A guide to understanding the Russian psyche.

Too much of the Russian psyche is the belief that Russia is uniquely great and this greatness is defined by empire. Russia is the light of culture and should benevelonly spread its culture to its neighbors and to its already subordinated ethnicities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_w9qsi6efo

China’s new ethnic unity law comes into effect | Inside Story

Schools in China can no longer teach primarily in an ethnic language. Mandarin must be the primary language in all schools. China is more generally cracking down on ethnic minorities in its ethnic unity law.

China is a colonial empire that has conquered its land by force, and it is stepping up its forced assimilation of its formerly conquered peoples.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE2dDhCYTV8

Trump Rants: ‘Let Them Go Back to Where They Came From’

Somalis in Minnesota were involved in fraudulent welfare schemes that stole a buttload of money from the U.S. government. Minnesota state officials were getting wind of the crimes, but failed to act in part because they feared being called racist in the post-George Floyd environment. Instead of seriously thinking about how to crack down on such schemes, Trump responded by calling all Somalis trash and saying he doesn’t want any Somalis in the country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nWswQVRDx0

Why Afghanistan and Pakistan are fighting

A group in Pakistan with ties to the Taliban attacked Pakistan and want to give Pakistani territories to Afghanistan. Afghanistan doesn’t recognize the current border, which was drawn by the British and separates ethnic groups. Afghanistan’s other borders also separate groups, including Persians from Persia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0X2rqzKTgM

Supreme Court lifts restrictions on ‘roving’ ICE raids in Los Angeles

“The high court’s majority offered no explanation for its decision to grant the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to block the district judge’s order. However, Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote separately in support of the decision, saying it was reasonable to briefly question people who meet multiple “common sense” criteria for possible illegal presence — including employment in day labor or construction, and limited English proficiency.

The court’s three liberal justices dissented. ”

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/08/supreme-court-ice-raids-ruling-00550551

Can the U.S. Government Tell Chinese People Apart?

“Zheng Wei is a fairly common Chinese name. A tennis player, a movie director, an archaeologist, and multiple Chinese-American academics all share that name. So do an inventor at the consumer drone company DJI and a professor at China’s National University of Defense Technology.
And the U.S. government mixed up the last two people, with serious consequences, according to a recent lawsuit by DJI. The drone manufacturer is suing the U.S. Department of Defense for designating DJI as an arm of the Chinese military”

“Similarly, the Pentagon claimed that DJI software engineer Zhang Tao was listed on a patent for a temperature-sensing device designed by China’s Military Science Academy. Again, DJI provided a declaration from its own Zhang Tao stating that he is not the same person as the Military Science Academy’s Zhang Tao.”

https://reason.com/2024/10/28/can-the-u-s-government-tell-chinese-people-apart/