after-platner’s-exit,-other-working-class-democrats-offer-hope

commentary Working-class candidates like Minnesota’s Kaela Berg and Montana’s Sam Forstag are focusing on blue-collar issues Published July 9, 2026 12:25PM (EDT) Graham Platner ( Laura Brett/Getty Images) Graham Platner has mercifully concluded his time was up on Wednesday evening. In an 11-minute video, Maine’s Democratic nominee for the U.S.Continue Reading

why-an-ice-shooting-in-houston-isn’t-leading-to-mass-protests

HOUSTON — In the days after federal agents shot and killed Renée Good in Minneapolis, tens of thousands of people flooded that city’s streets in protest. When agents shot Alex Pretti to death three weeks later, the crowds exceeded 50,000 people.  But the immediate fallout in Houston looked entirely differentContinue Reading

after-the-intelligence-cycle:-a-new-schema-for-ai-native-intelligence-analysis

Recent discussion of artificial intelligence in intelligence analysis has consistently framed the technology as a means of accelerating an existing process. The intelligence cycle (collection, processing, analysis, production, dissemination) remains the implicit organizing schema, with AI cast as something used to drive its stages faster, increase resource efficiency, or widenContinue Reading

the-succession-question-haunting-the-kremlin

The late-June 2026 death of Sergei B. Ivanov – the man once thought the most likely successor to Vladimir Putin – as well as the Russian President’s age, his rumored health problems, and the discontent over the economic impact of his disastrous invasion of Ukraine; have renewed speculation over when,Continue Reading

ukraine-is-building-its-own-ballistic-interceptor-for-$700,000-per-shot.-eight-countries-may-join-project

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told journalists at the recent briefing that eight countries may join Freya, Ukraine’s own ballistic-missile interceptor project, per Ukrinform. He added that if allies supported the initiative, it would be “a big help and breakthrough for Ukraine’s defense-industrial complex.  The Freya missile itself is Ukrainian production, butContinue Reading