Alert: Meta’s new AI is skilled at a ruthless, power-seeking game
The model is adept at forethought, negotiation and trickery. One expert called it “super scary.”
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8 Reasons Why Now Is a Good Time for a Ukraine Ceasefire and Peace Talks
Along with faith-based leaders worldwide, we are calling for a Christmas Truce as the holiday season presents “a much-needed...
read moreAlert: War Industry Looks Forward to “Multiyear Authority” in Ukraine
Next year’s defense authorization envisions pouring billions in no-bid contracts into the U.S. war machine’s “industrial base.”...
read moreThe West Seeks War, Not Peace
“The collective West” does not want peace for Ukraine. Instead it wants war in a bid to “bleed Russia”. It seems clear that the West...
read moreRalph Nader: Message to Chuck and Nancy: Use the Lame Duck for People!
The Democrats have one “last clear chance” to present an agenda that will benefit the American people where they live,...
read moreThe Fed’s Response to Rising Inflation Protects the Wealthy at Workers’ Expense
Leftist economists Gerald Epstein and Robert Pollin offer an alternative vision for how to combat rising inflation....
read morePutting ‘Profits Over People’, Senate Rejects Paid Sick Leave for Rail Workers
“Senate Republicans and Joe Manchin have yet AGAIN failed working Americans by voting down seven days of paid sick leave for...
read moreThe Corruption of the Legal Profession
A nation in which victims of wrongs by the powerful must endure endless scorched-earth legal tactics to seek justice is a different...
read moreDid some of our federal police conspire to overthrow the United States?
Why didn’t federal police, investigative, and military agencies act when they knew full well in advance that an armed mob was coming...
read moreAlert: San Francisco Votes to Let Police Robots Kill With Explosives
In the near future, police in San Francisco may be able to deploy robots armed with explosives and instruct them to kill a human...
read more‘We Must Cancel Student Debt,’ Activists Argue as SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Case in February
“We must cancel student debt,” the NAACP tweeted. “The Biden administration did their part in taking the first...
read moreA Rare Inside Look at Our Corrupt Supreme Court
Rob Schenck, the evangelical pastor turned spymaster, has unearthed how the high court really works and highlights the need for...
read moreBiden’s Iran Envoy: Sanctions Are ‘Not the Answer’
Robert Malley on the stalled nuclear deal and Washington’s plan to help Iran’s protesters.
read morePentagon Fails Another Audit, Yet Congress Poised to Approve $847 Billion Budget
“This isn’t using our taxpayer dollars wisely,” said the National Priorities Project. “It’s robbing...
read moreUS is failing to address ‘persistent and lethal threat’ of domestic terrorism, report finds
Federal government has continued to focus ‘disproportionately’ on international terrorist threats despite spate of racist shootings...
read moreThere is a smoking gun proving Trump knew he lost
It turns out there is a document proving that Trump knew he lost the election.
read moreThe Greenwashing Scam Behind COP27’s Flop
carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is a disastrously bad idea, as several studies have documented. It’s a largely unproven...
read moreU.S. gun death rates hit highest levels in decades, study says
The research is one of the most comprehensive analyses of American gun deaths in years.
read moreBob Woodward: Oath Keepers convictions puts new pressure on DOJ to indict Trump
“It gives them a strong basis,” Woodward said. “I think we are now at this point that the Justice Department, the...
read more‘A form of self-destruction’: Japan weighs up plan to expand nuclear power
Japan’s prime minister is pushing for as many as 17 nuclear reactors to be switched back on, more than a decade on from the meltdown...
read more‘I thought he was going to beat me’: Ex-Herschel Walker girlfriend comes forward with damning new allegations
“A former longtime girlfriend of Republican senatorial candidate Herschel Walker has come forward to detail a violent episode with...
read moreThe Daily Show nails it again: Watch the terrifying mashup of Nick Fuentes and Fox News
A brilliant new video from The Daily Show mashes together clips of Nick Fuentes alongside the likes of equally deplorable figures...
read moreWorld AIDS Day 2022 Focuses on Racial Inequalities
while we know that the epidemic moves along the fault lines of race, class, gender and sexual orientation, homophobia, stigma, and...
read moreIn loss for Trump, appeals court rules to scrap special master review of Mar-a-Lago documents
An appeals court on Thursday ruled to scrap the appointment of a special master to review documents seized from former President...
read moreLula Aims to Create New Federal Police Unit to Curb Environmental Crimes in Brazil
“Reverting the destruction from the past administration and taking meaningful action to protect the Amazon and the climate must...
