Flaws and all, The Mueller Report. like the Steele Dossier remains a foundational source for the current mischief that will flood the disinformation channels until election day. Because “Kremlin-linked actors.”. BREAKING: China would prefer Trump not win reelection, seeing him as 'unpredictable,' while Russia is seeking to damage Biden candidacy, intelligence official says https://t.co/NKWNC2Uqak — Greg Miller (@gregpmiller)…
Category: China
Russia and China at Odds Over Trump, Iran Too.
It’s long been obvious that Putin favors Trump and wants to keep him in the White House where he can continue to destroy the United States, both because we’ve been blocking Russia’s ambitions and because Putin wants revenge for the breakup of the Soviet Union and other things we may or may not have done….
Trump promises to stop TikTok in the US (good luck with that)
Presumably this is retaliation for the Million Ticket Stunt that compelled Trump to build a second stage outside the venue in Tulsa. Numerous kids compelled by a K-Pop group decided to over-request tickets. Darn Zoomers. But Trump could be striking back against Sarah Cooper. Perhaps it’s yet another toothless culture stunt to try to offend…
MI-Sen: The Daily Beast, “John James' (R) Talks Tough on China While His Family Does Business”
Scott Bixby at The Daily Beast has a great piece out that calls out U.S. Senate candidate, John James (R. MI), for following the GOP playbook to talk tough on China as a way to rile up their base. But of course, like pretty much every GOPer trying to make China an issue, their records…
“EVERY TRUMP FOREIGN POLICY SCANDAL IN ONE TWEET.”
That is a new Twitter thread by Seth Abramson, drawing on the research he did for his 3 books on Trump. That’s one tweet per scandal. There are 20 Tweets covering issues with the EU and some 2 dozen plus individual nations. If you want to read the original in Twitter, you can start here…
State Dept. Officials Break Into China's Houston Consulate
Article 27 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations: 1. In the event of the severance of consular relations between two States: (a) the receiving State shall, even in case of armed conflict, respect and protect the consular premises, together with the property of the consular post and the consular archives; . . . 2….
China May Interfere in Our Election – Against Russia
Two stories on the news tonight: First is that Joe Biden put out a statement tonight warning foreign governments, and Russia in particular, that if they try to interfere with our November election, they will pay a heavy price for doing so. (Assuming Biden wins in spite of their interference.) Second story is that China…
MT, NC & CO-Sen: Democrats Call Out These Fake “China Hawks” Long Business Ties In China
Back in May, I highlighted this story from The Daily Beast about U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R. MT) running on a “tough in China” campaign: Daines’ campaign moved on April 16 to reserve TV ad time for a 30-second spot that alleged, in the words of campaign filings with the Federal Communications Commission: “China is responsible for…
Bolton says Trump told China to “Make sure I win”
Reading the Bolton book is a tough slog. although it is amusing to read how he wanted to settle scores including obliquely allowing Rex Tillerson to call Nikki Haley a c***. If there’s a takeaway so far, it is how badly edited it is, and how absent any consideration of national policy other than pushing…
Whoa, Trump sure doesn't like this new Biden ad
Forgive me if this has already been shared, but it’s a must-see: x Donald Trump is apparently losing his mind on twitter over this ad so watch it and retweet it to share it far and wide. pic.twitter.com/WNSnmFZfr0 — Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) June 19, 2020 Trump’s totally sane and measured response? x The Democrats are…
Trump to Xi: “Make Sure I Win”
Vanity Fair got hold of an unredacted copy of Bolton’s book, or parts of it at least. And what they found goes a long way to explaining Bunker Boy’s exploding head. The redacted version is bad enough: Trump was pushing Xi Jinping to help him win reelection by buying from the farmers who are a major…
Having it both ways, Trump signs Uighur sanction on China yet approved of Uighur concentration camps
Trump got stuck dealing with his approval of Uighar concentration camps while also signing their condemnation in the Uighur Human Rights Policy Act. Another screw up like Bunker Boy’s street-clearing stunt, and Trump as usual attacks to divert attention. An angry Trump has spent a number of tweets attacking John Bolton. x Bolton’s book, which is getting…
Bolton book says administration was uber-corrupt and advisers laughed at Trump behind his back
No way am I going to buy John Bolton’s book. That gruesome, caramel corn-looking motherfucker won’t get a penny from me. But, hey, the enemy of my enemy is (very temporarily) my friend, even if he looks like Wilford Brimley fucked one of Saruman’s orcs. And The New York Times has one of the first…
One of my senators just called Trump's speech fascist; I couldn't be more proud
Thank you, Ron Wyden — my senator — for calling out the ocher abomination in the strongest terms. x The fascist speech Donald Trump just delivered verged on a declaration of war against American citizens. I fear for our country tonight and will not stop defending America against Trump’s assault.— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) June 1, 2020 In…
Trump: 'I just beat COVID'
What the ever-living fuck is this congealed mound of sidewalk-melted circus peanut talking about? wtf? …. Trump: "I just got back from India, right? I just beat COVID." pic.twitter.com/SIUNoxHzJc — Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 28, 2020 REPORTER: “Are you worried about the situation on the border between India and China …?” TRUMP: “Ah, India. He loves…
TX-Sen: “John Cornyn (R) Asks Voters for Cash So He Can Blame Coronavirus on China and Defend Trump”
From the San Antonio Current: believe this is @JohnCornyn's most explicit email yet on this: "CHINA is to blame, NOT President Trump" #TXSEN pic.twitter.com/kw6nptYB9I — Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) May 16, 2020 A new fundraising email from Sen. John Cornyn confirms that the Texas Republican’s 2020 reelection strategy can be summed up thusly: all in with…
Child president storms away from press conference after he's challenged by two women reporters
So this was fun. Today, after a press conference where an “America Leads the World in Testing” banner hung in plain view — presumably to advertise our 39th-place world ranking in tests per million population — Donald Trump fielded questions with all the aplomb of a leaky bowel during a pepper eating contest. Two of his biggest nemeses,…
MT-Sen: The Daily Beast, “Daines (R) Abruptly Goes from China Cheerleader to Anti-Beijing Hawk”
Kudos to Lachlan Markay from The Daily Beast for highlighting this: In mid-April, national Republicans urged their Senate candidates to focus their coronavirus messaging on Chinese misdeeds. The day before, Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) had already started buying television ads doing just that. Daines’ campaign moved on April 16 to reserve TV ad time for…
Republican strategist's advice to candidates: Don't defend Trump, attack China
Donald Trump screwed up our country’s coronavirus response so badly, it could very well prompt his own party to launch several more probes into Hillary Clinton’s email server. Of course, Republicans have been casting about for scapegoats for some time now, and they think they’ve found a pretty good one: China This strategy does make a certain amount…
