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David Reeves, 27, of Gastonia, N.C. was arrested Feb. 5 and charged with threatening the President of the United States and others. According to a news release from the U.S Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, Reeves was arraigned on Thursday morning in Mecklenburg County.

The Bo Thompson Morning Show

President Joe Biden and North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper are working both sides of the COVID-19 argument when it comes to opening schools. In public, they've both urged the need for schools to be opened for regular business, but the reality is do they really?

The Bo Thompson Morning Show

A lot of time and resources have been put into trying to get this right to eradicate COVID-19. But, at what cost are we still just kicking the can down the road? The nearly $2 trillion proposed by Biden doesn't account for the $11.7 trillion the world has spent to tackle the virus. Several projections predict the COVID-19 pandemic will cost between $15.8 trillion and $24.2 trillion. 

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In 1960, only 4% of Democrats and 4% of Republicans said they would be disappointed if their child married someone from the opposite political party. By 2018, 45% of Democrats and 35% of Republicans reported they’d be unhappy if their child did the same.

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Some of them were said during his first speech after taking the presidency. Others have been migrated throughout the language of his executive orders. Words like 'nativism', 'joblessness', 'uncivil' and 'riotous' just to name a few. Biden is weaving them into the framework of his administration with many others.

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A new federal strategy to fight the Coronavirus pandemic will be released by President Biden later today. Among the ten executive orders being signed includes initiatives to ramp up testing, reopen schools and increase the use of masks. 

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The President's action speaks much louder than his words and those paying attention need to hear them loud and clear. Biden won't say stop the impending impeachment of Trump. Why would he do that when it can push the Republicans down even further.

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Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was sworn in Wednesday as the 46th president of the United States, writing a new chapter in American history as the first oldest American to hold the nation's highest office at 78. The former vice president takes over in a time of healing with a nation currently divided.

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“On Inauguration Day, President-elect Biden will sign roughly a dozen actions,” White House chief of staff Ron Klain wrote in a memo last week. “While the policy objectives in these executive actions are bold, I want to be clear: the legal theory behind them is well-founded and represents a restoration of an appropriate, constitutional role for the President.”

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The former Vice President fought back tears as he thanked his supporters less than 24 hours before taking over the 46th President of the United States. "In our family, the values we share, the character we strive for, the way we view the world—it all comes from home. It all comes from Delaware," Biden said.