Mr. President, pardon Steve Baker and the nonviolent J6 defendants on day 1
Steve Baker’s trial was scheduled to begin Tuesday at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington, D.C., but anyone expecting high legal drama was left disappointed. After last week’s election, playing along with the farce would have been a waste of everyone’s time and taxpayers’ money.
In a fairer world, federal prosecutors would have pondered the recent headlines and taken a sensible step back. That’s what special counsel Jack Smith did with his crusade against Donald Trump, who, Lord willing, will take the oath of office again on January 20.
“The Government respectfully requests that the Court vacate the remaining deadlines in the pretrial schedule to afford the Government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance and determine the appropriate course going forward consistent with Department of Justice policy,” Smith wrote last week. A district court judge readily agreed.
Baker’s attorney, William Shipley, filed a motion on Sunday to delay his trial and revisit the case in February, citing Smith and the Justice Department’s new stance.
“To deny this motion, in the face of the Justice Department’s official position,” Shipley argued, “would run contrary to the interests of justice and likely subject the defendant to criminal convictions for no purpose other than expediency.”
Judge Christopher Cooper on Monday denied the motion, the “interests of justice” be damned.
So Baker pled guilty Tuesday morning to all four misdemeanor counts against him. A trial would have been, in the words of one of his attorneys, “nothing more than a shaming exercise” in a court where the outcome is all but guaranteed.
Baker is scheduled to be sentenced on March 6 — two months after Congress is supposed to certify Donald Trump’s election. If that isn’t divine providence, nothing is.
The full story of what happened on January 6, 2021, has yet to be told. The House of Representatives’ farcical one-sided select committee sought to cement a narrative in which a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol at the behest of the president and tried to steal the election by preventing Congress from certifying the electoral vote. It’s a tale so stupid only Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson could believe it.
Lingering questions nearly four years on lend themselves to conspiracy theories, which could be easily dispelled with a full and bipartisan accounting.
Maybe we can get a better idea of how many federal agents were in the crowd. We might learn whether some of those agents were sent to be provocateurs or if they were on hand simply to observe and report. Perhaps with Donald Trump back in the White House and Republicans in control of the House and Senate, we might get some added sunlight.
But before the reckoning, the January 6 defendants need a resolution. Trump promised pardons and clemency, and he needs to deliver on day one. He would set the tone for the next two years, demonstrating with the stroke of a pen that this time will be different. The administrative state would be on notice that their days of abusing of power with impunity are over…..
GOP Keeps Control of the House – Republicans will Control All Three Branches of Government in Huge Sweep
The Republicans will keep control of the House of Representatives and control the Senate in a huge governmentwide sweep this election.
The US Supreme Court currently has 6 Conservative justices and 3 three liberal justices.
Republicans will control all three branches of government after Trump won the 2024 election in a landslide with huge down ballot victories.
Congressional races are still outstanding but Decision Desk HQ has projected the GOP to win the House with at least 218 seats as of Monday evening.
Reuters reported:
President-elect Donald Trump’s Republican Party will control both houses of Congress when he takes office in January, Decision Desk HQ projected on Monday, enabling him to push an agenda of slashing taxes and shrinking the federal government.
Republicans had already secured a U.S. Senate majority of at least 52-46, Edison Research projected, and DDHQ projected they would hold at least 218 seats in the House of Representatives, with eight races yet to be called in Tuesday’s election.
It appears Alaska GOP candidate Nick Begich has unseated Democrat Mary Peltola, however, AP still hasn’t called the race….
Free-Range Parenting: A Mom’s Guide to Raising Independent Kids
Parents are more scared than ever. The media warn of “Stranger Danger.”
Lenore Skenazy says this is foolish. Parents should let their kids be MORE independent.
Lunatic ‘sex bans’ and self-care snowflakery: MAUREEN CALLAHAN says the Trump win meltdown proves liberals are more delusional than ever
Well, well, well: the republic stands. And dumbstruck liberals can’t cope.
