Tobita Chow
@tobitac.bsky.social
US-China, climate, politics, imperialism and world economy
Chicagoland | immigrant | he/him
Chicagoland | immigrant | he/him
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Credit where due, fucking with air travel was genius MAGA move. It impacts upper & middle class and, more importantly, a powerful business interest. Starving millions of poor people doesn't piss off Wall St.
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Credit where due, fucking with air travel was genius MAGA move. It impacts upper & middle class and, more importantly, a powerful business interest. Starving millions of poor people doesn't piss off Wall St.
Reposted by Tobita Chow
Ooh look. Now they're trying to sell you Thiel's electronic collar because "China bad".
Palantir CEO Says a Surveillance State Is Preferable to China Winning the AI Race
He also had strong opinions about people's
gizmodo.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Ooh look. Now they're trying to sell you Thiel's electronic collar because "China bad".
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"But with Tuesday’s stunning election losses crystallizing the risks to downballot Republicans...there are growing signs that lawmakers are contending with the facts of their political lives: He’ll be gone in just over three years, while they’ll still be around."
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Donald Trump enters his lame duck era
Republicans are starting to contend with the fact that the president will soon be gone, and they'll be fending for themselves.
www.politico.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"But with Tuesday’s stunning election losses crystallizing the risks to downballot Republicans...there are growing signs that lawmakers are contending with the facts of their political lives: He’ll be gone in just over three years, while they’ll still be around."
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Someday I'll write about how key policy leaders in the Democratic Party, such as Kurt Campbell and Rush Doshi, are also committed to bloc formation. Their version is different but similarly dangerous www.foreignaffairs.com/china/undere...
Underestimating China
Why America needs a new strategy of allied scale to offset Beijing’s enduring advantages.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Someday I'll write about how key policy leaders in the Democratic Party, such as Kurt Campbell and Rush Doshi, are also committed to bloc formation. Their version is different but similarly dangerous www.foreignaffairs.com/china/undere...
I didn't have capacity to add this update to the article, but further steps toward bloc formation can be seen in Trump's recent deals in SE Asia www.ft.com/content/73f2...
US adds ‘poison pills’ to Asia trade pacts to counter China
Conditions inserted by Washington into tariff deals with Cambodia and Malaysia seen as ‘loyalty test’
www.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I didn't have capacity to add this update to the article, but further steps toward bloc formation can be seen in Trump's recent deals in SE Asia www.ft.com/content/73f2...