Check it out at USA.gov/About-The-US. You can also follow the United States of America on YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter. There’s no TikTok though. Also, you can shop at the official United States of America web store at usa.gov/collectibles.

There doesn’t seem to be any singular ‘Contact Us’ or ‘FAQ’ pages.

A Pennsylvania state senator who has advocated for the legislature to throw out the votes of the state’s residents and replace them with ones that would appoint Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus while he was in a White House meeting with Trump, the Associated Press reports.

Republican state Sen. Doug Mastriano was meeting with Trump and his staff Wednesday to outline potential plans to undermine the state’s election when a COVID screening test he took before the meeting came back positive.  Upon learning of the result, he left the meeting with Trump.

Mastriano had brought his son and his son’s friend to the Oval Office.  All three tested positive. 

Psaki is a CNN contributor and served in different communications roles in the Obama White House, per Jim Acosta. Also, Kate Beddingfield will serve as White House Communications Director. Beddingfield was Biden’s chief campaign spokesperson.

Jim Acosta is probably happier than Stephanie Grisham at an open bar that he can actually have questions answered now after years of dealing with psychos like Grisham, Huckabee, and McEnany.

“On background from the Office of President-elect Biden: On Saturday Nov. 28, President-elect Biden slipped while playing with his dog Major, and twisted his ankle. Out of an abundance of caution, he will be examined this afternoon by an orthopedist” reports MSNBC’s Kyle Griffin.

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— Sharyl Attkisson SharylAttkisson Sunday, November 29, 2020

Salt Lake Tribune: “The tower of stainless steel in a remote alcove in San Juan County attracted international attention after wildlife biologists caught a glimpse of it from the air earlier this month. The obelisk even has its own Wikipedia page. Unfortunately for anyone who was hoping to make the pilgrimage to see it in person, it has disappeared. The Salt Lake Tribune went to the former location of the obelisk Saturday to confirm its absence. All that was left of the tower was a triangular metal piece that used to be on top and a hole where the base of the tower stood. There are trails and tracks in the area around the obelisk from the many visitors who have come to see it over the past week.”

“‘We have received credible reports that the illegally installed structure, referred to as the monolith has been removed from Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public lands by an unknown party,’ said BLM spokesperson Kimberly Finch in a statement to The Salt Lake Tribune. ‘The BLM did not remove the structure which is considered private property. We do not investigate crimes involving private property which are handled by the local sheriff’s office. The structure has received international and national attention and we received reports that a person or group removed it on the evening of Nov. 27.’ Colorado resident Riccardo Marino told The Salt Lake Tribune that he drove eight hours through the night to get to the obelisk. He said he was 30 minutes from the trailhead at 10:40 p.m. when he saw a truck with a large, rectangular object in the back driving away from the site. He said he finished the trip to the site and found that the obelisk was gone.

“She is correct. If Biden takes the oath of office on January 20th, I will never vote again or participate in any election. They are rigged and my vote no longer matters. Like Harry Reid said, ‘I will lie, cheat and steal as long as it gives me the result I want’. Our Country is corrupt to the core. The democrats built this.”

The current top comment on the Gateway Pundit article “If GOP Leaders Refuse to FIGHT NOW – Trump Supporters Will Abandon GOP and It Will Cease to Exist! — Attorney Lin Wood Goes Off on Weak-Kneed GOP ‘Leaders’” posted Sunday afternoon.

NBC News: “As the 2020 campaign wound down, President Trump held rallies across the country to fire up his supporters and get them out to vote. Many saw the rallies as a sign of big enthusiasm for Trump, but the data suggest the visits did not produce the desired impact for the president.”

“Comparing Trump campaign stops over the last two weeks of the race to election results shows that in the overwhelming majority of cases, Trump underperformed his 2016 margins in the counties he visited, in some cases by large amounts. There were 30 Trump campaign stops in that period, according to an NBC News tally, in states from Arizona to Nebraska to Pennsylvania. In five counties that Trump visited he saw better results than he did in 2016, but in the remaining 25 his margins of victory got smaller, his margin of defeat grew or the county flipped Democratic.”

