Dark Money is Oil Money, and It Wants More

“A Post-Mortem on Our Authoritarian Experiment” '

At this year’s annual McCormick Lecture, Jane Mayer, celebrated investigative journalist and chief Washington correspondent at The New Yorker, dissected authoritarianism in modern America. 

Mayer traced back from current events, drawing on her extensive research of the Koch brothers from her book “Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right,” in order to contextualize everything from former President Donald Trump’s election to the proliferation of disinformation in American politics. 

The McCormick Distinguished Lecture Series brings in “eminent national and international experts on law and public affairs to speak to the University of Arizona campus,” according to the McCormick Society. 

The society itself is associated with the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law and is named for the former university president and dean of the College of Law, Dr. James Byron McCormick. This year, the college invited Mayer to present over Zoom with a Q&A segment moderated by Stephen Golden and professor Nancy Sharkey from the UA School of Journalism.....'

 

https://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2021/02/n-meyer-coverage

Biden Plan: Combat Domestic Terrorism

 'White House unveils strategy to combat domestic terrorism

A federal review found that militia extremists and racially and ethnically motivated violent extremists pose the deadliest terrorism threat to the U.S.

From POLITICO: By BETSY WOODRUFF SWAN and MYAH WARD, POLITICO - 06/15/2021 06:00 AM EDT

The White House on Tuesday announced a cross-agency strategy to combat domestic terrorism, just two weeks after President Joe Biden promised the upcoming release during his remarks commemorating the Tulsa massacre.

The effort is the culmination of a review, led by the National Security Council, of how the U.S. government has dealt with the growing threat. It reiterates that militia extremists and racially and ethnically motivated violent extremists — predominantly white supremacists — are the most lethal and persistent terrorism threat facing the U.S....'

To see entire report, follow this link:  https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/06/15/us/biden-s-strategy-for-combating-domestic-extremism.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article

Future Proofing The Presidency

 

Well done series highlighting what the United States must do; follow the link: 

https://apps.bostonglobe.com/opinion/graphics/2021/06/future-proofing-the-presidency/