Samantha C Newman

Native Mississippian enjoying the view

[Kevín @KevOnStage]

This is not a drill! Juvenile’s Tiny Desk is live. He did “Back that thang up” with the strings!

[Christopher Lloyd @DocBrownLloyd]

Thought we would have flying cars by now…

[Ian Easton @Ian_M_Easton]

(10) America should lead the way in severing ties with dangerous Chinese front companies. Germans can make their own decisions. But it’s a shared problem that threatens the future of all democracies. Washington should set a good example for Berlin & our other friends to consider.

[Ian Easton @Ian_M_Easton]

(9) And, of course, there’s this problem. In 2021, trade between the US and PRC actually increased. So too did the deficit and the number of CCP-controlled companies listed on major US stock markets. Those trends continue in 2022.

[Ian Easton @Ian_M_Easton]

(8) The US government has not demonstrated an ability to roll back CCP influence across international organizations. Nor has it been able to establish new organizations that exclude Beijing’s malign influence. Although there have been some gains, overall, progress is glacial.

[Ian Easton @Ian_M_Easton]

(7) The United States continues to rely on Chinese government-controlled companies for critical medicines, personal protection equipment, rare earth minerals, train cars, solar panels, the advanced batteries that will power the green economy of the future, and much more.

[Ian Easton @Ian_M_Easton]

(6) Chinese government & military-linked companies increasingly dominate the market for drones, printers, scanners, copy machines, smart TVs, security cameras... Despite repeated warnings from @FBI & @DHSgov officials, these products keep coming in unhindered by law or regulation

[Ian Easton @Ian_M_Easton]

(5) Lenovo has been banned by the Pentagon on national security grounds. Yet it continues to dominate the commercial market in America. Lenovo owns Motorola Mobility and IBM’s computer business. Thinkpads. Hospitals across the nation store medical records in these machines.

[Ian Easton @Ian_M_Easton]

(4) In 2016, GE Appliances was bought out by a commercial arm of China’s government. It is now controlled by a PRC state-owned mega company named Haier. GE ovens, ranges, and washer-dryers increasingly connect to the internet.

[Ian Easton @Ian_M_Easton]

(3) The largest pork foods company in America is Wanzhou International, which is overseen by the Chinese Communist Party and PRC government. Like your hot dogs? Pepperoni? Ham? A thick slice of America’s weekly grocery bill supports this Chinese mega company.

[Ian Easton @Ian_M_Easton]

(2) The digital radios used by America’s largest veterans parade, the New York subway, countless police departments, fire departments, schools, hospitals, power stations, prisons, etc. are from a Chinese military and secret police contractor.

[Ian Easton @Ian_M_Easton]

(1) Automated “smart” gantry cranes from China dominate every large port in America. The company that builds & services the cranes, Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC), is part of China’s military industry. In 2020, the Pentagon tried to blacklist ZPMC but was overruled.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

This incredible animation shows how deep humans have dug.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Pakistan’s leaders, led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, pleaded Tuesday for aid from developed nations, which they said were responsible for bringing extreme weather to one of the world’s most vulnerable regions. https://t.co/M0GeOtJVnk

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

You are not a team because you work together. You are a team because you trust, respect and care for each other.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

In toxic relationships, people ignore your boundaries. Their priorities trump yours.

In healthy relationships, people respect your boundaries. They accept your agency.

In caring relationships, people protect your boundaries. They help you keep your promises to yourself.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

“I don’t know, but I can figure it out.”

—mindset of successful people

[The Hill @thehill]

Zelensky urges Ukrainians to take up arms as fighting in Kyiv escalates https://t.co/BKlH7snmxq

[Yalda Hakim @SkyYaldaHakim]

Massive rally in Georgia in solidarity with Ukraine. Georgia was invaded by Russia in 2008