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72 Percent of Republicans See Trump as Model for Future of GOP: Poll: Epoch Times

30 Dec 2020 Michael A

“As the Republican Party reorganizes itself next year, should it be more like President Trump or more like the average GOP member of Congress?” respondents were asked on Dec. 21 and 22, according to a Rasmussen poll published on Dec. 28. …With a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points, 72 percent of Republican voters said “Trump.”

Car Caravans Forming for ‘Historic’ Protest in Washington: Epoch Times

30 Dec 2020 Michael A

A Michigan man who goes by the nickname Dr. ENoCH on Twitter is organizing the larger caravan effort, which encompasses 20 cities along four routes. He told The Epoch Times that considering the size of the two prior post-election Trump events in Washington—which the president didn’t call for or endorse ahead of time—the Jan. 6 event is on pace to become the biggest Trump rally so far. …“We’re trying to advise them not to really bring their gun or anything because of the risk. We’re coming peacefully. We’re not coming to attack. We’re not coming to fight,” she said.

McConnell Blocks Unanimous Consent Request to Increase Stimulus Checks to $2,000: Epoch Times Most Read Post Today

30 Dec 2020 Michael A

Before objecting, McConnell had briefly touched on the push to increase stimulus checks, noting that President Donald Trump, when signing the government funding package and the COVID-19 relief package on Sunday, asked Congress for “more money going to the American people in the form of $2,000 checks per adult and $600 per child.”

House Votes to Override Trump’s Veto of 2021 Defense Policy Bill: Epoch Times

28 Dec 2020 Michael A

There’s no mention in the NDAA defense bill of Section 230 of the Communications and Decency Act, he noted. Trump said the 1996 law “must be repealed,” as it facilitates “the spread of foreign disinformation online,” making it a “serious threat to our national security and election integrity.” Both Republicans and Democrats have called for Section 230 to be repealed. Conservatives have said it enables social media companies such as Twitter and Facebook to make discretionary choices in censoring dissenting views, while some progressives have said the law fails to take “hate speech” posted on those platforms into account.

Fannie, Freddie Shareholders Urge Supreme Court to Find Conservator Unconstitutional: Epoch Times

28 Dec 2020 Michael A

Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association) and Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., or FHLMC) are examples of what critics call “crony capitalism”—in this case, troubled government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) owned by private shareholders but financially backed by federal taxpayers. Pushed by politicians to support subprime mortgages taken out by uncreditworthy borrowers, the secondary mortgage market giants were overexposed to risk, leading to the subprime mortgage collapse of 2007 and the recession of 2008.

Los Angeles Drops Church Attendance Restrictions: Epoch Times

28 Dec 2020 Michael A

Los Angeles County says it’s dropping its tough restrictions on attendance at houses of worship after a series of recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings struck down pandemic-related church attendance limits across the country. “We are grateful for the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings that are resulting in the unconstitutional worship bans falling like dominoes,” he said. “The Supreme Court has made it very clear that the courts and the states must begin applying the First Amendment to protect houses of worship. No pastor, church, or parishioner in America should have to choose between worship and prison.”

Supreme Court Requires Lower Courts to Exclude Illegal Aliens From Census Count: Epoch Times

28 Dec 2020 Michael A

Following its ruling earlier this month that allowed the Trump administration to remove illegal aliens from the 2020 Census count, the Supreme Court on Dec. 28 threw out two lower court decisions that went the other way, that barred the government from eliminating that population from the process of allocating congressional seats and Electoral College votes that officially determine the presidency.

US House Votes Too Increase Stimulus Checks to $2,000: Epoch Times

28 Dec 2020 Michael A

The House of Representatives late Monday voted to amend the COVID-19 relief bill to increase direct payments to Americans from $600 too $2,000… “I will send back to Congress a redlined version, item by item, accompanied by the formal rescission request to Congress insisting that those funds be removed from the bill,” he added. “I am signing this bill to restore unemployment benefits, stop evictions, provide rental assistance, add money for [small business loans], return our airline workers back to work, add substantially more money for vaccine distribution, and much more.”

Americans in Name Only (AINO): From RenewAmerica

25 Dec 2020 Michael A

We begin We have passports, licenses, with our most basic identity. “It’s a boy!” “It’s a girl!” After sexual identity comes family identity, national identity, religious identity, educational identity, professional identity, and so on. Our identity gives us standing. We have identification cards that verify our identity. diplomas, marriage certificates, and so on…Patriotic Americans reject the political class and their globalist reset of enslavement. The reset that the majority of Americans voted for in 2016 and yes, again in 2020, is the draining of the treasonous, China-centered political swamp.

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