On Friday’s Washington Week with The Atlantic, moderator Jeffrey Goldberg devoted 14 minutes -- over half the show’s 22-minute discussion time -- to the East Wing demolition undertaken by President Trump, using private funding, in order to build a much-needed White House ballroom. After the introduction, where Goldberg complained “President Trump this week took a wrecking ball to the East Wing of the White House, and in so doing, obliterated the line between metaphor and literal reality,” he did an extended bit on the demolition, riffing like a weathercaster in front of the now-outdated Washington Week backdrop. JEFFREY GOLDBERG: I want to start with an apology. We pride ourselves here in our accuracy, but we realized very late in the day that our backdrop is no longer correct because it still features the East Wing of the White House. Let me show you where it used to be. So, this right here, that was the that was the East Wing. Now it's a hole. That's just a hole next to the White House over here. That's the West Wing that's still standing, as far as we know, although I'm not there right now to prove it. Then he decided to play comedian about the screen behind him: "In the back here, you got the -- that's the Empire State Building. And over there that's LAX. And also we have we got a cold front moving in from Ohio. So, break out your sweaters." He even said he would fix things when PBS gets their government funding back.  Then the tongue-in-check segment ended. When Goldberg returned to the roundtable things got deadly serious. PETER BAKER, Chief White House Correspondent, The New York Times: Washington's a historic city. And if you try to change your door or your front yard in a lot of different parts of the city, you would have to go through a whole, big, bureaucratic process that would take months and months and months. Not if you're president of the United States, it turns out. You just call a demolition company from Maryland, you get them down there and whack away without tell anybody or asking. Before criticizing Trump’s "unilateral decision," Baker admitted that he has a point: “It's true, the State Dining Room only seats about 140 people, and presidents in the last few years have been using the South Lawn, putting a big cathedral tent there because it isn't big enough -- fair enough.” Toluse Olorunnipa, who works for Goldberg at The Atlantic, lamented seeing the East Wing (which lacks the historical heft of the West Wing) “defaced and deconstructed in a matter of three days was really shocking to the conscience of a lot of people.” When Goldberg asked his employee to explain why Congress wasn’t rebelling over Trump’s architectural atrocity, Olorunnipa considered “the 250 years of this country's history going back to the Declaration of Independence,” and complained Republicans weren’t speaking out against their own president. When Goldberg asked Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, “What does that sort of thing do to the presidency itself?” Ignatius responded with saddened contempt. DAVID IGNATIUS: It demeans. It takes it to a level of vulgarity and crassness. You know, it demeans our country in the eyes of the world. I find more and more of my friends from other countries look at this behavior with a kind of revulsion, it's just, it's not the America that they understand, but it's just not -- it's not appropriate behavior. New York Times columnist Ross Douthat marshaled arguments in favor of Trump’s move: “Why Trump’s East Wing Demolition Needed to Happen.” No doubt there was a more careful and sensitive way to pursue the project. But exquisite care and sensitivity are part of the reason that, in so many liberal-leaning jurisdictions, apartment towers, power plants and high-speed rail lines vanish into developmental limbo. It’s just a small example of why Trump’s bull-in-a-china-shop approach appeals; the president’s eagerness to pre-empt objections and just do something that seems necessary is part of why voters find him attractive. It's an alternative point of view, and not even a particularly pro-Trump one, that is nonetheless absent from the Jeffrey Goldberg scheme that is Washington Week.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has rolled out a new citizenship test that is now being criticized as too difficult for immigrants to pass — with some saying the difficulty may deter those looking for legal citizenship.Applicants will be asked 20 questions out of a pool of 128 questions and must get 12 correct to pass.The Washington Post compiled a 10-question quiz based on the newly revamped test, and Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck decided to test it out.“Who wrote the Declaration of Independence,” the first question reads, with a multiple choice set of potential answers including "A) Benjamin Franklin, B) John Adams, C) Thomas Jefferson," and "D) George Washington."“It’s multiple choice?” Glenn asks, shocked, before answering firmly, “Thomas Jefferson.”The second question is “Name a power that is only for the federal government,” which Glenn again gets right. The answers provided were “A) Print paper money, B) Declare war, C) Make treaties, or D) All of the above.” The answer was D).The third question is “What amendment says all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are U.S. citizens,” which Glenn also gets correct as the 14th Amendment.The rest of the questions — “The American Revolution had many important events, name one”; “Why were 'The Federalist Papers' important?”; “James Madison is famous for many things, name one”; “When did all women get the right to vote?”; “Why did the United States enter the Persian Gulf War?”; “Name one example of an American innovation”; and “What is Memorial Day?” — were fairly simple, though a couple of them had Glenn and BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere slightly stumped.“When did all women get the right to vote” had two answers in the multiple choice that Stu admits he had to guess on, as their right to vote was voted on in 1919 but wasn’t passed until 1920.“This is a trick question,” Glenn says. “Cause I think the vote happened in 1919 or at least it started ... but I think it finalized in 1920.”“I would’ve guessed 1920, but I will be honest with you, total guess,” Stu agrees, guessing right.“This is the type of thing, like what does this have to do with citizenship?” he asks.“Why are the dates the important thing? It’s the story. It’s what’s behind the story. The range of dates in a 12-year period to me makes no difference,” he adds.Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

