The Trial: Weighing the Runt of the Legal Litter
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The Supreme Court has been eroding democracy for decades. Nine key cases reveal voter suppression and constitutional threats. Is today’s court the paramount danger to our democracy?
The solar storm brought a lot of lovely aurora pictures but no Great Blackout. Maybe next time.
Cracking the code to predict any presidential race and uncovering the hidden forces shaping the Trump vs. Biden rematch.
The futures of tech and UBI are intertwined.
The biggest tell yet as to Kennedy’s true role in this election?
The Israel-Hamas conflict’s complexities, campus protests, global impact, and potential outcomes.
Was Scalia right about FOIA and its use and misuse?
Secular concerns about AI-generated art end when you die. With Christians, it’s more complicated.
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Tim Scott’s refusal to say whether he will accept the results of the 2024 election is a troubling sign of what the GOP has become: a party of bootlickers subservient to Donald Trump.
A RAND report’s chilling predictions for the 2024 election — infrastructure hacks, AI disinfo, a lack of voting machine security — show the risks are worse than we thought.