Plus: Sen. Ron Johnson Asks ‘Full Accounting’ of Biden Family’s Chinese Business Deals
February 7 2022
Good morning from Washington, where the Biden administration sees no reason you shouldn’t pay higher premiums so it can force insurers to cover gender “transitions.” Jay Richards and Jared Eckert explain. Americans need to know more about business deals in China that enriched the Bidens, Sen. Ron Johnson tells Fred Lucas. On the podcast, our Rob Bluey interviews Julie Kelly about her book exposing the left’s exploitation of last year’s riot at the Capitol. Plus: the Winter Olympics throws a spotlight on China; the left’s coziness with Russia; and a new threat to Americans’ privacy. Sixty years ago today, President John F. Kennedy orders broader restrictions on U.S. trade with Cuba, effectively creating a full embargo.
A new book, “Red Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win” by Peter Schweizer, asserts that five deals with China helped the Biden family make a total of $31 million.
Author Julie Kelly says a top FBI official “twice refused to answer” whether there were “any FBI informants or agents who either incited or engaged in violent behavior that day.”
“The athletes need to stand up for something bigger than basketball and say, ‘I’m not going to participate … in a country where there’s a genocide happening,’” says the Boston Celtics’ Enes Kanter Freedom.
The left falsely accused the Trump campaign, transition, and administration of “collusion.” That charge instead best summarizes Democrats’ years of accommodation with Putin’s Russia.
Even if you don’t own or care about crypto and inflation, the much wider issue is what policymakers are using the scapegoat to push: a full-blown surveillance state.
“My son came home the first day of school with an extreme headache,” says Merianne Jensen. “For two weeks, he came home with a headache. We took him to the doctor. It was all because of the mask.”