Tragedy, Anger, and a former-president missing the spotlight, we’ve got a lot to talk about. This episode features the song “https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Normcore (Aside)” by https://normcore.bandcamp.com/ (Normcore), available under a Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (Attribution 4.0 International) license. Links to this weeks stories : 00:10 Asian-American Murders 8 Dead, at the hands of gunman who accused the women of furthering his addiction to sex Caught alive, defended by the police officers who claimed it was a “rough day” for the perpetrator Further investigations showed anti-Asian posts and even sold merchandise originating on the police officer’s page Marches and vigils across the country remember the dead, and call for more restricted gun rights with a renewed highlight on racial injustice pertaining to the Asian community 09:16 Hard Stances on the Geopolitical Stage Biden accuses Putin of being a “Killer”. Putin fired back at the nuclear bombs dropped in Japan, and the Native American massacres as a whataboutism Biden had said the US had “rolled over” for the Russian government in the last administration and he would not further that mentality During a meeting in Anchorage, US and Chinese delegations met and traded public barbs Chinese officials claimed there was the “strong smell of gunpowder and drama” as US officials took aim at the aggressive authoritarian nature of Chinese ruling in the past few years Taiwan, Tibet, Hong Kong, and Xinjiang all stand out as sore spots in the talks, with both sides accusing each other of grandstanding 17:11 Trump Social Media Trump to return to social media on his own platform in some 2-3 months No details of how open or exclusive it will be, a paywall function is hinted at Likely to face similar challenges to Gab and Parler, with Twitter and Facebook monopolizing the market Support this podcast