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********* Freedom for the Wolves

Neoliberal orthodoxy holds that economic freedom is the basis of every other kind. That orthodoxy, a Nobel economist says, is not only false; it is devouring itself.

As Isaiah Berlin would have it: Freedom for the wolves; death for the sheep.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/neoliberalism-freedom-markets-hayek/678124/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

***** NYTimes: The Line Between Good and Evil Cuts Through Evangelical America

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*** We’ve Been Thinking About America’s Trust Collapse All Wrong

Trust isn’t something that emerges naturally from a well-functioning society; people have to build it through hard work.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/trust-democracy-liberal-government/677035/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

**** [The Washington Post] Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the U.S.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has been gathering data on the vulnerabilities of its Western adversaries, a classified Russian document shows.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/17/russia-foreign-policy-us-weaken/

********** ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza

‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza

Permissive airstrikes on non-military targets and the use of an artificial intelligence system have enabled the Israeli army to carry out its deadliest war on Gaza, a +972 and Local Call investigation reveals.

https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/

***** NYTimes.com: Mitch McConnell Doesn’t Wear a MAGA Hat. I’m Not Fooled.

Mitch McConnell Doesn’t Wear a MAGA Hat. I’m Not Fooled.

The Senate minority leader may not like the former president, but he has done more for him than many other Republican leaders.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/opinion/mitch-mcconnell-trump-senate.html?smid=em-share