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BoraTas said:

The Saudis finally called it a genocidal massacre officially. From this point, all "The Arab-Israeli normalization is still possible" articles are just another pro-Biden gaslighting.

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Petrolicious88 said:

Whoever took that picture of Trump..give him a promotion.

American flag in the background

Trump bloodied, but triumphant

Secret Service....they not protecting him, they trying to hold him back.

Yea. Trump just won the presidency with this one picture.

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Sardaukar20 said:

LOL! I am speculating that that photo will be forgotten within the next year. Even when Trump wins the elections. Its just Trump. He is no JFK, and no Reagan. Loved by Trump fans only, reviled by others.

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Politics must never be a literal battlefield or, god forbid, a literal killing field,” Biden emphasized in his address on Sunday night. He urged Americans to “get out of our silos” and echo chambers where misinformation is rampant. “Remember: though we may disagree,” he said, “we are not enemies.

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China looms over NATO’s birthday party​

TRANSLATING WASHINGTON​

— TAIWAN TICKED OFF OVER RNC SNUB: For the first time since 1980, Taiwan didn’t rate a mention in the Republican National Committee’s

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. Compare that with the

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(the GOP didn’t produce one in 2020) that described the island as a “loyal friend” and pledged to “help Taiwan defend itself.” The RNC’s exclusion of Taiwan in the platform came despite intensive outreach by Taiwan’s diplomatic outpost in Washington, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, to persuade GOP allies to get Taiwan into the platform, two people familiar with that effort told China Watcher. China Watcher granted the two anonymity because they were not allowed to discuss U.S.-Tawan issues on-record.

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Messages shared with China Watcher between a former U.S. government official perceived as friendly toward Taiwan and a senior TECRO official included that official’s (unsuccessful) pleas that the platform reference Taiwan’s importance to Indo-Pacific security. That omission has prompted deep concern among officials at Taiwan’s outpost in Washington, the same two people said. Those officials fear domestic political reprisals back home from opposition politicians who may seek to “assign blame on someone at TECRO for having lost momentum in D.C.” with a GOP heading for potential victory in the November presidential election, said one of the sources.

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The RNC didn’t respond to requests for comment. TECRO denied any such communications. “We do not concur with your unverified presumption regarding TECRO’s engagement with the Republican National Committee or our attitudes toward its draft platform,” TECRO spokesperson Sabina Chang said in a statement Wednesday. The diplomatic outpost’s “long standing practice is that we do not comment on the draft comment that is pending to be approved at the RNC next week,” Chang said.

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coolgod said:

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China looms over NATO’s birthday party​

RNC removed Taiwan from its platform.

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This Chinese analysis is pretty good, predicts China and US will make a deal under Trump, probably involving reunification with Taiwan but allowing US to capture most of the value of TSMC. A very good deal if you ask me, it's time for your final mission Comrade Jianguo.

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