The Speech of Robots
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Populist-Epistemology
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org It’s probably fair in every quarter to say that our root problem righ...
The Final Stampede
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “[T]he final stampede is drawing near because of so many unstoppable...
Racism Baked In
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “It is one thing to describe what was normal or obvious in a given ti...
Divisiveness and Beyond
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org Divisiveness “Narrative,” the word, is in its political heyday. Polit...
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 It’s probably fair in every quarter to say that our root problem right now is being able to see where problems are, which views of problems are right... Read more
NY Times – Politics

The employee, Dr. Jenna Norton, was a key organizer of “The Bethesda Declaration,” a scathing public letter issued in June to Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the N.I.H. director. [...]

A House investigation that the G.O.P. has tried to use to deflect calls for more transparency has yielded striking revelations that have only fueled the Epstein saga. [...]

For all his bluster, the F.B.I.’s deputy director Dan Bongino played a central role in stoking expectations that the bureau would quickly find the suspects who planted pipe bombs. [...]

Accounts of a secret Justice Department memo offer a window into how administration lawyers approved the president’s desired course of action. [...]

If the proposal goes into effect, it would be the latest rollback of one of President Trump’s key economic policies over concerns about affordability. [...]

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, began handing out $10,000 checks to T.S.A. workers who “went above and beyond” during the shutdown, after the president recommended similar bonuses for some air traffic controllers. [...]





