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Democracy • Legal
Is Trump preparing to invoke the Insurrection Act? Signs are pointing that way
Brett Wagner
San Francisco Chronicle
A joint Department of Defense and Homeland Security report will soon recommend whether or not to invoke the Insurrection Act over illegal migration
Published On: 03/05/2025
Canada • Democracy
‘A scary place’: Jason Stanley on leaving Trump’s America
Stuart Braun
DW
Philosopher Jason Stanley is among several critics of US President Donald Trump who have left Yale University, and the United States, to work and live in Canada. He equates the new leadership with "fascism."
Published On: 03/04/2025
Democracy • Technology
The Plot Against America
Mike Brock
notesfromthecircus.com
Teams of young tech operatives are systematically dismantling democratic institutions and replacing them with proprietary artificial intelligence systems. Civil servants who raise legal objections are being removed. Government databases are being migrated to private servers. Decision-making power is being transferred from elected officials and career bureaucrats to algorithms controlled by a small network of Silicon Valley elites.
Published On: 02/08/2025
Social Media • Threat Management
Amid Meta Policy Changes, Neo-Nazis Monetize Hate on Instagram
Global Project Against Hate and Extremism
globalextremism.org
In this new more permissive online environment, an investigation by the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) has discovered neo-Nazi activity flourishing on Instagram, including degrading hate speech, antisemitic conspiracism, and even Nazi symbols being used to sell merchandise.
Published On: 02/06/2025
Democracy • Economy
Peter Thiel and the American Apocalypse
Dave Troy
The Washington Spectator
In May, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced H.R. 8421, the “Federal Reserve Abolition Act” which aims to “abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and the Federal Reserve banks” and repeals the 1913 Federal Reserve Act, the law that created the Federal Reserve System. ...This bill, as designed, would end the current dollar system and introduce a new financial system rooted in a gold-backed dollar and cryptocurrencies.
Published On: 07/30/2024
Democracy • Technology
The Four Billionaire Techno-Oligarchs Creating an Alternate, Autocratic Reality
Jonathan Taplin
Vanity Fair
In an excerpt from his new book, The End of Reality, the author warns about the curses of AI and transhumanism, presenting the moral case against superintelligence.
Published On: 08/22/2023
Journalism • Press Freedom • Safety
Equally Safe
Jennifer Robinson, Dr Keina Yoshida
Article 19
What might a feminist approach to the protection of journalists look like? What concrete benefits might it bring? And could it provide solutions to the well-documented – and highly gendered – abuse that women journalists face every day?
Published On: 05/03/2022
Recommended • Social Media • Technology
Yuval Noah Harari Is Worried About Our Souls
Steve Paulson
Nautilus
Are you saying this loss of individual control is feeding the breakdown of democracy?
Well, two things are happening at the same time. First of all, we’ve gained the ability to hack human beings. If you believe in free will, you will say this is impossible. Nobody can know me better than I know myself. Nobody can predict my choices or manipulate my desires, because they are a reflection of my free will, of my free spirit. But then you become the easiest person to hack and to manipulate.
Published On: 12/26/2018
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