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“If We Don’t Have Free Speech, Then We Just Don’t Have a Free Country” – The New Yorker
Letter from Trump’s Washington “If We Don’t Have Free Speech, Then We Just Don’t Have a Free Country” Donald Trump’s attempt to criminalize political expression is crossing a line that’s held since 1798. By Susan B. Glasser, February 12, 2026 During the 2024 campaign, after years of attacking the media as “enemies of the people,”…
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Something big is happening in AI — and most people will be blindsided – Fortune
Commentary Entrepreneurship Something big is happening in AI — and most people will be blindsided By Matt Shumer, February 11, 2026, 9:22 AM ET Matt Shumer is the co-founder and CEO of OthersideAI, an applied AI company building the most advanced autocomplete tools in the world, powered by large-scale AI systems like GPT-3. OthersideAI is…
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DrWeb’s Domain: A Washington Post Investigation: I’m Opening My Research Vault – NotebookLLM
I have been pondering the Washington Post recent changes, major changes, 1/3 of entire newsroom laid off (fired). February 4, 2026. I consider my further work as an open-source investigation. This isn’t raw AI speculation; it is a curated environment where the AI is constrained strictly to the high-integrity sources I have selected, specifically to…
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Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight – The New Yorker
The Daily Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight By David Remnick, February 8, 2026 You’re reading The New Yorker’s daily newsletter, a guide to our top stories, featuring exclusive insights from our writers and editors. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. It’s truly impossible to keep up, isn’t it? Last week—after the Wall Street…
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How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post – The New Yorker
Editor’s Note: My apologies to The New Yorker for publishing the entire article, which is under their copyright. I believe this is very important reporting for people to read, and consider. –DrWeb Annals of Communications How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post The Amazon founder bought the paper to save it. Instead, with a…
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A National Newspaper Falls — and Democracy Feels It
Why the Dismantling of The Washington Post Is a National Warning By DrWeb, assisted by AI. All content, images edited and approved. Some images are also public domain, as noted in the captions. On February 4, 2026, the American people lost a vital organ of their democracy. It didn’t happen in a courtroom or through…
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The Trump Administration’s ICE and CBP Have Become a Threat to Americans: Congress Must Ensure That DHS Follows the Law and Adopts Commonsense Reforms – Center for American Progress
Article Jan 28, 2026 The Trump Administration’s ICE and CBP Have Become a Threat to Americans: Congress Must Ensure That DHS Follows the Law and Adopts Commonsense Reforms The Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security is out of control, endangering the well-being and lives of Americans. DHS must follow the law and fulfill its role to…
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Texas A&M faculty, students rally against policy they deem censorship – Texas Standard
Texas A&M faculty, students rally against policy they deem censorship A professor says he’s speaking up for others “deathly afraid” of losing their jobs or being targeted by state leadership. https://atx.audio/4qc1gz8 – Listen to audio… By Laura Rice, January 30, 2026, 12:50 pm, Education, Race & Identity, Texas Standard Original The American Association of University Professors…
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House report accuses Trump administration of cover-up in Good, Pretti killings – MS NOW
News House report accuses Trump administration of cover-up in Good, Pretti killings Both Minneapolis residents’ shooting deaths were the “direct result of the rapid and intentional escalation of violence” by DHS officers in service of Trump’s mass deportation plans, the report says. By Clarissa-Jan Lim, Feb. 3, 2026, 2:41 PM EST House Oversight Committee Democrats released…
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Trump administration withdraws U.S. from global open government initiative – FedScoop
Trump administration withdraws U.S. from global open government initiative The General Services Administration cited the organization’s support for “LGBTQ+ advocacy, feminism, and climate alarmism” among its reasons the nation dropped its membership. By Madison Alder, January 30, 2026 Listen to this article, 3:59 The U.S. government has backed out of an organization it helped found…
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Central Library unveils a peek at the L.A. of 1925 – KCRW
KCRW Reports Central Library unveils a peek at the L.A. of 1925 The Los Angeles Central Library’s time capsule contained a scrapbook, coins, old newspapers in multiple languages and an even older time capsule from 1881. By Danielle Chiriguayo • Feb 2, 2026 • 4m Listen When a time capsule was buried near the LA Central Library’s cornerstone in…
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2025 U.S. Midterms Update: Full-Year Politics, Economy, Polls, and Key Events (Jan–Dec 2025) – DrWeb’s Domain
2025 U.S. Midterms Update: Full-Year Politics, Economy, Polls, and Key Events (Jan–Dec 2025) Editor’s Note: This consolidated 2025 annual report bridges the gap between the August 2025 and February 2026 monthly updates. I was assisted in this report by ChatGPT. –DrWeb Major Political Events in 2025 President Donald Trump’s second term began on January 20,…
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