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MAGA’s Foundational Lie
The movement claims to stand with the police. Trump’s decision to pardon the cop-beaters of January 6 exposed his movement for what it is. Related: he wants you to forget it happened
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Jan 61 min read
Brookings perspective on the current U.S. escapades in South America
Go to multifaceted think tank report
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Jan 61 min read
The semi-autonomous, lethal, A.I. drone is born
I n the past year, drone warfare in Ukraine has undergone a chilling transformation.
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Jan 51 min read
U.S. leads the world into a geopolitical Wild West
Here, might makes right, and laws and rules fall away.
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Jan 51 min read
Why Universities Can’t Be Neutral
After the Oct. 7 attacks, campus groups pressured trustees to adopt policies enforcing ‘institutional neutrality’. But it is an elusive and illusory goal. Somewhat related
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Jan 51 min read
ALBERT EINSTEIN’S BRILLIANT POLITICS
The physicist fought for the promise of a diverse, meritocratic America. We need his optimism today.
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Jan 41 min read
George, Donald, Don, Sisyphus and me (UII w/Claude)
DM Good day to you. Did George Bush seek counsel or approval from other branches of our Republic prior, or immediately thereafter, in his Panama invasion and removable of its leader? Good day, Sciart. This is a substantive question about executive war powers and the constitutional tension between branches during the Panama intervention. Let me lay out what happened. The Short Answer President George H.W. Bush did not seek prior Congressional approval before launching Opera
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Jan 410 min read
It’s One of U.S. Most Successful Experiments, ...and It’s Coming to an End
Immigrants are questioning if they have a place in the U.S.
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Jan 31 min read
Cancel Culture’s Boomerang Effect
How we got to a place where free speech means whatever group wants to say
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Jan 11 min read
Facts vs. Clicks: How Algorithms Reward Extremism
Galaxy Brain ’s Charlie Warzel joins David Frum to discuss how our online information became so untrustworthy and how we can fight back. Plus: Why America’s Founding Fathers would be appalled by Trump 250 years later, and Edward Berenson’s The Trial of Madame Caillaux .
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Jan 11 min read
ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans for hires
A strategy document shared among immigration officials details plans to use influencers and geo-targeted ads to supercharge their push to hire thousands of deportation officers nationwide.
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Dec 31, 20251 min read
Where Drones Drop Dead and GPS Goes Haywire
NATO militaries and startups aim to tackle the unique challenges of fighting in the Arctic, as the risk of conflict there increases Quick Summary Modern warfare technology, like drones and robots, faces significant challenges in the Arctic due to extreme cold, magnetic storms, and navigation difficulties. During a seven-nation polar exercise, U.S. military vehicles broke down after 30 minutes, and $20,000 night-vision optics failed in minus 40 degree Fahrenheit conditions. Th
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Dec 31, 20251 min read
THE NEW RASPUTINS
Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe. Related
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Dec 31, 20251 min read
A Shrimper, a Carmaker, a Lawyer: How the World Tackled U.S. Trade War
Six stories that show how real people and companies are rapidly adjusting to the new rules of trade
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Dec 31, 20251 min read
How the internet changed news, according to The Onion
You can learn about media by parodying it from the print era into the digital age.
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Dec 30, 20251 min read
The Plan That Foretold Trump's 2025, and Far Beyond.
Reviewing Project 2025’s year of successes and shortcomings Related: The Trump Administration’s Most Paralyzing Blow to Science Related: How Social Security has gotten worse under Trump
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Dec 30, 20251 min read
Pondering Jonathan Rauch's "Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth" (UII w/Claude)
Good morning Claude. What are your perspectives and criticisms regarding Rauch's latest book: "Constitution of Knowledge: In Defense of Truth?" Good morning, Sciart. What I find valuable: Rauch articulates something important—that liberal epistemology functions as a kind of operating system requiring shared commitments: No final say (fallibilism), no personal authority (claims must survive public challenge), and no special dispensations. His framing of "reality-based communi
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Dec 28, 202510 min read
Without free markets, American conservatism comes apart
Battles among think tanks on the right demonstrate the vitality of free markets as a U.S. value.
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Dec 24, 20251 min read
Producing a new nuclear missile for the Navy would leave us less safe
The president's new battleship should not carry nukes
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Dec 24, 20251 min read
The Idea That Once Held America Together Died in 2025
In a year when the United States seemed more split than ever, Americans united in one way: We demanded results and we wanted them now.
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Dec 24, 20251 min read
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