• Democracy • Press Freedom • Threat Management

    What to Expect When You’re Expecting Catastrophe

    Laurie Winer

    Thinking About

    Magical thinking is far from new. Adolf Hitler came to power amid similar lies and conspiracy theories. We should know where that leads. And, while MAGA may ignore the mountains of books written on fascism, the rest of us are not in the dark about what comes next.

    Published On: 03/13/2025

  • Democracy • Technology

    Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’

    BY MAKENA KELLY, DAVID GILBERT, VITTORIA ELLIOTT, KATE KNIBBS, DHRUV MEHROTRA, DELL CAMERON, TIM MARCHMAN, LEAH FEIGER, AND ZOË SCHIFFER

    wired.com

    Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI.

    Published On: 03/13/2025

  • Democracy

    Why We Need a Progressive Shadow Cabinet to Counter Trump

    Sarah van Gelder

    How We Rise, with Sarah

    A shadow cabinet appointed by “we the people” would show us what it would mean to have a government who put American families ahead of the enrichment of billionaires.

    Published On: 03/13/2025

  • Journalism • Press Freedom

    The Campaign to Silence Journalists & Undermine Free Speech

    Tonya Mosely

    Fresh Air

    In his book Murder the Truth, author David Enrich explores how Justice Thomas' words coincide with a surge in legal threats and litigation against journalists and media outlets.

    Published On: 03/11/2025

  • Canada • Safety

    American family seeks asylum in Canada, citing Trump

    Dalson Chen and Jacob Barker

    CBC News

    A family from Illinois is anxiously awaiting a decision from a Canadian tribunal as they seek asylum north of the border, claiming that America's politics have made them feel unsafe. Kaitlyn and Ted Berg say they made the recent decision to uproot their children as they witnessed the fallout of November's presidential election.

    Published On: 03/11/2025

  • Technology • Threat Management

    Hegseth halts cyber operations against Russia, adding to an ugly pattern

    Steve Benen

    Maddow Blog

    Late last week, a publication called The Record, which focuses on news related to cybersecurity, published a report that seemed hard to believe. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the outlet reported, “ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.”

    Published On: 03/10/2025

  • Safety • Threat Management

    Mutual Aid

    SCOT NAKAGAWA

    The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook

    Mutual aid is a form of collective care in which communities come together to share resources, provide for one another’s needs, and build systems of support independent of the state or corporate entities.

    Published On: 03/10/2025

  • Safety • Threat Management

    Taking Heart

    Robert Reich

    Robert Reich Substack

    A few people I know are coping by remaining in denial. They continue to normalize what’s happening in the familiar terms of Republican versus Democrat, right versus left, conservative versus liberal or progressive.

    Published On: 03/09/2025

  • Social Media • Technology

    Move Fast and Destroy Democracy

    Kara Swisher

    The Atlantic

    Silicon Valley’s titans have decided that ruling the digital world is not enough.

    Published On: 03/09/2025

  • Democracy • Technology

    ‘Startup Nation’ Groups Say They’re Meeting Trump Officials to Push for Deregulated ‘Freedom Cities’

    CAROLINE HASKINS AND VITTORIA ELLIOTT

    Wired

    Trey Goff, the chief of staff of the startup nation known as Próspera, tells WIRED that he and other Próspera representatives working under an advocacy group called the Freedom Cities Coalition have been meeting with the Trump administration about the idea in recent weeks. He claims the administration has been very receptive. In 2023, Trump floated the idea of creating 10 freedom cities. Now, Goff says that Próspera’s vision is to create “not just 10, but as many as the market can handle.”

    Published On: 03/07/2025

  • Journalism • Press Freedom

    Shattered by a perfect storm: How Trump’s cuts are crippling journalism beyond the United States

    Gretel Kahn, Marina Adami, Eduardo Suárez

    Reuters Institute

    Before Trump’s inauguration, the US government supported independent journalism in more than 30 countries. Most of this funding was channelled through USAID. According to a USAID factsheet recently mentioned by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and now taken offline, the agency funded training and support for 6,200 journalists and assisted 707 outlets.

    Published On: 03/07/2025

  • Democracy • Economy

    Peter Thiel is betting on the apocalypse

    JULES EVANS

    Ecstatic Integration

    An emerging alliance between Tech, the Pentagon and the Christian Right

    Published On: 03/07/2025

  • Corruption • Legal

    Trump’s Biggest Corruption is Flying Under the Radar

    Chris Murphy

    Chris Murphy's Substack

    It’s all just a shameless scheme for Trump to legalize large scale bribery, and shockingly, very few people seem to have taken notice.

    Published On: 03/07/2025

  • Democracy

    Is Trump preparing to invoke the Insurrection Act? Signs are pointing that way

    Brett Wagner

    San Francisco Chronicle

    The clock is ticking down on a crucial but little-noticed part of President Donald Trump’s first round of executive orders — the one tasking the secretaries of the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security to submit a joint report, within 90 days, recommending “whether to invoke the Insurrection Act.”

    Published On: 03/05/2025

  • 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

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