read moreHuman rights defender Issa Amro detained after documenting violent attack by Israeli soldiers
On the evening of 28 November 2022, Israeli forces arrested human rights defender Issa Amro. The arrest of the human rights defender...
read moreHow the Supreme Court Is Erasing Consequential Decisions in the Lower Courts
The Supreme Court is increasingly setting aside legally significant decisions from the lower courts as if they had never happened,...
read moreOne Hundred Days of Gustavo Petro: Colombia Is Finally Changing
Gustavo Petro promised a change, and he is achieving it. One hundred days after his inauguration ceremony in Bogota’s Bolivar Square,...
read moreRep. Scott Peters’ Pharma Ties Complicate Bid To Lead Conservative Democrat Caucus
Kuster’s allies and advocates for affordable prescription drugs are shining a light on Peters’ role as a prominent obstacle to...
read moreEvidence Grows of Left-Wing Twitter Purge Directed by Musk
“Elon Musk appears to have outsourced decisions about who to ban from Twitter to the platform’s right-wing...
read moreMexico’s planned GM corn ban ‘deep concern’ for US
A row between the US and Mexico over a plan by the latter to ban imports of genetically modified corn by 2024 deepened on Monday.US...
read moreHoly crow this GA voter line!
… as I waited, something else occurred to me: Voter suppression is one of the surest cures for apathy. Nothing makes you value a...
read moreAlert: Commerce Secretary Raimondo Meets With One Corporate Executive per Day
Raimondo’s close relationship with the business community has drawn fire from the left, particularly when there was speculation that...
read moreLarry Krasner: Democrats “Republican-Lite” on Crime in Midterms
The embattled progressive district attorney said election victories show how Democrats can win big — by leaning into criminal...
read moreSuspended Florida prosecutor takes fight to DeSantis in opening day of federal trial
DeSantis suspended the Hillsborough County state attorney in August over a handful of moves the Democratic elected official made....
read moreDrought threatens Colorado River with ‘complete doomsday scenario’, officials say
A once-unfathomable scenario — Lake Powell dropping to historic lows and shutting down power generators that serve millions — could...
read moreLatin America: Unions denounce right-wing destabilisation attempts in Bolivia
Right-wing groups — led by far-right Santa Cruz governor Luis Fernando Camacho — have been mobilising against President...
read moreCampaigners Demand Deep Cuts to Plastic Production as Global Treaty Negotiations Ramp Up
“The scale of the problem is mind-boggling,” said one advocate. “Plastic is in our blood. It’s in fetuses....
read moreCryptome Founder Asks To Be Indicted With Assange
The founder of a U.S.-based website that earlier published the same un-redacted documents that WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange was...
read moreSecret 9/11 memo reveals Bush rewriting the history of the 9/11 attacks and the warnings he’d tuned out
On April 29, 2004, President George W. Bush hosted one of the most unusual meetings to ever take place inside the Oval Office. The...
read moreEurope Accuses US of Profiting from War
EU officials attack Joe Biden over sky-high gas prices, weapons sales and trade as Vladimir Putin’s war threatens to destroy Western...
read moreAre Israel’s Nuclear Weapons — an Open Secret — the Greatest Threat to the Middle East?
‘The Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction’ was held...
read moreAlert: NATO Supports Eventual Ukraine Membership as US Pledges Millions to Fix Power Grid
American officials said they hoped the commitment would spur allies to make similar donations, as many Ukrainians head into winter...
read moreBad News: Corporate Dem Hakeem Jeffries elected House Democratic leader
While the top three leadership elections are uncontested, Democrats have a real race for caucus vice chair between Reps. Debbie...
read moreProgressive Groups Call For Senate Investigation Into Supreme Court Corruption
Planned Parenthood, Demand Justice and other groups said allegations surrounding Justice Samuel Alito “pose serious ethical concerns”...
read moreAlert: Unknown Aircraft Bombs Russian Mercenaries’ Base in Central African Republic
It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the aircraft that dropped the explosives. Information Minister Serge Ghislain...
read moreAlert: U.S. approves $1 billion arms sales to Qatar during USMNT World Cup match
While many in the United States were watching the U.S. men’s soccer team defeat Iran in the World Cup on Tuesday, the Biden...
read moreAlert: At the same time Musk opens doors to far-right trolls and conspiracists, leftist accounts suspended
We’re witnessing in real time what happens when a billionaire gets red-pilled. Elon Musk not only is demonstrating that he has no...
read moreCorporate Weapons Heaven Is a Hell on Earth. America is the World’s “Top Weapons Maker”
It would be one thing if it were simply a matter of money raked in by the industrial half of the military-industrial complex....
read moreFrom the Amazon to Australia, why is your money funding Earth’s destruction?
