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Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
has introduced legislation to
amend the U.S. Constitution
to limit the Supreme Court to
nine justices. ... A3
The Arizona Republican
Party has voted to approve
resolutions to censure the
state’s Republican Gov. Doug
Ducey, former Sen. Jeff Flake,
and Cindy McCain, the widow
of the late Sen. John McCain.
... A3
Facebook has removed
more than 78,000 profiles
on both Facebook and Insta-
gram, due to content related
to QAnon and “militarized so-
cial movements.”. ... A3
A Native American tribe
called on the Biden admin-
istration to “immediately
amend” an executive order
“to provide an exception for
energy permits and approvals
on Indian lands.” ... A8
Mexican President Andrés
Manuel López Obrador says
that President Joe Biden
would send $4 billion to Cen-
tral American countries. ... A7
Officials in New Mexico
have expressed alarm over
Biden’s 60-day pause on new
oil and natural gas leases and
permits to drill. ... A5
A group of Kentuckians
that includes three grand ju-
rors from the Breonna Taylor
case have filed a petition to
impeach the state’s attorney
general. ... A8
Arizona Republican Party
Chairwoman Kelli Ward,
an ally of former President
Donald Trump, has been re-
elected. ... A8
CHINA
CCP virus outbreaks in
China’s capital of Beijing and
its financial hub of Shanghai
continue to worsen; more
neighborhoods have entered
lockdowns. ... A9
Rep. Michael McCaul is
urging President Joe Biden
to address concerns posed
by popular Chinese video-
sharing app TikTok, as Biden
promised on the campaign
trail. ... A9
BUSINESS
The United States has seen
its manufacturing activity
surge to its highest level in
nearly 14 years in early Janu-
ary, as well as an unexpected
increase in sales of previously
owned homes in December.
... A17
The U.S. Senate Finance
Committee has unanimously
approved Janet Yellen’s nom-
ination as the first woman
Treasury secretary, indicat-
ing that she will easily win full
Senate approval. ... A17
OPINION
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Hannity... A13
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US–CHINA
Future of US–China Trade Deal
Uncertain as Beijing Lags Behind Target
China met only 58 percent of its purchase target of all US goods under the
phase one trade deal despite large purchases in recent months
BY EMEL AKAN
W
ASHINGTON—Chi-
na has fallen short on
meeting its pledges in
the “phase one” trade
agreement signed last year, and
the Biden administration will soon
commence a review of the deal to
determine a proper policy response.
Treasury Secretary nominee Janet
Yellen said there would be no imme-
diate moves to lift punitive tariffs on
Chinese imports that were imposed
by the Trump administration.
“We are closely monitoring Chi-
na’s adherence to all of its Phase
One commitments, including both
the purchase commitments and
PRIVACY
DIA Buying
Phone
Location
Data Without
Warrants
Defense Intelligence Agency
says it does not see the
Carpenter decision as applying
to purchasing data for
intelligence purposes
BY ZACHARY STIEBER
A U.S. intelligence agency is buying
phone location data without using
warrants, according to a newly re-
leased document.
In a memo dated Jan. 15 to Sen.
Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the Defense
Intelligence Agency (DIA) said
analysts had searched U.S. device
location data five times in the past
2 1/2 years.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2018
ABORTION
Gov. Noem to Introduce Bill to Ban Abortions of Down Syndrome Babies
BY LORENZ DUCHAMPS
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem an-
nounced on Jan. 23 that she’ll intro-
duce a bill to her state’s legislature
on Jan. 25 that would ban abortion
of babies based solely on a diagnose
of Down syndrome.
The Republican governor made
the decision on the 48th anniversary
of the U.S. Supreme Court’s land-
mark ruling in Roe v. Wade, which
ruled that the Constitution pro-
tects a pregnant woman’s liberty to
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A farmer inspects a grain drill while planting soybeans near Dwight, Ill., on April 23, 2020.
structural commitments,” she said
on Jan. 21, in a written response to
questions from the Senate Finance
Committee following her confirma-
tion hearing this week.
The phase one trade deal signed in
January 2020 requires Beijing to buy
an additional $200 billion worth of
U.S. goods and services during 2020
and 2021, compared to 2017 levels.
Analysis of Chinese trade data by
the Peterson Institute for Interna-
tional Economics (PIIE) showed that
China has met about 58 percent of
its purchase target of U.S. goods cov-
ered by the phase one deal.
“Through December 2020, Chi-
na’s total imports of covered prod-
ucts from the United States were
in Carpenter v. United States that the
government improperly obtained
cell phone location records from
wireless carriers serving Timothy
Carpenter, a criminal suspect, be-
cause it violated his Fourth Amend-
ment rights by not securing a war-
rant before obtaining the records.
The DIA said it “does not construe
the Carpenter decision to require a
judicial warrant to purchase or use
commercially available data for in-
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks
during the Republican National Con-
vention on Aug. 26, 2020.
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A container ship sits in a berth at the
Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif., on
June 20, 2018.
$100.0 billion, compared with the
target of $173.1 billion,” the PIIE
stated in its report.
China met only 64 percent of
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telligence purposes.”
Wyden is planning to introduce
legislation that would help protect
Americans against warrantless
searches of cell phone records and
other data. On the Senate floor last
week, he said it was “important that
the American people are told if the
government is using legal loopholes
in the law and the warrant require-
ment of the Fourth Amendment.”
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choose to have an abortion without
excessive government restriction.
“I look forward to the day when the
Supreme Court recognizes that all
preborn children inherently possess
a right to life,” Noem said on Twitter.
“To that end, on Monday I will intro-
duce a bill that bans abortions based
on a Down syndrome diagnosis.”
Statistics indicate that women with
Down syndrome-related pregnancy
have a high abortion rate. Though
data is limited, the most recent data
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TAIWAN
China Sends
Military
Planes Into
Taiwan Air
Space 2 Days
in a Row
BY FRANK FANG
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Chinese military
planes including 12 fighter jets en-
tered Taiwan’s air defense identifi-
cation zone for a second day on Jan.
24, the Taiwan government said,
as tensions rise between the two
states just days into U.S. President
Joe Biden’s new administration.
Just days into Joe Biden’s
presidency, China made
its largest-scale military
incursion this year. It sent
another fleet of fighter jets
into Taiwan air space
on Jan. 24.
The Chinese communist regime
claims the self-ruled island as a
part of its territory and has repeat-
edly threatened to use military
force to bring the island under its
fold. Taiwan is a de facto nation-
state, with its own democratically
elected government, military, cur-
rency, and constitution.
Beijing’s coercion intensified under
the former Trump administration,
which elevated engagement with
Taiwan through more arms sales and
the lifting of restrictions on U.S. con-
tact with Taiwanese officials.
On Jan. 23, China made its largest-
scale military incursion this year,
when the Chinese regime sent 13
military aircraft—eight bombers,
four fighter jets, and an anti-sub-
marine plane—to fly over Taiwan’s
southwest waters.
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said
that the next day, China sent six J-10
fighters, four J-16s, two SU-30s, a
Continued on A9
RUSSIA
Rubio Criticizes
McKinsey for
Response to
Arrest of Putin
Critic
BY MARK TAPSCOTT
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) says seri-
ous questions are surfacing about
“McKinsey’s core values and corpo-
rate culture” following the famous
international management consult-
ing firm’s order barring its Moscow
office employees from joining the
growing protests in Russia against
the arrest of Alexei Navalny.
Navalny was arrested last week as
he returned to Russia from Berlin,
where he was recovering from his
poisoning five months ago by a mil-
itary-grade nerve agent known as
Novichok. Navalny is one of Russia’s
most prominent critics of Russian
President Vladimir Putin. His Jan.
17 arrest sparked demonstrations on
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BIDEN PRESIDENCY
MORGAN: BORDER REVERSALS
MADE AMERICA LESS SAFE
“It’s pure
politics over
public safety,”
former U.S.
Customs
and Border
Protection
Commissioner
Mark Morgan
said.
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Rubio Rips
McKinsey for
Response to Arrest
of Putin Critic
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Jan. 23 that The Associated Press
said led to the arrest of more than
3,000 people by Russian police.
In an unusual statement issued
early on Jan. 24, Rubio made pub-
lic a letter in which he blasted
McKinsey & Company Global
Managing Partner Kevin Sneader
after Sneader’s firm told its Mos-
cow office employees they were
forbidden from participating in
“illegal” demonstrations.
The firm subsequently issued a
statement saying its employees
are free to participate in “legal”
protest demonstrations.
“It strains credulity to believe
the managing partner of Russia
and CIS incorrectly characterized
how McKinsey policy sought to
interact with the Putin regime in
his original email,” Rubio wrote.
“Despite efforts to correct pub-
lic perception now, this episode
raises serious questions about
McKinsey’s core values and cor-
porate culture,” he said. “It is no
secret that McKinsey maintains
close business ties to Russian gov-
ernment agencies and Kremlin-
linked companies.”
Rubio told Sneader that the
firm’s actions contradicted what
he was told was the company’s
policy by another senior execu-
tive last year, and raises ques-
tions about whether there were
consultations between McKinsey
State Department Examining Trump
Administration’s Designation of Houthis as Terrorists
ZACHARY STIEBER
The Biden administration is re-
viewing the designation of the
Houthis as a terrorist group that
was made late in former President
Donald Trump’s term.
“The State Department has initi-
ated a review of Ansarallah’s ter-
rorist designations,” a spokesper-
son told news outlets.
“We will not publicly discuss or
comment on internal delibera-
tions regarding that review; how-
ever, with the humanitarian crisis
in Yemen, we are working as fast as
we can to conduct the review and
make a determination.”
The State Department believes
that the Houthis, an Islamic clan
also known as Ansarallah, “bears
significant responsibility for the
humanitarian catastrophe and
insecurity in Yemen,” but wants
to make sure the United States is
“not impeding the provision of hu-
manitarian assistance.”
We will not publicly
discuss or com-
ment on internal
deliberations re-
garding that review.
Spokesperson,
Biden administration
Then-Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo on Jan. 10 announced the
designation of the Houthis as a for-
eign terrorist organization, along
with the designation of three of
its leaders as specially designated
global terrorists.
“These designations will pro-
vide additional tools to confront
terrorist activity and terrorism by
Ansarallah, a deadly Iran-backed
militia group in the Gulf region.
The designations are intended to
hold Ansarallah accountable for
its terrorist acts, including cross-
border attacks threatening civilian
populations, infrastructure, and
commercial shipping,” Pompeo
officials and the Russian govern-
ment about the demonstrations
protesting Navalny’s arrest.
“The initial guidance is also rad-
ically different from what Ms. Liz
Hilton Segel, the managing part-
ner for McKinsey’s North America
operations, outlined to my office
just a few months ago,” Rubio said
in his letter.
“To help my office’s understand-
ing of the situation, please de-
scribe how the initial ‘no partici-
pation’ guidance was determined,
and whether any McKinsey em-
ployee consulted with anyone in
Vladimir Putin’s regime before or
after the guidance was sent. Simi-
larly, did any McKinsey employee
consult with anyone in the Putin
establishment before or after the
revised guidance was sent?
“With every new report of McK-
insey & Company’s work with
authoritarian regimes, I grow
increasingly concerned about its
work on behalf of the U.S. Gov-
ernment.”
Rubio’s views are especially sig-
nificant because he’s the ranking
Republican on the Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence and is
considered a potential contender
for the 2024 Republican presiden-
tial nomination.
Some of the demonstrations on
Jan. 23 to demand Navalny’s release
from prison were held in the Sibe-
rian region of Russia, where tem-
peratures reached 50 below zero.
Houthi supporters hold up their weapons during a demonstration against the
United States’ decision to designate the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organiza-
tion, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Jan. 20, 2021.
said in a statement at the time.
“The designations are also in-
tended to advance efforts to
achieve a peaceful, sovereign,
and united Yemen that is both free
from Iranian interference and at
peace with its neighbors. Progress
in addressing Yemen’s instability
can only be made when those re-
sponsible for obstructing peace are
held accountable for their actions.”
The Trump administration was
aware of concerns that the desig-
nations might affect the humani-
tarian situation in Yemen but
said it was going to put in place
measures that would reduce that
impact.
Several nonprofits said the des-
ignation would have a negative
impact.
“This policy, in the name of tying
up the Houthis, will actually tie
up the aid community and inter-
national diplomacy. The opposite
is needed—effective pressure on
all parties to the conflict to cease
using civilians as hostages in their
war games,” David Miliband, head
of the International Rescue Com-
mittee, said in a statement.
Biden’s secretary of state nomi-
nee, Anthony Blinken, told sena-
tors during his recent confirma-
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is escorted out of a police station, following a court ruling that he be jailed for
30 days, in Khimki, outside Moscow, on Jan. 18, 2021.
The U.S. State Department con-
demned Navalny’s arrest and
those of the demonstrators, say-
ing, “We call on Russian authori-
ties to release all those detained
for exercising their universal
rights and for Navalny’s imme-
diate and unconditional release.
“We urge Russia to fully cooper-
ate with the international com-
munity’s investigation into the
poisoning of Aleksey Navalny
and credibly explain the use of a
chemical weapon on its soil.
“The United States will stand
shoulder-to-shoulder with our
allies and partners in defense of
human rights—whether in Rus-
sia or wherever they come under
threat.”
Navalny has long been targeted
by Putin. The critic was charged
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tion hearing that the Houthis
“overthrew a government” and
“have committed atrocities and
human rights abuses.”
“What’s also a fact though is that
the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen
pushed back against the Houthi
aggression, has contributed to
what is, by most accounts, the
worst humanitarian situation that
we face anywhere in the world,
and one aspect of that situation
is that about 80 percent of the
Yemini population right now is in
areas controlled by the Houthis.
Whether we like it or not, we have
to find ways to get assistance to
them if we’re going to do anything
about addressing the situation,”
he said.
“So my concern, deep concern
about the designation that was
made, is that, at least on its sur-
face, it seems to achieve nothing
particularly practical in advancing
the efforts against the Houthis and
to bring them back to the negoti-
ating table while making it even
more difficult than it already is to
provide humanitarian assistance
to people who desperately need it.”
He proposed a review of the des-
ignation to make sure it isn’t im-
peding humanitarian assistance.
MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021
and convicted in 2014 of money-
laundering, but he has insisted
the case against him was false.
His arrest upon returning from
Berlin violated the terms of his
suspended sentence in the mon-
ey-laundering case, Russian au-
thorities claimed.
In a related development on Jan.
24, Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) called
on President Joe Biden to impose
new sanctions on Russia in re-
sponse to Navalny’s arrest and to
lead an international coalition to
protest the Putin regime’s actions.
“Vladimir Putin is a coward who
fears the strength and resilience
of the Russian people. Tens of
thousands of Russians took to the
streets because they’re fed up with
Putin and refuse to be silenced by
his tyrannical regime,” Sasse said.
Future of US–China Trade Deal
Uncertain as Beijing Fails to Meet
Phase One Targets
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its purchase commitment for
U.S. farm goods, 60 percent for
manufactured products, and 39
percent for energy products, ac-
cording to the report.
U.S. farm exports have been
crucial for the phase one deal,
as China was the largest export
market for U.S. agriculture in 2017
before the trade war began. U.S.
farmers were particularly hard
hit by Beijing’s retaliatory tariffs.
China has a fifth of the world’s
population, but it has only one-
tenth of the world’s arable land.
That means the country is heav-
ily dependent on imports of farm
products, particularly soybeans,
cotton, sorghum, wheat, and nuts.
Under the phase one agreement,
China was required to increase
its U.S. farm purchases by $12.5
billion in 2020 and by $19.5 billion
this year from the 2017 baseline
level of nearly $24 billion.
Last year, the Department of
Agriculture expressed disap-
pointment over Beijing’s slow
progress on meeting its pledges
in the trade deal.
In order to satisfy the deal, Bei-
jing has accelerated its purchases
sharply in recent months despite
the pandemic. It’s unclear how
the Biden administration would
compel Beijing to follow through
on its promises.
Yellen, in her response to sena-
tors, stated that the Biden admin-
istration would “engage in a com-
prehensive review of all aspects
of the Trump Administration’s
trade policies toward China, in-
cluding how completely Beijing
has lived up to the terms of the
Phase One Agreement.”
“As part of his review, [Biden]
is going to consult with allies to
galvanize collective pressure. We
need a different approach that ac-
tually brings meaningful pres-
sure on China,” she said.
On Jan. 11, then-Trade Rep-
resentative  Robert Lighthiz-
er praised the Trump adminis-
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“The free world has seen their
bravery. The Kremlin must release
Alexei Navalny immediately,
along with the thousands of Rus-
sians they’ve unjustly arrested in
the last 24 hours.
“The United States should im-
mediately rally an international
response to impose Magnitsky
sanctions on those leading the
crackdown on protesters and
invoke the provisions of the
Chemical Weapons Convention to
inspect Russian facilities that pro-
duced the nerve agents involved
in Navalny’s poisoning. It’s time
the freedom-loving world cut off
all avenues of support for Putin’s
corrupt regime.”
Contact Mark Tapscott at
Mark.Tapscott@epochtimes.com
tration’s trade policies and urged
the incoming administration to
keep tariffs on China.
“We transformed the way
people think about trade, and
we transformed the way the
models are,” Lighthizer told The
Wall Street Journal in an inter-
view. “My hope is that that will
continue.”
The Trump administration
maintained tariffs on nearly
$370 billion worth of Chinese
goods, citing China’s unfair trade
policies, including intellectual
property theft, forced technol-
ogy transfers, government sub-
sidies for domestic companies,
and restricting foreign access to
Chinese markets.
The trade deal doesn’t fully ad-
dress these longstanding struc-
tural issues.
During the signing of the phase
one agreement, then-president
Donald Trump said he would re-
tain U.S. tariffs as a bargaining
chip for the second phase of the
deal. After the pandemic, howev-
er, he expressed hesitation about
negotiating a phase two agree-
ment with China, especially af-
ter Beijing’s mishandling of the
COVID-19 outbreak.
It’s unclear whether the United
States will make progress on re-
solving trade issues with Beijing
under the Biden administration.
Some experts have expressed
skepticism over whether the Chi-
nese regime can truly commit to
structural reforms.
Yellen said in her written state-
ment: “The economic dimension
of U.S.-China competition is cru-
cial. And we will take on the chal-
lenge of China’s abusive, unfair,
and illegal practices.”
She criticized China for “un-
dercutting American companies
by dumping products, erecting
barriers, and giving illegal sub-
sidies to corporations” as well
as engaging in policies that give
Chinese companies “an unfair
technological advantage” over
U.S. businesses.
 MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021
Constitutional
Amendment to
Prevent Supreme
Court Packing
Resurfaces
MATTHEW VADUM
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.
Va.) introduced legislation on Jan.
22 to amend the U.S. Constitution
to limit the Supreme Court to nine
justices, the numerical cap that
has been in place for well over a
century, in order to prevent Demo-
crats from enlarging the court’s
membership.
Amending the Constitution is
no easy task. The amendment
bill must pass by a two-thirds
supermajority in both houses of
Congress and then be ratified by
three-quarters of the states, or 38
of the 50 states, to become part of
the Constitution.
The move comes after then-
President Donald Trump’s con-
servative constitutionalist nomi-
nee, Amy Coney Barrett, was
confirmed before Election Day,
replacing the liberal Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, who died in September.
Filling the seat quickly in an
election year enraged many
Democrats, given the precedent
of Merrick Garland. Following
the election-year death in 2016 of
Justice Antonin Scalia, the then-
Republican-majority Senate re-
fused to take up then-President
Barack Obama’s nomination of
Garland to the Supreme Court.
He has since been nominated by
President Joe Biden to become his
attorney general.
Biden flirted with the idea of
court-packing during the recent
campaign but didn’t endorse it,
saying he would create a nation-
Arizona Republicans Censure
Ducey, Flake, McCain
IVAN PENTCHOUKOV
The Arizona Republican Party
voted on Jan. 23 to approve res-
olutions to censure the state’s
Republican Gov.  Doug Ducey,
former Sen. Jeff Flake, and Cindy
McCain, the widow of the late
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
The party censured Ducey for
imposing restrictions in response
to the CCP (Chinese Communist
Party) virus that “restrict personal
liberties and force compliance to
unconstitutional edicts,” the Ari-
zona Republic reported.
The Republicans censured
Flake, saying he “condemned
the Republican Party, rejected
populism, and rejected the inter-
ests of the American people over
globalist interests,” while the state
party said McCain, who endorsed
Joe Biden for president, “has sup-
ported globalist policies and can-
didates” and “condemned Presi-
dent Trump for his criticism of her
husband and erroneously placed
behaviors over actual presidential
results.”
The three attended Biden’s in-
al commission to look at a court
system he described as “out of
whack.” In October, Speaker of
the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
said that because the U.S. popula-
tion has increased over the past
century and a half, more justices
may be needed to sit on the Su-
preme Court.
In the lead-up to the November
election, Democrats accused Re-
publicans of a double-standard
for moving expeditiously on Bar-
rett’s nomination and vowed to
pack the Supreme Court with
additional justices in order to
dilute the power of the court’s
conservative-majority bloc, a
move they argued would make
it easier for big-government legis-
lation favored by the political left
to survive court scrutiny.
A group of GOP senators also co-
sponsored Capito’s bill, S.J. Res 4.
They are Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla.),
Kevin Cramer (N.D.), Marsha
Blackburn (Tenn.), Todd Young
(Ind.), Mitt Romney (Utah), Mike
Crapo (Idaho), Pat Toomey (Pa.),
Thom Tillis (N.C.), Rob Portman
(Ohio), John Cornyn (Texas), and
Mike Braun (Ind.). The bill was in-
troduced in the previous Congress
on March 25, 2019, but lapsed.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and five
other Senate Republicans intro-
duced their own proposed con-
stitutional amendment in Octo-
ber last year to prevent Democrats
from packing the Supreme Court
if Biden won the White House and
Democrats recaptured the Senate.
That proposed amendment simply
DREW ANGERER/GETTY IMAGES
The party censured
Ducey for impos-
ing restrictions in
response to the CCP
virus that ‘restrict
personal liberties,’
the Arizona Repub-
lic reported.
auguration.
Flake had responded to the cen-
sure resolutions when they were
first introduced, writing on Twit-
ter, “If condoning the president’s
behavior is required to stay in the
Party’s good graces, I’m just fine
being on the outs.”
Officials in Ducey’s office and
the McCain Institute didn’t re-
spond to a request for comment
by press time.
During the same meeting,
the Arizona GOP voted to re-
elect Kelli Ward as the party’s
chairwoman. Ward won after
an endorsement from former
President Donald Trump, who
The Supreme Court in Washington on Dec. 10, 2018.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) leaves after the weekly Senate Republi-
can Policy Luncheon for votes on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol in Wash-
ington on Jan. 24, 2019.
stated: “The Supreme Court of the
United States shall be composed
of nine justices.”
“Make no mistake,” Cruz said at
the time, “if Democrats win the
election, they will end the filibus-
ter and pack the Supreme Court,
expanding the number of justices
to advance their radical political
agenda, entrenching their power
Sen. Jeff Flake
(R-Ariz) during
a hearing on
Capitol Hill in
Washington on
Dec. 6, 2017.
called in to express his support.
In a short call, Trump called
on Arizonans to help Ward get
reelected as chair of the state’s
Republican Party, saying that he
gives her his “complete and total
endorsement,” due to her stances
on a number of issues.
“She is a terrific person. She is a
person I know. You’ll never find
anybody as dedicated to every
aspect we’re all dedicated to,”
Trump said.
Ward played a central role in
Trump’s fight to protect election
integrity, filing lawsuits in Ari-
zona to question the accuracy of
the election results in the state.
She ultimately fended off several
challengers, winning 51.5 percent
of the vote to 48.5 percent against
challenger Sergio Arellano in the
second round of voting.
During a speech prior to the
votes, Ward promoted herself as
an anti-establishment Republi-
can that aims to continue Trump’s
vision to put America first.
“The decision is ours. Are you
going to reelect me and show the
state, the country, and the world
that we are an America first Arizo-
na, or will we go back to the dark
days before Trump?” she said.
Janita Kan contributed
to this report.
ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGES
for generations, and destroying
the foundations of our democratic
system.”
Capito explained her rationale
for the new bill in a statement.
“A nine Justice court has worked
for our country for more than 150
years,” she said.
“Increasing that number in a
partisan effort to achieve a de-
Over 78,000 Facebook, Instagram
Users Removed for QAnon,
‘Militarization’ Policy Violations
JACK PHILLIPS
Facebook removed more than
78,000 profiles on both Facebook
and Instagram, saying they had
posted QAnon content and con-
tent related to “militarized social
movements” since August 2020.
“We continue to strengthen our
enforcement by identifying ad-
ditional militarized social move-
ments, new terms associated with
QAnon and how people attempt
to skirt our detection, including
focusing more on Facebook pro-
files used to organize and promote
these movements and groups on
our platform,” Facebook said in an
update on Jan. 19.
The company added that “these
groups are constantly working to
avoid our enforcement and we’ll
continue to study how they evolve
in order to keep people safe.”
Facebook added that “as of Jan-
uary 12, 2021, we have identified
over 890 militarized social move-
ments to date and in total, removed
about 3,400 Pages, 19,500 groups,
120 events, 25,300 Facebook pro-
files and 7500 Instagram accounts.
We’ve also removed about 3,300
Pages, 10,500 groups, 510 events,
18,300 Facebook profiles and
27,300 Instagram accounts for vio-
lating our policy against QAnon.”
A Facebook spokesperson told
Fox Business last week that in all,
about 78,000 Facebook and Insta-
gram accounts were deleted as of
Jan. 12 of this year.
Other Big Tech companies such
as Twitter and Google’s YouTube
have also removed tens of thou-
sands of accounts related to the
movement in recent weeks.
“These accounts were engaged
in sharing harmful QAnon-asso-
ciated content at scale and were
primarily dedicated to the propa-
gation of this conspiracy theory
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SAMIRA BOUAOU/THE EPOCH TIMES
sired policy result is a never-end-
ing proposition. Once this door is
opened, respect for the Supreme
Court as an independent arbiter of
cases and controversies would fall
away as it became another parti-
san branch of government.
“We should preserve our inde-
pendent judiciary by closing the
door to court-packing. Ratification
of this amendment would stop the
Democrats’ current desire to pack
the courts. It would also remove
the temptation for either party to
attempt to restructure the court
in a partisan way in the future.”
President Franklin D. Roos-
evelt, a Democrat, tried to pack
the Supreme Court in the 1930s
after it struck down as unconsti-
tutional a series of his legislative
initiatives, but lawmakers from
his own party viewed the move
as a political bridge too far when
the public expressed its disap-
proval of court-packing. Court-
packing legislation died, though
the justices later dropped much
of their opposition to Roosevelt’s
government-enlarging New Deal
legislation and upheld the various
laws’ constitutionality.
across the service,” Twitter said
on Jan. 11, citing the violence at
the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
The coordinated purge started on
the same day Twitter announced it
will permanently suspend the ac-
count of President Donald Trump.
Germany’s Chancellor Angela
Merkel, Mexico President Andrés
Manuel López Obrador, conserva-
tives, and civil liberties groups such
as the Electronic Frontier Founda-
tion and American Civil Liberties
Union decried Trump’s suspension.
The QAnon movement follows
clues from cryptic messages post-
ed to anonymous imageboards. A
prominent aspect of the theory al-
leges that global elites are part of a
satanic pedophile ring.
Prominent pro-Trump figures,
including former national secu-
rity adviser Michael Flynn, who
embraced some of QAnon’s slo-
gans, and Flynn’s attorney Sidney
Powell—who filed a number of
third-party lawsuits related to the
November 2020 election—were
also purged from Twitter.
Last week, the social media com-
pany suspended several Antifa-
linked accounts related to riots
on Inauguration Day.
One of the most prominent ac-
counts suspended was “The Base.”
It was first reported by journalist
Andy Ngo.
“Our comrades w The Base (@
TheBasebk), an anarchist social
center in Brooklyn, NY of 9 years
now took this Twitter thing seri-
ously,” Antifa Sacramento wrote
on the platform. “Reaching a plat-
form of 17k followers they pushed
a very specific line where politics
were never blurred. Today, Twitter
took their account down, and now
theres a void.”
Zachary Stieber contributed
to this report.
A4 | NATION MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021

