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A Congressional Infection
Top Republican leaders are alarmed that their colleagues openly flaunt demonstrably untrue Russian propaganda in the halls of Congress
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On RFK Jr.
From blazing intellect to conspiracy theory super-spreader, the Bobby Kennedy story is a riddle.
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Engagement Farming
Internet "farmers" hope you'll fertilize their crop of conspiracy theories
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March 2024

Social/Antisocial
Social media is often more like anti-social media
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To TikTok or Not, That Is The Question
Forcing a TikTok sale or shutdown won't address the privacy and influence problems it, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook all cause. We need to broaden our…
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Bibi Must Go Bye-Bye
The minority extremists in the prime minister's cabinet are happy to turn Israel into an international pariah.
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Forewarned Is Forearmed, But Who Is Listening?
We're now living through the most important presidential campaign since 1860.
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February 2024

Decorum, Anyone?
It is not easy to get gobsmacked by Republican politics these days. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, it gets even weirder. This past weekend the…
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Mis-, Dis-, and The Rule of Law
We are drastically uninformed. sometimes by accident, sometimes on purpose.
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We’ve Outsmarted Ourselves, lI
"Ready, Fire, Aim," is a way of life. Humankind rarely considers the implications of its advancements
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Welcome to Tehran
The Ayatollah has nothing on the new Republican Party
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Sleepwalking
How important is paying attention? Here's an object lesson that we need to relearn occasionally.
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