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The Biden Administration Is Pursuing a Retread of Trump’s False Peace Plan
For decades, achieving a Middle East peace agreement — especially one equitable to the Palestinians — has eluded every U.S. administration, with each decade seeming to push it further from reality. The Trump administration’s solution, spearheaded by Donald Trump’s senior… Read More ›
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Uvalde Police Didn’t Move to Save Lives Because That’s Not What Police Do
Law enforcement authorities and other officials attend a press conference on May 26, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Photo: Eric Thayer/Getty Images The more details that emerge about how police responded to the massacre in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on… Read More ›
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The Brooklyn Hologram Studio Receiving Millions From the CIA
Last summer, Looking Glass Factory, a company based in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, revealed its latest consumer device: a slim, holographic picture frame that turns photos taken on iPhones into 3D displays. Linus Sebastian, an affable YouTube… Read More ›
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Lori Wallach on the Solar War With China
In March, the Commerce Department announced that it would be investigating Chinese solar firms suspected of illegally dumping low-cost panels onto the international market. Some of the same companies are also suspected of employing Uyghur forced labor in making their products…. Read More ›
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After Buffalo, Will Corporate America Turn Against the Murdochs and Fox News?
Rupert Murdoch, left, and his son Lachlan Murdoch in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 13, 2018. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images If your anger at Fox News is directed toward Tucker Carlson, you’re focusing on the symptom rather than… Read More ›
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Oklahoma’s Total Abortion Ban Will Mean Surveillance, Criminalization, and Chaos
In the waning days of their legislative session, Oklahoma lawmakers passed a bill Thursday that would immediately outlaw all abortion in the state. The bill is awaiting the signature of Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has vowed to sign any anti-abortion… Read More ›
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FBI Provides Chicago Police With Fake Online Identities for "Social Media Exploitation" Team
Brian Campbell couldn’t sleep. It was May 31, 2020, and demonstrations sparked by the murder of George Floyd were spreading around the world. Before going to bed, the Chicago Police Department officer had come across a tweet that appeared to show… Read More ›
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Military-Industrial Complex Is Itching to Send “Hunter-Killer” Drones to Ukraine
After failing to convince the Biden administration to ship NATO fighter jets to Ukraine, the military-industrial complex is now trying to coax the White House into sending unmanned fighter jets to counter Russia’s invasion. Kyiv reportedly met with the major… Read More ›
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Google and Amazon Face Shareholder Revolt Over Israeli Defense Work
Google and Amazon are both set to help build “Project Nimbus,” a mammoth new cloud computing project for the Israeli government and military that is spurring intense dissent among employees and the public alike. Shareholders of both firms will soon… Read More ›
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Overturning Roe v. Wade: "Irrational, Aggressive, and Extremely Dangerous"
Two weeks ago, Politico obtained a leaked draft of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the nearly 50-year-old ruling that acknowledged the constitutional right to abortion. Although this is the most egregious attack on reproductive rights, it… Read More ›