A long line of suppressed disclosures has shown that the federal government is indeed spying on Americans, and Congress still hasn’t done anything about it.ShareFacing an increasing backlash against the Biden administration’s Disinformation Governing Board (DGB), Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas promised it Americans. It was not enough. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was forced to put the DGB on “,” and its director, Nina Jankowicz, under public pressure.Now DHS says it is “reviewing” the board while “continuing” its “critical work…to address disinformation.”No...…A long line of suppressed disclosures has shown that the federal government is indeed spying on Americans, and Congress still hasn’t done anything about it.ShareFacing an increasing backlash against the Biden administration’s Disinformation Governing Board (DGB), Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas promised it Americans. It was not enough. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was forced to put the DGB on “,” and its director, Nina Jankowicz, under public pressure.Now DHS says it is “reviewing” the board while “continuing” its “critical work…to address disinformation.”No...WW…

By 18, 2021Why did Texas lose power? Math — apolitical, non-ideological, and sometimes cruel math.During such an extreme cold for which Texas is mostly unprepared, the demands on the electric grid exceeded its output capacity. The of Texans heat their home with electricity, and, under typical circumstances, it makes sense. Why spend money to bring natural gas heat into the home when it’s very likely you can go an entire winter without turning it on? As temperatures plummeted, Texans turned on and turned up the heat.But something else was happening. The extreme cold was impacting all...…By 18, 2021Why did Texas lose power? Math — apolitical, non-ideological, and sometimes cruel math.During such an extreme cold for which Texas is mostly unprepared, the demands on the electric grid exceeded its output capacity. The of Texans heat their home with electricity, and, under typical circumstances, it makes sense. Why spend money to bring natural gas heat into the home when it’s very likely you can go an entire winter without turning it on? As temperatures plummeted, Texans turned on and turned up the heat.But something else was happening. The extreme cold was impacting all...WW…

During the last night in my condo in DC, I had to walk my dog an extra lap around the block because a crazy person was outside screaming obscenities. I wasn’t afraid. I just didn’t feel like getting into it with him or having to listen to his story—his “Let me just tell you something,” attempt to get money from me. It was 1 A.M., and I was tired from a night out—but more so, just tired in general. Tired of it all.I’m a city kid, through and through. And not a recent one. Not some Nebraska transplant who moved to the city and immediately thinks of himself as a local. A woman tried that on me...…During the last night in my condo in DC, I had to walk my dog an extra lap around the block because a crazy person was outside screaming obscenities. I wasn’t afraid. I just didn’t feel like getting into it with him or having to listen to his story—his “Let me just tell you something,” attempt to get money from me. It was 1 A.M., and I was tired from a night out—but more so, just tired in general. Tired of it all.I’m a city kid, through and through. And not a recent one. Not some Nebraska transplant who moved to the city and immediately thinks of himself as a local. A woman tried that on me...WW…