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19 Mar 2025 20:28

🇨🇳🚘 Cheap Chinese Cars Are Taking Over Roads From Brazil to South Africa

Donald Trump wants to keep Chinese carmakers out of the US, but that won’t stop them from taking over the rest of the world. They already are.

From Bangkok to Johannesburg to Sao Paulo, the streets are increasingly jammed with inexpensive compacts, crossovers and SUVs made by companies like Great Wall Motor Co., BYD Co., Chery Automobile Co. and SAIC Motor Corp.

While the Trump administration is expected to shield the US’s Big Three from Chinese rivals at home, and Canada and the European Union have placed tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, buyers in emerging markets have welcomed Chinese cars and trucks with open arms — posing a new threat to growth-hungry global automakers.

China sends more vehicles abroad than any other country, and its passenger car exports surged nearly 20% to 4.9 million in 2024 alone, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers — from less than 1 million in 2020.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-03-17/chinese-carmakers-threaten-ford-gm-stellantis-in-global-markets

https://archive.ph/4yc6c

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19 Mar 2025 17:16

🇭🇺🏳️‍🌈 New Hungarian law bans Pride marches

Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would ban Pride events and allow authorities to use facial recognition technology to identify those who participate in them.

The Associated Press reported thousands of protesters gathered outside the Hungarian parliament in Budapest, the country’s capital, after MPs approved the measure by a 136-27 vote margin. The protesters later blocked traffic on the nearby Margaret Bridge over the Danube River.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and members of his government in recent weeks said they would ban public Pride marches in Budapest. The 30th Budapest Pride is scheduled to take place on June 28.

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/03/18/new-hungarian-law-bans-pride-marches/

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19 Mar 2025 15:27

2024: Utah Law Authorizes State Gold and Silver Reserves

https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2024/05/now-in-effect-utah-law-authorizes-state-gold-and-silver-reserves/

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19 Mar 2025 14:44

Utah Legislature passes bill paving way for state vendors to be paid in gold and silver:

Ivory said HB306 is a continuation of his efforts and those of other lawmakers who paved the way in 2011 with a law that made gold and silver coins legal tender in the state.

“This just takes another step to begin making gold fractional and transactional, where you could buy a soda pop or buy a business, with gold,” said bill sponsor Rep. Ken Ivory. “And so, (this legislation) begins to make, electronic, fractional transactional, gold and silver as a payment system that’s recognized under the Constitution.”

“The U.S. Senate unanimously passed resolution 600 — they warned that China and Europe are developing alternate payment systems to weaken the dollar,” he said. “This gives people in Utah and the state payment options, because you know, with a $37 trillion debt and overspending $2 trillion a year, it’s good to have options and it’s good to have options that hold their value across decades, across centuries.”

https://ksltv.com/politics-elections/utah-legislature/bill-that-will-allow-utah-to-make-payments-in-gold-awaits-governor-signature/752325/

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19 Mar 2025 13:11

🇺🇸🏳️‍⚧️ Lesbian federal Judge Ana Reyes has blocked Trump’s ban on transsexuals in the military.

🔗 AF Post

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19 Mar 2025 06:35

JFK Assassination Records - 2025 Documents Release

https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/release-2025

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18 Mar 2025 21:56

🇺🇸⚡️- Federal Judge rules that the Trump Administrations dismantling of USAID is unconstitutional.

The judge ordered that DOGE must reinstate email and system access to current USAID employees and blocks Musk personnel from taking “any actions relating” to the agency, without express permission of a USAID official with legal authority.

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18 Mar 2025 19:31

📈💸🇨🇳 March 18, in all of markets in China today, including the Shanghai futures market, Shanghai gold market, Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets etc., all gold and silver related products have surged!

🔗 oriental_ghost

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18 Mar 2025 17:35

🇺🇸/🇨🇳🔌 Trump Vows to Authorize Coal-Fired Power to Counter China

US President Donald Trump said he would look to counter China’s economic advantage from coal-based electricity by authorizing his administration to ramp up production of power from the fossil fuel.

“I am authorizing my Administration to immediately begin producing Energy with BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN COAL,” Trump wrote in a social media post.

Coal accounts for about 15% of power generation in the US, down from more than 50% in 2000, according to the US Energy Information Administration.

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/trump-says-hes-authorizing-administration-to-produce-coal-power

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18 Mar 2025 16:04

🇸🇩🇸🇸🇨🇩 With the wars in Sudan, South Sudan and Congo, it is now easy to find who is allied with who in the whole region, here is a map

A regional alliance between Rwanda (+M23), Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan and RSF is more and more visible.

