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Today we discuss:

• The U.S. has been operating for the past 5 years under the assumption that China is preparing to invade Taiwan as soon as 2027. China is conducting military drills that encircle the island of Taiwan, demonstrating its ability to blockade.

• Trump bombed a shipping dock, probably in Venezuela, where “they load drugs.” Looks like the drugs are marijuana.

• Medicaid can share patient data with ICE, judge rules.

• Protests in Iran over inflation and the collapse of the rial