Author: Freedom Watch

Coach K, Matthew Hurt and Jeremy Roach talk loss to Illinois By Adam Rowe The Devils Den December 10, 2020 Duke dropped its second loss to a Top 10 foe last night, when the Blue Devils fell 83-68 to #6-ranked Illinois in a game that was probably closer than the final score indicated. Throughout the span of 40 minutes, Duke never led, as they scored just two points over the game’s first 4:94 of play. Coach K, Matthew Hurt and Jeremy Roach met with the media after the game to try and provide answers as to why the…

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Lake Tahoe is shutting down to tourists on Friday SFChronicle.com December 10, 2020 “Unfortunately yet again, Tahoe is closed,” said Chris Fiore, communications manager for the city of South Lake Tahoe. “If we can get things under control in the next three weeks, we can reopen just in time for New Year’s.” The lockdown order kicked in after space in intensive care units at hospitals in the region fell below the state’s 15% threshold. The area the state is calling the “Greater Sacramento” region will join two other regions to the south — San Joaquin Valley and Southern…

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Arizona Republican Party asks followers if they’re willing to die to overturn election results By Sophie Lewis CBS News December 10, 2020 The Arizona Republican Party asked its Twitter followers this week if they would be “willing” to die to overturn President Trump’s election loss. On Monday, an activist associated with the “Stop the Steal” movement, which promotes baseless arguments that Democrats “stole” the election, tweeted, “I am willing to give my life for this fight.” In response, the official account for the Arizona branch of the GOP quote tweeted the sentiment, adding, “He is. Are you?” He…

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Los Angeles County supervisor couldn’t produce COVID-19 studies to back up outdoor dining ban By Bradford Betz Fox Business December 10, 2020 The Los Angeles County Supervisor Kuehl busted for dining out just hours after voting to ban outdoor dining was reportedly unable to provide studies to back up the ban. Bill Melugin, a reporter of Fox News affiliate KTTV, said Kuehl’s office provided him with “six studies,” which she said claimed to show evidence of outdoor dining risk amid the coronavirus pandemic. However, none of these supposed studies appear in the “County evidence” section to support the…

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Supreme Court rejects Pennsylvania Republicans’ attempt to block Biden victory By Ariane de Vogue and Paul LeBlanc CNN December 8, 2020 (CNN)The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request from Pennsylvania Republicans to block certification of the commonwealth’s election results, delivering a near fatal blow to the GOP’s long-shot bid to invalidate President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. The Supreme Court’s action is a crushing loss for Trump, who has frequently touted the high court’s potential to overturn his election loss. Just hours before the court’s order was released, Trump made a direct appeal to state officials and members of…

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By Adela Suliman and Paul Goldman NBC News December 8, 2020 A former Israeli space security chief has sent eyebrows shooting heavenward by saying that earthlings have been in contact with extraterrestrials from a “galactic federation.” “The Unidentified Flying Objects have asked not to publish that they are here, humanity is not ready yet,” Haim Eshed, former head of Israel’s Defense Ministry’s space directorate, told Israel’s Yediot Aharonot newspaper. The interview in Hebrew ran on Friday, and gained traction after parts were published in English by the Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. A respected professor and retired general, Eshed said…

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Trump thought courts would help him win but judges were his harshest critics By Associated Press the Guardian December 8, 2020 Donald Trump and his allies say their lawsuits aimed at subverting the 2020 election and reversing his loss to Joe Biden would be substantiated, if only judges were allowed to hear the cases. There is a central flaw in the argument. Judges have heard the cases and have been among the harshest critics of the legal arguments put forth by Trump’s legal team, often dismissing them with scathing language of repudiation. This has been true whether the…

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