So Elon goes "Kill the Bill!" and Trump goes "Elon has TDS!" so Elon goes "I'm the reason Trump won!" so Trump goes "we waste billions on Elon!" so Elon goes "Epstein!" and a flunkie goes "Deport!" and Elon goes "Impeach!" And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.

China, which is heavily dependent on Middle East oil, has mostly sat on the sidelines of the Israel-Iran conflict. That's left the U.S. to emerge as a power broker: wapo.st/4eo5xeM

China’s answer to the Wagner Group. Stunning reporting on organized crime and the Chinese Communist Party. washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

NEW from The Washington Post: A global network of Chinese criminal actors, led by a former triad boss, has been quietly supporting Beijing’s political objectives in Asia and Africa even as it comes under investigation for fraud, money laundering, human trafficking and other crimes.

The Washington Post is looking for a new China bureau chief. Apply here washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/washingt…

I hate to break it to you NVIDIA, but we actually looked into this a few years ago at CSET. We combed through 66,000 of the PLA's actual purchase records. It turns out they *overwhelmingly* use your chips... And at the time, you didn't do anything about it. 😬

The Philippines is quietly ramping up cooperation with Taiwan — including on security Lots of new details in our The Washington Post dispatch, including that at a U.S.-Phil military exercise last month, unofficial Taiwanese observers were present & participated in tabletop planning

If you're interested in monitoring the movements of the PLA but don’t know where to begin, 《OSINT on the PLA: How to Track China's Military Activities Using Open-Source Intelligence》（請支援搜尋！你也可以用公開資訊破解共軍行動！）is the perfect book to start. 1/3

Taiwanese Defense Minister Koo was scheduled to visit DC in June for high-level meetings with Pentagon officials “which were abruptly canceled by the US after Xi urged Trump to limit US engagement with Taiwan during a phone call earlier in June.” washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Israel kills Al Jazeera journalist it says was Hamas leader - reuters.com/world/middle-e…

Hussam al-Masri, the Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire in Gaza - reuters.com/business/media…

How Taiwan took the American convenience store — and turbocharged it wapo.st/4mLGlSA

“Reuters’ reporting exposes the pivotal role in the criminal gangs’ trafficking operations played by purported immigration officials at Thai airports.” reuters.com/graphics/SOUTH…

Weekend to do list: A Group of Socialists Created a Hit Game That Tore Them Apart nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Israel killed 31 journalists in Yemen strike, press freedom group says washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/…

Russia has agreed to equip & train a Chinese airborne battalion & share its expertise in airdropping armored vehicles that analysts say could boost Beijing’s capacity to seize Taiwan, according to documents. w/@Christian Shepherd washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/…

Members of the Chinese Unification Promotion Party — a gang linked party in Taiwan — are using their status at the nexus of organized crime and politics to advance Beijing’s interests on the island. A gift link to our The Washington Post investigation: wapo.st/4pQNRxI

“Dubbed the “shovel supermen”, they have come to Guangfu in their tens of thousands, as volunteers ready to help after a distant typhoon burst a natural dam and sent millions of tonnes of water, mud and silt crashing through the streets.” theguardian.com/world/2025/oct…

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