Link: https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/jack-smiths-special-counsel-status-unconstitutional-former

Former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese and top constitutional law scholars are asking the Supreme Court to reject special counsel Jack Smith's petition in the case against former President Donald Trump because they say Smith's appointment as special counsel is unconstitutional to begin with. | In a voluntary brief filed Wednesday in support of neither Trump nor Smith, the legal experts asked the Supreme Court to dismiss Smith's request for the high court to rule on whether former President Donald Trump had immunity from prosecution on charges that he allegedly worked to overturn the 2020 election. Smith lacked the authority to ask the Supreme Court to rule on the case, according to the 32-page brief written by Meese, Boston University Associate Law School Dean Gary Lawson and Northwestern University Law School Professor Steven Calabresi.

■ ‘Stunning’ New Supreme Court Filing Seeks to Strip Special Counsel Jack Smith of ‘Illegal’ Authority (News Addicts)

Link: https://newsaddicts.com/biden-admin-blames-climate-change-unvaccinated/

President Joe Biden’s administration has published a report that blames “climate change” on unvaccinated Americans. [...] According to the NCA-5, people can do more to “save the planet” by yielding to the government’s pandemic protocols. The report also states that climate-driven changes in ecosystems increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases by altering the interactions between humans, pathogens, and animals. Additionally, the NCA 5 claims more than 50 percent of identified pathogenic illnesses are exacerbated by climate change, especially those originating in animals or vector-borne diseases.

Link: https://markcrispinmiller.substack.com/p/madonna-in-a-coma-celine-dion-has

Madonna in a coma; Celine Dion "has lost control of muscles"; Jelly Roll "extremely sick," missed "Voice" finale'; Bret Michaels cancels show "due to illness"; Teddi Mellencamp "facing major surgery". NYC anchor Kaity Tong (non-smoker) diagnosed with lung cancer; KC quarterback Mason Martin has "significant brain bleed"; Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts reported injured "due to an illness"

Link: https://tass.com/world/1723983

The ruling is based on the 14th amendment to the US constitution, which prohibits those who took part in an insurrection from being elected the US president. | The Supreme Court of the US state of Colorado ruled to ban former US President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 primary ballot, according to an electronic document uploaded to the court’s electronic database. The ruling is based on the 14th amendment to the US constitution, which prohibits those who took part in an insurrection from being elected the US president.

■ JUST IN: Colorado GOP Will Withdraw From Primary, Convert To Caucus System If Trump Ballot Decision Stands (Trending Politics)
■ Will the Deep State actually assassinate Donald Trump? (LifeSite)

■ 'Banana Republic Nonsense': GOP Bashes Colorado Court Ruling to Boot Trump off Ballot | Leading GOP presidential contender, Donald Trump, has been disqualified by the Colorado Supreme Court from the state's 2024 primary ballot, sparking indignation among Republicans. In a 4-to-3 decision, the Colorado Supreme Court has removed Trump from the 2024 primary ballot. This action was taken using the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause, citing his role as president in 2021 in inciting the January 6 Capitol protest in DC. This ruling has unleashed intense outrage among the Republican camp.

Link: https://sputnikglobe.com/20231220/ex-pentagon-analyst-putin-sends-strong-message-to-nato-amid-ukraine-conflict-1115693929.html

Russian President Vladimir Putin told a Defense Ministry meeting that the activity of NATO has sharply increased and outlined Russia’s new capabilities to deter the threat. What message does he send to the West? | Addressing the top brass on December 19, President Putin highlighted that the aggressive nature of NATO is no longer hidden. However, Russia is capable of protecting its sovereignty, the president pointed out, referring to new weapons systems, substantial increase in military production, and modernization of the nation's strategic nuclear forces. 💬 "[The Russian president] is sending a serious message to NATO, proving as we have seen before, that Mr. Putin is usually the only adult in the room, and he tells the truth clearly as he sees it," Retired US Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, a former analyst for the US Department of Defense, told Sputnik.

