Faith Leaders Collectively Raise Alarm as AI and Nuclear Weapons Systems Merge
By Jon Letman This article was originally published by Truthout As AI complicates nuclear threats, religious groups are doubling down on calls for disarmament. Eighty-one years after the U.S. dropped…
El Cid of the Left? Abdul El Sayed, Victor in Michigan Primary, Faces Racism over his Name
Juan Cole Informed Comment Hafiz Rasheed at The New Republic writes that the Democratic senatorial candidate for Michigan, Abdulrahman “Abdul” El Sayed, faced a barrage of racist attacks as soon…
Thin-Skinned And Heavy Handed, Trump Hypocrites Like Marco ‘McCarthy’ Rubio Wrong Again
Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. Wrong Both On Cuba and Where “Terrorism” is Coming From. Those Who Challenge and Protest U.S. Policies Are Not Terrorists, and They Are Certainly…
How the Epstein Network Is Privatizing The Government & Building Out The Surveillance State (w/Whitney Webb) | TCHR
Whitney Webb explains how Leslie Wexner privatized Ohio’s state government, and is using his position between the markets and the state to help the Thielverse build out the ‘Silicon Heartland.’…
Abdul El-Sayed Won: Revisiting the Democratic Establishment’s Medicare for All Problem
From Gavin Newsom in California to Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan, the debate over Medicare for All continues to expose the tension between campaign promises, corporate influence, and the political power…
By 60-Point Margin, Missouri Voters Reject GOP Push to Make Ballot Measures Harder to Pass
Voters also rejected an amendment that would have gradually eliminated the state’s income tax in what one Democratic mayor said would benefit the wealthy “while raising costs on hardworking families.”…
‘Organized People Can Beat Organized Money’: Lawrence Wins House Primary After Harnessing Opposition to Data Centers
Stephen Prager Common Dreams Dr. Abdul El-Sayed was not the only Michigan progressive to take down a well-funded establishment opponent in a Democratic primary on Tuesday night. In central Michigan’s…
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate Primary in Major Defeat for AIPAC, Establishment Democrats
Democracy Now Progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed has been declared the winner of Michigan’s closely watched Democratic Senate primary, narrowly beating out Congressmember Haley Stevens, according to the Associated Press and…
The Attention Engine
Media Manipulation, Institutional Decay, and the Strategy Behind Trump’s Grip on Power Nolan Higdon Substack “I don’t think there was an Iranian cyberattack. I think Minnesota ought to get its…
“Ceasefire” May Be the Official Headline, But in Gaza, We Face Constant Bombing
By Dalia Abu Ramadan This article was originally published by Truthout Being forced to repeatedly search for a place that feels safe when no such place exists is a form…
Livestream: Why Israel Has No “Right To Exist”
Eli Gerzon The Electronic Intifada Podcast Israel and Iran are unique for starkly different reasons: Israel has less of a right to exist than any other country, while Iran is…
McCarthyism in Massachusetts
Chris Brady The Electronic Intifada Times are tough for the academy. The message from Washington has been clear: the college campus is a new political battleground. Comply or lose federal…
Trump’s Federal Trade Commission Is Threatening to Punish Big Tech for “Woke AI”
As Elon Musk defends nude deepfakes, the FTC is moving to censor AI models trained to recognize historical injustices. By Mike Ludwig This article was originally published by Truthout As…
Whose AI? Whose Opposition?
Will reports of foreign influence campaigns be used to discredit valid criticisms of artificial intelligence? Andy Lee Roth Project Censored Opposition to local AI data centers is bipartisan, according to…
US DOJ Relying On Anonymous Israeli Intel Agent To Convict US Resident Of Oct 7 Participation
Max Blumenthal and Michelle Witte The Grayzone US prosecutors are accusing a legal permanent resident of Louisiana of participating in the October 7 attacks in Israel. Yet their case relies…