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Trump Administration Revokes Over 1,000 Student Visas From Chinese Nationals

Trump administration officials announced the revocation of over 1,000 student visas since June from Chinese nationals associated with programs supporting the People’s Liberation Army, CNN reported Thursday.

According to the State Department, "high-risk graduate students and research scholars" were expelled after they "were found to be subject to Presidential Proclamation 10043 and therefore ineligible for a visa."

Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf on Wednesday called out China for "abusing student visas to exploit American academia" and said visas were blocked to prevent certain Chinese students and researchers from "stealing and otherwise appropriating sensitive research."

An estimated 369,000 Chinese nationals currently study at American institutions of higher learning, the vast majority of whom pose no threat to the security of American research and innovation. Chinese students have been the largest contingent of foreign students at American universities for over a decade. A significant portion of this student population, however, has engaged in the theft of sensitive American research in STEM fields, especially those pertaining to cybersecurity, spacecraft, and now critical coronavirus research. 

These students spying on behalf of the PRC are often aided by a complicated network of Confucius Institutes on campus, Chinese embassies and attachés in urban centers, and China’s Thousand Talents program.

In recent months, eliminating Chinese influence in higher education has been a focal point of the Trump administration. As a large part of the Department of State’s recent flurry of "clean" orders that force out Chinese influence from major American institutions of industry, innovation, and technology, Washington has taken direct aim at higher education.

An August letter from Keith Krach, the undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy, and the environment, advised college administrators about the growing threat of hosting Beijing-affiliated organizations, investments, and agents on college campuses.

In August, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that Confucius Institutes would now be listed as foreign missions, prompting the closing and hollowing out of dozens of the groups at elite institutions nationwide.

"Confucius Institutes are funded by the PRC and part of the Chinese Communist Party’s global influence and propaganda apparatus," a press release from the State Department reads. "The United States wants to ensure that students on U.S. campuses have access to Chinese language and cultural offerings free from the manipulation of the Chinese Communist Party and its proxies."

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Abortionist Who Bragged Babies Can’t Scream Because She Cuts Their Cords Has Medical License Suspended

Twitter-famous Alabama abortionist Dr. Leah N. Torres had her medical license suspended on August 27. Additionally, the Tuscaloosa abortion clinic where she serves as medical director, West Alabama Women’s Center, had their application to practice medicine denied by the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners the day prior. Torres, who made waves on Twitter back in 2018 for […]

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Newly released DOJ records show improbable number of Mueller investigators claimed to have ‘accidentally wiped’ their phones

Newly released documents from the Department of Justice show that an improbable high number of investigators involved in the Robert Mueller investigation claimed to have "accidentally wiped" their phones of vital information.

The revelation was first caught by Sean Davis of The Federalist who posted screenshot from the 87-page document drop.

Andrew Weismann, a manager on the Mueller team, reported that two of his special counsel’s office phones were wiped, one by accident, and another by entering the wrong password too many times.

"Wiped phone due to attempting the incorrect password to [sic] many times, believed had less than 10 text messages, and 5 photos of non-investigative or informational significance," read one entry for assistant special counsel Greg Andres.

"Phone was accidentally wiped prior to records review," read an entry for Kyle Freeny, a former prosecutor on the Mueller team.

Davis counted at least 15 phones that had similar entries where information and data had been wiped clean before their review by the DOJ.

"The newly released DOJ records from the OIG investigation of corruption during the Mueller probe shows that a key tactic used by the Mueller team was to put the phones in airplane mode, lock them, and then claim they didn’t have the password," tweeted Davis.

Mueller was tasked with investigating the accusations of alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, and also into claims that the Russian government interfered with the 2016 election.

"What are the actual probabilities of more than a dozen top Mueller officials all ‘accidentally’ nuking their phones or accidentally putting them in airplane mode, locking them, and ‘forgetting’ their passwords so the DOJ OIG couldn’t access and examine them? Negative 100,000%?" asked Davis.

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Carney: Biden’s Offshoring Rule Aligns U.S. Tax Policy with China’s Predatory Trade Policy


Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is proposing a penalty on U.S. companies that would put the U.S. tax code into alignment with China’s predatory trade policies.

Biden, who made a push to be seen as defending U.S. interests on economic issues with a speech in Michigan on Wednesday, proposed a ten percent tax penalty that would apply to U.S. companies that move operations overseas.

The surtax appears to apply to services and goods sold to U.S. customers from a U.S. company’s foreign subsidiary.

Daniel Bunn of the Tax Foundation explained in an article on the proposal”

If a company based in the U.S. has a subsidiary in another country, and that foreign subsidiary sells its products or services to U.S. customers, the 10 percent surtax would apply. For a business facing Biden’s proposed 28 percent corporate tax rate, the additional surtax would result in a 30.8 percent tax rate.