Amazon Trying to Block Voting by Mail

in Unionization Election
STEPHANIE KEITH/GETTY IMAGES
ZACHARY STIEBER

Amazon is seeking to block mail-

in votes in an upcoming union-
ization vote.
Workers at a warehouse in Bes-
semer, Alabama, are scheduled
to vote soon on whether to union-
ize, with ballots being sent out
on Feb. 8. The National Labor
Relations Board said earlier this
month that the vote would take
place entirely by mail because of
the COVID-19 pandemic.

We believe that
the best approach
to a valid, fair and
successful elec-
tion is one that is
conducted manu-
ally, in-person.
Amazon spokesperson

“A mail ballot election will en-

franchise employees who cannot
enter the voting location for health
reasons or due to positive COVID
tests,” the board said in its ruling.
“In addition, a mail ballot election
will protect the health and safety of
voters, Agency personnel, the par-
ties’ representatives, and the public People protest working conditions, outside of an Amazon warehouse fulfillment center on Staten Island, N.Y., on May 1, 2020.
during the current health crisis.” MANDEL NGAN/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES JOHANNES EISELE/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

Amazon filed a motion on Jan.

21 that seeks to delay the election
so it can take place in person, with
no votes by mail.
In a filing, Amazon said the
board’s decision doesn’t specify
what constitutes an outbreak. The
company added that the board’s
acting regional director “reached
the remarkable conclusion that
any level of infection or poten-
tial infection among employees
counts as an ‘outbreak.’”
Approximately 2.9 percent of
Amazon’s 7,575 employees and
third-party workers tested posi-
tive for COVID-19 in the two
weeks ending on Jan. 7, Amazon
said. The company contests that
that percentage doesn’t constitute Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in A woman works at a distribution station at the Amazon fulfillment center on
Washington on Oct. 22, 2019. Staten Island, N.Y., on Feb. 5, 2019.
an outbreak.
If it does, then “facilities will be
in a constant state of ‘outbreak’ un- strongly favors in-person elec- azon workers in Delaware voted to join the Retail, Wholesale and rary,” they said. “A union contract
less and until the virus all but dis- tions but said that approximately that year not to join a union. Department Store Union. The is in writing, negotiated upon, and
appears, with no manual elections 90 percent of votes since March Amazon’s owner is Jeff Bezos, union declined to comment. It Amazon would need to legally fol-
occurring until that unknown 2020 have taken place by mail one of the richest men in the world. has not publicly remarked on the low the guidelines and there are
time,” Amazon said in a filing, because of the pandemic. The second-largest employer in scheduled vote, though it linked mechanisms to hold them legally
alleging that an election by mail If one of six unique circum- the United States has struggled to an article about the situation accountable to us as workers.
could “disenfranchise dozens or stances are present in a facility, with worker safety. The National on its website. There’s no other way to have this
hundreds of voters.” then a remote vote would be or- Council for Occupational Safety Organizers of the unionization type of relationship with Amazon
“We believe that the best ap- dered, the board decided. Those and Health regularly lists Amazon effort and Amazon set up compet- outside of having a union.”
proach to a valid, fair and suc- circumstances include a current among the most unsafe workplac- ing sites to make their cases. Amazon alleged that workers
cessful election is one that is con- COVID-19 outbreak at a facility, an es in the country. Organizers said having a union would have to pay hundreds of
ducted manually, in-person,” an increase in the 14-day trend of new “Six worker deaths in seven “would give us the right to collec- dollars in dues. “Why pay almost
Amazon spokesperson told news confirmed COVID-19 cases, and an months; 13 deaths since 2013. tively bargain over our working $500 in dues? We’ve got you cov-
outlets. “We will continue to insist inability to carry out an in-person Reports of a high incidence of sui- conditions including items such as ered with high wages, health care,
on measures for a fair election, and election that abides by mandatory cide attempts; workers urinating safety standards, training, breaks, vision, and dental benefits, as well
we want everyone to vote, so our state or local health orders. in bottles and workers left with- pay, benefits, and other important as a safety committee and an ap-
focus is ensuring that’s possible.” The vote at the Bessemer ware- out resources or income after issues that would make our work- peals process. There’s so much
The board didn’t respond to a house is slated to be the first on-the-job injuries,” the council place better.” MORE you can do for your career
request for comment. In a state- unionization vote in an Amazon said in 2019. “Amazon sometimes addresses and your family without paying
ment last year, it said its policy facility since 2014. A group of Am- This year’s unionization vote is issues at work but it’s all tempo- dues,” the site states.