Link: https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/12/19/716630/Yemen-Red-Sea-will-turn-into-graveyard-US-led-coalition

Yemen’s defense minister has denounced the formation of a US-led maritime task force in the Red Sea to protect the passage of merchant vessels bound for the Israeli-occupied territories, cautioning the Western alliance that any assault on Yemeni soil will have dire consequences. | The Yemenis have declared their open support for Palestine’s struggle against the Israeli occupation since the regime launched a devastating war on Gaza on October 7. The relentless Israeli strikes against Gaza have killed at least 19,453 people, most of them women and children, in Gaza. Another 52,286 individuals have been wounded as well. ● Reports revealed that Israeli shipping companies have already decided to reroute their vessels in fear of attacks by Yemeni forces.

■ U.S. defence secretary makes unannounced visit to USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier defending Israel (CTV News)
■ Netanyahu tells Biden Israel will act militarily against Yemen's Houthis if US won't: report
■ Malaysia Blocks Israeli Shipping Firm over Gaza Atrocities (Tasnim News Agency)
■ Who Are Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Attacking Israeli Ships? (Declassified)
■ Red Sea’s Gateway of Tears… As Usual, Uncle Sam’s Euro Vassals Pay the Price (F. C.)

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/589295-biden-approval-rating-record-low/

 ● The Monmouth University poll released on Monday showed that Biden’s approval rating has dropped ten percentage points in the past five months and is at its lowest level since he was sworn in as president. The percentage of US adults who disapprove of his performance has more than doubled since he took office in January 2021, to 61%. ● The latest polling results come at a time when Biden is falling behind former President Donald Trump in his bid to win reelection in 2024, as voters are increasingly concerned over inflation and an illegal immigration crisis. Just 31% of Americans believe Biden is paying enough attention to the most pressing issues, compared with 65% who say he’s not doing enough, the Monmouth survey showed. ● Only 26% of US adults approve of Biden’s immigration policies, while 28% think he is doing an adequate job handling inflation. When asked about the state of their own finances, 44% of respondents said they were struggling, double the percentage recorded during Trump’s presidency. Only 12% said their financial situation was improving.

Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12875433/Car-smashes-Joe-Bidens-motorcade-leaving-president-looking-stunned-secret-service-agents-draw-weapons-driver-outside-campaign-HQ-Delaware.html

Car smashes into Biden motorcade – president is bundled away by Secret Service as agents draw guns on driver outside Delaware campaign HQ | The tight security that surrounds "President" Biden and his wife was breached in spectacular fashion on Sunday night after a car collided with part of the presidential motorcade that was parked up in Wilmington, Delaware. In what could be sheer coincidence [sic], the crash occurred at the very moment Biden was walking out of a building and onto the sidewalk to get into his own armored car. The crash appeared to come out of the blue and saw the Secret Service hurriedly bundle Biden into his own armored vehicle. Meanwhile, armed agents drew their weapons on the driver who had rammed into the SUV that was being used to close down a street while Biden had been attending a nearby campaign event. The president and the First Lady had just emerged from the Biden-Harris 2024 headquarters in downtown Wilmington just after 8pm when the collision happened.

■ Biden Unhurt As Car Crashes Into Presidential Motorcade Vehicle (Conservative Brief)

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/589188-poll-young-americans-say-give-israel-to-hamas/

A survey has found that two-thirds of US adults under age 25 see Jews as “oppressors” | Over half of US adults from ages 18 to 24 believe the ongoing crisis in Gaza should be resolved by abolishing the state of Israel and turning it over to Hamas and the Palestinian people, a new poll has found. ● The Harvard-Harris poll, conducted this week and released on Friday, showed that 51% of young Americans believe the Israeli state should be “ended,” compared with 32% who favor a two-state solution. Just 17% said Arab countries should absorb the Palestinians to resolve the conflict. Among all age groups, six in ten Americans call for a two-state deal, while only 19% want Israel to be given to the Palestinians.

