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GOP infighting erupts over immigration bill that would shield millions from deportation
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 4 Comments • 3 Likes • 7 months ago
“Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar's Dignity Act faces fierce opposition from conservative Republicans who call the bipartisan immigration reform bill "mass...”
Amnesty or amnesia?
Sen John Kennedy's SAVE America Act's voter ID amendment fails 48-50
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 3 Comments • 3 Likes • 7 months ago
“Senate Republicans including Mitch McConnell and Susan Collins joined Democrats to defeat Sen. John Kennedy's voter ID amendment to the GOP...”
A catchy name wasn't enough to save the SAVE America Act.
China's quiet role in Middle East peace talks gains attention
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 5 Comments • 1 Like • 7 months ago
“China's behind-the-scenes role in efforts to de-escalate the Iran conflict has been gaining attention.”
The myopic focus on Iran doesn't really capture the full extent of what is happening. China's influence is growing in the whole Persian Gulf. In many ways China is employing the same sort of soft diplomacy and buyer-influence that the United States used during the 1950s - 60s. The article...
Russ Vought, White House budget director, declines to tell senators cost of Iran war
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 6 Comments • 4 Likes • 7 months ago
“White House budget director declines to provide estimate for military operations against Iran, leaving senators unsatisfied.”
Don't know, don't care. Not my money. Not my problem.
Big-city politicians are starting to worry about the World Cup
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 2 Comments • 3 Likes • 7 months ago
“A long-planned spectacle collides with the messy domestic politics and global instability of the present.”
SNAFU SNAFU and FUBAR seem to be the working mottos for the Trump administration. On top of the 'trivial' issues cited in the article, the partial government shutdown over funding DHS is ongoing. (Congressional Republicans are going to try a 'Hail Mary' reconciliation play this or next week.)...
Competing AI strategies for the US and China
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 1 Comments • 1 Like • 7 months ago
“The U.S.-China AI race is a competition across multiple dimensions: compute, models, adoption, integration, and deployment.”
China has adopted a quite different approach to developing and deploying Artificial Intelligence driven by more holistic strategic goals and the practical constraints of US trade barriers. The Chinese strategy for development, adoption, and integration into the real economy provides a compelling...
Trump may claim he won the fight with Iran, but there’s a bigger war already underway
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 3 Comments • 4 Likes • 7 months ago
Maginnis' FOX News analysis suffers from nostalgia for a world that no longer exists. Myopic analysis won't bring back the ideological rivalry of the Cold War. Today's rivalries in the geopolitical arena are now economic and becoming more transactional. The China-Russia-Iran strategic...
Canada's prime minister says economic ties with US are a weakness that must be corrected
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 2 Comments • 3 Likes • 7 months ago
“The U.S. has changed and we must respond. It’s about taking back control of our security, our borders and our future.”
WINNING Apparently President Trump skipped the Dale Carnegie classic "How to Win Friends and Influence People". (For those who might not know: Dale Carnegie was born into poverty on a Missouri farm and struggled early in life. The popularity of works like "How to Win Friends and Influence...