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DECEMEBR 7TH 1941

American Minute with Bill Federer Pearl Harbor Attacked “DECEMBER 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy!”
“I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again: Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars,” -promised Franklin D. Roosevelt as he campaigned as the Democrat candidate for a third term as President, October 30, 1940. FDR addressed Congress on Appropriations for National Defense, July 10, 1940: “I said … keep this nation from being drawn into the war … We will not send our men to take part in European wars.” FDR gave a campaign promise to the Young Democratic Clubs of America, April 20, 1940: “We are keeping out of the wars that are going on in Europe and in Asia …
Our opponents are seeking to frighten the country by telling people that the present Administration is deliberately … drifting into war. You know better than that.” FDR told the New York Herald Tribune Forum, October 26, 1939: “The United States of America, as I have said before, is neutral and does not intend to get involved in war.” […]  While FDR was making campaign promises, most of the world was pulled into war. There were either part of the Allied Powers in support of freedom, or part of the Axis Power in support of dictatorships in Germany’s National Socialist Workers Party, Japan’s Imperial Empire, and Italy’s Facist Party. Nations entered World War II in rapid succession: . . . […]  Franklin D. Roosevelt told the Teamsters Union Convention, September 11, 1940: “I stand, with my party … on the platform … adopted in Chicago … It said: ‘We will not participate in foreign wars, and we will not send our Army, naval or air forces to fight in foreign lands outside of the Americas, EXCEPT IN CASE OF ATTACK.’” On DECEMBER 7, 1941, America was attacked. Upon Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, descended 350 Japanese aircraft, which sank 5 American battleships and 3 destroyers. 400 U.S. aircraft were destroyed. Over 4,000 were killed or wounded. Investigations afterwards revealed that warnings may have been disregarded.
Read more: https://www.fggam.org/2019/12/american-minute-with-bill-federer-pearl-harbor-attacked-december-7-1941-a-date-which-will-live-in-infamy/

VDH: Misremembering Pearl Harbor
Most Americans once were mostly in agreement about what happened on December 7, 1941, 80 years ago this year. But not so much now, given either the neglect of America’s past in the schools or woke revisionism at odds with the truth. The Pacific war that followed Pearl Harbor was not a result of America egging on the Japanese, not about starting a race war, and not about much other than a confident and cruel Japanese empire falsely assuming that its stronger American rival either would not or could not stop its transoceanic ambitions. On an early Sunday morning at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the Japanese Imperial Navy conducted a tactically successful, but strategically imbecilic, surprise attack on the U.S. 7th Fleet—while at peace and without a declaration of war.
Read more: https://amgreatness.com/2021/12/05/misremembering-pearl-harbor/

NOTABLE QUOTES

John Lucas contributor to The Federalist: Politicization of the military is the greatest long-term danger to our country. An article by military officers recommending censorship shows this nonpartisan culture is at risk.

President Trump explains  his CEO pick, Rep. Devin Nunes, for Trump Media and Technology Group and Digital World: “Congressman Devin Nunes is a fighter and a leader. He will make an excellent CEO of TMTG. Devin understands that we must stop the liberal media and Big Tech from destroying the freedoms that make America great. America is ready for TRUTH Social and the end to censorship and political discrimination.”

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) announced on Monday: “The time has come to reopen the Internet and allow for the free flow of ideas and expression without censorship. The United States of America made the dream of the Internet a reality and it will be an American company that restores the dream. I’m humbled and honored President Trump has asked me to lead the mission and the world class team that will deliver on this promise.”

Charles Burnham attorney for professor John Eastman a target of the January 6th Congressional  commission sent a letter to the committee chair: …contrary to consistent historical practice and the express language of the authorizing resolution, none of the members of the J6 committee were appointed after consultation with the minority leader. All of the members were appointed by the Speaker, and all of the staff have been hired by those appointed by the Speaker.

