When the United States bombed Iran in the early hours of Sunday local time, it targeted three facilities central to the country’s nuclear ambitions: the Fordow uranium enrichment plant, the Natanz nuclear facility, and the Isfahan nuclear technology center. Newly… Read More "What Satellite Images Reveal About the US Bombing of Iran’s Nuclear Sites"
Truth Social malfunctioned on Saturday night amid President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States had bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities. Starting around 8 pm ET on Saturday, attempts to load the social network, which is owned by Trump Media &… Read More "Truth Social Crashes as Trump Live-Posts Iran Bombing"
In just a few months, Donald Trump’s second presidential term has drastically reshaped the United States federal government and moved to consolidate the power of the executive branch. At the behest of the president, numerous federal agencies have undertaken aggressive,… Read More "6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Civil Liberties"
No matter how much you’ve limited location tracking in apps and operating systems, your smartphone can also be tracked through your cellular service because your device pings cell towers around you to stay connected to the network. That’s why the… Read More "The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance"
I don’t think there’s anything quite so satisfying as winning a fight—especially when you land that victory with a resounding and definitive punch to your opponent’s gut. In some instances, that’s a literal victory. Just ask my third-grade playground nemesis;… Read More "Why We Made a Guide to Winning a Fight"
That said, there are numerous scenarios in which the military can provide assistance to police, including by giving them “information” obtained “in the normal course” of their duties, unless applicable privacy laws prohibit it. Military members can also provide police… Read More "Here’s What Marines and the National Guard Can (and Can’t) Do at LA Protests"
In contrast, Rutgers University professor Bruce Afran says deploying military forces against Americans is “completely unconstitutional” in the absence of a true state of domestic insurrection. “There was an attack on ICE’s offices, the doorways, there was some graffiti, there… Read More "The ‘Long-Term Danger’ of Trump Sending Troops to the LA Protests"
