Russia, Russia, Russia!: Watch As Democrats Go Full Russia-Tard During Hearing Over China’s “Political Warfare” While China has spent decades conducting deep espionage throughout US institutions – mostly in the form of plucky PhD candidates handling sensitive projects at American universities, and places like Los Alamos National Laboratory, Congressional Democrats simply can’t shake their fixation with Russia. Point in case, during a Wednesday House Oversight hearing on defending America from China’s political warfare, Democrats – who take tons of money from China (and bang their spies on occasion), couldn’t seem to remain on topic. Watch: Yesterday, we held a critical hearing on defending America from China’s political warfare. This is what our Democrat colleagues had to say on this important topic 👇 pic.twitter.com/CJSHqfG9kv — Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) April 18, 2024 Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-MS) got into it at one point: Since Lil’ Jamie Raskin(s) is in this clip, I thought I’d share his trigger point. 🤣 “It’s @RepRaskin(s) – Damn it!!” 🤣 pic.twitter.com/haAmdMuP0w — Patriot🦅AU (@TruePatriotAU) April 18, 2024 Quick, send money to Ukraine! Tyler Durden Thu, 04/18/2024 – 18:00

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The Philippines and the United States are considering the expansion of their annual “Balikatan” (shoulder-to-shoulder) military exercises to include Japan following the historic trilateral meeting of the leaders of the three countries in Washington last week, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday. Marcos welcomed the idea of having Japanese troops participate in the Balikatan war games, carried out under the Mutual Defense Treaty between the Philippines and the United States. “I don’t see any reason why not. It is a good move for us to make it easier to work together and coordinate together, [and] maximize the resources we have to maintain peace and stability,” he noted. READ: Enhanced defense ties underscored at US-Japan-PH summit Marcos made the statement in response to a question on whether the Balikatan exercises could become a trilateral undertaking when he faced members of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines in a question-and-answer session during its 50th anniversary celebration at the Manila Hotel. The President expressed optimism over the newly formed alliance with the United States and Japan, forged during the trilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, through an agreement on preserving peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region. Not bracing for war He also played down speculation that the US-Philippines-Japan alliance was directed toward a specific country such as China, saying it was merely a strengthening of relations among the three nations. Security and defense was tackled during the meeting for interoperability to maintain the freedom of navigation in the West Philippine Sea, he pointed out. READ: Romualdez: PH-US-Japan trilateral meet affirms call for rules-based order The spokesperson for the National Task Force on the West Philippine Sea also said on Monday that the trilateral alliance of the Philippines, United States and Japan was not gearing up for war, but a part of efforts to bolster the country’s military capability. Assistant Secretary Jonathan Malaya allayed the public’s fears over the influx of hundreds of American troops in the