Link: https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/the-war-in-gaza-its-not-about-hamas-its-about-demographics/

Mike Whitney | We’ve been told repeatedly that the goal of Israel’s operation in Gaza is to “defeat Hamas”. But is that true? We don’t think it is. | The real objectives relate to an issue that is never discussed in the media, but is the primary factor driving events. Demographics. As we all know, Israel’s long-term plan is to incorporate Gaza and the West Bank into Greater Israel. They want to control all the land from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. The problem is, however, that if they annex the occupied territories without disposing of the people, then the Palestinian population will equal or exceed that of the Jews which would lead to the demise of the Jewish state. That is the basic problem in a nutshell.

■ Israeli sniper kills in 'cold blood' mother, daughter in Gaza church (PressTV)
■ "Palestinian Terror Operative" Means Anyone Still Alive (Moon of Alabama)
■ Israeli forces bulldoze Palestinian tents, crushing people alive (Middle East Eye)
■ 'Israel' commits new massacre in Jabalia, dozens martyred across Gaza (Al Mayadeen)
■ Watch: Israeli children sing, “We will annihilate everyone” in Gaza (11/21/23)
■ Death and Destruction in Gaza (John J. Mearsheimer)

Link: https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-destroyer-shoots-down-14-terrorist-drones-over-red-sea

A U.S. Navy warship shot down more than a dozen "terrorist" drones fired by Iranian-backed Houthi "terrorists" forces based in Yemen that were operating over the Red Sea on Saturday as attacks against U.S. forces and large commercial shipping vessels continues to escalate. 💬 “In the early morning hours of December 16 (Sanna time) the US Arliegh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS CARNEY (DDG 64), operating in the Red Sea, successfully engaged 14 unmanned aerial systems launched as a drone wave from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen,” U.S. Central Command said in a statement. “The UAS were assessed to be one-way attack drones and were shot down with no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries. Regional Red Sea partners were alerted to the threat.”

■ World's Largest Container Shipping Company - Halts all Red Sea transit (Harold Turner)

Link: https://mearsheimer.substack.com/p/death-and-destruction-in-gaza

■ Death and Destruction in Gaza (John J. Mearsheimer) | I do not believe that anything I say about what is happening in Gaza will affect Israeli or American policy in that conflict. But I want to be on record so that when historians look back on this moral calamity, they will see that some Americans were on the right side of history. ● What Israel is doing in Gaza to the Palestinian civilian population – with the support of the Biden administration – is a crime against humanity that serves no meaningful military purpose. As J-Street, an important organization in the Israel lobby, puts it, “The scope of the unfolding humanitarian disaster and civilian casualties is nearly unfathomable.” [...] First, Israel is purposely massacring huge number of civilians, roughly 70 percent of whom are children and women. The claim that Israel is going to great lengths to minimize civilian casualties is belied by statements from high level Israeli officials. [...] Second, Israel is purposely starving the desperate Palestinian population by greatly limiting the amount of food, fuel, cooking gas, medicine, and water that can be brought into Gaza. Moreover, medical care is extremely hard to come by for a population that now includes approximately 50,000 wounded civilians. Not only has Israel greatly limited the supply of fuel into Gaza, which hospitals need to function, but it has targeted hospitals, ambulances, and first aid stations. [...] Third, Israeli leaders talk about Palestinians and what they would like to do in Gaza in shocking terms, especially when you consider that some of these leaders also talk incessantly about the horrors of the Holocaust. Indeed, their rhetoric has led Omar Bartov, a prominent Israeli-born scholar of the Holocaust, to conclude that Israel has “genocidal intent.” Other scholars in Holocaust and genocide studies have offered a similar warning. ● To be more specific, it is commonplace for Israeli leaders to refer to Palestinians as “human animals, ”human beasts,” and “horrible inhuman animals.” And as Israeli President Isaac Herzog makes clear, those leaders are referring to all Palestinians, not just Hamas: In his words, “It is an entire nation out there that is responsible.” (More)

■ Biden Intends To Keep Participating In The Incineration Of Gaza (Caitlin Johnstone)
■ Most of Israel’s October 7 claims about Hamas brutalism are fabrications (Ethan Huff)

