Taiwan's first woman president Tsai Ing-wen, will finish her term this week with one more distinction...

That Tsai will be the first president of Taiwan's democratic era to retire with a net positive job approval rating, according to multiple pollsters, (MyFormosa, MNews, ACEL)

1. In a 2022 interview with Nicolle Wallace, former CIA Officer Tracy Walder expressed concern that the documents unlawfully retained by former President Donald Trump could be linked to the deaths of CIA informants overseas. What caused her concern? The known timeline. 1/10

1. Tesla is a publicly traded company, not Elon Musk's personal piggybank

But Musk has constructed a board of directors, including his brother and many of his closest friends, who are willing to do whatever he wants

And now Musk is using X to convince shareholders to

Ronald Reagan paused the delivery of F-16s to Israel after it bombed an Iranian nuclear reactor in 1981. Then, after Israel invaded Lebanon and bombed Beirut in 1982, Reagan refused to deliver 75 F-16s and limited military aid until Israel withdrew its troops from Lebanon.

(THREAD) This is a brief thread from a NYT-bestselling Trump biographer on what everyone—literally everyone—is missing about the 34 felonies Donald Trump committed to win the 2016 presidential election. This will change how you understand the 2016 election cycle.

Please RETWEET.

The main criticism of my internal grant application was that I proposed to pay undergraduate assistants, who, according to the reviewer, should just work 150 hours for free for a better letter of recommendation.

Seriously.

This is the most entertaining thing I've seen in quite a while.

Say what you will about Taiwan's media, at least the journalists have a sense of humor...Or at least I HOPE this is a journalist just messing around.

The best part of South Korean election night: the graphics.

It's hard not to see the DPK's big wins in South Korea's legislative elections as a referendum on President Yoon. I'm interested to see how the PPP pivots (or doesn't) from here.

A Great panel where Timothy S. Rich 芮宗泰 Meredith Weiss ,Ying-Chao Kao 高穎超 and Su Tzu-Chiao talk about their latest research on Taiwan Gender Politics

Donald Trump called into question the U.S. force presence in Korea – the foundation for the alliance. What would his return mean for South Korea? buff.ly/4aeCfwb

Read this… I promise it will make your day! ❤️

NEW: Heritage Foundation publishes framework for supplemental funding to secure US borders, deter China, support Israel's defense & aid Ukraine.

These are tough issues w/ many tradeoffs. This report shows how to prioritize.

Key quotes re- military aid:

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Ruth Lee, a hostess at a Chinese restaurant, chose to spend her day off on December 15th, 1941, sunbathing on a Miami beach, as was her custom. In a significant departure from her usual routine, she took a Chinese flag with her to ensure that onlookers would not mistake her for

Had a wonderful time speaking at my alma mater University of Central Missouri w/ Darrell Lovell . Good to see some of the profs who encouraged me to go to grad school.

Meta thinks I'm young! Wooooooooooo!

Thanks to Austin H. Wang

A wonderful night of comedy with Scott Thompson . Thanks!!!

can’t stop watching this

living legacy of the cold war in germany:

Letter from President President Surangel Whipps, Jr. to unnamed US Senator on urgent need to #passCOFA describes China's offers to Palau to break its relationship with US and Taiwan, including 'The PRC has already offered to 'fill every hotel room' in our tourism-based private sector – 'and more if