Before even discussing the massive corruption which took place in the 2020 Election, which gives us far more votes than is necessary to win all of the Swing States (only need three), it must be noted that the State Legislatures were not in any way responsible for the massive….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2021

….is therefore both illegal and invalid, and that would include the two current Senatorial Elections. In Wisconsin, Voters not asking for applications invalidates the Election. All of this without even discussing the millions of fraudulent votes that were cast or altered!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2021

Washington Post: “Over a span of 14 days this month, our nation’s capital will bear witness to three events that will tell us much about the state of American democracy: a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, where electoral votes cast in December will be read and counted aloud; protests in downtown Washington scheduled for the same day; and the Jan. 20 inauguration of the president of the United States. How will our country look after all this is over?”

“Under normal times, Wednesday would be just another day. Congressional certification of the electoral college winner is nothing new. Neither is a presidential oath-taking. Both are ceremonial formalities that memorialize politically settled events. Likewise, political protests on any given day and time are hardly novel in Washington. This year, however, all three are fraught with uncertainty because President Trump, a buffoonish one-term wannabe autocrat, will not accept his election loss. Weeks after his rejection at the polls, Trump continues to falsely portray the outcome as fraudulent. And in the waning days of his presidency, when he should have one foot out the door, Trump is desperately scheming to find new ways to alter the outcome.”

“A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the only woman on federal death row to be executed before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. The ruling, handed down Friday by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, concluded that a lower court judge erred when he vacated Lisa Montgomery’s execution date in an order last week. U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss had ruled the Justice Department unlawfully rescheduled Montgomery’s execution and he vacated an order from the director of the Bureau of Prisons scheduling her death for Jan. 12.”

“Montgomery had been scheduled to be put to death at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, in December, but Moss delayed the execution after her attorneys contracted coronavirus visiting their client and asked him to extend the time to file a clemency petition. Moss concluded that the under his order the Bureau of Prisons could not even reschedule Montgomery’s execution until at least Jan. 1. But the appeals panel disagreed. Meaghan VerGow, an attorney for Montgomery, said her legal team would ask for the full appeals court to review the case and said Montgomery should not be executed on Jan. 12. Montgomery was convicted of killing 23-year-old Bobbie Jo Stinnett in the northwest Missouri town of Skidmore in December 2004. She used a rope to strangle Stinnett, who was eight months pregnant, and then cut the baby girl from the womb with a kitchen knife, authorities said. Montgomery took the child with her and attempted to pass the girl off as her own, prosecutors said” – AP.

New York Times: “The lyrics of Australia’s national anthem have been altered by one word to recognize the country’s Indigenous history, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Thursday. Until Friday, the song began: ‘Australians all let us rejoice, for we are young and free.’ But as the country celebrated the beginning of the new year, the “young” was dropped. The anthem now describes the country as ‘one and free.’ The anthem, ‘Advance Australia Fair,’ was written by Peter Dodds McCormick in 1878. It became the national anthem in 1984, replacing ‘God Save the Queen,’ and the first line was changed to make it more inclusive of women – ‘Australia’s sons’ became ‘Australians all.’ Critics of the ‘young and free’ lyric said it suggested that the history of Australia began relatively recently, perhaps with the federation of Australia on Jan. 1, 1901, or the raising of a British flag at Sydney Cove on Jan. 26, 1788.”

.@FoxNews Weekend Daytime is not watchable. Switching over to @OANN!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2021

With lame duck president Donald Trump fleeing to the solitude of the White House residence, guests who paid four-figure sums for tickets to celebrate New Year’s at Mar-a-Lago were relegated to mingling with D-list celebrities like Vanilla Ice, Junior and Rudy Giuliani, CNN reports.

Besides Vanilla Ice, the main stage also features such acts of yesterday as Berlin and a couple members of the Beach Boys.  In the crowd included Trump sons Eric and Junior, along with various personalities from One America News.

Video of the event showed hundreds of unmasked revelers on the dance floor, including Junior who was taking video of his concubine Kimberly Guilfoyle gyrating to the, um, “jams” of various performers. 

Iraqi explosives experts are working to disarm a mine attached to a Liberian-flagged oil tanker anchored off the Iraqi port of Basra, the Associated Press reports.

The explosive is a limpet-style mine, one that must be attached to the ship by a diver and timed to go off at a later time.  It was discovered on the tanker MT Pola as the ship was refueling another ship in the harbor.

The discovery of the mine comes as the United States is raising tensions in the region by provoking Iran.  The Trump Administration conducted B-52 bomber flyovers in the region and ordered a nuclear submarine to sail into the Persian Gulf.