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 MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021
Dems, Union Leaders Cheer Biden’s Firing
of Labor Board Lawyer
MARK TAPSCOTT
Democratic lawmakers
and their traditional labor
union allies are cheering
President Joe Biden’s firing
of the National Labor Rela-
tions Board’s (NLRB) general
counsel even though Peter
Robb’s four-year term had
nine months left.
House Education and La-
bor Committee Chairman
Bobby Scott praised Biden in
a statement issued Jan. 20 for
seeking Robb’s resignation;
Robb was fired after declin-
ing to resign.
“It has taken just one day
for President Joe Biden to
deliver his first major vic-
tory for American workers.
As General Counsel of the
National Labor Relations
Board, Peter Robb has con-
sistently neglected his statu-
tory duty to uphold workers’
right to stand together and
negotiate for better working
conditions,” Scott, a Virginia
Democrat, said.
“His refusal to uphold the
Board’s mission during this
deadly pandemic—includ-
ing unlawfully halting union
representation elections and
failing to hold employers ac-
countable for violating the
law—has left workers pow-
erless to protect themselves
against unsafe workplaces,
meager wages, and other
forms of abuse.”
AFL-CIO President Richard
Trumka described Robb as
“a union-busting lawyer by
trade” who, as the NLRB’s
chief lawyer, “mounted an
unrelenting attack for more
than three years on workers’
right to organize and engage
in collective bargaining.”
“His actions sought to sty-
mie the tens of millions of
workers who say they would
New Mexico Officials Express Alarm Over White
House’s 60-Day Pause on Oil Leases
JACK PHILLIPS
Officials in New Mexico
have expressed alarm over
President Joe Biden’s 60-day
pause on new oil and natu-
ral gas leases and permits to
drill, saying the industry is
tied to spending on educa-
tion and other programs in
the state.
“During his inaugura-
tion, President Biden spoke
about bringing our nation
together. Eliminating drill-
ing on public lands will cost
thousands of New Mexicans
their jobs and destroy what’s
left of our state’s economy,”
Carlsbad Mayor Dale Jan-
way told The Associated
Press on Jan. 22. “How does
that bring us together? En-
vironmental efforts should
be fair and well-researched,
not knee-jerk mandates that
just hurt an already impov-
erished state.”
In an op-ed, Janway wrote
that the Department of In-
terior “did not limit existing
oil and gas operations un-
der valid leases, and many
companies have stockpiled
drilling permits, so much
of the work going on in our
oilfields will hopefully con-
tinue for some time.”
“We call upon all of New
Mexico’s elected officials to
oppose all proposals that go
in the direction of eliminat-
ing drilling on public lands.
Such an outcome would only
punish poorer states such
as New Mexico by moving
more operations over to
states with more privately-
owned land, such as Texas.
President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 response as Vice President Kamala Harris looks on in the State Dining Room of the
White House on Jan. 22, 2021.
vote to join a union today and
violated the stated purpose of
the National Labor Relations
Act—to encourage collective
bargaining,” Trumka said in
a statement.
Robb earned such intense
opposition from labor leaders
that the resignation request
was delivered to him a mere
23 minutes after Biden was
inaugurated, according to
National Right to Work Foun-
dation (NRTWF) President
Mark Mix.
Mix told The Epoch Times
on Jan. 22 that Biden has re-
ceived millions of dollars in
union campaign cash and
in-kind contributions in the
course of his 50-year career
as a Washington politician,
including tenure as a sena-
tor, vice president, and now
president.
Biden’s action is unprece-
Pump jacks operate at dusk near Loco Hills, N.M., on April 23, 2020.
Environmental efforts must
always be balanced with
consideration of economics
and fairness,” he wrote.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grish-
am’s office told the news
outlet that the administra-
tion is reviewing the federal
action.
“Certainly we all under-
stand the critical impor-
tance of this industry to New
Mexico’s bottom line and of
the imperative to diversify
our state economy and ener-
gy portfolio,” Lujan Grisham
spokeswoman Nora Meyers
Sackett said in an email,
without elaborating.
The AP noted that  New
Mexico’s oil production
happens on federal land
and amounts to hundreds of
millions of dollars in fund-
ing each year, which is doled
dented since the NLRB was
created in 1935 during Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt’s
New Deal. The general coun-
sel position requires Senate
confirmation.
“A general counsel who was
serving during the Truman
administration who had time
left in his term was asked to
resign and complied, but
never before has the general
counsel for the NLRB been
fired, so this is a first,” Mix
said.
“The reason they had to get
rid of Robb is because he has
issued several complaints
that give individual work-
ers the right to act under the
NLRB Act.”
The NRTWF head said
prior to Robb’s appointment
in 2017 by President Don-
ald Trump, the NLRB “only
recognized two parties, Big
out to state education initia-
tives and other programs.
“It really has the opposite
intent,” said Robert McEn-
tyre, spokesman for the New
Mexico Oil and Gas Associa-
tion, according to the AP. “It
means some natural gas is
not going to be captured,
and that’s not what opera-
tors want to do. They want
to capture it and send it to
market.”
Environmental groups
praised Biden’s executive
action.
“Any step toward fixing the
broken federal oil and gas
leasing program is a step
in the right direction,” said
Mark Allison, director of the
group New Mexico Wild, AP
reported.
According to Biden’s tran-
sition office, the move is part
Business and Big Labor, and
finally, a general counsel
had the nerve and the cour-
age to stand up and fight for
employee rights.”
Mix was referring to NLRB
cases defending individual
employees’ rights such as not
having to pay union dues as
a condition of employment
and their rights to demand
elections to decide whether
to decertify a union as their
representative, among oth-
ers.
“We’ve got several cases
pending at the NLRB that
are specifically about giving
workers the right to exercise
the privileges and powers
they were granted under the
National Labor Relations Act
of 1935,” Mix said.
“Richard Trumka and the
rest of the Big Labor leaders
were desperate to get rid of
PAUL RATJE/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
of a plan designed to halt
“attack[s] on federal lands
and waters, establishing
national parks and monu-
ments that reflect America’s
natural heritage, banning
new oil and gas permitting
on public lands and waters,
modifying royalties to ac-
count for climate costs, and
establishing targeted pro-
grams to enhance reforesta-
tion and develop renewables
on federal lands and waters
with the goal of doubling
offshore wind by 2030.”
Some Republicans on so-
cial media, responding to
the AP’s report, noted that
New Mexico voted in favor of
Biden over President Donald
Trump.
The Epoch Times reached
out to the White House for
comment.
NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
this NLRB.”
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.),
Scott’s counterpoint on the
education and labor panel
as ranking minority mem-
ber, decried Robb’s firing as
political interference by the
Biden administration.
“President Biden’s con-
tinuous calls for unity and
civil discourse upon taking
his oath of office are already
proving to be empty aspi-
rations,” Foxx told The Ep-
och Times on Jan. 22. “This
outrageous ultimatum that
General Counsel Robb step
down from his four-year Sen-
ate appointment less than 10
months before the expiration
of his term is unacceptable
and flouts the National Labor
Relations Act.”
Foxx said Biden should
rescind Robb’s termination
and allow him to finish the
Defense Intelligence Agency
Buys Phone Location Data
Without Warrants, Memo Says
CONTINUED FROM A1
There are circumstances,
he said, “in which the gov-
ernment, instead of getting
an order, just goes out and
purchases the private re-
cords of Americans from
these sleazy and unregu-
lated commercial data bro-
kers who are simply above
the law.”
Avril Haines, the new
director of national intel-
ligence, told Wyden during
her recent confirmation
hearing that she wasn’t up to
date on data collection. She
said that, if confirmed, she
would “seek to try to pub-
licize essentially a frame-
work that helps people un-
derstand the circumstances
under which we do that and
the legal basis that we do
that under.”
Other agencies may have
also used location data in
investigations. The Depart-
ment of Homeland Secu-
A sign for the U.S. Cyber Command, National Security Agency,
and Central Security Service, near the entrance to the NSA’s
headquarters in Fort Meade, Md., on Feb. 14, 2018.
NATION | A5
job he was appointed to do
independently and free from
political influence.”
Other Republicans on the
education and labor commit-
tee echoed Foxx, with Rep.
Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) tell-
ing The Epoch Times: “This
is an unprecedented and
divisive action that literally
comes right off the lips of
President Biden saying that
he was calling for unity in the
country. He literally spins off
the teleprompter to cut out
from underneath the labor
board their general counsel.
“It’s always been precedent
for every single president be-
fore Biden that they allowed
every general counsel—re-
gardless of their political af-
filiation or appointment—to
finish out their term.”
Similarly, Rep. Ron Wright,
a Texas Republican, told The
Epoch Times that “firing
Mr. Robb from his Senate-
confirmed, four-year ap-
pointment speaks volumes
to how unserious President
Biden and his administration
are about truly uniting our
government and the nation.”
“The Biden administration
seems to be wasting no time
with their unprecedented
move in favor of Big Labor,
and the Congressman looks
forward to having these de-
bates in the Education and
Labor Committee,” Wright
said.
On the same day Biden
fired Robb, he named NLRB
member Lauren McFerran as
the board’s new chairman,
replacing John Ring, who was
named to the post in 2018.
Republicans still hold a 3–1
majority on the NLRB.
Contact Mark Tapscott
at Mark.Tapscott@
epochtimes.com
rity’s inspector general last
year said it was investigat-
ing whether the department
used commercial databases
to get location data on Amer-
icans without a warrant.
The National Security
Agency warned Pentagon
employees last year that
location data “can be ex-
tremely valuable and must
be protected.”
“It can reveal details about
the number of users in a
location, user and supply
movements, daily routines
(user and organizational),
and can expose otherwise
unknown associations be-
tween users and locations,”
the agency said in a memo
it published in August 2020.
Ways to limit tracking risks
include disabling location
services settings on devices,
giving applications as few
permissions as possible,
and disabling advertising
permissions to the greatest
extent possible.
SAUL LOEB/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
A6 | NATION
Michigan Rep. Upton Unanimously Censured
by County GOP for Impeachment Vote
JACK PHILLIPS
A Michigan county’s Republican
Party voted to censure Rep. Fred
Upton (R-Mich.) for his vote to im-
peach former President Donald
Trump earlier this month.
During the Allegan County Re-
publican Convention, members
voted Jan. 21 “censure and con-
demn” Upton in a unanimous vote,
according to a statement, adding
that Upton “ignored the voice of
his voters in Allegan County” by
voting for Trump’s impeachment.
“The unanimous voice vote was
confirmed during a meeting of
the Executive Committee im-
mediately following the conven-
tion by another unanimous voice
vote,” the group said. “The AGOP
Issues Committee is charged with
making recommendations for
further action.”
Upton represents Allegan Coun-
ty, which is part of Michigan’s 6th
Congressional District.
Upton, in response, said, “I al-
ways said I’d support President
Trump when I agreed with him
and disagree when I thought he
was wrong. Congress should not
tolerate any effort to impede the
peaceful transfer of power.
“I’ve gone to bat for southwest
Michigan every day I’ve been in
Congress, bringing jobs, economic
growth, and opportunities to our
region of the state. And that is ex-
actly what I’m going to keep doing.”
Upton “has been making calls
and reaching out to local party
folks to listen to them and hear
them, knowing they might dis-
agree with his stance, but to move
Former
Border Patrol
Head: Biden
Administration
Made America
Less Safe
Within Hours
JACK PHILLIPS
Former U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Commissioner Mark
Morgan accused the Biden ad-
ministration of making the Unit-
ed States less safe within hours of
President Joe Biden being sworn
in last week.
“With the stroke of a pen, Presi-
dent Biden made this country less
safe,” Morgan told Breitbart News
on Jan. 23. “It’s pure politics over
public safety.”
“Look, I know what our team said
to the transition team,” Morgan
said. “I know the facts and data and
analysis that was provided. I know
what they told them and gave them
that showed that the wall works.”
Morgan said he believes the ad-
ministration didn’t speak to experts
with the Border Patrol about which
policies should remain. He cited ex-
ecutive orders ending the Migrant
Protection Protocol (MPP), also
known as the “Remain in Mexico”
program, as well as one that ended
border wall system construction.
“So this was this is something
we’ve been saying was the most
dangerous thing that he’s been
saying all along, that he was go-
ing to get rid of on Day One, and
that’s what he did,” the former
commissioner said. “That policy
[MPP] alone attributed to the abso-
lute reduction of [migrant] families
coming up from Central America.”
Officials with the Department of
Homeland Security didn’t immedi-
ately respond to a request by The
Epoch Times for comment.
“It’s just frustrating what I’m see-
ing right now,” Morgan said. “To
me, it’s all politics. It’s all about
politics. And our country’s less
safe because of it, and it’s just dis-
gusting.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) presides over a vote to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time, in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in
Washington on Jan. 13, 2021.
forward, this should be a party
that can include a lot of different
opinions, ideas, and viewpoints,”
according to Upton’s communica-
tions director Josh Paciorek.
Upton’s office didn’t respond to a
request for comment by press time.
The move to censure Upton
comes amid a growing backlash
against the 10 Republicans who
voted with Democrats to impeach
Trump.
Mark Morgan, former Border Patrol chief, testifies at a Senate homeland
security committee hearing in Washington on April 4, 2019
Migrants hoping to reach the U.S. border walk alongside a highway in Chiquim-
ula, Guatemala, on Jan. 16, 2021.
The Department of Homeland Se-
curity (DHS) said on Jan. 20 that
the agency will “cease adding in-
dividuals into the program” under
the MPP.
“The legalization provisions in
that bill apply only to people al-
ready living in the United States,”
the agency said.
The MPP program was launched
in January 2019 to help stem the
flow of meritless asylum claims
that were clogging up the system
by the hundreds of thousands.
The MPP program makes asylum-
seekers wait in Mexico while their
asylum case is adjudicated. Prior
to its implementation, thousands
of illegal immigrants were released
into the United States to await their
cases, most of whom failed to ap-
pear in court.
Members of the House alleged
Trump incited violence during his
speech before a group breached
the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. For his
part, Trump condemned the riot-
ers and violence, while asserting
that his speech was fine. A number
of Republicans in Congress have
backed his assertions, with an in-
creasing number of GOP senators
saying that it’s not constitutional
to conduct an impeachment trial
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SANDRA SEBASTIAN/AP PHOTO
The administration also said that
for 100 days, it will halt deporta-
tions for some illegal immigrants.
DHS will “pause removals for
certain noncitizens ordered de-
ported to ensure we have a fair and
effective immigration enforcement
system focused on protecting na-
tional security, border security, and
public safety.”
“The pause will allow DHS to en-
sure that its resources are dedicated
to responding to the most pressing
challenges that the United States
faces, including immediate opera-
tional challenges at the southwest
border in the midst of the most
serious global public health crisis
in a century,” the statement reads.
“Throughout this interim period
DHS will continue to enforce our
immigration laws.”
MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021
of a president who isn’t in office
any longer.
Meanwhile, Rep. Liz Cheney
(R-Wyo.), the daughter of former
Vice President Dick Cheney and
member of the House Republican
leadership, has perhaps faced the
most significant criticism from
her own party after she voted to
impeach.
Cheney now has a challenger af-
ter Wyoming GOP state Sen. An-
South Dakota Governor Will
Propose Bill to Ban Abortions of
Down Syndrome Babies
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available released in a study by
Obstetrics & Gynecology shows
that about 67 percent of U.S. preg-
nancies where it is suggested the
baby would be born with Down
syndrome end in abortion.
Data from countries in Europe
also show high Down syndrome
termination rates, and in some
cases they exceed 90 percent. In
2015, Denmark reported that 98
percent of people who received a
positive test for Down syndrome
terminated their pregnancy.
South Dakota generally bans
abortions at 20 weeks. People
seeking abortions also need to
wait a period of 72 hours and get
counseling before having the
procedure.
Earlier this month, Noem was
joined at the governor’s house
for the state of the union address
by Fox News contributor Rachel
Campos-Duffy and her husband,
former Wisconsin Rep. Sean
Duffy. The Duffys were invited
by Noem to speak about their
daughter Valentina, who was
born with Down syndrome.
“Every single life is precious, re-
gardless of what situation the fam-
ily is facing,” Noem said. “I think
Valentina, right here, her little face
shows what a blessing that she is
to this family, and they’re going
to be here talking to the people of
South Dakota and our legislators
about how important that bill is.”
According to a social media post
and her appearance on Fox News,
CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY IMAGES
thony Bouchard announced last
week that he will run against her,
noting Trump’s massive victory
margin in Wyoming and Cheney’s
“long-time opposition” to the for-
mer president.
“Wyoming taxpayers need a voice
in Congress who will stand up to
Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats,
and not give them cover. That’s why
I’m running for Congress,” Boucha-
rd said in a statement.
abortion will be one of the key
topics discussed during the 2021
South Dakota legislative session.
Meanwhile, the Biden–Harris
administration released a state-
ment on the 48th anniversary of
Roe v. Wade stressing that the ad-
ministration is committed to “cod-
ifying Roe v. Wade and appointing
judges that respect foundational
precedents like Roe.”
“In the past four years, repro-
ductive health, including the
right to choose, has been under
relentless and extreme attack,”
the statement reads. “We are
deeply committed to making sure
everyone has access to care—
including reproductive health
care—regardless of income, race,
zip code, health insurance status,
or immigration status.”
The Trump administration over
the past four years enacted poli-
cies and laws that were pro-life. As
part of his administration’s efforts,
former President Donald Trump
called for defunding Planned Par-
enthood and late-term abortions.
Trump also nominated three pro-
life judges to the Supreme Court.
Roe v. Wade was the 1973 Su-
preme Court 7–2 decision rul-
ing that the Constitution of the
United States  protects a preg-
nant woman’s liberty to choose
to have an abortion without ex-
cessive government restriction.
It struck down many U.S. federal
and state abortion laws.
Masooma Haq and Zachary
Stieber contributed to this report.
ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGES
South Dakota
Gov. Kristi
Noem speaks
during a
campaign
event in
McDonough,
Ga., on Jan.
3, 2021.
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Seattle Interim
Police Chief
Announces Tougher
Policy on Protest
Vandalism
JANITA KAN
Seattle Police will get tougher on
people who vandalize and destroy
property during protests, the de-
partment’s interim police chief
announced on Jan. 23, ahead of
a scheduled demonstration.
Seattle Interim Police Chief
Adrian Diaz’s announcement
comes follows a protest during
which buildings were damaged
and vandalized in the downtown
area of the city, including a federal
courthouse, on the day of Presi-
dent Joe Biden’s inauguration.
On Jan. 20, people dressed
in black were seen  marching
into the iconic Pike Place Mar-
ket, with  video from the after-
math showing broken windows at
a Starbucks. A group of black-clad
activists marched along the street
carrying a tattered American flag
upside down, with the anarchy
sign spray-painted on it and kick-
ing over garbage containers.
Seattle police posted photos
of the aftermath of the riots that
shows multiple vandalized shops
and buildings. The department said
at the time that police had arrested
one person for property damage, a
woman for assault, and a man for
burglary and property damage.
Mexican President: Biden Will Pledge
$4 Billion to Central American Countries
JACK PHILLIPS
President Joe Biden spoke with
Mexican President Andrés Manuel
López Obrador, with the Mexican
leader saying the White House
would send $4 billion to Central
American countries.
López Obrador on Jan. 23 said
that Biden pledged the billions to
help development in Guatemala,
Honduras, and El Salvador to stem
migration from Central America
to Mexico.
According to a summary of the
call from the White House, the two
spoke about a review of “bilateral
cooperation on a range of bilateral
and regional issues, particularly
regional migration.” Biden also
“outlined his plan to reduce migra-
tion by addressing its root causes,
increasing resettlement capacity
and lawful alternative immigration
pathways, improving processing at
the border to adjudicate requests
for asylum,” and reversing some of
the Trump administration’s “draco-
nian” policies.
“The two leaders agreed to work
closely to stem the flow of irregular
migration to Mexico and the United
States, as well as to promote devel-
opment in the Northern Triangle of
Central America,” the readout said.
“They also recognized the impor-
tance of coordination to combat the
COVID-19 pandemic.”
In June 2019, the Mexican presi-
dent signed a deal with former Pres-
ident Donald Trump under which
Mexico agreed to take steps to curb
illegal immigration. Trump, in re-
turn, withdrew a threat to place
tariffs on Mexican products.
Over the past several months,
López Obrador had refused to
acknowledge Biden as the pres-
ident-elect and also defended
Trump after he was banned from
Twitter, Facebook, and other so-
cial media platforms.
“I don’t like anybody being cen-
sored or taking away from ... the
right to post a message on Twitter or
Face[book]. I don’t agree with that, I
don’t accept that,” said López Obra-
dor, The Associated Press reported
earlier this month after Trump’s ac-
There was no
discussion about
what they were
fighting for.
Adrian Diaz,
interim police chief, Seattle
The activists are alleged to be
members of the anarcho-com-
munist group  Antifa  and other
far-left groups, who have taken
advantage of a number of peaceful
protests calling for police reform
by creating a scene of civil unrest
and engaging in violence, lighting
fires, looting, and damaging prop-
erty during the summer last year.
Many law enforcement officers
were injured during operations
to quell the violence and protect
public safety.
Diaz told reporters during a con-
ference that he wasn’t sure what
cause the rioters were fighting
for, adding that he didn’t believe
violent protesters and vandals are
promoting a cause.
“The events of breaking windows
at a variety of different locations
with no meaning,” Diaz told re-
porters. “There was no discussion
about what they were fighting for,
President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador gives his daily morning
briefing in Mexico City on June 10, 2020.
A group of Africans from Angola and Congo illegally arrive in Mexico after
crossing the Suchiate River on tube rafts from Tecun Uman, Guatemala, near
Hidalgo City, Mexico, on June 27, 2019.
counts were suspended.
“How can you censor someone:
‘Let’s see, I, as the judge of the
Holy Inquisition, will punish you
because I think what you’re saying
is harmful.’
“Where is the law, where is the
regulation, what are the norms?
This is an issue of government,
this is not an issue for private
companies.”
Biden, meanwhile, spoke with
Canadian Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau last week, coming after
Trudeau expressed disappoint-
ment that Biden issued an execu-
tive order halting the Keystone XL
Members of Antifa counter-protest at the “”Demand Free Speech”” rally in Washington on July 6, 2019.
what type of social justice mes-
sage. That cannot happen. That
level of direct action cannot occur.
And we are going to immediately
address those issues.”
The Seattle Police Department
didn’t respond to a request for
more details on the new policy
and enforcement by press time.
The violence and property de-
struction in Seattle occurred
alongside similar protests and ri-
oting in Portland, Oregon.
In Portland, black-clad activists
with their faces covered broke
windows and the glass door at
the state Democratic Party’s busi-
ness office, spray-painting an
anarchist symbol over the party
sign, video posted on social media
shows. Some of them tipped over
garbage containers and lit the con-
tents on fire, according to reports.
“We don’t want Biden. We want
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Pipeline. The long-disputed project
was slated to carry about 800,000
barrels of oil per day from Alberta’s
oil sands to the Gulf Coast.
The White House, citing the call
between the two leaders, said Biden
acknowledged Trudeau’s disap-
pointment with the decision.
“It’s not always going to be per-
fect alignment with the United
States,” Trudeau said, according to
AP. “That’s the case with any given
president, but we’re in a situation
where we are much more aligned
on values and focus. I am very
much looking forward to working
with President Biden.”
revenge for police murders, im-
perialist wars, and fascist massa-
cres,” read a banner they marched
under, while others carried a ban-
ner reading “We are not govern-
able,” which was dotted with an-
archy symbols.
Eight people were arrested in
Portland on charges that include
rioting and reckless burning.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
has urged President Joe Biden to
condemn the recent actions of the
rioters. White House press secre-
tary Jen Psaki said on Jan. 23 that
she hadn’t spoken to Biden about
the recent unrest.
Independent reporter Andy Ngo,
who has been closely monitoring
and reporting on Antifa in Port-
land, said some of the rioters who
were arrested at the most recent
Portland riots were arrested at pre-
vious Black Lives Matter protests
Republican Senator: Canceling
Keystone XL Means Oil Goes to China,
Other Countries, or Less Safe Rail
IVAN PENTCHOUKOV
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) criti-
cized President Joe Biden’s revo-
cation of the permit for the Key-
stone XL pipeline, saying the oil
that would have traveled through
the pipeline will go to China or
another country or be shipped
to the United States by rail, which
Rounds said is less safe.
“Look, they’re going to pump
the oil, and it’s going to go some-
place. It’s too valuable not to,
and we still need the oil. So, it’s
either going to be shipped to
other countries, including China,
which has not the same type of
environmental regulations that
we have when it comes to the
processing of that oil, or it could
come back down into the United
States to the specific locations
where they actually know how
to process it, to actually do that
crude oil,” Rounds told Fox News
in an interview aired on Jan. 23.
“This was the most efficient
way to do it. It’s still going to get
moved, but now they’re probably
going to have to go to rail cars,
and when you go to rail cars,
it’s not as safe. And so, this was
simply the most efficient way to
move about 830,000 barrels of
crude oil per day, that now will
probably go either by rail or it’ll
go to another country.”
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on
Sept. 24, 2020.
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in 2020 and released.
In a recent interview with The
Epoch Times’ “American Thought
Leaders” program, Ngo raised
concerns over Twitter’s lack of
enforcement of its policies when
it failed to stop Antifa planning
and promoting riots on the social
media platform prior to the riots.
“In Seattle and Portland, there
were simultaneous riots that were
pre-planned and organized, and
also advertised weeks ahead of
time on Twitter,” Ngo said.
“Twitter  did nothing to take
down some of these accounts that
were promoting these riots.”
Some of these accounts were ul-
timately suspended following the
inauguration day riots, Ngo said
on Jan. 22.
Tom Ozimek contributed
to this report.
Rounds said the decision will
divert a lot of the oil onto rail cars,
displacing grain shipments from
his state. He also lamented the
loss of 10,000 future jobs, includ-
ing 2,000 Americans who were on
the job when Biden signed the ex-
ecutive order gutting the project.
Keystone XL is the fourth phase
of construction of the Keystone
pipeline, which adds a branch
connecting terminals in Hard-
isty, Alberta, and Steele City, Ne-
braska, through a shorter route
using a larger diameter pipe.
It has drawn attention since
environmentalists singled out
the project as a symbol of the
fight against fossil fuels and for
natural preservation. After Presi-
dent Barack Obama temporar-
ily delayed the project in 2015,
President Donald Trump issued
a presidential permit in 2017 to
allow the project to go forward.
Biden revoked Trump’s order
on Jan. 20.
TC Energy Corp. is planning to
eliminate more than 1,000 con-
struction jobs related to the halt
of the pipeline expansion proj-
ect. According to the Association
of Oil Pipe Lines’ CEO Andy Black,
the move is tantamount to “killing
10,000 jobs and taking $2.2 billion
in payroll out of workers’ pockets
[and] is not what Americans need
or want right now.”
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Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron speaks during a press conference in Frankfort, Ky., on Sept. 23, 2020.
Breonna Taylor Grand Jurors
Among Petitioners Seeking to
Impeach Kentucky AG
ZACHARY STIEBER
A group of Kentuckians that in-
cludes three grand jurors from
the Breonna Taylor case on Jan.
22 filed a petition to impeach the
state’s attorney general.
According to a statement an-
nouncing the petition, Attorney
General Daniel Cameron, a Re-
publican, incited an insurrection
by financing, directing, and/or
permitting robocalls that called
for marching to the U.S. Capitol
on Jan. 6.
The Grand Jurors
did not choose this
battle. ... This battle
chose them.
Kevin Glogower, attorney
A group linked to the Republi-
