Don’t Listen to Fox. Here’s What’s Really Going On in Seattle’s Protest Zone.
What’s happening in these four blocks that shook the world is indeed an occupation, but it looks nothing like the “totalitarian takeover” touted on the conservative network.
US to Allow American Companies to Work With Huawei on 5G Standards
The United States Commerce Department signed a rule change that will allow US-based companies to work with Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei to develop standards for 5G networks. According to Reuters, the ruling will be published in the Federal Register on Tuesday.
US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, an appointee of US President Donald Trump, confirmed the move in a statement, declaring that the White House would “not cede leadership in global innovation”.
Virtue Signaling Maryland Officials Ignore Brutal Killing By Their Own Cops
They boast outrage over George Floyd, but refuse to tell us why Duncan Lemp was shot sleeping in his own bed.
Trump Just Fulfilled His Billionaire Pal’s Dream
As news cycles were consumed by Trump deliberately inflaming social unrest and threatening a domestic military invasion, the president’s political appointees were approving a regulatory change that could transfer hundreds of billions of dollars of Americans’ retirement savings to private equity firms. Those are the Gordon Gekko–run outlets that have become famous for fleecing investors, laying off workers, gutting local economies, strip-mining media outlets and creating public health and environmental disasters — all while minting Wall Street billionaires.
The Trump administration’s new directive came just a few months after private equity billionaire Stephen Schwarzman — who had been pushing for the change — poured $3 million into a super PAC backing Trump’s reelection bid.
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