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Defense Department
Posted inAmerica and the World
Everything You Wanted to Know About World War III but Were Afraid to Ask
For generations, we thought fear of nuclear holocaust would prevent world war. Is that faith obsolete?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Presidential Race Brings Out Silicon Valley’s Military Contractors
Tech executives are jumping into the presidential election. Many of them also do business with the Pentagon.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Defense Department Submits to Microsoft’s Profit-Taking
The forced upgrade to Microsoft’s E5 productivity apps, ostensibly for cybersecurity reasons, is an example of the software giant’s insinuation into government tech systems.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Intel’s $3.5 Billion Boondoggle
The microchip giant’s ‘secure enclave’ project will take nearly 10 percent of a CHIPS Act manufacturing fund that is already stretched thin.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Weak Link in Industrial Policy: Corporate Patriotism
When supposed national champions sell out the national interest
Posted inPolitics
Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
Mike Johnson got almost precisely the same appropriations deal as Kevin McCarthy.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Untangling the Government Funding Mess
Some technical errors in previous continuing resolutions now threaten a big cut to nondefense spending.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Progressive Caucus Opposes Defense Bill Over Excess Spending, FISA Extension
The caucus is recommending that members vote against the perennial defense authorization bill, in part because it could extend warrantless spying through this Congress.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Spying Extension Angers Broad Majority Favoring Reform
Speaker Mike Johnson inserted a four-month extension of a warrantless spying program into the annual defense policy bill.
