Musk cheerleaders and conservative influencers criticize journalist suspensions from Twitter  —  Twitter, Elon Musk suspend several journalists from the platform  —  Some of Elon Musk's biggest cheerleaders, alongside some conservative influencers, are condemning Twitter's decision Thursday …

Putin's War: The Inside Story of a Catastrophe … Russian soldiers go into battle with little food, few bullets and instructions grabbed from Wikipedia for weapons they barely know how to use.  —  Russian soldiers go into battle with little food, few bullets and instructions grabbed …

No alien life discovered on Earth, Pentagon says, but search deepens  —  A new office within the Defense Department is evaluating recent reports of unexplained phenomena and is planning to look at accounts dating back decades  —  A new office at the Pentagon is scrutinizing hundreds of reports …

Twitter's top ranks riddled with ex-FBI employees  —  Twitter's top ranks were riddled with ex-FBI agents and executives, stitching the company even closer to the federal agency now under fire for leaning on Twitter to meddle in the 2020 elections.  —  More than a dozen former feds flocked …

Brittney Griner and the Role of Race in Diplomacy  —  Griner's release recalls the lessons of the effort to free Robert Goodman, an African American Navy navigator, from Syria.  —  Thirty-nine years ago this month, an African American Navy bombardier-navigator named Robert Goodman was taking part …

Jan. 6 Panel Plans Vote on Referring Trump for Insurrection and Other Charges  —  The committee also was expected to recommend charging the former president with obstructing an official proceeding of Congress and defrauding the American people.  —  WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating …

What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?  —  Reflections on the end of history ... and the academic study of the arts, literature and philosophy.  —  The December 2022 issue of Jacobin, which bills itself as “a leading voice of the American left …

Republican Party Masochists in Congress  —  GOP division and disarray on Capitol Hill bode ill for the next two years.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  WSJ Opinion: Free Speech and the Push to Shut You Up  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.  —  1x

Georgia Man with Ties to White Supremacist Organization Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime for Racially Motivated Shootings  —  A Georgia man pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime and a firearms violation for shooting into two Clayton County convenience stores in an attempt to kill …

Two Tennessee Men Arrested for Planning Attacks on Law Enforcement Personnel and the FBI's Knoxville Field Office  —  A criminal complaint was unsealed today charging Edward Kelley, 33, of Maryville, Tennessee, and Austin Carter, 26, of Knoxville, Tennessee, with conspiracy …

Mendham Twp.  Committee ballots, filed by Dems and questioned by Republicans, include one from GOP incumbent's daughter  —  MENDHAM TWP.  - Morris County Republicans Thursday said they would soon file a lawsuit contesting the results of the Nov. 8 election in which Republican Township …

David Cameron lands teaching job at Abu Dhabi university  —  Former UK prime minister will lecture students on ‘practising politics and government in the age of disruption’  —  David Cameron, Britain's former prime minister, is returning to public life with a new job teaching politics at a university in the Gulf state of Abu Dhabi.

Trump Tax Returns May Be Released After House Panel Meets Tuesday  —  Ways and Means Committee has access to Trump records from IRS  —  WASHINGTON—The House Ways and Means Committee scheduled a closed-door meeting for Tuesday at which lawmakers are likely to review former President Donald …

Can politics kill you?  Research says the answer increasingly is yes.  —  As the coronavirus pandemic approaches its third full winter, two studies reveal an uncomfortable truth: The toxicity of partisan politics is fueling an overall increase in mortality rates for working-age Americans.

Joint Statement by UNHCR and Angelina Jolie  —  UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie meets Baw Meh, an ethnic Karenni refugee from Myanmar, in Ban Mai Nai Soi refugee camp, Thailand, in June 2014.  © UNHCR/Roger Arnold  —  After more than 20 years of dedicated and committed work …