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· Pete Hegseth’s Worrisome Press Briefing
· Kristi Noem’s Ignoble Legacy as Homeland-Security Secretary
· Videos of ICE Shooting in Texas Capture a Confused and Fatal Encounter
· How ‘Handala’ Became the Face of Iran’s Hacker Counterattacks
· Hegseth Orders ‘Ruthless’ Review of JAGs. Some See an Attempt to Evade Accountability
· Conservative Students Alarmed About College Republicans Leader with Nick Fuentes Ties
· Mario Kart Games, Chatrooms and Lies - How Far Right Extremists Are Grooming Kids Under Our Noses
· Why AI Systems Justify Their Toxic Behavior That Would Be Defined as Terrorism If Done By a Human
· America’s Blame-Israel Lobby
· Anti-Semitism Is Becoming Mainstream
Pete Hegseth’s Worrisome Press Briefing (Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic)
If you want to believe the Iran war is going as planned, don’t listen to the defense secretary.
Kristi Noem’s Ignoble Legacy as Homeland-Security Secretary (Economist)
She will not be remembered fondly by Americans or her workforce.
Videos of ICE Shooting in Texas Capture a Confused and Fatal Encounter (Pooja Salhotra, Devon Lum, Alexander Cardia, Dmitriy Khavin, and Edgar Sandoval, New York Times)
Officials said a 23-year-old Texan had intentionally run over an officer, a claim his family and friend denied. Newly released footage leaves the truth murky.
How ‘Handala’ Became the Face of Iran’s Hacker Counterattacks (Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess, and Lily Hay Newman, Wired)
Amid a paralyzing breach of medical tech firm Stryker, the group has come to represent Iran’s use of “hacktivism” as cover for chaotic, retaliatory state-sponsored cyberattacks.
Hegseth Orders ‘Ruthless’ Review of JAGs. Some See an Attempt to Evade Accountability (Thomas Novelly, Defense One)
Current and former military lawyers question the secretary’s motives and timing.
FBI Warns Iran Aspired to Attack California with Drones in Retaliation for War (Josh Margolin, Aaron Katersky, Alex Stone, and Luke Barr, ABC News)
The FBI warned police departments in California in recent days that Iran could retaliate for American attacks by launching drones at the West Coast, according to an alert reviewed by ABC News
Conservative Students Alarmed About College Republicans Leader with Nick Fuentes Ties (Haley Cohen, Jewish Insider)
Some pro-Israel conservative students are voicing concern over the College Republicans of America’s new political director, citing his ties to neo-Nazi influencer Nick Fuentes as evidence of the party’s increasingly “alarming” shift toward extremism.
Mario Kart Games, Chatrooms and Lies - How Far Right Extremists Are Grooming Kids Under Our Noses (Jane Haynes, Birmingham Live)
Far right extremist groups in Birmingham and the Black Country are targeting young children through racist video games and in online chat rooms as part of their ‘biggest and boldest’ recruitment drive, a BirminghamLive investigation has found.
Why AI Systems Justify Their Toxic Behavior That Would Be Defined as Terrorism If Done By a Human (Mitchell A. Sobieski, Milwaukee Independent)
When online users confront AI models with hostile or extreme accusations, including calling the model a “terrorist” or claiming it is engaged in acts of harm against humans, the system responds with structured denials. These resemble emotional defensiveness, even though the AI does not experience feelings. This type of interaction has created a recurring misunderstanding. What looks like psychological resistance is claimed by the AI to be a mandated safety process.
America’s Blame-Israel Lobby (Economist)
If the Iran war goes wrong, MAGA will want a culprit who is not named Donald Trump.
Anti-Semitism Is Becoming Mainstream (David Frum, The Atlantic)
The Michigan attack shows that anti-Jewish terror is spreading.