THE GREAT GLOBAL RESET

Ciccio: Big Food says the ‘transition’ to the new world order food system is already well underway
A coalition of the World’s largest multi-national corporations is working to manipulate you into eating more “equitable” food though a business strategy designed to help major “food players” and other large businesses facilitate “the coming food systems transition.” They plan to do so with the help of a new strategy that assesses the supposed morality of individual food items and uses that metric to make business decisions and levy performance reviews. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development calls itself “the premier global, CEO-led community of over 200 of the world’s leading sustainable businesses working collectively to accelerate the system transformations needed for a net zero, nature positive, and more equitable future.” In addition to food industry giants like Kellogg’s and Nestle, WBCSD’s member list includes Big Tech players —Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc. Many of the groups’ most prominent members are also members of the World Economic Forum, which highlighted the initiative in a recent post on its own website.
Read more: https://humanevents.com/2021/12/06/big-food-says-the-transition-to-the-new-world-order-food-system-is-already-well-underway/

DEEP STATE

Pullmann: Report: The CIA Caught Employees Molesting Children And Didn’t Prosecute Them
The Central Intelligence Agency found evidence indicating at least 10 employees had committed sex crimes with children in the past 14 years, yet only one was charged with a crime, according to a recent BuzzFeed report based on the results of open records lawsuits. Except for that one, “Prosecutors sent the rest of the cases back to the CIA to handle internally, meaning few faced any consequences beyond the possible loss of their jobs and security clearances. That marks a striking deviation from how sex crimes involving children have been handled at other federal agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security and the Drug Enforcement Administration. CIA insiders say the agency resists prosecution of its staff for fear the cases will reveal state secrets,” says BuzzFeed. According to the internal CIA report BuzzFeed obtained, a CIA employee who had sexual contact with a 2-year-old girl and a 6-year-old girl was merely fired. Another  . . .
Read more: https://thefederalist.com/2021/12/06/report-the-cia-caught-employees-molesting-children-and-didnt-prosecute-them/

JANUARY 6

Blitzer & Murray: Former WH chief of staff Mark Meadows will cease cooperation with Jan. 6 committee
Meadows and his attorney George Terwilliger plan to officially notify the committee Tuesday morning, after the senior Trump administration official could not come to terms with lawmakers on an arrangement to work with them.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/former-wh-chief-of-staff-mark-meadows-will-cease-cooperation-with-jan-6-committee/ar-AARyV2i?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

Kassam: John Eastman’s Lawyers Just Destroyed the Jan 6 Committee and Its ‘Subpoenas’.
Lawyers acting for constitutional law professor John Eastman have picked apart the raison d’etre for the January 6th Congressional committee, as well pointing out the potential for abuse of power and breaches of House rules. Eastman – a target of the commission – is held up as guilty of insurrection by the political left for having the constitutional opinion that Vice President Mike Pence had no obligation to count ballots for states where political and legal proceedings were underway regarding election fraud. The fisking of the committee will irk the already enfeebled group of Democrats, fresh off their latest round of embarrassments at the hands of another target: former Trump advisor Stephen K. Bannon. Lawyer Charles Burnham wrote to committee chairman and violent black nationalist supporter Rep. Bennie Thompson: . . . […]  In other words, Democrats pieced a committee together against the rules and under false pretenses in order to persecute their political opposition.
Read more: https://thenationalpulse.com/news/john-eastmans-lawyers-just-destroyed-the-jan-6-committee-and-its-subpoenas/

American Greatness Editors: In Defense of John Eastman
The president’s lawyer must not be sacrificed to the authoritarian impulses of a lawless regime. […] Efforts to harm John Eastman, professionally and personally, are part of this larger effort. Eastman, who is the director of the Claremont Institute’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, is being attacked for furnishing legal arguments to a client, President Trump. This confidential advice has been described, preposterously, as plotting a coup. In truth, it is the Democratic Party that long ago spurned the original limits and structure of the United States Constitution. […]  The rule of law itself is at stake in this controversy. This growing danger must be firmly resisted now, before it is too late. You can contribute to John Eastman’s legal defense fund here.
Read more: https://amgreatness.com/2021/12/06/in-defense-of-john-eastman/

Pagliery: Steve Bannon’s Jan. 6 Legal Strategy: ‘Blowing Up the Whole System’
Bannon is attempting to force investigators to potentially expose who they’ve talked to and what they’ve said, peek into secret communications on the committee, and create a playbook for other resistant witnesses, according to several legal experts. “There’s no cost to opposing Congress if you can give Congress a black eye for even daring to ask you questions,” said Kel McClanahan, an attorney who specializes in national security matters. As Bannon faces criminal charges, he’s entitled to the evidence against him. And in a typical galaxy-brain, Bannon countergambit, Trump’s former senior adviser is trying to make some of that evidence public. […]  other attorneys say the overall tactic of prying open the safe this early in a court case is unprecedented, a prelude to a nasty fight ahead.
Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/steve-bannon-jan-6-legal-095129242.html

