Intel Chief Urges John Durham To Release Interim Report In Order To Protect Investigation

John Ratcliffe, the director of national intelligence, urged U.S. Attorney John Durham on Sunday to release an interim report on his investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, saying that the American public should have record of the investigation in case the Biden administration shuts it down.

“I think the American people should know what’s happening in a two-year investigation into this and I hope that that report will be forthcoming,” Ratcliffe said in an interview on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures.”

Attorney General William Barr appointed Durham special counsel on Oct. 19 to continue his investigation into whether government officials broke the law during the investigation of the Trump campaign.

Barr’s order says that Durham must produce a final report of his investigation and that he can release interim reports before the probe is over.

Some Democrats have questioned whether Durham is a duly appointed special counsel. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff noted in a Tuesday interview that the regulations for the appointment of special counsels requires that the prosecutor come from outside government.

Schiff suggested that Biden’s pick for attorney general should review Durham’s investigation to consider whether to allow the investigation to remain open.

“I would presume the next attorney general will look to see if there is any merit to the work that John Durham is doing and make a rational decision about whether that should continue at any level,” Schiff said in an interview on MSNBC.

The California Democrat called the Durham investigation “politically motivated” and indicated that he believes it should be shut down.

Barr tapped Durham, the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, on May 13, 2019, to conduct a review of the FBI’s investigation of the Trump campaign and other U.S. agencies’ Trump-related intelligence-gathering activities.

The inquiry has since morphed into a full criminal investigation. Durham is investigating the findings of a Justice Department inspector general’s report that said the FBI misled a federal court in order to obtain warrants to surveil former Trump campaign aide Carter Page.

Ratcliffe said that Schiff’s remarks show that “an interim report be appropriate.”

https://dailycaller.com/2020/12/06/john-ratcliffe-john-durham-report/

Report: Joe Biden to Tap California AG Xavier Becerra for HHS Secretary

Former Vice President Joe Biden has chosen California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) as his nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), reported the New York Times on Sunday.

Both Politico and NBC News confirmed the report.

If confirmed, Becerra, 62, would be the first Latino to lead HHS.

Becerra is a staunch champion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, and has led 20 states in an effort to block Republicans from dismantling it in the case of Texas v. Azar.

The California attorney general is a supporter of Medicare for All. In October 2017, Becerra tweeted that he has been a supporter of Medicare for All throughout all 24 years he served in Congress:

.@DanaPerino asked if I support for #MedicareforAll. Absolutely! I was a supporter of it for all the 24 years that I was in Congress.

— Xavier Becerra (@AGBecerra) October 23, 2017

Becerra, who succeeded Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) as California attorney general, is also a proponent of abortion on demand and, like Harris, has received campaign contributions from Planned Parenthood.

Once Harris became a U.S. senator, Becerra continued her prosecution of David Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) after the video journalists exposed Planned Parenthood officials and their associates in the biomedical procurement industry discussing fetal tissue harvesting and sales. CMP was accused of recording confidential conversations.

In 2017, Becerra, according to the Los Angeles Times, touted his office “will not tolerate the criminal recording of confidential conversations.”

“The right to privacy is a cornerstone of California’s constitution, and a right that is foundational in a free democratic society,” he added.

However, in May, Daleiden filed a federal lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, Harris, Becerra, and others in the abortion industry seeking “justice for a brazen, unprecedented, and ongoing conspiracy to selectively use California’s video recording laws as a political weapon to silence disfavored speech.”

CMP noted Daleiden was the first journalist to be prosecuted under the state’s new law against recording “confidential” conversations, “not because of the method of video recording he utilized in his investigation—which is common in investigative journalism in this state,” but, instead, because his investigation revealed content California officials wished to cover up.

In response to Joe Biden’s reported choice of Becerra for HHS secretary, the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser said Biden is selecting an “extremist on abortion”:

Becerra is aggressively pro-abortion and a foe of free speech. As attorney general of California, he continued what his predecessor Kamala Harris started by persecuting citizen journalists who exposed Planned Parenthood’s role in baby parts trafficking. Not only that, he went all the way to the Supreme Court to try to force California’s pro-life pregnancy centers to advertise and refer for abortion – a policy the Court rejected as unconstitutional. In Congress, he even voted in favor of partial-birth abortion.

“This pick underscores the importance of winning in Georgia to prevent pro-abortion forces from taking control of the U.S. Senate,” Dannenfelser emphasized. “Republican senators must stand firm and stop this unacceptable nomination from going forward.”

