Study finds new COVID-19 strain is 56 percent more contagious

“It may be necessary to greatly accelerate vaccine rollout.” 

(Cameron Jenkins – The Hill)  A new study released by a team of British scientists suggests that a coronavirus variant that was recently discovered in England is 56 percent more contagious than the original strain.

The study, released by the Center for Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, noted that while the data suggests that the new variant is more contagious, there are no results showing it to be more deadly, The New York Times reported.   Continue reading

Interim Report Finds Ravi Zacharias ‘Engaged in Sexual Misconduct Over Many Years’

“RZIM leader Carson Weitnauer published a scathing letter, accusing RZIM’s “secretive board and senior leaders” of misleading the staff and public.” 

(Julie Roys – The Roys Report)  The firm hired by RZIM to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct by Ravi Zacharias has released an interim report, finding “credible evidence” that Zacharias “engaged in  sexual misconduct over many years.” Continue reading

If Restaurants Really Spread COVID, This CEO of a Nationwide Chain Would Know. He Says It’s Not Happening.

“Marsden had just shelled out $80,000 to create the outdoor dining space which she was now forced to close. It was the one last way she’d be able to keep her ten-year-old business afloat.”

(Brian Preston – PJ Media) Waffle Houses are little outposts of Americana. They’re near highways and adjacent to hotels and truck stops all over the nation. They’re always open, always welcoming, and they always have bacon. I probably should’ve led with that.

Their CEO, Walter Ehmer, has a solid handle on whether restaurants under his watch, or really under just about any watch, spread COVID. He says they don’t. Continue reading

Ravi Zacharias Ministries (RZIM) Leader & Speakers Denounce Handling of Scandals; Two Call for New Board

Gilman also tweeted support for Lori Anne Thompson, a Canadian woman who alleged Zacharias groomed her and then exploited her by requesting nude photos and phone sex. Gilman called Thompson “courageous” and “credible” and said she “deserves to be thanked for . . . refusing to be silenced…

(Julie Roys – The Roys Report)  More employees at Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) are publicly denouncing the leaders and board of the ministry for their handling of scandals involving founder, Ravi Zacharias. Two are calling for a new board. Continue reading

Google confirms it notifies children if parents are monitoring their accounts

(Daniel Payne – Just the News)  Google informs children when their parents are monitoring their account activity, the tech giant confirmed this month, with the company claiming that doing so is a way of balancing the interests of both parents and children.

Google’s child-notification policies received attention when film director Robby Starbuck claimed on Twitter that his 7-year-old child had received a warning from Google that his account was being monitored. Continue reading

$78.6 Million in Government Guaranteed Loans Given to Televangelists

“Trinity Foundation compiled a spreadsheet [there’s a link in the article on the site] of televangelists, churches, religious broadcasters and parachurch organizations receiving PPP loans, along with notes about various organizations’ spending practices, jet ownership and scandals.”

(Trinity Foundation)  For months, Trinity Foundation has investigated televangelists receiving Paycheck Protection Program forgivable loans. Our findings: Continue reading

China, Spies, And Sexual Harassment: 3 Bombshell Stories The Legacy Media Are Hiding From You

(Ian Haworth – Daily Wire)  In the weeks leading up to November 3rd’s election, one unfortunate truth became abundantly clear: the legacy media are the Democratic party’s propaganda wing. To the Left — and some in the middle — this will sound like lazy conservative hyperbole, where the media is presented as the “enemy of the people,” pushers of “fake news.”

The truth is, however, that the “good old days” of subtle subjectivity or mild bias in the field of journalism are long gone. Instead, the legacy media have ushered in a new age of blatant and shameless narrative control with the expressed goal of achieving partisan political objectives. Continue reading

Suspicious? Dominion warned memory cards might need to be prematurely removed from voting machines

Due to vote counting limits, at least 36 memory cards in voter tabulators had to be prematurely removed, raising new concerns about chain of custody and belatedly discovered memory cards.

(Just the News)  Dominion Voting Systems issued a warning to Georgia officials prior to the 2020 election that memory cards might need to be removed from vote tabulation machines prior to the end of the election to deal with a limitation in its system, according to records obtained by Just the News through an open-records request. Continue reading

Carl Lentz’s Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound and his ‘Green Room Girls’

“Volunteers known as ‘green-room girls’ were tasked with keeping Lentz’s demands met. Four current and former Hillsong members said that while the pastor’s green room was stocked with snacks and hot meals, there were few provisions provided for volunteers who worked all day on Sundays.”