That sounds like a tariff—but with an anti-U.S. twist. A regular trade tariff would apply to goods and services sold into the U.S. by anyone, whether they were a foreign or domestic manufacturer. Biden’s offshoring surtax, however, applies only to U.S. companies importing goods or services from their own affiliates.

This would seem to exempt Apple’s iPhone because it is manufactured by Taiwan’s Foxconn, a third-party contractor rather than a subsidiary of Apple.

The effect of the tax would be to penalize companies for doing their own manufacturing abroad—and reward those with arrangements with foreign manufacturers. The result would be that many U.S. manufacturers would avoid the tax by moving production to foreign contractors. Similarly, although the Biden campaign says the tax would apply to call centers and other services performed abroad for the U.S. market, many of these would simply migrate into outside contractors.

This would be a boon to China. The Trump administration has been pressuring China into dropping its requirement that U.S. businesses manufacturing products in China do so either through Chinese companies or with joint-ventures controlled by Chinese partners. Biden’s policy would cement this predatory trade preference into U.S. tax law. Instead of resisting joint ventures and contractor requirements, U.S. companies would seek them out to avoid the offshoring tax penalty.

In short, Biden is proposing to put U.S. tax policy into alignement with China’s trade policy.

That’s perverse. Even worse, Biden is trying to sell the plan as one that would bolster U.S. manufacturing and create U.S. jobs. In reality, it would only encourage complete offshoring and put an end to U.S. business resistance to China’s predatory trade policies.

The Biden campaign did not respond to inquiries about the tax proposal.

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Viewers rage against Netflix after ‘Cuties’ premiere features ‘female breast nudity of a minor,’ ‘shots of breast, bums, and spread crotches of scantily clad’ children

Hordes of streaming viewers are calling to "cancel" Netflix after the company recently debuted the film, "Cuties," insisting that the project — which tells a story of a young "sensual dance" troupe — is nothing more than pedophilia.

Clips of the film have begun circulating on social media, showing varying degrees of apparent, inappropriate sexualization of young girls.

What’s a very brief history here?

In August, the streaming giant came under fire after a trailer and poster for the award-winning French film sexualized the young girls acting in the project.

In a statement, Netflix issued an apology, saying, "We’re deeply sorry for the inappropriate artwork that we used for Mignonnes/Cuties. It was not OK, nor was it representative of this French film which won an award at Sundance. We’ve now updated the pictures and description."

What are the details?

So far, nearly 600,000 people have signed a Change.org petition titled, "Cancel Netflix Subscription."

The film has also prompted hashtag #CancelNetflix to trend on social media.

Earlier Thursday, IMDB’s film page for "Cuties" described a moment in the film as "lawfully defined as pedophilia."

One of the parental warnings on the film read, "During one of the many highly sexualized & erotic dance scenes that purposefully exploit & objectify numerous scantily clad under age [sic] girls, one of the female child dancers lifts up her cropped top to fully display her bare breast. This is lawfully defined as pedophilia and can be extremely distressing to many viewers."

Further, another warning noted, "An 11 year old [sic] girl watches a female rap music video where naked women role play through dance, both heterosexual & lesbian sex acts. An 11 year old [sic] female dance group then mimics these sexual moves on themselves and on each other while the camera zooms in on their sexual body parts as they erotically writher [sic]. This can be highly distressing to many viewers."

"Female breast nudity of a minor during an erotic dance scene and lengthy & excessive closeup shots of breasts, bums, and spread crotches of scantily clad 11 year old [sic] girls during numerous sexualized dance routines," another warning added.

Internet archive website Wayback Machine captured the following shot of the IMDB page at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday:

Image source: Wayback Machine IMDB screenshot

Less than an hour later, the page appeared significantly different, and warned only that the movie "consists of 11 year old [sic] girls dancing very suggestively."

It also adds, "A girl watches a female rap music video where naked women role play through dance."

At the time of this writing, the IMDB page is significantly different:

Image source: IMDB screenshot

What else?

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes currently ranks the film as 90% fresh.

The site declares that the film takes a "thoughtful look at the intricacies of girlhood in the modern age," and is a "coming-of-age film that confronts its themes with poignancy and nuance."

Decider’s John Serba wrote, "Cuties is nuanced and gripping, a powerful and meritorious drama that doesn’t deserve the type of ignorant condemnation it’s endured."

Monica Castillo at RogerEbert.com added, "With Cuties, Doucouré announces herself as a director with a keen visual style who’s unafraid to explore these cultural and social tensions."

Cuties | Official Trailer | Netflix www.youtube.com

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