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  Some Thoughts for Americans as Our Government Assists Israel in Gaza By  Karen Kwiatkowski We Americans take our duties to life on Earth seriously. We feed, house, and monitor our plants and our animals. When they are sick, we take special and devoted care of them. Our animals need water and access to appropriate and healthy food – not only an important daily task, but a task required by law.  In our small rural county we have three full time taxpayer-funded animal control officers, who have no qualms about following up on reports of mistreatment or insufficient care and feeding of our livestock and pets.  They are diligent heroes, in the eyes of most. Americans and their pets are a big part of the economy, and a major aspect of American life.  Americans spend  over $110 billion a year on their pets alone , over $44 billion of that on pet food and treats. Americans particularly despise those who abuse animals, who fail in their duties to care for, feed, water, and house them. This co

  Shadow Armies Are Waging an Invisible War on Us All JOSH WALKOS The Global Information Battlefield and the Censorship Machine The world of psychological operations and information warfare is complex and often controversial. Our investigation explores the role of the United States government in this sphere, its partnerships with private enterprises and academia, and the emergence of a new Department of Defense (DOD) doctrine that views the entire world—both real and digital—as a battleground. The DOD has adopted a euphemistic term, “the information environment,” which it defines as “the aggregate of individuals, organizations, and systems that collect, process, disseminate, or act on information—consisting of physical, informational, and cognitive dimensions.” This concept is at the heart of a recent report by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) entitled “Information Environment: Opportunities and Threats to DOD’s National Security Mission.” While the GAO and DOD do not expl