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By: John Ratcliffe – wsj.com – December 3, 2020 As Director of National Intelligence, I am entrusted with access to more intelligence than any member of the U.S. government other than the president. I oversee the intelligence agencies, and my office produces the President’s Daily Brief detailing the threats facing the country. If I could communicate one thing to the American…

To what extent would you say that the material aspects of Christmas factor into your celebration? in 2017, Americans spent between $906 and $983 on Christmas gifts, up from an average of somewhere between $752 and $929 the year before, depending on the survey. Source: Maintaining a Biblical View on Material Things This Christmas | The Stream

Amid plague, national lockdown, riot and arson, iconoclasm, recession, and the most contested voting in history, the country leaves 2020 with some scars that won’t heal. Source: The Scars of 2020 – American Greatness

A Big Tech-backed “fact” “checking” outfit claimed to debunk explosive evidence in support of Republicans’ claims of significant election problems at a Thursday Georgia Senate hearing. It didn’t. Not even close. Source: The Georgia Vote-Counting Video Was Not ‘Debunked.’ Not Even Close

Started in 2019 by Drew Anderson and Tom Nelson, the GAP Program is 9-months of life-leadership training to holistically prepare and equip young adults for TRUE SUCCESS in college, career, family, and life. This program specifically targets graduating high school seniors, and serves as an alternative to heading straight to college or career from high school. Source: GAP: God’s Alternative…

Virtual learning due to the coronavirus pandemic is tanking academic achievement in the largest school system in Virginia, a study from Fairfax County Public School published this week found. Source: Online learning tanked grades, learning in Virginia’s largest school system, study finds

By: John Barrasso – wsj.com – December 6, 2020 Thousands of angry protesters gathered on Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, N.Y. Camped out in front of Chuck Schumer’s apartment building, the mob used bullhorns and signs to jeer the Senate minority leader. The activist left was sending a message to Democrats: President Trump was unacceptable. They accused Mr. Schumer and his colleagues…

The people of the states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, and elsewhere have spoken. By majority vote, they have chosen Joe Biden over Donald Trump. Source: Electoral College: Democrat-Driven Vote ‘Compact’ Would Radically Change Election Process | National Review

The United States is getting closer to a vaccine for the coronavirus pandemic. But not everyone is on board with the idea of taking the inoculation. Black Americans are the least enthusiastic over a coronavirus vaccine. In fact, they are quite leery about the idea of accepting a vaccine until they feel it is safe. Source: Black Folks Aren’t Too…

The war on red meat, spearheaded by vegetarians (and then vegans) has been going on for years. More recently, the climate warriors have joined in. A decade or so ago, the idea that climate change might have been used as a justification for either banishing meat from the table — or repricing it so that it was treated as an…

Democrats spent 2020 insisting they would not only win the presidency in a landslide but ride a “blue wave” through Congress. If they were truly that confident Joe Biden could become leader of the world through Zoom calls from his basement, then why did Democrats blanket the country with millions of dollars to alter election processes in ways that are…