Washington’s Gallery of Puppets
From Venezuela to Iran, the United States can always find ambitious would-be leaders willing to advocate regime change. But they don’t have their countries’ best interests in mind.
Of Course the Left Should Primary Hakeem Jeffries
He’s a genuinely awful politician, and the arguments against a challenge don’t hold water.
- by Alex Skopic
A Dark Money Network is Recruiting U.S. Mayors to Criminalize Pro-Palestine Speech
Right-wing mega-donors are flying mayors to an all-expenses-paid summit in New Orleans, where they’ll push a policy framework that codifies mainstream criticism of Israel as “antisemitic.”
- by John Ross
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
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