The high-tech oligarchs surrounding Trump are set on using artificial intelligence and new technologies for the sake of uniting us around perpetual war, says William Hartung.
The New Age Militarists
Tag: Elon Musk
USAID Funded Ukraine Group That Smears Americans
The Trump administration has lambasted the foreign aid agency for absurd foreign expenditures, but Wyatt Reed says it has omitted what is perhaps its most scandalous operation.
The Warfare State & Trump’s Rise to Power
While the military industrial complex seems all too natural to most politicians and journalists, Norman Solomon says its consequences have transformed U.S. politics.
Chainsaw Diplomacy
If Elon Musk is using Javier Milei’s Argentina as inspiration for his own mission with the Department of Government Efficiency that bodes extremely poorly for the U.S., writes Alan MacLeod.
Chris Hedges: The Road to Dictatorship
Donald Trump’s dismantling of the Deep State presages the formation of something far worse.
Droning the Pentagon
An assortment of new firms, born in Silicon Valley or incorporating its disruptive ethos, are beginning to win lucrative military contracts, writes Michael T. Klare.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Musk & the Myth of USAID
Chris Hedges: The Empire Self-Destructs
These billionaires will make a fortune “harvesting” the remains of the empire. But they are ultimately slaying the beast that created American wealth and power.
The Chris Hedges Report: Technofeudalism
Yanis Varoufakis discusses his new book and the profound consequences of large portions of commerce shifting from capital markets to online platforms that function as digital fiefdoms.
WATCH: For Once Trump Gets It Right on Censorship
Robert Scheer discusses Trump’s executive order banning government censorship and a range of free-press matters with Consortium News’ editor in chief Joe Lauria.