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U.S. HAS JUST ONE RARE EARTHS MINE !!!!

Friday, April 18th, 2025

 

The US has a single rare earths mine. Chinese export limits are energizing a push for more

By JOSH FUNK
AP Business Writer    April 18, 2025

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — America’s only rare earths mine heard from anxious companies soon after China responded to President Donald Trump’s tariffs this month by limiting exports of those minerals used for military applications and in many high-tech devices.

“Based on the number of phone calls we’re receiving, the effects have been immediate,” said Matt Sloustcher, a spokesperson for MP Materials, the company that runs the Mountain Pass mine in California’s Mojave Desert.

The trade war between the world’s two biggest economies could lead to a critical shortage of rare earth elements if China maintains its export controls long-term or expands them to seek an advantage in any trade negotiations. The California mine can’t meet all of the U.S. demand for rare earths, which is why Trump is trying to clear the way for new mines.

Rare earth elements are important ingredients in electric vehicles, powerful magnets, advanced fighter jets, submarines, smartphones, television screens and many other products. Despite their name, the 17 elements aren’t actually rare, but it’s hard to find them in a high enough concentration to make a mine worth the investment.

Tariffs will impact ore supply and costsMP Materials, which acquired the idle Mountain Pass site in 2017, said Thursday it would stop sending its ore to China for processing because of the export restrictions and 125% tariffs on U.S. imports China imposed. The company said it would continue processing nearly half of what it mines on site and store the rest while it works to expand its processing capability.

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CHINA TARIFFS – A NATIONAL SECURITY NECESSITY

Wednesday, April 16th, 2025

 

China Tariffs Are a National Security Necessity

By Rob Maness   Rob Maness is a retired Air Force Colonel, a former wing and squadron commander, veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, a survivor of the 9/11 Pentagon Attack, Graduate of the U.S. Navy War College and Harvard Kennedy School, a former U.S. Senate Candidate, Chairman of GatorPAC, CEO and Owner of Iron Liberty Group LLC, and Host of the Rob Maness Show on WorldViewTube 
  April 16, 2025 

There are plenty of economic justifications for placing tariffs on China. But bringing American manufacturing home and rebalancing global trade isn’t just about dollars and cents; it’s about keeping our country safe, our troops ready, and our enemies in check.

As a retired Air Force colonel who’s seen the world’s dangers up close, I’m telling you: we can’t keep outsourcing our strength to a rival power like China. Here’s the unfiltered truth on why tariffs matter for our national security.

China has got us by the throat when it comes to manufacturing military equipment. They’re pumping out everything from the rare earth minerals in our missiles to the chips in our drones, and we’re just handing them the keys to our arsenal.

In 2024, the United States imported $438 billion in goods from China, and they produce around 90 percent of the world’s rare earths. You think that’s an accident? Hell no. That’s a chokehold, and in a fight – whether it’s a Cold War-style standoff or a hot war in the South China Sea – they can squeeze tight. Imagine trying to keep our F-35s in the air or our Navy’s destroyers running without those materials. We’d be grounded faster than a C-130 in a sandstorm.

That’s not even to mention semiconductors. Those little chips are the lifeblood of modern warfare – critical for guidance systems, comms, you name it. China has a big slice of that pie, and we saw in 2021 how a chip shortage nearly ground this country to a halt. Ford couldn’t even get enough F-150s out the door. Now imagine how quickly every fighter jet, tank, or missile system could be rendered useless.

In a conflict, China could instantly turn off the tap of dozens of materials critical to our military readiness. Our drones go dark, our missiles miss, and our boys and girls in uniform are left swinging in the wind. That’s not just a supply chain hiccup; that’s a national security disaster.

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CHINA RECRUITING FORMER US GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
For more detailed information as to what China has has been doing for the past 30 years to cripple the U.S., read Senator Tom Cotton’s latest book ‘Seven Things You Can’t Say About China ‘.  Your blood will boil as to what China  have been able to accomplish,  so many times with the help of our own U.S. companies !  Nancy

China recruiting current, former U.S. government officials as spies

By Bill Gertz  The Washington Times  Monday, April 14, 2025

Counterintelligence unit, FBI issue warning

China is using consulting firms, headhunters and think tanks to aggressively recruit current and former U.S. officials as spies, according to a federal counterspy unit.

“Foreign intelligence entities, particularly those in China, are targeting current and former U.S. government employees for recruitment by posing as consulting firms, corporate headhunters, think tanks, and other entities on social and professional networking sites,” the National Counterintelligence and Security Center stated in a one-page warning.

The warning was echoed by the FBI on X. “China and other foreign intelligence entities are targeting former and current U.S. government employees on social and professional networking sites,” the bureau said in a post.

The FBI is the lead federal agency in charge of domestic counterintelligence. It declared on its website that Chinese Communist Party spying is “a grave threat” and top counterintelligence priority.

Chinese spies are using sophisticated deception ploys, including job offers and other virtual appeals to target people with government experience who are seeking employment, the counterintelligence notice said.

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VIDEO – 50 COUNTRIES ALREADY COMING TO NEGOTIATE

Monday, April 7th, 2025

 

 

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Ag Sec. Rollins: 50 Countries Already Coming to the Table on Tariffs

By Pam Key   April 6, 2025

Agricultural Secretary Brooke Rollins said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the Trump administration’s tariffs are already making countries negotiate

Rollins said, “I think it’s really important to realize that last Wednesday was when the president announced this new American order, the new American economic plan. We’re now two days in, right? You’ve got two days of data.”

