Power Line,
by
John Hinderaker
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12/31/2025 8:49:01 AM
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For years, we have been writing about the fact that China’s dominance of critical mineral mining and, especially, processing is a threat to our national security. It is also a scandal: we have plenty of minerals in the U.S., but we don’t mine them–or, at least, we don’t develop new mines to take advantage of our resources. Because environmentalists–the Democratic Party–won’t allow it. Thus, we have abdicated control over our economy and our children’s future to the Chinese Communist Party.
This chart, from a 2022 Power Line post, tells the story: To learn much more, check out Mission Impossible, by Debra Struhsacker and Sarah Montalbano.
Happily, there are some Democrats,