🔗 clement_molin

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18 Mar 2025 15:04

🇸🇩 The Sudanese army said on Monday its Armoured Corps had linked up with forces at the army's General Command headquarters in Khartoum, effectively ending the presence of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in a key part of the complex.

https://sudantribune.com/article298711/

🔗 Sudan Tribune

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18 Mar 2025 09:08

🇺🇸🇮🇱 White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirms that Israel warned the Trump administration in advance of tonight’s strikes on Gaza.

She declares that Hamas, the Houthis, and Iran will face consequences for threatening Israel’s security.

Leavitt reaffirms unwavering U.S. support for Israel, vowing to stand with its "law-abiding people" and uphold the alliance.

She makes it clear: U.S. military strikes will continue for as long as necessary.

🔗 Shadow of Ezra

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18 Mar 2025 08:01

🇺🇸🇾🇪 Hegseth Says Campaign Against Houthis Will be 'Unrelenting' Until Hostilities Cease

During a media interview yesterday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. military will continue to tactically engage Iranian-backed Houthis until they stop acting aggressively against U.S. ships in the region.

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4122357/hegseth-says-campaign-against-houthis-will-be-unrelenting-until-hostilities-cea/

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18 Mar 2025 06:19

🇺🇸 An update on U.S. aircraft carriers

• 3x deployed: Truman in Red Sea, Vinson in WESTPAC, Washington forward in Japan

• 4x active/available: Ford completing COMPTUEX in the Atlantic, Lincoln & Roosevelt in San Diego, Nimitz in Bremerton

• 1x sea trials: Bush in the Atlantic

• 3x maintenance: Reagan in Puget Sound, Ike in Norfolk, Stennis in Newport News

🔗 Ian Ellis

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17 Mar 2025 23:10

"Upon Irish lines alone can the Irish race once more become what it was of yore – one of the most original, artistic, literary, and charming peoples of Europe."

- Douglas Hyde

🇮🇪 My article on the history of racial thought in Irish nationalism:

https://keithwoods.pub/p/racial-thought-in-irish-nationalism

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19 Mar 2025 18:12

📈🌏🇪🇺 Asian defence stocks soar to record highs as Europe prepares to re-arm

Japanese and South Korean defence stocks have surged to record highs on expectations that European countries will purchase more military equipment from Asia after Donald Trump threatened to withdraw the US’s security umbrella.

Shares in Hanwha Aerospace, South Korea’s leading artillery company, are up 134 per cent this year, while Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan’s largest defence contractor, has gained 26 per cent.

The stocks rose 6.8 per cent and 12.2 per cent, respectively, on Monday after German lawmakers agreed to increase infrastructure and defence spending last week.

https://archive.ph/Sd80A

https://www.ft.com/content/25226697-47ca-4701-a431-4b45cb85a635

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19 Mar 2025 16:11

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 After Trump-Putin call, Russia agrees to limited Ukraine ceasefire

A call between President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin ended with a limited agreement for Russia and Ukraine to cease attacks on energy infrastructure but stopped short of a U.S. proposal for a temporary truce.

The United States said Russia had agreed to an energy and infrastructure ceasefire. After Moscow and Kyiv agree to stop hitting each other's power plants and electric grids, negotiators would move on to a potential halt in fighting on the Black Sea − and then to a full ceasefire and peace agreement in the 3-year-old Ukraine war, a White House statement said.

Trump said on social media the talk ended "with an understanding that we will be working quickly to have a Complete Ceasefire and, ultimately, an END to this very horrible War between Russia and Ukraine. ...

"That process is now in full force and effect, and we will, hopefully, for the sake of Humanity, get the job done!"

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/03/18/trump-putin-ukraine-ceasefire/82512876007/

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19 Mar 2025 15:12

Utah has invested $60M of taxpayer money in gold — so far.

Sitting in a vault on Salt Lake City’s west side is a bit of Utah treasure — $60 million in gold purchased over the course of the last several months, part of a minor gold rush led by state Rep. Ken Ivory.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/03/18/utah-has-invested-60m-taxpayers/

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19 Mar 2025 14:00

🇺🇸 U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang, who was appointed by Obama, just ORDERED Elon Musk and DOGE to restore nearly all of USAID’s operations.

🔗 LibsOfTiktok

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19 Mar 2025 07:05

📝 Gentile News Network: Multiple pages of the JFK files found with the CIA requesting any mention of "Israel" to be redacted.

🇮🇱 Baby Antony: The section about the Israeli nuclear program is quite prominent, but heavily redacted.

