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Ending fascists’ grip on power not only requires voting them out, but replacing them with the right people.
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Government Can Spy On U.S. Journalists Using Invasive Foreign Intelligence Process
The U.S. government can monitor journalists under a foreign intelligence law that allows invasive spying and operates outside the traditional court system, according to newly released documents.
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Secret Rules Make It Pretty Easy for the FBI to Spy on Journalists
Secret FBI rules allow agents to obtain journalists’ phone records with approval from two internal officials — far less oversight than under normal judicial procedures.
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The Drone Papers, Part II: The Kill Chain
Secret military documents obtained by The Intercept offer rare documentary evidence of the process by which the Obama administration creates and acts on its kill list of terror suspects overseas.
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"A Line in the Sand" in Fight to Release Thousands of Photos of Prisoner Abuse
A federal judge is demanding that the government explain, photo-by-photo, why it can’t release hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of pictures showing detainee abuse by U.S. forces at military prison sites in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Here's what we still don't know about the U.S. drones program
Nearly six months ago, President Obama promised more transparency and tighter policies around targeted killings. How much has changed since then?
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Hearts, Minds and Dollars: Condolence Payments in the Drone Strike Age
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The Senate Report on CIA Interrogations You May Never See
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What Does the NDAA Really Authorize?
This year's military spending bill passed by the Senate says citizens can't be detained in the U.S. -- but concerns remain about the scope of detention powers.
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Gerontocracy endangers democracy.
One pressing question is how the worldwide outrage might, and could, spread to his other business interests, not least his largest interest: SpaceX.
There is a real human cost behind cold, calculated “efficiency.”
Musk's unelected role at the forefront of U.S. government, and his company's near monopolisation of satellite internet communications, increases his global political and economic power grab, and attacks on democracy.
A rug pull occurs when a ‘meme’ or ‘shit’ coin is created, investors pour in, and the price spikes — at which point the early stakeholders sell and tank the coin’s value, as happened with the $TRUMP token.
Ending fascists’ grip on power not only requires voting them out, but replacing them with the right people.
Gerontocracy endangers democracy.
One pressing question is how the worldwide outrage might, and could, spread to his other business interests, not least his largest interest: SpaceX.
There is a real human cost behind cold, calculated “efficiency.”
In many European countries, the far right holds or shares power. Democracy is in crisis.
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If Trump indeed tanks your 401(k) to make himself and his friends even richer, the opposition party should make that the centerpiece of their attack heading into next year’s election.
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Yarvin saw the “red pill” as the realization that the Enlightenment ideals he came to associate with “the cathedral” and democracy are actually a poison leading to societal decadence and decline.
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As the American public continues to publicly stand up to the administration, Trump’s grip on power will eventually slip.
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It is clear that authoritarian fascists, in the United States and elsewhere, do not want education that promotes critical thinking.
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There is a real human cost behind cold, calculated “efficiency.”
Musk's unelected role at the forefront of U.S. government, and his company's near monopolisation of satellite internet communications, increases his global political and economic power grab, and attacks on democracy.
