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- Why ‘Smart’ Products Have Started to Look Like the Dumb Choice
How Wi-Fi-connecting, app-based tech led to a backlash in the name of simplicity [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Ishmael Reed Is Writing a Play About Elon MuskIshmael Reed, provocateur and playwright, has a few words for the billionaires of Silicon Valley. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
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- Lindsey Graham Gives China an Ultimatum He’s Not Really in a Position To Give:...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) gave China an ultimatum on Wednesday night as President Donald Trump met with President Xi Jinping in the country. Trump and Xi exchange pleasantries during a televised meeting in Beijing, with Trump telling his counterpart, “It’s an honor to be your friend.” Earlier, Trump was greeted by children waving U.S. and Chinese flags. The American president was accompanied by several U.S. business titans, including Elon Musk and Tim Cook. Also on the trip is the president’s son, Eric Trump, who has business ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Graham appeared on Fox News, joining Sean Hannity, who is in Beijing to cover the summit. The senator said he has introduced a bill “that would allow President Trump to put tariffs on China for buying Russian oil and gas. And I’ll do the same thing down the road.” However, moments later, Graham spoke as though he were solely capable of imposing economic punishment on China: But here’s the problem. You name the allies of China, they’re all dirtbags. They’re aligned with the worst people in the world. They’re buying oil cheaply from Iran, keeping their war machine going. Same thing with Russia. If China stops buying Iranian oil or threatened to do it, the war with Iran would be over. All I’m asking China to do is help us open up the Strait of Hormuz, help us stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon because I think they would use it. Help us and the bloodbath in Russia and Ukraine that is hurting the world economy. If you help us, I will be very grateful. If you don’t help us and you continue to prop up these regimes, I will do business with you on Monday and put tariffs on you on Tuesday. This is not the first time Graham has suggested he can unilaterally punish other countries. In March, the senator told Saudi Arabia that “consequences will follow” if the kingdom did not get more involved in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. In January, Graham targeted Cuba’s leaders, stating, “Their days are numbered.” Watch above via Fox News.The post Lindsey Graham Gives China an Ultimatum He’s Not Really in a Position To Give: ‘If You Don’t Help Us…’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago - Trump Heaps Praise on Xi at Official Meeting: ‘It’s an Honor To Be Your Frie...President Donald Trump heaped praise on Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, telling him at their first official meeting of the U.S. China summit, “It’s an honor to be your friend.” Trump traveled to China on Wednesday to meet with Jinping, greeting the Chinese leader at an extravagant welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People. Xi opened the meeting between the two presidents by expressing his desire to find and discuss ways for their countries to work together. He then gave the floor to Trump, who first shared his admiration for the welcome ceremony. He then lauded Xi as a “great leader,” touting the “long relationship” the two shared and noting the many U.S. business leaders who joined the trip to “pay respects” to Xi. “You and I have known each other now for a long time,” he said. “In fact, the longest relationship of our two countries that any president and president has had, and that’s, to me, an honor.” He continued: We’ve had a fantastic relationship. We’ve gotten along. When there were difficulties, we worked it out. I would call you, and you would call me. And whenever we had a problem, people don’t know, whenever we had a problem, we worked it out very quickly. And we’re going to have a fantastic future together. Such respect for China, the job you’ve done. You’re a great leader. I say it to everybody. You’re a great leader. Sometimes people don’t like me saying it, but I say it anyway because it’s true. I only say the truth. And I just want to say, on behalf of all of the great delegation that we have, we have the greatest businessmen, the biggest, and I guess the best in the world. We have amazing people, and they’re all with me. They, every single one of them– we asked the top thirty in the world, every single one of them said yes. And I didn’t want the second or the third in the company. I wanted only the top. And they’re here today to pay respects to you and to China. And they look forward to trade and doing business. And it’s going to be totally reciprocal on our behalf. So I really look very much forward to our discussion. It’s a big discussion. There are those that say this is maybe the biggest summit ever. They can never remember… [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago
- 83-Year-Old House Democrat Is MIA – With No Explanation
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Another member of Congress has been missing a slew of votes without much explanation. Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL), 83, has not voted in the House of Representatives since April 17, congressional reporter Jamie Dupree of the Regular Order newsletter noted on Wednesday night. Posting on Bluesky, he pointed out that Wilson had missed all 10 House votes on Wednesday and has now missed 43 consecutive votes. Included in Dupree’s post were images posted on Wilson’s X account on Tuesday, but he noted something was amiss. “Wilson’s X account this week sent out photos of a Service Academy day – but pictures from the same event were posted last October,” Dupree wrote. Rep. Frederica Wilson D-FL missed all 10 votes on Wednesday in the House. Wilson has now missed 43 straight votes – she last voted on April 17.Wilson's X account this week sent out photos of a Service Academy day – but pictures from the same event were posted last October — Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree.bsky.social) 2026-05-13T23:49:42.467Z “I was proud to host a Service Academy Day at FIU, bringing together representatives to share guidance with the next generation,” the congresswoman’s post stated, suggesting that the event had taken place that day or at least recently, and not eight months ago. Wilson is not the only House member who has been missing lots of votes. Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) has been MIA since March. Kean’s office later issued a statement, saying the congressman is dealing with an unspecified “personal medical issue.” The congressman has yet to return to the House. Republicans hold a narrow majority in the House, where so far, four Democratic members have died this term. Reps. David Scott (GA), Sylvester Turner (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), and Gerry Connolly (D-VA) all died during the 119th Congress. Scott was 80, while the other three lawmakers were in their 70s.The post 83-Year-Old House Democrat Is MIA – With No Explanation first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.8 hours ago
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