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/12/06/report-joe-biden-to-tap-california-ag-xavier-becerra-for-hhs-secretary/

Trump Terminates Chinese Cultural Exchange Programs, Decries "Soft Power Propaganda Tools"

It's but the latest in what has become near daily punitive actions leveled against China by the Trump administration, which as promised looks to continue right up until Trump leaves office next month.

On Friday the State Department announced it has shut down five cultural exchange programs, the origins of which go back a half-century, calling them "soft power propaganda tools," according to Reuters.

The programs were set up after the establishment of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act in 1961, signed into law by President John F. Kennedy which was aimed at boosting cultural educational ties with foreign countries.

The programs which have been "terminated" according to the announcement on the State Department's website include the Policymakers Educational China Trip Program, the U.S.-China Friendship Program, the U.S.-China Leadership Exchange Program, the U.S.-China Transpacific Exchange Program and the Hong Kong Educational and Cultural Program.

"While other programs funded under the auspices of the [Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act] are mutually beneficial, the five programs in question are fully funded and operated by the PRC government as soft power propaganda tools," the statement said.

"They provide carefully curated access to Chinese Communist Party officials, not to the Chinese people, who do not enjoy freedoms of speech and assembly," it added.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US would only maintain those foreign cultural exchange programs that "reciprocal and fair," however while suggesting the Chinese programs are "one-way programs" that are "not mutually beneficial."

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-terminates-chinese-cultural-exchange-programs-decries-soft-power-propaganda

Bankers & Traders Deemed "Essential", Will Receive Priority Access For COVID Vaccines

Just like they were deemed 'essential' during the lockdown, 'financial services' employees - a vague, all-encompassing designation that includes everyone from bank tellers to traders and IBD analysts - are expected to be deemed "essential" by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, the agency that will ultimately decide who gets priority access to the COVID vaccines.

Before COVID, the ACIP was a sleepy organization that determined esoteric standards and handled oversight of approving new vaccines. DHS has defined essential workers as 'those who conduct a range of operations and services that are typically essential to continue critical infrastructure operations.' But as for what those professions are, exactly - well, that's entirely up to the ACIP.

The DHS has defined financial services workers as "essential" because they help keep the money flowing, financing trade and investment and everything else. Without them, the Fed might need to resort to direct capital injections.

That includes everyone from bank tellers, to the traders and analysts and even back office workers who keep America's banks running.

Even if progressives like AOC and her fellows in 'the Squad' try to put a stop to this, arguing that bankers and analysts and traders don't deserve priority over more 'oppressed' classes, states and local governments might have final discretion over who actually gets the vaccine, meaning that a major kerfuffle at the federal level might not actually stop Gov. Cuomo from quietly ensuring that his pals on Wall Street get the vaccines they need.

At least then they won't be tempted to resort to the inevitable black market.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/bankers-traders-deemed-essential-will-receive-priority-access-covid-vaccines

‘THIS IS BIGGER THAN ME’: Georgia’s Ruby Freeman Lawyers Up, Cancels Interview

Freeman cancelled her media appearance and announced that she's getting a lawyer

Ruby Freeman, exposed as one of the key individuals involved with the late night suitcase vote counting in Georgia, cancelled an interview she scheduled with journalist Carolyn Ryan, and told her that she needed to secure legal counsel.

“I won’t be able to be interviewed,” wrote Freeman. “This is bigger than me.”

“I need an attorney. Thanks,” Freeman added. “Much Luv to you and your team.”

In a video released on Rumble, Ryan explained that she was in contact with Freeman following bombshell reporting from National File and The Gateway Pundit.

“I wanted to ask her: Were in fact those ballots in the suitcases? Were you guys counting those ballots after other poll workers went home? If so, why?”

“Ruby initially said she was getting a lot of negative comments and she agreed to do an interview with me to tell her side of the story,” added Ryan. Freeman also sent Ryan a series of vulgar and threatening text messages allegedly sent from angry individuals.

“About 45 minutes or so after that she reversed her decision, unfortunately, she said that it’s probably best for her not to do an interview at this time,” said Ryan. “She said it’s probably best if she gets a lawyer.”

https://nationalfile.com/this-is-bigger-than-me-georgias-ruby-freeman-lawyers-up-cancels-tv-interview/

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CNN, NYT Arrive At Same China Virus Conclusion as Trump, Bannon… One Year Later

Mainstream media outlets including CNN and The New York Times appear to have reached the same conclusions about the origins of Covid-19 as President Trump and former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon – roughly one year later.

