Instead we’re going to get “D- All of the above.”

As has become a bit of a trend lately, they put the useful information in the subtitle so it it won’t get picked up by link aggregators…

Now, Microsoft Word will use the ‘merge formatting’ option by default.

Ahh, I see how it could be interpreted that way. I’ll just pretend this is asked in good faith, despite it being just an off-topic rhetorical jab at the state of the US government.

Why can’t they regulate capitalism when it comes to important shit.

The US government can do this (as opposed to your favored issues) for two reasons: 1) This is executive action by the Biden administration, not requiring Congress. 2) This is inherently uncontroversial, even popular. 81% of Americans have an unfavorable view of China. It is one of the few things Americans agree on with such strong bi-partisan support, thereby making China an easy punching-bag for campaign season.

Further, I would contest the assertion that the Biden administration isn’t also doing those other things, to the extent that is feasible, given the currently widely divided state of our government.

…This article is about the US government doing exactly that. Did you read anything other than the headline?

The US government has allegedly revoked Qualcomm’s and Intel’s licenses to sell chips to Huawei