The Democrats' National Popular Vote Push Is About Fear, Not Fairness

Interpreting Russia's Position Towards The Islamic NATO Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, While Russia officially has no problem with the Islamic NATO and even hopes that it'll one day include Iran to fulfill Russia's regional collective security vision, it would be inaccurate to claim that Russia is naïve about the latent threat that this bloc could pose as a result of Turkiye's rivalry with Russia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov opined in early September on his country's position towards the Islamic NATO in response to a question about the role that...

"Bring Your Own Capacity" - Google And Voltus To Deploy Virtual Power Plant  Google signed a three-year Bring Your Own Capacity (BYOC) agreement with Voltus for up to 100 MW of accredited distributed capacity in the PJM Interconnection. Voltus will aggregate batteries, smart thermostats, electric vehicles, and other flexible assets from homes and businesses into a Google-funded Virtual Power Plant (VPP).  When the grid needs relief, the software dispatches those resources in concert. Participants get paid, and Google gets capacity without waiting for traditional interconnection queues. A VPP is not a physical...

The Kremlin said on Monday that arms control talks between the US and Russia should have begun “yesterday,” as no nuclear arms control treaties remain in effect between the two powers after New START expired earlier this year. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the negotiations on a potential replacement for New START should have begun […]