“The Trump administration is attempting to repeal a rule that bans the shooting of bear cubs, use of dogs and bait to hunt bears, and killing caribou from motorboats in Alaska’s federal wildlife refuges.” More …
Guide for Digging Through Trump’s Financial Disclosures
Tips and tricks for finding noteworthy items buried in Trump’s latest 92-page disclosure. More …
‘Too inconvenient’: Trump goes rogue on phone security
“President Donald Trump uses a White House cellphone that isn’t equipped with sophisticated security features designed to shield his communications, according to two senior administration officials — a departure from the practice of his predecessors that potentially exposes him to hacking or surveillance… The president, who relies on cellphones to reach his friends and millions of Twitter followers, has rebuffed staff efforts to strengthen security around his phone use, according to the administration officials.” More …
Trump vs. the “Deep State: How the Administration’s loyalists are quietly reshaping American governance.
“In Trump’s first nine months, more than seventy-nine thousand full-time workers quit or retired—a forty-two-per-cent increase over that period in Obama’s Presidency… ” More ….
‘Trump’s son should be concerned’: FBI obtained wiretaps of Putin ally who met with Trump Jr.
“The FBI has obtained secret wiretaps collected by Spanish police of conversations involving Alexander Torshin, a deputy governor of Russia’s Central Bank who has forged close ties with U.S. lawmakers and the National Rifle Association, that led to a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. during the gun lobby’s annual convention in Louisville, Ky., in May 2016, a top Spanish prosecutor said.” More …
Rude, red awakening: China’s theft of U.S. tech is hard to stop
“Washington is waking up to the reality that the cost of doing business in China’s massive market is risking precious tech secrets, but it may be too late… Rogue practices like intellectual property theft are built into Beijing’s industrial policy, and China has used these policies to innovate so rapidly that it may soon be able to cut its reliance on the West.” More …
Chinese exports take over the world
“Two decades ago, China’s gross exports were on par with the Netherlands, and only North Korea relied on the world’s most populous country as its primary source of imports. Now, China exports far more than any country on earth, and is the top supplier of countries in every corner of the world.” More …
China’s grand infrastructure plan has spooked its rivals
“For centuries, rising great powers have sought to thrive and exert influence by establishing a new global framework for trade. Now, Beijing wants to control the greatest businesses, and is building the biggest infrastructure project since at least the Marshall Plan — the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).” More …
China is the greatest, growing threat to America
“China has outlined strategies for 2018, 2025 and 2050 all designed to displace the United States as the dominant global economic and national security superpower… While America dawdles and bickers, China is thinking long-term — and acting now, everywhere. There is no U.S. equivalent of a plan for 2025 or 2050 — or really for next year. ” More …
Trump helps sanctioned Chinese phone maker after China delivers a big loan to a Trump project
“Trump stands to gain from an Indonesian project that got a $500 million loan right before he flip-flopped on ZTE.” More …