can Attorneys General Associa-
tion sent the robocall that said, in
part, “We will march to the Capi-
tol building and call on Congress
to stop the steal.” Cameron told
reporters recently that he wasn’t
aware of the robocall, which didn’t
call for violence.
Former President Donald
Trump was impeached  this
month for incitement of insurrec-
tion over a speech he gave on Jan.
6. Trump hadn’t finished speak-
ing before violence began at the
U.S. Capitol building, eventually
culminating in forced entry into
the building, the destruction of
various rooms, and theft of items
Ward Reelected as Arizona GOP Chairwoman
After Trump Endorsement
JANITA KAN
Arizona Republican Party Chair-
woman Kelli Ward, an ally of for-
mer President Donald Trump,
was reelected to the role on Jan.
22, fending off several challengers
for the role, after Trump endorsed
her for another two-year term.
She won 51.5 percent of the vote,
to 48.5 percent for challenger Ser-
gio Arellano in the second round
of voting.
In a short call last week, Trump
called on Arizonans to reelect
Ward, saying that he gives her
his “complete and total endorse-
ment,” due to her stances on a
number of issues.
“She is a terrific person. She is a
person I know. You’ll never find
anybody as dedicated to every
aspect we’re all dedicated to,”
Trump said, in his first post-White
House endorsement.
During a speech prior to the vot-
ing, Ward promoted herself as an
anti-establishment Republican
including several computers.
The new petition against Cam-
eron also claims he breached the
public trust and failed to comply
with his duties “for misrepresent-
ing to the nation the findings of the
Grand Jury.”
Cameron presented the findings
of the Taylor grand jury to the pub-
lic in September 2020. The grand
jury indicted one of the three po-
lice officers involved in the raid
on Taylor’s apartment but couldn’t
charge the other two because their
use of force was justified, accord-
ing to Cameron.
Officers raided the house in
March 2020. They fired their weap-
ons after Taylor’s boyfriend, Ken-
neth Walker, shot and wounded
Sgt. Jon Mattingly. Taylor was fa-
tally shot during the incident.
Activists and Taylor’s family
took issue with the way the find-
ings were presented, arguing that
the grand jury wasn’t given the
opportunity to properly review
the case, which sparked rioting.
Cameron later agreed to comply
with an order to release grand jury
transcripts under pressure from
the family and others. The Lou-
isville Metro Police Department
released more than 4,000 pages
from its investigation into the
shooting, showing in depth what
had happened.
The files showed that the nar-
rative of a no-knock warrant
being served was incorrect, as
officers had announced them-
selves and banged on the door
before barging inside when no
one answered. They also high-
lighted how Walker thought he
who aims to continue Trump’s
America First vision. She played
Trump’s call during the party
meeting.
“The decision is ours. Are you
going to reelect me and show the
state, the country, and the world
that we are an America first Ari-
zona, or will we go back to the dark
days before Trump?” Ward said.
She added that the culture
change must also be extended to
the Republican National Commit-
tee across the country.
“This election cycle exposed that Then-GOP Senate candidate Kelli
we have too much cronyism from Ward in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Aug.
top to bottom, too many backroom 28, 2018.
deals, too many to send unsigned,
cowardly letters, and too many at- but following several inspections,
torneys who aren’t there for the a state judge refused to allow the
right reasons,” she said.
Ward played a central role in because the court didn’t believe
Trump’s fight to protect election there was enough evidence of error.
integrity, filing lawsuits in Ari-
zona to question the accuracy of publicans voted to censure Sen.
the election results in the state. Her John McCain’s widow, Cindy Mc-
lawsuit asked the court to inspect Cain, former Sen. Jeff Flake, and
hundreds of  duplicated ballots, Gov. Doug Ducey.
JON CHERRY/GETTY IMAGES
was unfairly treated by the police.
While Walker was charged with
attempted murder of a police of-
ficer, the charge was dropped sev-
eral months later.
Cameron’s office didn’t imme-
diately respond to a request for
comment about the new petition.
“The Grand Jurors did not
choose this battle,” Kevin
Glogower, representing the group
seeking the impeachment, said
in a statement. “This battle chose
them. These are randomly select-
ed citizens who were compelled
to sit on a grand jury and were ter-
ribly misused by the most pow-
erful law enforcement official in
Kentucky. It is truly a testament
to the Kentucky Constitution that
they are able to be here today and
to expose injustice and demand
public accountability.”
Taylor family attorney Benjamin
Crump said in a statement that the
House committee should “serious-
ly review this petition and hold AG
Cameron accountable for his role
in misleading the public and the
grand jurors, and denying justice
for Breonna Taylor and her family.”
Kentucky House Speaker David
Osborne, a Republican, said in a
statement that notice of the peti-
tion was received, adding that he
would “reserve further comment
until our attorneys review it and
the committee on committees has
an opportunity to act.”
Two other impeachment peti-
tions have been filed in Kentucky
this month. Separate groups filed
petitions against Gov. Andy Bes-
hear, a Democrat, and state Rep.
Robert Goforth, a Republican.
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additional review of more ballots
On the same day, Arizona Re-
MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021
National Guardsmen gather at a security checkpoint near the U.S. Capitol in
Washington on Jan. 19, 2021.
4 Governors Order National
Guard Troops Out of DC
SAMUEL ALLEGRI
Four governors have ordered their
local National Guard troops to
return to their respective states
following accounts of thousands
of them saying they had been
“banished” to the parking garage
of the U.S. Capitol.
Republican governors Chris
Sununu of New Hampshire, Ron
DeSantis of Florida, Greg Abbott
of Texas, and Greg Gianforte of
Montana have said they’re call-
ing their Guard members home.
More than 20,000 Guard troops
were sent to Washington following
the breach of the U.S. Capitol on
Jan. 6 and ahead of President Joe
Biden’s inauguration.
Abbott wrote on Jan. 22 on Twit-
ter that he had “instructed General
Norris to order the return of the
Texas National Guard to our state.”
DeSantis also announced on
Twitter that he ordered the Flori-
da National Guard to return from
Washington.
“Last night, I ordered our Adjutant
General to bring Florida National
Guard soldiers home from the Na-
tional Capital Region,” he wrote.
Sununu also proceeded to do
the same, mentioning that they
were treated with “substandard”
conditions.
“I’ve ordered the immediate re-
turn of all New Hampshire Nation-
al Guard from Washington D.C.,”
Sununu wrote on Twitter. “They did
an outstanding job serving our na-
tion’s capital in a time of strife and
‘Your Order Is a Direct Attack’:
Utah Tribe Seeks Exemption From
Biden Drilling Pause
JACK PHILLIPS
A Native American tribe called on
the Biden administration to “im-
mediately amend” a White House
executive order “to provide an ex-
ception for energy permits and ap-
provals on Indian lands.”
“The Ute Indian Tribe and other
energy-producing tribes rely on en-
ergy development to fund our gov-
ernments and provide services to our
members,” the Ute Indian Tribe said
in a letter to Acting Secretary of the
Interior Scott de la Vega last week.
“Your order is a direct attack on our
economy, sovereignty, and our right
to self-determination. Indian lands
are not federal public lands.
“Any action on our lands and in-
terests can only be taken after ef-
fective tribal consultation.”
One of Biden’s orders requires
the agency to “conduct a review
of the monument boundaries and
conditions of the Grand Staircase-
Escalante, Bears Ears, Northeast
Canyons, and Seamounts Marine
National Monuments” and will be
done “in consultation with other
agencies and Tribal governments,
to determine whether restoration
of the monument boundaries and
conditions would be appropriate,”
according to a statement from the
Interior Department on Jan. 21.
The Epoch Times has reached out
to the agency for comment.
The Ute tribal lands produce
about 45,000 barrels of crude oil
per day in the Uintah Basin, along
with about 900 million cubic feet
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should be graciously praised, not
subject to substandard conditions.”
DeSantis said on “Fox&Friends”
that the assignment was a “half-
cocked mission at this point.” He
added that the Guard troops weren’t
there as House Speaker Nancy Pe-
losi’s (D-Calif.) servants, referring to
the 600 Texans who were deployed
to Washington.
The National Guard released a
statement saying that it will coor-
dinate the return of around 15,000
troops during a five- to 10-day pe-
riod, leaving about 7,000 Guard
troops in Washington until the end
of the month.
On Jan. 21, photos showing the
thousands of troops holed up in the
parking garage circulated on the
internet. The troops were later al-
lowed to return to the Capitol.
“Yesterday, dozens of senators
and congressmen walked down
our lines taking photos, shaking
our hands, and thanking us for our
service. Within 24 hours, they had
no further use for us and banished
us to the corner of a parking ga-
rage. We feel incredibly betrayed,”
a Guardsman told Politico.
Five thousand troops were re-
portedly suddenly ordered to va-
cate the Capitol to take their rest
during their shifts in a nearby park-
ing lot with no internet reception,
a single electrical outlet, and one
bathroom, with the temperature
dropping low to the 40s at night.
The move provoked widespread
criticism from lawmakers of both
parties.
per day of natural gas, according to
a document the tribe filed with the
Bureau of Indian Affairs in 2017, Re-
uters reported.
The tribe added that the order was
issued “in violation [of] our govern-
ment-to-government relationship,”
as well as of previous federal direc-
tives about coordinating with Na-
tive American tribal governments.
The Jan. 20 executive order sus-
pended the authority of Interior De-
partment offices to issue new fossil
fuel permits and leases—a move
that could be a first step in deliver-
ing on Biden’s campaign promise to
ban all new federal drilling permits.
“The Order does not impact ex-
isting ongoing operations under
valid leases and does not preclude
the issuance of leases, permits,
and other authorizations by those
specified. In addition, any actions
necessary in the event of an inci-
dent that might pose a threat to hu-
man health, welfare, or safety will
continue,” the Interior Department
said in the statement.
Other Native American tribes—
including the Mandan, Hidatsa,
and Arikara Nation in North Da-
kota—are also big producers of
oil and gas and might push back
against the order.
Some GOP lawmakers, mean-
while, said the move to suspend
oil and natural gas drilling will im-
peril tens of thousands of American
jobs and raise energy prices for U.S.
families.
Reuters contributed to this report.
 MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021
COVID-19
Outbreaks Worsen
in Beijing, Shanghai
NICOLE HAO
Officials in China’s capital of
Beijing and its financial hub of
Shanghai announced new CCP
(Chinese Communist Party) vi-
rus infections this weekend and
locked down dozens more neigh-
borhoods.
Meanwhile, the northern prov-
inces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, and
Hebei also reported more CO-
VID-19 cases on Jan. 24, as did
southern China’s Guangdong
Province and eastern China’s Ji-
angsu Province.
Seventy-two Chinese regions
were designated as high- or
medium-risk for virus spread
by local governments on Jan. 24,
which means residents in those
areas aren’t allowed to leave their
homes and no public transporta-
tion can operate.
Some locals also reported lock-
downs in neighborhoods that
weren’t noted by local govern-
ments, leading them to suspect
that authorities were covering up
outbreaks.
In many cases, authorities didn’t
give people enough time to pre-
pare, leading many people to not
have enough food to eat, sick peo-
ple not having access to medicine,
and babies without sufficient for-
mula to drink, according to social
media posts.
Tongliao city in Jilin Province,
for example, was locked down just
three hours after authorities an-
nounced the decision on Jan. 18.
On Jan. 22, local officials sealed
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Airspace 2 Days in a Row
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Y-8 reconnaissance aircraft, and
two Y-8 anti-submarine aircraft
into the same airspace.
Taiwan’s air force was sent up to
respond, it said.
“Airborne alert sorties had been
tasked, radio warnings issued,
and air defense missile systems
deployed to monitor the activity,”
the ministry said.
The U.S. State Department voiced
concerns after China breached the
island’s air defense zone on Jan. 23.
“We urge Beijing to cease its mil-
itary, diplomatic, and economic
pressure against Taiwan and in-
stead engage in meaningful dia-
logue with Taiwan’s democrati-
cally elected representatives,”
State Department spokesperson
Ned Price said in a statement on
Jan. 23.
“We will continue to assist
Taiwan in maintaining a suf-
ficient self-defense capability.
Our commitment to Taiwan is
rock-solid and contributes to the
maintenance of peace and stabil-
ity across the Taiwan Strait and
within the region.”
Chinese jets violated Taiwan’s
airspace about 380 times in 2020
and have continued to carry out
such incursions on a nearly daily
basis this year, according to Tai-
wan’s Ministry of National De-
fense.
SUHAIMI ABDULLAH/GETTY IMAGES
J-10 fighter jets of China’s Air Force
aerobatics team perform an aerial
display during the Singapore Airshow
on Feb. 9, 2020.
the doors of about 360,000 resi-
dents of the city’s Dongchang
district.
People from Dongchang district
commented under the posts of
state-run media People’s Daily
and Xinhua on Chinese social
media platform Weibo, pleading
for food and necessary medicines.
Beijing
On Jan. 24, Beijing’s city govern-
ment announced that a resident
from the Yunlifang community
in Daxing district was diagnosed
with COVID-19. This was the first
announced diagnosis in Yunli-
fang. Authorities swiftly desig-
nated the Ronghui community
in Daxing district as a high-risk
region, while two villages in Shu-
nyi district were designated as
medium-risk.
Local authorities had already
locked down five communities
in Daxing on Jan. 19, adding 11
more communities and villages.
“They sealed our doors at 6 a.m.
this morning and told us that
all villagers cannot leave our
homes,” a resident of Haizijiao
village in Daxing surnamed Wu
(pseudonym) told the Chinese-
language Epoch Times in a phone
interview on Jan. 23.
Wu added that all residents in
Daxing are being ordered to take
a COVID-19 test daily. She and her
fellow villagers were tested three
times in recent days.
“There’s no announced infec-
tion from our village, but we were
locked down at home. The key is-
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen (C) listens while inspecting military troops
in Tainan, Taiwan, on Jan. 15, 2021.
Washington ended its diplomat-
ic ties with Taipei in favor of Bei-
jing in 1979, but has maintained a
robust relationship with the island
based on the Taiwan Relations Act
(TRA), which was signed into law
by former President Jimmy Carter
in April 1979. The TRA authorizes
the United States to provide the
island with military equipment
for its self-defense.
It remains to be seen how Biden
will maintain U.S.–Taiwan rela-
tions.
Biden’s pick for Secretary of
State, Anthony Blinken, said dur-
ing his Senate nomination hear-
ing on Jan. 19 that Beijing would
be making a “grievous mistake”
if it decided to use military force
against Taiwan.
“We need to make sure that they
[Taiwan] have the means to de-
ter aggression,” Blinken said. He
added that he would like to see
“Taiwan even more engaged in
the world.”
On Jan. 21 in a daily brief-
ing, China’s foreign ministry
spokesperson Hua Chunying
voiced opposition to Taiwan’s de
facto ambassador to the United
States, Hsiao Bi-khim, attending
Biden’s inauguration ceremony.
Hua said China was “firmly
People line up to be tested for COVID-19 in Beijing on Jan. 23, 2021.
sue for us is that we can’t go out
to work but need to buy the food
that has become so expensive,”
Wu said. She said that sometimes
there is no food available to buy.
Residents from the Ronghui
residential compound, where
the regime announced dozens
of infections, told the Chinese-
language Epoch Times that all
residents have been relocated to
centralized quarantine centers.
“They [officials] didn’t allow us to
bring our pets, but would quaran-
tine us for 21 days,” one resident
said. “I had to leave a lot of cat
food, dog food, and water for my
cat and dog. I hope they won’t die.”
Meanwhile, since Jan. 22, all
residents in the Dongcheng and
Xicheng districts—with a total
population of more than 2 mil-
lion—have been required to take
nucleic acid testing. Many had
SAM YEH/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
against” any official interactions
between the United States and
Taiwan. She also called on the
U.S. government to “prudently
and properly handle issues relat-
ing to Taiwan.”
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Af-
fairs thanked the United States for
its support via Twitter on Jan. 24.
“Based on shared values & in-
terests, we’re committed to our
partnership with the #US in
furthering peace & stability in
the #IndoPacific,” the ministry
added.
Taiwanese lawmaker Wang
Ting-yu applauded the State De-
partment for its powerful state-
ment, via a Jan. 24 Facebook post.
He added that it was worth watch-
ing any concrete military or politi-
cal actions the U.S. government
might take next with regards to
Taiwan.
Wang said he believed the Chi-
nese Communist Party was “test-
ing” the new Pentagon chief with
its large-scale military incursion
against Taiwan on Jan. 23.
On Jan. 22, the Senate con-
firmed Lloyd Austin as the new
secretary of defense.
Reuters contributed
to this report.
to brave long lines amid the cold
weather.
Shanghai
Also on Jan. 24, the Shanghai city
government designated the Guixi
residential compound in Huang-
pu district a medium-risk region.
As of press time, officials had an-
nounced four medium-risk sec-
tors in the Huangpu and Baoshan
districts.
However, Shanghai residents
told the Chinese-language Epoch
Times that more regions in the
city than that have been locked
down.
“They locked down the areas by
Dahuakou and Lingshi roads in
Baoshan district, close to the bor-
der to Putuo district, and Zhabei
Park in Jing’an district,” Ms. He
said on Jan. 23.
The medium-risk regions that
US Lawmaker Urges Biden to Keep
Promise to Address TikTok Risks
FRANK FANG
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas),
the top Republican on the House
Foreign Affairs Committee, is
urging President Joe Biden to ad-
dress concerns posed by popu-
lar Chinese video-sharing app
TikTok.
“I encourage the Biden admin
to stick to its concerns about CCP
[Chinese Communist Party] so-
cial media companies like Tik-
Tok, which put our personal data
& nat’l security at risk,” McCaul
stated via Twitter on Jan. 23. The
lawmaker pointed to Biden’s re-
marks made during a campaign
stop in Minnesota last year.
On Sept. 18, 2020, Biden said
that TikTok was a “matter of
genuine concern,” given the app’s
popularity in the United States
and the potential for China to
access U.S. user data. He also
said that, if elected president, he
would get cyber experts to “go
into it deeply” to get the “best
solutions” to deal with the risks
associated with the app.
In August last year, then-Pres-
ident Donald Trump ordered
ByteDance, TikTok’s China-
based parent company, to divest
from the app within 90 days. A
month later, Trump approved a
partnership deal in principle—
TikTok would be allowed to
continue operating in the Unit-
ed States and ByteDance would
create a new company called
TikTok Global, with U.S. compa-
nies Oracle and Walmart having
stakes in the company.
While both U.S. companies
have remained committed to the
September 2020 deal, the part-
nership hasn’t been formalized.
Meanwhile, TikTok filed a law-
suit against Trump’s order in Au-
gust last year; the ban was tempo-
rarily blocked after a federal judge
issued a preliminary injunction
on Sept. 27, 2020.
Earlier this month, the U.S.
government and TikTok agreed
to an extension until Feb. 18 for
both sides to submit documents
in the court battle, according to
CHINA | A9
NOEL CELIS/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
authorities announced are locat-
ed about 6 to 15 miles away from
the areas Ms. He described. Of-
ficials haven’t announced any in-
fections in the regions mentioned
by Ms. He.
“It’s definitely that [authorities]
diagnosed some residents with
COVID-19 in our areas, but they
didn’t announce it,” He said.
Ms. Wang, from the Jing’an dis-
trict, said that she heard about a
woman who suddenly lost con-
sciousness while lining up to buy
medicine at a local pharmacy on
Jan. 21.
“The outbreak is in the busiest
areas of Shanghai. We are scared.
The only thing we can do is to
avoid going out,” Wang said.
Many of the interviewees from
Shanghai said they don’t believe
the official announcements have
been fully transparent.
Business Insider.
Under the Trump administra-
tion, U.S. officials sounded the
alarm that Chinese tech hard-
ware and software could be ex-
ploited by Beijing for spying, cit-
ing China’s national intelligence
law that mandates companies
and individuals to cooperate with
Chinese intelligence efforts when
needed.
TikTok isn’t the only Chinese
mobile app that has drawn U.S.
concerns. On Jan. 5, Trump
signed an executive order ban-
ning U.S. transactions with eight
Chinese apps, including Ant
Group’s Alipay, Tencent QQ, and
WeChat Pay.
In October last year, Sen. Marco
Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced a mea-
sure (S.4869) aimed at safeguard-
ing U.S. national security from
high-risk foreign mobile apps, in
particular those from China.
Under his proposal, apps de-
fined as “high-risk foreign soft-
ware” would come with a warn-
ing label alerting users about
data and security risks, such as
the software’s ownership and
country of origin.
Companies that own the high-
risk software would be required
to submit certain corporate in-
formation, such as what user data
are being accessed and internal
content moderation policies, to
both the Federal Trade Commis-
sion and the Justice Department.
KEVIN DIETSCH/POOL/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas),
during a House Committee on For-
eign Affairs hearing on Capitol Hill in
Washington on Sept. 16, 2020.
 A10 | WORLD
India, China Wage War of Words About
Chinese Village on Indian Land
VENUS UPADHAYAYA
NEW DELHI—China is defend-
ing the construction of a village on
land in India’s state of Arunachal
Pradesh, saying that the Beijing
regime has “never recognized” the
border area as a part of India.
The Chinese village of 101 houses
sits along the Tsari Chu river in the
border state, according to the U.S.-
based imaging company Planet
Labs. Construction was completed
2.5 miles into Indian territory last
year, as India and China engaged
in a tense military standoff in the
far north, Himalayan region of
Ladakh.
The construction is a matter of
grave concern for India, New Delhi
Television (NDTV) reported on
Jan. 18. The Indian External Affairs
Ministry said in a statement the
same day that the Indian gov-
ernment is aware of the Chinese
“ramping” up infrastructure de-
velopment in the region and is tak-
ing necessary measures.
“We have seen recent reports on
China undertaking construction
work along with the border areas
with India. China has undertaken
such infrastructure construction
activity in the past several years,”
the Ministry of External Affairs
said.
The ministry said it’s taking all
necessary measures to protect
the territorial integrity and sov-
ereignty of India and is stepping
up infrastructure development on
the Indian side.
Meanwhile, the Chinese Ex-
ternal Affairs ministry noted the
construction in a statement on
Jan. 21 but said it doesn’t recog-
nize Arunachal Pradesh as a part
of India.
“China’s position on the east sec-
tor of the China-India boundary, or
Zangnan region (the southern part
of China’s Tibet), is consistent and
clear. We have never recognized
the so-called Arunachal Pradesh
illegally established on the Chi-
nese territory,” Chinese Foreign
Ministry spokesperson Hua Chu-
nying told a media briefing.
While there’s a history of clashes
between the Indian army and Chi-
na’s People’s Liberation Army in
the Tsari Chu river valley has since
1959, there are areas that are a part
of the official map of India, yet are
under Chinese control.
Indian retired Maj. Gen. G.G.
Diwedi, who has served in the re-
gion, told The Epoch Times over
the phone that because control of
the area is in dispute, international
norms prohibit construction there.
He said India and China have vari-
ous agreements to regulate con-
duct with respect to the disputed
border.
“The basic issue is that in the dis-
puted territory, we don’t make any
permanent construction. While
we may patrol because our percep-
tion [of the border] is different, we
don’t do any construction work,”
he said.
Another Indian military veteran,
retired Lt. Gen. Kamal Davar, who
CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
Demonstrators shout slogans as they protest China’s claim of six districts in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh,
in New Delhi, India, on April 25, 2017.
Arunachali tribal women in Jaswant Garh, Arunachal Pradesh, India, near the Indo–Chinese border, in this file photo.
has also served in the region dur-
ing his career and who founded In-
The Chinese dia’s Defense Intelligence Agency,
constantly told The Epoch Times that the Chi-
come out with nese don’t do anything randomly
and everything for them is a long,
innovative drawn-out strategy.
methods in the “As late as 2005, the Chinese
pursuit of their ambassador said the whole of
Arunachal belongs to China. How
strategic mis- do you say that? Are you ruling
sions by means the world? Or are you still suffer-
fair and foul. ing from that irrational, Middle
Kingdom syndrome? Chinese have
Retired Lt. Gen. the thing that they own the world,”
Kamal Davar Davar said.
China’s statements reflect their
“deceit and disregard” for humani-
tarian and international norms,
he says.
The report of the construction of
the 101 houses follows other recent
reports of China settling Han Chi-
nese and Tibetan members of the
Chinese Communist Party along
the border with India to further its
expansionist agenda, according
to NDTV.
”Like it used fishermen in the
South China Sea, China uses ci-
vilian resources—herders and
grazers—as the tip of the spear
to intrude into Indian-patrolled
Himalayan areas,” Dr. Brahma
Chellaney, a geopolitical analyst
and a noted syndicated writer, told
NDTV.
Davar said: “The Chinese con-
stantly come out with innovative
methods in the pursuit of their
strategic missions by means fair
and foul.
“Their modus operandi embrac-
es clandestine measures employ-
ing seemingly innocent Tibetan
and nomads in areas close to the
Indian border, who are then uti-
lized to wander across the LAC
MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021
BIJU BORO/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
Indian army personnel stand guard at
Bumla pass, at the Indo–Chinese bor-
der, in the state of Arunachal Pradesh,
India, in this file photo.
(Line of Actual Control) to obtain
information.”
Historically Complex Border
Ninong Ering, a former federal
minister of the Indian government
and a current lawmaker in the
legislative assembly of Arunachal
Pradesh, told The Epoch Times
by telephone that his state has al-
ways been a target of the Chinese
because they consider it a part of
south Tibet.
“The Chinese are really [exple-
tive] off, they are really angry with
us because we gave a kind of sol-
ace to his holiness the Dalai Lama
when he had come to Tawang. And
that’s the reason why they are al-
ways against us,” said Ering, who
was also a member of the lower
house of the Indian parliament
for 10 years.
Arunachal Pradesh is home to
the historic Tawang Monastery, the
largest Buddhist monastery in In-
dia and the second-largest after the
Potala Palace in Lhasa, with which
it was connected. It belongs to the
Gelug school of Vajrayana Bud-
dhism and when the Dalai Lama
escaped to India in March 1959, he
settled at the Tawang monastery
for a month before meeting with
the Indian government.
Arunachal Pradesh, which has a
684-mile-long boundary with Chi-
na, has set up about 20 to 25 mili-
tary posts along this border. Ering
said that the Chinese have already
occupied some Indian land in the
past few decades and it’s important
to have a check on their ongoing
activity, to halt further aggression
and intrusions.
“There has to be a check. Now,
there’s no check. They are still
engrossed in incursions and
they always do this because we
don’t have any border on the
border. It’s completely jungle in
Arunachal Pradesh and there are
BIJU BORO/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
no roads,” he said.
The Chinese have already built a
network of roads on the other side
of the border, Ering said.
He gave the example of Arunachal
Pradesh’s remotest town, Anini,
which is 20 miles away from the
nearest Indian military post and
another 62 miles (100 kilometers)
to the Line of Actual Control (LAC),
is which is unmanned.
“Now, when there is a gap of 100
kilometers, the Chinese have al-
ready constructed roads, because
you can see through the Google
[maps] they went right into Dibang
valley. That is going to be a very se-
rious threat for all of us until and
unless we build infrastructure,
until and unless we build roads,”
Ering said.
“So if the Indian government
doesn’t build roads, then I think we
may lose Arunachal,” said Ering.
He expressed hope that newly
elected U.S. President Joe Biden
will support India.
“Let us hope that the United
States president will also take con-
cern about what China is doing to
India,” he said.
Protests Against New Village
After reports emerged about the
new Chinese village, anti-China
protests broke out in the Upper
Subansiri district in Arunachal
Pradesh, where the houses were
built. People carried placards and
banners and shouted pro-India
and anti-China slogans, NDTV re-
ported. The banners read “long
live India” and “go back China,”
according to the images and videos
available in the media.
Ering said the people of the state
are very patriotic, and the region
always has been under the “Indian
format.”
“People are completely patriotic,
the national feeling is there. Bharat
Mata ki Jai (Long Live Mother In-
dia) and JaiHind (Victory to India)
are always there in our mouths. So
we are completely nationalistic,”
said Ering. He says he’s written
a letter to Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi about the Chinese
road, in the unmanned territory
between the Debang valley and
the LAC.
Meanwhile, the Chinese state-
run Global Times called India’s
response “hype by Indian media”
and cited a Chinese expert who
said the Indian media is seeking
to create anti-China sentiment in
the country.
“China and India haven’t demar-
cated the borderline of this area
yet. So they cannot accuse China
of building a village on the Indian
side,” Qian Feng, director of the re-
search department at the National
Strategy Institute at Tsinghua Uni-
versity, told the media outlet.
 MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021 WORLD | A11