“The recount of presidential ballots in Wisconsin’s two largest counties finished Sunday, reconfirming that President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Trump in the key swing state by more than 20,000 votes. After Milwaukee County completed its tally Friday and Dane County concluded its count Sunday, there was little change in the final breakdown of the more than 800,000 ballots that had been cast in the two jurisdictions. As a result of the recount, Biden’s lead over Trump in Wisconsin grew by 87 votes” reports the Washington Post.

The Trump Campaign paid $3 million for the recount, so the cost of increasing Biden’s lead in the state by 87 works out to roughly $34,482.75 per vote.

Bloomberg: “President Donald Trump acknowledged that the fight to overturn his re-election defeat ‘probably’ won’t reach the Supreme Court, which had been the goal of his legal team. ‘It’s very hard to get a case to the Supreme Court,’ Trump said in a Fox News interview conducted by telephone from the presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland. ‘I probably can’t get a case.’ On ‘Sunday Morning Futures’ the president rehashed a litany of largely unfounded allegations about the Nov. 3 election without offering new evidence for his claim that millions of votes across several battleground states were fraudulent. He signaled that his legal options may be running out, but suggested there was no ‘drop-dead’ date for his challenges to finally come to an end.”

“Trump’s legal team has suffered a series of setbacks in a longshot bid to help him cling to power. The strategy has relied on recounts in several states that so far haven’t helped him, legal cases that have nearly all been dismissed, and appeals to state lawmakers to overrule the popular vote. ‘I’ve got the best Supreme Court advocates, lawyers, that want to argue the case if it gets there, but they said it’s very hard to get a case up there,’ Trump said. Trump’s legal team has shrugged off legal failures by saying it’s all part of a march to the Supreme Court. The court has a 6-3 conservative majority and three justices appointed by Trump — the latest, Amy Coney Barrett, was confirmed by the Senate just weeks ago.”

AP: “The real Christmas tree industry, which has been battling increased interest in artificial trees, is glad to see that more Americans appear to be flocking to fresh-cut evergreens this season, seeking a bright spot amid the virus’s worsening toll. It’s early in the season, but both wholesale tree farmers and small cut-your-own lots are reporting strong demand, with many opening well before Thanksgiving. Businesses say they are seeing more people and earlier than ever.”

“At some pick-your-own-tree farms, for example, customers sneaked in well before Thanksgiving to tag the perfect tree to cut down once the business opened. As demand surges, big box stores are seeking fresh trees up to a week earlier than last year, and Walmart is offering free home delivery for the first time. ‘The season is running approximately six to seven days ahead of what we’ve seen in the past. We’ve never seen the demand like we’ve had this year,’ said McKenzie Cook, who ships between 1.8 million and 2 million trees a year combined from McKenzie Farms in Oregon and Happy Holiday Christmas Trees in North Carolina. A number of reasons are driving the uptick in interest. More Americans are staying home for the holidays amid pandemic restrictions and are realizing that for the first time in years – or maybe ever – they will be home to water a fresh-cut tree.”

The Washington Post published an epic insider account of Trump’s ignominious November:

“The facts were indisputable: President Trump had lost. But Trump refused to see it that way. Sequestered in the White House and brooding out of public view after his election defeat, rageful and at times delirious in a torrent of private conversations, Trump was, in the telling of one close adviser, like ‘Mad King George, muttering, ‘I won. I won. I won.’’ However cleareyed Trump’s aides may have been about his loss to President-elect Joe Biden, many of them nonetheless indulged their boss and encouraged him to keep fighting with legal appeals. They were ‘happy to scratch his itch,’ this adviser said. ‘If he thinks he won, it’s like, Shh . . . we won’t tell him.’”

