DNA Test Confirms Identity of Nashville Christmas Bomber; New Details Surface About Nashville RV Bomber

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By New York Post. Human remains found at the site of the Christmas RV bombing in Nashville belong to Anthony Quinn Warner, the tech expert behind blast, officials announced Sunday.

“Anthony Warner is the bomber,” said US Attorney Don Cochran during a press briefing.

“He was present when the bomb went off, and then he perished in the bombing.”

Warner, 63, is the only known fatality in the bombing, which also left three people injured and caused significant property damage, including to an AT&T building, knocking out cell service across the state and much of the south. . .

Investigators are probing whether Warner touched off the massive explosion over his fears of 5G cellular technology and his suspicion that it was being used to spy on the American public, it had previously been reported. (Read more from “DNA Test Confirms Identity of Nashville Christmas Bomber” HERE)

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Odd Details Surface About Nashville RV Bomber

By New York Post. The Tennessee “computer geek” behind the Christmas Day bomb blast in Nashville was a chronic loner who built a fence around his home to keep others out, according to a report.

Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, had increasingly closed himself off prior to the bombing, neighbors told the Tennessean.

Just weeks ago, Warner built a gate in the fence, pulled his RV into the driveway, and shut the gate, neighbors told the newspaper. . .

Property records reviewed by the Tennessean show that Warner transferred ownership of his longtime home to a California woman the day before Thanksgiving.

Warner, who had been working as an IT consultant for a local realty firm, emailed the company’s co-owner earlier this month. (Read more from “New Details Surface About Nashville RV Bomber” HERE)

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CDC Issues New Guidance About COVID-19 Vaccinations for People With Pre-Existing Health Conditions

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new guidance that says people with pre-existing conditions can still receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

But the guidance warns that “adults of any age with certain underlying medical conditions are at increased risk for severe illness from the virus that causes COVID-19.”

The CDC says the vaccines approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “may be administered to people with underlying medical conditions provided they have not had a severe allergic reaction to any of the ingredients in the vaccine.”

The CDC offers guidance for people who have weakened immune systems, autoimmune conditions, and for people who have Guillain-Barre syndrome and Bell’s palsy.

“People with HIV and those with weakened immune systems due to other illnesses or medication might be at increased risk for severe COVID-19. They may receive a COVID-19 vaccine. However, they should be aware of the limited safety data[.] (Read more from “CDC Issues New Guidance About COVID-19 Vaccinations for People With Pre-Existing Health Conditions” HERE)

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Does Mike Pence Hold the Legal Key to Keeping Trump in Office?; Joe Biden Accuses Trump DOD Staff of Risking National Security by Obstructing Transition

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By WND. A lawsuit has been filed seeking authority for Vice President Mike Pence, when Congress counts the Electoral College votes for president on January 6, to decide which slates of electors from contested states are valid.

The case was filed in U.S. District Court in Texas by a team lead by U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas.

It seeks a declaratory judgment “finding that the elector dispute resolution provisions in Section 15 of the Electoral Count Act … are unconstitutional because these provisions violate the Electors Clause and the Twelfth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.”

The issue has come up as President Trump’s challenges to the results of a number of swing states in the 2020 election have not been fully resolved. His campaign lawyers, and others acting in concert with but not under the campaign, have alleged, with evidence, that there was enough vote fraud to overturn the results, which were awarded by state officials to Joe Biden. . .

“They establish procedures for determining which of two or more competing slates of Presidential Electors for a given state are to be counted in the Electoral College, or how objections to a proffered slate are adjudicated, that violate the Twelfth Amendment,” the case indicates. (Read more from “Does Mike Pence Hold the Legal Key to Keeping Trump in Office?” HERE)

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Joe Biden Accuses Trump DOD Staff of Risking National Security by Obstructing Transition

By Breitbart. President-elect Joe Biden is accusing the Trump administration’s senior political staff within the Department of Defense (DOD) and other agencies of putting national security at risk by obstructing the White House transition process.

Biden, who campaigned for the presidency on a platform of restoring America’s standing across the globe, made the remarks Monday in Wilmington, Delaware, when discussing the national security and foreign policy challenges his administration is set to inherit. At the event, Biden accused senior political officials within President Donald Trump’s administration of refusing to cooperate with the official handover of power.

“For some agencies, our teams received exemplary cooperation from the career staff in those agencies,” Biden said. “From others, most notably the Department of Defense, we’ve encountered obstruction from the political leadership of that department.”

Arguing that America’s national security infrastructure had been “hollowed out” over the past four years, the president-elect claimed senior administration officials were putting national security at further risk by refusing to cooperate with the transition. Biden, most notably, suggested such “obstruction” could create a “window of confusion … that our advertisers may try to exploit” in the days after his administration takes office.

“Right now as our nation is in a period of transition, we need to make sure that nothing is lost in the handoff between administration [sic],” he said. “My team needs a clear picture of our forced posture around the world and our operations to deter our enemies.” (Read more from “Joe Biden Accuses Trump DOD Staff of Risking National Security by Obstructing Transition” HERE)

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Most White Students Must Get Flu Vaccine at Top University, but Minorities Allowed to Opt Out Based on Race

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Cornell students are required to get a flu vaccination before arriving on campus as part of the Cornell Student Behavioral Compact in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Or, to put it more accurately, white students are required to get a flu vaccination. . .

