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commentary Art of the deal: China gets dominance in AI and renewables, plus global respect. The Traitor gets a couple cuddle-bears Published September 28, 2026 9:00AM (EDT) Traitor 47 welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Sept. 23, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Certain obvious questions ariseContinue Reading

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Allied navies are still counting hulls. The contest at sea is now about who sees, decides, and acts first. Earlier this month, Western officials disclosed that American, British, and Norwegian forces had tracked and confronted Russian deep-sea units near Svalbard this spring as they rehearsed a method for disabling underseaContinue Reading

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Spain’s Swiftair was fined 225,000 euros in France for corporate manslaughter over 2014 Air Algerie disaster in Mali., Spain’s Swiftair was fined 225,000 euros ($256,000) in France for corporate manslaughter over the 2014 Air Algerie disaster in Mali. A Paris court has found Swiftair guilty of corporate manslaughter over theContinue Reading

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The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack. Why does it feel like everything is breaking down, like something is fundamentally wrong with the American economy? Unemployment rates stay stubbornly low despite constant predictions, inflation is worse than recent history but not that bad compared to living memory, stocks areContinue Reading

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Amidst all the talk of the need for government regulation of artificial intelligence, there has been too little discussion of the simplest route: criminal liability. The basic story is that the AI companies are being irresponsible in dealing with a product they know to be dangerous. The companies and theContinue Reading

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Like all political parties in Germany, the far-right Alternative for Germany is a commercial operation. A special national system finances political parties from federal taxes, paying for elections, advertising and the running of party offices. Berlin provides this money to anyone who can demonstrate an ability to attract votes, andContinue Reading

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Bitcoin Magazine An Austrian Economist Explains Why AI Will Make Everyone an Entrepreneur w/ Per Bylund Per Bylund explains why AI’s predictive power can’t replace human vision, driving a shift from an employment economy to an entrepreneurial one. This post An Austrian Economist Explains Why AI Will Make Everyone an Entrepreneur w/ Per Bylund firstContinue Reading

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Dozens of people have been killed in a military air strike on an opposition-controlled area of Rakhine State, Myanmar., NewsFeed Dozens of people have been killed in a military air strike on an opposition-controlled area of Rakhine State, Myanmar. Survivors have reportedly suffered hearing loss, and young women are amongContinue Reading

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British foreign minister vows to ‘match word with action’ when it comes to defending Palestinian rights., British foreign minister vows to ‘match words with action’ when it comes to defending Palestinian rights. The United Kingdom’s government is set to take a tougher stance on Israel’s actions in Gaza and theContinue Reading