Sean Madden

Scholar of the highest order. Disregard my typos and focus on the message.

[Natalie Winters @nataliegwinters]

REVEALED: China-Linked Influence Group Paid to Cultivate Dozens of U.S. Journalists and Manufacture “Positive” Coverage of the Chinese Communist Party.

CNN. NPR. NYT. WaPo. Reuters. NBC. Bloomberg. Politico. Vox.

Here are their names. 🧵

[Adrian Zenz @adrianzenz]

UN Special Rapporteur who received $200,000 in funding from Beijing visits Xinjiang, says western sanctions on Xinjiang over Uyghur forced labor should be lifted.

Meanwhile, UN Human Rights Council has failed to even discuss its own Xinjiang report.
https://t.co/Nayt338Pi0

[Kevin Roberts @KevinRobertsTX]

End game:  
🔘What is the goal of our aid? Are we hoping to keep Ukraine hanging on to its current territory, or to retake all its lost territory?

🔘Does Congress intend to continue providing aid until Ukraine takes back all its territory from Russia?

🔘If recent reports are true and a full victory in Ukraine isn’t possible, what is the endgame? Is a negotiated settlement with Russia the goal? Is the goal pre-2022 borders, or pre-2014?

🔘Does this aid package simply perpetuate the conflict, or does it move the needle on the ground in Ukraine? If so, how?

🔘Will the Biden administration put American boots on the ground to help oust the Russians if necessary?

🔘How many additional rounds of aid would be necessary to achieve “victory" in Ukraine?

Accountability:  
🔘How will the Biden administration ensure  every American dollar goes toward winning the war rather than lining the pockets of Ukrainian oligarchs like former Defense Minister Olesksii Reznikov, who was removed from his position after reports of corruption and military graft?

🔘Does President Biden plan on exercising his privilege to excuse Ukraine from paying back the portion of this aid that was packaged in the form of a “loan.” What does the administration plan to do if Ukraine simply defaults?

🔘The Biden administration has failed to account for billions of dollars in Ukraine aid, how does it intend to improve the way it tracks aid?

🔘If further corruption is discovered, will our approach to providing aid change?

🔘How does the REPO Act provision of this latest package change the rules and circumstances under which we can seize other countries' assets? What will prevent Russia from doing the same to us? 

Overall strategy:  
🔘What is the role of our European allies in supporting Ukraine? How can we expect them to do more to defend their own back yard if we keep bailing them out?

🔘How does deterring a Chinese attack on Taiwan impact our resource capability in Ukraine? If we have a limited supply of 155-millimeter artillery shells and Patriot missile systems, we will have to make tough decisions.

🔘Can the President commit to providing Israel everything it needs for the war against Hamas and still fulfill obligations to Ukraine and Taiwan?

🔘Speaker Johnson promised to secure our border before sending additional aid to Ukraine. Why is he making securing Ukraine’s borders a higher priority?

[Theresa Fallon @TheresaAFallon]

A Chinese man in🇫🇷posts a video online criticizing Xi-it only had 80 views.Nevertheless,same day he received a call from🇨🇳Embassy & they want to forcibly…https://t.co/XAvBkwphj6

[Sam Stein @samstein]

SCOOP: Club for Growth, funded by major TikTok parent-company investor Jeff Yass, has warned GOP lawmakers that they will give them a worse conservative grade if they vote for a TikTok ban

via @Hailey_Fuchs

https://t.co/adho30xllg

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

The organization responsible for the 1970s atrocities depicted in this video is the same organization that now controls what your kids see on TikTok in 2024.

[Live Monitor @amlivemon]

Why the U.S. will remain the world's leading economy for longer than expected
https://t.co/zA2wZC9Slc

[Elbridge Colby @ElbridgeColby]

It was really great to join @SquawkCNBC @JoeSquawk to talk about China/Taiwan, the Houthis, and the reality that geopolitics will more and more influence markets in the coming year.

[The Epoch Times @EpochTimes]

The CCP’s $1 Trillion Geopolitical Weapon Is Failing

China’s Belt and Road Initiative loses its appeal over hidden military ambitions, corruption, and lack of economic results.
https://t.co/YDxyBGmn1L

[Julian Ku 古舉倫 @julianku]

“According to ESPN, as of last year, 17 active NBA players had shoe deals with various Chinese companies tied to forced labor in Xinjiang. Klay Thompson reportedly has a 10-year, $80 million deal with ANTA…“ https://t.co/zIJThWVI9Y

[Sean Madden @SeanMadd3n]

What an idiot

[Serena Xue Dong @theserenadong]

"the more successful China is, the more successful we all will be" @GavinNewsom said at a press briefing held in Beijing, after rounds of talks with high level Chinese officials.
He added that "de risking is the nomenclature of the moment versus decoupling" For him, it's a little more simple, It's about diversification.

[Mary Kissel @marykissel]

Remarkable that @GavinNewsom's trip to Hong Kong & mainland China isn't getting more U.S. media attention. It is a classic United Front op, straight out of the CCP handbook. And of course @StateDept happily facilitating it. 1/x

[Charles Rollet @CharlesRollet1]

BREAKING: Hikvision's latest software offers "ethnic minority" recognition technology, even describing the feature as "isEthnic" in an API guide

Hikvision has claimed for years that it stopped supporting this oppressive technology

https://t.co/WYYh8iq4Jn via @ipvideo

[Sean Madden @SeanMadd3n]

This CBS announcing crew is pure ass

[Sean Madden @SeanMadd3n]

I need food

[Sean Madden @SeanMadd3n]

Roll roll roll

[Sean Madden @SeanMadd3n]

😁😁😁

[Sean Madden @SeanMadd3n]

On 2nd thought it may be a cat, will provide update in due time

[Sean Madden @SeanMadd3n]

I can hear a baby crying in the building next to me, wtf

[Mary Kissel @marykissel]

Wow. @thetimes reveals Chinese effort to plant spies as candidates in local elections. Beijing has done this in NZ, Canada, now the U.K. -- where else? https://t.co/P38mGXiGMx