The revelation – that the disease originated in China and that the Chinese Communist Party withheld accurate information – was apparent in CNN’s report “Leaked documents reveal China’s mishandling of the early stages of Covid-19.”

Documents from the Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention “reveal numerous inconsistencies in what authorities believed to be happening and what was revealed to the public,” insisted CNN.

Less than a week later, the Times published a report entitled “China Peddles Falsehoods to Obscure Origin of Covid Pandemic” revealing the Chinese Communist Part’s plot “to push the idea that the virus didn’t come from China” with “misrepresented experts’ remarks” and “dubious theories the veneer of science.”

The outlets, however, have been ridiculed for taking roughly one year to arrive at the conclusion the Chinese Communist Party willfully lied about the pandemic – a now-proven theory long believed by President Trump and Bannon. The outlets relentlessly criticized President Trump for linking China to the virus, branding him a “racist” for doing so, and uncritically published papers tracing Covid-19 to the U.S. and Europe.

In contrast, Bannon launched the War Room: Pandemic show on January 25th and had hammered China’s government for obscuring data and potentially spawning the disease long before. And in late January, President Trump moved to suspend travel from China and has consistently hammered the country as needing to be “held accountable” for Covid-19.

https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/cnn-nyt-china-virus/

MORE ON RALPH JONES SR.- Was Outed by Loud Mouth Gabriel Sterling – Son, Ralph Jones Jr., Is the OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN for Democrat US Senate Candidate Warnock Linked to Stacey Abrams

The pieces are falling together.

We’ve identified Ralph Jones, Sr. as the supervisor running the late night ballot counts in Atlanta in secret after sending all Republicans home from the arena.

Gabriel Sterling, the loud mouth and no doubt crooked Georgia Elections representative, spoke about ‘Ralph’ in an interview on Newsmax earlier this week. The Ralph that Sterling is referring to is Ralph Jones Sr. who was involved in a scandal with the Atlanta Mayor and who also was supervising the team that stuck around Atlanta’s State Farm Arena on Election night and began counting ballots brought out from under a table.

Sterling knows Ralph by first name. (Is Sterling one of the individuals calling Ralph at midnight on election night?) See video of interview below at the 11:10 mark where he refers to Ralph and again at the 12:00 mark where Sterling says:

And that’s actually Ralph in the red shirt right there and he’s the one who told me to stay back and continue to work.”

Jones’ son, Ralph Mays Jones Jr is connected to the Atlanta mayor involved in a scandal and directly to Stacey Abrams per his Facebook page:

This is also noted on his Facebook page.

What the hell is going on in Georgia?

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/exclusive-ralph-jones-sr-outed-loud-mouth-gabriel-sterling-son-ralph-jones-jr-official-spokesman-democrat-us-senate-candidate-warnock-linked-stacey-abrams/

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https://ustv247.tv/foxnewslive/

Obama School Basketball Jersey Breaks Sale Record in Auction, Sold for $192,000

The previous record was set by the Los Angeles Lakers's Lebron James and his high school jersey from his years in St. Vincent-St. Mary's basketball team. The James jersey, reportedly featured on a Sports Illustrated cover in 2002, sold at auction for $187,500.

Former US President Barack Obama's high school basketball jersey is considered to be the most expensive sports jersey that belonged to someone who was not in the National Basketball Association to be sold at auction, the USA Today reported Saturday.

The white jersey with Punahou and the number 233 was auctioned in Beverly Hills, California, by Julien's Auctions, which previously auctioned celebrity memorabilia, including Michael Jackson's iconic red jacket from the "Thriller" music video.

SOLD for $192,000 The high school basketball jersey worn by Barack Obama, who later became the 44th president of the United States. A new World Record for a high school jersey sold at auction!

According to the item's page at the auction house website, Obama wore that jersey during the 1978-1979 basketball season, and his team, with him as a member, won that championship.

In his recently published book "The Promised Land," Obama recalls weekend pickup games often organized at an indoor court at Fort McNair Army Base or the FBI headquarters.

"Those pickup games represented continuity for me. A tether to my old self," wrote Obama.

Obama also expressed the joy he felt watching his daughter play basketball.

"The enjoyment that I got playing basketball, was nothing compared to the thrill and stress of rooting for Sasha, fourth-grade rec league team," said Obama, who had a stint coaching and running plays with the team alongside White House Aide and former Duke basketball player Reggie Love.

Obama has expressed his love for basketball many times over the years. Last month, he demonstrated some decent skill shooting three-point balls.

https://sputniknews.com/society/202012071081378742-obama-school-basketball-jersey-breaks-sale-record-in-auction-sold-for-192000/