🔗 AlvinIpswitch

🧵 Thread on Israel-JFK Files

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19 Mar 2025 06:20

🇺🇸📝 Zerohedge on X: Interview of Alan Belmont, Assistant FBI Director, from May 6, 1964. On page 27 he is questioned whether Ruby and Oswald worked together, and then a bunch of pages are missing - full pdf is only 52 pages but the interview goes on to page 473. Would be useful to have all pages

https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/2025/0318/104-10423-10337.pdf

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18 Mar 2025 21:56

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️- Statement from President Trump on the Ukraine War after his phone call with Putin. Announcing a ceasefire on infrastructure and energy targets.

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18 Mar 2025 18:32

🇨🇳/🇺🇸 China halts US LNG imports as trade war reroutes deliveries

China hasn’t imported liquefied natural gas from the US for 40 days, the longest gap in almost two years, as traders are forced to divert shipments elsewhere to avoid Beijing’s tariffs on the super-chilled fuel.

The barren streak is the most extended since June 2023, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. There currently aren’t any US shipments en route to China either, according to ship-tracking data from Kpler, an analytics firm.

The trade war provoked by the Trump administration is threatening to decouple the world’s biggest LNG seller and buyer. Beijing slapped a 15% tariff on US LNG shipments from Feb. 10 in retaliation for blanket American levies on Chinese exports. In response, Chinese gas buyers with long-term commitments to US projects are reselling those shipments to Europe, according to traders.

https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/china-halts-us-lng-imports-as-trade-war-reroutes-deliveries-19574857.htm

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18 Mar 2025 16:45

📈 The Kobeissi Letter on X:

The bull market in gold has been truly historic:

Gold has added ~$5.0 trillion in market value over the 12 months and is now worth a record $20.1 trillion.

Over the last 6 years, gold's market cap has risen by nearly $12 trillion, or 148%.

In 2025 alone, gold prices have risen ~12% and marked multiple new all time highs.

Furthermore, the gold to CPI ratio has hit a record 9.2x.

This exceeds previous peaks of 8.4x and 8.1x posted in 1980 and 2011.

Gold is making history.

🔗 The Kobeissi Letter

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18 Mar 2025 15:32

🇸🇸 The war is back in South Sudan

🇸🇩 While the Sudanese Army in Sudan is about to liberate the capital Khartoum, the South Sudanese Army is fighting against former rebel near the border.

🇺🇬 Ugandan armed forces are entering South Sudan to help government forces.

🔗 clement_molin

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18 Mar 2025 14:31

🇨🇩🇷🇼 M23 advanced rapidly toward the district capital of Walikale in western North Kivu.

The European Union (EU) sanctioned senior Rwandan and M23 officials.

Pro-Congolese government militia fighters recaptured several villages in the northern Uvira district of central South Kivu.

M23 continued its advance in southern Uvira district in a possible attempt to bypass Congolese army and Burundian army positions on the RN5 road and capture Uvira.

M23 advanced rapidly toward the district capital of Walikale in western North Kivu. M23 broke through the Congolese army’s and allied militia positions in Kibati—located about 52 miles from Walikale town—and advanced along the RP529 road to capture Kibua on March 15.

M23 spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka said that the group will withdraw from planned negotiations with the DRC following the EU’s sanctions on senior Rwandan and M23 officials.

🔗 Critical Threats

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18 Mar 2025 08:57

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israel resumes Gaza strikes, says Hamas collapsed truce by refusing to free hostages

IDF says it targeted mid-level Hamas commanders, is prepared to widen offensive beyond airstrikes; death toll reportedly over 250; White House backs attacks, says it was consulted

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-restarts-gaza-strikes-blames-hamas-for-not-releasing-hostages-as-truce-collapses/

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18 Mar 2025 07:18

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Tucker Carlson comes out against attacking Iran:

“It’s worth point out that a strike on Iranian nuclear sites will almost certainly result in thousands of American deaths… Don’t let the propagandists lie to you.”

🔗 AF Post

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18 Mar 2025 00:05

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 Trump administration is considering recognizing Crimea as Russian territory in a potential Ukraine peace deal, sources say.

Officials have also discussed urging the UN to do the same, aligning with Putin’s stance.

🔗 Clash Report

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17 Mar 2025 22:08

🇺🇸 Elon Musk: "One of the biggest fraud holes we've uncovered ... is that the government can give money to a so called nonprofit ... They then give themselves ... insane salaries, expense everything, buy jets and homes ... on the taxpayer dime ... This is happening at scale."

🔗 Chief Nerd