with Simone Gao
The U.S. has removed some Chinese firms from its banned list of companies linked to the Chinese military. You’ll be surprised which ones — and what they’re capable of.
Two topics for today: 1) the House of Representatives impeaches President Trump for a second time; 2) and is there a way to avoid being censored on the internet — if the whole infrastructure is against you?
Today, I’ll focus on the impeachment and social media censorship. You’d be surprised who else social media has banned other than Trump and conservatives.
On Jan. 2, Vice President Mike Pence said he welcomed efforts by Republican lawmakers to challenge electoral college results on Jan. 6. This, after Pence asked a court to dismiss Congressman Gohmert’s lawsuit aimed at letting him overturn the election. Did he change under political pressure?
I speak to political correspondent Neil McCabe about the COVID stimulus bill. He says there’s no better epilogue to President Trump’s first term.