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A No Kings organizer in Franconia, VA tells @eggerdc.bsky.social that the turnout has been "beyond anything we had expected"

St Louis Federal Reserve in 2017 on alternative methods of tracking Chinese GDP

www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-econo...

China hits back on US port fees with retaliatory levies China will slap port fees on U.S.-owned, operated, built, or flagged vessels on Tuesday as a countermeasure to U.S. port fees on China-linked ships starting the same day, China's transport ministry said on Friday.

China slapped fees on U.S. owned, operated, built, flagged vessels as countermeasure to U.S. fees on China-linked ships. Trump’s raising tariffs on Chinese exports to 100% imposing export controls on software in reprisal to China export limits on rare earth minerals.

www.reuters.com/business/aut...

"Look at the picture... One of these is a member of a private militia that supports the President and was involved in a violent effort to overturn the election, the other is an agent of the state. Can you tell the difference?" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

"TikTok's board would become 'American-dominated,' sources further confirmed, including 'one member designated by the US government.'"

So now TikTok could have both Chinese *and* US government surveillance and censorship? Sounds like a recipe for commercial success!

"If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter." -- Justice Kavanaugh

Why is Congress still getting paid

The World’s Chip Supply Chain Is Bracing for Fallout From China’s Rare-Earth Curbs Businesses across the global semiconductor supply chain are bracing themselves for disruptions from an escalating trade war, after China imposed curbs on rare-earth mineral exports and the US responde...

Bloomberg: ‘ASML is preparing for disruptions, particularly due to a clause that requires foreign firms to seek China’s approval for reexports of products containing its rare earths, said the person familiar with ASML, […] noted that ASML is lobbying Dutch and US allies for alternatives.’

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

“Senior military leaders should have stepped in to prevent Trump from turning addresses at Fort Bragg and Norfolk into political rallies; the silence of the Army and Navy secretaries, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and some top generals and admirals is appalling…”

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Foreign companies will now require Beijing’s approval to export products that contain even trace amounts of Chinese-sourced rare-earth minerals, or that were manufactured using the country’s technology on.ft.com/4ofimM8

Morning Bid: Asia stocks take tech train to new heights A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.

Morning Bid: Asia stocks take tech train to new heights reut.rs/3VWJ0xe

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...

Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641.

As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570.

(Published July with @texastribune.org)

Chinese officials boast a god’s-eye view of towns from above Digital surveillance grids are meant to help solve local problems quickly. But they also track potential troublemakers

Digital surveillance grids are part of a tech-driven approach to make the country’s grassroots governance more efficient—but also more pervasive

Good lord.

@apnews.com

I wouldn’t advise anyone in Portland to walk your dog near this building.

BIETA: A Technology Enablement Front for China's MSS Discover how China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) almost certainly operates BIETA and its subsidiary CIII as public fronts for cyber-espionage, covert communications, and technology acquisition. C...

Recorded Future just published a report diving into the Beijing Institute of Electronics Technology and Application (BIETA), which is almost certainly a front for China’s MSS, developing technologies to support intelligence and military missions. Full report: www.recordedfuture.com/research/bie...

Another tragic accident.

Space Shuttle Discovery may be dismantled for controversial trip A battle is heating up over a possible relocation.

A battle is heating up over a possible relocation.

A festive graphic with the text: “Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 中秋節快樂！”

Best wishes for a peaceful and happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

For those outside of Chicago, these signs are pretty common

Ten years and five months apart

American taxpayers are paying people to post Bible verses on a US government account.

Beijing politicizing festival: academics - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Not surprising that Beijing would politicize the Mid-Autumn Festival

www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...

Image of Manna Gathering

GOD:
"Do not mistreat foreigners living in your country, but treat them just as you treat your own citizens. Love foreigners as you love yourselves, because you were foreigners one time in Egypt. I am the Lord your God."
--- Leviticus 19: 33-34

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

Chart shows 2 years into its military operation against Hamas, a growing share of Americans say Israel is ‘going too far’

2 years into the war, Americans’ skepticism of Israel’s military operation against Hamas and the Israeli government has grown:

39% now say Israel is going too far in its military operation against Hamas
59% now hold an unfavorable opinion of the Israeli government

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