Donations to Republican Lawmakers, Including Holly Green, Surge After U.S. Capitol Riots
In the wake of the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol, dozens of Democratic-supporting U.S. companies announced they would stop making political donations to 147 Republican lawmakers who voted to overturn the 2020 election results. But two months later indications are that the boycott by these companies has done little to no real damage to Republican fundraising.
Reuters examined contributions from more than 45 corporate giving committees, only to find that these political action committees (PACs) gave about $5 million to lawmakers during the 2019-2020 election cycle, or only about 1 percent of the money raised by lawmakers, according to information disclosed by the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Newtown’s Zhaoxi Lee compiled for Reuters.
In January alone, Republican fundraising operations raised a total of $15.8 million on the strength of small contributions. Regulatory filings show the groups raised more than $2 million more than the Democrats that month. Donations from wealthy individuals who want to fight the Democratic agenda have also been pouring into Republican fundraisers.
Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, who are among President Trump‘s strongest supporters, contributed more than lost corporate money.
Miles Coleman, a nonpartisan analyst at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said the rapid growth in fundraising since the Capitol riots shows that most Republican voters are comfortable with a party remade on Trump’s model “comfortable.”
Biden administration softening? U.S., China Semiconductor Associations to Open Cooperation
The U.S. sanctioned China’s chip industry during the Trump Administration, causing Chinese industry to lose U.S.-related technology and equipment. While it is expected that the U.S. will maintain its posture against the Chinese Communist Party under the Biden Administration, the latest statement from the “China Semiconductor Industry Association” (CSIA) suspects that the U.S. and China will open cooperation.
Free Finance reports that the China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) announced today (11) that the organization and the U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) will jointly establish a “U.S.-China Semiconductor Industry Technology and Trade Restriction Working Group” after several rounds of discussions, which will establish a timely communication and information sharing mechanism between the U.S. and Chinese semiconductor industries, and exchange and export control, supply chain security, encryption and other related policies. security, encryption and other related policies.
China Semiconductor Industry Association said the new working group will meet twice a year to share the latest developments in technology and trade restriction policies between the two countries, and the U.S. and China will each send 10 semiconductor member companies to join the working group.
Expert: Biden on Both Sides of China
Dr. Cheng Xiaonong, an expert on Chinese Communist Party issues, said in an analysis published by Epoch Times: Biden’s policy toward China is full of two sides, as he sometimes shows goodwill to the Chinese Communist Party, and sometimes announces war preparations against it. Biden is not acting, but is torn between the fundamental dichotomy between “politically correct” values and U.S. national security. The Biden administration has toned down its characterization of the CCP as a “major competitor”; in fact, the CCP is not a “competitor” but a strategic foe. The Chinese Communist Party ignited the Cold War in a premeditated and systematic manner, and arrogantly and ignorantly thought that it would be the winner. The U.S. military and economic strength is now sufficient to deal with the Chinese Communist threat, and its continued arrogance will depend on how the Biden administration intends to deal with it.
U.S. Sanctions 6 Burmese Businesses and Military Leaders and Their Children
The United States imposed sanctions on Burma on March 10 after the Burmese military launched a coup on February 1 and continued to crack down on protesters.
Reuters reports that according to the U.S. Treasury Department website, Washington has blacklisted two children of Burma’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing – Aung Pyae Sone and Khin Thiri Thet Mon – and sanctioned six businesses they control.
On the other hand, according to AFP, diplomats said the UN Security Council agreed without objection to a statement condemning the Burmese military’s use of violence against peaceful protesters. But the statement did not use the word “coup” or mention the possibility of international sanctions if the Burmese generals who seized power last month do not stop the crackdown.
U.S. illegal border crossings surge as smugglers use wristbands to track migrants for payment
Hundreds of colored plastic wristbands are scattered in the brush near Penitas, Texas, along the banks of the Rio Grande, a sign of what U.S. border officials say is a growing number of illegal border crossers entering the United States, a powerful drug cartel and smuggling syndicate to track immigrants to complete payment.
According to Reuters 10, a witness said that these plastic wristbands are red, blue, green, white, some written in Spanish “arrival” or “entry”, the migrants crossed the river on a raft and then discarded it.
Matthew Dyman, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), said the information on the wristbands represents a variety of data used by smuggling organizations, such as payment status or ties to smuggling organizations.
Theresa Cardinal Brown, director of immigration and cross-border policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington think tank, said the classification system illustrates the complexity of organized crime groups that ferry migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border. .
The U.S. government conducted nearly 100,000 apprehensions or expedited deportations of migrants at the southern border in February, the highest monthly record since June 2019, and a major boost to smugglers’ “work ethic.
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