Melissa Chen

One day, I hope @MrWinMarshall will no longer be defined by or asked about his cancelation from his band; and that the experience of leaving something he loved so much in order to be free, would be the least interesting thing about him. Until that day.. 👇

The latest bust in America's endless whack-a-mole game against Chinese tech theft: Three insiders at Super Micro Computer (SMCI) - a key supplier of high-end AI servers loaded with restricted Nvidia chips - got nailed for scheming to illegally ship cutting-edge US AI tech straight to China, dodging export controls. The accused are: - Yih Shyan "Wally" Liaw (Co-founder) - Ruei-Twang "Steven" Chang - Ting-Wei "Willy" Sun They allegedly used fake documents, dummy servers, and convoluted transshipment tricks to hide that the real end destination was China They should face the full weight of the law to disincentivize anyone from planning sanctions-evasion schemes

@Arkypatriot You are right - she is breaking a cultural taboo. Which is why this is so genuine. Somewhere up there, Shinzo is smiling.

This is so adorable. I thought the Japanese Prime Minister would bow. Instead she ran for a hug from the president,

@GranTorinoDSA Just gay? Or fake and gay?

I spoke to Charlie Kirk a month before he died and he told me you were gay.

@Sky18Sam @bdomenech Kim’s face when he got fat shamed was priceless 😂

@MsMelChen @bdomenech “So that we look nice and thin.” The best of the best. The others don’t even compete.

Iconic moments in Trump diplomacy You think he won’t really go there but then he does

@Litschick Oh my god I forgot about the German one !!!! Adding to my collection 😂😂😂

@MsMelChen Can’t forget these gems

Announcing this "intelligence assessment" that China "is not planning to invade Taiwan by 2027" is completely pointless. "Currently no plan" means NOTHING in a system where one man can order the ships to sail tomorrow if there's a window of opportunity. The real Chinese clock isn't 2027, although the symbolism of the 100th anniversary of the PLA is nice. It's whenever capability meets opportunity meets perceived weakness, triggered by some unknown escalating factor. Nobody in history has ever reliably nailed the exact timing of a major invasion years out. Plans in Beijing can flip in weeks based on economics, US elections, domestic purges, or a sudden window of opportunity. Bear in mind also the information warfare landscape. China's Taiwan play has always been to weaponize ambiguity as the CCP has always preferred "peaceful" coercion first through economic strangulation, cognitive ops, and constant military harassment to wear Taiwan (and the world) down. This "no 2027 invasion" assessment lets Xi keep building the amphibious fleet, hypersonics, and blockade tools without triggering panic-level Western rearmament. It buys breathing room while China's economy wobbles and PLA purges expose readiness gaps. Beijing's strategy doesn't resemble a Normandy-style landing; it's more death by a thousand cuts until resistance collapses. So don't let this fool you that the urgency is gone. Yes, recent PLA house-cleaning and economic and demographic headwinds affect the window, as do recent US actions in Venezuela and Iran. My guess is that the window has been delayed, but the tail risk has increased. This report risks lulling Congress, markets, and allies into underestimating the adversary's willingness to roll the dice. It's a pretext for policy makers to ease off the Taiwan arms packages, slow AUKUS, and chase trade deals. Tl;dr: This report conveys no useful information. Nothing has changed about the fundamentals. The threat is still driven by Xi's ideology and quest for legacy and China's military trajectory.

@JoshuaSteinman Wait wtf ?!

Lived through this, it was insane. Glad the truth has finally come to light.

@Ryanair I don't know who runs this account but this person is worth his weight in gold

nobody wants this

@kangminlee This guy is my spirit animal

Who is this legend ChingChongChinaMan

@Simon42069F “Bro she’s not interested!”

@MsMelChen No harm in asking 😄.

you miss 100% of the shots you don't take 🤷

@RandoManBro Yes I give them props for trying 😂

@MsMelChen I respect the hustle but they're coping at this point.

I went to an Applebees for the first time. It was in Wisconsin. Ordered a latte. Black waitress (she was on the large side) literally gave me the eye, pursed her lips, and said: “Ma’am this is an Applebees” She literally did the meme! I was totally exposed as a coastal libtard elite

@MsMelChen So an Applebees in Maryland then.

This is either going to be a douchebag quarantine zone or the best group chat brought to life No in between

@FaygoRedPop2023 So just like a crypto bar

@MsMelChen I'm going with douchebag quarantine room. This is sports betting politics.

@redsteeze There will be no simping at this bar Someone said this was basically a gay bar but only with straight guys on their phones 😂

@MsMelChen "Hey, my friend over there said there's a 41% chance of me getting your number for him."