Return of the King! Trump will give a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) next Thursday, his first public appearance since leaving office.
Press mentions face extinction? The U.S. state of Montana is discussing a bill that plans to designate Antifa as a homegrown terrorist organization.
Late to the party! Biden approved a “state of major disaster” in Texas on Sunday (20th).
Unpopular? Biden declared “America is back” at Friday’s G7 summit, but French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel sang the opposite. In addition, Biden is facing his first setback in the Senate.
Biden can’t save U.S.-China relations! Friday the U.S. Department of State warned the Chinese Communist Party not to use force in the disputed waters. It is rumored that the Chinese Communist Party intends to ban the export of rare earth processing technology to countries with national security threats. U.S. defense contractors will bear the brunt.
Trump to attend Conservative Party political action meeting, first public speech after leaving office
Former President Trump will attend and speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) later this month, his first public appearance since leaving office.
The 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference meeting will be held outside of Washington, D.C. The four-day conference begins next Thursday (Feb. 25) in Orlando, Fla.
Ian Walters, communications director for the Conservative Political Action Conference, confirmed that Trump will deliver the keynote address at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference.
Walters said the former president’s speech is scheduled for the afternoon of Feb. 28, the final day of the conference.
Sources familiar with Trump’s speech told Fox News that Trump will talk about the future of the Republican Party and the conservative movement, and may also criticize President Biden’s “disastrous Amnesty and border policies.
After the Senate acquitted Trump on Saturday, the former president said he wants to stay politically active and told supporters that the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement is still going strong.
Fox News reports that the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference, to be held Feb. 25-28 at the Hyatt Regency in Orlando, Fla.
In a previous tweet, the Conservative Political Action Conference said, “We are replacing the Washington blockade with sunshine and freedom.” Schlapp said via Twitter that the conference “will be where conservatives plot, plan and unite to defeat socialism in America.”
Biden just approved a “state of major disaster” in Texas amid devastating conditions
Texas recently suffered a rare snowstorm, not only -18 degrees Celsius low temperature, has caused dozens of deaths and injuries, and the local power grid can not be loaded, resulting in large-scale power outages, many people were forced to cut wood for heating, there are more than ten million people affected by the water supply.
In this regard, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced on the 20th of local Time, millions of people in Texas in extreme low temperatures suffered from the plight of water, power outages, Biden has officially signed the Texas State of Major Disaster statement.
It is reported that the statement was released to allow federal funds to be used for disaster relief purposes throughout Texas and to help the victims rebuild their homes.
Montana Bill to Designate Antifa as Homegrown Terrorist Group
Montana lawmakers are discussing a bill that would designate the anarcho-communist group Antifa as a homegrown terrorist organization.
Photo: Antifa, a Communist Party USA and far-left group, burns the American flag on the steps of the Colorado State Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021.
Over the past several years, the Antifa network and ideologically affiliated organizations have organized and executed violent street protests and riots in Minneapolis, Portland, Seattle, Olympia, and several other cities.
Montana Rep. Braxton Mitchell, a Republican who represents Columbia Falls, told the Montana House Judiciary Committee at a hearing Tuesday (Feb. 16) that the bill is being accepted. Committee (R-Mont.), revealed that the bill is under consideration.
He said the move would “send a message that we, as a state, will not tolerate organizations like this coming into our state,” according to The Associated Press.
Opponents of the bill say they should oppose it if it does not categorize other groups accused of violence, including those involved in the January break-in at the Capitol.
Some officials, including FBI Director Chris Wray, have said that Antifa is more of an ideology than a group. He described the Antifa movement as a decentralized movement.
However, Andy Ngo, an independent journalist who has been observing and documenting the activities of the Antifa and other “Black Bloc” groups, told the Epoch Times Epoch Times that it is “not just an ideology, an ideology,” but “also a movement” and seems to be well organized.
Ngo notes that the ultimate goal of the Rapture is the abolition of democratic states around the world and the creation of anarchist communist communes.
He said, “They believe they can organize society without a government.” Believers usually believe that no one should own private property.
Biden’s G7 Summit Proclamation “America is Back” Not Well Received by French and German Heads
On Friday (19), British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosted a video conference of the Group of Seven (G7) heads of state. U.S. President Joe Biden told the G7 leaders that “America is back,” but the French and German heads of state were not too receptive.
Photo: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosts a G7 summit videoconference in Cabinet Room 10 on Feb. 19.
Biden said U.S. power and influence had been “undermined” over the past four years, and stressed the importance of reinvigorating the alliance and rededicating itself to defending Europe. French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel had their own views on the issue.
In his speech, Macron defended his concept of “strategic autonomy. He suggested that with Europe’s increasing focus on Asia, and China in particular, Europe can no longer be overly dependent on the United States as it has been for decades.
