Chris

Hegseth puts us all at risk Why put all the American commanders in one room?

Hegseth is putting all of the American generals and admirals from around the world into a single room. Why might Hegseth do such an extraordinary thing? Here I discuss four possible reasons.
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Authoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normal—Until It Doesn’t Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.

In Venezuela, the only reward many intellectuals got for eventually being proved correct was the right to say I told you so. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Cash, Scale, and Speed: Why China’s $6.5 Billion Fusion Buildout Should Shock the World A new analysis of China’s investments in fusion energy from the SCSP Fusion Energy Team.

If the US wants to convert its scientific accomplishment into industrial leadership, Washington must not treat fusion energy as an over-the-horizon aspiration, but as a strategic competition that is already at its doorstep
scsp222.substack.com/p/cash-scale...

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Mass. leaders join rally in support of detained Tufts student - The Boston Globe Rümeysa Öztürk was apprehended by masked immigration agents on a Somerville street last week.

Due process matters. Freedom matters.

Judge Forced to Pause Trial Because DOJ Lawyers Are so Unprepared Justice Department lawyers had not read any of the three reports Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cited in his ban on transgender military service members.

The study found that transgender service members were more deployable, and experienced fewer lapses in their service than those diagnosed with depression, who were not automatically excluded from service.

newrepublic.com/post/192657/...

DOGE Exposes Once-Secret Government Networks, Making Cyber-Espionage Easier than Ever A new investigation shows nuclear secrets and government servers are dangerously exposed to nation-state hackers.

my lab - nice! cyberintel.substack.com/p/doge-expos...

This presser was a horror show. Ukraine will not have US support going forward, because Trump and Vance are completely lost. Europe will step-up and this war will continue. Trump blew this bigger than any foriegn policy folly in recent history.

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