Iran's Rope-a-Dope
WWII proved bombing doesn't break police states. Iran's leaders know it. Their strategy: absorb punishment, blockade the Strait of Hormuz, and let economic pain end the war for them.
Eric Hensal
The Fault Lies not in AI
Updated: Trump moved against Anthropic to break or bend it to his will. Meanwhile, the panic about AI taking jobs misses the point — capital has used technology to strip workers of power for decades. The real threat was never artificial intelligence.
A Day in the Life of Epstein-with Andrew Update.
What did Jeffrey Epstein’s day actually look like? Using a random sample of the DOJ email release, I estimate his outgoing email volume and show how a steady stream of short, operational messages helped administer a trafficking enterprise. UPDATE: Andrew arrested--what did our emails have.
Unsupervised ICE: Built for Violence
ICE’s hiring surge did not just add inexperienced agents — it purposefully dismantled standards meant to restrain them. With academy screening collapsed and first-line supervision stretched past professional limits, Trump's ICE has constructed a system that predictably loses control of force.
Everyone Graduates ICE Killing Academy
Normal law enforcement academies remove more recruits than quit. At ICE, the pattern is inverted—74% quit, only 26% are dismissed. Academy attrition collapsed from 12.2% to 4.2%. Two out of three recruits who would have washed out are now put in the field. Part 2 of 3.
ICE is Built to Kill
The Trump administration claims 85% of ICE's surge hires are "experienced law enforcement officers." OPM payroll data tells a different story: two-thirds have no discernible law enforcement background.
Albert Speer Wants Credit
Monumental architecture is never neutral. From the proposed Commanders stadium to Trump’s National Mall plans, a pattern emerges—one that echoes Albert Speer, anticipatory compliance, and happy collaborators.