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/589185-satanic-statue-destroyed-iowa/

Michael Cassidy said that his Christian faith compelled him to destroy the “blasphemous” effigy A failed Republican Congressional candidate from Mississippi has been charged with criminal mischief for destroying a statue of the pagan idol Baphomet in the Iowa State Capitol. Satanists argue that their symbols are protected by the US Constitution. ● Michael Cassidy of Lauderdale, Mississippi, was arrested on Thursday and charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief after he beheaded and toppled the goat-headed effigy, the Iowa Department of Public Safety said on Friday. He faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a $2,560 fine if convicted. ● Clad in a crimson robe and surrounded by prayer candles, the statue depicted a figure with a man’s body and a horned goat’s head holding a wicker pentacle. Baphomet is commonly associated with occultism and Satanism, and the display was erected by the Satanic Temple, a registered religious group that took advantage of state rules allowing different religions to display their symbols in the capitol over the Christmas period.

Link: https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/news-nation/jewish-school-teacher-in-georgia-threatens-to-behead-7th-grader-over-israel-flag-in-classroom

Benjamin Reese, a School teacher in Georgia, USA, has been arrested and accused of threatening to behead a 12-year-old who said that the presence of Israel’s flag in his class was offensive. | Benjamin Reese’s arrest at the middle school occurred on after a student approached and told him she was offended by the Israeli flag hanging in his classroom, according to a police account of the case. Reese, a seventh-grade social studies teacher, allegedly replied that he was a Jew and had relatives who lived in Israel. The student said “Israelis killing Palestinians” made the flag offensive, which prompted Reese to accuse her of being antisemitic. Several different witnesses then heard Reese, 51, say he would “kick [the] student’s fucking ass, slit her goddamn throat … drag her ass outside and cut her head off.”

Link: https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/canadian-journalist-who-pushed-vaccine-mandates-and-concentration-camps-for-un-vax-d-dies-at-age-33

"He thought he knew better than everyone else; now, he's dead from what he thought." | A Journalist who advocated that those who were unvaccinated against COVID-19 be put in concentration camps, has died suddenly at the young age of 33. Ian Vandaelle died after being hospitalized and "declared neurologically dead,” his family revealed. Vandaelle was a business journalist who worked as a reporter and editor at the Financial Post. He was also previously a producer at BNN Bloomberg for over a decade. Vandaelle advocated for vaccine passports and mandates and called for the firing of anyone who refused the injections. He also suggested that unvaccinated people should be arrested and taken away to concentration camps.

Link: https://newsaddicts.com/jack-smith-conducted-chilling-search-of-donald-trumps-private-communications-for-j6-trial/

According to a Monday filing, US Department of Justice’s Special Counsel Jack Smith intends to use the former president’s extracted phone data as evidence in his Jan. 6 trial in Washington D.C. on March 4, the day before Super Tuesday. | As reported by Politico, “Special counsel Jack Smith has extracted data from the cell phone Donald Trump used while in the White House and plans to present evidence of his findings to a Washington, D.C. jury to demonstrate how Trump used the phone in the weeks during which he attempted to subvert the 2020 election.” ● Data from the ex-president’s phone, Politico added, “could reveal day-to-day details of his final weeks in office, including his daily movements, his Twitter habits and any other aides who had access to his accounts and devices. The data, for example, could help show whether Trump personally approved or sent a fateful tweet attacking his vice president, Mike Pence, during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.” ● According to the court filing, the government has submitted a notice of an expert witness who has retrieved the former president’s cell phone data and location data.

