Palantir: The New Deep State
Specialists in surveillance, they’ve been hired by the Department of Defense, the FBI, ICE, and even Wendy’s. Now DOGE will likely hire Palantir as well.
Chornobyl Scientist Warns of a Toxic Future
Against the backdrop of war in Ukraine and the long shadow of a nuclear conflict, Dmitry Kalmykov debates our nuclear future
Appeals Court Says Trump 'Reducing the Rule of Law to Lawlessness'
Judge Harvey Wilkinson, a Ronald Reagan appointee, called the Abrego Garcia case "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
Bernie and AOC Electrify Democrats Who Want To Fight Trump
The New York Times
Bernie Sanders and his apparent heir, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have drawn enormous crowds on their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour. Sanders expresses confidence that anti-establishment anger could turn into something substantive for the left.
Trump Policy Poses Threat to Ukraine and Europe
Phillips’s Newsletter
Trump's plan for Ukraine seems to be reaching a tipping point. European states may soon be confronted with an entirely different war. They will either have to decisively support Ukraine or we could see an end to democratic Europe.
The Rise of End Times Fascism
The Guardian
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
How Your Brain Creates New Memories
The Conversation
New research reveals how, by following different rules in the process of learning, neurons can perform multiple functions in parallel. This may have implications for human health and society, including new ways to design artificial neural networks.
Unions Form Pro Bono Legal Network for Federal Workers Targeted by Trump
The New York Times
Organized labor has taken a leading role in challenging the Trump administration’s downsizing agenda in court. A new service will offer more individualized representation.
Common Sense in the Face of Danger
Poet Esther Kamkar unspools the story about the snake and the garden.
‘Infinite License’
The New York Review of Books
An Israeli-American historian of Holocaust and Genocide Studies covers the dynamic of a Jewish state that has thrived on Holocaust roots, how that legacy has been exploited becoming an apartheid state, a practitioner of genocide of Palestinians
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