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"Chicom Among Us": Maryland GOP Lawmakers Sound Alarm Over Chinese-Born Delegate's AI Disclosure Bill Rooting out Chinese communist spies appears to be moving higher on the agenda at the U.S. Justice Department, with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche now at the helm. On Monday, the DoJ indicted Arcadia, California, Mayor Eileen Wang for working with the Chinese government. The larger concern is that Chinese communists have penetrated deeply into many levels of the U.S. government, as well as corporate America. Spies are like cockroaches: if there's one, there are likely many more. You...

Choose One: Housing Is Shelter, Or Housing Is Just Another Asset In A Bubble Economy Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via Of Two Minds, This will get massive pushback because it's true: either Housing Is Shelter, or Housing Is Just Another Asset in a Bubble Economy - it can't be both. This reality gets pushback because the conversion of housing from shelter into just another asset bubbling higher in a bubble-dependent economy has been so profitable for those inflating the bubble. The basic pushback goes like this: housing has always been an...

Trump Congratulates Incoming Iraqi Leader, Who Moves To Disarm Pro-Iran Militias Via The Cradle A committee comprising three senior Iraqi figures is close to finalizing an "executive plan" to disarm factions within the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) that enjoy support from Iran, Asharq Al-Awsat reported on 8 May. Development of the plan, which will be presented to US officials in the next few days, comes amid expected changes to the leadership of key security agencies under the incoming government of Ali al-Zaidi. Trump congratulates Iraq PM nominee Ali al-Zaidi, eyes stronger ties Zaidi was nominated by the Shia-majority...