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#freedomwalk2026
, Josiah Henson went from Maryland to Canada. Like Harriet Tubman, he, too, was a hero of the Underground Railroad.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/w...
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Reclaiming the Name of the Black Hero Who Inspired âUncle Tomâs Cabinâ
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/world/canada/uncle-toms-cabin-ontario-josiah-henson.html?unlocked_article_code=1.g1A.EoMc.a6pkqvH1YbMS&smid=bs-share
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#freedomwalk2026
will be in Havre de Grace, MD, this coming Sunday, May 10.
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The second day of
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www.relive.com/view/vJOKjMX...
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9.4 mi walk đ¶ | Relive
Walking | May 5, 2026
https://www.relive.com/view/vJOKjMX4Lwv
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The first day of
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14.7 mi walk đ¶ | Relive
Walking | May 4, 2026
https://www.relive.com/view/vr63W1RAD86
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#FreedomWalk2026
Begins! The walk started at the Sandy Spring Slave Museum and continued past caves where Freedom Seekers hid. The next day brought them to Freedom Farm and the Harriet Tubman Cultural Center in Howard County.
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#FreedomWalk2026 Begins!
and continues today...
https://open.substack.com/pub/thomasdewolf1/p/freedomwalk2026-begins?r=2fdak&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Tony Cohen will keep of blog of
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www.menare.org/walk-blog/a-...
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A Journey Begins â The Menare Foundation
Today, hundreds of people gathered in the village of Sandy Spring, Maryland to launch #FreedomWalk2026, a 750-miles retracing of the Underground Railroad on the 250th commemoration of American i...
https://www.menare.org/walk-blog/a-journey-begins
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#freedomwalk2026
begins.
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After Mythos: "Every company that ships open-source code in its products â which is most of the technology industry â should invest in the essential workers who maintain it."
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o...
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Opinion | Itâs the End of the Internet as We Know It
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/opinion/mythos-open-souce-internet.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bVA.7-jg.GTlhrqGl7F_6&smid=bs-share
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A dark night on Truth Social shows a president who is not well. Congress, especially the GOP, needs to speak up; they need to act. If not, what tragedies will come?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trumpâs Dark Night on Truth Social
Attacking the pope was only part of the presidentâs disturbing meltdown.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/trump-pope-post-truth-social/686802/?gift=6e0ocCrbKOGEI5kdxvr4Byyvs4b4z9cMeYhBh_K6_EA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Like many, I am concerned about Trump's mental condition, but the 25th Amendment Is an unlikely and inapt solution.
www.cato.org/blog/25th-am...
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https://www.cato.org/blog/25th-amendment-unlikely-inapt-solution?utm_source=social&utm_medium=x&utm_campaign=Cato%20Social%20Share
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Tony Cohen will travel from Maryland to Canada along the path of the Underground Railroad from May 4 to July 4, accompanied by a statue of Harriet Tubman. See the statue and support Tony at the Riverworks Outdoor Stage in Poolesville, April 30, 6-8pm
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#FreedomWalk2026 | RiverworksArtCenter
Rally for Tony Cohen's walk along the path of the Underground Railroad!
https://www.riverworksart.org/event-details/freedomwalk2026
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China is an electrostate, leading the world is generation and consumption of renewable-based electric power. The US is a petrostate, consuming far more petroleum than it produces. Does this not make it patriotic to push for and use renewable energy?
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Chartbook 439 Electrostates v. petrostates. Clarifying a tricky distinction.
Some time last year a distinction began to be drawn between electrostates and petrostates.
https://open.substack.com/pub/adamtooze/p/chartbook-439-electrostates-v-petrostates?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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When the Trump administration chooses not to act in support of others, countries choose not to rely on the US. The consequences will be long-lasting. Australia is a prime example.
www.aspistrategist.org.au/get-serious-...
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Get serious about fuel security. We canât rely on the US anymore | The Strategist
Australians are watching fuel prices and wondering how bad this could get. Donald Trumpâs comments on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday delivered a blunt message: Donât assume the United States...