Fossil fuels, fisheries and farming: the world’s most destructive industries are protected — and subsidised — by...
read more‘An existential threat’: Legal expert breaks down the Supreme Court case that could radically reshape US elections
On Wednesday, December 7, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Moore v. Harper, a case that deals with...
read moreThe Fed’s Inflation Mistake Continues – YouTube
Repeat after me: Wages aren’t pushing up prices. Corporate profits are pushing up prices.Instead of raising interest rates and...
read moreJan. 6 Committee’s Final Report Likely To Be Published By Christmas, Chairman Says
“The body of the report is complete and there is general agreement on that,” Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) said....
read moreSupreme Court grapples with whether to restore Biden immigration enforcement policy
The Biden administration is seeking to overturn a judge’s ruling that blocked a policy to stress public safety threats in...
read moreBehind The Decline Of The US Left
The left has not become marginalized because of exhaustion or infighting. Its decline was caused by the US government’s more than...
read moreVladimir Putin’s Vision of a Multipolar World
Vladimir Putin is issuing a call to arms for a transition to a multipolar world, which will inevitably change the playing field both...
read moreA Review of Criticisms of a ProPublica-Vanity Fair Story on a COVID Origins Report
It remains clear that in 2019, the Wuhan Institute of virology (WIV) was addressing serious safety issues while scientists there...
read moreHouse Votes To Impose Union Contract With Paid Sick Leave To Avoid Rail Strike
The paid sick leave measure seems unlikely to make it through the Senate and to President Joe Biden’s desk.
read moreThe Real Environmental Disaster: Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Everywhere, Even Babies’ Umbilical Cords
“EWG scientists reviewed 40 studies examining the presence and health effects of PFAS [perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances]...
read moreTreasury Department hands over six years of Donald Trump’s tax returns to Congress
The U.S. Dept. of the Treasury has finally handed over six years of Donald Trump’s tax returns, after the U.S, Supreme Court denied...
read moreThe stories of America’s homicide crisis, from cities across the U.S.
The focus on mass shootings obscures the totality of the American ailment: people killed on city streets and inside their homes....
read moreBe it Resolved: Don’t Trust Mainstream Media
I grew up in the press. My father was a reporter. My stepmother was a reporter. My godparents were reporters. Every adult I knew...
read moreAlert: DeSantis-backed school boards begin ousting Florida educators
New board members in two GOP-leaning counties essentially sacked their school superintendents over the span of one week....
read moreAre Right Wing Jews Finally Deserting Trump?
Was The Nick Fuentes-Ye Dinner The Last Straw?
read moreRights Groups Rip NYC Mayor Over Forced Hospitalizations for Mental Illness
Rights groups are sharply condemning New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ Tuesday directive requiring local law enforcement and...
read moreMitch McConnell doubles down on view that Trump is ‘highly unlikely’ to defeat a Democrat in 2024
When it comes to former President Donald Trump, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been neither a full-fledged Never Trumper...
read moreKansas Judge Blocks State Ban On Prescribing Abortion Drugs Via Telemedicine
The battle over abortion drugs has only grown more heated in a post-Roe America.
read more‘Finally, Some Justice’: Fracking Company to Pay Millions for Poisoning Town’s Water
“This case proves once and for all that drilling and fracking contaminated our drinking water,” said one Dimock,...
read moreWhat Does Accountability Look Like Without Punishment?
Abolitionists Josie Duffy Rice and Mariame Kaba have been instrumental in imagining what accountability—not...
read more‘Journey for Justice’ caravan planned for entire Southwest border
Human rights advocates from across the country are highlighting what the call injustices along the Southwest border and will caravan...
read moreBad News: Senate Votes To Overturn Covid-19 National Emergency
Ending the National Covid-19 Emergency declaration could affect anything from the access to medical supplies to helping cover costs...
read moreDemocrats, Progressive Groups Push DOJ to Publish Database of ‘Corporate Lawbreaking’
“The Corporate Crime Database Act will bring transparency to the corporate crime crisis so that the DOJ and other law...
read more‘OneLove’ anti-hate armbands sell out after FIFA World Cup ban
The armbands, intended to send a message of tolerance, connection and opposition to all forms of discrimination, have been in the...
read moreA pharma millionaire is suing four hunters for $7 million, and the results will have a huge impact
IEshelman is trying to financially destroy four hunters for “trespassing,” even though they literally never set one foot on his...
read moreAlert: How the new leaders of House Democrats have acted on health care
It’s not a top issue for Jeffries, Clark or Aguilar.