Supporters wept outside Howard University as Kamala Harris conceded. Columbia, Harvard, and New York’s exclusive Fieldston School offered students days off to grieve — ‘hold space’, as they love to say, for what might have been.
Georgetown University opened ‘self-care suites’ where students and faculty could color, play with Lego and have milk and cookies ‘in recognition of these stressful times’. Northwestern and Princeton did the same.
These are our future leaders?
The Guardian offered its employees free counseling. Ostensibly hardened reporters traumatized by a peaceful, fair and free election need safe spaces and psychotherapy!
Vogue noted that New Yorkers dressed in head-to-toe black last Wednesday, expressing ‘heartbreak’ and ‘profound disappointment in those who voted against our best interests’….
Did Roseanne’s tweet to Obama save America?
‘Unhinged’ left-wing women mocked for protesting Trump-voting men
NY Post columnist Miranda Devine joined ‘Fox & Friends’ to discuss how Kamala Harris’ performance with women in the 2024 election impacted the outcome and how economic woes and immigration likely swayed many female voters.
Trump’s plan to ABOLISH the Department of Education CONFIRMED
Donald Trump has announced that he WILL push to abolish the Department of Education and give the power over our school system back to the states. Glenn and Stu review his plan to overhaul the entire education system, including by clearing out all the “anti-American insanity” that has taken over our colleges.
But will he actually be able to make these big moves? Glenn and Stu also discuss some rumored picks for Trump’s cabinet, including Sen. Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, as well as the confirmed Trump pick, Rep. Elise Stefanik as Ambassador to the United Nations.
Jury awards $12.6 million to woman fired for not receiving COVID vaccine
A jury on Nov. 8 awarded Lisa Domski, a former employee of the company, $10 million in punitive damages.
Jurors also awarded $1 million in non-economic damages, $1.375 million in front pay damages, and $315,000 in back pay damages.
Jurors said that Blue Cross Blue Shield illegally discriminated against Domski when the company denied her request for an exemption from its policy requiring COVID-19 vaccination.
The company also illegally terminated Domski over the lack of COVID-19 vaccination, the jury found.
“Lisa is so thankful that a diverse jury of her peers saw through the company’s bogus decision to terminate her after 38 years of service. Clearly, the religious accommodation process was meant to stamp out religious beliefs of employees and promote COVID-19 vaccination within the company,” Noah S. Hurwitz, an attorney representing Domski, told The Epoch Times in an email.
According to Domski’s attorneys, because she worked from home, the company could have accommodated her safely. They said Blue Cross Blue Shield also denied more than 500 other religious accommodation requests and fired hundreds of employees in addition to Domski over vaccine refusal….
Israel prioritizes degrading Iran’s nuclear program; IDF degrades Hamas in Gaza TV7Israel News 12.11
1) IDF troops have eliminated over one-thousand Hamas terrorists and captured an additional one-thousand operatives over the course of the past three weeks.
2) Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz asserts there is national and institutional consensus to go after Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.
3) Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar acknowledges “progress” in talks for a diplomatic solution to the Lebanese front.
Israel-Hamas war: drone fired from Lebanon hits Israeli nursery school | LiveNOW from FOX
Israel said in a statement on X, “This is the result of a Hezbollah drone strike on a kindergarten in northern Israel today. MIRACULOUSLY, thanks to the kindergarten teacher who rushed the children into a bomb shelter, no one was hurt. However, this could have ended very differently. Those who harm the people of Israel will pay the price.” IDF warned the public of rockets in the area.
Duluth man kills 2 sons, wife, and ex before killing himself
A Duluth, Minn., man who apparently suffered from episodes of mental illness and seemingly feared a Donald Trump presidency, is suspected of killing his two sons, his ex, and his wife before killing himself last week.
The statement said police were able to identify a suspect, later named as Anthony Nephew, and officers set up a perimeter at his residence in the 4400 block of West 6th Street.
Officers eventually made entry into the home where they located three deceased subjects later identified as 45-year-old Kathryn Nephew (Ramsland), 7-year-old Oliver Nephew, and Anthony Nephew.
