Rep. Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts congressman and a former Marine, is contemplating a run for the presidency. He says national security and military issues are at the center of his message. He insists Trump’s handling of issues of war and peace gives an opening to Democrats in the 2020 election. “I recognize that the polling...
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DARPA: AI Could Bring Mental Telepathy to the Battlefront
Can you imagine shooting a gun just by thinking? The resident geniuses at DARPA can. They are in the fine phrase of Sharon Weinberger, “The Imagineers of War.” (If you’re obsessed with DARPA like me, read Weinberger’s book. The people at DARPA sometimes make the future, and sometimes fail miserably.) Now they’re talking about mental...
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Elissa Slotkin for the Democratic Defense
If Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez has a certain New York panache that drives conservatives batty, Rep. Elissa Slotkin does Midwestern Nice in a way that will irritate no one. And I mean that as a compliment. Slotkin, a former CIA officer and Pentagon policymaker, was just elected from Michigan’s 8th District, a diverse swath of central...