• Journalism • Original • Press Freedom • Resistance • Safety • Social Media • Threat Management

    America’s Press Freedom is Under Attack

    Ron Williams

    Resistance Media

    The environment for press freedom in the United States is entering a perilous new phase. The attacks have been unprecedented, widespread and continue to escalate.

    Published On: 07/24/2025

  • Democracy • Legal • Threat Management

    The Truth Behind Trump’s “Arrest Obama” Distraction

    Jack Hopkins

    Jack Hopkins Now

    While MAGA melts down over Epstein, Trump gives the mob a chew toy—and lays the groundwork for something darker.

    Published On: 07/21/2025

  • Human Rights • Threat Management

    After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage

    Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser and Andrea Suozzo

    ProPublica

    A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.

    Published On: 07/01/2025

  • Democracy • Threat Management

    Martial Law Explained

    Tim Lau, Joseph Nunn

    Brennan Center for Justice

    Martial law has been declared more than 60 times in U.S. history, mostly by state and local officials. However, the concept has no established definition.

    Published On: 06/09/2025

  • Recommended • Safety • Threat Management

    Trump’s Nuclear Power Obsession

    Karl Grossman and Harvey Wasserman

    CounterPunch

    Yet while prices and production times for renewable sources plummet, Trump and his anti-green minions have been vigorously assaulting the wind, solar and other green energy technologies.

    Published On: 06/06/2025

  • Democracy • Featured • Threat Management

    ‘Nonprofit Killer’ Pulled From GOP Tax Bill—For Now

    Brett Wilkins

    Common Dreams

    "Because authoritarians love using censorship to silence opposition, it's likely gonna keep rearing its head," warned one rights group.

    Published On: 05/19/2025

  • Technology • Threat Management

    DOGE’s data “panopticon” pales compared to what’s next

    Nicole Schneidman

    If you can keep it

    If state governments surrender their datasets, there’s no telling how they could be abused

    Published On: 05/12/2025

  • Featured • Recommended • Technology • Threat Management

    Jury orders NSO to pay $167 million for hacking WhatsApp

    Dan Goodin

    arstechnica

    “Turns out regular people don't like companies that help dictators hack dissidents.”

    Published On: 05/07/2025

  • Legal • Threat Management

    If leaders stay silent, the US won’t survive Trump’s next 100 days

    Robert Reich

    The Guardian

    We are tottering on the edge of dictatorship. Powerful voices across institutions, from politics to academia and religion, must speak out

    Published On: 04/30/2025

  • Exile • Safety • Threat Management

    Meet the new American refugees fleeing across state lines

    Ed Pilkington

    The Guardian

    Americans have often moved between states for opportunities. Now they’re being forced to uproot themselves to escape hostile forces under Trump

    Published On: 04/24/2025

  • 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

  • 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

  • Democracy • Technology • Threat Management

    Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats

    Stephanie Kirchgaessner

    The Guardian

    Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’

    Published On: 03/01/2025

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    The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food

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    America on the Brink

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    America: The Best and Worst of Everything

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