The Enduring Surveillance Act of 2023 Here comes the legislative vehicle to save the expiring NSA and FBI surveillance powers called Section 702. Its (predictable) offer to reformers is: nothing!
The Antisemite Defense League To Elon Musk's rescue rides the ADL's Jonathan Greenblatt. When you conflate Anti-Zionism and antisemitism, it's a short step to saying only Anti-Zionism is antisemitism.
The Anti-Surveillance Coalition's Highest-Stakes Gamble They're leveraging the renewal of Section 702 for by far the most sweeping surveillance reform since 9/11. But won't 702 immediately be used against Palestinians and their allies?
Islamophobia Kills. Protect Your Neighbors It was a matter of time before someone listened to the politicians and media figures dehumanizing Palestinians and took action. The victim was a six-year old boy
St. Augustine's 9/11 Anniversary Lord, implored President Biden, let us "turn the page" on the War on Terror. Just not yet.
Drones Over Brooklyn, RICO for Cop City Protesters As the Air Force pursues AI-powered drones for combat, the NYPD uses older models to spy on Caribbean Brooklyn. What starts as military tech doesn't stay as military tech. PLUS: Georgia files egregious charges against the anti-Cop City movement!
Who Is And Isn't A Terrorist, January 6 Edition An Iraq combat veteran turned Proud Boy sentenced for seditious conspiracy applies the logic of 9/11 to 1/6.
Rudy Giuliani Was A Creation of The New York Media This is for every New Yorker who in the 1990s watched our local press launder a racist authoritarian mayor into someone who'd save the city from… the people who live here. He always was who he is now
Biden Goes All In On FBI/NSA Mass Surveillance The White House's final offer on surveillance reform: nothing. At least they stripped away the pretense that there's any way to fix Section 702. PLUS: Pee-Wee's last adventure