Internet platforms have enjoyed a legal status that exempts them from legal liability for their content. Tech giants such as Google, Meta, and TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, have been under this umbrella thanks to the Communications Decency Act of 1996, specifically its Section 230, establishing that companies cannot be treated as the publisher of the […]
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In Homage to the Kurdish Women Who Fought ISIS
They prevailed in one of the longest and bloodiest battles against the terrorist group.
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ISIS Is Far from Defeated
While its dream of a caliphate appears over, its presence as a dangerous terror group persists.
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Trump Listens to Putin But Not His Own Generals
The president promised to follow his generals’ advice for defeating ISIS, but he’s ignoring them to keep his promise to Putin.
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Trump Is Wrong on Nearly Every Assessment of Threat
On climate change, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and ISIS, the president ignores the intelligence.
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Trump Abandoning the Kurds Isn’t Realism. It’s Tragedy.
These are costs to pulling troops from Syria that the president won’t care to acknowledge.
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Trump Is No More Triumphant than He Is Presidential
Passing the Republican tax plan doesn’t change the fact that his performance has been dismal.
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The Trump Scandal That Democrats Aren’t Talking About
Did ISIS escape Raqqa with Trump’s connivance?
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Hobby Lobby Meets Indiana Jones
How stolen art fuels Middle Eastern terrorism.
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Here Is the One Thing You Need to Know to Understand Trump
Everything he does is either about self-preservation or self-aggrandizement.
