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Our politics are not the politics that have detached this country from reality, or normalized increasingly inhuman policies.

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And the long watch/listen of the day, this was a truly incredible conversation. Welcome to the Chinese Century, it seems.

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An interview with Gil Durán, author of the new book “The Nerd Reich,” about Peter Thiel, J.D. Vance, and other ringleaders of tech fascism.

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The democrats’ backtracking on what they dismissively refer to as “wokeness” is the newest iteration of their political trickery as once again they give the appearance of supporting what they actually oppose. They serve the interests of the oligarchs, and not those of the people.

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Experts say confusion, fear and politicians using gender diverse people as scapegoats could be behind the shifting attitudes.

By Sean Butler   General Dynamics, a weapons manufacturer whose 2025 profit was $4.2 billion against $52.6 billion in revenue, is the sole source provider of the M31A2 propellant used by […]

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The Canadian ruling class is addicted to the housing market and doesn’t want to bring the gravy train to a halt.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to overhaul childhood vaccine recommendations could make an already chaotic information environment around immunization even more confusing, including for Canadians, according to one health law expert.

Emergency services, residents and environmental groups say military dropping flares to destroy forests and crops

NOAA now gives a 69% chance the 2026 El Niño exceeds every event since 1950, as subsurface Pacific heat anomalies reach an extreme +10°C.

Everyone from RFK Jr. to social media influencers are telling us that the nutrient needs to be maximized in our diet as much as possible. But is that actually good for our bodies?

A new book by longtime Bay Area journalist Gil Durán investigates “tech fascism” and its mounting influence on U.S. politics. The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy follows the rise of Vice President JD Vance, the former venture capitalist whose “outsider” campaign for Senate was bankrolled by the billionaire co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, Peter Thiel. Durán traces the ideological lineage of the current Trump administration back from Vance to Thiel and the far-right-wing monarchist Curtis Yarvin, whose “right-libertarian” political theory has long made the rounds among Silicon Valley elite. “These guys were never libertarians,” says Durán. “Now that they are the government, we see their true face: They’re fascists, and they’re authoritarians.”

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Across the world, politicians use propaganda to manipulate the thoughts and actions of others. It's a strategy deployed by democracies and dictatorships alike. How, then, can I detect propaganda?