away from the world if you cannot support yourself. So, according to Wired, Koolau Ranch will be entirely self-sufficient, with its own 18ft-high, 55ft-wide water tank and enormously powerful ‘pump system’. The ranch is already producing much of its own food through agriculture and livestock.[…] Other than its sheer opulence, another aspect of the project that has dismayed islanders is the intense secrecy in which it is being carried out. One of Zuckerberg’s first acts was to erect a mile-long, 6ft-high wall made from volcanic rock around much of the property.

INTERNATIONAL

Lewis: Why the EU is coming for Elon Musk

The Brussels investigation into X is a brazen attempt to crack down on free speech. X, Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ social-media platform, could soon be reined in or even banned in the EU. The European Commission has announced that it has launched an investigation into X for allegedly breaking EU law on disinformation and illegal content. [Note: After the Biden administration targeted Musk, the EU followed.]

Al-Tawy: Egypt’s President El-Sisi reelected for 3rd term with 89.6% of vote

Egyptians voted last week in an election eclipsed by the war in neighboring Gaza, with incumbent El-Sisi guaranteed another term in the absence of a serious challenger and despite growing economic woes. His strongest competitor picked up about 4.5% of the vote, officials said.

Robinson: Inside Dignitas, where terminally ill patients pay £20,000 to end their lives as Esther Rantzen reveals she has joined the assisted dying clinic: Final journey on a private plane and a last supper with loved ones before taking the fatal drink

Dame Esther Rantzen has revealed she has joined Dignitas as she battles stage 4 lung cancer and may go there to die, following around 650 Britons who have flown to Switzerland to end their lives at the secretive assisted suicide clinic. A BBC documentary sparked complaints from Samaritans because it showed the moment Simon Binner smiled as he administered the barbiturate that induced his coma and death. Viewers were moved to tears as he played a final message for his wife before he took his life, saying: ‘Time and tide wait for no man, I love you very much Debbie. Goodbye.’ Mr Binner, who was terminally ill with aggressive motor neurone disease, had already used his LinkedIn profile to announce the dates of his death and funeral in November 2015. Janet Appleyard used her £20,000 life savings to go to Zurich by private jet in February 2021 after a debilitating stroke, needing oxygen on her final journey by plane and then taxi to Dignitas.

Salvoni: Huge danger that volcanic fissures could tear apart Icelandic town without warning, local experts fear as tourists rush to cancel trips to the country and stunning new images of lava flows emerge

The eruption on the Reykjanes began on Monday night signals a heightened risk of volcanic fissures opening without warning inside the fishing town, which is home to some 4,000 people and was emptied of its population weeks as it began to be shaken by earthquakes. Locals have already shared videos of their homes being ripped apart, with one telling MailOnline her house was sealed and that she cannot return after the force of the tremors ripped it from its foundations. Iceland’s tourism industry, driven by attractions including the Blue Lagoon which is just a stone’s throw from the eruption, has also taken a huge hit – with some flights delayed and nervous holiday-makers cancelling reservations and pushing back their trips for the coming months.

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