Macron wants NATO to be more of a political body in which European member states have equal status with the United States and are less subject to U.S.-dominated decision-making tendencies.
Macron insisted that a more autonomous Europe, better able to protect itself, would make NATO stronger than before. He said Europe should “take on more of the burden of protecting itself” and keep its commitment to increase defense spending to rebalance transatlantic relations.
Macron, determined to act now, decided to improve the EU’s technological capabilities in order to reduce dependence on the U.S. and Chinese supply chains. Biden, on the other hand, has expressed a desire to deepen supply chains among Western allies that include hardware and software to reduce dependence on the Chinese Communist Party.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is leaving office this year, but she warned, “Our interests will not always converge.” This appears to be a reference to Germany‘s ambivalence toward China as a major market for German cars and high-end products, as well as its ongoing disagreement with the United States over the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Russia.
Merkel is concerned about the complexity of dealing with the Chinese Communist Party, given its dual role as a competitor and partner of the West.
Merkel said, “In recent years, China [the CCP] has gained influence on a global scale. As transatlantic partners and democracies, we have to do something to counter it.”
Many European countries, with the exception of France and Germany, agreed with Biden’s proposition because they did not want to spend additional money. Central and Eastern European countries are also reluctant to entrust their security to countries other than the United States. In his speech, British Prime Minister Johnson warmly welcomed the return of the United States as the “leader of the free world.
Biden may face first Senate defeat unless Republicans back him
Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced Friday (19) that he will oppose the confirmation of White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director nominee Neera Tanden, which could make her unsuccessful in the Senate. This could make her unsuccessful in the Senate confirmation.
Photo: Neera Tanden, the White House nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
In a statement, Manchin said, “I believe her public partisan rhetoric will have a harmful and adverse impact on the important working relationship between members of Congress and the next OMB director.”
With the Senate now split between the two parties, Vice President Kamala Harris (D-N.Y.) could break the tie. But if all Republican senators oppose Tanden’s confirmation, along with Manchin, Tanden would not get the majority needed to pass confirmation.
That means the Biden confirmation process for Tanden is likely over unless a Senate Republican can be persuaded to support Tanden.
U.S. State Department Warns Communist China: Don’t Use Force in Disputed Waters
On Friday, February 19, the U.S. State Department warned the Chinese Communist Party against the use of force in disputed waters. This is a U.S. response to the CCP’s recent passage of the Chinese Maritime Police Law and intimidation of its neighbors.
The USS Nimitz and USS Reagan aircraft carriers of the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet are pictured here exercising in the South China Sea on July 4 last year.
According to Reuters, since the Biden Administration came to power, the Chinese Communist Party has deployed massive military aircraft to harass Taiwan. Not long ago, the Chinese Communist Party passed the so-called “China Marine Police Law,” which allows the Chinese Marine Police to fire on foreign vessels in waters under Chinese jurisdiction.
State Department spokesman Ned Price said at a press conference that the CCP is using the Maritime Police Law as an interface to illegally advance its self-identified sovereign intentions in the South China Sea, a claim that was denied by international arbitration back in 2016.
Price further said the U.S. will stand firm on its commitment to allies such as Japan and the Philippines to fulfill the mutual defense treaty the U.S. has signed with them to challenge the CCP’s expansion of jurisdiction in the South China Sea by conducting regular military patrols in the waters.
Since Biden took office on Jan. 20, the Chinese Communist Party has made frequent provocative moves in the Taiwan Strait, and the U.S. has reacted strongly to them. Following the U.S. dual aircraft carrier exercises in the South China Sea on February 9, the U.S. military announced on February 17 that its SHIELD destroyer USS Lasserre was sailing in the waters of the Spratly Islands.
Rumor has it that the Chinese Communist Party intends to ban the export of rare earth processing technology to countries with national security threats
On Friday (Feb. 19), Bloomberg cited sources familiar with the matter as saying that the Chinese Communist Party intends to ban the export of rare earth processing technology to countries or companies deemed to have a national security threat.
The Chinese Communist government is currently evaluating its rare earths policy, according to people familiar with the matter. The CCP government believes that processing and purification technologies for rare earths are a greater deterrent than rare earths themselves in protecting national interests, and is therefore considering banning the export of such technologies to certain countries or companies.
The source requested anonymity because the information was not made public.
The sources said that while the CCP has no plans to restrict exports of rare earths to the United States at this time, they are an available option as a policy reserve should another trade war break out. In addition, the Chinese Communist Party is also considering whether it could use the rare earths embargo to impose sanctions on some companies, including Lockheed Martin, a U.S. company that sells weapons to Taiwan.
Earlier this week, the Financial Times reported that the Chinese Communist Party was studying whether it could hurt U.S. defense contractors by restricting exports of rare earth minerals, which are critical to making sophisticated weapons.
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