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/get-serious-about-fuel-security-we-cant-rely-on-the-us-anymore/
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How admirable a people.
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Why Ukraine is even more impressive in person
Impressions from a week spent in Kyiv and Kharkiv
https://open.substack.com/pub/maxboot/p/why-ukraine-is-even-more-impressive?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Tony Cohen will walk the path of the Underground Railroad beginning in Sandy Spring. MD, on May 4, ending in Canada on July 4. For more information and a chance to support this effort, see
menare.org
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www.mocolmp.org/post/walking...
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The Menare Foundation
https://menare.org
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Randy Marchany argues that the software industry has chosen not to fix vulnerabilities that were well known a quarter of a century ago. He's not wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/vtrandy/...
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Cybersecurity's Original Sin (Part 1/4)
Why the Industry Has Failed to Fix Its Own Known Problems â and Who Benefits from the Failure
https://open.substack.com/pub/vtrandy/p/cybersecuritys-original-sin-part?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer
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In the Strait of Hormuz, geography favors the defender; the US controls nothing. Worse, it seems, the lessons of Gallipoli in 1915 have yet to be learned.
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Foreign Affairâs Newsletter | Substack
The key actor, the defining story, and the stakes shaping this week. Every day, every sunday, every month. Click to read Foreign Affairâs Newsletter, by Foreign Affairs, a Substack publication with t...
https://foreignaffairsinfo.substack.com/?utm_campaign=pub&utm_medium=web
about 2 months ago
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Hormuz 2026 is like Gallipoli 1915: Despite the US Navy, the Iranians will be able to keep the strait closed.
www.aspistrategist.org.au/ghost-of-gal...
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Ghost of Gallipoli: US warships cannot control the Strait of Hormuz | The Strategist
One factor should dominate global strategic policymaking today: that the Strait of Hormuz will re-open only with the consent of the Iranian government. No amount of US naval power can either force pas...
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/ghost-of-gallipoli-us-warships-cannot-control-the-strait-of-hormuz/
about 2 months ago
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If Trump were a stopped clock, inevitably correct twice a day, there are Trump haters who would deny that he could ever be right. There are also MAGA supporters who would deny that he could ever be wrong. The truth, of course, lies somewhere in between.
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In Iran as in Venezuela, cyber + kinetic ops are used to degrade situational awareness, compress decision-making cycles and widen windows of advantage. Also, the target is not just connectivity but the Iranian publicâs connection to their country.
www.aspistrategist.org.au/beyond-bombs...
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Beyond bombs: cyber and information operations targeting Iranâs regime | The Strategist
US-Israeli airstrikes may dominate the footage from Tehran, but a decisive contest is also unfolding in code: a live demonstration of how modern coercion targets a stateâs digital nervous system as de...
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/beyond-bombs-cyber-and-information-operations-targeting-irans-regime/
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Tom Nichols lays out the risks from the attacks on Iran. We may succeed, but there are a 100 ways to fail.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trumpâs Enormous Gamble on Regime Change in Iran
A few paths to success, many to failure
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/trumps-iran-regime-change-attack-gamble/686190/?gift=6e0ocCrbKOGEI5kdxvr4B7z0mQDHKD9gUDyZ_VrAdGg&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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3 months ago
Why are folks not asking more questions about this FBI complaint in the Epstein Files?
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Daniel Stid argues for responsible pluralism in philanthropy. It is something we should see throughout our political life.
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The Decline of the Republicâand Philanthropyâs Role in It
What Tocqueville warned us about, and why it matters now (2,120 words / 9-minute read).
https://open.substack.com/pub/artofassociation/p/the-decline-of-the-republicand-philanthropys?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
3 months ago
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It has been a year since Trump and Rubio stopped funding USAID. The costs born by the poor who those programs helped have enormous. But they are far from us; we do not see how they suffer and die. It is an American-made catastrophe.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
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Opinion | What We Lost When We Lost U.S.A.I.D.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/opinion/usaid-humanitarian-aid-america.html?unlocked_article_code=1.K1A.hql0.Np4yHp2ezHkv&smid=bs-share
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What if the enshittification cycle of Big Tech includes a political capture loop? If Big Tech--Google. Meta, Twitter, etc.--controls information, how can we bring it down? How can we do to Amazon what Tarbell did to Standard Oil?
