The Israelis deployed StingRay mobile identity-catchers, devices that are mistaken for cell towers by cell phones, allowing them to capture the contents of calls and the mobile browser activity
Bolton never saw a war or military intervention he didn’t fall head over heels in love with
Trump is stealing $3.6 billion from 127 projects in the Defense Department budget that was constitutionally purposed by Congress, and using them unconstitutionally for 140 miles of his Great White Wall at the Mexico border
Historians belong in this debate, because our moment is world-historical, and only historians can set it in context
Saudi fighter-jets bombed a makeshift prison on a college campus in Dhamar, Yemen, south of the capital of Sana’a eight times on Sunday
The rate of increase in inequality in wealth holdings is even greater than that in income.
When once in 500 year events start happening several times a decade, then Something Big has Changed and they aren’t once in 500 year events any more
The Game-Changing Green New Deal
If our supposed 24-hour news channels can’t tell us about the truly central story for our lives, then they are pretty useless
Accuses Jewish American Democrats of Treason to Israel
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