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1 week ago | 
theweek.com | Rafi Schwartz
This month, the Army announced the creation of Detachment 201, dubbed the Pentagon's Executive Innovation Corps, to "fuse cutting-edge tech expertise with military innovation." While part of a broader effort to ensure the military has access to the most advanced assets available, this new initiative comes amid President Donald Trump's ongoing push to incorporate Silicon Valley's money and mindset into his vision of an American technocracy.
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1 week ago | 
theweek.com | Rafi Schwartz
ICE agents Tuesday handcuffed and arrested Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller and one of 11 Democrats running for mayor, as he was escorting a migrant from a court hearing in Manhattan. Lander was held for about four hours before being released without charges. He was the fourth elected Democrat forcibly detained by federal agents in the past five weeks amid an uptick in White House-ordered immigration raids, especially in Democratic-run cities.
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1 week ago | 
discourseblog.com | Rafi Schwartz
This morning, masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents physically detained New York City Comptroller Brad Lander as he attempted to chaperone an unidentified migrant out of a lower Manhattan courthouse and away from the awaiting federal officers.
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1 week ago | 
theweek.com | Rafi Schwartz
An ongoing debate over the past and future of the Democratic party took on new urgency this month after Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, announced she would not rejoin the Democratic National Committee as a member-at-large moving forward. "I appear to be out of step with the leadership you are forging," Weingarten said in her resignation letter to DNC Chair Ken Martin.
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1 week ago | 
theweek.com | Rafi Schwartz
The American Bar Association on Monday sued President Donald Trump's administration over its ongoing effort to punish high-profile law firms that have apparently angered or offended the president, or employed lawyers he dislikes.
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2 weeks ago | 
theweek.com | Rafi Schwartz
Perhaps the most surprising thing about Israel's aerial assault on Iranian military targets is how unsurprising Thursday night's bombardment may have been. After years of pressure against Iran's embryonic nuclear program and threats of violence by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the attack is as much a culmination of longstanding antagonism as it is a new and sudden development.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Rafi Schwartz
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Are Israel's attack and Iran's counter-strike a sign of wider violence to come? . | Credit: Illustration by Stephen Kelly / Getty ImagesPerhaps the most surprising thing about Israel's aerial assault on Iranian military targets is how unsurprising Thursday night's bombardment may have been.
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2 weeks ago | 
theweek.com | Rafi Schwartz |Peter Weber
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer Thursday ruled that President Donald Trump must relinquish control of the California National Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), calling the president's Guard deployment to Los Angeles an "illegal" overreach and violation of the 10th Amendment. A federal appellate court Thursday night halted Breyer's ruling until at least Tuesday. Earlier in the day, tensions over Trump's operation had flared when federal agents forcibly removed Sen.
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2 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Rafi Schwartz
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2 weeks ago | 
theweek.com | Rafi Schwartz
When FIFA announced in 2018 that the United States had been selected to host the 2026 World Cup, President Donald Trump — then two years into his first term — offered a characteristically bombastic prediction: the soccer championship, cohosted by Canada and Mexico, would be "maybe the biggest sporting event in the world." But now, with just one year until the games begin, observers have begun raising red flags about Trump's militarized anti-immigration efforts and their potential effect on...
