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The Coronavirus CrisisNIH Awards New Grant to U.S. Organization at Center of Covid-19 Lab Leak Controversy
In August, an EcoHealth Alliance award was terminated after the organization failed to turn over records critical to the Covid origin probe. The next month, it got a new grant.
No, Elon Musk’s Starlink Probably Won’t Fix Iranian Internet Censorship
The satellite internet technology probably won’t connect Iranian protesters, but Musk already got his PR coup with a two-word tweet.
It’s a Girl (Fascist)!
Giorgia Meloni will be Italy’s first woman prime minister — and part of a long tradition of white womanhood being central to fascism.
Making a KillingFormer NSA Chief Signed Deal to Train Saudi Hackers Months Before Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder
Retired Gen. Keith Alexander’s company IronNet signed an agreement with a Saudi cyberwarfare institute led by the official who oversaw Khashoggi’s killing.
Losing AfghanistanI Watched the Afghan Government Collapse Under the Weight of Its Own Greed
Our leaders failed to give Afghan soldiers the food, tools, and respect they needed to defeat a brutal insurgency.