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China Ties Raise Questions for Biden’s Pick for Top Defense Post

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Joe Biden’s pick for a top Pentagon post works at a research center partnered with China’s Peking University, a school that has long been eyed as a security risk by western intelligence.

Colin Kahl, whom Biden tapped for undersecretary of defense for policy, has served as a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University since the beginning of 2018. The institute oversees the Stanford Center at Peking University in northern Beijing, which opened in 2012.

Peking University, which is run by former Beijing spy chief Qiu Shuiping and has been linked to multiple espionage cases in the United States, recently updated its charter to require loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party, according to an NPR report. The school has also been ramping up its student and faculty surveillance system in what China watchers see as part of the government’s broader crackdown on independent scholarship.

Kahl is not the first Biden nominee whose employer has business entanglements in China. Biden’s pick for secretary of state, Antony Blinken, cofounded the consulting firm WestExec, which helped U.S. universities raise money from China without running afoul of Pentagon grant requirements, the Washington Free Beacon reported last month. WestExec scrubbed the details of this work from its website over the summer. (Read more from “China Ties Raise Questions for Biden’s Pick for Top Defense Post” HERE)

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Poll Shows Republicans See Failure Coming for Biden

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A new poll found Republicans out there – somewhere – who believe that Joe Biden will be “very successful” in his effort to unify the country, as he promised during his campaign.

But not very many, according to the annual Civility Poll commissioned by the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service.

In fact, only 2% had that belief, and not a single Republican thought Biden would be “extremely successful.”

The institute presumed the 2020 election was conducted fairly, accusing President Trump and his supporters of a “stubborn” refusal to “accept the will of the people.”

It also notes the “unprecedented insurrection in the nation’s capital” and charges that it was ” encouraged and incited … by the president and his supporters.” (Read more from “Poll Shows Republicans See Failure Coming for Biden” HERE)

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Democrat Fears National Guard Might To ‘Do Something’ To Stop Biden

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The “virtual” inauguration for Joe Biden on Wednesday will be anything but normal.

Already, 25,000 National Guard troops have been dispatched to Washington, D.C., in response to the Jan. 6 riot.

On Monday, an inauguration rehearsal was interrupted because of a fire in a nearby homeless camp.

Now, a House Democrat from Tennessee, Rep. Steve Cohen, is expressing distrust of the Guard troops.

“The Guard is 90-some-odd percent, I believe, male. Only about 20% of white males voted for Biden,” Cohen told CNN. “You gotta figure that in the Guard, which is predominantly more conservative, and I see that on my social media … they’re probably not more than 25% of the people that are there protecting us who voted for Biden. (Read more from “Democrat Fears National Guard Might To ‘Do Something’ To Stop Biden” HERE)

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Trump Will Not Invite the Bidens to the White House Before Inauguration

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President Donald Trump will not invite President-elect Joe Biden to the White House ahead of the inauguration Wednesday, according to reports.

Typically, the sitting president invites his successor to the White House ahead of the inauguration. The sitting first lady welcomes the incoming first lady for tea and a tour of the building.

Both President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcomed the Trumps to the White House ahead of the inauguration ceremony after President Donald Trump beat former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Few expected Trump to invite Biden after announcing he would not attend the inauguration. (Read more from “Trump Will Not Invite the Bidens To the White House Before Inauguration” HERE)

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Several Trump Accomplishments Likely To Remain Intact Under Biden

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Despite President-elect Joe Biden’s intention to create a clean break from the Trump era, several of the current administration’s major accomplishments are likely to remain intact for the foreseeable future.

Biden, who is set to be inaugurated later this week, has been signaling for months that when he enters the White House, his administration will take a bevy of steps to indicate a national “turning point” has occurred. The president-elect’s intentions were further confirmed on Saturday when a memo made public by his incoming chief of staff, Ron Klain, outlined a blitz of executive orders the Biden administration would issue in its first 10 days in office. . .

Regardless of the rhetoric emanating from the president-elect and his incoming chief of staff, a number of President Donald Trump’s major accomplishments are likely to remain intact under the new administration. . .

During the 2016 presidential race, Trump captured the White House, in part, thanks to the defection of blue-collar workers from the industrial midwest. Although such voters had backed Democrats for decades, polling showed that they were drawn to Trump’s populist stand on issues like trade and manufacturing. That election cycle, Trump’s harangues against the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and other free trade agreements, led to narrow victories in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan — states that put Republicans over the top in the electoral college, despite a three-million popular vote deficit. . .

Another potential policy that the incoming Biden administration will choose to keep in place is the Opportunity Zone program created by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Opportunity Zones, which were proposed by Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), are meant to encourage investment and job creation in low-income areas across the country. (Read more from “Several Trump Accomplishments Likely To Remain Intact Under Biden” HERE)

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Welcome To Biden’s America: 9000 Hondurans Headed for the U.S., Guatemala Tries To Stop Them; Report: Biden Team To Migrant Caravan: Don’t Come, You Won’t Get in — Yet (VIDEO)

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By The Epoch Times. Guatemalan soldiers blocked part of a caravan of as many as 9,000 Honduran migrants on Jan. 16, at a point not far from where they entered the country seeking to reach the U.S. border.