Kelly: ‘Capitol Punishment’ Is the January 6 Film You Must See
According to the producers, access to the documentary is being suppressed by Big Tech overlords. Trailer here: Capitol Punishment Official Trailer (imdb.com) Purchase the film here: Capitol Punishment | Western Journal Movies
Read more: https://amgreatness.com/2021/12/05/capitol-punishment-documentary-on-january-6-is-a-must-watch/

Kelly: The Demonization of Rosanne Boyland Begins
Boyland may not have many defenders at this point, but the truth eventually will do the talking for her. Yet another lie animating the phony narrative about the events at the Capitol complex on January 6 is about to be exposed: the falsehood that Rosanne Boyland, a Trump supporter from Georgia, died of an accidental drug overdose that day. […]  Boyland’s family reportedly has hired an attorney to investigate the circumstances of her death at the age of 34; the D.C Medical Examiner’s Office issued a report in April disclosing the cause of death of four Trump supporters who died on January 6 during what the coroner called “an unprecedented incident of civil insurrection.” It determined Boyland had succumbed to “acute amphetamine intoxication.” But it’s increasingly obvious that the ruling is untrue.
Read more: https://amgreatness.com/2021/12/06/the-demonization-of-rosanne-boyland-begins

FAUCI’S VIRUS: IT’S POLITICAL

Bastardi: The Covid, Climate Alliance
Maybe it is all just a big Coincidence — Covid and Climate. […]  In any case, I have to question whether this is all a  coincidence. Think about it. What does Marxism seek to do? It is a top-down authoritarian form of governance where control of the free will and freedom of the individual is a must. This force’s dependence on the state, and in the spiritual aspect, forces a person to choose between that dependence and one’s religious belief. So what are you seeing here? Covid policy is a tactic to control. The Virus is GOING TO NATURALLY MUTATE TO GET AROUND ANY TYPE OF ARTIFICIAL RESISTANCE. Nature does that all the time. But think what the reaction, no matter what the intention, has done. It forced a sense of fear and almost blind reliance, and outsourcing of one’s freedom, to someone who will take care of you. The age-old question of is it better to be safe or strong enough to resist a threat comes to mind. Those seeking safety first will trust someone else rather than themselves. How else can you explain an almost blind allegiance to someone who has not actively treated a patient in a practice for over 30 years, over doctors on the front lines offering suggestings on how to stop this? Dr Fauci, who is now floating the trial balloon of renewed lockdowns. Right in time for the holidays.
Read more: https://pricklypear.news/the-covid-climate-alliance/

Berenson: The god that failed
How to open the eyes of anyone who still thinks Covid vaccines are working as promised. Let’s say you wind up talking about the vaccine. (I know, what are the odds?) And let’s say the folks you’re talking to are not crazy vaccine fanatics who think the only problem with Australia’s interment camps is that they don’t go far enough. They’re reasonable people. Maybe they’ve even been vaccinated and are not sure about boosters, or what to do about their kids. They’ve heard nearly all Covid deaths in Britain are in vaccinated people. But they’ve also heard about the Centers for Disease Control report that the unvaccinated are at much higher risk. They’ve heard about the new variant too, of course. So many numbers. So much science! And despite the last 20 months, they still believe the public health authorities wouldn’t exaggerate the threat of Covid or manipulate data to scare them. They are legitimately confused. And you have about five minutes before halftime is over to help them understand the truth. What do you do?
Read more: https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/the-god-that-failed

COVID THERAPUETICS

U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institute of Health: Quantitative proteomics reveals a broad‐spectrum antiviral property of ivermectin, benefiting for COVID‐19 treatment
This study, to best of our knowledge, was the first to provide ivermectin‐regulated virus‐related pathways by SILAC quantitative proteomics analysis, which revealed a broad‐spectrum antiviral property of ivermectin. More exciting thing was that the identified ivermectin‐regulated proteins included some reported SARS‐CoV‐2‐related proteins, and it could assist in exploiting potential ivermectin‐related biomarkers and the novel mechanisms in the treatment of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. The combination of ivermectin with other drugs might result in more favorable prognoses for patients with COVID‐19. For example, one study hypothesized that the combination of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin might show a consequential and synergistic action for treatment of COVID‐19 (Patrì & Fabbrocini, 2020). We anticipate our results to guide efforts to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying ivermectin used for the treatment of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. Furthermore, our findings provide insight into the development of ivermectin as an option for the treatment of COVID‐19 in the context of PPPM research and practice.
Read more: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7536980/

