Israel’s Knesset voted to make the death penalty mandatory for Palestinians but optional for Jewish Israelis convicted of the same crime. Two legal systems, one land, zero pretense.
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Kash Patel Is Being Sued By Agents He Fired for Investigating Him
The FBI director was subpoenaed in the same cases he’s now firing people for working. Three agents just filed a class action that could reinstate everyone he’s purged.
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Who Should You Actually Trust? A Practical Guide to Evaluating Sources
“Harvard study says” isn’t good enough Good Morning! Let’s continue talking about critical thinking! This is part of my Critical Thinking series of essays – you can find the link… Read More
Pete Hegseth’s Broker Tried to Buy Defense Stocks Weeks Before the Iran War Started
Pete Hegseth’s broker tried to invest millions in defense contractors before the Iran war. The investment fell through. The whole system lets this happen – and always has.
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Memphis Police Pepper-Sprayed the Protest Marshals at the No Kings March
Memphis held a massive No Kings march Saturday. It ended with pepper spray, three arrests, and a brand-new Tennessee law used to charge the people keeping marchers safe.
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David Sacks Wrote Trump’s AI Policy Then Quit to Fund the Politicians Who’ll Keep It
David Sacks spent a year writing White House AI policy. Now he’s backing a $100M PAC to elect people who’ll protect it. Total AI midterm spending tops $300M.
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8 Million People Showed Up Saturday. The Number That Actually Matters Is 11.5 Million.
Eight million people turned out Saturday for No Kings. That’s 2.4% of the country. The threshold where governments historically can’t hold is 3.5%. The movement is 3.5 million people short.
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Elizabeth Warren Asks Billionaires for Two Pennies on the Dollar and You’d Think She Proposed Guillotines
Warren’s Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act asks for 2 cents per dollar above $50 million. It would raise $6.2 trillion – enough to fund universal child care, free college, and Medicare expansion.
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False Dilemma: When the Menu Only Shows Two Items
Most debates have more than two options “Either we let AI run completely unregulated, or we ban it entirely.” That isn’t a choice between two options. It’s a choice between… Read More
Bernie Sanders Turned an Instagram Rant Into a Data Center Bill Nobody Will Pass
Sanders and AOC want to freeze data center construction until Congress regulates AI. The problem? It would hand Big Tech a monopoly on the compute supply we already don’t have enough of.
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Ad Hominem: When the Attack Is Personal
Attacking the person doesn’t address the argument Let’s say you make an argument about something – could be anything, healthcare policy, a restaurant recommendation, whatever. And the response you get… Read More
Mark Zuckerberg’s Employees Called Themselves Pushers. A Jury Agreed.
Meta’s own researcher typed ‘we’re basically pushers.’ A California jury just read it and agreed.
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