Estonia to Get 1st Female Prime Minister Chairwoman of the Reform Party Kaja

as Government Deal Clinched Kallas arrives at a polling station during

parliamentary elections in Tallinn,
Estonia, on March 3, 2019.

AP PHOTO/RAUL MEE
TALLINN, Estonia—Estonia’s two
biggest political parties say they
have clinched a deal to form a new
government to be led by a female
prime minister for the first time
in the Baltic country’s history,
replacing the previous Cabinet
that collapsed into a corruption
scandal earlier this month.
The party councils of the the
opposition, center-right Reform
Party and the ruling left-leaning
Center Party were expected on
Jan. 24 to vote in favor of joining
a Cabinet headed by Reform’s
prime minister-designate and
chairwoman Kaja Kallas.
Both parties are set to have
seven ministerial portfolios in the
14-member government, which
would muster a majority at the
101-seat Riigikogu Parliament.
A joint statement said the Re-
form Party and the Center Party
“will form a government that will
continue to effectively resolve the
COVID-19 crisis, keep Estonia
forward-looking and develop all
areas and regions of our country.”
Earlier this month, President
Kersti Kaljulaid, who is expected
to appoint Kallas’ Cabinet in the
next few days, said tackling Esto-
nia’s worsening coronavirus situ-
ation and the economic turmoil makers, Kallas, 43, will become European Union commissioner. Ratas, to form a three-party coali- November 2016, Ratas won’t be
caused by the pandemic should the first female head of govern- Kaja Kallas took the reins at the tion without the Reform Party. part of the new Cabinet. Local
be an immediate priority for the ment in the history of the small Reform Party in 2018 as its first Ratas and his Cabinet resigned media reported earlier that he
new government. Baltic nation of 1.3 million which female chair. on Jan. 13 over a scandal involving could become the parliamentary
Kaljulaid tasked Kallas to form regained its independence amid The government formation marks a key official at his Center Party speaker in March.
the government as her pro-busi- the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. the second such attempt for Kallas suspected of accepting a private Estonia has been a member of
ness and pro-entrepreneurship A lawyer and former European in less than two years as she failed donation for the party in exchange the European Union and NATO
Reform Party emerged as the Parliament lawmaker, she is the to bring about a Reform Party-led for a political favor on a real estate since 2004.
winner of Estonia’s March 2019 daughter of Siim Kallas, one of government after the 2019 election. development at the harbor district
general election. the Reform Party’s creators, a for- That paved the way for the archri- of the capital, Tallinn. By Jari Tanner
Pending approval from law- mer prime minister and a former val Center Party and its leader, Juri Estonia’s prime minister since From The Associated Press

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UK Detects 77 Cases of South African COVID

Variant, 9 of Brazilian Strain
ALEXANDER ZHANG
LONDON—The United Kingdom
has detected 77 cases of the South
African variant of COVID-19, the
health minister said on Jan. 24,
while urging people to strictly
follow lockdown rules as the best
precaution against Britain’s own
potentially more deadly variant.
Matt Hancock said all 77 cases
were connected to travel from
South Africa and were under
close observation, as were nine
identified cases of a Brazilian
variant.
“They are under very close ob-
servation, and we have enhanced
contact tracing to do everything
we possibly can to stop them
from spreading,” he said during
an interview on BBC television.
Oxford professor Anthony
Harnden, deputy chair of a sci-
entific committee on vaccination
that advises the government, said
the South African and Brazilian
variants are of concern because
COVID-19 vaccines may not be
effective against them.
“The new variants abroad are
a real worry. The South African
and the Brazilian Amazonian
ones, there are hints that there
will be vaccine escape,” he told
Sky News, adding that new vari-
ants would continue to appear
around the world.
Britain has the highest death
toll in Europe from COVID-19,
at close to 100,000, and has been
in lockdown for most of January,
with hospitals struggling to cope
with record numbers of seriously
ill patients.
The government has attributed
the high transmission rates that
led it to impose the lockdown in
part to a highly contagious vari-
ant first identified in southeast
England and now prevalent in
many areas.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson
said on Jan. 22 that the English
variant may be associated with
a higher level of mortality, al-
though scientists have said the
evidence remains uncertain, a
message Hancock reemphasized
on Jan. 24.
“The scientists do think that it
may be more deadly, and they’ve
put various estimates on that
from about 10 percent more
deadly to a bit more than that,
we are not exactly certain about
Travelers arrive
at Heathrow
Airport in
London on Jan.
17, 2021.
how much more deadly,” he said
on Sky News.
“In a way, for all of us, that
doesn’t matter, what matters is
we have got to get this virus un-
der control and the only way you
do that is by stopping the social
contact and following the rules,”
he said.

