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China Has Quietly Won the Trade War—and Now Leads the World

China has quietly won the trade war and is now reshaping global leadership—not through force, but through strategy, stability, and vision. It’s time for the West to learn, adapt, and embrace a shared future led by a preponderant China.
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.”
—Vladimir LeninChina Has Quietly Won the Trade War—and Now Leads the World (archived)
H/T: The Most Revolutionary Act
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Trump Treasury pick Scott Bessent could become highest-ranking openly LGBTQ+ person in US history

Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, who lives in Charleston, South Carolina with his husband and family, could become first Senate-approved LGBTQ+ member in a Republican cabinet.
Trump Treasury pick Scott Bessent could become highest-ranking openly LGBTQ+ person in US history
On the strategic relationship between Venezuela and China
During a state visit to the People’s Republic of China in September 2023, Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro met president Xi Jinping and both agreed to strengthen the relationship of their countries by establishing seven sub commissions to elevate it to the level of ‘all-weather strategic partnership’. This is the culmination of a relationship that began with president Hugo Chavez’s first visit to Beijing in 1999, the very first year of his presidency.
On the strategic relationship between Venezuela and China
Yellen secretly yells for China’s help
By Herman Tiu Laurel
The US and its President Biden has been looking sillier and sillier to America’s global audience the past months. Take the inane “Chinese spy balloon” hullabaloo the shadowy anti-China political-media network concocted in February, Pentagon just a few days ago, on June 30, now officially admits “did not collect intelligence while flying over the country.” Yet, that spy thriller concoction delayed Blinken’s “reconciliation” visit to China by five months, pushing through only on June 18.
Yellen secretly yells for China’s help
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The Coming Shock to the Global Monetary System
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The Coming Shock to the Global Monetary System½months from today, the most significant development in international finance since 1971 will be unveiled.
The Big Names That Got Backstop for Billions in Uninsured SVB Deposits

(Bloomberg) — When federal regulators stepped in to backstop all of Silicon Valley Bank’s deposits, they saved thousands of small tech startups and prevented what could have been a catastrophic blow to a sector that relied heavily on the lender.
Big VC, Tech Got Backstop for Billions in Uninsured SVB Deposits (archived)
Half of America’s banks are potentially insolvent – this is how a credit crunch begins
The twin crashes in US commercial real estate and the US bond market have collided with $9 trillion uninsured deposits in the American banking system. Such deposits can vanish in an afternoon in the cyber age.
Half of America’s banks are potentially insolvent – this is how a credit crunch begins
The government may stop issuing Social Security payments after the debt limit is hit — here’s why
An obscure provision of a 1996 law makes the Social Security trust fund vulnerable
The government may stop issuing Social Security payments after the debt limit is hit — here’s why (archived)
Endless Wars Are the Enemy of Freedom
“Autocrats only understand one word: no, no, no. No you will not take my country, no you will not take my freedom, no you will not take my future… A dictator bent on rebuilding an empire will never be able to ease the people’s love of liberty. Brutality will never grind down the will of the free.”—President Biden
Oh, the hypocrisy.
Endless Wars Are the Enemy of Freedom
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