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28 Trump officials banned from China for ‘a series of crazy moves’ out of ‘selfish political interests’: report
January 20, 2021
Former officials in the Trump administration were sanctioned by China only minutes after Joe Biden was sworn-in as America's 46th president.
"Over the past few years, some anti-China politicians in the United States, out of their selfish political interests and prejudice and hatred against China and showing no regard for the interests of the Chinese and American people, have planned, promoted and executed a series of crazy moves which have gravely interfered in China's internal affairs, undermined China's interests, offended the Chinese people, and seriously disrupted China-U.S. relations," a Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced.
<p>"The Chinese government is firmly resolved to defend China's national sovereignty, security and development interests. China has decided to sanction 28 persons who have seriously violated China's sovereignty and who have been mainly responsible for such U.S. moves on China-related issues," the spokesperson said. "They include Michael R. Pompeo, Peter K. Navarro, Robert C. O'Brien, David R. Stilwell, Matthew Pottinger, Alex M. Azar II, Keith J. Krach, and Kelly D. K. Craft of the Trump administration as well as John R. Bolton and Stephen K. Bannon."</p><p>"These individuals and their immediate family members are prohibited from entering the mainland, Hong Kong and Macao of China. They and companies and institutions associated with them are also restricted from doing business with China," the spokesperson explained.</p>
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Chris Wallace gushes over Biden's swearing in: 'This was the best inaugural address I ever heard'
January 20, 2021
Fox News host Chris Wallace on Wednesday lauded President Joe Biden for giving the "best inaugural address I ever heard."
"I thought it was a great speech," Wallace declared at the conclusion of Biden's address. "I've been listening to these inaugural addresses since 1961 -- John F. Kennedy -- 'Ask not...' I thought this was the best inaugural address I ever heard."
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The Fox News host pointed out that the speech came just two weeks after former President Donald Trump incited an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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"It was less of an inaugural address and more part sermon, part pep talk," Wallace continued. "It was a call to our better angels, it was a call, saying, look, we've got tremendous challenges -- COVID, the economy, racial injustice, climate change -- but there's nothing we can't do if we come together."
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"There's one other thing," he observed. "Us in the media must note. He said that there is truth and there are lies, lies that are told for power and lies that are told for profit. And I think it was a call to all of us, whether it's us on the air, on cable or broadcast, whether it's us in social media, on our Twitter accounts, understanding that we have to deal from facts, from the truth, to hear each other out, as he said."
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"I thought it was a great start," Wallace added.
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Man arrested after threatening to 'go out in a blaze of glory' during Biden's inauguration: report
January 20, 2021
Authorities allege that a man arrested in Pennsylvania for making threats against Joe Biden said he would "go out in a blaze of glory" on Inauguration Day, the Bucks County Courier Times reports.
"On Tuesday, Kris John Kinsey, 61, was arraigned on charges alleging he made threats to Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, their supporters, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Kinsey, of Nockamixon, is charged with a felony of prohibited possession of a firearm, as well as misdemeanor offenses of possessing an instrument of crime, making terroristic threats and drug charges," the newspaper reported.
<p>"State police said Kinsey was arrested in a wooded area in the 700 block of Sunday Road in Durham on Friday morning. Kinsey was wanted out of Elyria, Ohio, on charges alleging he made threats to government officials on his Facebook page, according to authorities. Elyria is a city about 30 miles southwest of Cleveland. He was arraigned on his Ohio charges and sent to Bucks County Prison in lieu of 10% of $4.6 million bail," the newspaper explained. "Pennsylvania State Police filed their own charges with the same allegations Monday."</p><p>District Judge Gary Gambardella held Kinsey in the Bucks County Jail with bail set at $9.2 million. The judge cited the seditious nature of the attack while explaining the high bail.</p><p>President Joe Biden was sworn-in and took office on Wednesday while Kinsey was held behind bars.</p><p>Kinsey has a felony conviction out of Texas that prevents him from legally owning a firearm, but authorities say they found a semiautomatic handgun while searching his campsite.</p><p>Read the <a href="https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/story/news/2021/01/20/biden-death-threats-upper-bucks-man-charged-kris-kinsey/4216326001/" target="_blank">full report</a>.</p><p><br/></p>
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