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More Than Voting Machines: The System Is Being Targeted, Too (opens the original)
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On the morning of November 6th, 2024, as the American nation rose once again, phones lit up on nightstands, televisions flickered to life in living rooms and break rooms, and across time zones, millions of eyes met the same headline at once: <img alt="" class="sizing
Are You Afraid of the Dark? The AI Industry Is Banking on Blackout Fears (opens the original)
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In 2020, America had between 2,600 and 3,000 data centers. By 2026, there were ~5,000 operational facilities. By the end of 2028, experts expect somewhere between 6,500 and 7,000 data centers scattered across America. For decades, the nation’s aging electrical grid has had billions of dollars poured into it under fear of nationwide blackouts. Just as the country is pelted by severe storms leaving millions of families without pow
The Corporate-ICE Surveillance Merger: Unpacking CORCA S.1404/H.R. 2853 (opens the original)
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It's not widely known in history that as Nazi Germany rose to power, a symbiotic relationship formed between corporations and the state. Benito Mussolini’s Italy explicitly based its economy on a concept called corporatism. They didn’t know it then, but cronyism could not save them in the end. Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. On April 10th, 2025, Ohio Republican David Joyce introduced a bill (HR 2853) dubbed the ‘Combating Organized Retail Crime Act’ (CORCA). The bil
Arsenal of Freedom: How a Shell Game of Defense Subsidiaries Turned an Iranian Schoolyard Into a $245 Billion Payday (opens the original)
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On June 22nd, 2025, U.S. bombs fell on Iranian soil for the first time. For many Americans, there was confusion.military-industrial They didn’t understand why this was happening. Then some legacy news anchor got up and told America that it was a preemptive strike. We had to strike them before they could strike us. It wouldn’t be but a few months after that, it turned into war. The Trump Administration told us Iran was so close to creating nuclear bombs and that they would kill us if they had a c
The Terrifying Truth About Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion (opens the original)
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In America, it’s not uncommon to hear someone bragging about their sublime credit score. It’s often viewed as a sign of virtue, meant to signal to others that you are responsible, accountable, and trustworthy. When you think of a credit score, what comes to mind? Lower interest rates on loans? Approval for a higher credit card limit? Do you ever think about the fact that three major corporations collect, buy, and sell your personal data in ways that extend far beyond your debt and payment histor
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