■ Jack Smith Sets Stage for ‘Extraordinary’ SCOTUS Showdown over Trump’s J6 ‘Absolute Immunity’ Claims (NewsAddicts)

Link: https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-12-07-fbi-trump-supporters-enemies-state-secretly-targeted.html

America is less than a year out from its next likely sham of a presidential election, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is morphing into an anti-Trump SS-type paramilitary force to go after President Donald Trump's supporters. | A recent report by Newsweek highlights increasing chatter at the FBI and other federal spook agencies about how Trump supporters are likely to become more dangerous as the 2024 election approaches. The solution, according to the FBI, is to track down, spy on and persecute Trump's supporters to deter them from voting. ● According to Newsweek, "the federal government believes that the threat of violence and major civil disturbance around the 2024 U.S. presidential election is so great that it has quietly created a new category of extremists that it seeks to track and counter: Donald Trump's army of MAGA followers." ● The left-leaning media outlet's use of the word "army" is noteworthy because it aims to legitimize the militarization of Washington, D.C., against American citizens who plan to vote for Trump and try to get him reinstalled into the White House from 2025-2029.

Link: https://newsaddicts.com/donald-trump-provides-significant-update-on-his-case-us-district-attorneys-being-controlled-by-the-biden-administration/

During a Thursday recess in the trial led by the New York Attorney General, President Trump engaged in discussions with attorneys. The focus of the conversation was the persistent and organized legal attacks against him by the radical Marxist left. President Trump accused the Biden White House of manipulating the district attorneys and instigating political witch hunts against him – the leading candidate in the 2024 election. This is what President Trump said.

Link: https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hunter-biden-charged-with-9-tax-fraud-cases--possible-17-yr

The new charges mean that Biden may obtain a possible 17-year sentence, as the indictment notes that over "$1.8 million, including approximately $772,000 in cash withdrawals, approximately $383,000 in payments to women, approximately $151,000 in clothing and accessories” were spent. | US President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, has just been indicted for the second time after being indicted on nine tax fraud charges in California, following the federal firearms charges in Delaware which alleged that he unlawfully obtained a revolver in October 2018 after falsely stated he was not on narcotics. The new charges entail that he may obtain a possible 17-year sentence if convicted. ● The 56-page indictment stated, "The Defendant engaged in a four-year scheme to not pay at least $1.4 million in self-assessed federal taxes he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019," adding that he "spent millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle rather than paying his tax bills." It noted that in 2018 only, "more than $1.8 million, including approximately $772,000 in cash withdrawals, approximately $383,000 in payments to women, approximately $151,000 in clothing and accessories" were spent. ● During his case on gun charges in Delaware, marking the first time a sitting US president’s child was subject to criminal prosecution, he pleaded not guilty, and his lawyer claimed that special counsel David Weiss was "bending to political pressure" by filing the case.

■ Hunter Biden hit with 9 New Charges in Federal Indictment (NewsAddicts)
■ Hunter Biden charged with $1.4 million tax evasion (RT.com)

Link: https://t.me/medvedev_telegram/419

Dmitry Medvedev (Дмитрий Медведев) Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council | And for this money, new rivers of blood will flow | Primitive blackmail of the US Congress by the Biden administration is not new at all and has historical precedents. "Give money to our guy (insert the right last name), or we'll have to start a war with the Russians," - that's what various American presidents have said at various times, extorting dollars from their legislators. The question today is different:
   1. Never has so much money been hammered out for a minor state in the process of disintegration.
   2. Never so aggressively and brazenly extracted money for a country that has openly corrupted a sitting U.S. president and his family.
   3. never since the Cuban Missile Crisis has the threat of a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO and a transition to World War III been so real.
This is a new phenomenon in American political discourse created by Joe, Hunter and Associates. Ahead of them looms the prospect of impeachment (which is unlikely) and electoral defeat (which is very likely). Hence, the boorish blackmail, the incessant tantrums and wild innuendos toward us. ● Of course, the Administration and their intimidated patsy will get the money. Not now, so in the new year. In order to continue the business of war at any cost. And for this money, new rivers of blood will flow, for which the Biden family and all their Bandera scum are responsible. (DeepL + LanguageTool)

■ White House mulls trading migration laws for Ukraine cash – Reuters (RT.com)
■ US can’t give Ukraine guarantees – White House (RT.com)
■ Stoltenberg says assistance to Ukraine good opportunity to spend money (TASS)