A bipartisan group in Congress has introduced legislation that would give TikTok’s China-based parent firm just six months to divest from the social media giant
by Will Porter | Mar 6, 2024 | News
A bipartisan group in Congress has introduced legislation that would give TikTok’s China-based parent firm just six months to divest from the social media giant
by Patrick Macfarlane | Mar 6, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
On February 24, Chaya Raichik, creator of the famous social media brand “Libs of Tiktok,” granted an interview to her nemesis, Washington Post columnist Taylor Lorenz. The clash was not the first between the two; in April 2022, Lorenz published an expose doxxing...
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 5, 2024 | News
A few days after US and Haitian diplomats discussed sending US special forces to Haiti to help Prime Minister Ariel Henry regain control over the capital city, a White House official dismissed the idea of deploying soldiers to the Caribbean nation. According to...
by Will Porter | Feb 24, 2024 | News
The planned expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank is “inconsistent” with international law, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, potentially signaling a policy shift for Washington.
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Feb 22, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles
Of all the government or quasi-government institutions, there is perhaps none as openly opaque in its operations and unaccountable for its failures as the Federal Reserve. For, unlike its top rivals for this most dubious of distinctions, like the CIA, NSA, or DOD,...
by Scott Horton and Jeremy R. Hammond | Feb 22, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Since the horrific atrocities perpetrated by Hamas against Israeli civilians on October 7, 2023, Israel has been engaged in a devastating military operation in the Gaza Strip. Over 25,000 Palestinians have been killed, 70% of whom have been women and children, and...
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 15, 2024 | News Roundup
Assange ‘Drop the Charges,’ Says Amnesty Ahead of Key Julian Assange Hearing AWC Australian Parliament Votes ‘Overwhelmingly’ to Call for Assange’s Freedom Cradle Ukraine House Intel Chair Accused of Disclosing National Security ‘Threat’ to Get Ukraine Aid Passed AWC...
by James W. Carden | Feb 14, 2024 | Featured Articles
During Mr. Obama’s second term in office (2013-2017), it had become clear that the terms of the public policy debate were undergoing a radical and worrying transformation. In the space of a very short time, certain ideas and policy proposals were being ruled as out of...
A threat is not a strategy, and it definitely is not a negotiating position. We sit down with Ambassador Chas Freeman to unpack why talk of “decapitation,” demands for compensation, and shifting US red lines do not move Iran toward a deal, they push everything toward...
The fastest way to understand a crisis is to stop arguing about talking points and look at what is physically happening. Today we do exactly that with Larry Johnson as LtCol. Karen Kwiatkowski fills in for Kyle, starting with the Strait of Hormuz and the hard question...
“Golden age” is an easy line to sell. Living through the consequences of a war of choice is harder. We’re joined by Col. Lawrence Wilkerson for a blunt look at where the United States stands as the Iran conflict drags on, and why the economy, the military, and public...
If you’ve ever watched an AI tool answer a complicated question with total confidence, you’ve felt the power problem hiding in plain sight. We sit down with journalist Nick Cleveland-Stout of Responsible Statecraft and Drop Site News to trace how Israeli influence...
A progressive primary upset turns into something much bigger when you follow the money and the message. We’re rolling solo and starting with what last night’s results suggest about where U.S. politics is heading: foreign policy is no longer a side issue. When wars...
“We don’t want regime change… but the regime has to change.” That line tells you almost everything about how Washington talks itself into bigger wars, and why the US Iran conflict keeps drifting from one stated goal to the next. We sit down with Lt Col Karen...
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