The pope is once again proving that he embraces communism as “perfect Christianity.”  He says the disciples shared all things in common, and there you go.  That is his justification for communist leanings.  He should have sung harmony on John Lennon’s Imagine record.  But it’s doubtful he can sing.  Even Lennon reportedly outgrew his fanciful lyrics.  But not the pope.

Russia is amassing troops and tanks on Ukraine’s border, while conducting military exercises in the Black Sea.  There are reports that the fraudulent president has called back two Navy ships that were on their way.  Putin has closed the straits that would have had to be navigated if American ships were to have entered the Black Sea.  Get used to it.  America’s military is going to be backing down from any hint of conflict as long as we have to endure the current regime.

If Russia decides to annex Ukraine it looks as though nothing will be done.  Germany is not going to get involved.  It went forward with plans for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline for energy against the advice of President Trump, so Russia has undisputed leverage over Germany.  As an aside, Angela Merkel failed to live up to her promise of increased funding for Germany’s part in NATO, which remained a major bone of contention for the Trump administration.  With Germany compromised by its energy needs, NATO can’t be expected to intervene.

Vladimir Putin is apparently aware that no one will stop him from taking Ukraine if that is indeed what he intends to do.  Half of Ukraine’s citizens are said to support Russian annexation anyway.  So, don’t be surprised when Ukraine becomes part of Russia.

You might remember any number of insider videos released by Project Veritas.  They nailed a lady from Planned Parenthood admitting over lunch that they sold aborted baby parts.  She said she was going to buy a Ferrari or Lamborghini or something.

Most recently they showed a CNN technical director saying he joined the network to help get Trump out of office.  He says they created the story claiming Trump’s hands were shaking out of whole cloth, and then brought in a batch of doctors and “experts” to speculate about what might be wrong with him.  That’s not all they did, and are still doing.  Anyone who watched the network over recent years knows that their homosexual anchors pushed the idea that Trump was crazy, racist and likely suffering some sort of dementia.  They called Trump supporters racist and uneducated all day and night.

One of their most aggressive “pundits” is gone without a trace.  Whatever happened to Jeffrey Toobin after all?  We wish we didn’t know.  Without the constant determined effort, the guy on hidden video suspects Trump would still be president.  He said the next big push, once they’ve completely exhausted the last of their audience with COVID fear, will be “global warming,” or climate change as they’ve come to call it.  He actually said, “Fear sells.”  Maybe that should be their new tagline, since we all know they’re not, “The Most Trusted Name in News.”  Not for a long time now.

If you’re brave enough to risk seeing what they’re doing on CNN, the technical director says that pictures of video of morose Polar bears and collapsing ice will be common on the “news” network.  They’ll try again to bamboozle us with this nonsense, and ridicule all who don’t buy-in.  It seems CNN hates America, hates President Trump and reserves a special hatred for Trump supporters, all the while accusing us as being dangerous “haters.”  Antifa and BLM are justified in all that they do, whether attacking Police precincts, burning businesses or looting department stores.  If you don’t support what they’re doing, you might be a racist!

There are too many signs of the times in which we’re living to even scratch the surface.  But one of the most telling is the fact that corporations are falling all over each other to implement “mandates” of one kind or another.  There is all kinds of noise about the “vaccination passport,” and a movement to insist that an individual be able to prove they’ve had their shots before being able to fly or enter into an establishment where people are shopping.  That push actually predates the news that some people don’t respond well to being vaccinated.  It’s hard to know what to believe in this vortex of conflicting information, but some vaccines have been banned in Europe and one (J & J) has been “paused” in the United States due to the onset of blood clots.   We’re also told that they may be dangerous to some who have already been exposed to the virus and developed anti-bodies, possibly all without their knowledge.  Whatever the truth may be, don’t expect Dr. Fauci to tell it.  Especially if there’s any hint of returning to FREEDOM.  It would be the end of the fame and power he so enjoys.

What’s important from our point of view is that multinational corporate conglomerates are doing the government’s dirty work.  There’s no need for the government to implement un-Constitutional mandates if every big name in food, sports, transportation etc. requires proof that you’ve relinquished freedom for the privilege of being a consumer.  Will we ever taste freedom again?  If the Supreme Court is packed and the Electoral College eliminated, both of which are goals of our fraudulent masters, probably not.  Try to have a great Sabbath.  There is a much Higher Power!

Mark

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Vice President Mike Pence, who had announced he would not overturn the will of voters, confirmed the Biden victory at 3:41 a.m. ET.

Lawmakers had returned to the chamber in an act of defiance, with some Republicans who initially vowed to challenge states’ results due to voter fraud concerns announcing they’d instead vote to certify.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called the breach of the Capitol a “failed insurrection,” adding that those who “tried to disrupt our democracy” had not succeeded.