Meanwhile, all “Black,” “Indigenous” and other students of color are allowed to cite their racial identity — or a medical or religious reason — as a cause for exemption from the Ivy League school’s requirement. (Read more from “Most White Students Must Get Flu Vaccine at Top University, but Minorities Allowed to Opt Out Based on Race” HERE)

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Cheerleader’s First Amendment Snapchat Case Headed for SCOTUS

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It’s been years since a teen in Pennsylvania took to Snapchat to express her frustration in vulgar terms of not making the varsity cheerleading team. After a screenshot of the post led to her suspension from the squad for one year and a successful suit by the student only identified as B.L., four years later the case is heading to the United States Supreme Court.

“F*ck school, f*ck softball, f*ck cheer, f*ck everything,” she wrote, with a photo of herself giving the middle finger.

After her parents, Lawrence and Betty Lou Levy sued the school district for the suspension the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that the action violated B.L.’s First Amendment rights by trying to regulate her speech while off-campus. . .

Courthouse News reported in June on the developments in the case that led it to the High Court:

Last year, a federal judge ruled her snap is protected under the First Amendment. The Third Circuit, which heard arguments in the case this past November, affirmed that decision Tuesday. Writing for the three-judge panel, U.S. Circuit Judge Cheryl Ann Krause found B.L.’s speech is protected specifically because she made the snap off-campus.

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Judge Again Denies Bail for Epstein Madam

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A federal judge on Monday once against denied bail for Ghislaine Maxwell, the alleged madame of deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, deeming the British socialite a serious flight risk.

Judge Alison Nathan said Maxwell poses a serious flight risk due to her wealth and holding citizenship in more than one country.

Maxwell recently requested to be released from her jail cell on a $22.5 million personal recognizance bond and proposed being under constant watch by guard at her New York City home while wearing an electronic tracking device. (Read more from “Judge Again Denies Bail for Epstein Madam” HERE)

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House Passes Measure to Boost Stimulus Checks to $2,000

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House lawmakers in both parties voted Monday to increase the amount of money provided in a new round of federal stimulus checks, agreeing with a request from President Trump to bolster direct payments aimed at helping individuals and families during the pandemic.

The measure would provide $2,000 to individuals and $4,000 for couples, which is significantly higher than the $600 for individuals and $1,200 for couples provided in a relief measure Congress passed this month.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, has not signaled whether he will bring up the House bill, but it’s unlikely to win much GOP support because it does not include new offers and would simply add to the deficit.

Trump signed the coronavirus aid package and government funding bill Sunday but sent it back to Congress with a request to bolster the checks to $2,000 and rescind some of the spending. The $900 billion package was bundled with a $1.4 trillion measure that funds the government through fiscal 2021. (Read more from “House Passes Measure to Boost Stimulus Checks to $2,000” HERE)

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Congress’s Spending Binge Gifts American Children Longer Lockdowns and an Even Bigger National Debt

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There is no way to sugarcoat it. The Washington establishment — and the big-spending congressional appropriators, lobbyists, and bureaucrats who comprise it — jammed through a massive “omnibus” spending package and combo COVID-19 relief bill with a price tag of more than $2.3 trillion.

President Trump was correct to initially balk at the absurd spending but did so despite the fact his team negotiated much of it while demanding additional direct payments to Americans. Unfortunately, notwithstanding our $27.5 trillion debt, the president capitulated, signed the bill, and left conservatives holding the bag with a vote on un-offset spending.

Once again, an end-of-year spending “showdown” just means another betrayal of the American people. This is a sad way to end a term.

The veil had been lifted for the American people, who were coming to see the unbelievable amount of spending that occurs every year as directly contrary to their well-being and that of the country. These two bills promote policies that have nothing to do with seeing our fellow citizens through the difficulty of forced school and business closings and limited livelihoods via the force of government, but instead, actively aid in the destruction of our republic and way of life. (Read more from “Congress’s Spending Binge Gifts American Children Longer Lockdowns and an Even Bigger National Debt” HERE)

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California Supreme Court Rules Thousands of Sex Offenders Are Eligible for Early Release

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On Monday, the California Supreme Court ruled that thousands of inmates convicted of non-forcible sex crimes may be eligible for early release under a ballot measure that was overwhelmingly approved by voters four years ago.

The initiative, called Proposition 57, was written by then-Governor Jerry Brown (D) and passed by nearly two-thirds of the electorate. It was crafted to reduce the state’s prison population, saying any person found guilty of a “nonviolent felony offense” would be eligible for early parole. Brown said it was never intended to cover sex offenders. However, the original language did not exempt them from consideration. Lower appeals courts had ruled that nonviolent sex offenders could not be excluded, and the high court affirmed those rulings.

“The initiative’s language provides no indication that the voters intended to allow the (Corrections) Department to create a wholesale exclusion from parole consideration based on an inmate’s sex offense convictions when the inmate was convicted of a nonviolent felony,” wrote Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye in the court’s 7-0 decision.

According to The Associated Press, “the ballot measure allows officials to consider paroling inmates convicted of nonviolent crimes after they have served their basic sentence and before they have completed sometimes lengthy additional terms for enhancements for things like using a gun, having prior criminal convictions, or being involved in a street gang.”

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Doctor Fired From Walter Reed Hospital After Slamming Trump’s Limo Ride

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A doctor who criticized President Donald Trump’s limo ride while he was hospitalized with coronavirus has worked his last shift at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after being let go.

Dr. James Phillips said Sunday night on Twitter that he had finished his last shift working in the Emergency Room at Walter Reed. . .

Phillips, who works as the chief of disaster medicine at George Washington University and had a contract as an attending physician at Walter Reed, was let go from his position at Walter Reed three weeks ago. Phillips was removed from the schedule after he criticized Trump for riding in a limo with Secret Service agents to see his supporters while being treated at Walter Reed for coronavirus, CBS News reported. (Read more from “Doctor Fired From Walter Reed Hospital After Slamming Trump’s Limo Ride” HERE)

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