AJ Vicens
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Past articles by AJ:
What Happens When Local Election Administrators Believe Trump’s Big Lie?
A Colorado clerk’s conspiracies highlight a growing “insider threat.” → Read More
The Extreme Right’s Favorite Web Provider Just Got Hacked
The 180 gigabyte trove of data could shine light on some of the internet’s most odious corners. → Read More
I Did Social Media for a Baseball Team. My Boss Was Worried I’d Sleep With the Players.
Inside the cesspool of minor league baseball. → Read More
Our Hotel CEO Made Tens of Millions of Dollars and Furloughed Us
Hilton’s Chris Nassetta made $55 million last year and wants to take work away from us, the people who need it the most. → Read More
The Cost of the Post-9/11 Security State Is $21 Trillion, Report Finds
The war on terror has fueled 20 years of massive military and other spending. → Read More
Internal Government Watchdog Slams Afghanistan War Effort as Inept and Reckless
“The overall picture is bleak,” writes the inspector general. → Read More
We’re Not Going to the Moon Anytime Soon, But Joe Biden Won’t Kill Trump’s Dream
There are some troubling policies and practices from the Trump years that President Joe Biden has chosen to carry forward, even as he’s aggressively worked to undo others. In at least one case, though, there’s an unrealistic and expensive Trump-era goal that Biden is pushing forward with, even in opposition to his own experts: A […] → Read More
FDA Approves Booster Vaccines for Immunocompromised as Delta Rages Across the Country
The US Food and Drug Administration authorized a third dose of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for immunocompromised people, such as solid organ transplant recipients, the agency announced Thursday. “The country has entered yet another wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the FDA is especially cognizant that immunocompromised people are particularly at risk for […] → Read More
QAnon Hero Claims to Present Sensitive Election Files at MyPillow CEO Event
The Colorado secretary of state’s office is investigating a security breach related to the files. → Read More
Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne Gets Sued for Pushing Election Lies
The conspiracist and 'Stop the Steal' propagandist faces a defamation lawsuit from Dominion. → Read More
Evictions Are Coming. Democrats “Failed to Meet This Moment,” Say Democrats.
Congressional efforts to extend the eviction moratorium failed on Friday. → Read More
New Documentary Explores a Hacktivist’s Tale and the Twisted Truth
Director Sonia Kennebeck explains how “Enemies of the State” embraces “the ambiguity and the not knowing.” → Read More
Days After Threat from Biden, Major Ransomware Group Goes Dark
The US recently suggested it would step up undercover attacks on Russian cyber criminals. → Read More
“America Turned Its Back on Afghanistan”: Stranded Afghan Journalist Sees US Betrayal
Jawad Sukhanyar worked for the New York Times in Kabul for eight years. Now he fears for his life. → Read More
The US Government Just Released Its Long-Awaited Report on UFOs. Read It Here.
"Just getting access to the information...that's an ordeal in itself." → Read More
Michigan Republicans Confirm the Obvious: Trump Lost Fair and Square
A GOP-led investigation found “no evidence” to doubt Biden’s win. → Read More
Ransomware Attacks are Hitting Small Business. And Some of Them are Military Subcontractors
They might not always make headlines but hacks are becoming common. → Read More
At Least 81 Pro-Trump Rioters Are Charged With Assaulting Police on January 6
But Kevin McCarthy acts as if none of it happened. → Read More
It’s Not Just a Pipeline. Ransomware Attacks are Proliferating Across the Country.
Federal intelligence assessments warn the hacks may be linked to the Russian government. → Read More
Researchers Say They’ve Uncovered a Massive Facebook Bot Farm from the 2020 Election
The 14,000-account "political manipulation" network sent posts on Trump, Biden, and COVID. → Read More