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Freedom Watch TV January 4, 2021
The legacy of 2020: Riches for the wealthy and White, financial pain for others By Greg Iacurci CNBC January 4, 2021 The legacy of 2020 will endure in America’s collective memory for many reasons: a deadly pandemic, a vicious presidential election. It also brought the most severe recession in almost a century, which hurtled millions into poverty and joblessness and created burgeoning inequality. That financial pain has been concentrated among certain groups, like racial minorities, women, low earners, those without college degrees and workers in the service economy, like restaurant and retail jobs that require face-to-face contact. (These…
The Trump ally in the Senate leading the President’s futile effort to challenge the Electoral College votes By Devan Cole and Paul LeBlanc CNN January 4, 2021 Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. Josh Hawley threw a political grenade into Washington last week when he announced his intentions to object when Congress counts the Electoral College votes on Wednesday — a move that pits the youngest senator against Senate GOP leadership as well as some rank-and-file members who will now have to cast a highly consequential vote as a result of his decision. Hawley, 41, who was elected to represent Missouri…
Analysis: Republican efforts to undermine Biden victory expose growing anti-democratic streak By Analysis by Gregory Krieg CNN January 3, 2021 (CNN)The scattershot efforts to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory are coalescing into a movement led by top Republicans determined to exploit a manufactured crisis for broader political gains. Nearly a dozen more GOP senators, a handful of whom will be sworn-in Sunday, have now announced they will challenge Biden’s clear Electoral College win over President Donald Trump next week during what has traditionally been a ceremonial exercise on Capitol Hill. Their gambit is doomed to fail –…
Nancy Pelosi’s house vandalized with leftist graffiti, fake blood and a severed pig’s head TheBlaze January 2, 2021 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home was vandalized with leftist messages demanding universal basic income and the cancelation of rent. The home, reportedly owned by Pelosi, was splattered with fake blood and a severed pig’s head was placed on the driveway. The white garage door was spray-painted with graffiti that read: “Cancel Rent!”, “UBI!”, and “We Want Everything!” There was a message of “$2K” with a line through the middle, a reference to lawmakers’ failed attempts to increase the COVID-19 stimulus…
Nearly a dozen Republican senators announce plans to vote against counting electoral votes By Jake Tapper, Lauren Fox and Veronica Stracqualursi CNN January 2, 2021 (CNN)Nearly a dozen Republican senators and senators-elect announced Saturday they will vote against counting electoral votes next week when Congress is expected to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory — despite no credible evidence suggesting widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. The 11 Republican lawmakers said they intend to support an objection to the Electoral College votes, if one is brought, and propose an election commission to conduct an “emergency 10-day audit” of…
With Trump a no-show, Mar-a-Lago guests left to party maskless with Rudy Giuliani and Vanilla Ice By Kevin Liptak CNN January 2, 2021 (CNN)Guests who paid four-figures for tickets to President Donald Trump’s annual New Year’s Eve party were left to party with his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, his two adult sons and various figures from the conservative media — none of whom wore masks — after the President made a last-minute decision to ditch the event and return to Washington. No official explanation for the President’s early departure from Mar-a-Lago was given, though he remains consumed with…
Analysis: Trump and Hawley set off Republican meltdown with Georgia elections looming By Analysis by Gregory Krieg CNN January 2, 2021 (CNN)President Donald Trump is stoking division in the Republican ranks days before control of the Senate — and the balance of power in Washington — is decided in a pair of runoff elections in Georgia. After more than four years of nearly unbroken fealty to the President, a heavy majority of Senate Republicans broke with Trump in a Friday vote overriding his veto of a bipartisan defense policy bill. With that loyalty test failed, Trump is also…
China warns of retaliation for NYSE’s delisting of companies Fox Business January 2, 2021 China said Saturday that it would take necessary countermeasures in response to the New York Stock Exchange’s announcement that it would delist three major Chinese telecoms, in the latest flare-up of tensions between Beijing and Washington. The stock exchange said Thursday that it would delist China Telecom Corp. Ltd., China Mobile Ltd. and China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd., with trading of the companies to be suspended sometime between Jan. 7 and Jan. 11. The move stems from an executive order President Donald Trump issued…
By Dom Calicchio Fox News January 2, 2021 New Year’s Day in Pasadena, Calif.: Time for a parade, right? Some Trump supporters thought so Friday after the Tournament of Roses Parade — a long-standing Southern California tradition to kick off each year — was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. At least 600 vehicles participated in the event along the usual Rose Parade route. Many vehicles sported American flags from their windows or from the beds of pickup trucks — and drivers honked their horns as they traveled down Colorado Boulevard. “Trump 2020” flags and patriotic “Don’t Tread on…