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3h ago ( April 13, 2021 at 12:10 AM ) MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has a brand new idea -a patriotic e-commerce platform.
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell wants to launch an e-commerce platform, "MyStore," to rival Amazon.
He announced the upcoming launch on Steve Bannon's "War Room: Pandemic" podcast.
MyStore currently lists items like "freedom coffee," "uncommon USA flag pole," and pro-Trump books.
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17h ago ( April 12, 2021 at 11:04 AM ) Taiwanese soldiers carry a surface-to-air missile to a launcher during a military exercise at an air force base in Chiayi, southern Taiwan, August 24, 2010.
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Rising tensions between China and Taiwan, including increasing Chinese military activity, have US officials worried about a conflict.
John Culver, a 35-year CIA officer and former national intelligence officer for East Asia, explains the risk of future conflict in the Taiwan Strait, how Taiwan is responding to rising ... Tags: Military & Defense Contributors, Military & Defense, Politics Contributors, Politics, Brookings Institution, News Contributor, Taiwan, China, Taiwan Strait, CIA, InsiderAsia, CCP, KMT, PLA, ROC63 people like this. Like
April 8, 2021 at 1:28 PM Military vehicles carry DF-17 missiles, a weapon armed with a hypersonic glide vehicle, during an October 1, 2019 military parade in Beijing.
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The US added seven China supercomputer entities to its economic blacklist.
China is using supercomputers to speed up the development of hypersonic (unstoppable) missiles.
The US is in a global arms race with China and Russia to build the most advanced hypersonic missile.
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The Biden... Tags: Post, Politics, News, Washington Post, China, Russia, US, International, Trends, Joe Biden, Infrastructure, Nuclear Weapons, Supercomputer, Biden, Commerce Department, Department of Commerce133 people like this. Like
April 8, 2021 at 4:00 AM Hunter Biden opens up about his addiction to alcohol and crack cocaine in his new memoir, "Beautiful Things."
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Hunter Biden said at the height of his addiction, he smoked "anything that remotely resembled crack cocaine" - including parmesan cheese.
Biden talked about his struggles with alcohol and drugs in his new memoir, "Beautiful Things."
In response, Donald Trump Jr. took to Instagram to troll Biden with a picture of a lighter and cheese.
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April 8, 2021 at 1:44 AM Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they push barricades to storm the US Capitol in Washington D.C on January 6, 2021.
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More than one defendant in January's Capitol riot has turned on the Proud Boys, say attorneys.
This is the first real indication that some defendants may be willing to work with the authorities.
Court records indicate that several plea deals with cooperators may be in the works.
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April 8, 2021 at 1:44 AM Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they push barricades to storm the US Capitol in Washington D.C on January 6, 2021.
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More than one defendant in January's Capitol riots has turned on the Proud Boys.
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Court records indicate that several plea deals with cooperators may be in the works.
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The brotherhood of the Proud Boys is falling apart, as more than one of the Capitol riot defe... Tags: Politics, News, Washington, Trends, Cnn, Fbi, Justice Department, Trump, Reuters, Afp, Capitol, BuzzFeed News, Biggs, US Capitol, Roberto Schmidt, Proud Boys61 people like this. Like
April 7, 2021 at 10:49 PM Hunter Biden's new memoir "Beautiful Things" reignites his feud with the Trump children.
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Hunter Biden has reignited a feud with the Trump children, calling them out for getting rich on Trump's dime.
In his memoir, Biden says the Trump kids could never get a job outside Trump's business.
Don Jr. and Biden previously tangled over who benefited more from their fathers' public service.
See more stories on Insider's busines... Tags: Politics, News, Trends, Joe Biden, Bbc, Fox News, Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump, Don Jr, Paul Morigi, Hunter Biden, Donald Trump Jr Ivanka Trump, Burisma67 people like this. Like
April 7, 2021 at 5:34 AM A 2010 photo of farmers near Hami, Xinjiang, seen pouring sacks of cotton onto a truck.
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China is accused of forcing Uyghur Muslims to work in manufacturing across the Xinjiang region.
The US banned Xinjiang cotton imports in January, and major US companies have boycotted using it.
Axios reported that Olympics organizers hired a firm that uses Xinjiang cotton to make Tokyo Games uniforms.
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The International Olympic Committee contracted... Tags: Politics, China, US, Sports, Trends, Nike, Beijing, News UK, Tokyo, Xinjiang, Ioc, International Olympic Committee, Taobao, Uighur, Istanbul Turkey, Worker Rights Consortium104 people like this. Like
April 7, 2021 at 4:06 PM President Joe Biden has portrayed his infrastructure plan as a means of strengthening democracy and undermining autocracy.
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In a Wednesday speech, Biden framed investing in infrastructure as a matter of national security.
