It really bothered the Biden team when former officials who had screwed up Afghanistan policy kept being invited on TV to criticize their Afghanistan policy. Now the cycle repeats. A political culture of zero accountability.

“The United States is a fraying society, torn apart by polarization, intense disagreement, and ratcheting extremism. Cheap weapons of mass murder are readily available. And into that tinderbox, Trump adds incendiary rhetoric” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

1880 refused to host an Among the Braves book talk because they were afraid about damaging their biz in Hong Kong. Turns out, the owners were doing all the damage needed, and now the HK and Singapore locations are closed and employees are being stiffed. straitstimes.com/singapore/sing…

Happy birthday to Nick Drake, the lost son of Rangoon, born this day on Min Ye Kyaw Swar Street: latefornowhere.wordpress.com/2013/06/19/nic…

“Lu Feng sees the US-China rivalry ultimately as a contest between two systems: China’s “industrial socialism” (工业社会主义) and America’s “financial capitalism” (金融资本主义).”

This will likely keep the US heavily invested in the Middle East while falling further and further behind in the Indo-Pacific.

“If the jealousies and insecurities that come with succession politics are dangerous, then it is no surprise that Xi has not picked a successor.” foreignaffairs.com/china/xi-jinpi…

President Xi Jinping met with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong Lawrence Wong. President Xi congratulated PM Wong on leading the People’s Action Party to victory in last month’s general election and his re-election as PM. This year marks the 35th anniversary of

Quite a ways from Buffalo, Sean Ryan enjoyed a viral moment on Myanmar social media a few weeks back when someone posted a photo of his Burmese language campaign flyer.

1/ 🚨BREAKING: The League of Social Democrats, one of Hong Kong’s last remaining pro-democracy groups, will soon disband, a source familiar with the matter has told @HKFP. hongkongfp.com/2025/06/25/bre… The political party will reportedly make an announcement about its shutdown on

Gov’t will not intervene in press union chief Selina Cheng’s unlawful termination suit against Wall St Journal. In full: buff.ly/8SHZ5e4

Five students from #HarvardUniversity have accepted offers to study at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology after being caught up in the crossfire between the US government and Harvard. Charles Ng Wang-wai, dean of the #HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School, stated

Two journalists from Mizoram became the first from the northeastern state to be part of a team that won an International Emmy Award for a BBC documentary on Myanmar's civil war. indiatoday.in/india/story/tw…

“Now the road has narrowed beyond passage. We leave with heavy hearts, and with an ache in our conscience, knowing we will not be the last to fall. The terrain ahead is even more treacherous. LSD now closes its chapter in Hong Kong’s history of dissent.”

BREAKING: Thailand's Constitutional Court on Tuesday suspended PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra in the latest backlash to a leaked recording of a phone call with Cambodia's Hun Sen, throwing Thailand further into political turbulence. s.nikkei.com/3GeGnT9

The 14th Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of the Tibetans, has confirmed that the institution of the Dalai Lama will continue and that a successor will be named bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Director of Gaza's Indonesian Hospital, Marwan al-Sultan, killed today in a Gaza City apartment in an Israeli airstrike, along with his wife, daughter and son in law. Health Ministry says he was at home: washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/…

Lots more people were until earlier this year when US funding to combat the human trafficking and slavery operations across SE Asia that are behind them was cut by the Trump admin. (Note the country code.)

In exclusive video we obtained from a Gaza aid site, heavily-armed men appearing to be US contractors discuss how to disperse nearby Palestinians. Gunshots erupt. One man yells, "I think you hit one!" Another shout is heard: "Hell yeah, boy!" Read more: apnews.com/article/palest…

Thank you The Washington Post “Once it was mostly a taco website. Now it's covering L.A. ICE raids. L.A. Taco has become a formidable media outlet amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and the resulting protests.” washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…