Zeteo • Aug 30, 2025
This Week in Democracy – Week 32: 'Maybe We Like a Dictator,' Says Wannabe Dictator Donald Trump
Zeteo's project to document the ongoing, pressing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in Donald Trump's second term.
Articles & Videos
Drop Site News • Aug 30, 2025
WATCH: A Farmer’s Fight and the Ongoing Siege of Southern Lebanon
A Lebanese farmer resisted an Israeli bulldozer. Israel bombed his home, and now he lives beside an Israeli outpost
Lever News • Aug 30, 2025
Sirota’s Signals: Bent Over The Cracker Barrel
Plus, billionaires’ new email engine, the memory-holed 2008 decision that led to Trump, and how social media lets the bad guys cheat.
Lever News • Aug 29, 2025
Cannibalism At The Pharmacy Counter
CVS Health systematically undercut its competitor Rite Aid while lining up to buy the failing pharmacy chain for parts, a new lawsuit alleges.
Zeteo • Aug 29, 2025
Why Aren't Democrats Capitalizing on the Scandal of the Summer?
Trump, Israel, pedophilia, corruption. If you were to lab-engineer a scandal to hurt the president and the GOP, this is exactly what you would concoct.
Current Affairs • Aug 29, 2025
“AI Ethics” Discourse Ignores Its Deadliest Use: War
AI Ethics is a hot topic in the artificial intelligence world. It features in keynote speeches at major conferences and spawns entire dedicated safety teams at large companies—all the while, government, industry and academic leaders make a point of how hard they’re working to make sure AI proceeds in an ethical way. Ostensibly, this is a response to well-founded fears about the technology’s possible (and proven) downsides, like its threat to the job market, or potential for harm in mental health settings.
Semafor • Aug 29, 2025
In Minneapolis, conservatives test limits of new rhetoric on crime
The Minneapolis discourse is a function of conservative arguments that the government really can stop crime if it is willing to target certain people.
Semafor • Aug 29, 2025
Republicans look to Hinson in Iowa’s Senate race
The 42-year-old lawmaker is close to Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, who’s expected to announce soon that she won’t seek a third term.
Zeteo • Aug 29, 2025
Our Short Film on Hind Rajab Just Won an Award. Watch It Today
Prem Thakker’s year-long reporting on the brutal killing of a little Palestinian girl and her family wins the Online Journalism Award for digital storytelling.
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Common Dreams •
Watch: Prem Goes on a Ride-Along with Minneapolis Residents Fighting Trump’s ICE Invasion
Zeteo •
Kristi Noem Claims Trump Is Enforcing the Law Equally. That’s Obviously False.
Mother Jones •
They Want You to “Quit Demonstrating”
Mother Jones •
Genocide Isn’t a Mistake. Which Is Why the Media Can’t Tell You the Truth About Gaza
Scheer Post •
Minnesota AG Slams JD Vance’s False Claim That Killer ICE Agent Can’t Be Prosecuted
Zeteo •
Out of Spite, Trump Used Veto Power to Punish Florida Tribe That Opposed “Alligator Alcatraz”
Mother Jones •
‘What Are You Hiding?’ Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Says ICE Killing of Renee Good Must Be Investigated
Scheer Post •
What Police Weren’t Told About Tasers
Mother Jones •
ICE: "Fucking Bitch"
Common Dreams •
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