He said that delaying doing so benefited China, and he bashed Republicans for opposing his plan.
China is "counting on American democracy to be too slow ... to keep up the pace," he said.
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President Joe... Tags: Politics, News, Republicans, China, US, America, Trends, Joe Biden, Infrastructure, Beijing, Gop, Washington Dc, State Department, Biden, Xinjiang, United States of America118 people like this. Like
April 7, 2021 at 1:10 AM Virginia Lieutenant Gov. Justin Fairfax.
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In a televised debate, Virginia's Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax likened himself to Emmett Till and George Floyd.
He accused Gov. Terry McAuliffe of treating him like Floyd when sexual assault allegations surfaced.
McAuliffe is leading the race in this year's Democratic primary for Virginia governor.
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In a televised Democratic primary debate on Tuesday, Virginia's Lt. Gov... Tags: Politics, News, Senate, Boston, Virginia, Trends, Jim Crow, Emmett Till, Democratic, Fairfax, Floyd, McAuliffe, Terry McAuliffe, Duke University, Northam, Justin Fairfax110 people like this. Like
April 6, 2021 at 11:37 PM Rep. Matt Gaetz will speak at a "BBQ, Boots, & Bluegrass" event at the Save America Summit.
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Matt Gaetz is set to headline a pro-Trump women's gala at a Trump-owned golf resort in Florida this Friday.
He will attend the event despite an ongoing probe into whether he paid for sex with an underage girl.
It appears Gaetz is still very much aligned with Trump, despite the former president remaining silent on the probe.
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April 5, 2021 at 11:08 PM A QAnon sign is waved by Trump supporters at a rally in Washington, DC.
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Filmmaker Cullen Hobart believes he has uncovered the true identity of the QAnon movement's "Q."
8kun message board administrator Ron Watkins appeared to slip up during an interview with Hobart.
It was long speculated that Watkins was posing as the shadowy "Q" and had written many QAnon posts.
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A documentary filmmaker believes he has fi... Tags: Hbo, Politics, News, Washington, US, Trends, Cnn, Anderson Cooper, Hobart, Trump, Ron, Watkins, Facebook Users, QAnon, Robert Nickelsberg Getty, Jim Watkins135 people like this. Like
April 5, 2021 at 11:08 PM A QAnon sign waved by Trump supporters at a rally in Washington, DC.
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The filmmaker Cullen Hoback believes he has uncovered the true identity of the QAnon movement's "Q."
The 8kun message board administrator Ron Watkins seemed to slip up during an interview with Hoback.
It was long speculated that Watkins was posing as the shadowy Q and had written many QAnon posts.
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A documentary filmmaker believes he has f... Tags: Hbo, Politics, News, Washington, US, Trends, Cnn, Anderson Cooper, Donald Trump, Trump, Ron, Watkins, Hoback, Facebook Users, QAnon, Robert Nickelsberg Getty96 people like this. Like
April 4, 2021 at 11:22 PM People walk along the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall, near the U.S. Capitol and Washington Monument, as the sun sets.
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Capitol attack suspect Noah Green's family says he suffered from depression and "repeated head trauma."
This head trauma was the result of years of playing football, the family said in his defense.
Green is a suspect in an attack where a car slammed into two Capitol police officers, killing one.
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April 1, 2021 at 12:36 AM Rep. Matt Gaetz is reportedly under investigation for violating sex-trafficking laws.
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Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz says he has been talking to major networks about potential gigs.
Gaetz said he had spoken with Newsmax, OANN, and Fox News, among others, about "life after Congress."
But Fox News told the Daily Beast they have "no interest in hiring him."
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Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz again teased a possible early retirement... Tags: Florida, Politics, News, Congress, Trends, Gop, Fox News, Department Of Justice, Congressional, NewsMax, GOP House, Daily Beast, Matt Gaetz, Gaetz, Samuel Corum Getty, Newsmax OANN103 people like this. Like
March 29, 2021 at 11:15 PM My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell told Steve Bannon the "election of 2020 is going bye-bye."
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The MyPillow CEO launched into a long rant on voter fraud on Steve Bannon's War Room podcast.
He claimed that Trump will be reinstated in August, saying the "election of 2020 is going bye-bye."
Voting-machine maker Dominion is suing Lindell for $1.3 billion for his voter fraud allegations.
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Mike Lindell is back at it again: ... Tags: Politics, News, Supreme Court, White House, Trends, Donald Trump, Steve, Trump, Lindell, Right Wing Watch, Dominion, Mike Lindell, Steve Bannon, Stephen Maturen Getty, InsiderAsia, Cheryl Teh93 people like this. Like
March 29, 2021 at 4:30 AM Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham uses images of handguns and rifles during a hearing about gun control on Capitol Hill January 30, 2013 in Washington, DC.