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On the Efforts to Silence
Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity
BRAD BIRD
Fox News Channel’s political
commentators Tucker Carlson
and Sean Hannity are under at-
tack, with many calling for their
removal from the airwaves.
While this is perhaps a predict-
able extension of cancel culture’s
ongoing persecution of those who uphold
traditional values, the attack on these
men is a particularly offensive attempt at
censorship—a line in the sand.
This is because they’re among the few
remaining voices in North American
journalism with the courage and commit-
ment to report views and facts that chal-
lenge the wisdom of progressive thinking.
They also defended and respected Presi-
dent Donald J. Trump, who was endlessly
and unjustly attacked and maligned by
most in the media who betrayed the tradi-
tion of fair and balanced reporting.
Carlson and Hannity have been ac-
cused, among other things, of spreading
“harmful propaganda and downright
fiction,” according to one source.
This is rich, considering what the
mainstream media has been doing in
recent years. We need to understand this
clearly: Carlson and Hannity make no
pretense of being objective newscast-
ers such as the late Walter Cronkite or
the current Lester Holt. They’re com-
mentators who present their opinions in
the same way the acclaimed William F.
Buckley once did.
The problem is that people who want
just the facts can’t get them anymore in
the legacy media, such as The New York
Times, because it’s so tainted by woke-
ness, political correctness, and the anti-
Trump parade. So they turn to Carlson,
Hannity, and others such as Laura Ingra-
ham for relief and common sense.
I don’t know Carlson or Hannity per-
sonally, and I’m not in the pay of either of
them. I have never spoken or communi-
cated in any way with either of them. I’m
an independent Canadian writer, a semi-
retired reporter/editor with more than
40 years of experience, including work
in war zones and positions in Canada at
both large daily (Winnipeg Free Press)
and small weekly newspapers. At the age
MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021 • A13
of 62, I don’t fear retribution from those
who might wish to silence me for defend-
ing my American colleagues.
After a lifetime of seeking and report-
ing the truth as best I could—not always
succeeding, at times being in error, but
having won many awards for my body of
work, which includes five books—I de-
cided, inspired by the brilliant books and
columns of Conrad Black, to speak up
and defend traditional values, our basic
freedoms, and others who embrace them.
And since my late father, Clayton Bird,
fought to defeat fascism and protect our
freedoms in World War II as the pilot of a
Halifax bomber, I also owe him, and his
peers, a great debt of gratitude.
Thriving on Diversity
Democracy, like nature itself, thrives on
diversity. Just as monoculture in agricul-
ture is scorned as damaging to soils and
crops alike, so too does a single voice in
democracy lead to sterility and rot. We
need a rich panoply of opinions like a
meadow needs grasses, shrubs, and wild-
flowers, so they can help each other grow
and thrive. We need progressive voices to
help society evolve and improve—but we
also need conservative views to protect
the wisdom we’ve inherited.
Just as yin needs yang in Chinese phi-
losophy for balance and harmony, so, too,
does democracy need divergent views for
a healthy intellectual life, for testing ideas
and rejecting those that prove unfit and
fallacious and embracing those that pass
tests of reason and utility.
The truth emerges not from a single
source—surely we learned that from
Pravda’s propaganda in the Soviet Union
and from the Chinese regime’s current
censorship—but from a multiplicity of
competing viewpoints that challenge
each other, allowing the best to prevail.
You don’t have to agree with all that
Carlson and Hannity say. I don’t, and they
don’t expect us to. What matters is that
they give many millions of people a differ-
ent perspective to that in the mainstream
media; they offer a conservative point of
view to balance and question the progres-
sive creed of those who now dominate
our elected offices, the halls of academia,
legal institutions, public schools, and the
Just as yin needs
yang in Chinese
philosophy for
balance and
harmony, so too
does democracy
need divergent
views for a healthy
intellectual life
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bastions of popular culture.
Attack on Free Speech
Whatever your nationality, you will recall
that the First Amendment in the U.S. Bill
of Rights protects freedom of speech and
freedom of the press, which covers TV
news and commentary. The United States
has been the world’s bulwark of free
speech for 245 years, since 1776.
In modern history, the only affront to
freedom of speech in America similar to
what we see today occurred during the
post-war period of McCarthyism in the
late 1940s and early 1950s when people
suspected of harboring communist sym-
pathies were removed from their jobs.
William L. Shirer, an esteemed war-time
radio reporter and author of the best-
selling “The Rise and Fall of the Third
Reich” about Hitler’s destructive rule,
was among those silenced.
Today the situation is reversed. It’s
progressives, some clearly sympathetic
to the Antifa-Marxist fringe of the Demo-
cratic Party, who are doing the persecut-
ing, and they do so with impunity. We
saw this last summer when Antifa and
related groups toppled statues, injured
hundreds of police officers, burned
cruisers and private businesses, and
actually took control, for many weeks,
of portions of inner cities such as Seattle.
Yet they were allowed this rampage in di-
rect violation of the law. The mainstream
media insisted these were “peaceful pro-
tests.” Thanks to Carlson and Hannity,
we got some sanity on this madness.
In his inaugural address, President
Joe Biden correctly declared that “The
American story depends not on any one
of us ... but on all of us.” Yes it does, and
that includes all of your voices, our voices,
including those of Carlson and Hannity.
Biden is right, so don’t censor them, help
them and others carry on their good and
necessary work.
Brad Bird is an award-winning Cana-
dian reporter and editorial writer with
a master’s degree in political studies. His
book “Me and My Canoe” (Pemmican
Publications) relates his many wonder-
ful experiences paddling the Mississippi
River to New Orleans.
A14 | OPINION
The Reason Biden Is
Already Failing as President
THOMAS DEL BECCARO
Presidents have two jobs.
The first, and most vis-
ible, is being the head
of the executive branch,
and the second is being
the head of his political
party. Successful presi-
dents usually have working control
over their political party. Joe Biden,
however, has barely taken office and his
presidency is already in jeopardy—from
members of his own party.
Most people, when they view the
presidency, focus on the more visible
aspects of that job. Presidents have very
high profiles, live in the White House,
hold press conferences, meet with
foreign officials, and sign legislation—
among many, many other duties. So
many duties, in fact, that many believe
it’s a younger man’s job.
Recent history has featured energetic
presidents. From Bill Clinton, to George
W. Bush to Barack Obama, in recent
memory, the White House has been
occupied by much younger men. It’s
true that Donald Trump is in his 70s
but there is little question he had more
energy than most anyone.
Many have questioned whether
Biden, because of his age and condi-
tion, will be up to that job. How little
he campaigned and how few times he
spoke, and how little he now speaks
to the press, has fed into those doubts.
Meanwhile, his gaffes give rise to differ-
ent concerns.
All in all, many suppose that there
will be a someone or perhaps several
behind the Biden throne. The possibili-
ties include Biden’s wife Jill; Susan Rice,
DILBERT
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RED AND ROVER
GRAND AVENUE
MUTT & JEFF
who is head of the White House Domes-
tic Policy Council; Ron Klain, who is
Biden’s chief of staff; or even John Pod-
esta, who has been a Democratic power
broker for years. Others believe it will
be Vice President Kamala Harris, who
some believe will be president within
four years, and will be the last person in
the room with Biden after meetings.
Speculation aside, the period in
between the election and when a presi-
dent takes office is known as the inter-
regnum. Normally during that period,
there’s a transition process and also,
importantly, a process by which the
incoming party comes together, gets on
the same page, and plans for the first
100 days. Newly elected presidents often
have the greatest say in that process.
Impeachment spells more
division and the likely
derailing of any honeymoon
period Biden could have.
By all accounts, Biden is already
proving not to be up to the second
aspect of his job—running his politi-
cal party. Some of that is his fault and
some of it is the nature of what I call
The Divided Era—the period from the
mid-1990s to now, which features ever-
growing division.
The stakes in American politics are
growing with every increase in govern-
ment spending. The federal government
spent nearly $2 trillion more in 2020
than it did in 2019—even more if you
consider Federal Reserve policies. As
Americans, we compete intensely to
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President Joe Biden signs an executive order as
Vice President Kamala Harris looks on during
an event at the White House on Jan. 22, 2021.
get those dollars, intensely to hand out
those dollars (in the form of elections),
and nearly as intensely not to be taxed
for those dollars. That competition is,
by its nature, divisive.
The more money spent, the greater
our division.
Not satisfied with record spending,
many Democrats in Congress, includ-
ing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have
huge spending plans. The most liberal
wing of the party wants outright social-
ist policies and programs. Rep. Alex-
andria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie
Sanders want full speed ahead on those
socialist plans; Biden likely wants a
slower pace. With Sanders in charge of
the Senate Budget Committee, who will
win that battle is open to question.
More immediately, however, is the
issue of the impeachment. Never in
our history has such a divisive measure
been pushed by the party of an incom-
ing president.
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GINGER MEGGS
BIG NATE
DRABBLE
FRANK AND ERNEST
MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021
For those who voted for Trump, the
start of the Biden presidency, if it ulti-
mately includes a Senate impeachment
trial, couldn’t be starting more divisive-
ly. They will be lost to Biden forever. For
independents who want to see Wash-
ington actually fix existing problems,
it will be viewed as a partisan—and
possibly quite ugly—diversion from the
important business at hand.
Many Democrats in Congress deem
impeachment essential either because
they fear a return of Trump or because
they hate him that much.
Altogether, impeachment spells more
division and the likely derailing of any
honeymoon period Biden could have.
It will signal that unity won’t be on the
agenda—something many Biden voters
wanted.
Biden wants a honeymoon period, but
he knows he can’t stop impeachment.
In other words, the Democratic Party
didn’t come together after Election Day
on a single agenda. That also means
that Biden simply isn’t in control of
his own party—and that means he’s
already failing as president.
Thomas Del Beccaro is an acclaimed
author, speaker, Fox News, Fox Busi-
ness, and Epoch Times opinion writer,
and former chairman of the California
Republican Party. He is the author of the
historical perspectives “The Divided Era”
and “The New Conservative Paradigm.”
 MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021
SPECIAL SERIES
How the Specter of Communism
Is Ruling Our World
Sabotaging Education
The Epoch Times here serializes an adaptation from the Chinese of
“How the Specter of Communism Is Ruling Our World,” a new book by
the editorial team of the “Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party.”
1. Communist Elements
in Primary and
Secondary Education
d. Psychological
Manipulation (cont.)
Moral Relativism
Americans who attended
schools in the late 1970s may
remember an imagined scenario
many teachers brought up in
class, which went like this: As a
ship sinks, the captain, several
children, a pregnant woman,
and a gay man get in a lifeboat.
The lifeboat is overloaded and
one person must be let go. The
teachers would ask the students
to discuss and decide who must
get off the lifeboat, giving up his
or her life. The teacher would not
comment on or judge the stu-
dents’ comments.
Some students who attended
death education classes have
committed suicide. For the
same 1990 program, ABC
interviewed one student at
Columbine High School who
said her suicide plans were
directly related to the death
education she received there.
She said the classes made
death seem glamorous, ‘very
exciting, [and] very appealing.’
This story was often used in
the values clarification classes
that emerged in the 1970s. This
kind of lesson was also applied
in affective education, the Lions
Quest drug-prevention program,
and sex education.
William Kilpatrick, author
of the 1993 book “Why Johnny
Can’t Tell Right From Wrong:
And What We Can Do About It,”
described such classes as hav-
ing “turned classroom discus-
sions into ‘bull sessions’ where
opinions go back and forth but
conclusions are never reached.”
Kilpatrick wrote:
“It has resulted in classrooms
where teachers act like talk show
hosts, and where the merits of
wife swapping, cannibalism,
and teaching children to mas-
turbate are recommended topics
for debate. ... For students, it has
meant wholesale confusion about
moral values: learning to ques-
tion values they have scarcely
acquired, unlearning values
taught at home, and concluding
that questions of right and wrong
are always merely subjective. ... It
has created a generation of moral
illiterates: students who know
their own feelings but don’t know
their culture.” [32]
Sowell understood that these
sessions utilized the same tech-
niques developed in totalitarian
countries to brainwash people:
1. “Emotional stress, shock, or
de-sensitization, to break down
both intellectual and emotional
resistance”
2. “Isolation, whether physical
or emotional, from familiar
sources of emotional support
in resistance”
3. “Cross-examining pre-existing
values, often by manipulating
peer pressure”
4. “Stripping the individual of
normal defenses, such as
reserve, dignity, a sense of pri-
vacy, or the ability to decline
to participate”
5. “Rewarding acceptance of
the new attitudes, values, and
beliefs—a reward which can be
simply release from the pres-
sures inflicted on those who
resist, or may take other sym-
bolic or tangible form” [33]
Sowell notes that the sessions
encourage students to rebel
against the traditional moral val-
ues taught by their parents and
society. Classes are conducted
in a neutral or a “nonjudgmen-
tal” way, in which the teacher
does not distinguish between
right and wrong, but rather
searches for what feels good for
an individual. The focus of values
clarification “is on the feelings
of the individual, rather than on
the requirements of a functioning
society or the requirements
of intellectual analysis.” [34]
Common activities of death
education classes included
asking the students to draw
their own tombstones, select
their own coffins, arrange their
own funerals, and write their
own obituaries. Students were
asked the following questions:
‘How will you die? When will
you die? Have you ever known
anyone who died violently?’
Death and Drug-Prevention
Education
In September 1990, the U.S.
television channel ABC aired a
program that concerned many
viewers. In it, a school takes
students to a morgue as part of its
“death education” and students
view and touch corpses. [35]
Common activities of the
death education classes includ-
ed asking the students to draw
their own tombstones, select
their own coffins, arrange their
own funerals, and write their
own obituaries. Students were
asked the following questions:
“How will you die?”
“When will you die?”
“Have you ever known anyone
who died violently?”
“When was the last time you
mourned? Was it expressed
in tears or silent pain? Did
you mourn alone or with some-
Chapter Twelve
one else?”
“Do you believe in an after-life?”
[36]
Obviously, these questions
have nothing to do with study-
ing. They are designed to probe
the students’ outlook on life, their
religious beliefs, and their per-
sonalities. Some of the questions
are aimed to elicit particular
reactions and can have a negative
impact on teens.
Values clarification classes
are conducted in a neutral
or a ‘nonjudgmental’ way, in
which the teacher does not
distinguish between right and
wrong, but rather searches
for what feels good for an
individual. The focus of values
clarification ‘is on the feelings
of the individual, rather than
on the requirements of a
functioning society or the
requirements of intellectual
analysis,’ Thomas Sowell wrote.
It is said that death educa-
tion can help students establish
the right attitude in the face of
death. However, some students
who attended these classes have
committed suicide. For the same
1990 program, ABC interviewed
one student at Columbine High
School who said her suicide plans
were directly related to the death
education she received there. She
said the classes made death seem
glamorous, “very exciting, [and]
very appealing.” [37] Although a
causal relationship has not been
established scientifically, it is
certainly reasonable for parents
to suspect and fear that by expos-
ing psychologically immature
students to confronting informa-
tion on death and suicide, some
students may be more likely to
develop depression and hopeless-
ness, which may contribute to
reasons for committing suicide.
Notes
32. William Kilpatrick, “Why
Johnny Can’t Tell Right from
Wrong and What We Can Do
About It” (New York: Simon
& Schuster, 1993), 16–17.
33. Thomas Sowell, “Inside
American Education: The
Decline, the Deception, the
Dogmas” (New York: The Free
Press, 1993), 36.
34. Ibid., 48.
35. 20/20, “Death in the Class-
room,” ABC, August 30, 1991.
36. Sowell, “Inside American
Education,” 38.
37. “Death in the Classroom.”
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A16 | OPINION
The Constitutional Process Didn’t
Stop Fraud; We Need to Do That
JOHN MILLS
As soon as the Nov. 3,
2020, election started
looking odd in the early
morning hours of Nov.
4, my laser focus for this
election was to ensure
that we ran a completely
constitutional process. It wasn’t about
former President Donald Trump or Presi-
dent Joe Biden, it was about fully exercis-
ing the guidance on elections given in
the 12th Amendment and Title 3 of the
United States Code.
My journey with more fully under-
standing the election process began
in late 2019, in the aftermath of the
Virginia General Assembly election
debacle. From this journey, I learned
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many things.
First and foremost, I learned about a
stunning lack of knowledge, passion, and
participation in the voting process by
most non-progressives at the county and
state level. I learned further that all elec-
tions are predominantly a local event,
and federal law and guidance is actually
very sparse on the voting process.
I’m finding that few really care to un-
derstand the election process and simply
assume someone else is taking care of it.
The answer is yes, someone else is taking
care of the process. This “someone else”
is people, methods, and processes that
are questionable.
Finally, I learned that if anyone wants
to be upset about the outcome of the
Nov. 3, 2020, election, they need to focus
their time, attention, and energy on the
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Election judges verify and count ballots at the Denver
Elections Division building in Denver on Nov. 3, 2020.
People gather on Capitol Hill to protest the presidential
election results, in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.
Republican apparatuses (the Party and
the elected executive and legislative
Republicans at the state levels) in the six
contested states.
Fraud and the Constitutional Process
I read, analyzed, and re-read the 12th
Amendment and U.S. Code Title 3 to
prepare numerous point papers at the
request of others. The stark reality is that
we did follow the constitutional process
for this election. At the same time, there
was massive, corporate-level fraud in the
process.
Bafflingly, these two components—
the constitutional process and election
fraud—aren’t mutually exclusive. This
does not mean the constitutional process
is broken or faulty. In retrospect, I like to
observe that the constitutional process
graciously allows for the imperfect na-
ture of Man (and Woman) in an incred-
ible calculus to arrive at the best possible
decision in a democratic republic.
I was contacted daily by multiple
groups and personalities seeking an
exact, step-by-step, technical manual
sequence for what would happen. Few
liked my answer. The reality is that the
12th Amendment and U.S. Code Title
3 give some sequence, but mainly they
provide parameters.
We need to demand absolute
transparency over every step
of the voting process.
Could Vice President Mike Pence have
sent the electors back to the states for
clarification from the state legislatures?
Yes, I believe he could have, and it still
would have been within the spirit and in-
tent of the letter he released. In the end,
he didn’t; that wasn’t unlawful nor did it
violate the Constitution.
There was massive evidence of fraud
in the election process, arguably best
summed up in the third Navarro re-
port. Media, the courts, and the ex-
ecutive branch seemed patently unin-
terested in following up on any of the
evidence.
It’s a crucial and possibly the key role
of the judicial branch to compel the
release of evidence primarily held back
from public review by the county and
state sworn election officials. They didn’t
and the six key states adopted unstop-
pable inertia, despite noteworthy, heroic
exceptions, as it appeared many on the
Republican side wanted to push the con-
tention over the final election outcome to
someone else. Again, the “someone else”
syndrome struck.
Totalitarianism in Disguise
With the chaos at the U.S. Capitol on Jan.
6, 2021, hundreds of thousands of Trump
supporters came to be associated with
violence.
Were members of BLM and other radi-
cal groups responsible for initiating the
violence? Perhaps—and there have been
arrests and charges made in Washing-
ton and at other riots around the country.
Was this a set up by Antifa? Possibly.
Did some Trump supporters try to calm
and defuse the violence? Yes. Even if true
that some Trump supporters were car-
MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021
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ried away by the psychology of the mob,
there needs to be a complete investiga-
tion and responsibility assigned for the
unlawful actions on Jan. 6 for all partici-
pants on all sides.
What has quickly been apparent is
that the riot at the U.S. Capitol was the
equivalent of the Reichstag Fire. The
riot is being used as a pretext for harsh
censorship and purges by social media–a
modern “blacklisting.” Although respect-
ed personalities attempt to stand against
the media led mob, many succumb to
this false narrative that Trump caused
the violence.
The consequent coordinated purge by
social media of accounts is simply un-
American and demands transparency
and review.
Simultaneously, the House speaker
led a second impeachment vote and the
case has been handed to the Senate for a
trial, which will happen after the presi-
dent has left office, questionable in its
standing.
This unreasoned, hateful pursuit of
Trump does little to heal American so-
ciety and is what Third World countries
do after an election coup. This frenzy
against free speech and Trump is totali-
tarianism disguised as moral outrage—
very similar to what happened to former
President Park Geun-hye in South Korea.
Involved in the Process
The “conspiracy” theories I was frankly
swamped with over the past few months
for the most part started with a kernel of
truth. Many of the people sharing these
were very-well-educated, well-informed,
and well-meaning. They live outside
the veil of classified knowledge of the
departments and agencies of the U.S.
government and other vestiges of the
swamp.
They are well-meaning people trying to
make sense out of what happened.
Instead of waiting for things such as
martial law, fleets off the coast, military
action to seize voting machines, and so
on, I suggest we need to demand abso-
lute transparency over every step of the
voting process.
Every single ballot needs to be optically
scanned to ascertain its validity. Every
single ballot passed through needs to be
observed by multiple bipartisan observ-
ers double-checking the voting tallies.
The voting machines need to be as dumb
as possible and only count votes, with
none of the insane proportional alloca-
tion of votes. We need absolute transpar-
ency over the election machine compa-
nies and their ownership.
Americans voted reasonably well be-
fore the 2002 Helping America Vote Act,
which created this train wreck. Let’s help
ourselves and ensure every one of us gets
involved in the local election process.
Despite the constitutional process that
appears to have allowed a victor with
considerably fewer votes, if we get deci-
sively involved, the best is yet to come for
the United States.
Col. (Ret.) John Mills is a national secu-
rity professional with service in five eras:
Cold War, Peace Dividend, War on Terror,
World in Chaos, and now—Great Power
Competition. He is the former director of
cybersecurity policy, strategy, and interna-
tional affairs at the Department of Defense.
 MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021
US Factory Activity Near
14-Year High; Home
Sales Rose in December
W
ASHINGTON—U.S.
manufacturing activ-
ity surged to its highest
level in nearly 14 years
in early January, but
bottlenecks in the supply chain caused
by the COVID-19 pandemic are driving
up prices and signaling a rise in inflation
in the months ahead.
Other data on Jan. 22 showed an un-
expected increase in sales of previously
owned homes in December. Manufactur-
ing and the housing market are helping to
anchor the economy, which is being bat-
tered by a wave of coronavirus infections.
But the pandemic is causing labor short-
ages at construction sites and factories,
which could erode some of the strength in
the manufacturing and housing sectors.
The pandemic is gumming up
the supply chain, resulting
in manufacturers paying
more for materials, and they
are passing on the higher
production costs to consumers.
Data firm IHS Markit said its flash U.S.
manufacturing PMI accelerated to a read-
ing of 59.1 in the first half of this month,
the highest since May 2007, from 57.1 in
December.
Economists had forecast the index would
slip to 56.5 in early January. A reading
above 50 indicates growth in manufac-
turing, which accounts for 11.9 percent of
the U.S. economy. Manufacturing is being
supported by businesses rebuilding inven-
tories and a shift in demand towards goods
from services because of the pandemic.
The IHS Markit survey’s measure of
Yellen Nomination Sails
Through Senate Panel;
Final Vote Set for Monday
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate Finance
Committee on Jan. 22 unanimously ap-
proved Janet Yellen’s nomination as the
first woman Treasury secretary, indicating
that she will easily win full Senate approval,
but Republicans called for her to work with
them in developing economic policies.
The full Senate will vote on Yellen’s nomina-
tion on Jan. 25, Senate Majority Leader Chuck
Schumer said on the Senate floor, which if suc-
cessful will allow her to get to work promptly
on President Joe Biden’s economic agenda.
Her nomination was approved 26–0 in
the evenly split committee, with concerns
expressed by Republicans about Biden’s
ambitious plans for massive coronavirus
relief spending, infrastructure investment,
and tax hikes failing to sway them against
the former Federal Reserve chair.
“I have very strong disagreements with
Dr. Yellen on a number of her positions,
particularly in the tax policy arena, but she
has committed to us that she will work with
us,” Republican Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)
said after the vote.
“And I think the strong vote on our side
to support her today is an indication that
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Biden has proposed a $1.9 trillion corona-
virus relief plan and has pledged to invest
$2 trillion in infrastructure, green energy
projects, education, and research to boost
American competitiveness.
At Yellen’s confirmation hearing before
the committee on Jan. 19, Republicans ex-
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increased debt.
A full confirmation vote just days after
Biden took office would put the 74-year-old
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economic crisis sparked by the coronavirus
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Yellen’s confirmation hearing on Jan. 19
highlighted some Republican lawmak-
ers’ concerns about her role in executing
Biden’s economic policies, including a big-
ger federal debt burden and repealing parts
Line workers spot weld parts of the frame on the flex line at Nissan Motor Co.’s automobile man-
ufacturing plant in Smyrna, Tenn., on Aug. 23, 2018.
new orders received by factories raced
to its highest level since September 2014.
The surge in demand reflected both ex-
isting and new customers, “with some
clients reportedly committing to orders
previously placed on hold.” That led to
manufacturers hiring more workers early
this month. The survey’s factory employ-
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December.
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passing on the higher production costs to
consumers. The survey’s gauge of prices
received by factories vaulted to its highest
level since July 2008.
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surveys, suggesting inflation could pick
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Janet Yellen, President Joe Biden’s nominee to
be Treasury secretary, speaks in Wilmington,
Del., on Dec. 1, 2020.
of their signature 2017 tax cuts.
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on the proposed $1.9 trillion stimulus pack-
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economic scarring, job and revenue losses.
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generate, rather than the overall amount
borrowed. In recent months, Treasury’s
interest outlays have fallen from pre-pan-
demic levels due to lower rates.
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rates for “pass-through” small businesses
including sole proprietorships, imposing
a new minimum corporate tax and rais-
ing capital gains taxes on the wealthy. She
also endorsed an effective carbon pricing
system and financial regulation to combat
systemic risks from climate change.
With Yellen still awaiting confirmation,
the Biden administration on Jan. 20 named
Andy Baukol, a longtime career interna-
tional finance official, as acting Treasury
secretary. A confirmation hearing for Dep-
uty Treasury Secretary nominee Wally Ad-
eyemo has not yet been scheduled.
By David Lawder & Andrea Shalal
From Reuters
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
WILLIAM DESHAZER/REUTERS
up and remain elevated beyond the an-
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from 55.3 in December. While its flash ser-
vices sector PMI increased to 57.5 from
54.8 in December, the pace of new busi-
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The services sector, which accounts for
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demic, with severe disruptions to restau-
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tract crowds. COVID-19 has infected more
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and 1+ (7 X 3) + 6 = 28
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card suit (rarely, a seven-card suit)
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iA Q 5 4
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PUBLIC HEALTH PERSONAL GROWTH

WHO Changes Definition An Old Approach

of ‘Herd Immunity’ to a New Year’s Resolution
Public health policies, public percep- Saint Ignatius offers guidance on holding to long-term
tion potentially affected as terminology goals for self growth.
changes.
See B2 See B7

MIND & BODY

WELL-BEING |DIET |FITNESS MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021 B1

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New rules
make it easier
to price shop for
health care.

Hospital Prices Just Got

a Lot More Transparent
JULIE APPLEBY for care—before they seek it.
New rules Consumers should be able

H
ospitals face the new year with
require hospitals new requirements to post price
information they have long sought
reveal costs and to obscure: the actual prices nego-
tiated with insurers and the dis-
pricing, but will counts they offer their cash-paying customers.
The move is part of a larger push by the Trump
consumers take administration to use price transparency to
curtail prices and create better-informed con-
advantage? sumers. Yet there is disagreement on whether
it will do so.
The new data requirements go well beyond to see the tremendous
the previous rule of requiring hospitals to post variation in prices for
their “chargemasters,” hospital-generated the exact same care
list prices that bear little relation to what among hospitals and
it costs a hospital to provide care and that get an estimate of
what they will be
few consumers or insurers actually pay.
Instead, under the new rule put forward
charged for care—
before they seek it.
by the Trump administration, “these are
the real prices in health care,” said Cynthia
Fisher, founder and chairman of Patient
Rights Advocate, a group that promotes price
transparency.

What’s the Scope of the Intel?

Here’s what consumers should know:
Each hospital must make Each hospital must post publicly
online—and in a machine-readable
available the specific costs format easy to process by comput-
for 300 common and ers—several prices for every item
and service they provide: gross
‘shoppable’ services. charges; the actual, and
ENRIQUE MICAELO/SHUTTERSTOCK

