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...

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

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

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...

President Trump’s lawyers shared dramatic video footage during a hearing Thursday at the Georgia legislature that they say depicts mysterious briefcases full of ballots being counted in the state after most election workers had been sent home for the night. Source: Trump legal team: Georgia video footage depicts poll workers with ‘suitcases filled with ballots’ | Just The News

Governors and mayors have cracked down on schools, restaurants, gyms, nursing homes, places of worship and much more. But enforcement is proving almost useless in Americans’ homes, where some leaders insist that hang-out culture is a major source of pandemic risk. Source: With Virus Spreading in Homes, U.S. Governors Run Out of Weapons

n the early stages of the pandemic, there was a lot of discussion about a V-shaped economic recovery. Well, at least with respect to state and local government tax receipts, it’s a perfect V. Source: Actually, State and Local Government Revenues Are Looking Pretty Good