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Economic countermeasures: How China has responded to U.S. sanctions with policy of blocking laws

Economic countermeasures: How China has responded to U.S. sanctions with policy of blocking laws

Posted by | Oct 1, 2023

By Bashar Malkawi, Professor of Law, University of Arizona After a recent meeting between U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and officials in Beijing, China released a statement demanding “practical action” over the issue of sanctions. The implication was that the punitive measures, imposed by the U.S. government on hundreds of Chinese individuals and entities over the past few years, impede any alleviation of the strained relations between the two economic giants. The statement followed a testy encounter in May 2023 in which Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu refused to meet his American counterpart because of sanctions. Clearly, the economic...

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How Republicans began phony impeachment hearings to divert attention from their real crimes

How Republicans began phony impeachment hearings to divert attention from their real crimes

Posted by | Sep 30, 2023

Republicans in the House of Representatives today are opening a phony “impeachment hearing” using Hunter Biden as a foil to try to destroy Joe Biden politically. They never even held a vote to establish a committee for that purpose. It is purely theatre. Meanwhile, Democrats in the Senate have an opportunity to examine some actual, egregious, and destructive-to-the-country crimes committed in the White House by Trump and his family members that they’re apparently going to whiff. They need to hear from us. Hunter Biden, at least, is now pushing back against this vicious and dishonest GOP smear campaign even...

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Soldier from Wisconsin safely returns to United States after being held for 10 weeks by North Korea

Soldier from Wisconsin safely returns to United States after being held for 10 weeks by North Korea

Posted by | Sep 29, 2023

The American soldier who sprinted into North Korea across the heavily fortified border between the Koreas more than two months ago was whisked to a Texas Army base on September 28 for medical checks and interviews after his return to the United States. North Korea abruptly announced a day earlier that it would expel Pvt. Travis King. His return was organized with the help of ally Sweden and rival China, according to the White House. While officials have said King, 23, is in good health and the immediate focus will be on caring for him and reintegrating him into...

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U.S. Government on verge of “Republican shutdown” as Speaker McCarthy yields to demands of MAGA faction

U.S. Government on verge of “Republican shutdown” as Speaker McCarthy yields to demands of MAGA faction

Posted by | Sep 29, 2023

A government shutdown appeared all but inevitable as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy dug in on September 28, vowing he would not take up Senate legislation designed to keep the federal government fully running despite House Republicans’ struggle to unite around an alternative. Congress is at an impasse just days before a disruptive federal shutdown that would halt paychecks for many of the federal government’s roughly 2 million employees, as well as 2 million active-duty military troops and reservists, furlough many of those workers and curtail government services. But the House and Senate are pursuing different paths to avert those...

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U.S. Democratic process in jeopardy as GOP state legislatures seek control of local election offices

U.S. Democratic process in jeopardy as GOP state legislatures seek control of local election offices

Posted by | Sep 28, 2023

Lawmakers in several Republican-led states have been looking to exert more authority over state and local election offices, claiming new powers that Democrats warn could be used to target left-leaning counties in future elections. The moves range from requiring legislative approval of court settlements in election-related lawsuits to creating paths for taking over local election offices. In North Carolina, a Republican proposal working its way through the General Assembly would change the composition of state and county election boards and give lawmakers sole authority to appoint board members. Republican lawmakers in Texas recently approved legislation that not only eliminates...

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How Red states use stolen tax revenue from Blue states to fund a reinvention of the Confederacy

How Red states use stolen tax revenue from Blue states to fund a reinvention of the Confederacy

Posted by | Sep 28, 2023

America is rapidly bifurcating, becoming two nations, and one of the main drivers of the process is a federal system that encourages Red states to mooch off Blue states, using essentially stolen tax money to reinvent the old Confederacy, “own the libs,” and wage “war on woke.” Most Red states have become oligarchic white supremacist medieval-like fiefdoms with obscene levels of often multigenerational wealth at the top, extreme poverty at the bottom, and working people, women, and minorities kept in subordinate roles through explicit government and corporate policy. In this, these Red states are following the once-classic European and...

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