Siyamak sits down with Joe Vinatieri, Mayor of Whittier, California and a tax expert. He'll talk about why people are leaving California and the impact of high taxes on the state.

  “McDonald’s started here, Carl’s Jr. started here, Taco Bell started here, In-N-Out started here. There was just a great entrepreneurial spirit,“ said Mr. Vinatieri. ”When you’re pushing people and they’re leaving California, they’re taking jobs with them, they’re taking income with them, and those are tax dollars.” -------------------- 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 This episode is sponsored by Yrefy. Invest with higher fixed returns on Yrefy. 💰💰 Start investing today on 👉 https://www.investyrefy.com   Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guests, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

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A recent Freedom of Information Act email from April 2020 casts new light on the COVID origin debate—and in particular on the role of the U.S. intelligence community in covering up the virus’s true origin.

This happened during a crucial period of time: namely, when former President Donald Trump first started talking about the fact that COVID had come out of the Wuhan lab.

The new email reveals that there had been an Oval Office meeting at which someone suggested writing an Intelligence Community-wide statement on the origin of COVID—and that there were only two options for where COVID had come from.

This should’ve been a win for Trump but, instead, the statement that was ultimately released to the public seriously undermined his claims about the Wuhan lab.

So why did the statement not match what was agreed in the Oval Office, and who was the mysterious person who tasked the intelligence community with writing that statement?

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House Speaker Mike Johnson and 60 Republican lawmakers are traveling to Eagle Pass, Texas on Wednesday. The Representatives are meeting with state and local officials to discuss their experience on the ground—and what they view as the failures of the Biden Administration to enforce border policy.

House Republicans are forging ahead with steps to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. Meanwhile, Mr. Mayorkas says the U.S. immigration system is in desperate need of legislative reform.

Suburbs in Chicago are implementing policies to restrict buses dropping off illegal immigrants unannounced. Bus operators will have to get their arrival approved or face thousands of dollars in fines.

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Cash, gold bars, and a luxury car: Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) is facing fresh accusations of corruption and bribery. NTD has more on a superseding indictment involving Qatar.

Asleep at the wheel? House Speaker Mike Johnson has some harsh words for the Biden administration on border security. He’s taking 60 lawmakers with him down to Texas today. Find out more about the trip.

A D.C. Judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump related to the death of U.S. Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick. Other accusations in the case will remain valid, however. Meanwhile, President Trump has doubled down on his claim of presidential immunity in his appeal against Maine’s ruling to take him off its primary ballot.

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Big claims from China’s communist leader during his New Year’s speech, what’s really going on with the country’s economy, and issues renewed threats of “reunification” toward Taiwan.

Another nation is escalating its war preparations, with North Korea abandoning any prospects of peaceful reunification with South Korea. Instead, it’s vowing nuclear retaliation.

Reflecting on the year 2023, has a new “axis of evil” emerged as a global threat? This time, the charged phrase doesn’t refer to the Middle East. Instead, the shift in power is leaning toward communist China. How are China and its allies connected?

And the free world takes action to keep its military edge, with a focus on technology. What will that preparation look like in the New Year?

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Seventy-three Republicans are voting against passing the annual national defense bill. Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.), an Army veteran, is one of them, and he joins us to tell us why.

The Chinese Communist Party’s connection to the unprecedented amount of fentanyl coming through our southern border—and what a group called Border 911 is doing about it.

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A round of powerful earthquakes as high as 7.6 on the Richter scale hit Japan on New Year’s Day, triggering tsunami warnings and mass evacuations across the west coast of Japan.

Hamas terrorists continue to fire rockets toward Israel in the new year. Meanwhile, Israel said some reservists and Israeli villagers near the Gaza border will soon return home.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to change the judicial system meet a major roadblock, after Israel’s Supreme Court struck down a law that was part of that judicial overhaul.

U.S. military helicopters sank three Islamist Houthi boats in the Red Sea, killing all on board, after U.S. forces came under fire when responding to a Houthi attack on a cargo ship.

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Japan has lowered its major tsunami warning level after a series of earthquakes hit its western coastline, but officials on Monday morning urged caution.

The names of over 150 people associated with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will soon be public, exposing a list of “John Doe”s in previously sealed court documents.

It took a Freedom of Information Act request, but the public now knows what’s in an FDA report on Moderna and possibly unsafe practices with regard to the manufacture COVID-19 vaccines.

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A distress call by a merchant vessel in the Red Sea turns into a fatal incident involving U.S. helicopters and resulting in multiple deaths.

A powerful earthquake rocks the western coast of Japan. Residents are forced to find higher ground, with a tsunami warning in effect.

Countries across the world rang in the New Year in their own unique ways. Take a global tour with us to see some of the most memorable celebrations.

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Siyamak sits down with Tony Hall, a former supervisor from San Francisco. He will talk about why San Francisco has an annual budget of $15 billion—while still struggling to provide basic services—and what has made the city’s budget so expensive.

“A third of downtown is empty. Businesses are closing, the revenue has gone down, but the budget keeps going up. It’s now almost $15 billion,” Mr. Hall said. “I'll tell you how it happens. It is from the usage of nonprofits. Nonprofits that are indiscriminate and answerable to nobody. That’s the real question that people should be concerned about.” --------------------

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