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Structural analysis of power, surveillance, and public infrastructure. All sourced from public records, court filings, and government documents.

A massive crowd marching at golden hour
Action Mar 17, 2026 30+ sources

What You Can Do About It

The research is unambiguous. Every country that reversed democratic backsliding did it with turnout, coalition, and sustained pressure. Evidence from 35 countries over 30 years. Here is what works.

AI procurement and safety policy — GSA clause analysis
Investigation Mar 20, 2026 47 footnotes

The Government Wants AI That Cannot Refuse Autonomous Weapons or Mass Surveillance

A new GSA procurement clause would prohibit AI companies from refusing government requests based on safety policies. The comment period was extended to April 3 after industry pushback. The Anthropic hearing was March 24.

The Endgame — competitive authoritarianism
Featured Investigation Mar 16, 2026 150+ sources

The Endgame: Competitive Authoritarianism in America

The United States is now a competitive authoritarian regime. Elections continue. The opposition is legal. But the state apparatus is weaponized so the ruling party cannot lose. The difference between Hungary and America is the ontology.

Fiber optic vortex
Investigation Mar 17, 2026 25+ sources

The Loop: The AI That Bombs the Country That Bombs the Data Centers That Run the AI

Claude generates targeting for 6,000+ strikes on Iran. Iran bombs the AWS data centers running Claude. The Pentagon blacklists Anthropic while depending on Claude for active combat. One architecture. One feedback loop.

Dark phone against dimming city
Investigation Mar 17, 2026 20+ sources

When the Internet Dies: What Russia’s Information Shutdown Tells Us About Our Own

Moscow residents can’t use GPS, taxis, or card payments. Putin shut down Telegram — 90 million users — because his military is turning against him. The BITE model at national scale. And the mirror it holds up to the US.

Light breaking through cracked concrete
Analysis Mar 17, 2026 40+ sources

Here’s Why It Works: The Structural Weakness of Competitive Authoritarianism

Competitive authoritarianism needs the appearance of democracy. Mass participation forces a crisis it cannot resolve without dropping the mask. Evidence from 35 countries over 30 years.

The Lookup Table — data surveillance
Featured Investigation Mar 16, 2026 50+ sources

The Lookup Table: How the Federal Government Is Building a Profile of Every American

How individually legal data collections become population-scale surveillance. The assembled profile, the surveillance tools, the detention infrastructure, and the legal record.

Investigation Feb 10, 2026

Fifth-Generation Warfare: The Invisible War Already Underway

A comprehensive guide to how nations are fighting — and losing — wars you can't see. Cognitive warfare, deepfakes, and the emerging paradigm of invisible conflict.

Research Mar 8, 2026

Open-Source Transparency Tools

Tools for making power visible — from corporate ownership to surveillance tracking, lobbying expenditures to government spending.

Research Mar 8, 2026

The Psychology of Authoritarian Control

How authoritarian systems manipulate perception, identity, and social bonds. BITE model analysis, loaded language, and the architecture of coercive control.

Investigation Mar 6, 2026

AI Chatbot Legal Risks: What Every Parent Should Know

Character.AI suicides, Replika fines, and the legal landscape of AI companionship harms. A guide for families and policymakers.

Research Feb 9, 2026

The Anti-Surveillance Tech Market

An overview of the growing market for privacy-preserving and anti-surveillance technologies.

Research Feb 11, 2026

Data Privacy & Sovereignty Best Practices

A practical guide to data sovereignty, privacy-preserving tools, and best practices for individuals and organizations.

Research Mar 8, 2026

Vocabulary Is Infrastructure

Why naming what you experience determines whether you can act on it — and why shared vocabulary is a public good that no one maintains.

Research Mar 7, 2026

Naming What You Feel

The neuroscience of affect labeling — how putting words to emotions changes your brain's response to them.

Research Mar 7, 2026

Connecting Isolated Voices

How fragmented communities rediscover each other — and why the infrastructure for connection matters more than the content.

Research Feb 10, 2026

Rebuilding Resilience

Community resilience frameworks and how to build systems that protect people when institutions fail.

Profile Feb 11, 2026

Privacy Protection: The Nicholas Merrill Story

The first person to challenge a National Security Letter in court — and what his fight reveals about surveillance infrastructure.