Culture-war populism looks to be giving way to economic populism.
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The Big Crypto Whiff
The crypto industry wasn’t able to buy support for its biggest legislative priority in the Senate this week, despite unparalleled levels of spending in the midterms.
Posted inPolitics
The Hidden Divide That Shapes Our Politics
I believe that public policy should be directed toward the common good. Others think that impinges on people’s freedom. We need to be honest about this dispute.
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Why Some California Democrats Step Up to Fill the Republican Void
How corporate pressure led legislators to kill a bill that would curtail surveillance pricing
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Why OpenAI Hired Chuck Schumer’s Daughter Away From Amazon
The AI industry has a greater need for government influence than anyone else.
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The Post-Trump Republican to Watch (and Watch Out For)
Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley suggests a future lane for the GOP that is drastically different from other Republican presidential contenders.
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The Legacy of 9/11: A Surveillance Society
America now has a witches’ brew of government and corporate surveillance. None of it was necessary.
Posted inTechnology
Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists
New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.
Posted inWorking in America
Labor Day 2026: Record-High Popularity, Record-Low Power for America’s Unions
Wages now constitute the lowest share of the nation’s income since the government began measuring them in 1947.
Posted inTechnology
Another Monopoly Allowed to Stand
Google avoids accountability again, this time in advertising tech. Why do judges bother to find companies guilty of running a monopoly if they’re unwilling to break them up?