Source: The Dispatch
by Daniel Castro

“Calls to ban the development of superintelligence have gained traction among some technologists, pundits, and even a few policymakers. They argue that an artificial intelligence system so powerful that it could outthink humans would pose an existential threat to civilization. But this idea rests on unsubstantiated fears, not evidence. A government prohibition on advanced AI would not make the United States safer, but it would make it weaker. Such a ban would forfeit economic and technological leadership, undermine national security, and betray America’s founding commitment to liberty and progress.” (12/04/25)

https://thedispatch.com/debates/ai-superintelligence-innovation-digital-freedom/

Source: Antiwar.com
by Norman Solomon

“Last month, some House members publicly acknowledged that Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza. It’s a judgment that Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch unequivocally proclaimed a year ago. Israeli human-rights organizations have reached the same conclusion. But such clarity is sparse in Congress. And no wonder. Genocide denial is needed for continuing to appropriate billions of dollars in weapons to Israel, as most legislators have kept doing. Congress members would find it very difficult to admit that Israeli forces are committing genocide while voting to send them more weaponry.” (12/04/25)

https://original.antiwar.com/solomon/2025/12/03/democrats-in-congress-are-out-of-touch-with-constituents-on-israeli-genocide/

Source: The Hill
by Max Burns

“President Trump’s Cabinet meetings are a masterclass in postmodernism, a forum in which nothing is said yet everything is revealed. His most recent back-slapping session gave center stage to a clutch of White House quislings so preoccupied with propping up Trump’s fragile ego that they have lost even a passing interest in actually governing. … As Trump spends his second term eating dinner in bed and treating the presidency as a largely ceremonial job, feckless MAGA bros like Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, FBI Director Kash Patel and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are stepping in to fill the gaps — with predictably disastrous results. If Trump’s directionless Cabinet meeting was meant to clear the air about who is really running the country, the public got its answer loud and clear: absolutely no one.” (12/03/25)

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5630156-trump-unpopular-strikes-economy/

Source: Intercept
by Matt Sledge

“For five months, Daniel Sanchez Estrada was the prisoner of a government that has branded him an ‘Antifa Cell operative.’ He was accused of moving a box of anarchist zines from one suburb of Dallas to another after a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. On the day before Thanksgiving, he was released without warning or explanation. He walked out to a jail parking lot relishing the fresh air — and watching over his shoulder. During the week that followed, Sanchez Estrada savored his time with family members and worried that his release might have been an accident. Apparently, he was right.” (12/04/25)

https://theintercept.com/2025/12/04/antifa-zines-accidental-release-texas-ice-protest/

Source: The American Prospect
by Shoaib Mir & Parthu Venkatesh P

“Sitting outside his modest house in India’s eastern state of Bihar, Sudeshwar Singh, 48, scrolls on his smartphone through the recent Global Tuberculosis Report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) last month to check India’s status. Just eight countries account for 67 percent of global TB cases, according to the report, with India contributing 25 percent of the total, topping the chart. Seeing India leading in global TB disappoints Singh. As the day starts to fade, he puts on a jacket with a ‘Stop TB’ logo, packs a few copies of handbooks and pamphlets in a tote bag, and starts walking toward a nearby village. Singh, himself a TB survivor and a renowned health advocate, has been a guide for a network of TB advocates in the region, working toward a global commitment to end the epidemic by 2030 under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.” (12/04/25)

https://prospect.org/2025/12/04/losing-indias-guardian-angels-usaid-tb/