Mockingbird
WAR AND SECURITY · POLITICAL POWER · POLITICS
October 13, 2025
The article revisits Operation
Mockingbird, a CIA program alleged
to influence media narratives…
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The Smell of Victory
UNITED STATES
October 11, 2025
Over the past fifty years, Boston,
New York, Los Angeles, and San
Francisco have dominated major…
The House Always Wins
STATE POLITICS · LAW AND COURTS · BUSINESS
October 9, 2025
Florida’s state-run insurer,
Citizens Property Insurance, has
redirected disputed claims into a
fast-tracked administrative system…
The Silence Machine
IMMIGRATION · LAW AND COURTS · PLATFORMS
October 8, 2025
Google and Apple removed apps like
ICEBlock and Red Dot, designed to
alert undocumented families about…
The Compact
WHITE HOUSE · LAW AND COURTS · POLITICAL POWER
October 7, 2025
The federal government has proposed
a “Compact for Academic Excellence”
to nine universities, conditioning…
Live Free or Blackout
ENERGY · GRID · CLIMATE POLICY
October 6, 2025
New Hampshire’s House Bill 672
proposes exempting off-grid power
providers from traditional utility…
Operation Chowder Shield
WHITE HOUSE · WAR AND SECURITY · MAINE
October 5, 2025
A misreading of a briefing about
Russian drone incursions into Polish
airspace led U.S. officials to…
The Sound of the Line Going
Dead
IMMIGRATION · LAW AND COURTS · POLITICAL POWER
October 4, 2025
Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning
journalist, was deported to El
Salvador after being detained by
ICE, following his.
The kitchen was quiet except for the
hum of the refrigerator and the
tinny echo of a speakerphone.
Katherine Guevara stood with one…
Before the Tumor
MEDICINE · HOSPITALS · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
October 2, 2025
The infusion chairs at UMass
Memorial face a wall of windows, and
in late afternoon the light turns
the IV bags the color of iced tea. A…