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Timeless Tips for “Simple Sabotage” From the CIA
In 1944, the OSS (the precursor to the CIA) produced a document called the Simple Sabotage Field Manual (PDF). It was designed to be used by agents in the field to hinder our WWII adversaries. The CIA recently highlighted five tips from the manual as timelessly relevant: 1. Managers and Supervisors: To … Continue reading Timeless Tips for “Simple Sabotage” From the CIA
Something Else for Europe and the U.S. to Disagree About: ‘Free Speech’ – The New York Times
The two have long been divided on whether speech can be restricted, and when. Under the Trump administration, the gap is widening. Source: Something Else for Europe and the U.S. to Disagree About: ‘Free Speech’ – The New York Times Continue reading Something Else for Europe and the U.S. to Disagree About: ‘Free Speech’ – The New York Times
Meta officially says goodbye to its US fact checkers on Monday | TechCrunch
Meta will no longer have any fact-checkers in the U.S. come Monday, according to Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan. Will be adopting a community notes style system like the one on x.com. Source: Meta officially says goodbye to its US fact checkers on Monday | TechCrunch Continue reading Meta officially says goodbye to its US fact checkers on Monday | TechCrunch
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Harvard orientation is ‘lobbyist project’
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized the longstanding congressional intro program at Harvard Kennedy School meant to show new lawmakers the ropes. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has accused the orientation session for freshman lawmakers at Harvard’s Kennedy … Continue reading Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Harvard orientation is ‘lobbyist project’
Unhinged GDP Growth Could Actually Destroy the Economy, Economists Find
In order to grapple with the harsh reality, governments need new ways of measuring welfare and well-being that don’t rely on GDP growth. FOR DECADES, SCIENTISTS have warned of the pending crisis … Continue reading Unhinged GDP Growth Could Actually Destroy the Economy, Economists Find
2 New Yorkers Erased $1.5 Million in Medical Debt for Hundreds of Strangers
The women, from Ithaca, raised $12,500 so a nonprofit organization could forgive the past-due bills of about 1,300 state residents. It only cost them $12,500 to erase $1.5M in medical debts. That … Continue reading 2 New Yorkers Erased $1.5 Million in Medical Debt for Hundreds of Strangers
Building on a Progressive Legacy: A New Generation’s New Deal
The Green New Deal would simultaneously combat climate change and economic insecurity in the United States. Even Forbes it getting into it! Source: Building on a Progressive Legacy: A New Generation’s New Deal Continue reading Building on a Progressive Legacy: A New Generation’s New Deal
With a Green New Deal, Here’s What the World Could Look Like for the Next Generation
Just what would a “Green New Deal” entail, exactly? IT’S THE SPRING of 2043, and Gina is graduating college with the rest of her class. She had a relatively stable childhood. Her … Continue reading With a Green New Deal, Here’s What the World Could Look Like for the Next Generation
General Motors is proof to the world that slashing wages isn’t the ticket to profitability
German and Japanese auto manufacturers succeed despite sticking to a high-wage model The GM layoffs should not be blithely dismissed as another inevitable casualty of globalization.Nor are they a parable illustrating the … Continue reading General Motors is proof to the world that slashing wages isn’t the ticket to profitability
Maybe We Have the Economic-Growth Equation Backward | Bloomberg
The assumption that raising productivity is the key to higher GDP looks like it needs a rethink. During the 2016 presidential primary campaign, some supporters of Bernie Sanders argued that their candidate’s spending proposals … Continue reading Maybe We Have the Economic-Growth Equation Backward | Bloomberg
GDP is not a good measure of wellbeing – it’s too materialistic | Joseph Stiglitz | Business | The Guardian
Why focus on production of goods, rather than on health, education and environment? We need to focus on the wellbeing of the people instead of a number that has no reflection on … Continue reading GDP is not a good measure of wellbeing – it’s too materialistic | Joseph Stiglitz | Business | The Guardian
GOP operative at the center of election fraud investigation reportedly paid woman to collect ballots
She also says she didn’t mail in the ballots she collected, delivering them directly to the GOP operative instead. If that one woman got 8 years in jail for mistakenly voting, I … Continue reading GOP operative at the center of election fraud investigation reportedly paid woman to collect ballots
Freshman Democrats: Legislation, not investigations, should be House priority
Nearly four dozen incoming House Democrats told their future leaders Monday that they should prioritize action on health care, immigration, gun control and other topics over investigations into the Trump administration. Looks … Continue reading Freshman Democrats: Legislation, not investigations, should be House priority
The Problem With Our Democracy Isn’t Gerrymandering. It’s Integers
Our winner-take-all system elects 1 person to represent each House district. What if we elected 2 people instead, and gave each of them a fractional vote in Congress? This would completely fix … Continue reading The Problem With Our Democracy Isn’t Gerrymandering. It’s Integers
Clean coal’s dirty secret: More pollution, not less
@Reuters investigates how a U.S. ‘clean coal’ program that costs taxpayers a billion dollars annually regularly fails to deliver on its environmental promises. Turns out that the chemicals used to make the … Continue reading Clean coal’s dirty secret: More pollution, not less
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