There is nothing like hearing from those working to supplant freedom with totalitarianism that they, in fact, own significant influence among America’s elite. Not that it doesn’t already warm our little toes to have NBA branded tennis shoes made by slaves or anything.

The NY Post story all American patriots should read begins: A recently recorded lecture showing a Chinese Communist Party expert explaining how Beijing had “people at the top of America’s core inner circle” has found its way onto the internet in the United States after being censored in China.

The lecture, given by Di Dongsheng, vice dean of the School of International Relations at Renmin University, in late November also included references to President-elect Joe Biden’s son Hunter and his business dealings in the Communist country.

Speaking about what was pushing the Chinese to accelerate the reopening of their financial sectors, Di made the revelation that Beijing had a rarely discussed advantage in working with the US prior to the Trump administration.