Huh...Ford is a lifelong and vocal liberal democrat.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/harri...EA8SHlkNk4ZSKN
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Perhaps I'm wrong, but I interpreted this as PwrdOn saying trade isn't the problem but us leveraging our status as the world's largest economy and the world's most powerful military, with influence over so many countries and major financial institutions that we're able to pressure countries who have a fraction of our power into unfair trade deals. Sometimes that means paying them less than their resources are worth, sometimes that means exploiting their population for cheap labor, sometimes it includes pressuring them to take loans to set up industries to support our draining of their resources that we know they won't be able to pay off meaning when the time comes to pay they're forced into accepting even more unfavorable terms. Sometimes it means forcing out or assassinating their leaders and installing more "manageable" ones to enforce our will.
It's not comfortable thinking we're the bad guys, and the everyday American is not. But we do benefit from the evil done by our government/corporations/financial institutions. And we do willingly turn a blind eye to it when we know paying attention or (worse) doing something about it would be an inconvenience. I'm sure most folk here are aware of suicide nets in Apple factories and children mining rare minerals, just as I'm equally sure some of you who know about this are waiting outside of your local Apple store when the new iPhone comes out. I'd imagine in 100 years (hopefully) humanity will look back on this exploitation like we do on slavery today.
It's not trade that's the problem, it's exploitation.
Notice how the Chinese government's One Belt, One Road initiative is omitted from the conversation as well as their financial investment in Maduro's regime in Venezuela. Countries exploiting trade is, in theory, a good angle to attack however when it's weaponised against countries while overlooked by others it becomes bad faith. Plus, y'know, the Chinese government history with Muslims and other marginalised groups being evaded yet upheld as having higher standards in uplifting those same groups than America. Because America's bad, it can't ever do something good.
FBI investigating whether woman stole laptop from Pelosi's office to sell it to Russia
The FBI is investigating evidence that a woman who entered the Capitol on Jan. 6 stole a laptop or hard drive from Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office and intended to sell it to Russians.
The bizarre claim, which the FBI emphasized remains under investigation, was included in an affidavit describing the criminal case against Riley June Williams, a Pennsylvania woman who was seen in footage of the Jan. 6 insurrection in area of the Capitol near Pelosi's office.And it's not clear if the FBI has been able to apprehend her.
"It appears that WILLIAMS has fled," according to the affidavit, which was signed Sunday and posted publicly after 9 p.m.. "According to local law enforcement officers in Harrisburg, WILLIAMS’ mother stated that WILLIAMS packed a bag and left her home and told her mother she would be gone for a couple of weeks. WILLIAMS did not provide her mother any information about her intended destination."
A Pelosi aide was not immediately available for comment. It was not clear if a laptop or hard drive was actually stolen.
According to the affidavit, a witness who spoke to authorities claimed to have seen a video of Williams "taking a laptop computer or hard drive from Speaker Pelosi’s office.""[Witness 1] stated that WILLIAMS intended to send the computer device to a friend in Russia, who then planned to sell the device to SVR, Russia’s foreign intelligence service," the agent noted. "According to [Witness 1], the transfer of the computer device to Russia fell through for unknown reasons and WILLIAMS still has the computer device or destroyed it."
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Who is Riley June Williams? Green T-Shirt Woman Who Led Mob to Pelosi's Office Goes Missing
Among the videos that went viral on social media platforms, there was one featuring a young woman guiding the rioters inside Capitol, which caught everyone's fancy.
Dressed in a green-colored T shirt bearing an alt-right slogan and wearing spectacles, Williams was seen directing the attackers inside the federal building, shouting, "Up the stairs, up the stairs."
Sharing the viral video on Twitter several users pointed out that she was guiding the mob towards Pelosi's office.
Ok, so this just got even crazier.