Husband, Dad, OU Sooner, ΛΧΑ, PoliSci Professor, Department Chair, Associate Dean. Focus on Chinese politics & Texas politics. Posts & reposts ≠ Endorsement...
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NEW: On Wednesday, JD Vance, the most prominent Catholic in American politics, defended a $4 million ad that calls a survivor of childhood sexual abuse a liar. He told Republicans to “stop whining” about it.
Vivek Ramaswamy’s ad stars Amy Acton’s estranged mother, who stood by the man charged with sexually abusing her daughter at 12.
Last month at Lourdes, Pope Leo XIV called on the Church to repent for failing to believe abuse survivors. thelettersfromleo.com/p/jd-v…
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On Truth Social, President @realDonaldTrump told people to vote for every Republican listed on the statewide ticket — except for RRC nominee @bofrench & AG commissioner @natesheetsforTX
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Who answers when a car drives itself in the PRC? A draft law puts manufacturers and importers first in line when automated vehicles break traffic rules. National standards and local approvals shape what reaches the road. Our explainer maps the rules.
source: buff.ly/innrh2c
#PRC #AutonomousVehicles #AutomatedDriving #RoadSafety #TrafficLaw #VehicleRegulation #AutomotiveIndustry #SafetyStandards #ChinaPolicy
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The National Data Group 国家数据集团 puts the state at the centre of the PRC’s data economy. Unlike US tech platforms, which hold vast private data stores, it could link data across provinces and industries, widening access for firms and AI. Can it make data pay?
Our earlier coverage: buff.ly/YWuMhXi
#PRC #ChinaPolicy #NationalDataGroup #DataEconomy #DataGovernance #StateOwnedEnterprises #DataInfrastructure #DataMarkets #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalEconomy
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China launched a new central state-owned enterprise (SOE) on Oct 20, the National Data Group (国家数据集团), to develop data resources and serve AI - jointly capitalized by five other central SOEs, the State Council, and Xiong’an New Area (中文) tinyurl.com/yh9jzmz9
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China is governed through a labyrinth of committees, conferences and other bodies. Here's a guide to understanding its complicated political universe. bloomberg.com/features/2026-…
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With Tarrant County Democrats riding high, Cowtown area Republicans look to shed the MAGA brand they helped build in North Texas. @jamesfortexas has the dispatch from Fort Worth bit.ly/4i95Jka #txlege
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JD Vance is an embarrassment to the Catholic Church.
That’s why two popes called him full of sh*t in a single year.
Vance: The media and the Democrats in the state of Ohio are obsessed because Vivek Ramaswamy had the audacity to run a TV commercial which calls it out like it is and calls Amy Acton a liar.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The ad features Amy Acton's estranged mother disputing Acton's account of childhood homelessness, rape and abuse. Both 1978 Mahoning County court records and Acton's brother, Phillip Stearns, corroborate her account of living in a tent and abuse.
wyso.org/2026-10-20/amy…
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Breaking news: A spokesperson for OU Athletics confirmed to the Daily that a #Sooners football player was transported to the hospital after being tended to by athletic training staff during practice Wednesday. The spokesperson declined to identify the player.
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In a direct jab at Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, the City Council is curtailing her power over who will oversee San Antonio’s next bond program. bit.ly/3W3uerC
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Full Story:
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TEXAS POLITICS: TX-23 GOP candidate Brandon Herrera says unadopted kittens should be sent to Chinese restaurants.
The AK-Guy's latest controversy comes as a new poll shows him in a statistical tie w/ Democrat Katy Padilla Stout.
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From mocking mass shootings and veteran suicide to pushing tired, racist tropes, Brandon Herrera proves every single day that he is unfit to serve.
We just can't afford his toxic extremism in TX-23. See the record for yourself: hereallysaidthat.com
GOP Candidate Suggested Sending Unadopted Kittens to Chinese Restaurants
Brandon Herrera: “Don’t let it go to waste.”
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From @amyewalter: Despite being outspent by millions in TV advertising, Democratic Senate candidates narrowly lead their GOP opponents in three red states critical to control of the U.S. Senate: Ohio, Texas and Iowa. The Democratic candidates for governor also lead in two out of three of these states.
cookpolitical.com/analysis/s…
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Higher prices. Forever wars. Tax breaks for billionaires. That is Donald Trump's radical platform, and his puppet Dan Patrick stands right alongside him.
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The GOP wants you to think of Elon Musk as some sort of victim who just wants to give us flying cars, but the truth tells a very different story. He fired the people who were investigating him and his companies through DOGE and now it’s reported by the WSJ that he gave the order to degrade the speed on Ukraine’s Starlink. That deserves investigation and Democrats should absolutely promise that and deliver.