“State and local officials are doling out $4.5 billion and 1,000 acres to lure the Taiwanese manufacturing giant.”
“Unfortunately, shows of force are sometimes the only thing that works to repel an attacker.”
“The policy of criminally prosecuting all who cross the border illegally is creating a new category of residents at these holding centers, young boys and girls who are grappling with the trauma of being unexpectedly separated from their mothers and fathers.”
“Marco Antonio Muñoz, 39, was found on May 13 in his Texas jail cell, ‘in a pool of blood with an item of clothing twisted around his neck.'”
“These are not actions by rogue agents. They are systematic, and they come straight from the top.”
“Lonsdale and Luckey argue that building cheaper, more efficient systems is a virtuous pursuit, saving taxpayer dollars. Anduril’s Palantir pedigree may have prepared it for criticism.”
Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/palmer-luckey-anduril-border-wall/
“A large group of Internet pioneers have sent an open letter to the European Union urging it to scrap a proposal to introduce automated upload filters, arguing that it could damage the internet as we know it.”
Read more: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/12/eu_copyright_filter/
“The Home Office defended the seizure.”
“Unfortunately, a very strong faction in Washington doesn’t support any peace agreement and instead seeks to overthrow the DPRK government.”
Read more: https://original.antiwar.com/Reese_Erlich/2018/06/12/a-deal-with-north-korea-dont-blow-it-this-time/
“The United States is at war in so many places that the majority of citizens would struggle to name half of them.”
Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/congress-may-declare-the-forever-war/562175/