The alternative to digital exit is digital exile. "...one of the protest organizers who has had all of his bank accounts and credit cards frozen, expressed the sense of desperation: 'It feels like being banished from the medieval village _...Read More_

"As the sun faded on another anxious, adrenalized day, Kareem Nikoui, a 20-year-old U.S. Marine from Southern California, balanced on top of a concrete traffic barrier and scanned the crowd. Thousands of Afghans had packed into the fetid, _...Read More_

Important piece, worth reading. However, Mearsheimer is realist about everything…other than US capabilities. Rather than fighting an unwinnable war, or surrendering to illiberalism, the right approach is to build an admirable society.

The Republican Party Is Radicalizing Against Democracy the GOP is moderating on policy questions, even as it grows more dangerous on core questions of democracy and the rule of law.

>"China will keep winning friends from Chile to Mexico, regardless of a forthcoming shift in U.S. policy toward the region."

>"From 2015 to 2021, a comprehensive history of Donald Trump encouraging hate groups and political violence — from his messaging at rallies to his tweets to his _...Read More_

Facebook has been ordered to pay €3.83 million in damages to an Italian developer by an appeals court over its "Nearby" feature. It was _...Read More_

>"Congress on Friday overrode President Donald Trump's veto of a defense policy bill, a first by lawmakers since he took office _...Read More_

>"The majority leader said the Senate will only consider “smart targeted aid, not another fire hose of borrowed money.""

>"Spain confirms cases linked to the UK hours after France, as fears grow of the new variant's spread."

>"Experts on safer (and riskier) ways to see friends and family, keep kids busy, and give back — in a raging pandemic."