In his reply to the injuction sought by Vice President Mike Pence, Texas Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert, joined by eleven others, claims that the powers of the Vice President extend far beyond that of a “glorified envelope opener” and extend to the ability to void slates of electors certified by the States.

Gohmert argues that instead of a simple ceremonial duty, the Vice President actually is imbued with “weighty and prudential powers afforded under the Constitution,” including the ability to undermine the determination of voters and the state authorities that determined the state’s respective electors.  Gohmert claims that instead of exercising his immense authority, Pence is relegating his role to simply ceremonial.

“In their submissions, Defendant and amici never reach this issue. Instead, they hide behind procedural arguments such as standing, laches and other ‘gatekeeping’ defenses that, as set forth below, are easily disposed above [sic]. They argue that the January 6th joint session is no more than a perfunctory coronation,” Gohmert’s motion states.  “A ceremony where the Vice-President is relegated to the mundane task of opening envelopes filled with electoral votes certified by state governors. They say that the Vice President, the glorified envelope-opener in chief, has no authority to preside over anything else or to decide anything of substance or to even count the votes in those weighty envelopes. He is only the envelope-opener.”

“The Senate on Friday voted to turn a $741 billion defense authorization bill into law over President Trump’s objections, delivering the first successful veto override of his presidency in the waning days of his administration. The 81 to 13 vote in the Senate came just days after the House also voted in overwhelming numbers to back the legislation, despite Trump’s repeated protests. It takes two-thirds of each chamber to override a presidential veto. The strong bipartisan majorities supporting the defense bill in both chambers represent a a significant rebuke of the president, as it contains several repudiations of his policies as commander in chief” – Washington Post.

According to the Johns Hopkins COVID tracking site, the United States has surpassed 20 million confirmed coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, as of the sites update at 12:22 p.m. ET.

The current case count means that 1 in 16 Americans has been infected with the coronavirus.  The US has nearly twice as many cases as the next nation on the list, India; India, however, has four times the population of the United States.

The US has only the second highest infection rate of a nation with more than 1 million in population.  With a population just over 10 million, the Czech Republic has a slightly higher infection rate.

The Sun: “A pharmacist has been arrested after a hospital worker admitted to deliberately spoiling 57 vials of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine. Police are yet to confirm if the licensed medic is the same man who sabotaged the life-changing doses – but prison records show Steven Brandenburg, 46, of Wisconsin was booked on drug tampering charges. Brandenburg was arrested on three felonies – reckless endangerment, adulterating a prescription drug and criminal damage to property. He is also a licensed pharmacist in the state of Wisconsin. Grafton police confirmed that a pharmacist thought to be connected with the incident has been fired. The pharmacist remains behind bars until further notice and his motives remain unknown.”

“Yesterday, during a Georgia State Senate hearing, failed treasure hunter, J. Hutton Pulitzer, or Commander Pulitzer (no record of military experience), claimed that he had ‘hacked’ Georgia’s voting system. The treasure hunter provided no evidence during the Senate hearing that he had done so, only claiming it had happened. ‘Fake news is hard enough to combat when mainstream media outlets push it out, but when a small cadre of Georgia legislators do it, it’s a whole different story,’ said Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. ‘These legislators need to stop calling their own reelections illegitimate and focus on getting out the vote for the January 5 elections. The mistrust they are sowing is depressing turnout. If Senators Loeffler and Perdue lose on January 5, the Georgia state legislators have only themselves to blame.'”

“In another election disinformation filled hearing, a small group of Republicans in the Georgia State Senate featured the claims of failed inventor and failed treasure hunter J. Hutton Pulitzer as a star witness. In his presentation, Hutton Pulitzer, formerly J. Jovan Philylaw, claimed without providing any evidence that he had ‘hacked’ a poll pad. He then went on to claim that meant that the entire voting system was compromised even though the poll pad, like the poll books which they have replaced, are never connected to the rest of the voting system. Hutton Pulitzer was the inventor of CueCat, a cat shaped device that, when connected to the computer, allowed users to scan barcodes on ads that would bring up the website where they could purchase the advertised product. The device attracted $185 million in investment before becoming ‘an anathema of the tech industry and a cautionary tale for investors.’ In 2006, is was listed as one of the ’25 worst tech products of all time’ by PC World magazine” – Georgia Secretary of State’s Website.

