Published on http://www.counterpunch.org I am completely half afraid to think. – Flann O’Brien Right now, walking about, conversing in your everyday life as an “Everyday American” you feel a... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org About half of the U.S. is offended and repulsed by the existence of Donald J. Trump while the remaining half welcome him as a Messiah. Passions and o... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org Words come to meaning within the context of expression, which is time and place. Call it the stage upon which actors –words – are confined. Maybe the... Read more
The Marketing of Algorithmic Transmissions “The algorithm, he said, was YouTube’s speech and distinct from what users had posted.” – New York Times, Feb. 21, 2023 If the algorithm is speech... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org War rages, horrid war Even in our bones; our double nature sounds With armèd discord. – Prudentius, Psychomachia “The cultural critic Raymond... Read more
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NY Times – Politics
The congressional breakthrough on security assistance to Ukraine and Israel will let the president finally deliver arms to match his words. But it could be only a temporary respite. [...]
The Biden campaign has made abortion one of its top issues, as polling shows it is one of the few subjects in which voters place more trust in President Biden than Donald Trump. [...]
Project Maven was meant to revolutionize modern warfare. But the conflict in Ukraine has underscored how difficult it is to get 21st-century data into 19th-century trenches. [...]
The former president has put forth a law-and-order candidacy while also criticizing the legal system when it comes to himself and making exceptions for his supporters. [...]
Some states with Republican-controlled legislatures want more data, while some controlled by Democrats want less, fearing it could be used to target patients or providers. [...]
“When we think about what is at stake, it is absolutely about freedom,” Vice President Kamala Harris said during a visit to Wisconsin. [...]