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Four Years After Jan. 6, Trump Will Officially Be Certified As 47th President

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Four years to the day after the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, President-elect Donald Trump is set to be officially certified as the 47th President of the United States in the 2024 election. This marks a pivotal moment in the wake of what Democrats have labeled an “insurrection.” The certification comes after years of legal battles and political efforts aimed at keeping Trump out of the White House. Despite continued attempts by the left to use January 6th as a dark stain on his legacy, Trump has emerged as one of the most consequential presidents in modern history—despite the left’s efforts to rewrite history and reshape the narrative in their favor.

On Monday, Congress will usher in a new Trump era as it gathers to count each state’s electoral votes and officially declare him the winner of the 2024 presidential election. Although it was expected for some opposition to certify the election results, Congressional Democrats have said they would not challenge the presidential contest.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said he thinks it will be “almost be a nonevent,” while Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said she “think[s] it’s safe to say that even the Democrats heard from the American people that this is what they wanted.”

While Congressional Democrats say they won’t interfere with Trump’s election certification, ant-Trump protesters have already lined up outside the Lincoln Memorial to demand Congress block him from becoming the 47th president because he is a so-called “Insurrectionist.”

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‘1917’ Star Reflects on Grueling Conditions the Cast Endured for Best Picture of the Year

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Director Sam Mendes can hold his Best Director and Best Picture of the Year Golden Globes up high. Truly, once the Hollywood Foreign Press Association saw the extended one-shot Mendes pulled off for his epic war thriller, “1917,” the other contenders didn’t have a prayer.

What Mendes has achieved on the silver screen is nothing short of remarkable. “1917” pushes the editing boundaries by giving us one continuous shot of a daring mission in World War I. . .

The cast and crew filmed “1917” in a series of long shots that stick together to appear as though it’s one take, Chapman explained to Townhall in an interview on Wednesday. The longest shot, the actor recalled, was almost nine minutes long. They rehearsed for six months to get their chemistry with the cameras just right.

“The whole thing was choreographed,” Chapman said. “It literally was a dance between the camera and the actor. We were genuinely bouncing off of each other. So if I stepped a bit too far to my left and the camera would adjust where if the camera wasn’t quite ready, then I would hold my line and wait for the camera to fill in on my face. It was this whole flow and rhythm between the two things gelling together.” . . .

Chapman was perhaps also so in tune with his character, Corporal Blake, because of the realistic conditions in which they filmed. The actor once played Billy Elliott in London’s West End. It’s a three-hour show with a series of extended dance sequences. And Billy is in every scene. But that didn’t quite prepare him for the six weeks of filming in muddy trenches for “1917.” (Read more from “‘1917’ Star Reflects on Grueling Conditions the Cast Endured for Best Picture of the Year” HERE)

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