Politico: “In anticipation of Trump setting up permanent residence at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach after leaving the White House in January, Trump allies, conservative media firebrands and MAGA-boosting activist groups are setting up the next Trumpy hub of GOP power. Some Trump supporters have settled in South Florida, drawn by Florida’s friendly tax climate and the state’s current GOP leadership. Other prominent MAGA groups, like the student organizing outfit Turning Point USA, are holding events in the area.”

“And the next Conservative Political Action Conference, the annual gathering of the GOP’s most conservative factions, will even be held a couple hours drive north, in Orlando. Meanwhile, the president and First Lady Melania Trump are renovating their private quarters at Mar-a-Lago to prepare for a permanent return. And, with an eye toward their political future, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have reportedly bought a multi-million dollar property in an exclusive part of Miami. The Trump kids plan to spend more time in Palm Beach, unless Eric’s wife Lara Trump ends up running for Senate in North Carolina, according to a person close to the family.”

For 4 strait years, the Democrats have been actively engaged in a coup to overthrow the people and @realDonaldTrump.

Their army exist of lawyers & lawsuits, baseless allegations & investigations, smears 24/7 by the media, the deep state, and paid terrorists Antifa/BLM.

And…

— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) January 1, 2021

The Independent: “Residents on several eastern Caribbean islands have been advised to evacuate their homes after volcanoes that have remained quiet for decades rumbled into life. Officials issued alerts on the island chain of St Vincent and the Grenadines, home to more than 100,000 people, as scientists rushed to study the renewed activity. The government raised the alert level to orange for the volcano La Soufriere indicating it could erupt within 24 hours, and recommended people living nearby should leave their homes immediately. La Soufriere began spewing ash along with gas and steam, in addition to the formation of a new volcanic dome caused by lava reaching the Earth’s surface, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency said. An eruption by La Soufriere in 1902 killed more than 1,000 people.”

“Authorities on the Caribbean island of Martinique, an overseas French territory, are also watching the Mount Pelee volcano after tremors became more frequent last month. In December, authorities issued a yellow alert due to seismic activity under the mountain, the first alert of its kind issued since the volcano last erupted in 1932, Fabrice Fontaine, from Martinique’s Volcanological and Seismological Observatory, told the Associated Press.”

“The rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines is a tribute to the NIH, the FDA and to the professionals in the pharmaceutical industry. But unlike the development of the vaccines, the vaccination process itself is falling behind. It was unrealistic to assume that the health care workers already overburdened with Covid care could take on a massive vaccination program. So too is the claim that CVS and Walgreens will save the day: they don’t have excess personnel available to inoculate millions of Americans. Nor are they equipped to deal with the rare but serious reactions which may occur. Doctor offices are well-suited but the rate of patient throughput in doctor offices is predictably slow. That comprehensive vaccination plans have not been developed at the federal level and sent to the states as models is as incomprehensible as it is inexcusable.”

“I have experience organizing a major logistical event but nothing on the scale of what is called for today. Nor do I have any relevant medical or public health experience. But I know that when something isn’t working, you need to acknowledge reality and develop a plan – particularly when hundreds of thousands of lives are at stake” – Statement posted to Romney’s Senate.gov website.

Help me make sure Sen.Rick Scott gets the message – Stand with Trump ! Sunday near Rick’s multi-million dollar mansion #eattherich

— Roger Stone rogerstone Thursday, December 31, 2020

CBS News: “District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine is preparing for another round of protests in the nation’s capital next week, when supporters of President Trump are expected to travel to Washington to protest Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory in the 2020 presidential election.”

“‘My level of anxiety is high. My preparation is even more intense than that,’ Racine told CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett in this week’s episode of ‘The Takeout’ podcast. Racine is worried the far-right, white supremacist group known as the ‘Proud Boys’ will return to the District and ‘pick fights, create damage, damage property, and then act in a very threatening way’ towards historic Black institutions in the city like the group did in mid-December 2020. ‘[President Trump] literally really has given breath, fresh air and encouragement to hate groups. Hate is up dramatically since the president came into office,’ Racine added.”

“The choice between the Twelfth Amendment and 3 U.S.C. § 15 raises important procedural differences. In the incoming 117th Congress, the Republican Party has a majority in 27 of the House delegations that would vote under the Twelfth Amendment. The Democrat Party has a majority in 20 of those House delegations, and the two parties are evenly divided in three of those delegations. By contrast, under 3 U.S.C. § 15, Democrats have a ten- or eleven-seat majority in the House, depending on the final outcome of the election in New York’s 22nd District” meaning these assholes are trying to force Pence to toss the Electoral Count act and throw the election to the House of Representatives to vote by delegation. From Politico reporter Kyle Cheney.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2021