Archives: August/September 2026

"In the two decades since the September 11 attacks, the absence of REAL ID enforcement has not made domestic flights more vulnerable to terrorism.

Meanwhile, the federal government and the states have not been able to implement REAL ID at scale, and the general public does not seem to see a need for it.

The next time Congress debates the future of REAL ID, it should repeal the requirement for good." Scott Shackford "Even COVID-19 Couldn't Kill REAL ID"

"After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, it became fashionable on the right, and among some hawkish liberals, to defend and even promote the idea of an American Empire to keep us safe from terrorists, hold rogue nations in check, and secure global commerce…..In the middle years of the last decade, as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan grew steadily worse, this jingoism fell out of favor, leaving only a shrinking core of committed neoconservatives to champion the virtues of empire.

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