Illinois Residents Sue to Keep Out EV Battery Company with CCP Ties

Published on December 22, 2023

Residents of a village in Illinois have filed a lawsuit to keep out the American subsidiary of Gotion High-Tech, a battery company with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that currently stands to gain from half a billion dollars in state incentives along with support from other units of government. “Today, the people of Manteno have spoken. We do not want this plant in our town,” Amanda Piker, a local activist with Concerned Citizens of Manteno, a plaintiff in the lawsuit, told The Epoch Times. At a press conference in September, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, and Manteno Mayor Timothy Nugent were among the officials who hailed a deal to bring Gotion to town to manufacture lithium electric vehicle batteries at the site of a former distribution center for Kmart....

Continue reading on website
Other news

UN Security Council Adopts Gaza Humanitarian Resolution After US Vetoes Ceasefire

December 22, 2023
After weeks of negotiations, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted a resolution on Friday to expand humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.The resolution passed in the 15-member UNSC with the support of 13 members, while Russia and the United States—which both have veto power as permanent members—elected to abstain from the vote.The successful passage of the resolution on Friday came tw

Sen. Paul Releases ‘Festivus’ Report Detailing $900 Billion in Wasteful Spending

December 22, 2023
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released his annual “Festivus” report on Dec. 22, documenting around $900 billion in wasteful U.S. government spending.The report includes the Treasury Department spending $659 billion to pay interest on the almost-$34 trillion in national debt, $33.2 million in NIH experimenting on monkeys on a South Carolina island, $400.6 million sitting in the Presidential Election Campa