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TARIFFS – THE RETURN OF POWER

Saturday, April 5th, 2025

 

The Reckoning Begins: Trump’s Tariffs and the Return of Power

They called it a trade war. Trump called it leverage. Now the clueless class is about to learn what economic warfare really looks like.
By Sara Carter Staff   April 5, 2025

We were cruising at 32,000 feet when the conversation caught my ear. Two men in their 60s, wearing golf shirts and sneakers—no laptops, no earbuds—just confidently exchanging opinions somewhere over Georgia, halfway through their Bloody Marys.

“I don’t get it,” one said. “Trump’s going to slap tariffs on everything again? That’s just going to drive up prices.”

The other nodded, with the certainty of someone who’d never been challenged. “It’s the same thing all over—tax the American consumer and pretend it’s tough on China.”

They didn’t whisper. They weren’t unsure. They were loud, certain, and completely wrong.

I didn’t say a word. But I wanted to. Not because I crave debate—but because I’m tired of watching this country get gaslit by a class of people who stopped thinking critically the minute CNN started thinking for them.

This is where The Reckoning begins.
Not in the headlines. Not in Washington. But at 32,000 feet, in a casual conversation that revealed just how badly the American people have been lied to.

Because tariffs aren’t taxes.
They’re tools.
They’re leverage.
They’re how you say no to a global system built to exploit us—and yes, to the American worker we nearly lost.

Tariffs: The Tool the Left Pretends Not to Understand

Here’s the truth no one at the cocktail parties wants to say out loud: tariffs are not taxes on Americans. That’s a lie told by people who either don’t understand economics—or don’t care who’s getting steamrolled, as long as their stock portfolio stays padded.

A tariff is a penalty. It’s a strategic toll on products that come into this country under unfair terms. It’s how we say, “You want access to our markets? Then play fair. Otherwise, pay up.”

Think of it like this: If someone’s dumping cheap steel into your town and undercutting every local business, what do you do? You don’t say “Let the free market sort it out” while your factories shut down and your neighbors lose their jobs. You block the dump truck. You protect your own. You draw a line.

That’s what President Trump is doing. And it’s working.

They Called It a Trade War—But It Was a Wake-Up Call

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MASSACHUSETTS-HOTBED OF SANCTUARY MADNESS

Tuesday, April 1st, 2025

 

Massachusetts Becomes Hotbed of “Sanctuary City” Insanity

By Andrew Shirley   April 1, 2025

While the backlash over so-called “sanctuary city” policies has largely centered on New York and California, Massachusetts is quickly establishing itself as a leader in sanctuary city insanity.

According to a recent report from Fox News’ Bill Melugin, in just the past few months at least five illegal aliens charged with serious crimes – including child rape – are “repeatedly being released from jail with ridiculously low bail” in Massachusetts.

That list includes a Guatemalan charged with three counts of aggravated child rape released on $7,500 bail; another Guatemalan charged with aggravated child rape of a victim nine years old or younger also released on $7,500 bail; a Honduran charged with assault, rape, and masked armed robbery released on his own recognizance with $0 bail; two illegal alien inmates in Worcester County charged with child rape who received $500 bail; and another Honduran charged with fentanyl trafficking and released on $4,000 bail.

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VIDEO – ELON MUSK – ILLEGALS VOTING AND RECEIVING BENEFITS

Monday, March 31st, 2025

 

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Musk Drops Bombshell at Wisconsin Rally About Illegal Aliens Voting, Receiving Benefits

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TOTALITARIANISM IS SWEEPING EUROPE

Monday, March 31st, 2025
Totalitarianism is sweeping through Europe   Its happening in Romania, Germany, Ireland and France.  The globalists (Dems)  tried to stop Trump too here in the U.S. but the persecution of Trump through the courts only made the voters support him even more.    Nancy  

Vance Vindicated: VP’s Warnings About Democracy in Europe Proven Prophetic with Ban on Le Pen in French Election

by Kurt Zindulka   March 31, 2025

Vice President JD Vance was correct in warning of attacks on democracy and liberty in Europe, supporters claimed, as populist National Rally leader Marine Le Pen was banned from running in the French presidential election.

Just weeks after JD Vance left globalists stunned in Europe after excoriating them for undermining freedom of speech and the democratic will of their citizens, many have claimed that he was proven right on Monday as a Paris court banned the leading populist candidate to replace President Emmanuel Macron in the 2027 election.

The court found National Rally leader and three-time former presidential candidate Marine Le Pen guilty of embezzlement for allegedly using public funds for her party in the European Parliament on political activities in France.

In addition to sentencing Le Pen to four years in prison, which will likely be served in some form of house arrest, and a 100,000 euro fine, the court controversially agreed with prosecutors to ban her from running in any election for five years.

The ruling even banned her from seeking political office during the appeal process, meaning Le Pen may be blocked from the 2027 presidential election, which she currently stands as the undisputed frontrunner.

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VIDEO – MARK LEVIN – TYRANNY OF THE LEFTIST JUDGES

Sunday, March 30th, 2025

PLEASE WATCH QUICKLY BEFORE IT IS TAKEN DOWN

VIDEO – LIFE LIBERTY & LEVIN  SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2025
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON – THE TYRANNY OF THE LEFTIST JUDGES
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VIDEO – BRET BAIER INTERVIEWING ELON MUSK AND HIS DOGE TEAM

Friday, March 28th, 2025

 

VIDEO – BRET BAIER  OF FOX NEWS INTERVIEWING ELON MUSK AND HIS DOGE TEAM 
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