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Also, in an alternate world, allies would be meeting to forge a common policy in Iran. Instead, we are talking about Greenland
January 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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Youngkin halted Ford battery plant efforts in Virginia over concerns about China • Virginia Mercury
Youngkin’s administration halted efforts to bring a Ford battery plant to Virginia last year over concerns about Chinese Communist Party influence.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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Hoskinson: "You've collapsed crypto from a public perception, to crypto equals Trump equals bad .... Crypto equals corruption. It's a wealth transfer mechanism for Trump and his friends."

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“If you launch something and it's mostly an extractive venture, then what you've effectively done is you've collapsed crypto from a public perception, to crypto equals Trump equals bad, you know, amongst the left,” he said. “You can't alienate half the country and then expect them to show up.” He said that his invitations to White House events were extended and withdrawn without explanation during the early days of the administration. Additionally, when ADA, Cardano’s token, was named part of the administration’s crypto reserve, he stated that he and his team weren't contacted at all. "When the president said ADA is in the reserve, XRP is in the reserve, and Solana is in the reserve, and I was just like, okay, well sh*t, I'm just gonna get subpoenaed now when the Democrats get back in power, and they're going to think I had something to do with it. We had nothing to do with it. We never discussed it with them." “There's no accountability. There's no respect for the rule of law, and there's no respect for the balance of power,” he said. The lack of leadership, Hoskinson argued, has left the crypto industry politically weaponized and without a path forward. “Crypto equals corruption. It's a wealth transfer mechanism for Trump and his friends. And that didn’t help any of us.”
January 14, 2026 at 3:52 AM