On the cusp of America 250, the machinery of democracy appears functional, but democratic discourse is rapidly cooling and there’s growing concern about the rise of authoritarianism. for immediate release: May 20, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new national poll on the health of democracy released today reveals a participation enigma. While a plurality of […]
🎙️ Protecting Liberty in the Age of Surveillance How a former Chief of the Office of Civil Liberties, Privacy and Transparency at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence thinks about privacy, protest, and the power of government data. Watch the episode here. This speaker-specific transcript has been formatted for clarity and readability. **Host:** […]
Leaving MAGA: Identity, Propaganda, and the Path Back A conversation on identity, disinformation, and the path out of political Raw Transcript – Informed with AI JOHN SIPHER [ 00:00:20,460 ] So today I’m joined by Rich Logis, founder and executive director of Leaving MAGA. an organization that supports people who’ve left or are questioning […]
After two months in office, Trump’s policy direction has become pretty clear to all of us. At least, if you define direction as “how to make bad stuff happen to as many Americans as possible.” I mean, plenty of people who voted for the guy are already whining about his actions; after all, they never […]
This president of ours is engaged in an effort to break the US Government, weaken the US spiritually, commercially and industrially. He is making not the slightest effort to hide either the fact of this reality or the consequences that await us. We seem to be doomed to a darkening future, all of Trump’s sinister […]
March 31, 2025 Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. On March 14, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order closing the U.S. Agency for Global Media, an independent agency created by Congress in 1999. Like many of his supposed cost-cutting measures, this action may not pass the […]
28 March 2025 Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. When I applied in 1975 to become a Central Intelligence Agency analyst, I feared that I would not obtain a security clearance because I had been active – marching, signing petitions and the like – in the anti-Vietnam […]
The president’s confounding decision to dismiss General Timothy Haugh and his civilian deputy, Wendy Noble, as well as a half dozen other seniors on the National Security Council, has rightfully rattled the country’s national security experts, lawmakers, and senior military officers. Everyone is puzzled and the only working explanation is that Mr. Trump’s palace whisperer, […]
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