“The United States and the Senate will not be intimidated,” he tweeted. “We are back at our posts. We will discharge our duty under the Constitution for our nation. And we are going to do it tonight.”

McConnell announced earlier that once the Senate voted 92-7 to reject the Republican effort to overturn Pennsylvania’s vote, the path would be clear for Biden to claim the White House on Jan. 20.

Despite growing support among Republicans to challenge the election result, the effort was always seen to have little chance of success.

PELOSI’S OFFICE STORMED DURING CHAOS

Dan Scavino, the White House deputy chief of staff, posted a statement from President Trump on Twitter that seemed to call for calm among Americans and demonstrate a functioning government for adversaries.

“Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th,” the statement read. “I have always said we would continue our fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted. While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it’s only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!”

In closing prayer to Jt Session of Congress, Senate Chaplain Barry Black says that “words matter” and speaks about the “quagmire” of today’s bedlam at the Capitol. Says members need to fight against “all enemies, domestic and foreign”

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The political fallout from Wednesday’s mayhem seemed to cast serious doubt on President Trump’s future as leader of the Republican Party. Sen Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican, addressed the Senate, saying Trump has been a “consequential” president over four years in office “but today … count me out. Enough is enough.”

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Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who is projected to lose her runoff in Georgia against the Rev. Raphael Warnock, was among the senators who said they’d changed their minds about challenging Biden’s win.

“When I arrived in Washington this morning, I fully intended to object to the certification of the electoral votes,” Loeffler, R-Ga., said in remarks from the Senate floor. “However, the events that have transpired today have forced me to reconsider and I cannot now, in good conscience, object.”

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., also announced she would vote to certify the results.

There seemed to be a sense of sadness among lawmakers as it got later into the night. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., told reporters it was probably one of the saddest days he had experienced as an elected official.

“What normally would have been a tradition in the step towards the peaceful transition of power from one administration to another was marred by violence, thugs, misinformation and clearly should never have happened in the first place,” he said.

COTTON CALLS ON TRUMP TO ‘QUIT MISLEADING’ SUPPORTERS 

Detractors of the president criticized him for stoking anger among his supporters and said a violent incident was inevitable. They say the president has been pushing the false narrative about election interference for the past month and his presidency was bound to end in chaos.

Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram temporarily suspended the president from posting on to their platforms. The Associated Press reported that it was the most aggressive action social media companies had yet taken against the president.

JONATHAN TURLEY: TRUMP’S LEGACY ‘IN TATTERS’ AFTER SUPPORTERS RIOT AT CAPITOL

Trump’s supporters noted the president had called for calm. They say Trump never had his day in court and there were enough voting irregularities to warrant further inspection. They also criticized the media coverage of the unrest at the Capitol and criticized news outlets to essentially turning a blind eye to the violence that broke out in major cities last summer.

Donald Trump Jr. also called for calm in an earlier tweet.

“This is wrong and not who we are,” he wrote. “Be peaceful and use your 1st Amendment rights, but don’t start acting like the other side. We have a country to save and this doesn’t help anyone.”

Washington D.C. police said at a news conference late Wednesday that there were four deaths—including a woman who was fatally shot — and at least 52 arrests during the day’s disruption.

Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat who has clashed with Trump, ordered an extension of the public emergency that was already in place for the next 15 days, which will overlap with Biden’s inauguration.

The woman who was shot was Ashi Babbitt, a U.S. Air Force veteran from San Diego, Calif., a friend told Fox News. D.C. police confirmed she had been shot by one of their officers.

The other three deaths were medical-related, reports said.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Fox News last Sunday that the Supreme Court was a “better forum” than Congress for vetting election concerns but the court did not take the cases.

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Cruz wanted a 10-day audit of the results by an electoral commission.

“Voter fraud has posed a persistent challenge in our elections, although its breadth and scope are disputed,” lawmakers said Saturday in a statement.

“By any measure, the allegations of fraud and irregularities in the 2020 election exceed any in our lifetimes,” Cruz said.

The senator condemned those who stormed the Capitol in a Twitter post. He said the Constitution “protects peaceful protest, but violence — from Left or Right – is ALWAYS wrong.”

He issued a statement early Thursday that called the incident a “despicable act of terrorism and a shocking assault on our democratic system.” He said he called for the electoral commission to give millions of Americans confidence in the election and “very much wish Congress had not set aside these concerns.”

But he said he respected their positions.

“Debate in the two houses of Congress is the proper way to resolve our political differences, not through violent attacks,” he said.

