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Peace &
Security
AM Nukes Roundup
November 14, 2025
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Media
Intel
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously
Shuttered Teen
Vogue
- Teen
Vogue gave
student
reporters
their first
bylines, many
of whom went
on to
internships
and reporting
roles at
outlets like
NOTUS and
WVIA. As media
budgets shrink
and layoffs
rise,
preserving
entry-level
opportunities
is key to
sustaining the
next
generation of
journalists.
- Most
staff covering
identity,
politics, and
social issues
— including
women of color
and the only
trans staffer
— were laid
off, showing
how
consolidation
can silence
underrepresented
voices.
Publications
must
prioritize
diverse
leadership and
content that
engages young
people.
- Teen
Vogue’s
reporting
reached teens
and Gen Z on
issues from
reproductive
rights to
climate
activism,
often breaking
traffic
records. Condé
Nast’s folding
of sections
highlights the
risk of
prioritizing
profit over
civic
engagement and
youth
empowerment.
In Trump 2.0, MAGA-aligned influencers and media
emerge as the
new mainstream
- Right-wing
influencers
have become a
powerful
political
force,
amplifying
Trump-aligned
messaging
across social
media,
podcasts, and
TV; pro-Trump
programs
account for
~two-thirds of
the top 12
political
podcasts,
while Fox News
draws 2.8
million
primetime
viewers,
nearly three
times MSNBC’s
audience.
- This
media-government symbiosis has tangible consequences: influencers’
campaigns have
contributed to
firings of
over a dozen
national
security
officials,
harassment of
Black
lawmakers, and
direct access
to White House
meetings,
demonstrating
the real-world
impact of
coordinated
misinformation.
- The
financial
stakes for
influencers
are high, with
top right-wing
figures
earning
hundreds of
thousands per
campaign or
post, and in
some cases
millions via
foreign
influence
schemes,
highlighting
how economic
incentives
reinforce
political
alignment and
amplify
ideological
messaging.
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 News
Clips
US
NUCLEAR
State
Department deleted
records about risk of
inadvertent nuclear war
Nate Jones, Washington
Post - November 13
Inside
America’s Nuclear
Weapons: Aging Systems,
Expensive Upgrades, and
the Risks We’ve Learned
to Ignore
Chris Connors, Morristown
Minute - November 13
US
MISSILE DEFENSE
Golden
Dome SBIs will need to
be defended from
adversary attack
Theresa Hitchens, Breaking
Defense - November 12
RUSSIA
NUCLEAR
Putin
Ally Issues Nuclear
Warning to US: ‘Russia
Will Respond’
Dan Gooding, Jason Lemon,
Newsweek - November 13
KOREA
North
Korea's foreign minister
opposes G7 push for
denuclearisation, KCNA
says
Heejin Kim, Reuters -
November 13
IRAN
Water
Crisis Threatens Iran’s
Leaders
Amir Daftari, Newsweek -
November 13
EUROPE
France’s
New Nuclear-Armed
Supersonic Cruise
Missile Seen Clearly For
The First Time
Joseph Trevithick, The War
Zone - November 13
RECA/NUCLEAR
WASTE
Missouri
residents begin to
receive compensation for
nuclear radiation
exposure
Lacretia Wimbley, St.
Louis Public Radio -
November 13
POP
CULTURE
What
scared Kathryn Bigelow
into making ‘A House of
Dynamite’
Elahe Izadi, Washington
Post - November 13
Who
gets to survive ‘A House
Of Dynamite’ in the
United States?
Blyss Cleveland, Stanford
Daily - November 13
‘A
House of Dynamite’
East Hampton Star -
November 13
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