RESOLUTE READS 10/23/2020

 

FIVE STORIES PRESIDENT TRUMP DOESN'T WANT YOU TO MISS

Trump: Sudan to Join UAE, Bahrain in Recognizing Israel -The Associated Press “President Donald Trump announced Friday that Sudan will start to normalize ties with Israel, making it the third Arab state to do so as part of U.S.-brokered deals,” Deb Riechmann and Matthew Lee report. “Sudan had demonstrated its commitment in battling terrorism. ‘This is one of the great days in the history of Sudan,’” President Trump said.    BREAKING: Israel and Sudan have agreed to make peace! Tech Censorship Is on a Dangerous Path -The Daily Signal “The titans of social media, [Jack] Dorsey at Twitter and Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook, lead their companies the way China does. These men want to control what the public sees, which enables them to better monitor and, ultimately, influence every aspect of society and life,” Armstrong Williams writes. “It is hard to imagine a more insidious effort to subvert freedom of speech, expression, and the free flow of ideas.” How Team Trump Is Fighting China’s Ploys to Control the UN -New York Post “I’ve seen firsthand the Chinese Communist Party’s increasingly aggressive efforts to manipulate UN agencies to whitewash its bad behavior, silence criticism and advance authoritarian government,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft writes. “Unlike our predecessors, the Trump administration is clear-eyed about this threat.” Why Operation Warp Speed Is a Made-in-America Story -Fox Business “We have already seen tremendous unprecedented progress toward a vaccine. Four of our six vaccine candidates are in the final stage of human trials, and we may even see data emerge from one of more of these in October. In the meantime, a unique made-in-America story is being written,” Health & Human Services Secretary Alex Azar writes.    MORE: Attacks on U.S. COVID response are ‘unjustified,’ doctor says Confronting Ohio’s Rural Opioid Crisis -Cleveland.com “Throughout Ohio and across the country, as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, another health crisis remains: drug addiction . . . President Trump [has] expanded the use of telemedicine, unraveling burdensome regulations to ensure those receiving counseling for substance use disorder are able to receive continuous care,” writes Jim Carroll, director of the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy.    READ: From day one, President Trump waged war on opioid addiction