Chinese tech giant Huawei tested an AI face-detecting software that finds Uighur people and alerts the authorities, according to the company’s own internal documents. This is alarming news, as it shows Beijing is using using all of the tools at is disposal to hunt down the beleaguered minority group. Recently, Columbia professor Leta Hong Fincher has …

Massachusetts lawmakers have approved a significant police reform bill following the summer’s protests. The reforms increase officer accountability, limits no-knock warrants, and forbids chokeholds. But the news has not all been good on the police reform front. Earlier this year, the Seattle City Council vetoed the mayor’s attempt to defund the police––the news of this ironically …

The White House, already chock full of coronavirus cases, is hosting nearly a dozen indoor holiday parties. Andrew Giuliani has COVID, making him the latest in a shockingly long list of White House officials to get the ‘rona. Donald Trump Jr. has tested positive for COVID. In case that doesn’t make it abundantly clear that Trump …

Donald Trump is lashing out at Republican governors who do not support him enough, especially the governors of Georgia and Arizona, who Trump feels that the governors are not real Republicans. The attack highlights the internal dissent within the party. Republican Congressman Denver Riggleman of Virginia, leaving Congress this cycle and thus free to speak his mind, …

Despite the pandemic raging around the country, President Trump urged Americans to gather in homes and churches, contradicting all health experts’ advice. Earlier this week, while members of the G20 were meeting to discuss how to address the COVID situation, Donald Trump went golfing. Andrew Giuliani has COVID, making him the latest in a shockingly long …

Andrew Giuliani has COVID, making him the latest in a shockingly long list of White House officials to get the ‘rona. Donald Trump Jr. has tested positive for COVID. In case that doesn’t make it abundantly clear that Trump doesn’t care about COVID and who gets it––and who might die because of it––a whopping 130 …

Donald Trump Jr. has tested positive for COVID. The irony is almost too great. His father––who is still President of the United States and has been since COVID began, in case anyone forgets––has not attended a COVID briefing in five months. He has been, instead, focused entirely on the election. Meanwhile, the United States is facing day after …

Almost as soon as he lost the election, people began speculating if he could be permanently banned. CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey has confirmed that is indeed the case. After January 20, Trump will lose “world leader” status and, as a result, could be banned if he violates Twitter rules––which he almost certainly will. Before …

With Trump defeated, the are huge questions about what will happen to QAnon believers, the most rabid of his entire base. Some are left isolated from their families, and have to face the hard choice of returning to the fold and hearing the endless “I told you so” chorus. Others are doubling down, and they …

Two armed Virginians were arrested in Philadelphia for trying to deliver fake ballots. They had QAnon paraphernalia in their car. If you think QAnon conspiracy theory seems so toxic that it must have been intentionally created or amplified as a kind of Web 2.0 warfare against the United States, but didn’t have the evidence to …

A new poll for the Independent says that 61% of voters do not want Donald Trump Jr. or Ivanka Trump to run for office. Only 16% of Americans think Don Jr. should go into politics at all. It’s not surprising no one wants the Trumps, as polling reveals that 51% of Americans think Trump has harmed the …

The Presidential Predictor, a measure of how well the market performs in the three months before an election, suggests that Donald Trump will lose this election to Joe Biden. The measure has correctly predicted every  winner since 1984 and has correctly predicted 20 out of the last 23 elections. New polls show Biden’s lead in …