So China’s basic response is:
If the United States were still confident in its own competitiveness, it would not need to turn every Chinese civilian project into a national security emergency.
A port becomes a threat.
A railway becomes a threat.
A telecom network becomes a threat.
Even an undersea cable becomes a weapon.
China builds infrastructure.
Washington builds panic around it.
America no longer asks whether a Chinese project works.
It asks how quickly it can be killed before the world notices it works better.
When an empire can no longer lead, it tries to cripple those who can.
Trump attempting stand-up last night at the WHCD was fucking cringeworthy. This motherfucker has ZERO sense of humour. NONE. He’s nothing but a profoundly stupid imbecile with no dignity, no depth & not an ounce of self-awareness. Just a hollow shell of a narcissistic psychopath.
BREAKING: Jeff Daniels on Donald Trump: "We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us. He’s everything that’s wrong with not just America but being a human being.”
We can’t lose focus on what matters – right now, Republicans in Texas are trying to gerrymander district lines to unfairly win five seats in next year’s midterm elections. This is a power grab that undermines our democracy.
BREAKING: Lawrence O'Donnell, a media legend, after seeing the media coverage of Donald Trump's handling of the Epstein files, finally had enough:
"We are watching the worst president in history manipulate the worst WH press corps in history every day."
This is a must-watch: 🔥