EXTREMISM

·  India and Pakistan Brace for Rising ISIS Threat
ISIS’ self-styled Khorasan province, often referred to as ISIS-K or ISIL-K, looks to entrench and expand by exploiting local grievances and mistrust among governments

·  Haqqani Network Poses a Low Threat to the United States
It is unlikely that the Haqqani Network will be able to attack the US homeland and its interests as well as its allies in the foreseeable future

·  Elon Musk’s X Faces Axe from Anti-Terror Group Over Extremist Content
The tech industry is in turmoil over Musk’s content moderation policies as it emerges X ‘has become the top platform for hosting Hamas videos’

·  MI5 Could Scrutinize Tommy Robinson Funding and Checks ‘May Extend to Farage’
Security service will study travel, contacts and monetary transfers to work out if Russia has interfered, according to the former MI6 officer Christopher Steele

·  Exposed: How a Finnish Neo-Nazi Shared Arson Manual Before Riots
The unnamed man also urged followers to file false police reports, raising concerns over social media’s role in spreading extremist content

ELECTION INTERGITY

·  U.S. Looks to Ban Election Betting as Traders Flock to Prediction Sites
The CFTC’s crackdown on political futures contracts faces stiff resistance as some markets want to allow wagers of millions of dollars

·  See Why AI Detection Tools Can Fail to Catch Election Deepfakes
Artificial intelligence-created content is flooding the web and making it less clear than ever what’s real in this election

·  Trump’s Decline: His Interviews and Lies Get Worse
As the 2024 race draws tighter, the former president’s actions suggest he is spiraling

·  Kamala Harris’ Rally Crowds Aren’t AI-Generated. Here’s How You Can Tell
Conspiracy theories have shot up around images of surging crowds for Harris-Walz campaign events. But all it takes is a little research to prove the photos are real

·  Trump’s Big Lie About Harris’s Crowds
Trump is helping his supporters build a rationale for rejecting the election results if Harris wins

·  Trump’s Focus on Georgia Election Board Raises Fears for November Vote
The board’s majority enacted a series of changes to state election rules this week, days after Trump singled its members out for praise at his Atlanta rally

·  The Right Is Still Pushing Election Denial—and Pillows
Ahead of November, far-right election deniers are only getting more organized

·  Microsoft: Iran Accelerating Cyber Activity in Apparent Bid to Influence U.S. Eelection
Iran is evolving its tactics for an election that’s likely to have global implications

THE LONG VIEW

·  Forget Aircraft Carriers: The U.S. Navy Has an ‘Achilles Heel’
The U.S. Navy faces significant challenges, including a shortage of sailors and shipyards. Recruiting and retaining personnel has become difficult, leading to operational and safety concerns

·  ‘I’m Afraid I Can’t Do That’: Should Killer Robots Be Allowed to Disobey Orders?
Militaries will need to demonstrate that it’s possible to build ethical, responsible autonomous weapons that don’t say no,or show that they can engineer a safe and reliable right-to-refuse

·  How UFO Sightings Became an American Obsession
In 1947 a pilot spotted a fleet of “saucer-like” aircraft speeding across the sky. It was only a matter of time until paranoia set in

·  Sorry, Richard Nixon
The Watergate scandal forced his resignation 50 years ago. Today, he’d probably have gotten away with it

MORE PICKS

·  The U.K. Admits Failure in Pandemic Response and Offers Preparedness and Resilience Lessons
Had the U.K. been better prepared for and more resilient to the pandemic, some of the financial and human cost may have been avoided

·  Seventy Miles in Hell
The Darién Gap was once considered impassable. Now hundreds of thousands of migrants are risking treacherous terrain, violence, hunger, and disease to travel through the jungle to the U.S.

·  What Do Americans Really Think About the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Scratch beneath the surface, and the American public today, as in 1945, does not display an ethically based taboo against using nuclear weapons or killing enemy civilians

·  Thousands of Corporate Secrets Were Left Exposed. This Guy Found Them All
Security researcher Bill Demirkapi found more than 15,000 hardcoded secrets and 66,000 vulnerable websites—all by searching overlooked data sources

·  California’s Fire-Insurance Crisis Just Got Real
The Park Fire has sent homeowners falling through the state’s shredded safety net

·  U.S. Judge Again Dismisses Mexico’s Lawsuit Against Most Gun Manufacturers
Mexico had argued the companies knew weapons were being sold to traffickers who smuggled them into Mexico and decided to cash in on that market