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The fragmentation flywheel
Why the Fourth Industrial Revolution resists political response
https://open.substack.com/pub/hypertextjournal/p/the-fragmentation-flywheel?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer
3 months ago
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Questions about the recent cyber incident in Poland. In any type of analysis, it is important to ask what sources are used with what limits and what assumptions are made.
pylos.co/2026/01/31/a...
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Attributive Questions in High Profile Incidents
On 30 January 2026, CERT.PL published findings concerning an electric sector attack on Poland in December 2025. This report, presumably the most complete on the incident covering multiple sources aâŠ
https://pylos.co/2026/01/31/attributive-questions-in-high-profile-incidents/
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Joe Collins lays out reasons why we have been able to wear a white hat in international affairs. Trump and his administration seem to be trying the black hat on for size.
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Strategic Affairs no. 67
Are We the Good Guys?
https://open.substack.com/pub/josephcollins77/p/strategic-affairs-no-67?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Montgomery County, MD, has changed dramatically since Sidney Randolph was lynched in Rockville on the Fourth of July, 1896. But its history since then shows that anger and hate in the county have not disappeared.
www.mocolmp.org/post/racial-...
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A Look at the History of Racial Violence in Montgomery County
Racism and racial violence in Montgomery County, MS.
https://www.mocolmp.org/post/racial-violence-in-montgomery-county?referral=business-feed
3 months ago
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Barack Obama
3 months ago
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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I watched Trumpâs speech at Davos and came away convinced that his mental state is abnormal, to use a neutral phrase. This article gives clinical reasons why we should all be concerned. What makes it worse: his condition is progressive.
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Davos and Dementia
Dan and I talked about Carneyâs speech, which you should watch in full if you havenât already.
https://open.substack.com/pub/claireberlinski/p/davos-and-dementia?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer
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U.S. manufacturing is struggling. Why? Tariffs raise the prices of inputs; their implementation and complexity add to uncertainty. Beware of forecasts that any of this will change.
www.cato.org/commentary/a...
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Americaâs Manufacturing Renaissance Is Missing in Action
The evidence reveals a sector thatâs stagnant at best, and a long way from the manufacturing renaissance President Donald Trump promised when he took office for a second time a year ago.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-manufacturing-renaissance-missing-action?utm_source=social&utm_medium=x&utm_campaign=Cato%20Social%20Share
4 months ago
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Trump at Davos: Soliloquy of a lunatic. It is sad, dispiriting. humiliating, maddening.
4 months ago
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An eloquent appraisal of where we stand in our 250th year.
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4 months ago
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The Trumpian worldview is consistent, sort of, and bonkers. We will have to live with and try to undo the damage it is wreaking. That will be a task for the next generation.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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How to Understand Trumpâs Obsession With Greenland
Erratic though the president may sound, the Trumpian worldview is comprehensible.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/how-to-understand-trumps-obsession-with-greenland/685675/?gift=6e0ocCrbKOGEI5kdxvr4B19kq8jw_XHVeTGuO_N9Plk&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=shareT
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Peace for a prize, not simply because it's good. In case anyone doubted that Trump is transactional, not principled.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Trump links Greenland threat to Nobel Peace Prize snub, EU eyes trade retaliation
President Donald Trump linked his drive to take control of Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize, saying he no longer thought "purely of Peace" as the row over the island threatened to...
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trump-tells-norway-he-no-longer-feels-obligation-think-only-peace-2026-01-19/
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Claes de Vreese
4 months ago
Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now. Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations. Source:
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Our imperialist president proves that hypocrisy is but a venial sin. Would that he saw American interests as Kipling and McKinley did rather than as Stephen Miller does.