read moreInternational Day Of Solidarity With Palestinians: Chasm Between Action And Rhetoric
The International Community Continues To Express Solidarity With The Palestinians And Reiterate Its Commitment To The Two-State...
read moreJustice Department strikes temporary deal to fix Jackson, Mississippi’s troubled water system
“Today the Justice Department is taking action in federal court to address long-standing failures in the city of Jackson’s public...
read moreLarry Krasner on What Will Actually Reduce Crime
A conversation with the Philadelphia district attorney about violence, elections, and the Republican Party.
read moreAlert: The New York Times Is in the Tank for Crypto
There is far too much cheerleading and not nearly enough skeptical reporting.
read moreA United Front Is Needed to Fight the Threat to Journalism Posed by the Assange Prosecution
The New York Times and major European publications recognize the US Department of Justice’s pursuit of Julian Assange as an attack on...
read moreHow Democracies Die
Is our democracy in danger? Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt have spent more than twenty years studying the breakdown of democracies in Europe and Latin America, and they believe the answer is yes.
read moreHearts of Baja Children’s Network
Hearts of Baja Children’s Network, founded by Marilyn and Les Widd in 2015, now helps to support nearly 6,000 children in 23 group homes, orphanages, and community centers in northern Baja California, Mexico.
read moreAlert: Senators Demand Transfer of Gray Eagle Drone to Ukraine to Escalate the War
Joe Manchin, Lindsey Graham, and 14 other U.S. senators demand that Biden give Ukraine a top-tier U.S. drone.
read moreThe MAGAfication of America Is a Prelude to Authoritarianism
The warning signs could not be clearer.
read moreProgressives in Congress Begin to Push Back Against Biden Betrayal of Rail Workers
“What we’re seeing is an inhumane deal being pushed onto workers even after a majority voted it down,” said Rep....
read moreThis Supreme Court Case Is a Case Study in Conservative Hypocrisy
Just weeks after railing against race-conscious college admissions, the justices entertained a bogus race-based argument aimed at...
read moreInequality is literally killing us: The most unequal societies suffer most in public health metrics
We are heading in the direction of even more concentrated political power, while the rest of us are facing an epidemic of...
read moreCalls for SCOTUS Ethics Probe Grow as Court Lawyer Defends Alito
“Supreme Court justices have avoided accountability for too long,” said one critic. “It’s time for our...
read moreSenate Committee Finds FBI Response to White Supremacist Violence Woefully Inadequate
Stonewalling by the FBI has made it difficult to assess and improve government efforts to fight domestic terrorism....
read moreThe U.S. Knows How to Reduce Crime
Evidence-based strategies like “focused deterrence” don’t conform to partisan slogans, but they have been shown to work....
read moreGOP lawmakers mostly decline to condemn Trump over white supremacist meeting
Former Vice President Mike Pence called on the ex-president to apologize for the dinner with prominent racist and antisemite Nick...
read more‘Extinction is on the table’: Jaron Lanier warns of tech’s existential threat to humanity
In short, the web is not a free market of information as originally envisioned. It is a gamed system being rampantly abused. “There...
read moreElon Musk’s Twitter is fast proving that free speech at all costs is a dangerous fantasy
Reinstating the likes of Donald Trump and Kanye West looks likely to turn the social media site into an extremist ghetto...
read moreUS-EU alliance heading for ‘ugly divorce’ – ex-Russian president
The “marriage” between the US and EU will likely end in divorce, following the obvious “economic cheating” by the American...
read moreHow billionaire GOP megadonors are funding a major ‘hub for election denial’: report
Restoration Action is “tied to the larger Restoration of America network, funded almost exclusively by the Uihleins. “Restoration...
read moreBeware Corporate Democrats “Passing the Torch”
You can count on much of the mass media to shower the 52-year-old Jeffries with accolades, largely supplied by fellow Democrats. But,...
read moreRWNJs’ full-blown attack on the Arizona vote: Protests, lawsuits, threats, decertification, oh my!
None of the losers have conceded. In fact, they’re speaking out, filing lawsuits, writing editorials, tweeting nonstop, building...
read moreOath Keepers founder convicted of sedition in U.S. Capitol attack plot
Stewart Rhodes, founder of the right-wing Oath Keepers militia group, was found guilty on Tuesday of seditious conspiracy for last...
read moreU.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments on Biden’s immigration guidelines
President Biden’s administration wants to set guidelines for whom immigration authorities can target for arrest and...
read moreNew York Times leads media call for Biden to drop Assange charges
Prosecuting the WikiLeaks founder sets a “dangerous precedent,” according to a group of promiment Western newspapers...
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