most likely far lower, prices

As of Jan. 1, facilities must publicly post on their they’ve negotiated with
websites prices for every service, drug, and item insurers, including de-
they provide. Next year, under a separate rule, identified minimum
health insurers must take similar steps. A related and maximum negotiat-
effort to force drugmakers to list their prices in ed charges; and the cash
advertisements was struck down by the courts. price they offer patients who
With the new hospital rule, consumers should are uninsured or not using their
be able to see the tremendous variation in prices insurance.
for the exact same care among hospitals and
get an estimate of what they will be charged Continued on B4
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WHO Changes
Definition of
Herd Immunity
Public health policies, public
perception potentially affected
as terminology changes
JOSEPH MERCOLA medical organizations haven’t
I
signed on to WHO’s skewed defi-
n a shocking reversal that’s akin nition of herd immunity. The U.S.
to redefining reality, the World Centers for Disease Control and
Health Organization has changed Prevention, for instance, in their
its definition of herd immunity. Vaccine Glossary of Terms, de-
Herd immunity occurs when fines community immunity, also
enough people acquire immunity to an known as herd immunity, as fol-
infectious disease such that it can no lows:
longer spread widely in the community. “A situation in which a suffi-
When the number susceptible is low cient proportion of a popu-
enough to prevent epidemic growth, lation is immune to an in-
herd immunity is said to have been fectious disease (through
reached. Prior to the introduction of vac- vaccination and/or prior ill-
cines, all herd immunity was achieved ness) to make its spread from
via exposure to and recovery from an person to person unlikely.
infectious disease. Even individuals not vacci-
Eventually, as vaccination became nated (such as newborns and
widespread, the concept of herd im- those with chronic illnesses)
munity evolved to include not only are offered some protection
the naturally acquired immunity that because the disease has little
comes from prior illness, but also the opportunity to spread within
temporary acquired immunity that can the community.”
occur after vaccination. The Mayo Clinic, as of Jan. 6,
The WHO, however, quietly revised 2020, also stated, “There are two
this concept in an Orwellian move that paths to herd immunity for CO-
totally removes natural infection from VID-19 — vaccines and infection,”
the equation. noting:
Redefining Herd Immunity “Herd immunity can also be reached
In June 2020, WHO’s definition of herd when a sufficient number of people in
immunity, posted on one of its COV- the population have recovered from a
ID-19 Q&A pages, was in line with the disease and have developed antibodies
widely accepted concept that has been against future infection. For example,
the standard for infectious diseases for those who survived the 1918 flu (influ-
decades. Here’s what it originally said, enza) pandemic were later immune to
courtesy of the Internet Archive’s Way- infection with the H1N1 flu, a subtype
back Machine: of influenza A.”
“Herd immunity is the indirect pro-
tection from an infectious disease that In a 2020 JAMA Patient Page on herd
happens when a population is immune immunity, Dr. Angel Desai, associated
either through vaccination or immunity editor of JAMA Network Open, and Dr.
developed through previous infection.” Maimuna Majumder with Boston Chil-
It should be noted that “immunity de- dren’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School,
veloped through previous infection” also explain that herd immunity may be
H U TT E R S T O C K
is the way it has worked since S _ E /S achieved via natural infection
humans have been alive. and recovery:
Your immune system
isn’t designed to get “Herd immunity may
vaccines. It’s de- be achieved either
signed to work through infec-
in response to tion and recovery
exposure to an or by vaccina-
infectious agent. tion … Achieving
Apparently, ac- herd immunity
cording to WHO, through infection
that’s no longer the relies on enough
case. As of October people being infect-
2020, here’s their up- ed with the disease
dated definition of herd and recovering from it,
immunity, which is now “a during which they develop
concept used for vaccination”: antibodies against future in-
fection.”
“‘Herd immunity,’ also By changing the
definition of ‘herd
known as ‘population im- Naturally Acquired
immunity’ the WHO
munity,’ is a concept used would seem to set a Immunity Is Longer
for vaccination, in which a singular course for policy Lasting
population can be protect- makers. Public health officials of-
ed from a certain virus if a ten state that vaccination
threshold of vaccination is reached. Herd offers you a chance to acquire immunity
immunity is achieved by protecting people to an illness without having to get sick
from a virus, not by exposing them to it. from it. What they don’t typically men-
“Vaccines train our immune systems tion, aside from the risks inherent in all
to create proteins that fight disease, vaccines, is that the resulting immunity
known as ‘antibodies,’ just as would from vaccination is not the same as that
happen when we are exposed to a dis- achieved via natural infection.
ease but—crucially—vaccines work Many vaccines do not provide long-
without making us sick. Vaccinated lasting or lifelong immunity. Vaccines
people are protected from getting the only confer temporary artificial im-
disease in question and passing it on, munity and sometimes they fail to
breaking any chains of transmission.” do that. This is why booster shots are
needed. Barbara Loe Fisher, co-founder
This perversion of science implies that and president of the National Vaccine
the only way to achieve herd immunity Information Center (NVIC), explains
is via vaccination, which is blatantly un- why this is so problematic using the
true. The startling implications for soci- example of measles:
ety, however, are that by putting out this
false information, they’re attempting to “What the medical literature shows is
change our perception of what’s true and that baby boomers and the generation
not true, leaving people believing that before us acquired natural immunity,
they must artificially manipulate their which is qualitatively superior. It’s
immune systems as the only way to stay longer-lasting than vaccine-acquired
safe from infectious disease. immunity.”
“Vaccine-acquired immunity is not
CDC, Others Haven’t Adopted the same as naturally acquired immu-
WHO’s Skewed Definition nity. That has been the problem from
As of this writing, other high-profile the very beginning with the creation
 MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021
of these vaccines. They have never under-
stood how to make vaccines mimic natu-
rally acquired immunity exactly.”
“I think the most shocking part, when-
ever I go into the medical literature, is un-
derstanding how much they do not know
about the functioning of the immune sys-
tem, about how infections confer immu-
nity and how vaccines stimulate artificial
immunity.”
WHO Also Changed
the Definition of ‘Pandemic’
The WHO had previously changed the
definition of “pandemic,” in a way that
could have affected how we classify CO-
VID-19. The WHO’s original definition
of a pandemic from May 1, 2009, speci-
fied simultaneous epidemics worldwide
“with enormous numbers of deaths and
illnesses:”
The value
of a vaccine
should be weighed
against the cost
of natural
immunity.
“An influenza pandemic occurs when a
new influenza virus appears against which
the human population has no immunity,
resulting in several, simultaneous epidem-
ics worldwide with enormous numbers of
deaths and illness.”
This definition was changed in the month
leading up to the 2009 swine flu pandemic,
removing the severity and high mortal-
ity criteria and leaving the definition of a
pandemic as “a worldwide epidemic of a
disease.”
Data sug- Th is switch in defi nition allowed WHO
to declare swine flu a pandemic after a
gests some mere 144 people had died from the infec-
tion, worldwide, and it’s why COVID-19 is
areas may still promoted as a pandemic even though
have already there is enough data to suggest the le-
thality of COVID-19 is on par with the
reached the seasonal flu.
Another example of WHO conveniently
herd immu- changing former truths occurred in June
nity threshold. 2020. During a press briefing, Maria Van
Kerkhove, WHO’s technical lead for the
COVID-19 pandemic, made it very clear
that people who have COVID-19 without
any symptoms “rarely” transmit the dis-
ease to others. In a dramatic about-face,
WHO then backtracked on the statement
just one day later.
On June 9, 2020, Dr. Mike Ryan, executive
director of WHO’s emergencies program,
quickly backpedaled Van Kerkhove’s state-
ment, saying the remarks were “misinter-
preted or maybe we didn’t use the most
elegant words to explain that.”
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
for those who aren’t aware, is the biggest
funder of WHO, and Bill Gates, along with
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the Na-
tional Institute for Allergy and In-
fectious Diseases (NIAID), are
among those who have stat-
ed that life can’t return to
normal until there is a
vaccine against CO-
VID-19.
“Humankind has
never had a more
urgent task than
creating broad im-
munity for coronavi-
rus,” Gates wrote on
his blog in April 2020.
“Realistically, if we’re
going to return to normal,
we need to develop a safe, ef-
fective vaccine. We need to make
billions of doses, we need to get them
out to every part of the world, and we need
all of this to happen as quickly as possible.”
Gates has even stated he “suspect[s] the
COVID-19 vaccine will become part of the
routine newborn immunization sched-
ule” and has gone on record saying the
U.S. needs disease surveillance and a na-
tional tracking system that could involve
vaccine records embedded on our bodies
(such as invisible ink quantum dot tattoos
described in a Science Translational Medi-
cine paper).
Your immune Vaccine passports, which will be attached
system is to cellphone apps that track and trace
your COVID-19 test results and vaccina-
designed tion status, are already here and expected
to become “widely available” during the
to work in first half of 2021. The rollout of widespread
response to COVID-19 vaccination, coupled with track-
ing and tracing of COVID-19 test results
exposure to and vaccination status, raises concern that
an infectious in the future, government authorities will
have the tools for biometric surveillance
agent. and additional tracking and tracing.
B3
What if COVID-19, which causes only mi-
nor symptoms in the majority of people—
and causes no symptoms in others—has
already spread throughout communities
such that natural herd immunity exists?
WHO quickly dismisses this possibility,
stating:
“Attempts to reach ‘herd immunity’ through
exposing people to a virus are scientifically
problematic and unethical. Letting COV-
ID-19 spread through populations, of any
age or health status will lead to unnecessary
infections, suffering, and death. The vast
majority of people in most countries remain
susceptible to this virus. Seroprevalence
surveys suggest that in most countries, less
than 10 percent of the population have been
infected with COVID-19.”
Th is contradicts data suggesting that
some areas may already have reached the
herd immunity threshold (HIT). Accord-
ing to The New York Times, more than a
dozen scientists said in interviews that
the HIT for COVID-19 is likely 50 percent
or lower. “If that’s true, then it may be pos-
sible to turn back the coronavirus more
quickly than once thought,” the Times
reported, and perhaps without the need
for a vaccine.
Herd immunity is calculated using repro-
ductive number, or R-naught (R0), which
is the estimated number of new infections
that may occur from one infected person.
R0 of below 1 (with R1 meaning that one
person who’s infected is expected to infect
one other person) indicates that cases are
declining while R0 above 1 suggests cases
are on the rise.
It’s far from an exact science, however, as
a person’s susceptibility to infection varies
depending on many factors, including their
health, age, and contacts within a com-
munity. The initial R0 calculations for CO-
VID-19’s HIT were based on assumptions
that everyone has the same susceptibility
and would be mixing randomly with others
in the community.
“That doesn’t happen in real life,” Dr.
Saad Omer, director of the Yale Institute
for Global Health, told The Times. “Herd
immunity could vary from group to group,
and subpopulation to subpopulation,” or
even ZIP code.
When real-world scenarios are factored
into the equation, the HIT drops signifi-
cantly, with some experts saying it could
be as low as 10 percent to 20 percent. In
fact, as the Times suggested, it’s possible
that herd immunity for the pandemic is
“ahead of schedule.”
Researchers from Oxford, Virginia Tech,
and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medi-
cine are among those that found when in-
dividual variations in susceptibility and
exposure are taken into account, the HIT
declines to less than 10 percent. By that
number, and using WHO’s estimate that
less than 10 percent of the population has
already been infected, the HIT could al-
ready be met or quickly approaching—all
via naturally acquired immunity.
Dr. Joseph Mercola is the founder of
Mercola.com. An osteopathic physi-
cian, best-selling author, and recipient
of multiple awards in the field of natural
health, his primary vision is to change
the modern health paradigm by provid-
ing people with a valuable resource to
help them take control of their health.
This article was originally published on
Mercola.com
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B4
Hospital Prices Just Got
a Lot More Transparent
New rules require hospitals reveal costs and pricing,
but will consumers take advantage?
Continued from B1
In addition, each hospital must make
available, in a “consumer-friendly for-
mat,” the specific costs for 300 common
and “shoppable” services, such as hav-
ing a baby, getting a joint replacement,
having a hernia repair, or undergoing a
diagnostic brain scan.
Those 300 bundles of procedures and
services must total all costs involved—
from the hardware used to the operating
room time, to drugs given and the fees of
hospital-employed physicians—so pa-
tients won’t have to attempt the nearly im-
possible job of figuring it out themselves.
Hospitals can mostly select which
services fall into this category, although
the federal government has dictated
70 that must be listed—including cer-
tain surgeries, diagnostic tests, imaging
scans, new patient visits, and psycho-
therapy sessions.
Will Prices Be Exact?
No. At best, these are ballpark figures.
Other factors influence consumers’
costs, like the type of insurance plan
a patient has, the size and remaining
amount of the annual deductible, and
the complexity of the medical problem.
An estimate on a surgery, for example,
might prove inexact. If all goes as expect-
ed, the price quoted likely will be close.
But unexpected complications could add
to the cost.
“You’ll get the average price, but you
are not average,” said Gerard Anderson,
a professor of health policy and manage-
ment at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health who studies
hospital pricing.
Tools to help consumers determine in
advance the amount of deductible they’ll
owe are already available from many
insurers. And experts expect the addi-
tional information being made available
this month will prompt entrepreneurs to
create their own apps or services to help
consumers analyze the price data.
For now, though, the hospital require-
ments are a worthy start, say experts.
“It’s very good news for consumers,”
said George Nation, a professor of law
and business at Lehigh University who
studies hospital pricing. “Individuals
will be able to get price information,
although how much they are going to use
it will remain to be seen.”
FOOD AS MEDICINE
Herbs to Boost Immunity—Deliciously
Take healthy foods to new and potent places with herbs that help keep you healthy
SACIA ASHE
Immunity takes on increased importance
in the midst of COVID-19, cold winter days,
and cold and flu season. Luckily, food can
play an integral and delicious role in boost-
ing our ability to fight disease.
A nutrient-poor diet increases our sus-
ceptibility to illness. While no one food
can improve the health of a person with
inadequate eating habits, there are ingre-
dients that can offer a meaningful boost
to someone with a diet rich with fresh,
healthy foods.
An easy and tasty way to increase the
immune-boosting properties of any meal is
with spices. Some spices can help lower in-
flammation and keep the immune system
humming along. Others can help warm the
body from the inside out, helping to stave
off any chills as the weather gets colder.
Tumeric
Tumeric is a bright spot, literally, in the world
of spices. With its distinctive yellow, turmeric
is a bold spice with a long list of researched
therapeutic uses. Among other things, it helps
to lower inflammation in the body, which
means that the immune system can fight in-
vaders instead of misfiring and attacking the
body, aka, chronic inflammation.
Curcumin, turmeric’s most important
compound, fights against free radicals, in-
New rules put in place by the Trump administration to help consumers price shop for health care
services could shake up the hospital business.
Who Will Use This Info?
Zack Cooper, an associate professor of
public health and economics at Yale,
doubts that the data alone will make
much of a difference for most consumers.
“It’s not likely that my neighbor—or
me, for that matter—will go on and look
at prices and, therefore, dramatically
change decisions about where to get
care,” he said.
Some cost information is already made
available by insurers to their enroll-
ees, particularly out-of-pocket costs for
elective services, “but most people don’t
consult it,” he added.
That could be because many consum-
ers carry types of insurance in which
they pay flat-dollar copayments for such
things as doctor visits, drugs, or hospi-
tal stays that have no correlation to the
underlying charges.
Still, the information may be of great
interest to the uninsured and to the in-
creasing number of Americans with high-
deductible plans, in which they are respon-
sible for hundreds or even thousands of
dollars in costs annually before the insurer
begins picking up the bulk of the cost.
For them, the negotiated rate and cash
discount information may prove more
useful, said Nation at Lehigh.
“If I have a $10,000 deductible plan and
it’s December and I’m not close to meet-
ing that, I may go to a hospital and try to
get the cash price,” said Nation.
Employers, however, may have a keen
hibits fungal growth, and may
even suppress tumor cell growth.
For the best absorption, pair turmeric with
healthy fat and black pepper, which acti-
vates the curcumin. One caveat is that for
the best effects, turmeric needs to be con-
sumed in larger amounts, and should thus
be incorporated quite frequently. Luckily,
turmeric is a fun and easy spice to integrate
into your diet.
Ginger
Ginger is a warming herb that helps com-
bat nausea. It has also been used in Chi-
nese medicine to help heal ailments such
as the common cold and arthritis. Studies
have revealed that ginger has antioxidant
and anti-inflammatory properties, which
can help the body fight off bacteria and
manage inflammation.
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interest in the new data, said James Gel-
fand, senior vice president at the ERISA
Industry Committee, which lobbies
on behalf of large employers that offer
health insurance to their workers. They’ll
want to know how much they are pay-
ing each hospital compared with others
in the area and how well their insurers
stack up in negotiating rates, he said.
For some employers, he said, it could
be eye-opening to see how hospitals
cross-subsidize by charging exorbitant
amounts for some things and minimal
amounts for others.
“The rule puts that all into the light,”
said Gelfand. “When an employer sees
these ridiculous prices, for the first time,
they will have the ability to say ‘no.’” That
could mean rejecting specific prices or
the hospital entirely, cutting it out of the
employer plan’s insurance network. But,
typically, employers can’t or won’t limit
workers’ choices by outright cutting a
hospital from an insurance network.
More likely, they may use the informa-
tion to create financial incentives to use
the lowest-cost facilities, said Anderson
at Johns Hopkins.
“If I’m an employer, I’ll look at three
hospitals in my area and say, ‘I’ll pay the
price for the lowest one. If you want to go
to one of the other two, you can pay the
difference,’” said Anderson.
Will Transparency Reduce Spending?
Revealing actual negotiated prices, as
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Ginger combats
nausea; garlic is anti-
inflammatory.
Some spices
can help lower your plate.
inflammation Sacia Ashe is a dancer, health food lover,
and keep the and blogger who has a passion for well-
ness. Through sharing recipes, glimpses
immune sys- into her own life, and wellness tips and
products, she strives to help others find
tem humming a life that aligns with their values and
along. health vision.
MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021
this rule requires, may push the more
expensive hospitals in an area to reduce
prices in future bargaining talks with in-
surers or employers, potentially lowering
health spending in those regions.
It could also go the other way, with
lower-cost hospitals demanding a raise,
driving up spending.
Bottom line: Price transparency can
help, but the market power of the various
players might matter more.
In some places, where there may be one
dominant hospital, even employers “who
know they are getting ripped off” may
not feel they can cut out a big, brand-
name facility from their networks, no
matter the price, said Anderson.
Is the Rule Change a Done Deal?
The hospital industry went to court,
arguing that parts of the rule go too far,
violating their First Amendment rights
and also unfairly forcing hospitals to dis-
close trade secrets. That information, the
industry said, can then be used against
them in negotiations with insurers and
employers.
But the U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia disagreed with the
hospitals and upheld the rule, prompting
an appeal by the industry. On Dec. 29,
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia affirmed that lower-court
decision and did not block the rule.
In a written statement last week, the
American Hospital Association’s general
counsel cited “disappointment” with the
ruling and said the organization is “re-
viewing the decision carefully to deter-
mine next steps.”
“Hospitals are fighting this because
they want to keep their negotiated deals
with insurers secret,” said Fisher. “What
these rules do is give the American con-
sumer the power of being informed.”
Julie Appleby is a senior correspondent
who reports on the health law’s imple-
mentation, health care treatments and
costs, trends in health insurance, and
policy affecting hospitals and other medi-
cal providers. This article was originally
published on Kaiser Health News, which
is a national health policy news service.
It is an editorially independent program
of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Founda-
tion, which is not affiliated with Kaiser
Permanente.
Garlic
Garlic is a potent immune-boosting spice
that can help reduce the severity of cold
and flu symptoms. Garlic is
also an anti-inflamma-
tory and can help stimu-
late the immune system.
Studies have shown that
garlic can even lower blood
pressure. Garlic can easily be
incorporated into dishes with
other immune-boosting spices for a
supercharged meal. While some people
swear by eating raw garlic to fight a cold,
there isn’t evidence to show that consum-
ing raw garlic trumps cooked.
Overall, spices are a great way to help
support the immune system during these
trying times. However, it’s important to
remember that you can’t out spice a bad
diet! Fortunately, spices can make eating
nutritious foods exciting and new. Try to in-
corporate herbs in your diet daily—they’re
sure to enhance your health and spice up
 MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021
Researchers
are delving into
coffee’s many
benefits.
Coffee Boosts Survival
in Colorectal Cancer Patients
Coffee is loaded with antioxidants, has anti-inflammatory
properties, and can protect against disease
Does coffee help you get through the
day? If so, you may be poised to live a
longer, healthier life thanks to these
truly magical beans.
Coffee, one of the world’s most popu-
lar beverages, is revealing a range of
potential health benefits. Loaded with
antioxidants, coffee has been shown
to imbue anti-inflammatory proper-
ties and disease protection when con-
sumed in moderation.
Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute published a large observa-
tional study nested within a clinical tri-
al of novel drug treatments for patients
with colorectal cancer. The study, pub-
lished in the journal JAMA Oncology,
analyzed dietary patterns and long-term
health outcomes for a cohort of patients
who had completed phase three of the
randomized clinical trial sponsored by
the National Cancer Institute.
Data was collected from more than
1,500 patients being treated for ad-
vanced or metastatic colorectal can-
cer. Dietary intake and lifestyle ques-
tionnaires were obtained during and
post-treatment, then correlated and
analyzed for patterns over time.
Specific analysis of coffee intake was
included, with participants being ex-
cluded from the coffee cohort for ab-
errant caloric intake (less than 600 or
more than 4200 calories for men; or less
than 500 or or more than 3500 calories
for women) and if cancer had worsened
or death had occurred within 90 days
of enrollment. Final data analysis was
performed on information from 1,171
patients.
Patients who reported drinking 2 to
3 cups of coffee a day were likely to live
longer overall and had a longer time
before their disease worsened com-
pared to those who didn’t drink coffee.
In good news for the caffeine-sensitive,
the anticancer benefits were observed
in both caffeinated and decaffeinated
coffee drinkers.
These results confirmed the findings
of prior studies on coffee’s effects on
cancer and add scientific weight to cof-
fee’s growing reputation as a disease-
fighting superfood. But can more of a
good thing be too much?
Another Cup of Coffee?
Despite such promising research find-
ings, many believe that drinking mul-
tiple cups of coffee each day can lead
to ill health. For individuals with caf-
feine sensitivities, moderation should
be exercised. That being said, for the
colorectal cancer patients enrolled in
this study, the benefits increased the
more coffee they consumed.
The impressive life-extending and
cancer-delaying benefits were observed
at 2 to 3 cups daily, however the great-
est measure of benefit was observed in
patients who consumed four or more
cups each day.
Researchers posit that these benefits
may be related to coffee’s ability to de-
crease blood insulin levels by sensitiz-
ing tissues to the effects of insulin, or to
coffee’s antioxidant, anti-inflammato-
ry, and antiangiogenic (tumor-inhibit-
ing) effects.
Patients who reported
drinking two to three
cups of coffee a day
were likely to live
longer overall and
had a longer time
before their disease
worsened.
Coffee’s Anticancer Effects
While this study highlights the associa-
tion between daily coffee consumption
and improved outcomes in patients
with metastatic colorectal cancer,
the authors point out that association
doesn’t equal causation and further
study is needed to determine if there
is a causal relationship.
According to senior author, Dr. Kim-
mie Ng, “Although it is premature to
recommend a high intake of coffee as a
potential treatment for colorectal can-
cer, our study suggests that drinking
coffee is not harmful and may poten-
tially be beneficial.”
Since coffee’s anticancer effects have
been demonstrated on a variety of dif-
ferent cancers, including colorectal,
liver, breast, head, and neck cancers, its
potential as an anticancer treatment is
attracting attention from researchers.
A meta-analysis examining coffee
consumption and colorectal cancer
risk detected a significant protective
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effect from coffee in seven U.S. stud-
ies. But the health benefits of coffee
may offer a veil of protection for both
body and mind.
Coffee for Disease
Prevention, Longer Life
Coffee consumption was the focus of a
meta-analysis of the PubMed and Web
of Science research databases through
March 2019 reviewing 40 studies in-
volving nearly 4 million individuals.
Researchers found that intakes of
around 3.5 cups of coffee per day low-
ered the risk of all-cause mortality,
results that were irrespective of age,
weight, alcohol consumption, smok-
ing status, and caffeine content of the
coffee.
Another impressive benefit of cof-
fee involves its ability to stabilize the
body’s insulin response. In a meta-
analysis published in the American
Diabetes Association’s Diabetes Care
journal, which included 28 studies in-
volving more than 1.1 million people,
coffee consumption was shown to be
inversely associated with the risk of
Type 2 diabetes, another effect that was
dose-dependent and applied to both
caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee
types.
Coffee: Good for Energy and Mood
While the energy-boosting effects of
coffee are legendary, did you know that
coffee can also improve your mood?
A 2011 study showed that coffee can
stimulate the release of dopamine,
the neurotransmitter associated with
enhanced mood effects, in the brain.
That said, some people also experience
a drop in mood after the coffee buzz
wears off.
To learn more about the holistic ben-
efits of coffee, explore the scientific ab-
stracts on GreenMedInfo.com.
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B5
Sweet Foods
That Can Help
You Manage
Blood Sugar
Retrain your taste buds
with a gradual change
from added sugars to
naturally sweet foods
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Fruit offers a real alternative to sugary
snacks—once you’ve given your taste buds a
chance to reset.
MOHAN GARIKIPARITHI
Cutting sugar from your diet isn’t easy.
Sugar cravings kick hard and can be dif-
ficult to ignore. Worse, sugar is lurking in
a number of products that you may never
suspect.
Although it might be difficult, limiting
sugar is an essential component of good
health. And if you’re trying to control blood
sugar or battling a condition such as heart
disease or diabetes, it’s essential.
Cutting sugar cold-turkey is nearly im-
possible. Added sugars take sweetness to
a level that can’t be matched by natural
foods. So, regardless of the “sweet foods”
you eat, it seems like the sensation you seek
is unreachable.
Artificial sweeteners can make it even
harder. These products are often signifi-
cantly sweeter than sugar and can make
cravings even stronger.
Instead, try cutting sugar incrementally.
Cut out products with added sugars that
don’t taste sweet. Next, try cutting back on
the amount of sugar you add to coffee or tea
or the amount of soda you drink each day.
Over time, your taste buds will adjust,
and naturally sweet foods such as apples,
berries, and even plain yogurt can hit you
with the sweetness you’re looking for.
Here’s a list of some naturally sweet foods
that can help manage blood sugar, reduce
the risk of illness, and add some healthful
sweetness to your diet:
r
Apples
r
Pears
r
Berries
r
Melons
r
Mangoes
r
Grapes
r
Dark chocolate (in small servings)
r
Chia seeds (for chia pudding)
r
Nuts
r
Sweet potato
r
Plain yogurt (with nuts/nut butter/berries)
r
Flavored whey protein (usually has arti-
ficial sweetener, but does have plenty of
nutritional value to help with a craving)
r
Chewing gum
Each of these items is naturally sweet and
can help you get over a craving. Remember
to give your taste buds time to recalibrate
because these items are much less sweet
than straight sugar or other sweeteners.
Give yourself a couple of weeks to adjust: a
small sacrifice for a much healthier future.
Your taste buds will
adjust, and naturally
sweet foods such as apples
and berries can hit you
with the sweetness you’re
looking for.
Mohan Garikiparithi holds a degree in
medicine from Osmania University (Uni-
versity of Health Sciences). He practiced
clinical medicine for over a decade. Dur-
ing a three-year communications program
in Germany, he developed an interest in
German medicine (homeopathy) and
other alternative systems of medicine. This
article was originally published on Bel
Marra Health.
B6
Classical Music Could
Upgrade Your Exercise Playlist
Classical music helps us exercise by distracting us from our pain and fatigue
COSTAS KARAGEORGHIS, DAWN
ROSE & ELIAS MOUCHLIANITIS
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or many people, an essential
part of any exercise regime is
the music that accompanies it.
Whether you’re a runner, a rower,
or a bodybuilder, there’s a good
chance you have a favorite selection of tunes
and some headphones to help you through.
The right choice of music can inspire, en-
ergize and provide much needed distrac-
tion. Elite athletes of every discipline are
often seen deep in thought, their ears cov-
ered by snazzy headphones in the moments
ahead of a big match or race. So what is it
about music that helps us to push our bod-
ies toward or through physical discomfort?
We’ve been exploring this question using
a variety of scientific methods. So far, most
of our focus had been on various forms of
popular music, including rock, dance, hip-
hop, and R&B, but recently we have been
considering the benefits of classical music
as an auditory aid to exercise.
As a genre, it is easy to see why classical
music appears to be overlooked in terms
of people’s choice of workout soundtrack.
It often lacks a rhythmic “groove,” and
when there are lyrics, they’re not easy to
sing along with.
Yet there’s an inherent and timeless
beauty attached to many pieces from the
classical repertoire that might justify their
use. Think of the scintillating majesty of
Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony .
So how can we tap into the beauty of such
music and use the sonic peaks and troughs
to our advantage during a workout? First,
we must understand what the benefits of
any music might be in the context of physi-
cal exercise.
The role of any workout music is to dull the
pain, raise the spirits, and possibly make
We’re All Monastics Now
We might be stuck at home, but that doesn’t mean we can’t grow
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LEO BABAUTA
My Zen teacher Susan recently
told a group of her students at
the end of a Zen meditation re-
treat, “We’re all monastics now.”
In this pandemic, we’re in an
era of isolation, retreat. We’re
also in an era of heightened
uncertainty.
This can be a terrible thing and
drive us to loneliness and distrac-
tion—or it can be a time of prac-
tice, reflection, and deepening.
We can choose to see ourselves
as monks deepening into the
stillness of a monastery.
It’s our choice. We can choose to see ourselves as
If you’re staying home these monks deepening into the stillness
days, it can be a time of endless of a monastery.
thumping beats most
people consider essential
to a workout playlist, but
it does have what you
need to take your mind
time pass a little faster. Scientists refer to the
“dissociative effects” of music, meaning that
it helps to distract the mind from internal
fatigue-related symptoms. Recent  neu-
roimaging work by our group has shown
the propensity for music to reduce exercise
consciousness—essentially, the parts of the
brain that communicate fatigue communi-
cate less when music is playing.
And although music can’t reduce exercis-
ers’ perceptions of exertion at very high work
intensity, it can influence the mood-related
areas of the brain right up until the point
of voluntary exhaustion. So an aesthetically
pleasing piece, such as the finale of the Wil-
liam Tell Overture, won’t affect what you feel
when your lungs are burning on the tread-
mill, but might influence how you feel it.
In essence, pleasant music can color one’s
interpretation of fatigue and enhance the
exercise experience.
It doesn’t stop at feelings and percep-
tions though. Music can also have an “er-
gogenic” or work-enhancing effect. The
psychologist Mária Rendi used slow and
fast movements from Beethoven’s Sym-
phony No. 7 in A major (op. 92) to examinee
how music tempo influenced sprint rowingg
performance over 500 meters. Her findingss
indicated that both kinds of music led to
faster sprint times compared to a no-musicc
control, with the faster tempo (144 beatss
per minute) leading to a 2.0 percent per--
formance improvement, and the slowerr
one (76bpm), a 0.6 percent improvement..
Classically Trained
Some members of our team often listen n sity London. Dawn Rose is a senior
to classical music during a daily run. Wee
find that classical music fires the imagina--
tion and generally augments the running
experience, particularly when enjoyed
in tandem with an inspiring landscape.
But perhaps classical music has the
Lockdown
can be a time
of endless
internet
distractions,
or the oppor-
tunity to grow
through beau-
tiful solitude.
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Classical music
may not have the
off the pain.
The role of
any workout
music is to
dull the pain,
raise the
spirits, and
possibly make
time pass a
little faster.
o ward a resting state. The beautifully or-
internet distractions, or you can
open to the opportunity to use
the beautiful solitude for medi-
tation, reading, writing, con-
templation, and journaling. It
can be a time of practice.
If you’re feeling the anxiety of
the moment, it can be a time of
near breakdown and freneti-
cism, or it can be a moment to
slow down and be still. Practice
mindfully with whatever feel-
ings are coming up.
You can go to the latest memes
and viral videos (which are
fun!), or you can find a text and
study it.
You can get caught up in frus-
tration with how others are act-
ing during this crisis, or you can
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most potent effect when used either before
or immediately after exercise. Pre-exercise,
its central function is to build energy, con-
jure positive imagery, and inspire move-
ment. Pieces such as Vangelis’s Chariots of
Fire, the title track of the eponymous mov-
ie, with its pulsating underlying rhythm
and familiar cinematic link to glory, can
work particularly well.
For a post-workout application, the mu-
sic needs to be calming and revitalizing
in order to expedite the body’s return to a
resting state. An archetypal piece for this is
Erik Satie’s Gymnopédie No. 1, a timeless
piano solo that envelopes the listener and
treats tired muscles to a sonic massage.
To optimize your choice of classical music
for exercise, it’s important to think of the en-
ergy that will be expended during different
segments of a workout. The warm-up and
stretching will be at a relatively low intensity
and the session then builds gradually toward
its heart-pumping zenith, with a period of
warm-down and revitalization to end.
Music selection—of any genre—should
ideally follow the path of energy expendi-
ture in a workout session (see the list below
for some suggestions). Likewise, a particu-
lar piece could be saved for those segments
that the exerciser finds most arduous, like
high-intensity cardio.
Overall, whether classical music and
exercise are a good match is something
each of us needs to decide—musical taste
is very personal. But why not mix it up a
little? Variety in exercise keeps us fresh
and invigorated, so consider a switch in
musical accompaniment to keep yourself
moving. Swap the rave music for Ravel and
substitute breakbeat with a glorious blast
of Beethoven.
And if you want some inspiration, here
is a playlist compiled by Brunel University
London research assistant Luke Howard:
1. Boléro, by Maurice Ravel, with an av-
erage tempo of 70bpm, is excellent for
mental preparation before you move. The
gentle start, with a tempo close to resting
heart rate, belies the transcendent power
of this classic.
2. Juba Dance, from Symphony No. 1 in E
minor, by Florence Price, is an engaging
symphonic piece that will gently elevate
the heart rate during a warm-up phase. It
ends with an exhilarating crescendo, leav-
ing you suitably ready for what’s to come.
3. Part IV. Finale, Allegro Assai, Symphony
No. 40 in G minor, by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, is a rousing musical work for low-
to-moderate intensity segments of your
workout. It features what is known as a
“Mannheim rocket,” a roller coaster of
a melody, which will get the heart and
lungs pumping.
4. Prélude to Act 1 of Carmen, by Georges
Bizet, has a rip-roaring tempo (128bpm)
that whisks you through any demanding
high-intensity segments of your workout.
The exquisite melodic and harmonic fea-
tures of this piece enable you to dissociate
from the pain.
5. Concerto No. 1 in E Major, Op. 8, ‘La Pri-
mavera,’ by Antonio Vivaldi, is great for
m
a warm-down, and keeping a spring in
yyour stride as you gradually return to-
w
cchestrated strings give this opus a pro-
nounced recuperative quality.
n
Costas Karageorghis is a professor of
Co
ssport and exercise psychology and the
divisional lead for sport, health, and
d
exercise sciences at Brunel Univer-
researcher at the Lucerne University of
Applied Sciences and Arts in Switzer-
land.
la Elias Mouchlianitis is a postdoc-
toral research fellow at Brunel University
to
London. This article was first published
Lo
on The Conversation.
practice opening in compassion,
with compassion meditations.
This is a great opportunity to
deepen into mindfulness and
practice, to learn to face head-
on the uncertainty and fears
that arise in us, and to connect
to the humanity going through
this rather than disconnect
from them.
We’re all monastics now—how
will we use this time?
Leo Babauta is the author
of six books, the writer of “Zen
Habits,” a blog with over 2 mil-
lion subscribers, and the cre-
ator of several online programs
to help you master your habits.
Visit ZenHabits.net
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Ready to Try an Old Approach
to a New Year’s Resolution?
Saint Ignatius offers guidance on holding to long-term goals for self growth
GORDON RIXON
Making and breaking New Year’s resolu-
tions is a familiar and discouraging annual
ritual for many people.
Almost inevitably, in a few short weeks,
maybe around now, many find they are
unable to meet their goals of self-improve-
ment, be it keeping a positive attitude, im-
proving one’s health, or looking for the best
in people. Some might even feel dimin-
ished as a result of this failure.
The problem, I believe, is that most people
set their resolutions without identifying a
practical path for the journey.
As a scholar of systematic theology, I be-
lieve that Saint Ignatius of Loyola, a 16th-
century Spanish courtier, provides insight-
ful guidance. He managed to reverse his
life’s direction to pursue a spiritual path.
Who Was Ignatius?
Born in 1491, Iñigo, later known as Igna-
tius, was the youngest son of a minor noble
family in the Basque region of Spain who
left home at the age of 18 to win his place
at the royal court.
More than a decade later, as he lay con-
fined to bed recuperating from injuries suf-
fered in the Battle of Pamplona against the
French, he daydreamed about potential
future exploits at court or service to God
and humanity.
It was at that time that he started to no-
tice the subtle development of his feelings.
When he dreamed about courtly heroism
he later felt depleted, but when he reflected
on serving God he felt a deep, lasting, and
energizing peace.
Reflection about his growing self-aware-
ness led him to make a radical change in
the direction of his life. He chose to put
aside his quest for glory to serve God and
creation, especially his fellow humans,
whether friends or strangers.
He met a group of university students
who became his companions. In 1540, they
together founded the Society of Jesus, com-
monly known as the Jesuits, a community
of priests and brothers that became known
throughout the world for spiritual develop-
ment, preparatory and university educa-
tion, and justice advocacy.
Challenges Before Ignatius
This path wasn’t smooth for Ignatius. In
the course of his work, he suffered many
setbacks, such as suspicion and rejection
by church authorities, but he came to a bet-
ter understanding of himself and his path
through those challenges.
As Ignatius narrates in an account of his
life, which he related to a fellow Jesuit just
before his death, the key isn’t to become
suddenly perfect but to learn how to walk
patiently and deliberately to grow in love
and service despite imperfection.
Ignatius relates his self-driven determi-
nation to preach to pilgrims in Jerusalem.
His intention, however, wasn’t well re-
ceived by church authorities, who thought
he was poorly prepared. This rejection led
him to further his education and become
more flexible about how he understood his
role in serving God.
He writes about how he was easily pro-
voked to self-righteous anger. Once he
took offense when a fellow traveler made
an insulting comment about the Virgin
Mary. Only the stubborn donkey he was
riding saved him from pursuing the other
traveler and acting on a murderous rage.
In the sharing of his story, Ignatius doesn’t
Unflinching about want his biography to become the center
relating his own faults, of attention. He provides an example of
Ignatius encourages moving beyond the isolated facts of his life
individuals to reflect on journey to reflect on their interconnected
their desires, resources, meaning and a way of looking beyond.
and vulnerabilities
as a way to grow.
As the scholar of renaissance rheto-
ric Marjorie O’Rourke Boyle suggests,
Ignatius is using the story about himself
to redirect his readers’ attention to God
and a higher purpose. Unflinching about
relating his own faults, Ignatius encour-
ages individuals to reflect on their desires,
resources, and vulnerabilities as a way
to grow.
Practical Guidance from Ignatius
In the “Spiritual Exercises,” his manual for
prayer guides, Ignatius suggests a five-step
daily process, known as the “Examen,” as a
way to tell and retell life-transforming sto-
By ries. These, I believe, are practical recom-
mendations that could help people realize
incorporating their resolutions in the New Year.
discouraging
I Start with a realistic, accurate, and
moments encouraging assessment of your
current situation. Ignatius would
into the flow always begin his moments of reflec-
of a larger tive self-assessment by reaffirming
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story, Ignatius
learned how
to move
beyond the
shame and
confusion
caused by
failure and
misdeeds to a
healthy sense Sticking to our long-term goals requires dedi-
cation and perseverance, and sometimes the
of sorrow. ability to tell ourselves a better story.
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his gratitude for life and opportuni-
ties to serve in a project larger than
himself. Acknowledge strengths,
vulnerabilities, positive and negative
feelings, and areas of encouragement
and discouragement as gifts.
I Be open to the light of a larger per-
spective. Call upon the assistance
of a higher power to reveal the big
picture that holds together the pieces
of the journey through the day. Expect
to be surprised by new insights.
I Focus on the events of today.
Create a story that links the episodes
of the day and your goals together.
Ignatius would move beyond just
listing strengths, weakness, and
feelings to discover how they ad-
vanced or impeded his goal to serve
God and others.
I Identify the moments of darkness
and discouragement that resist be-
ing drawn into your story. Ask what
episodes disrupt your understanding
of yourself and the world. Find new
perspective by deepening your com-
mitment to a higher purpose.
Much like the beliefs in other religions, Ig-
natius turns to his faith to find a new per-
spective during difficult moments. Christi-
anity and other religious traditions such as
Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, and
Judaism help find purpose in a compas-
sionate and merciful love that inspires and
guides day-to-day actions, each in their
own way.
As a Christian, Ignatius looked espe-
cially to the example of compassionate
self-sacrifice in Jesus’s death on the cross
to hold difficult moments in a higher faith
perspective. By committing to accept the
cost of positive action in the face of his own
failings or opposition by others, Ignatius
was able to move through obstacles and
find encouragement and strength to ad-
vance his story.
Finally, reflect on how your story offers
direction and energy to move forward to
the next day. By incorporating discour-
aging moments into the flow of a larger
story, Ignatius learned how to move beyond
the shame and confusion caused by failure
and misdeeds to a healthy sense of sorrow.
It helped Ignatius find a higher purpose.
Like Ignatius, many of us may need to
revise our resolutions and reflect on how
we may proceed, even when we feel dis-
couraged.
Gordon Rixon is an associate professor
of systematic theology at Regis College
in Massachusetts and the University of
Toronto in Canada. This article was first
published on The Conversation.
B8 MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021

