#Officials explored ‘heat ray’ device to clear Lafayette Square: whistleblower

#Officials explored ‘heat ray’ device to clear Lafayette Square: whistleblower

“#Officials explored ‘heat ray’ device to clear Lafayette Square: whistleblower” Defense officials explored the use of “heat rays” and other extreme crowd-control tools hours before violently clearing out protesters from Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., this June, a whistleblower told The Washington Post. The federal forces had allegedly hoarded ammunition and searched for a military…

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#Why the ideal of meritocracy only deepens inequality

#Why the ideal of meritocracy only deepens inequality

“#Why the ideal of meritocracy only deepens inequality” If the Western world has a unifying social concept any longer, it’s the ideal of meritocracy, of establishing an equality of opportunity that allows every individual to rise to whatever level their hard work and innate abilities can take them to. It’s an ideal, however aspirational, that…

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#Federal agencies still pushing insane ‘critical race theory’

#Federal agencies still pushing insane ‘critical race theory’

“#Federal agencies still pushing insane ‘critical race theory’” President Trump is taking on the odious ideology known as critical race theory, or CRT. Kudos. But the right must prepare for a long war. Following my investigative reporting (including in The Post) shedding light on taxpayer-funded hard-left brainwashing in federal agencies, the president issued an executive…

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#I worry Democrats won’t concede and other commentary

#I worry Democrats won’t concede and other commentary

“#I worry Democrats won’t concede and other commentary” Liberal: I Worry Dems Won’t Concede “I find myself truly worried about only one scenario” this November, reveals Shadi Hamid at The Atlantic: President Trump “will win re-election, and Democrats and others on the left will be unwilling, even unable, to accept the result.” Liberals, after all,…

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#TikTok, Oracle face hurdles to complete deal

#TikTok, Oracle face hurdles to complete deal

“#TikTok, Oracle face hurdles to complete deal” TikTok has found a dance partner to keep it going in the US — but it has to convince the feds not to let the deal flop. American software firm Oracle said it would become the “trusted technology provider” for ByteDance — the Chinese tech giant behind the…

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#Jeffrey Goldberg says anonymous sources are ‘not good enough’

#Jeffrey Goldberg says anonymous sources are ‘not good enough’

“#Jeffrey Goldberg says anonymous sources are ‘not good enough’” Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic and the journalist responsible for the “bombshell” report that President Trump disparaged America’s war dead, conceded that anonymous sources were “not good enough” in reporting such as his. “I share that view that it’s not good enough. But, you know,…

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