(Protestia)  Business Insider released a long-form article detailing accusations of racism, exploitation, and discrimination at Hillsong NYC and Hillsong Boston. Some of it is new and interesting, with much of the drama being self-inflicted due to their lack of clarity on homosexuality, with the article detailing how lesbians and bisexuals felt like second class citizens with little room for advancement within the church. Continue reading

New Documents Show Hunter Biden Requesting $10 Million From Chinese On Behalf Of ‘Entire Biden Family’

(Tristin Justice – The Federalist)  New documents reported by Fox News Wednesday offer more details into a $10 million deal outlined between Hunter Biden and Chinese businessmen with deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party, adding fuel to ongoing scandals plaguing President-elect Joe Biden, big tech, and big media.

According to correspondence obtained by Fox, Hunter Biden reportedly offered his “best wishes from the entire Biden family” to CEFC Chairman Ye Jianming in 2017 and urged the Chinese business partner with deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party to wire over $10 million to “properly fund and operate” a joint Biden venture. Continue reading

Australian Author & Speaker John Dickson Severs Ties with Ravi Zacharias Ministries; Says Ministry is in ‘Grave Peril’

As I understand it, the investigation has been given a limited scope. They are not investigating the 2017 sexting case. How is that possible? Why would such a potentially relevant body of evidence be deliberately excluded? I don’t understand it.” 

(Julie Roys – The Roys Report)  Australian author, evangelist, and former Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) adjunct speaker, John Dickson, has severed ties with the apologetics ministry, saying RZIM is in “grave peril” due to its handling of scandals involving founder, Ravi Zacharias. Continue reading

Read forensics report on Dominion software ‘intentionally designed’ for fraud

(M. Dowling – Independent Sentinel) The forensic report of the Dominion software states that the software was intentionally designed to influence election results.

THE STORY

An examination of the Dominion Voting Systems machines and software in Antrim County, Michigan, was designed to create fraud and influence election results, a data firm said Monday. Continue reading

‘Pope Francis’ Claims: ‘For the Entire Course of Her Life, Mary Was Free From Any Stain of Sin’

“The uncontaminated beauty of our mother is incomparable, but at the same time, it attracts us, Let us entrust ourselves to her and say ‘no’ to sin and ‘yes’ to grace once and for all.”

(Heather Clark – Christian News)  In one of the feasts and celebrations marked on the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar leading up to Christmas, Catholics around the world observed the Feast of Immaculate Conception on Tuesday, a day in which those who follow the religion commemorate their belief that Mary was conceived in her mother’s womb without original sin. The doctrine has been deemed unbiblical and rejected by evangelicals. Continue reading

Attorney General Bill Barr Resigns, Will Leave DOJ Before Christmas

(PJ Media)  Attorney General Bill Barr has resigned, effective December 23, 2020, President Trump announced on Twitter today.

“Just had a very nice meeting with Attorney General Bill Barr at the White House,” Trump wrote. “Our relationship has been a very good one, he has done an outstanding job! As per letter, Bill will be leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family.” Continue reading

Scientists Link This Superspreader Event in February to Around 300,000 COVID Cases

“According to the report, the conference attendees then carried the virus to at least six states, three different countries and the District of Columbia.”

(Bronson Stocking – Townhall)  The credibility of public health officials was shot earlier this year after members of the medical community approved of the months-long protests – i.e. superspreader events – following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Hypocritically, the same “experts” chastised other gatherings and large events that didn’t call for defunding police departments or descend into widespread violence and mayhem. Continue reading

New Details Released On DOJ Subpoena Into Hunter Biden Business Dealings

(OAN News)  New incriminating information is coming to light in the probe into Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden’s son.

According to Saturday’s reports, Hunter Biden received nearly $500,000 to sit on the board of Ukrainian gas company Burisma, but the money was never disclosed in his 2014 tax return.

The discovery only adds to the Justice Department’s investigation into Hunter, which has been ongoing since 2018, despite media silence on the matter. Continue reading

Media Said A Vaccine By End Of Year Was Impossible, Even Fact-Checked Trump Making Claim

(Ashe Schow – Daily Wire) Following the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine through an emergency use authorization, it is important to look back at all the media outlets who insisted the world wouldn’t see a vaccine before the end of 2020.

