Create | Share | Influence
… and, winter is coming. China, already in a significant energy crunch, has been experiencing energy shortages due to extreme weather, a surge in demand, and a fledgling effort to … Read More
… and, winter is coming. For those just scrolling by while whistling past the graveyard, you might want to read this story and prepare yourself while you watch your wallet because … Read More
A couple of days ago, alleged congressperson Marjorie Taylor Greene sent a letter to Joe Biden. I read it; you don’t have to. Unless you read at a third-grade level … Read More
Carnage could be a permanent condition, but Trump made it a brand. Between April 10, 2020 and January 3, 2021, Donald Trump either tweeted (or retweeted) the term “China Virus” … Read More
Ying Ma is a conservative Chinese American who’s been appearing on Fox lately to hype her theory that liberals only became interested in anti-Asian violence when they could use it … Read More
Marjorie Taylor Green, unburdened by House committee work, should put a bit more time into her trolling banter. Sadly, this was no different than the previous guy’s issues with thinking … Read More
Warning….Disturbing ! Well I hope you can keep your lunch down. This is sheer perversion and not exactly a winning strategy. Rudy caught with hands in pants thinking the girl … Read More
She’s so fucking awful: x Remember: China gave this virus to our President @realDonaldTrump and First Lady @FLOTUS. WE MUST HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.— Kelly Loeffler (@KLoeffler) October 2, 2020 … Read More
There’s a BeijingBiden website, but Trump seems to have decided not to use this insult in speeches, leaving that meme to surrogates and media bottom-feeders. The meme was important to … Read More
No, I am NOT being Chuck “Bothsiderist” Todd, but I need to tell you all about the descent into the rabbit hole that the U.S. Senate race in Kentucky has … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
Peter Navarro, the Trump administration trade adviser whom Jared Kushner found on Amazon.com (the same place I’ve been vainly searching for a one-bedroom tauntaun carcass to hide in for the … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
perhaps as a pushback at the Trump campaign running an ad (including on MS-NBC) against Biden on China. This one is apparently slotted for CNN. Take a look: x YouTube … Read More
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, … Read More
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, … Read More
Again, this is from the conservative National Review: Some terrible ideas never go away, especially ideas that help politicians to disguise weakness as strength. One such scheme in the Beltway bag … Read More
Holy cow. This ad was just released in several swing states. I’m definitely Ridin’ with Biden, but even when I was on team Warren I always had to admit Joe … Read More
I often find, in history as well as in current events, that having a timeline can be very useful in sorting out just what happened and when, and for judging … Read More
A heath care group allied with the Democratic party has gone for Trump’s jugular in a new ad about how his boasts of how he saved us from a worse … Read More
A heath care group allied with the Democratic party has gone for Trump’s jugular in a new ad about how his boasts of how he saved us from an even … Read More
The death toll in Italy from the coronavirus has overtaken China's in a stark illustration of how the outbreak has pivoted toward Europe and the United States. “Italy has world's second oldest population, 87% of … Read More
This fucking idiot is making Ted Cruz look like the smart one: x Sen. John Cornyn: “China is to blame because the culture where people eat bats & snakes & … Read More
The New York Times reported this on Friday, but it seems we all missed it: China Spins Tale That the U.S. Army Started the Coronavirus Epidemic It seems that back … Read More
I’m editing this so as to start with the most important information: The best prevention advice is to WASH YOUR HANDS. FREQUENTLY. See the diary and comments for more details. … Read More
Donald Trump is declaring victory in his trade war with China. Of course he is. He always claims victory, even — in fact, especially — when he loses. Remember the … Read More
http://www.dispatch.com/… Ohio Senator Rob Portman joins the slowly growing ranks of Republican Senators who have found fault with Donald Trump for soliciting investigations of Joe Biden by foreign governments. Although … Read More
bangordailynews.com/… Republican Senator Susan Collins who is usually finding crimes by Donald Trump to be “troubling” kicked it up half a notch when she said it was “completely inappropriate” for … Read More
In advance of more stalled China trade talks this week, impeachment-embattled Trump asked China to interfere in the 2020 election. The quid pro quo for China will now be as … Read More
Trump doubles down during Chopper Talk, now wants a second country, China to investigate opponents x Also from the pool report: POTUS said Ukraine should investigate the Bidens. “I would … Read More
