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How the US made space more dangerous

Bush’s withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty led to an anti-satellite weapons proliferation boom The past year has witnessed a growing chorus of alarm in Washington regarding the military utility of space. From the proliferation of space debris to the hastened tempo of anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons development by China and Russia, there is a fear …

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Democrats Have Decided to Just Ignore American Muslims This Election Cycle

A new poll from the Council on American-Islamic Relations has Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein beating Kamala Harris among American Muslims in three key battleground states, with an especially large lead in Michigan. Among Muslims, Stein leads Harris 35 percent to 29 percent in Arizona, 44 percent to 39 percent in Wisconsin, and a whopping 40 percent …

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COLUMBIA WELCOMES STUDENTS BACK TO CAMPUS WITH ARRESTS

Two students, including one activist with Columbia University Apartheid Divest, were arrested in front of campus. Columbia University’s school year began this week with New York Police Department officers arresting two students in front of campus at a pro-Palestine demonstration. At the rally on Tuesday, dozens of students marched along a …

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UK Quietly Ties Nuclear Arsenal to Washington

Richard Norton-Taylor says the Starmer government’s rewriting of a transatlantic treaty undermines persistent claims that Britain’s Trident  missile system is operationally independent. Labour has reinforced the “special relationship” with Washington by agreeing to make Britain’s nuclear arsenal permanently dependent on the U.S. In one of its first, but little-noticed foreign policy …

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