Here are the news items:

• China is on track to build eight million electric cars a year by 2028, more than the rest of the world combined.
• Researchers at the University of Michigan think they’ve found a “gate for conscious awareness” — the part of the brain that filters information and controls which stimuli reaches our consciousness.
• Facebook’s Oversight Board has upheld the platform’s ban on former President Trump, while also calling the indefinite suspension “inappropriate.”
• Regional election results in Madrid and the success of CNews (France's equivalent to Fox News) provide more evidence that the right is ascendant in Europe.
• The White House’s top Asia official warns against ditching the policy of "strategic ambiguity" regarding Taiwan. 

PLUS: John and Rebecca discuss inflation fears, and the Biden administration’s rare communications missteps regarding the stimulus, interest rates and Fed Chair Jay Powell.

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