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4 months ago
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May Trump have a Dickensian NYE night. May he be visited by ghosts of America Past, Present, and Future. May he greet the New Year as a new man, happy, generous, loving his fellow man, great and small, rich and poor.
4 months ago
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Barton Swaim sees profanity as a political statement. one that will leave us when the political winds change. Alas, it's not. It has become ubiquitous, embedded in our culture.
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
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The Politics of Profanity
Some politicians seem to think R-rated talk will get them ahead. Are they right?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/the-politics-of-profanity-8546f3c5?st=qCVCBS&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
4 months ago
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Trump. Hegseth, et al., like Peter Pan, will never grow up. Pity them.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The Pitiful Childishness of Donald Trump
The presidentâs appetite for plastering his name on every available surface appears insatiable.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/donald-trump-renaming/685376/
5 months ago
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The Trump administration does not understand that Russia cares not about economics, only empire, and is dedicated to the complete subjugation of Ukraine. Believing that they think as we do is a fool's game.
www.realcleardefense.com/articles/202...
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The West Doesnât Understand Russia
In 1939 Winston Churchill described Russia as a âriddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.â His famous dictum reflected the Westâs perpetual misunderstanding of what driv
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2025/12/20/the_west_doesnt_understand_russia_1154538.html
5 months ago
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The label 'competitive authoritarianism' might be accurate for the US. But the factors favoring democracy remain strong.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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The Price of American Authoritarianism
What can reverse democratic decline?
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/american-authoritarianism-levitsky-way-ziblatt
5 months ago
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Is there corruption in Ukraine? Of course. But how do we know? Ukrainians, determined to root it out, are making it transparent. In contrast, Russia is determined to make it opaque and the Trump administration has made it translucent.
open.substack.com/pub/anneappl...
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Ukrainians want honest government. Do we?
Ukraine's fight against corruption is impossible to imagine right now in America or Russia
https://open.substack.com/pub/anneapplebaum/p/ukrainians-want-honest-government?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
5 months ago
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A small thing, but telling. The National Park Service Ends Fee-Free Days on MLK Day and Juneteenth and Places Trump on America the Beautiful Passes
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National Park Service Ends Fee-Free Days on MLK Day and Juneteenth and Places Trump on America the Beautiful Passes
Itâs been a while since we checked in with our friends at the National Park Service.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinmlevin/p/national-park-service-ends-fee-free?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
5 months ago
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The article is somewhat snarky, but it has insight into what makes Trump tick: The joys of a 12-year old boy with no parents to say he can't.
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5 months ago
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Peggy Noonan on this era of political violence. We need to cool it. How can we?
www.wsj.com/opinion/were...
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Opinion | Weâre in an Era of Political Violence
Trump has been a target, but he speaks so carelessly that he could end up becoming an instigator.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/were-in-an-era-of-political-violence-cc359449?st=atbYco&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
5 months ago
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The cybersecurity of our country always had to depend on cooperation between government and the private sector. It now seems that the federal government is folding its tent.
wapo.st/4iaHqBR
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Opinion | The cyberattacks are coming. Will anyone be there to stop them?
Trump administration job cuts worsen U.S. vulnerabilities to China and other cyber-adversaries.
https://wapo.st/4iaHqBR
6 months ago
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Rich Harwood has seen that we have fallen out of the habit of thinking locally; we focus instead on national issues and look outside our community for solutions. This makes us spectators, not players. There is so much more that we can do if we think and act locally.
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Rebuilding Democracy from the Bottom Up
A 'New Civic Path' in our local communities may be America's best hope
https://open.substack.com/pub/civicbargain/p/rebuilding-democracy-from-the-bottom?r=2fdak&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
6 months ago
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The empathy is missing.
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Ukraine reports that Russia's draft defense budget cuts military spending, but increases spending on state-run media. If this is true, it suggests that Russia is emphasizing information warfare and propaganda.
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Kremlin Shifts Focus to Information Warfare
Yuri Lapaiev
https://open.substack.com/pub/jamestown/p/kremlin-shifts-focus-to-information?r=2fdak&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
6 months ago
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