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[ad_1] Suncor Energy (USA), Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, the dispute over whether federal law preempts claims against fossil fuel companies for alleged harms from climate changes exacerbated by the companies’ alleged conduct, will be the very first case heard by the Supreme Court this October. Grok Suncor is obviously an important environmental case, but its significance is far broader. If the claims are allowed to proceed–and if the plaintiffs are able to overcome the other hurdles to making their case (a significant if)–quite a bit of money could be at stake. In addition, if the justices reach…
[ad_1] Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. Wrong Both On Cuba and Where “Terrorism” is Coming From. Those Who Challenge and Protest U.S. Policies Are Not Terrorists, and They Are Certainly NOT Paid By Other Governments. Thin skinned and heavy handed, the Trump administration apparently feels like it is being singled out by those who dissent from its policies. As a result, Trump appointees are taking drastic “McCarthy” tactics to stop dissent. In less than one month, alleging that dissent and protests are part of attempts of other governments “to overthrow the government of the United States,” Secretary of…
[ad_1] New reporting suggested concern in the White House over munitions shortages, prompting a public denial from President Trump as the Iran War entered its 160th day Thursday. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that President Trump expressed frustration with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting at Camp David last week, demanding to know why he “had apparently been misled on extreme munitions shortages.” Citing two sources familiar with the conversation, the Post’s account stated that Trump believed the problems “had been fixed.” President Donald Trump on Thursday denied these and other reports of the Pentagon being low on…
[ad_1] Aristotle with a bust of Homer by Rembrandt, 1653. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain. I have a deep respect and affection for Homer. I do indeed think of him as the teacher of the Greeks. My understanding of Homer is no different than that of ancient Greeks. In a metaphorical way, I am ancient Greek, too. In Greek, ancient is αρχαῖος / archaios, which means more than very old. Its core meaning is beginning and the rule of law. Homer: sparked Greek civilization The ancient Greeks started what we call civilization. And Homer was the spark for that…
[ad_1] If the economy is the issue, he can win Michigan in November. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] In a healthy country, the American experiment with the sanctuary movement would be widely recognized as a deadly failure. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Juan Cole Informed Comment Hafiz Rasheed at The New Republic writes that the Democratic senatorial candidate for Michigan, Abdulrahman “Abdul” El Sayed, faced a barrage of racist attacks as soon as he won the primary on Wednesday. Vice President J.D. Vance said, “We don’t want the next administration, whoever, you know, God forbid you’re going to have President El-Sayed in three years.” The National Republican Senatorial Committee pledged to defeat him and referred to him by his full name, “Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed.” None of the people attacking the senatorial candidate’s name, which is a horrible, racist thing to do, actually…
[ad_1] IARPA DECIPHER program will be looking at text & voice messages, but could expand to social media, blogs & other digital communications: perspective IARPA, the US spy tech agency, is looking to make sense of new slang, jargon, specialized terms, and other coded language in both text and speech with its DECIPHER program. ScientificInstitutions In April, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) announced the launch of five new innovative research programs designed to bolster national security. For IARPA’s DECIPHER program, the goal is to analyze and make sense of communications that contain what they call “complex or cryptic language,” which basically refers to slang, jargon, acronyms, and coded phrases. “DECIPHER…
[ad_1] As a U.S. Army veteran who faced radical Islamic terrorists in combat, I have looked into the eyes of men taught from childhood – in madrassas and through propaganda – to hate Americans with a purity of purpose that left little room for doubt. Their hatred was not something I merely observed. It was something their eyes burned into mine. That hatred was foreign, cultivated, and directed outward. What I struggle to comprehend is the visceral contempt some Americans now direct at their fellow citizens. It is a hatred that feels familiar in intensity yet alien in origin, because…
[ad_1] A scandal over a Cambridge academic shows that many universities still act like we’re living in 2020, writes Yuan Yi Zhu. [ad_2] Source link