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Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told Fox News he'd use his AR-15 to keep himself safe during a natural disaster.
Graham made the statement while arguing against a ban on semi-automatic weapons.
He last made this claim in 2019, saying he would "defend himself" during "apocalyptic scenarios."
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March 26, 2021 at 10:09 AM Demonstrators at a vigil for the Atlanta shooting victims, in New York City, March 19, 2021.
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The recent killing of six Asian-American women highlights the link between domestic and foreign policies.
Many officials have condemned the attacks, but they need to acknowledge that over-the-top language about China fuels fear and anxiety that spurs violence against Asian-Americans.
Jessica J. Lee is a senior research fellow in the East Asia Program at the Quincy Ins... Tags: Japan, Politics, Obama, Congress, Opinion, Washington, Senate, White House, China, Boston, Iraq, New York City, Defense, US, America, Los Angeles87 people like this. Like
March 22, 2021 at 2:52 AM A group of migrants wearing shirts that read "Biden, please let us in" kneel and pray at the US-Mexico border crossing.
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Migrants at the US-Mexico border were seen wearing shirts pleading for Biden to let them in.
The shirts read "Biden, please let us in" and mimic the design of Biden's campaign advertisements.
Immigrants are gathering at the border, with an unprecedented number waiting to be let into the US.
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March 18, 2021 at 12:18 PM A US Marine stands guard at Bagram airport, north of Kabul, March 2, 2002.
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The Biden administration has started a review of the US military's global force posture.
The review comes amid increasing calls for a reduction of US military bases overseas.
Many would welcome fewer bases, but critics say a change in strategy is also needed.
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The Biden administration in February launched a review of the US military's glob... Tags: Asia, South Korea, Europe, Politics, Navy, China, Africa, US, International, Trends, Qatar, Syria, United States, Middle East, Kabul, Pentagon91 people like this. Like
March 18, 2021 at 9:28 AM French Foreign Legion paratroopers land near Dien Bien Phu, March 16, 1954.
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In March 1954, French troops were in northern Vietnam for what commanders thought would be a decisive blow against the Viet Minh.
By May, after weeks of brutal fighting, French forces surrendered, ending the battle of Dien Bien Phu and the French Indochina War.
Western countries saw that war as essential to stopping the spread of communism, and the US was willing to take extreme actio... Tags: UK, Congress, Navy, France, White House, China, US, International, Trends, Britain, Paris, Nuclear Weapons, Cambodia, National Security Council, Cia, Vietnam62 people like this. Like
March 17, 2021 at 4:44 AM Thousands take part in a pro-democracy march in Hong Kong on June 4, 2020.
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Washington has sanctioned 24 officials over Beijing's ongoing crackdown on Hong Kong.
This move comes as US Sec. of State Antony Blinken prepares to meet top Chinese diplomats in Alaska.
Those sanctioned include senior members of the Chinese parliament and Hong Kong police officials.
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The US is expressing its displeasure... Tags: South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Politics, News, Washington, China, Defense, US, Trends, Ap, Cnn, Austin, Beijing, United States, Alaska66 people like this. Like
March 16, 2021 at 11:29 PM A US Customs and Border Protection agent stands guard on the US side of the US-Mexico border fence.
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President Biden told people from Central America to stay in their "town or city or community."
He said this in a televised interview after a marked increase in migrants at the US-Mexico border.
The Biden administration is also bracing for a surge in unaccompanied migrant children at the border.
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President Biden... Tags: Politics, News, Mexico, Nbc News, US, Trends, Ap, Getty Images, Dallas, Homeland Security, El Salvador, Biden, Abc News, George Stephanopoulos, Immigrant, Central America89 people like this. Like
March 14, 2021 at 10:38 PM Evangelical faith leaders form a prayer circle for Trump during a rally for evangelical supporters at the King Jesus International Ministry church, Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, in Miami.
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Evangelist Jeremiah Johnson apologized for prophesying that Trump would be re-elected in 2021.
Johnson previously said in a lengthy prophecy that "God had chosen Trump."
Johnson broke with other evangelicals, who still believe that a miraculous reversal of the 2020 election results will happen.
S... Tags: Facebook, Politics, News, Politico, Trends, Miami, Jesus, Johnson, Biden, North Carolina, Donald Trump, The Washington Post, Christ, Trump, Religion News Service, Jeremiah Johnson61 people like this. Like
March 9, 2021 at 3:22 PM South Korean marines in blue headbands and US Marines take position during a joint amphibious landing exercise in Pohang, South Korea, March 12, 2016.
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By signing a new military cost-sharing agreement with South Korea, the Biden administration has settled a fight picked by the Trump administration.
But the US-South Korea relationship still faces long-term bilateral defense issues and shifting US priorities in the region.
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