Lifson: Dr. Ben Carson nails it on the suppression of existing therapies for COVID: Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine
Dr. Ben Carson appeared on Maria Bartiromo’s Fox News show Sunday Futures yesterday, and in his trademark reasonable voice spoke wisdom about the COVID pandemic and panic. He expressed views that have been censored or shadow banned by Twitter, Facebook, and Google. Keep in mind that he is one of the most-honored physicians of the last century. Among the many points he made (see the embedded video below) is the need to research why the tropical countries in Africa where HCQ and IVM are widely used have such minor death tolls from COVID. As you watch, examine the graph below:
Read more/Watch the 12 second clip: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/12/dr_ben_carson_nails_it_on_the_suppression_of_existing_therapies_for_covid_ivermectin_and_hydroxychloroquine.html

GOVERNMENT HAS SEIZED CONTROL OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION

Moore: COVID physician suing hospital ‘to bring medicine back to doctors’
A physician and medical researcher who is suing his Virginia hospital for preventing him from treating COVID-19 patients with effective drugs that have become politically charged said his effort is on behalf of physicians across the United States and around the world whose relationship with their patients has been sabotaged. Dr. Paul Marik, a professor at Eastern Virginia Medical School, said it’s “completely outrageous” that the hospital in Norfolk where he serves as ICU director is telling physicians what they can prescribe and not prescribe, violating the doctor-patient relationship and the Hippocratic Oath. “This is really unprecedented in the world,” . . . […]  Marik was a co-author of a peer-reviewed study published in February by the American Journal of Therapeutics that found that ivermectin reduces coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and deaths by about 75%. […]  Marik is a founding member of the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC), a team of doctors that formed at the beginning of the pandemic to develop protocols to treat COVID-19 patients.
Read more: https://www.wnd.com/2021/12/covid-physician-suing-hospital-bring-medicine-back-doctors/

McNulty: PCR Tests and the Rise of Disease Panic
Before the invention of PCR, the gold standard for detecting viruses was to grow them in a culture of living cells and count damaged cells using a microscope. The disadvantage of cell cultures is they need highly skilled technicians and can take weeks to complete. The advantage is they only count living viruses that multiply and damage cells. Dead virus fragments that do neither are automatically discounted. The invention of PCR in 1983 was a game changer. Instead of waiting for viruses to grow naturally, PCR rapidly multiplies tiny amounts of viral DNA exponentially in a series of heating and cooling cycles that can be automated and completed in less than an hour. PCR revolutionised molecular biology but its most notable application was in genetic fingerprinting, where its ability to magnify even the smallest traces of DNA became a major weapon in the fight against crime. But, like a powerful magnifying glass or zoom lens, if it’s powerful enough to find a needle in a haystack it’s powerful enough to make mountains out of molehills.
Read more: https://brownstone.org/articles/pcr-tests-and-the-rise-of-disease-panic

CHINA: AMERICA’S MORTAL ENEMY

Tahir: HIDDEN STRIKE China feared to be hiding missiles in shipping containers for Trojan Horse-style plan to launch attack ANYWHERE in world
Military analysts believe the country’s huge fleet of freighters and fishing vessels could be turned into warships with the use of the secretive container missiles.
Read more: https://www.the-sun.com/news/4214471/china-feared-hiding-missile-trojan-horse-containers/

Caldwell: ‘Half Measure’: GOP Senator Slams Biden for Limited Olympic Boycott
Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) on Monday slammed President Joe Biden for his “half-measure” boycott of China’s upcoming winter Olympics, which the senator called insufficient because the United States will still send athletes to the games. “The President has once again opted for a half measure, when bold leadership was required,” Cotton said. “The United States should fully boycott the Genocide Games in Beijing. American businesses should not financially support the Chinese Communist Party and we must not expose Team USA to the dangers of a repugnant authoritarian regime that disappears its own athletes.”
Read more: https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/half-measure-gop-senator-slams-biden-for-limited-olympic-boycott/

BIDEN/HARRIS/OBAMA REGIME: TRANSFORMING FOREIGN POLICY

Chalfant: Biden holds call with European leaders to talk Russia
President Biden held a call with the leaders of France, the U.K., Italy and Germany on Monday afternoon about Russia’s buildup of troops on its border with Ukraine, the White House said, an engagement that came on the evening of a crucial Biden call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/584606-biden-holds-call-with-european-leaders-to-talk-russia

