presidential inauguration. at this crucial mile marker it s important to stare into the mirror of who we really are as a country. two years after lies and conspiracies about trump s big loss led to, quote, medieval combat on the steps of the u.s. capitol between law enforcement and trump supporters. those very same lies that inspired that attack two years ago are now deeply embedded in the politics of the gop. they are the single animating principle behind everything that happens in one of the country s two major political parties. it is in large part due to the fact that the man who, quote, summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame in the attack as january 6th select committee member liz cheney put it that would be twice impeached president trump himself as well as his top lieutenants remain the dominant force in the gop. and they insist on continuing to gaslight americans on what actually happened on january 6th to this day, to this hour on this day. just yeste
substantive discussions we were prepared to have. part terrifying mystery, part snl skit, that was secretary of state antony blinken in just the last hour on what is now a postponed trip to beijing in which he was expected to meet with president xi jinping after the u.s. announce yesterday that chinese high altitude balloon was spotted hovering over the northwest part of the country. i think it was in montana at the time, saying it is an unacceptable violation of our sovereigty and must be removed from our airspace. the pentagon detected the balloon thursday over montana where officials said it was gathering intelligence about one of our country s military bases that operates and stores intercontinental ballistic missiles of all things. in a statement the pentagon secretary it hose poses no threat to those on the ground. china stated the balloon was for