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How USAID funding helped build political influence networks around the world
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DataRepublican, Approved, Commentary, National

How USAID funding helped build political influence networks around the world

By DataRepublican | DataRepublican’s Substack Everyone is arguing about whether USAID was wasteful. Nobody is explaining what it was actually for. Yesterday the Daily Caller ran a piece noting that since Trump gutted USAID, right-wing candidates have swept Bolivia, Chile, Honduras, Costa Rica, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. The left hasn’t won a single Latin American presidential election since the funding stopped. Meanwhile, Ro Khanna went on a podcast and said Elon Musk “possibly sentenced to death” 4.5 million children by dismantling USAID. Musk threatened to sue him. The right points to USAID grants for transgender operas in Colombia and DEI workshops in Serbia and asks why American taxpayers were funding them. The left points to children...
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AI Powered Terminator Drones Raise Alarms After First Reported Battlefield Killings
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New Scientist, Approved, National

AI Powered Terminator Drones Raise Alarms After First Reported Battlefield Killings

By: Matthew Sparkes | New Scientist A senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry told New Scientist that a test took place two years ago involving fully autonomous drones set to destroy anything in a given area, with confirmed casualties. Fully autonomous drones with no human oversight have killed soldiers on the battlefield for the first time. This is according to a senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry, marking a watershed moment in warfare. The one-off test involved 10 AI-controlled “Terminator” drones on the front line of the Ukraine war. Russian soldiers were killed. “We tried it,” says drone-maker Alexander Kokhanovskyy, who supplied the technology and spoke to New Scientist at a press event hosted by the Ukrainian embassy. “It’s...
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After 47 years: Could Iran be nearing a turning point?
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The Christian Post, Approved, National

After 47 years: Could Iran be nearing a turning point?

By Wendy YurgO | Commentary, The Christian Post For 47 years, the Islamic Republic has done everything in its power to crush any light that refuses to submit to its rule. Public conversion from Islam is apostasy under Iranian law —punishable by imprisonment, flogging, long-term solitary confinement, or execution. House churches are raided in the night. Bibles are seized. Pastors are arrested and interrogated for months, sometimes years. Families are threatened. Believers lose jobs, homes, and relationships. Yet the underground church in Iran has not only survived—it has grown at a pace that many call one of the fastest in the world. Ministries tracking the movement — Elam Ministries, Transform Iran, Operation World, and others — estimate between one to three million Muslim-ba...
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