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Lauren Down South retweeted
We must keep our most valuable technology kept out of the hands of the Chinese Communist Party. That’s why this week's reporting on Nvidia should alarm all of us.
According to the New York Times, Marco Rubio personally briefed Trump in May that our intelligence had linked Nvidia's CEO to a Chinese spy. It was at least the second such warning in seven months. Trump brought Jensen Huang to Beijing anyway, straight into a summit with Xi Jinping.
On Monday, asked whether he knew at the time, the President lied and claimed he didn’t.
Let’s not forget Trump has a personal stake here, too.
His own financial disclosures show he bought as much as $1.6 million in Nvidia stock in August alone, while his administration decided how freely Nvidia can sell its chips to China.
Trump was warned about a possible intelligence threat, waved it off, denied he was told, and holds stock in the company involved. Our national security is clearly taking a back seat.
In any other administration, this would bring hearings, resignations, and real reforms. Americans deserve answers about what Trump knew and why he ignored it.
Congress must demand answers.
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Lauren Down South retweeted
Tech moguls like Elon Musk seem fine with a future where AI makes human labor a thing of the past. Are you ready for a world of mass unemployment? dlvr.it/TS1FKZ
Lauren Down South retweeted
No amount of money donated to the White House ballroom is worth the US losing its competitive edge to China. @howardlutnick why is Commerce asleep at the wheel?
Wow, the Commerce Dept still hasn't banned the company tied to the suspected Chinese spy from buying advanced AI chips.
Before this was a news story, I guess there's some argument for not tipping anyone off by blocking the company, but not doing it now?
Nvidia also says it stopped selling to the company for over a year, but Megaspeed is STILL listed as an Nvidia Cloud Partner.
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Lauren Down South retweeted
jensen huang story matters for (at least) three reasons:
1) us-china relationship: spy scandal ahead of next week’s apec summit will dominate coverage, create tension, and throw a wrench in trump’s hopes to keep relations stable.
2) new congress: post-midterm dems will use investigatory powers to demand answers, push for increased oversight.
3) trump’s judgement: the president personally invited jensen on a trip to china despite noted national security concerns and is now acting like the whole scandal doesn’t matter… why?
tl;dr.. story happened at a bad time for trump, and don’t expect to see it disappear any time soon.
Lauren Down South retweeted
Caring for our warriors has long been and must always be a unifying mission for the American people — a sacred duty that transcends party and politics.
On Veterans Day and every day, let us honor this sacred pledge: just as the military leaves no one behind on the battlefield, we must leave no veteran behind when they come home. -NP
Lauren Down South retweeted
big tech: half the market cap of s&p 500.
the consequence? scandals (nvidia/jensen huang the timeliest example) aren’t just one company’s problem… they’re everybody’s.
ALT A stacked area chart titled "Tech Is More Dominant in the Stock Market Than Ever" shows the share of S&P 500 market cap by sector from the end of 1999 to October 19, 2026. Sectors include Financials, Consumer, Energy, Industrials, Health Care, Communications, and Technology. Key events like the Dot-Com Bubble, Great Recession, COVID-19, and Fed Rate Hike are marked on the timeline. Technology's share grows significantly, especially in recent years. Data source: Bloomberg.
Lauren Down South retweeted
The @HouseDemocrats gotta get on this and condition funding on identifying and releasing most of these folks.
NEW: The @nytimes confirms that ICE deliberately electronically "disappeared" tens of thousands of people in detention and ordered contractors to refuse to reveal where they're held to family or lawyers.
30% of all immigrants detained in ICE jails now have their location hidden.
Lauren Down South retweeted
A serious question for the haters — if I’ve been wrong about everything, how come all the cool leftists have disavowed defunding the police? How did YIMBYism become conventional wisdom for new leftist mayors? Why did pro-oil democrats just sweep Texas?
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Lauren Down South retweeted
After JFK's burial, Jacqueline Kennedy arrives at his Arlington grave, with view of Lincoln Memorial beyond:
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My dad served 3 years in S. Pacific, 28 island landings. When transferred stateside, he had all his pay in envelope that was thrown overboard with trash. He spotted envelope floating & swam for it. My sister recently found photo of him climbing aboard with envelope. #VeteransDay
Lauren Down South retweeted
Dr. Greg Murphy made healthcare completely unaffordable for families in #NC03. They decided they’ve had enough.
Lauren Down South retweeted
The good news: Democrats are now one presidential win from getting to govern.
The bad news: Their top 3 economic goals may be incompatible with each other.
To prepare a viable governing agenda, the party must grapple with the tensions between its aims
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Lauren Down South retweeted
the back of Trump's right hand is covered with makeup to obscure whatever is going on underneath it
(Kevin Dietsch/Getty)
Lauren Down South retweeted
Before she was blown up in Moscow, Daria Dugina shared her favorite sources with John Mark Dougan. baldvolf.com/
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BREAKING:
Incumbent North Carolina Republican @RepGregMurphy CONCEDES to Democrat @RayESmithJr in #NC03.
#ncpol
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.@MHowellTweets WAILS that Democrats might do what he bragged about doing.
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Fox says it has "a deep respect for Roku's culture."
A Fox insider told ADOTAT what Fox's own people think of @Roku's ad tech. One sentence. Not respectful.
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