General Is the Air Force testing an earth penetrating nuclear bomb? The nuclear debate gets even uglier Nuclear force modernization costs much less than you think Yes Why America Is Modernizing Its Nuclear Weapons Forces China’s small nuclear arsenal is ready to destroy America’s biggest cities  Nuclear modernization is essential business. Don’t let caronavirus slow it down. Actual nuclear modernization won’t break the bank   No 

Backfiles All capital gains DebateUS back files  Background Trump says he is seriously considering a capital gains tax reduction Here’s how Trump could do it The tax Biden wants to double and Trump would smash  Pro Dow futures surge on potential cap gains tax cut Dow jumps 300 points after Trump says he’s considering a capital gains tax cut  It’s time to rethink the capital gains tax preference  Con Republicans’

See also: The Huawei Controversy .  China-US Trade Conflict  Websites Think Tanks China Power Project @ CSIS American Enterprise Institute China  Carnegie Endowment’s Implications of China’s Rise  News South China Morning Post Background Timeline: US Relations with China: 1949-2019. How does China view the notion of a new Cold War? (2020) War America and China Hurtling towards war? (2020) If the US and China go to war it won’t be

General/Background Is Tik Tok a security threat? It’s complicated  The US thinks Tik Tok could be a national security threat  Why Trump views Tik Tok as a Threat Why is the Trump administration banning Tik Tok and WeChat? China wants to cut-off access to America’s Internet Bank Tik Tok and Zoom? The case of Tik Tok and lessons of user data  Tik Tok will change the way we think about

Background Trump keeps pushing for a payroll tax cut. Here’s what it means  White House walks back permanent payroll tax cut among Social Security fees Pro A payroll tax cut is a perfect way to stimulate the economy Why payroll tax cut opponents should reconsider  Will the payroll tax cut end Social Security as we know it? Let’s hope so Con Trump’s reckless economic gamble Tax cut gamble would worsen

General Some school districts are cutting ties with police. What next? Denver’s school board votes unanimously to remove police from public schools School Resource Officers. What are they and are they necessary? Pro Defund SROs  Why so few school cops are trained to work with kids How police became part of the public school system and how to get them out Officers at schools enable systemic racism Should we defund

Background/General Abolish or defund the police — explained What Defund the Police Really Means  Defund the Policy: Here’s what it really means Yes Incremental Change is a Moral Failure How cities with violent crime can tackle it without the police We must challenge militarism in efforts to defund the police Defunding the police would benefit policing We train police to be warriors and send them out to be social workers 

CNN — Washington governor “infuriated” by Trump’s coronavirus leadership Washington state governor Jay Inslee Washington state governor Jay Inslee said he’s become “infuriated ” by President Trump’s leadership during the coronavirus crisis, citing his state’s continued shortages in personal protection equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers and materials to test for the virus. “We did not have enough PPE for nurses and many facilities and to some degree still don’t,” Inslee

Background Mass surveillance is spreading along with COVID Location tracking firm that helped Trump win election now wants to cash in on carona virus We mapped how the caronavirus is driving surveillance around the world Apple-Google Contract Tracing Apple & Google want to turn your phone into a COVID tracking machine Countries are using apps and data networks Drone Pandemic: Will Caronavirus invite the world to meet big brother?] Government

Background Trump: Purchasing Greenland “Strategically Interesting.” (2019)  President Trump on Sunday said buying Greenland is “strategically” interesting amid reported interest from the administration last week. Speaking to reporters as he left his Bedminster, N.J., golf club, Trump acknowledged that purchasing the landmass owned by Denmark has been discussed. “Denmark essentially owns it. We’re very good allies with Denmark. We protect Denmark like we protect large portions of the world,” he said. Trump