Technotyranny: The iron-fisted authoritarianism of the surveillance state
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We are living the prequel to The Matrix with each passing day, falling further under the spell of technologically-driven virtual communities.
Search Results for national security
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Warner, Kaine slam Trump decision to increase tariffs on Mexican imports
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) comment following President Trump’s announcement that, beginning on June 10, the U.S. will impose a 5 percent tariff on Mexican imports.
Interdisciplinary ISCE Scholars address topics from healthy aging to occupational roles of engineers
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Six interdisciplinary research teams were recently awarded funding through the Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment’s (ISCE) signature program, the ISCE Scholars Program, to address a broad range of pressing contemporary social issues.
Warner applauds inclusion of housing protections for servicemembers in annual defense bill
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) applauded the inclusion of provisions that would provide much-needed oversight of privatized military housing for servicemembers in this year’s Senate National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Warner, Kaine reintroduce legislation to tackle root causes of Central American migrant crisis
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) recently joined 32 other senators in reintroducing legislation to tackle the root causes of the Central American migrant crisis.
Alon Ben-Meir: Netanyahu’s defunct strategy to keep Hamas at bay
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Benjamin Netanyahu has served as prime minister of Israel for the past 11 years, coinciding with Hamas’ rule over Gaza ever since it usurped power in 2007 from the Palestinian Authority after a brief violent confrontation between the two sides.
Warner, Klobuchar, Graham introduce legislation to protect integrity of elections
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), along with Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), today introduced the Honest Ads Act, which will require large online platforms to maintain public records of advertisers who purchase political ads.
‘D’ is for a dictatorship disguised as a democracy
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What characterizes American government today is not so much dysfunctional politics as it is ruthlessly contrived governance carried out behind the entertaining, distracting and disingenuous curtain of political theater.
Alon Ben-Meir: Risk of Israeli-Iranian war still looms high
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The question is, what would it take to stop Iran from its destabilizing activities and help make it a constructive member of the international community, and avoid military confrontation with either the US or Israel or both?
Safe Climate Caucus statement on House Passage of Climate Action Now Act
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Congressional Safe Climate Caucus co-chairs Reps. Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Don Beyer (VA-08) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act.
