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The Panama Canal has value to American business—but it has more value to China

The Panama Canal has value to American business—but it has more value to China

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The worst congressional gerrymanders of the 2020s

Project 2025: Part II

Project 2025: Part II

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Just words, or did Trump mean it: "He who saves his country violates no Law."

Just words, or did Trump mean it: "He who saves his country violates no Law."

Depolarization in the age of misinformation

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Depolarization in the Age of Misinformation | Jonathan Rauch, David Blankenhorn & Ciaran O'Connor
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The Fulcrum
By The FulcrumMar 03, 2022
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Braver Angels has never been shy about engaging our nation’s most sensitive political issues. Last year, we held a public debate on the 2020 election exploring themes of voter fraud, voter suppression, and disagreements about the outcome. Recently, we hosted a podcast with a guest who claimed that the January 6th riots were incited by liberal activists working in collusion with the FBI.

After initially taking down the podcast for violating its terms on misinformation, YouTube reinstated the episode after reviewing it in the context of our larger mission. On this episode of the podcast, Ciaran O’Connor hosts David Blankenhorn, president of Braver Angels, and Jonathan Rauch, author of The Constitution of Knowledge, for a wide-ranging discussion on depolarization in the age of misinformation, bridge-building across the epistemological divide, and the Braver Angels approach to controversial content.

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Data-based checks and bicameral balancing of Executive Orders
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Data-based checks and bicameral balancing of Executive Orders

The flurry of Presidential Executive Orders attracted plenty of data-based checks in the media. The bad propaganda, rollbacks, and a dip in the President’s approval rating may have been avoided if the US Constitution mandated the Whitehouse to do similar checks before initiating the Executive Orders.

Mandating data-based checks on executive orders ensures that decisions made by the President are rooted in evidence and have a clear, justifiable basis. Data-based checks would ensure that executive orders are issued only after they are scrutinized on their merits, impact, and alignment with the public interest. These checks help prevent orders from being issued on personally or politically motivated priorities or unsubstantiated claims.

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TikTok: The Aftermath
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TikTok: The Aftermath

When Congress passed PAFACA (Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications), they should have considered the consequences. They apparently didn’t.

With approximately 170 million users, what did politicians think would happen when TikTok actually went dark? Did Congress consider the aftermath? President Trump is trying hard to find a way to keep TikTok from going dark permanently, but he likely won’t succeed.

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Amid Trump’s War on LGBTQ+ Teens, Social Media Platforms Must Step Up
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Amid Trump’s War on LGBTQ+ Teens, Social Media Platforms Must Step Up

With Trump’s war on inclusion, life has suddenly become even more dangerous for LGBTQ youth. The CDC has removed health information for LGBTQ+ people from its website—including information about creating safe, supportive spaces. Meanwhile, Trump’s executive order, couched in hateful and inaccurate language, has stopped gender-affirming care.

Sadly, Meta’s decision in January to end fact-checking threatens to make social media even less safe for vulnerable teens. To stop the spread of misinformation, Meta and other social media platforms must commit to protecting young users.

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Trump’s Gaza Proposal—and the Madman Theory

President Trump suggests relocating the Palestinian population from Gaza and turning the region into “the Riviera of the Middle East."

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Trump’s Gaza Proposal—and the Madman Theory

Is Trump's Gaza suggestion this week that he intends to relocate the Palestinian population from Gaza and turn the region into “the Riviera of the Middle East” an example of the "Madman Theory" or is it a negotiation tactic?

The term "Madman Theory" is a concept that primarily came into vogue during the presidency of Richard Nixon in the 1970s. Comparisons between the two are now being made after Trump's seemingly crazy comments on Gaza.

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