“I want you to understand that every issue you care about—any hope of participatory democracy—is downstream of this.” I want you to understand Chicago. / Aphyr One of DHS’s least-reported surveillance networks in the country is the one that operates every Saturday at college football games. / FOIAball
Dissecting the ways DHS’s propaganda paints agents as heroes—for example, by editing out the screams of children and families. / Chicago Sun-Times Elon Musk and DOGE’s destruction of USAID has, as of right now, caused the deaths of 400,000 children worldwide. / The New Yorker In the
A round-up of news links to help understand the siege of El Fasher in Sudan. / This Week in Africa Britain rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite intelligence warnings that El Fasher would fall. / The Guardian See also: A critique of typical writing about Sudan. / good chat Airlines in
Mamdani’s win just turned politics upside down, and certainly within the Democratic Party itself, which now has a chance to reinvent itself. / Garbage Day See also: Following Pelosi’s announcement that she won’t seek reelection, some guesses as to who might fill her San Francisco-based House seat.
Democrats win all the United States’ key races yesterday. At the same time, nothing from the night was too surprising. / Politico, Wake Up to Politics If Democrats want to continue winning, they need to run moderates and liberals both, say both Charlotte Alter and Ezra Klein. / X, The New York
Political strategists from across Europe are studying Zohran Mamdani’s campaign for lessons to apply back home. / Politico If Zohran Mamdani wins, could New York City become a welfare state model? / Monocle Matt Glassman: Voting is the universal symbol of political participation, but too many people see it as the
More than 5,000 flights in the United States were delayed or canceled over the weekend while air traffic controllers missed a paycheck. / BBC News A major philanthropic donor based in the United Kingdom pulls the plug on US giving, saying the political landscape is too risky. / Alliance Europeans worry
Chinese President Xi Jinping calls for economic globalization at a regional forum skipped by President Trump. / Al Jazeera Who would benefit from Trump’s desire to resume nuclear testing? China. / Center for Strategic & International Studies Mira Rapp-Hooper: China is highly unlikely to adjust its global aims, “and there
ICE and CBP agents are using facial recognition to “verify” people’s immigration status, in what is certainly a severe violation of the Constitution. / 404 Media, Ars Technica “What happens to the White House’s trash is secret,” and that also seems to be the case with the debris from
President Trump says “nothing” will jeopardize his Middle East truce despite Israel bombarding Gaza after Hamas is accused of killing a soldier. / BBC News A temporary deescalation of Trump’s trade war may give China exactly what it seeks: “a crucial pause… to accelerate its domestic efforts to bolster its
