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We’re going to be hearing a lot more about Mike Pompeo’s new book and it’s actually promising to be an interesting sideshow. Trump isn’t going to be happy about it, so it’s not all bad. From the Triad: Mike Pompeo, the former secretary of state, is coming out with a memoir to promote his 2024 presidential candidacy. In it, he writes that in early 2020, President Trump tried to quash Pompeo’s criticism of China. Here’s Pompeo’s account, according to an early peek at the book, as reported by Shelby Talcott and David Weigel in Semafor: This isn’t the first time the trade deal has come up in reporting about Trump, Xi, and COVID. Here’s the rest of the early 2020 sequence, as I previously outlined it in Slate: In the Slate article, I traced Trump’s behavior during those weeks: He adopted Xi’s talking points on COVID, defended Xi’s efforts to suppress bad news about the virus, and tried to copy some of Xi’s suppression tactics in the United States. Pompeo’s story backs up that analysis. Xi threatened the trade deal, and Trump responded by telling Pompeo to shut up.
“Hang on, isn’t that a constitutional responsibility?”
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People who say and do outrageous and embarrassing things and... okay, maybe there's only one. read now...The Australian Open tennis tournament has been scandalised after a former player revealed that many high profile tantrums have been fixed by gangsters. “It’s an open secret that certain players will bung on a dummy spit to take advantage of... Read More ›
Doctor Who: The Complete History is getting an international digital re-release, providing the definitive story of the making of the show Doctor Who: The Complete History is receiving a new lease of life as a digital download series available through Panini and Pocketmags. The series was original released as a fortnightly part-work of hardback books. […]
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Tony Abbott has emerged as a favourite to fill Jim Molan's Senate seat. Founder and publisher Dave Donovan examines the latest "generational" scrimmage within the Liberal Party. read now...The right wing is obsessed with children’s nether regions This is so sick. More red state proposals for children’s genital inspections. Here’s North Dakota this week: The North Dakota House of Representatives has introduced a bill that would strictly prohibit expanded use of pronouns outside of the gender that the person was born. House Bill 2199 restricts the definition of gender to the person’s natural gender at birth and then requires that all pronoun use be reflective of that same gender. Any violation by anyone who works at an institution that receives state funding, including public schools would be subject to a $1,500 fine. If gender is challenged, the bill puts the responsibility on the individual to prove their gender. “Say, they’re a boy, but they come to school and say they’re a girl. As far as that school is concerned in this bill, that person is still a boy. If it becomes contested, the burden will be on the girl, the so-called girl, or the boy, to prove that he is a girl,” said North Dakota State Senator David Clemens while speaking in favor of the bill.
The unusual investigation into former Defense deputy CFO Douglas Glenn follows Biden administration pledge to root out racism in the workplace.
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“The most important thing is to make people aware how all this works and how many of these associations are managed from abroad for political purposes.” In a dramatic video, the President of Mexico points out what the UK media won’t – despite even the Starmer-commissioned Forde Report coming to the same conclusion – that […]
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If anyone was thinking (as I was) that the so-called GOP moderates who won in swing districts carried by Biden would sign on to a discharge petition early enough to have it work (it’s a long arduous process) we all need to wake up. They are going to drag out “negotiations” to cut the shit out of government programs that benefit actual humans (that’s what they all live for) and then it will be too late: House Republicans from swing districts are flatly rejecting the White House’s position that there be no negotiations with Congress over raising the national debt ceiling, insisting that they won’t bend to the Democrats’ take-it-or-leave-it approach to avoid the first-ever debt default with no conditions attached. The Republicans, many of whom hail from districts that President Joe Biden won or narrowly lost and are seen as the most likely to break ranks with their party’s leadership, said they are not willing to back a “clean” debt ceiling increase, insisting there must be some fiscal agreement first.
"Our university system that produces a large number of talent is also helping a lot as we have tied up with many universities to prepare right talent," he said.Business Standard (India)
Asked about the government's own investment plans, he said the government itself is putting in USD 10 billion and it has chalked out a long haul programme....
Once upon a midday dreary, while I scrolled on, bummed and teary,
Over many a short and spurious video of current cultural lore—
While I blinked on, nearly napping, suddenly there came a trapping,
In the form of someone boldly capping, capping on my #fyp tour.
“’Tis some new #tiktoker,” I muttered, “capping on my #fyp tour—
Only this, and nothing more.”
Oh, bestie I can say it was not the brightest and shiniest day,
And I drew my curtains all the way, my own writings seemed a chore.
Desperately I watched with sorrow;—procrastinating till the morrow
All the trends they borrow—borrow for their follower core—
Imploring viewers with overstuffed closets full of things they never wore—
To shop their Amazon store.
And living rent-free in my head were the skits that left me dead—
Sending me, with POVs and with spilled teas never heard before;
So that now, as I sat wiping on my throne, I kept on swiping.
Now a lumberjack with nip nops out diligently worked his core—
Then a sneaky link pick-me girl stood attacking an enlarged pore;—
Lip-syncing her contour.
The Lunar New Year comes early in 2023, and the incoming Year of the Rabbit offers possibilities of significant changes in personal and national fortunes. Those responsible for formulating Australia’s China policy are advised to watch developments carefully and be flexible in their responses. Over the years, I have learnt the important place in Chinese Continue reading »
The implications for the AUKUS security pact were always going to be grave, significant, and unnecessary. It further subordinated Australia to participating in future conflicts; it has brought into question Australia’s own already whittled down sovereignty; and it has also raised the spectre of regional nuclear proliferation. The other feature of this whole enterprise, as Continue reading »
Jacinda Ardern who has led New Zealand with intelligence, kindness and humanity is leaving the stage. Her last day as Prime Minister will be February 7. This will be very sad news for those who have admired her leadership, her ability to think on her feet, her intelligence, and above all her kindness, compassion and Continue reading »