https://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnns-stelter-sounds-the-alarm-on-pro-trump-media-radicalization-its-way-past-time-to-talk-about-this-honestly/

CNN’s Brian Stelter warned that President Donald Trump and conservative media outlets are facilitating a “radicalization” of Americans, which could have dire consequences for the country.

On Sunday, Stelter led Reliable Sources by saying pro-Trump media is permeating “radicalization” around the country by giving air to election-denialism, talks of secession, and calls for a post-election uprising. As Stelter warned of the consequences for when people latch onto conspiracy theories, he lamented the use of the word “radicalization,” but said “it’s way past time to talk about this honestly.”

Stelter continued by remarking on the disinformation being pushed out by QAnon, and a number of pro-Trump media outlets, all of whom have given air to conspiracy theories in their own capacity. He noted that the term “radicalization” is typically applied to terrorists or violent criminals, but media outlets and the Internet have given many people plenty of spaces to fall into an echo chamber where they might embrace extremism.

“QAnon is one clear, recent example. So is stop the steal, And so are some corners of the anti-vaccination movement,” Stelter said. “Reporters see what’s going on. They are seeing signs of this radicalization in American politics and some are calling it like it is.”

https://www.theblaze.com/news/texas-hospital-responds-over-accusations-that-workers-were-given-fake-covid-vaccine-shot

The hospital told KTSM in a statement that to remove any doubt surrounding their staff's inoculation, they proceeded to given the "nurse in question" a second dose of the vaccine.

"After numerous reports emerged on social media claiming one of the five nurses receiving a vaccination on Tuesday did not receive a full dose of vaccine, we want to remove any doubt raised that he was not fully vaccinated and further strengthen confidence in the vaccination process," the hospital said.

The statement continued, "The nurse in question today was vaccinated again. UMC has confirmed with the US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) that re-vaccinating the nurse will not cause adverse effects. The nurse will need to return after three weeks to receive his second dose."

Romney core values ?

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) told CNN that the Republican Party “has taken a different course” from its core values in recent years.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2020/12/20/compromise-reached-on-pandemic-relief-bill-n1221042

Congressional negotiators have finally reached a compromise on the major sticking point holding up the pandemic relief bill and the government funding bill.

The holdup was caused by Republican efforts to sunset an obscure Federal Reserve program that had been created by the $2 trillion CARES Act passed last April. The programs were a pandemic relief measure and were supposed to be ended by year’s end.

But Democrats wanted the nearly half-trillion dollars in unused cash in the programs for the Biden administration. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) insisted there would be no relief bill unless Democrats agreed to end the program and not to start others without congressional approval.

You just can’t leave a half-trillion dollars lying around when Democrats are playing. Lord knows what they would have spent it on.

“Senate Republicans achieved all four of our objectives regarding the CARES Act Federal Reserve lending programs,” Toomey spokesperson Steve Kelly said.

“This agreement rescinds more than $429 billion in unused CARES Act funds; definitively ends the CARES Act lending facilities by Dec. 31, 2020; stops these facilities from being restarted and forbids them from being duplicated without congressional approval,” Kelly added. “This agreement will preserve Fed independence and prevent Democrats from hijacking these programs for political and social policy purposes.”

https://dailycaller.com/2020/12/20/mccarthy-intel-committee-briefing-swalwell-spy-china/

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Sunday that every member of the House Intelligence Committee should receive a classified briefing from the FBI about Democratic California Rep. Eric Swalwell’s connections to a alleged Chinese spy.

McCarthy told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” that the Friday briefing concerning Swalwell’s relationship with an accused Chinese spy is damning.

“That is why today … what I’m going to request, that every single member on the House Intelligence Committee, gets the exact same briefing from the FBI that I did, because if this individual is sitting on this committee — Eric Swalwell — they’ve got to know the background of what has gone on. I can’t talk about the classified part, but you know what’s out there in the press,” McCarthy said.

“The challenge here is the leaders of both parties are the only people who select to go on the Intel Committee,” McCarthy said, meaning that it will be up to Pelosi to remove Swalwell from the committee if the congressman does not resign himself.