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Made and Distributed in the U.S.A.: Online Disinformation (NYT) In 2016, before the presidential election, state-backed Russian operatives exploited Facebook and Twitter to sway voters in the United States with divisive messages. Now, weeks before the […]

The Diplomat Magazine More on China China’s Influence (Quartz) As America retreats, China is striving for global leadership on everything from trade to climate change to advanced technology. It has the capital to fund infrastructure spending […]

Supreme Court of the United States SCOTUS & Brett Kavanaugh It’s time for term limits for Supreme Court justices (Vox) Unlike every other democracy in the world, the US has lifetime appointments for the Supreme Court. […]

See also Trade & Tariffs USMCA (formerly known as NAFTA) 6 October The Trump Trade Strategy Is Coming Into Focus. That Doesn’t Necessarily Mean It Will Work. By Neil Irwin, senior economics correspondent Taking an aggressive […]

See also: Robert Mueller III, Special Counsel 1 October How Russia Helped Swing the Election for Trump A meticulous analysis of online activity during the 2016 campaign makes a powerful case that targeted cyberattacks by hackers […]