Global security leaders are warning nuclear threats are growing as weapons spending surged to $91.4 billion last year.
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The Proud Boys are back
So says Reuters. This does not bode well for democracy or for public order.
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Afraid of some bad visuals, are you?
According to NBC News: “Republican officials are running into a wall of opposition — from the Secret Service and local officials — as they fight to move a protest zone farther away from the site of their national convention in Milwaukee this summer.”
Of course, they’d be tickled to death if there were bad visuals coming out of the Democratic convention in Chicago.
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What could possibly go wrong?
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Reimagining public safety
A much better (and less misleading) slogan than “defunding the police.” Programs like this are a good example of what progressives have in mind when they use that terrible slogan. And it works.
After dispatching mental health pros, instead of police, to 911 emergency calls, Denver boosts successful pilot program with more funding.
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Whoever coined the motto “defund the police” should be shot
but only after being drawn and quartered, and dipped in boiling oil. This article details some of the alternatives to the traditional public safety approaches that are being tried.
Though the politics of police reform have shifted since a year ago, the movement to find new ways to ensure public safety is winning a number of fights in cities across the country.
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PSA
This is old but important and I’m posting it here so that I know where to find it.
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Treasonable noticing of seditious facts
Nicholas Kristoff in the NYT: “The newest Social Progress Index, shared with me before its official release Thursday morning, finds that out of 163 countries assessed worldwide, the United States, Brazil and Hungary are the only ones in which people are worse off than when the index began in 2011. And the declines in Brazil and Hungary were smaller than America’s. …
“The United States, despite its immense wealth, military power and cultural influence, ranks 28th — having slipped from 19th in 2011. The index now puts the United States behind significantly poorer countries, including Estonia, Czech Republic, Cyprus and Greece.”
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But Big Brother won’t know who he’s watching
The city of Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday banned the use of facial-recognition technology by city departments — including local police — as well as public-facing businesses such as stores, restaurants and hotels.
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So much for the First Amendment
In the wake of nationwide protests in support of black lives, some states have increased the severity of criminal penalties for protesters.
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