Anthony Nephew’s Facebook page, which is still visible, contains several recent posts since this summer expressing concern about a possible Donald Trump presidency and fear of “religious zealots,” which was originally reported by the Daily Mail and the New York Post….
Melania Trump declined Jill Biden meeting over Mar-a-Lago raid: report
The ‘Outnumbered’ panel discussed their reaction to why Melania Trump reportedly declined to meet with Jill Biden at the White House ahead of the second Trump administration.
Erik Prince On Mark Milley: “He Acknowledges That He Was In Contact With The Chinese Counterparts.”
Jack Posobiec Signals U.S. Becoming Greatest Nation-State In World
Migrants discovered in truck-tractor gas tank in Webb County during traffic stop
A man was arrested after a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper discovered two illegal immigrants during a traffic stop in Webb County on Friday.
According to Texas DPS Spokesperson Chris Olivarez, the trooper stopped a commercial vehicle along IH-35. During the search of the truck-tractor, the trooper found two illegal immigrants concealed in the gas tank of the vehicle.
The smuggler, identified as Rico Gonzalo from Lardeo, Texas – was arrested and charged with two counts of smuggling of persons.
The troopers referred the two illegal immigrants from Mexico to the U.S. Border Patrol.
Greg Kelly: Trump is not messing around
Greg Kelly commented on Trump’s massive win on Election Day, the failures of the Left, and President-elect Trump’s plans for day one of his presidency and more on “Greg Kelly Reports”
FEMA worker accused of telling staff to skip hurricane-ravaged Trump homes claims it was common practice: ‘This is not isolated’
Marn’i Washington, who was fired last week over the saga, broke her silence in an interview with YouTube podcaster Roland Martin Monday, arguing she had just been following a widespread FEMA policy of avoiding “politically hostile” homes.
“FEMA preaches avoidance first, and then de-escalation. This is not isolated. This is a colossal event of avoidance,” said Washington, 39.
“Not just in the state of Florida. You will find avoidance in the Carolinas.”
Washington accused FEMA of lying after the federal agency said she had no authority to give the directive to disaster relief workers who were canvassing homes in Lake Placid, Fla., in the wake of last month’s Hurricane Milton.
FEMA FIRES Staffer Who Ordered Bypassing Of Trump Supporters, Media LIES About It Per Usual
Illinois Restaurant Attacked by the Left over Trump Sign – Business Increases by 50% Since Hanging Sign
A keen observation of many Trump supporters during the election cycle revolved around the assassination attempts on President Trump’s life. It’s not hard to imagine radicalism leading to assassination attempts when the media constantly repeats the notion that President Trump is akin to Hitler and a danger to democracy. If mentally unstable people think that a potential leader is an existential threat, it follows that someone may take matters into their own hands.
Appeals to the emotions of people as a political tool go back to the time of the famous Roman politician Cicero. The danger of this age old political stratagem is in the evolution of the information age. As the mainstream media loses viewers in troves, their dying gasps have become more desperate with each passing year. It’s almost understandable that corporate media outlets have resorted to greater and greater degrees of sensationalism. After all, what’s the old phrase? If it bleeds, it leads.
The danger to America, however, is in the polarization that this irresponsible coverage promotes. The dehumanization narrative that the mainstream media has parroted about Trump supporters has caught on with everyday citizens.
NBC Chicago covered a story about a restaurant called Moveable Feast & Company, which hung two signs outside its business. One sign read, “Jesus is my Savior, Trump is my President.” The other sign read, “Make America Healthy Again.”
The restaurant’s website describes itself as follows, “WE RESPONSIBLY SOURCE OUR INGREDIENTS FROM LOCAL GROWERS OR BY OUR OWN FARM, FEAST FARMS LOCATED IN AURORA, ILLINOIS…” Commenting to NBC News, the owner says his business has seen a 50% increase since hanging the sign.
Following the hanging of the Jesus and Trump signs, the restaurant started receiving harassing messages online. Below is a screenshot of some of the messages received…..
