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Chinese regime-approved experts quoted by the country’s state media outlets warned Beijing-friendly billionaire Elon Musk that “entrenched systems cannot be uprooted by idealism alone” on Sunday after Musk announced that he had created a new political party. Musk, who departed his brief stint in the White House in an uproar in June, condemning President Donald Trump’s promotion of the now-passed “Big Beautiful Bill” – has spent much of the past month criticizing the Trump administration, allegedly for enabling too much government spending. Trump retorted that the true objection Musk has to his signature legislation is that it would significantly reduce…
China’s TikTok is reportedly planning to launch a new app tailored specifically for U.S. users in September as the company seeks to address national security concerns and comply with federal legislation. The move could signal that Tiktok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance is close to selling its American operations to comply with federal legislation. The Information reports that TikTok, the wildly popular social media platform owned by Chinese company ByteDance, is preparing to release a U.S.-exclusive version of its platform in September. The move comes as part of an ongoing effort to comply with federal legislation requiring the divestment of TikTok’s American operations…
President Donald Trump on Monday sent letters to the leaders of Japan and South Korea announcing that each will face a 25 percent tariff on goods exported to the United States. The letters, which Trump published on his Truth Social account, say that the tariff rates will apply starting August 1. The rate for Japan is slightly higher than the 24 percent announced at Trump’s April 2nd Liberation Day event. South Korea’s is unchanged. The letters to Japan and South Korea say that the new tariff rates are lower than what would be required to offset the U.S.’s long-running trade…
At least 50 people were shot Thursday into Sunday morning of July 4th weekend across Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. Six of the shooting victims succumbed to their wounds. ABC 7 reported one of the shooting fatalities occurred around 12:30 a.m. Thursday “in the South Shore neighborhood’s 7100-block of South Jeffery Boulevard.” Two women–ages 37 and 29–were inside a man’s home when the man pulled a gun and demanded they hand over their valuables. The women resisted and the man opened fire. The 29-year-old was “shot in the neck and chest” and died thereafter at the hospital. At 1:20 p.m. Thursday,…
Beijing is reportedly racing to lock in critical mineral supplies as the West restricts Chinese investments Chinese companies are buying more mines abroad than they have in over a decade to secure key raw materials as Western countries restrict their investments, the Financial Times has reported.Ten deals each worth more than $100 million were signed last year, the highest since 2013, the outlet reported on Sunday, citing an analysis of S&P and Mergermarket data. “The rise in dealmaking partly reflects China’s efforts to get ahead of the deteriorating geopolitical climate, which is making it increasingly unwelcome as an investor in…
Anti-tourism sentiment in Mallorca has escalated into acts of vandalism targeting properties associated with expats and tourists Activists on the Spanish island of Mallorca have vandalised cars and businesses owned by German expatriates, Mallorca Zeitung has reported. The incidents come amid growing anger against mass tourism across Spain and a deepening housing crisis in the country that has seen rents and prices spiral.Nearly 30 shops and numerous cars with foreign license plates were defaced on Saturday with stickers and slogans such as “Germans out” and “foreign buyers go to hell” in the Spanish town of Santanyi on Mallorca.Police confirmed the…
On Sunday night AXIOS reported on a new FBI, DOJ memo obtained by Axios concludes Jeffrey Epstein did not have a client list that he used for blackmail. The FBI earlier determined that Epstein did commit suicide in August 2019. And the DOJ-FBI also released a 10-hour video on Sunday from outside Jeffrey Epstein’s jail cell. ** The full video is posted at the DOJ website here. But now we can confirm that an entire minute was cut from the DOJ video that was released last night. Why? What are they hiding? If you follow the full video you can…
The son of a Osceola County, Florida, homeowner noticed a door ajar on his mother’s home around 8:30 p.m. July 4th, went inside to investigate, and shot an alleged burglar. Click Orlando noted the son entered the home with a revolver after seeing the open door. FOX 35 reported the son made his presence known once inside the house and the alleged burglar charged him as he moved down the hall. The son fired a round at the suspect, striking him in the leg, then held him at gunpoint for police. The alleged burglar is identified as 37-year-old Michael Platt. Platt was taken…
Democratic Rep. Don Davis is exploring a run for the North Carolina Senate seat being vacated by retiring GOP Sen. Thom Tillis, according to a spokesperson. Davis is “looking at all options and not ruling anything out,” said the spokesperson, Hannah Spengler. But running for the Senate seat would mean giving up a competitive House seat in a district won by President Donald Trump last year. Davis narrowly won reelection last year, and Republicans have signaled they’ll try to flip the seat again this cycle. Former Rep. Wiley Nickel is already running on the Democratic side, and former Gov. Roy…
Screenshot: War Room During an interview with Steve Bannon on War Room, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton unloaded on the Trump Administration for what he described as an outrageous attempt to sweep Jeffrey Epstein’s client list scandal under the rug, suggesting it may be worse than what we’ve seen from the Biden regime. Fitton, known for his relentless pursuit of government transparency, expressed shock over a recently leaked memo from the DOJ and FBI — one that originated under Trump’s own watch. The memo, conveniently leaked to Axios, claims there is no incriminating client list, no credible blackmail evidence, and…