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Fox News’ Chad Pergram, Brie Stimson, and David Aaro contributed to this report

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(Headline USA) A growing number of Republican lawmakers are joining President Donald Trump’s extraordinary effort to challenge the projected outcome of the Nov. 3 election when Congress meets next week to count the Electoral College votes.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Saturday announced a coalition of 11 senators who have been enlisted for Trump’s effort to subvert the will of American voters.

The group of senators and senators-elect includes:

• Ron Johnson of Wisconsin
• James Lankford of Oklahoma
• Steve Daines of Montana
• John Kennedy of Louisiana
• Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee
• Mike Braun of Indiana
• Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming
• Roger Marshall of Kansas
• Bill Hagerty of Tennessee
• Tommy Tuberville of Alabama

This follows the declaration from Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., who was the first to buck Senate leadership by saying he would join with House Republicans in objecting to the state tallies during Wednesday’s joint session of Congress.

Hawley and Cruz are both among potential 2024 presidential contenders should Trump either prevail in his challenge or decide not to run again next term.

Trump’s refusal to concede amid evidence of widespread vote fraud has posed a dilemma for Republicans as they mull the possibility of a post-Trump era.

While the vote fraud has threatened to create an alarming destabilization of democracy, the alternative is equally troubling. Trump, however, has promised that his legal team is ready to present concrete evidence of the fraud if given the opportunity.

Despite the lingering questions, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had urged his party not to back the challenge due to the political risk of having to go on record with a floor vote.

The 11 senators largely acknowledged Saturday they will not succeed in preventing Biden from being inaugurated on Jan. 20.

But their challenges, and those from House Republicans, represent the most sweeping challenge to the electoral outcome since the post-Civil War Reconstruction era.

“We do not take this action lightly,” Cruz and the other senators said in a joint statement.

The last time Congress determined the presidency was 1877 when an even-split of electors pushed Republican Rutherford B. Hayes into the presidency in what has come to be known as the “Corrupt Bargain.”

Legislators in several key battleground states where strong evidence of vote fraud was present have pledged to send rival electors on Jan. 6.

The GOP senators vowed to back the rival electors on Wednesday unless Congress appoints an electoral commission to immediately conduct an audit of the election results.

However, barring any new developments involving the evidence, Congress is unlikely to agree to their demand.

Trump, the first president to lose a reelection bid in almost 30 years, has attributed his defeat to widespread voter fraud, despite the consensus of nonpartisan election officials and even Trump’s attorney general that there was none.

Of the roughly 50 lawsuits the president and his allies have filed challenging election results, nearly all have been dismissed or dropped due to procedural issues such as lack of standing. However, none of the cases have yet been rejected on merit.

The convening of the joint session to count the Electoral College votes is usually routine. While objections have surfaced before—in 2017, several House Democrats challenged Trump’s win—few have approached this level of intensity.

On the other side of the Republican divide, Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, another possible 2024 contender, has urged his colleagues to “reject this dangerous ploy,” which he said threatens the nation’s civic norms.

Caught in the middle is Vice President Mike Pence, who faces growing pressure from Trump’s allies over his ceremonial role in presiding over the session Wednesday.

Several Republicans have indicated they are under pressure from constituents back home to show they are fighting for Trump in his baseless campaign to stay in office.

Sen. John Thune, the second-ranking Republican, told reporters at the Capitol that leadership was allowing senators to “vote their conscience.”

Thune’s remarks as the GOP whip in charge of rounding up votes show that Republican leadership is not putting its muscle behind Trump’s demands, but allowing senators to choose their course. He noted the gravity of questioning the election outcome.

“This is an issue that’s incredibly consequential, incredibly rare historically, and very precedent-setting,” he said. “This is a big vote.”

Pence will be carefully watched as he presides over what is typically a routine vote count in Congress but is now heading toward a prolonged showdown that could extend into Wednesday night, depending on how many challenges are mounted.

A judge in Texas dismissed a lawsuit from Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, and a group of Arizona electors trying to force Pence to step outside mere ceremony and shape the outcome of the vote. U.S. District Judge Jeremy Kernodle, a Trump appointee, dismissed the suit late Friday.

To ward off a dramatic unraveling, McConnell convened a conference call with Republican senators Thursday specifically to address the coming joint session and logistics of tallying the vote, according to several Republicans granted anonymity to discuss the private call.

The Republican leader pointedly called on Hawley to answer questions about his challenge to Biden’s victory, according to two of the Republicans.

But there was no response because Hawley was a no-show, the Republicans said.

Hawley’s office said he sent an email afterward to his colleagues explaining his views.

In the email, Hawley said constituents back home are “angry and disillusioned” with the outcome of the election.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Source: https://headlineusa.com/11-sens-join-growing-gop-challenge/

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