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WATCH: Inside Communist China's Plans to Dominate the Middle East

“When I started to think about what the Middle East looked like from Beijing, the place suddenly looked very different.” The Chinese Communist Party is seeking to, step by step, dominate the Middle East, says Hudson Institute senior fellow Michael Doran—from building ports in strategic locations to expanding its naval presence in the region. “They’re positioning themselves to be able to threaten the two major choke points for energy in the region,” Doran says. And they’re building a strategic alliance with Iran.

WATCH: Border Situation ‘Worse Than I’ve Ever Seen’—Rep. Jody Hice on His Visit to the Southern Border,

In this episode, we sit down with Rep. Hice to discuss what he sees as some of the biggest challenges facing America today from cancel culture to election integrity to the border crisis. The new commission to investigate the events of Jan. 6 will be “one-sided” and ultimately a “witch hunt” against Trump supporters and conservatives, argues Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.)

WATCH: ‘We Just Lost Our Humanity’—Asra Nomani on Critical Race Theory in K-12 Schools

In schools across America, “diversity, equity, and inclusion” initiatives are on the rise. At top-ranked high schools, merit-based, race-blind admissions exams are being overhauled and replaced with lottery systems. And kids are being taught critical race theory-based lessons about race and oppression in America. What is really going on in schools across America? And what can concerned parents do? In this episode, we sit down with Asra Nomani, vice president of Parents Defending Education and a former Wall Street Journal reporter.

WATCH: The Deadly Price of COVID19 Lockdowns

“Stay-at-home.” “Distance learning.” “Essential travel only.” For the last year, widespread restrictions on human activity have become the norm. But now the data is clear: lockdowns not only had devastating effects on much of society, but they also failed to protect the most vulnerable, says former White House COVID advisor Dr. Scott Atlas. “There's a big reason why lockdowns were never recommended in prior pandemics.”

‘They’re Not Journalists. They’re Political Assassins',

“Our profession today is unrecognizable,” says award-winning journalist Lara Logan. A former correspondent for CBS’ “60 Minutes” and now host of Fox Nation’s “Lara Logan Has No Agenda,” she’s been at the frontlines for years reporting on war zones, gang warfare, Benghazi, and beyond. And she’s seen the transformation of media from what it was meant to be, with many journalists blurring the lines between fact and opinion.

Death by a Thousand Cuts’—Emily Lau on Communist China Stripping Hong Kong’s Freedoms

In Hong Kong, pro-democracy activists are being rounded up, journalists are being attacked, and the election system has been gutted. As the Chinese Communist Party continues to strip away Hong Kong’s freedoms, many are choosing exile. But not Emily Lau.

A Potential Kinetic War With Communist China?

Last year, Congressman Eric Swalwell’s ties to the suspected Chinese spy Fang Fang brought Chinese espionage to the forefront of national discussion. But that was just the tip of the iceberg. And beyond espionage, the Chinese Communist Party has become increasingly belligerent globally—from fueling riots in America to encroaching in Nepali territory to celebrating COVID deaths in India. What is the Chinese leadership hoping to achieve, and why do they believe—according to Chang—that they are running out of time?

'The Question Is: Can You Be Free in a Gulag?'—Sohrab Ahmari on the Spiritual Crisis of Our Era

In the 1960s, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn secretly penned “The Gulag Archipelago,” an indictment of the Soviet system that was so profound and damning that it became a key catalyst for the downfall of Soviet communism. Solzhenitsyn saw the evils of communism with stark clarity. But after he was exiled and moved to the United States, he would shock the world with his critique of the West, specifically the excessive freedoms he witnessed and the “abyss of human decadence.”

Communist China Has Committed ‘Mass Murder’ of Americans

Last year, Congressman Eric Swalwell’s ties to the suspected Chinese spy Fang Fang brought Chinese espionage to the forefront of national discussion. But that was just the tip of the iceberg. And beyond espionage, the Chinese Communist Party has become increasingly belligerent globally—from fueling riots in America to encroaching in Nepali territory to celebrating COVID deaths in India. What is the Chinese leadership hoping to achieve, and why do they believe—according to Chang—that they are running out of time?

It’s ‘Like a Digital Stoning’—Alec Klein on Cancel Culture & #MeToo

The #MeToo movement exposed long-hidden abuses by powerful individuals in Hollywood and beyond, and brought sexual violence to the forefront of national discussion. But there was also another side of #MeToo, a movement that, at its height, encouraged people to “believe all women”—regardless of the merits of their accusations.

WATCH: Audit of 2.1 Million Ballots Begins in Maricopa County; Real-Time Camera Footage

Bodycam Captures Police Shootout With Armed Man at Hospital in Columbus, Ohio

The police department in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday released body camera footage after a 27-year-old man was shot and killed during a shootout inside a hospital on Tuesday. According to a news release from the department, shows Columbus and Westerville officers attempting to search Miles Jackson in a hospital room at Mount Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital in Westerville, a suburb of Columbus.

Here it Comes: Digital Vaccine Passports Coming To California County

Over in Orange County, health officials have announced that they will be piloting a new vaccine passport program.

Epoch Times Press Attacked by Hammer-Wielding Intruders; Likely Communist Party Thugs

Our printing facility was attacked once again — this time by masked men wielding sledgehammers.

‘Isolation Kills Too’—Mary Daniel on Becoming a Dishwasher to See Her Husband; Advising Gov DeSantis

On March 10, 2020, Mary Daniel went to visit her husband at the Rosecastle Assisted Living and Memory Care facility like she did every evening after work. Eight years ago, he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. What Daniel did not realize was the next day she’d be told she could not come back. She, like thousands of other Americans, could no longer visit her loved one because of lockdown measures. “The days turned into weeks and the weeks turned into months,” Daniel said. “My fear was that… I was going to miss that window of opportunity where he knew me and knew our love.”

New Law: Illegal Immigrants will Receive Up To $15,600 if They Lost Wages | Facts Matter

At the southern border, experts are warning that Illegal Immigrants and cartels are ‘renting’ children in order to cross the border. Meanwhile, New York has announced that it will give up to $15,600 to undocumented migrants who lost wages.

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr: ‘Glaring Loophole’ in U.S. Policy on Tech from China

The products of Chinese companies like Huawei and ZTE are used widely in America. Under Chinese law, “these companies basically have to fork over any information or data that the Communist Party might be seeking,” says Brendan Carr, a Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The U.S. has implemented a “rip and replace” policy to remove such products from American systems—but there’s still a big loophole that remains.

Confirmed: Hunter Biden is Officially Under Federal Investigation; Laptop Statement

Hunter Biden just published a new book. He is currently on tour doing interviews to promote it - and during one of these interviews, he acknowledged that the infamous laptop could be his (although he said that it also might’ve been hacked by Russians).

Peter Boghossian on Woke Ideology: ‘A Recipe for Cultural Suicide’; Case for Defunding Universities

“We can't just keep funding people who are playing in make-believe-land, cranking out information to inform public policy that's completely divorced from reality. It's a recipe for cultural suicide,” says Peter Boghossian, assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University and co-author of “How to Have Impossible Conversations.” A lifelong liberal and critic of former President Trump, Boghossian believes describing people as left or right is losing utility. It’s those who demand you think a certain way who are on one side, while those who do not are on the other. “We are facing an extraordinarily intolerant dangerous ideology, perpetuated by people who want to rob us of our cognitive liberty,” he says.

MLB Expands Their China Deal, Leaves Georgia; Trump Calls for Boycott

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