US National Intelligence chief sees China as "the biggest threat to democracy"

Trump's allies are calling on the Supreme Court to freeze approval of the results of the Pennsylvania vote

Ratcliffe said that the Chinese leadership "exercises government control over companies and undermines the privacy and freedom of their citizens."

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The allies of the outgoing US President Donald Trump, the day before yesterday, submitted an emergency appeal to the US Supreme Court, demanding that the approval of the election results in Pennsylvania be prevented. And freedom in the world since World War II ».

The request of Trump's allies comes after the Supreme Court in this state, last Saturday, rejected a complaint challenging the legality of votes sent by mail in this vast region of the northeastern United States.

However, the highest US judicial body is not required to decide on this matter at this stage, and the appellants, including Republican Representative Mike Kelly, have asked it to freeze all election-related processes in this main state, pending their arguments.

The court is supposed to provide its response in writing without being forced to justify its decision.

And President Donald Trump still refused a month after the elections to admit defeat to Democrat Joe Biden, presenting himself as the victim of a "large-scale fraud".

Trump has lodged complaints in several key states with the help of his allies, but has seen about 20 setbacks.

On Tuesday, Attorney General Bill Barr, who is close to Trump, confirmed that he had not seen any widespread fraud that would nullify Biden's victory.

Trump undertook a radical reform in the Supreme Court of the United States, in which he appointed three of the nine judges, and indicated his willingness to resort to it the day after the elections.

On the other hand, the head of US National Intelligence John Ratcliffe described, yesterday, China as "the biggest threat to democracy and freedom in the world since World War II," while Washington imposed strict restrictions on granting visas to members of the Chinese Communist Party.

In an opinion piece published in The Wall Street Journal, Ratcliffe accused China of stealing US business secrets and defense technology.

"The People's Republic of China is the greatest threat to the United States today, and the greatest threat to democracy and freedom in the world since World War II (1939-1945)," he wrote.

He spoke of operations in which Chinese agents used economic pressure to sway or weaken US lawmakers.

"Our information shows that Beijing regularly conducts this type of influence operation in the United States," Ratcliffe wrote.

"The Chinese leadership seeks to subordinate individual rights to the will of the Communist Party," he added.

He added that the Chinese leadership "exercises government control over companies, and destroys the privacy and freedom of its citizens by imposing an authoritarian control state."

At the same time, the State Department said that members of the Chinese Communist Party "are hostile to American values."

The White House Communications Director resigns

The White House Communications Director Elisa Farah announced yesterday that she has resigned from her post, in what appears to be a tacit admission of Donald Trump's defeat in the presidential election.

"After an amazing three and a half years, I will leave the White House to devote myself to other projects," Farah, who was a spokeswoman for Vice President Mike Pence and then a spokeswoman for the Pentagon, wrote before taking up her current position.

"I am very proud of the amazing things that have been achieved to make our country stronger and safer," she added, without mentioning Trump, who leaves power on January 20.

Since the November 3 election, which was won by Joe Biden and Trump has refused to acknowledge its outcome so far, Farah has been completely conservative, unlike White House spokeswoman Kylie McKinani, who has been relentlessly reporting Trump's accusations of fraud in the presidential vote without providing evidence. .

Biden, Obama, Bush and Clinton are ready to openly receive the Corona vaccine

US President-elect Joe Biden, and former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, announced that they are openly prepared to receive the Coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine to encourage their citizens to do the same.

Obama, 59, said he “fully trusts” the nation's health authorities, including immunologist Anthony Fauci, a scientifically well-respected figure in the United States.

"If Anthony Fauci told me that this vaccine is safe and can protect against Covid, I will not hesitate to receive it," he said in an interview with "Sirius XM" radio, excerpts of which were posted on "YouTube" last Wednesday.

“I promise that when (the vaccine) becomes available for the least vulnerable people, I will receive it,” he added.

"I can do it on TV or make sure it gets filmed so people can see that I trust science."

An article in the "Washington Post" newspaper called on President-elect Joe Biden (78 years) and Vice President Kamala Harris (56 years) to receive the vaccine live on television in order to convince the skeptics, who are many in the United States.

When asked about this, Biden said the day before yesterday that he would be "happy" to receive the vaccine in public as soon as Fauci recommends it.

A representative of former President George W. Bush indicated to "CNN" that the 74-year-old former Republican president is also ready to promote "Covid-19" vaccines.

"It must be ensured first that vaccines are safe and given to the priority population groups," said Freddy Ford.

For his part, Bill Clinton's spokesman, Angel Orina, told CNN that the 74-year-old former Democratic president would receive the vaccine publicly "if that would make all Americans do the same thing."

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