MINDSET MATTERS

We Can’t Control What Happened—

Only What Happens Next
Our only real power is the ability to choose how we respond to the vagaries of life
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JAY HARRINGTON which is devilishly hard to internalize,

W
e all know people like
this: When something
bad happens, the first
thing they do is blame
someone or something
else. It gets old, right?
But let’s be honest: We are all that
person, at least some of the time—and
probably more often than we’d like to
admit. I certainly count myself among
those who, despite knowing better,
catch myself taking credit when things
go well and looking for a scapegoat
when they don’t.
We can all benefit from holding a mir-
ror up to ourselves to examine whether
our own action or inaction played a role
when things do not go our way. But many
times bad things happen that are, in fact,
completely outside of our control. So
what then?
A natural and understandable re-
sponse is to lament the unfairness of it
all. Blame it on bad luck. Accept that the
deck is stacked against us. Believe that
we are defective in some way.
It’s OK to have these feelings. But it’s
how we act in response to negative cir-
cumstances, in spite of our feelings, that
will determine the arc of our lives. Will
we be dragged down, ladened with regret
and recrimination? Or will we rise above,
recognizing that we have little control
over what happens, but absolute control
over how we react to what happens?
This stark, binary choice plays a big role
in determining whether we live empow-
ered, enriching lives, or fatalistic, power-
less ones. And it’s a choice that we, as a
species, have grappled with for millennia.
Thousands of years ago, Greek Stoic
philosopher Epictetus wrote:
“The chief task in life is simply this: to
identify and separate matters so that I
There is much in life we have no control over, but that doesn’t matter as much once
we learn to choose our thoughts and emotions.
can say clearly to myself which are ex-
ternals not under my control, and which
have to do with the choices I actually
control. Where then do I look for good
and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals,
but within myself to the choices that are
my own ...”
More recently, American theologian
One of life’s most Reinhold Niebuhr captured the same
sentiment in the Serenity Prayer, written
important les- in 1933, which encourages us, in part:
sons is that we
“To accept the things I cannot change;
have no power Courage to change the things I can;
And wisdom to know the difference.
over external cir- Living one day at a time;
cumstances. Our Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to
power resides, peace ...”
exclusively,
A Year of Externalities Like No Other
within ourselves. One of life’s most important lessons,
is that we have no power over external
circumstances. Our power resides, exclu-
sively, within ourselves.
At no point in my lifetime has that
message been more urgent and salient
than the challenging year of 2020. From
COVID-19 and political/cultural unrest
to economic uncertainty and prolonged
isolation, we have been buffeted by relent-
less challenges—mostly not of our own
making—during this tumultuous year.
For many of us, myself included, the
notion of relinquishing control, of let-
ting go, in the face of these circumstanc-
es seems counterintuitive and counter-
productive.
But letting go doesn’t mean sitting idly
by. It means recognizing that we can do
nothing to affect what happened, but a
great deal to impact what happens next,
be it in our personal lives or in the world
around us.
When we try to control the uncon-
trollable, we rob ourselves of the
ability to experience joy, be present, be
available, and make a difference mov-
ing forward.
Every time we are faced with such a
challenge, we can—and must—choose
how to respond. These are the “crux” mo-
ments in life that determine our happi-
ness. In rock climbing, the most difficult
part of every climb is called the crux. It’s
the spot on the rock face at which most
climbers fail.
Push on or back down? The choice
is ours.
Jay Harrington is an author, lawyer-
turned-entrepreneur, and runs a north-
ern Michigan-inspired lifestyle brand
called Life and Whim.  He lives with his
wife and three young girls in a small town
and writes about living a purposeful,
outdoor-oriented life.

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