China has developed multiple ways to avoid using a global positioning system — if it needs to — in the event it launches an attack on the West's systems.Using a combination of Cold War-era technology and advanced GPS methodology, China — in conjunction with other American adversaries — has insulated itself from attacks on its systems in order to achieve an operational edge for its most crucial technologies.'The United States and a lot of our Western allies are kind of uniquely vulnerable right now.'GPS provides the required background for telecommunications networks, electric grids, banking systems, and also mass transport. In addition, it guides precision munitions and military equipment, while providing conventional navigation for the average person in their car or smartphone.Aiden Buzzetti, president of the pro-America nonprofit Bull Moose Project, told Return in an exclusive interview that the United States is out in the open in terms of a potential GPS-related attack."We know that the Russians jam GPS ... in the Baltics, the commercial flights in Sweden and Finland, and that general region will run into issues because of GPS interference by the Russians," Buzzetti told Return. "The North Koreans do it, too. Basically all of the the main adversaries of the United States in some way or another practice GPS jamming. Whether it's Iran going after bases ... it's a pretty consistent theme across the board."Because of this ongoing threat, China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia have all built a layer of protection surrounding their use of GPS."The United States and a lot of our Western allies are kind of uniquely vulnerable right now," Buzzetti explained. "We rely a lot on the satellite signals, but in their own countries, they've been using some older technologies, some Cold War-era technologies and then newer terrestrial technologies to make sure that they're not vulnerable to the same kind of attacks that we are."The technology Buzzetti is referring to ranges from unique and seemingly outdated to complex and futuristic.RELATED: America doesn’t need to copy the Chinese. We need to beat them. Your browser does not support the video tag. Aiden Buzzetti, president of the Bull Moose Project In a report about securing the U.S. 5G network and GPS infrastructure, Bull Moose wrote that enemies of the state have been hard at work "future-proofing" their positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities.The same countries have engaged in "navigation warfare," the document alleges, but have continuously implemented the following systems to give themselves a decisive strategic edge in electronic warfare:Loran-C radio navigation network This radio navigation system, first implemented in the 1950s, uses a receiver to determine its position by listening to low-frequency radio signals transmitted by radio beacons.Operating at 100 kHz, China has continued its ongoing usage and integrated its systems with South Korea's and Russia's to create the regional Far East Radio Navigation Service, established in 1989.Simply put, Loran-C is an old radio system that ships and planes use to calculate distance through the help of signals from radio towers.Inertial navigation systems/quantum positioningThese systems use motion sensor and a computer to continuously calculate position based off a previously determined fixed point. In quantum positioning for example, gyroscopes and accelerometers are used to determine velocity and orientation without the use of external signals, unlike a GPS.Gyroscopes measure angular velocity, while an accelerator measures the proper acceleration of an object, meaning how fast an object is speeding up or slowing down.RELATED: 'Smart bed' customers rage, rig aquarium coolers as Amazon outage overheats their mattresses A cell tower for 5G network among buildings is pictured on January 1, 2021 in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China. Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images LEO satellitesIn addition to these methods, China has significantly increased its use of low-Earth orbit satellites, launching dozens at a time as recently as this summer, along with launches dating back to 2024. The result is now a network of LEO satellites that provides faster communication (internet), surveillance capabilities, and support for GPS systems that are much harder to jam than medium Earth orbit GPS signals.Essentially, they could be considered China's version of Starlink."China is ensuring that no single point of failure can knock out its navigation capabilities," Buzzetti said, adding that if the United States does not work to shore up its systems, it could be vulnerable to attacks that take down entire categories of essential infrastructure. Because China has been diligent in ensuring it does not rely on GPS, he suggested, the United States should re-examine the companies that lobby and work within the United States on communications projects and, where necessary, abandon them.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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