Ad revenue has effectively sustained websites flagged as disinformation sources with millions of dollars, according to a study. Despite talk of regulation, experts told DW the issue needs a “whole-of-industry solution.”
— Read on www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3782219
Day: September 23, 2019
Trump’s Ukraine call, a whistleblower and the Bidens: What we know, what we don’t
President Donald Trump for months has tried to draw attention to the connection between former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter over the younger Biden’s ties to a Ukrainian energy company when he was vice president. But a complaint from an intelligence community whistleblower has made Trump a new focal point of the story, and news reports have zeroed in on interactions between Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump and his allies have hammered away at Biden — a potential opponent in the 2020 presidential election — charging that he and his son Hunter had acted improperly in dealings with …
— Read on www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/sep/23/president-donald-trump-ukraine-biden-whistleblower/
Bye-Bye Bibi: Why Netanyahu Failed
Trump doesn’t like to be associated with losers. The day after the election, he told reporters that he hadn’t spoken to Netanyahu, and added, “Our relations are with the state of Israel.”
— Read on www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/bye-bye-bibi-why-netanyahu-failed/
Rudy Giuliani’s Divorce Puts Luxury Properties at Stake
Rudy Giuliani and his estranged wife plan to divide their properties. It might be more complicated than that.
— Read on therealdeal.com/2019/09/23/luxury-properties-at-play-in-rudy-giulianis-ugly-divorce/
Mnuchin surprises Trump by saying US scrapped Chinese farm tours
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday said that a Chinese delegation canceled visits to U.S. farm communities last week at the administration’s request, a comment that caught President Trump by surprise.
— Read on thehill.com/homenews/administration/462666-mnuchin-surprises-trump-by-saying-us-scrapped-chinese-farm-tours
Trump Asia expert to become new deputy national security adviser: sources
Matt Pottinger, the White House’s senior Asia adviser, is expected to become the top deputy for U.S. President Donald Trump’s new national security adviser, Robert O’Brien, two senior administration officials said on Friday.
— Read on www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-adviser-idUSKBN1W523F
O’Brien on China: Trump’s New National Security Advisor and the Future of U.S.
O’Brien on China: Trump’s New National Security Advisor and the Future of U.S.—China Relations – US-China Perception Monitor
— Read on www.uscnpm.org/blog/2019/09/20/obrien-china-trumps-new-national-security-advisor-future-u-s-china-relations/
Exiled Oligarch bitches about the CCP
I find it amusing that rich businessmen associated with governments unloved by the Western Establishment are called oligarchs, but if these oligarchs are critical of their own governments and friendly toward the Western Establishment, they are deemed as honest merchants, honest entrepreneurs, and even whistle blowers.
— Read on theduran.com/exiled-oligarch-bitches-about-the-ccp/
The Key to Understanding Vladimir Putin
It is common to ascribe America’s growing difficulties with Russia to President Vladimir Putin personally, but the sources of Russian discontent predate Putin’s presidency.
— Read on nationalinterest.org/feature/key-understanding-vladimir-putin-82391
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