• Democracy • Disinformation • Europe • Russia

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    Olga Lautman

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    Published On: 12/07/2025

  • Disinformation • Economy

    The Dells’ $250 “Investment” Accounts for Kids Is Scammy Billionaire Philanthropy Theater

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    Dr. Stacey Patton

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    Published On: 12/06/2025

  • Artificial Intelligence • Corruption • Democracy • Technology

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  • Artificial Intelligence • Economy • Technology

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    Published On: 12/02/2025

  • Human Rights • Threat Management • Violence

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    Laura Flanders

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    Published On: 12/01/2025

  • Corruption • Democracy

    Why MAGA is coming apart at the seams

    Paul Waldman

    Public Notice

    Turns out they're not in it for Trump, they're in it for themselves.

    Published On: 11/28/2025

  • Corruption • Europe • Global • Russia

    Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine

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    The Wall Street Journal

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    Published On: 11/28/2025

  • Artificial Intelligence • Disinformation • Social Media

    Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation

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    The Guardian

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    Published On: 11/27/2025

  • Economy

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    The Hartmann Report

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    Published On: 11/26/2025

  • Corruption • Disinformation • Legal

    Trump’s FBI Spent Nearly $1 Million on Redacting Epstein Files

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    The New Republic

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    Published On: 11/26/2025

  • Democracy • Resistance

    Revolutionary Weather (and the Baboon in the Ruins)

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    Meditations in an Emergency

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    Published On: 11/25/2025

  • Health • Human Rights • Threat Management

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    The Guardian

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    Published On: 11/24/2025

  • Corruption • Disinformation • Journalism • Press Freedom • Resistance

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    Global Investigative Journalism Network

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    Published On: 11/21/2025

  • Democracy • Europe • Human Rights • Legal • Resistance

    My Afternoon With The Last Living Prosecutor of Nazi War Criminals

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    Michael Moore

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    Published On: 11/21/2025

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