When The FBI Does It, That Means That It’s Not Illegal

They’re gettin’ outa Dodge: Jack Smith to leave special counsel post before Trump takes office

“Donald Trump said recently that he would fire Jack Smith, quote, within two seconds of taking office,” the correspondent explained. “Well, we found out that he may not have that opportunity.”

“Fox News is told that Jack Smith will be gone from his post as special counsel, meaning the cases will be gone before Trump takes the oath of office at noon on January 20,” he continued. “This is the documents case, though that was dropped already by Judge Aileen Cannon back over the summer, and it’s on appeal, but also this case for Trump’s alleged efforts to try to overturn the 2020 election.”

Profound Words from Bill Ackman

Does this signal the end of the corrupt and untruthful legacy media? Will the Democrat Party now reform itself and … wait for it … actually become “democratic”?!?

Trump won. Build that pipeline

Donald Trump on May 26, 2016, when he was asked by Brian Zinchuk if he would approve the Keystone XL pipeline. Photo by Brian Zinchuk

Brian Zinchuk: Trump won. Let’s build that pipeline, quick!

A remarkable alignment between Trump, the US House and Senate, Danielle Smith, Scott Moe and maybe Pierre Poilievre could make it happen

Also:

Verbatim backgrounder on oil and gas emissions cap

Emissions cap puts methane in spotlight; industry says low-hanging fruit already gone

Catching Up on this Historic Moment in American History

I fell asleep around midnight (EST) and woke up a little after 6:00am to stunned delight about the Republicans winning the Presidency, the Senate, and the House. I’m not a particularly religious person but fell to my knees and offered a silent prayer of immense gratitude.

This historic moment is something I needed to see with my own eyes.  Given that you might be in a similar situation, here you are: minutes before Trump achieved 270 electoral college votes.Here’s Trump’s Victory Speech.   Steve Bannon’s reaction

Meltdown thread (please add more in the comments)

The UK Socialists clearly played their cards very badly (language warning)

An Indictment of the Political Information Complex

Felon Vs Marxist: The 2024 US Election Open Thread (bumped)

1:20am Eastern and Fox News has called Pennsylvania and the Presidency.

Updated for the Charlie Kirk live feed. (I’m not going to try to live blog this, I’m going to settle back with a beverage and see what happens).

Do your thing.

(The prediction contest is here.)

Responses are reporting voting machine problems — of course.

Some useful accounts to follow on X for reports on the ground, as we wait for polls to close.

https://x.com/JackPosobiec
https://x.com/ScottPresler
https://x.com/charliekirk11
https://x.com/PatrickRuffini

https://x.com/Peoples_Pundit There will be a lot of anecdotes regarding turnout and they mean absolutely nothing. Some of it each cycle is intentional, disinformation. Also, beware of the exit poll waves, whether they are good or bad for your candidates. They are repeatedly revised and often wrong.

If you’re looking for a livestream, Charlie Kirk is broadcasting on X.

The New York Times results page.

Our Chinese-Installed Government In Ottawa

Sam Cooper, with new revelations;

In an explosive admission, Parliament’s Canada-China Committee has confirmed that Canada’s spy agency, CSIS, issued a direct and unheeded warning to senior health officials in August 2018, raising concerns about “insider threat activities” linked to Dr. Xiangguo Qiu and her husband, Keding Cheng.

This alert, delivered seven months before the couple’s network—with connections to the highest levels of Chinese biological weapons research—coordinated the shipment of live Ebola and Henipah virus samples from Canada’s high-security National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), highlighted risks posed by their continued access to sensitive materials.

“CSIS held a briefing for personnel responsible for security at [Public Health Canada],” in August 2018 that “focused on foreign interference and included possible indicators of insider threat activities, as well as other security risks,” according to CSIS’s submission to the Committee. In CSIS’s presentation, “student programs were identified as being one of these possible threat vectors,” prompting “[Public Health Canada] to flag two scientists to CSIS, Dr. Cheng and Dr. Qiu,” the Committee report, released Tuesday, states.

Despite these explicit warnings, no immediate restrictions were placed on Qiu, Cheng, or their Chinese students’ access to Canada’s sensitive research materials. In December 2018, Public Health Canada authorized a fact-finding investigation into the concerns, but the delayed response effectively allowed them to continue their operations, further endangering Canada’s security.

The Committee report also finds—like the ongoing Hogue Commission—that Justin Trudeau’s government, including senior bureaucrats and ministers, showed a reluctance to act on or even acknowledge urgent alerts from CSIS, exposing a stark divide between CSIS’s view of Chinese threats and Trudeau’s.

Dr. Qiu’s associations with China’s military and scientific programs had deep roots. She began her work at the Winnipeg NML in 2003, followed by her husband’s employment there in 2006.

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