President Donald Trump in the fall began saying a vaccine was coming soon, so media outlets rushed to claim he was lying, citing “experts.” NBC News even took the step to “fact check” Trump’s prediction, one of the numerous ways so-called fact checks have been weaponized against Trump. Continue reading

Pew Research Poll: Faithful Christians Still Don’t Believe in Evolution

(Protestia)  A new Pew Research Poll shows that “Christians” lag behind the rest of the world in believing that humans and animals evolved over millions of years, often showing as much as 35% disparity. While that is good news on the face of it, the number of professing Christians that do believe in it is far higher than it ought to be.

Like most polls from Pew or Barna, they ought to be taken with a ‘Lot’s wife’ worth of salt. One methodological point is that the graph doesn’t distinguish between the number of “Christians who say religion is very important to them” and “Christians who don’t.” Continue reading

Supreme Court Rejects Texas Lawsuit and Trump Bid to Undo Election Loss to Biden

(Newsmax) The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday brought an abrupt end to a long-shot lawsuit filed by Texas and backed by President Donald Trump seeking to throw out voting results in four states, dealing him a crushing setback in his quest to undo his election loss to Joe Biden.

The justices in a brief order rejected the bid by Texas to file the extraordinary challenge targeting Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin directly with the Supreme Court, as is allowed in some instances of litigation between states under a legal doctrine called “original jurisdiction.” Continue reading

Adulterer Carl Lentz Goes to Rehab for ‘Pastoral Burnout’

(Protestia)  Predictably, the disgraced ex-pastor checked himself into rehab, which is fundamentally easier to do than just repent.

Checking yourself into rehab after a good public shaming is so common that it has become a punchline. It’s the first step toward rebuilding one’s reputation. The imaging is simple; blame mental illness or addiction for your sinful behavior. Then claim recovery. People will subsequently applaud your bravery.

Bam. It’s that simple. Continue reading

Trump Blasts FBI, DOJ Over Hunter Biden Investigation

He also claimed, in another tweet that the “Biden Administration will be a scandal plagued mess for years to come” and that it will be “much easier for the Supreme Court of the United States to follow the Constitution and do what everybody knows has to be done. They must show great Courage & Wisdom. Save the USA!!!”

(Sandy Fitzgerald – Newsmax) President Donald Trump is blasting the FBI and the Department of Justice, along with the media, over the news that Joe Biden’s son Hunter is under federal investigation, demanding to know why the probe wasn’t announced before the November election. Continue reading

Victory for CA Church After Ninth Circuit Reverses Ruling Upholding In-person Worship Restrictions

(Raven Clabough – New American)  California churches experienced another victory in court this week as the U.S. Supreme Court instructed the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate a district ruling against the South Bay United Pentecostal Church in Chula Vista. The Catholic News Agency reports the decision came “in light of recent Supreme Court rulings favorable to churches that have challenged state COVID restrictions that disproportionately limit religious freedom.”

As noted by Christian Post, South Bay’s efforts to challenge the restrictions on in-person church services in the spring were rejected by the high court when Chief Justice John G. Roberts sided with the court’s four liberal judges, but the church amended its complaint this summer and sought to overturn limitations on attendance and prohibitions against singing. Continue reading

Media Does Damage Control on Their Refusal to Cover Hunter Biden Before the Election

“Went largely unnoticed” is code for: Ignored and purposely censored. The evidence has been everywhere for months, even years. 

(Katie Pavlich – Townhall)  Yesterday the Department of Justice officially revealed Hunter Biden is under investigation.

In October, it became clear Biden may have been involved in money laundering and illegal foreign dealings with hostile governments, including China…. Continue reading

Trump Keeps Hope of Victory Alive in Remarks at WH Hanukkah Party

“The president and 17 other U.S. states have supported the lawsuit, which asks the court to stop the four states from voting in the Electoral College on Dec. 14 until it hears arguments in the case.”

(Surya Gowda – Newsmax)  President Donald Trump remained confident that he won the election during his remarks at the White House Hanukkah party on Wednesday, ensuring his supporters that he could serve in the highest office for four more years with the help of “certain very important people” with wisdom and courage. Continue reading