Commentary In November 2018, at the direction of then-President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Justice, the FBI, and other federal security and economic agencies launched the China Initiative to halt the massive transfer of American information and technology to China and counter Chinese spying in American businesses, research institutions, and universities. In late February…
Chinese Weaponized Corruption Is a National Security Threat
May 12, 2022
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CCP Aid: A Domination Strategy
News Analysis As part of its global domination strategy, China has become one of the world’s largest lenders to the least developed nations, charging higher interest rates and demanding collateral in the form of ports, airports, minerals, and revenue streams. Foreign aid accounts for 1 percent of the $4.05 trillion U.S. federal budget, with half…
Australia Needs to Get Smart About China
May 11, 2022
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Commentary It’s 1985, and somewhere in the calm waters of South-East Asia, an Australian submarine slips beneath the surface on a moonless night. Its presence and disappearance go unnoticed as it was business as usual for the world on both sides of the iron curtain. Upon reflection, it was a time of peace and certainty….
Abortion in America: Anger in the Streets and Clashes With Police
Commentary On May 2, a draft supreme court opinion was leaked to Politico. In this particular draft, Justice Samuel Alito argued that “Roe and Casey must be overruled.” Before going any further, it’s important to emphasize just how serious the leak was—and still is. USA Today called the leak “highly unusual.” Andrew Esquire, a legal expert, told me that “the leak itself is unlikely to…
British Virgin Islands Premier Got Arrested for Alleged Cocaine-Smuggling to the US
News Analysis The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration just stung a very big fish who allegedly promised to facilitate three tons of Colombian cocaine deliveries every month to the United States. Andrew Fahie, the premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI), got caught inspecting a $700,000 bribe in designer shopping bags on a private jet, according…
Inaction in Europe Makes the Fed’s Anti-Inflation Fight Tougher
May 11, 2022
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Commentary The European Central Bank (ECB) has made the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) job harder. After dangerously ignoring inflation for months, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has at last adopted an anti-inflationary policy stance. The Fed will gradually unwind its former practice of directly buying securities on financial markets—what central bankers refer to as “quantitative easing.” Sales…
Is Resistance Futile?
Commentary Most recall the famous phrase “resistance is futile” that derives from various science fiction movies, including “Star Trek: First Contact.” But is resistance futile? Under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the mantra sold to the Chinese people that resistance to the CCP is futile and to the world is that the CCP system is…
The Fed Made a Serious Mistake
Commentary The latest released U.S. inflation was expected to slow down. The rationale behind such a bet by the economists might be the high base of a year ago: March 2021 was at 2.6 percent, and April 2021 was 4.2 percent. If only in this sense, a slower number for last month may not mean…
Inflation: The Calm Before the Storm
Commentary A massive inflationary storm is on its way in this country. It’s bad now, but it’s only going to worsen sooner than later. Why would this be? There are several factors, but the biggest factor is the war. Not the war in Ukraine, but rather the war against the dollar. There are many moving…
An AP ‘Fact-Checker’ Auditions for Biden’s Disinformation Board
Commentary Fact-checkers are not overtly mentioned in George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel “1984” about a future totalitarian state, but their function is absolutely necessary for the state to monitor and “correct” misinformation and disinformation. As described in “1984,” the function of the Ministry of Truth is to “to falsify history and the present in order…
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