“Trump campaign pollster John McLaughlin, for instance, discussed with Trump a poll he had conducted after the election that showed Trump with a positive approval rating, a plurality of the country who thought the media had been “unfair and biased against him” and a majority of voters who believed their lives were better than four years earlier, according to two people familiar with the conversation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. As expected, Trump lapped it up. The result was an election aftermath without precedent in U.S. history. With his denial of the outcome, despite a string of courtroom defeats, Trump endangered America’s democracy, threatened to undermine national security and public health, and duped his supporters into believing, perhaps permanently, that Biden was elected illegitimately.”

“So what? We’re about to lose our country to the damn commies! Plus, football’s been ruined.”

– The current top comment on the Breitbart article “WATCH: Vanderbilt’s Sarah Fuller Makes History by Becoming First Female to Play in Power 5 Game” posted Saturday afternoon.

“Firefighters are ending the day in control across NSW as the third Watch and Act warning in Sydney was downgraded to Advice this evening. A property was earlier damaged in Sydney’s west as extreme heat and dangerous winds fanned fires across the state. The fire burned close to homes in Whitehaven Road, Northmead, and crews from Fire and Rescue NSW and NSW RFS attended the scene. NSW Fire and Rescue confirmed one property had been damaged, but that firefighters and water aircraft were getting the upper hand, with the warning level downgraded to ‘advice’. ‘The immediate threat has ceased,’ NSW RFS said in a tweet.”

“Kenthurst, in Sydney’s north-west, is also the site of a grassfire, but there is no threat to buildings or people. Crews are also battling a bushfire in Faulconbridge, in the Blue Mountains, which has now also been downgraded to Advice. There are still more than 60 fires burning across the state, but at the moment there is no threat to properties or lives. Extreme heat and strong winds generated dangerous conditions for the spread of bushfires today in NSW and Queensland. NSW Rural Fire Service crews have been battling more than 100 fires between the Victorian and Queensland borders in the last 48 hours. ‘It’s certainly the worst day for fire risk since last fire season,’ NSW RFS Commissioner Rob Rogers told Today. ‘At the moment we’re using overwhelming force so every time we get a call about a fire starting we’re sending everything we can to make sure we limit the spread of these fires,’ Mr Rogers said” – 9News.

CNN: “British actor David Prowse, who played Darth Vader in the original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy, has died aged 85, his management company announced Sunday. Prowse died after a short illness, according to his agent Thomas Bowington. CNN reported in 2018 that Prowse was being treated for prostate cancer. ‘It’s with great regret and heart-wrenching sadness for us and million of fans around the world, to announce that our client DAVE PROWSE M.B.E. has passed away at the age of 85,’ Bowington Management said on Twitter Sunday.”

“‘May the force be with him, always!’ his former agent, Thomas Bowington, said in a statement to the BBC. ‘Though famous for playing many monsters – for myself, and all who knew Dave and worked with him, he was a hero in our lives.’ Prowse wore the black suit and helmet to play Darth Vader, but it was the actor James Earl Jones who provided the character’s voice. Prowse’s West Country English accent was thought to be unsuitable for the part.”

The latest wave of coronavirus has swept the nation, with sixteen states setting new records for their seven-day running average of new cases and the nation registering 23 straight days of more than 100,000 new cases.

According to the COVID Tracking Project, the United States saw 150,000 new cases on Saturday, a break from previous patterns where numbers would typically drop over a weekend and particularly during a holiday.

Based on Worldometers data, California was the only state to log more than 10,000 new cases today.  Michigan and Illinois were the only states to register more than 100 COVID-related fatalities Saturday.

The US also jumped to ninth in world rankings for per capita coronavirus fatalities; among countries with more than 100,000 in population, the US ranks seventh.

Whoever’s feeling brave and/or doesn’t give a shit what happens on The Hill, you’re in luck:

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Four people who were kicked out of the Ms. Cheezious restaurant in Miami for refusing to wear masks during the coronavirus pandemic damaged the restaurant’s water line in retaliation, likely putting the restaurant out of business until it can be repaired.

https://youtu.be/fiinzAnbmgM