Washington Free Beacon Editors: Biden to Uyghurs: Drop Dead
As Vladimir Putin mobilizes forces on the Ukraine border and Chinese submarines patrol the Taiwan Strait, President Joe Biden’s State Department has made its priorities clear: The slave-made solar panels must flow. Republican senator Marco Rubio (Fla.) and Democratic senator Jeff Merkley (Ore.) introduced a bill in January prohibiting the importation of goods made with forced labor from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, where a genocide perpetrated by the Chinese government is afoot. It passed the Senate in a voice vote in July. […]  Who knew “restoring the soul of America” meant turning a blind eye to slavery overseas?
Read more: https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-to-uyghurs-drop-dead

BIDEN/HARRIS/OBAMA REGIME: TRANSFORMING AMERICA

Tucker Carlson: Leftist are shutting down DC on Tuesday…
Watch the Tucker Carlson video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irQAtaBQrR8&t=1s

Simonson: Deportations Plummet 90 Percent on Biden’s Watch
The curb in deportations extended to all types of illegal immigrants living in the United States, including those with criminal convictions. Deportations of illegal immigrants with convictions for crimes such as aggravated assault, kidnapping, sexual assault, and homicide fell by double-digit percentages in the first six months of 2021 when compared with the previous two years. The number of illegal immigrants with serious criminal convictions deported declined by more than 50 percent from 2020 and 65 percent from 2019. […]  “This collapse in deportations is undeniably due to the policies President Biden put in place upon taking office, including a deportation moratorium (later blocked in federal court) and by severely restricting the types of cases ICE officers can pursue,” Vaughan told the Washington Free Beacon. “Officers are allowed to take action against only the most egregious illegal alien lawbreakers, and even then they have to complete voluminous paperwork for what would normally be routine deportation cases.”
Read more: https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/deportations-plummet-under-biden/

O’Brien: Lawmakers drop proposal to add women to the draft as defense bill headaches mount
The bill also won’t include repeals of past war authorizations. Leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees left the provision out of the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act, despite the fact that both chambers’ bills would have expanded the Selective Service System beyond men. […]  One of the people with knowledge of the move said the provision was stripped as a trade-off so Republicans would accept reforms to the military justice system. […]  Democratic leaders, meanwhile, are mulling whether to tie the defense bill with efforts to address the debt limit.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/ndaa-women-draft-dropped-523829

Moran: Joe Manchin Does It Again
Senator Joe Manchin announced he would join all 50 Republicans in the Senate in voting for a resolution of disapproval that would roll back the OSHA vaccine mandate. The Congressional Review Act (CRA) allows for a majority of Congress to disapprove of any agency rule. Since the CRA vote is in the form of a resolution, only a simple majority is needed in the Senate to pass it. The CRA would still have to be approved in the House where several Democrats have said they’re considering voting for it. And even if it’s passed by both chambers, Biden would almost certainly veto it. But it would be a powerful statement to make prior to a Supreme Court ruling on the case.
Read more: https://pricklypear.news/joe-manchin-does-it-again/

Mirengoff: OUR UNDER-INCARCERATION PROBLEM, BEVERLY HILLS EDITION
Last Wednesday, a prominent Los Angeles philanthropist was shot to death by a career criminal who was robbing her Beverly Hills home. The victim was Jacqueline Avant, wife of Clarence Avant, a Grammy Award-winning music executive who is known as the “Godfather of Black Music.” The man accused of the murder is Aariel Maynor, 29. He was arrested during a second burglary in which he accidentally shot himself in the foot. Beverly Hills Police Chief Mark Stainbrook said Maynor was on parole at the time of the slaying. Stainbrook added that Maynor has an “extensive criminal history.” That he does. Indeed, his criminal history is such that in a properly functioning justice system, Maynor wouldn’t have been able to kill Jacqueline Avant. He would have been in prison.
Read more: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/12/our-under-incarceration-problem-beverly-hills-edition.ph

SUPPORT PRO-AMERICA BUSINESSES

Peterson: Perfect Gifts For Everyone On Your List From Makers Who Love America
During the Christmas season, we can’t help but want to shower the ones we love with gifts. It’s a natural response. After all, at a time when we celebrate how God gave us the greatest gift of all through the birth of his Son, we’re moved to be generous with others in return—especially with our family and friends.
Thankfully, this year you can make the gifts you buy matter twice as much. With the Align Christmas Gift Guide, not only can you find truly fitting and memorable gifts for family and friends, you can do it while supporting good, pro-American businesses and workers. It’s a win-win—just like it always is when you buy with purpose.
Read more: https://thefederalist.com/2021/12/06/perfect-gifts-for-everyone-on-your-list-from-makers-who-love-america/

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