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January 31, 2017

US-China conflict would be 'disastrous' as tension mounts under Donald Trump, experts warn

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has advocated an American naval blockade of artificial Chinese islands in the South China Sea, while there are unconfirmed reports of Beijing moving intercontinental missiles into firing range of the US.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/donald-trump-south-china-sea-trade-war-tariffs-45-taiwan-one-china-policy-conflict-confrontation-a7555406.html


Has the US ever gotten into a skirmish with China in the past 50 years?

January 31, 2017

MSNBC is staying up late tonight

For those interested-- Rachel's show is live right now.

January 30, 2017

These 'Rogue' White House Accounts Are Just Liberal Bait

An intrepid mole embeds deep within the corridors of power, firing off missives of resistance as authorities work to ferret them out. Will they be apprehended before they save the country from the brink of ruin? If it sounds like the fiction of a heavy-handed spy thriller, that's because it is. Except the medium in this case isn't some paperback airport novel, it's a popular Twitter account: Rogue POTUS Staff.

https://twitter.com/RoguePOTUSStaff/status/825085310170181633

The account, which has amassed 320,000 followers in the past few days—100 of which are otherwise smart people I know, including numerous journalists—and spawned credulous media reports like this one, presents itself as the work of "the unofficial resistance team inside the White House."

"We will not reveal our identity to anyone!" the account explains in its bio. "The only way to keep a secret is to keep it secret!"

Indeed.

The account, an update on a well worn Twitter trope — @NYTFridge or @CondeElevator—purports to be a direct look into an exclusive milieu that readers are naturally interested in hearing about.


Read more:

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a52677/alt-rogue-white-house-twitter-accounts/

January 30, 2017

After 2 weeks in office Trump has decided it's time for a Palm Beach vacation

It’s one of the sure signs President Donald Trump will visit his Palm Beach home: The Federal Aviation Administration issued a notice of flight restrictions for the area for the coming weekend.

According to the notice, posted to the FAA website, Trump will arrive at his Mar-a-Lago Club on Friday, Feb. 3 and depart on Monday, Feb. 6.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/transportation/faa-advisory-confirms-trump-visit-palm-beach-this-weekend/albpxvJ1WBGkSmGjC6GioJ/

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