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General Mike Flynn @GenFlynn - The shutdown (maybe closures really) is getting very interesting.
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Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh
BREAKING: President Trump just made an announcement TERRIFYING Democrats - they screwed up by shutting down the government...
"We'll be making PERMANENT cuts to DEMOCRAT PROGRAMS. ONLY Democrat programs. Russ [Vought]...we'll be cutting some very popular Democrat programs, that aren't popular with Republicans!"
"That's the way it works! They WANTED to do this. So we'll give 'em a little taste of their own medicine."
Russ Vought is being unleashed. Chuck messed up.
https://x.com/GenFlynn/status/1976400216019595635
Gizmo Memes @Gizmo_Memes - You are absolutely right, Letitia James.
https://x.com/Gizmo_Memes/status/1976391929333264609
Gordon G. Chang @GordonGChang - China in the short term is gaining an advantage with its controls-embargo, but long term its actions are accelerating deglobalization. No other country is more dependent on continued globalization than China.
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ge, notably because China's new rare earth export controls include a provision (point 4 here: https://mofcom.gov.cn/zwgk/zcfb/art/2025/art_7fc9bff0fb4546ecb02f66ee77d0e5f6.html) whereby anyone using rare earths to develop advanced semiconductors (defined as 14nm-and-below) will require case-by-case approval.
Which effectively gives China de-facto veto power over the entire advanced semi-conductor supply chain as rare earths are used at critical steps throughout - from ASML (who use rare earths for magnets in their lithography machines: https://asml.com/en/news/stories/2023/6-ingredients-robust-supply-chain
) to TSMC.
The export controls are also extra-territorial: foreign entities must obtain Chinese export licenses before re-exporting products manufactured abroad if they contain Chinese rare earth materials comprising 0.1% or more of the product's value.
So China is effectively mirroring the US semiconductor export controls that were used against them, with its own comprehensive extraterritorial control regime, except with rare earths.
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CN Wire @Sino_Market
CHINA BANS EXPORT OF TECHNOLOGIES AND CARRIERS RELATED TO RARE EARTH MINING, REFINING, METAL SMELTING, MAGNET MANUFACTURING, AND RECYCLING
#CHINA #RAREEARTH
https://x.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1976143949216764234
Governor Gavin Newsom @CAgovernor - While Trump and the WWE cofounder seek to demolish the U.S. Department of Education, California is generating K-12 test scores that get better and better.
With universal meals, added literacy resources, and more, we're helping students thrive in and out of the classroom.
https://x.com/CAgovernor/status/1975042264885035195
Governor Gretchen Whitmer @GovWhitmer - Video: You deserve to keep more of your hard-earned money. So we're cutting taxes for seniors and working families. These cuts will lower costs and make life more affordable at a time when Michiganders need it most.
We’ve got your back.
https://www.wilx.com/2025/10/08/gov-whitmer-signs-budget-bill-cutting-taxes-workers-seniors/
https://x.com/GovWhitmer/status/1976357112839348286
Governor JB Pritzker @GovPritzker - Video: Greg Abbott is a lackey of Donald Trump.
He’s going against exactly what he said he would do last year
https://x.com/GovPritzker/status/1976081996540412031
Governor Josh Shapiro @GovernorShapiro - The Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command. And as their Commander in Chief and the former chief law enforcement officer of this Commonwealth, I know the President's actions haven't kept us more safe — they've just created chaos and confusion.
Last night, I took legal action to support our fellow states and put an end to President Trump's dangerous overreach of power.
https://x.com/GovernorShapiro/status/1976373349459669129
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