Analysis

His attacks on California’s ongoing vote count are really about challenging the November midterms results.

How Malicious AI Swarms Could Steal the Midterms

Some tech observers think that the Palantir overlord sees the end times coming, but his real motivation is likely much more mundane and self-interested.

Why the midterms will be won or lost at the community level—and what that means for how we organize now.

Convicted of fraud, money-laundering or insurrection? No Problem.

A new law makes clear that corporations derive their powers from states, and they don’t necessarily include the right to spend on elections.

The generations that defeated fascism in the 1770s, 1860s, and 1940s understood something simple but profound: democracy survives only if ordinary people are willing to defend it. Are we today?

What Wall Street Won’t Tell You About the SpaceX Initial Public Offering.

From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that insiders say they feel like “he is the commander in chief.”

The world’s continued dependence on fossil fuels is at the heart of every aspect of this emerging polycrisis - driving oil wars, climate destruction and famine.

There is another set of files, that if made public, could finally and fully explode this coverup and bring the proverbial walls tumbling down. They are sitting in the US Treasury Department and being withheld by Secretary Scott Bessent.

Palantir is designing the infrastructure of repression — and telling us why.

All parts of the media — news media, social media, entertainment media — play a decisive role in how humanity confronts the climate challenge.

Indigenous wisdom offers a diagnosis of what ails our world — and understanding it is the first step toward a cure.

And how I got permanently banned from X.