The soldiers, many wearing helmets and wielding shields and sticks, formed ranks across a highway in Chiquimula, near the Honduras border, to block the procession of migrants.

Guatemala’s immigration agency distributed a video showing a couple of hundred men scuffling with soldiers, pushing and running through their lines, even as troops held hundreds more back.

Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei issued a statement calling on Honduran authorities “to contain the mass exit of its inhabitants.” On Jan. 15, the migrants entered Guatemala by pushing past about 2,000 police and soldiers posted at the border; most entered without showing the negative coronavirus test that Guatemala requires.

“The government of Guatemala regrets this violation of national sovereignty and calls on the governments of Central America to take measures to avoid putting their inhabitants at risk amid the health emergency due to the pandemic,” Giammattei said in the statement. (Read more from “Welcome To Biden’s America: 9000 Hondurans Headed for the U.S., Guatemala Tries To Stop Them” HERE)

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Report: Biden Team To Migrant Caravan: Don’t Come, You Won’t Get in — Yet (VIDEO)

By Breitbart. NBC News reports that a senior Biden transition team member warned the newest caravan of Honduran migrants not to come to the U.S. at this time. The official reportedly advised that if they come they will not be allowed to enter the U.S. — for now.

“The situation at the border isn’t going to be transformed overnight,” the unnamed transition official told NBC News. “There’s help on the way, but now is not the time to make the journey.”

Currently, there are multiple programs put in place by the Trump administration to prevent the caravan migrants that are now forcing their way into Guatemala from Honduras from entering the U.S. if they make it this far. Those programs include immigration enforcement programs in the Northern Triangle countries of Central America and Mexico. . .

Currently, thousands of Honduran migrants are attempting to make their way through Guatemala after forcing their way through border crossings over the weekend.

(Read more from “Report: Biden Team To Migrant Caravan: Don’t Come, You Won’t Get in — Yet (VIDEO)” HERE)

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WATCH: Incoming Biden Administration Wants To ‘Use National Security Authorities Against MAGA’

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During an appearance on FNC’s “Hannity” on Friday, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) warned the incoming Biden administration is positioning itself to use national security tool against political opponents. . .

“[W]e should take note of the language that the left is using — chemical warfare, insurrection, domestic terrorism,” he said. “That’s not by accident, Sean. There are exquisite authorities in our national laws that allow our government to do things to terrorists that we would never allow against our own people. But in the incoming Biden administration, they want to use national security authorities against MAGA. They’re targeting Mo Brooks, Paul Gosar, Andy Biggs, Louie Gohmert, Madison Cawthorn and myself because we had the nerve to actually stand up and point out the need for election integrity.” (Read more from “WATCH: Incoming Biden Administration Wants To ‘Use National Security Authorities Against MAGA’” HERE)

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Biden Taps Harvey Weinstein ‘Damage Control’ Adviser for Senior White House Role

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Anita Dunn, the Democratic lobbyist who previously offered “damage control” advice to the disgraced Hollywood pervert Harvey Weinstein, will take on a senior role in the Biden administration.

Dunn will join a number of other ex-Obama officials in the Biden White House, including Jen Psaki, John Kerry, and Susan Rice. She will serve as a senior adviser primarily working with the communications staff and is not expected to remain in the role for the long term.

According to a BuzzFeed report published in October 2016, Dunn was one of many legal and communications professionals who provided “damage control advice” to Weinstein following reports of his long history of sexual predation. Dunn was not paid for her advice but was “asked to speak with [Weinstein] by a friend,” her lobbying firm, SKDKnickerbocker, said in a statement. (Read more from “Biden Taps Harvey Weinstein ‘Damage Control’ Adviser for Senior White House Role” HERE)

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Joe Biden Plans Immediate Order on Transgender Rights in Sports

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President-elect Joe Biden vowed to his supporters that, on his first day in office, he will begin removing any legal recognition of the two sexes by adopting pro-transgender polices.

Biden’s campaign website promises:

On his first day in office, Biden will reinstate the Obama-Biden guidance revoked by the Trump-Pence Administration, which will restore transgender students’ access to sports, bathrooms, and locker rooms in accordance with their gender identity. He will direct his Department of Education to vigorously enforce and investigate violations of transgender students’ civil rights.

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Why Joe Biden Is Preparing $1,400 Stimulus Checks Despite Promising $2,000

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President-elect Joe Biden plans to announce a $1,400 personal stimulus check for individuals on Thursday despite voters expecting a $2,000 check as promised.

Reuters reports Biden will announce a massive $1.5 trillion spending program which will include $1,400 stimulus checks. . .

That might surprise Americans who expected a $2,000 check promised by Biden and Democrats on the campaign trail for the Senate runoff election in Georgia.

Defenders of the president-elect argue his $2,000 promise included the $600 checks, making the new checks $1,400. . .

President Donald Trump first proposed the idea of $2,000 stimulus checks on December 22 while expressing his frustration with Republicans for paring down the checks to $600. (Read more from “Why Joe Biden Is Preparing $1,400 Stimulus Checks Despite Promising $2,000” HERE)

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