Donald Trump pitched himself to voters as a supposed anti-interventionist candidate of peace. But when he reenters the White House in January, at his side will be a phalanx of pro-military Silicon Valley investors, inventors, and executives eager to build the most sophisticated weapons the world has ever known. During his last term, the U.S.…
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Trump’s Election Is Also a Win for Tech’s Right-Wing “Warrior Class”
Donald Trump pitched himself to voters as a supposed anti-interventionist candidate of peace. But when he reenters the White House in January, at his side will be a phalanx of pro-military Silicon Valley investors, inventors, and executives eager to build the most sophisticated weapons the world has ever known. During his last term, the U.S.…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News, Politics, Technology
Trump’s Election Is Also a Win for Tech’s Right-Wing “Warrior Class”
Donald Trump pitched himself to voters as a supposed anti-interventionist candidate of peace. But when he reenters the White House in January, at his side will be a phalanx of pro-military Silicon Valley investors, inventors, and executives eager to build the most sophisticated weapons the world has ever known. During his last term, the U.S.…
Global Security News, Politics, Technology
Crypto Sweep Puts Congress on Notice: Vote With Us or We’ll Come After You With Millions
The cryptocurrency industry took a victory lap Wednesday. Devotees of digital currencies had cause to celebrate: An ally in Donald Trump had taken the White House and a slew of pro-crypto congressional candidates won races that included at least two Senate seats. Only two years after the spectacular collapse of frauds like Sam Bankman-Fried ushered…
Global Security News, Politics, Technology
Crypto Sweep Puts Congress on Notice: Vote With Us or We’ll Come After You With Millions
The cryptocurrency industry took a victory lap Wednesday. Devotees of digital currencies had cause to celebrate: An ally in Donald Trump had taken the White House and a slew of pro-crypto congressional candidates won races that included at least two Senate seats. Only two years after the spectacular collapse of frauds like Sam Bankman-Fried ushered…
Global Security News, Politics, Technology
Crypto Sweep Puts Congress on Notice: Vote With Us or We’ll Come After You With Millions
The cryptocurrency industry took a victory lap Wednesday. Devotees of digital currencies had cause to celebrate: An ally in Donald Trump had taken the White House and a slew of pro-crypto congressional candidates won races that included at least two Senate seats. Only two years after the spectacular collapse of frauds like Sam Bankman-Fried ushered…
Global Security News, Politics, Technology
Trump Might Get Unfettered Surveillance Powers. How Did We Get Here?
If Donald Trump wins on Tuesday, he will regain the keys to a global surveillance apparatus with few limits. Privacy advocates have warned since Edward Snowden’s revelations in 2013 that the government’s surveillance tools could be misused by presidents of any stripe. In the intervening decade, however, Congress has failed to rein in those powers.…
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Trump Might Get Unfettered Surveillance Powers. How Did We Get Here?
If Donald Trump wins on Tuesday, he will regain the keys to a global surveillance apparatus with few limits. Privacy advocates have warned since Edward Snowden’s revelations in 2013 that the government’s surveillance tools could be misused by presidents of any stripe. In the intervening decade, however, Congress has failed to rein in those powers.…
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Crypto PAC Throws a Lifeline to Ted Cruz in Tightening Senate Battle
Two political action committees with ties to the cryptocurrency industry are coming off the sidelines to help Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, as he faces an unexpectedly tight reelection fight with Democratic U.S. Rep. Colin Allred. Allred is not known as a crypto skeptic; he voted for the industry’s top-priority bill this year. That has not…
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Crypto PAC Throws a Lifeline to Ted Cruz in Tightening Senate Battle
Two political action committees with ties to the cryptocurrency industry are coming off the sidelines to help Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, as he faces an unexpectedly tight reelection fight with Democratic U.S. Rep. Colin Allred. Allred is not known as a crypto skeptic; he voted for the industry’s top-priority bill this year. That has not…
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After Major Industry Donor Pops Up, Harris Makes Bizarre Proposal: Crypto for Black Men
Days after a leading crypto industry figure endorsed her, Vice President Kamala Harris gave cryptocurrencies a vague embrace this week — as part of a pitch to Black men. Along with a pledge to legalize weed, the policy document released by Harris’s campaign Monday made a bid for Black men’s votes with ambiguous wording about…
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After Major Industry Donor Pops Up, Harris Makes Bizarre Proposal: Crypto for Black Men
Days after a leading crypto industry figure endorsed her, Vice President Kamala Harris gave cryptocurrencies a vague embrace this week — as part of a pitch to Black men. Along with a pledge to legalize weed, the policy document released by Harris’s campaign Monday made a bid for Black men’s votes with ambiguous wording about…
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Pegasus Spyware Maker Said to Flout Federal Court as It Lobbies to Get Off U.S. Blacklist
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, serves a primarily rural district anchored in Waco, a city of 150,000. It’s unclear why he is so interested in NSO Group, the infamous Israeli spyware firm that was blacklisted by the U.S. for its role in human rights abuses. Between February and July, though, Sessions and his team met eight…
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Pegasus Spyware Maker Said to Flout Federal Court as It Lobbies to Get Off U.S. Blacklist
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, serves a primarily rural district anchored in Waco, a city of 150,000. It’s unclear why he is so interested in NSO Group, the infamous Israeli spyware firm that was blacklisted by the U.S. for its role in human rights abuses. Between February and July, though, Sessions and his team met eight…
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Elizabeth Warren’s Crypto Haters Are Burning Cash in Her Senate Race
There’s zero chance that a Republican will win this year’s Senate election in Massachusetts. That hasn’t stopped the crypto industry from lighting money on fire in a doomed bid to defeat Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Cryptocurrency figures have given the majority of the donations or loans to the effort to replace Warren, an industry scourge, with…
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Elizabeth Warren’s Crypto Haters Are Burning Cash in Her Senate Race
There’s zero chance that a Republican will win this year’s Senate election in Massachusetts. That hasn’t stopped the crypto industry from lighting money on fire in a doomed bid to defeat Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Cryptocurrency figures have given the majority of the donations or loans to the effort to replace Warren, an industry scourge, with…
Global Security News, Politics, Technology
Crypto Billionaires Could Flip the Senate to the GOP. Here’s What They Want.
After two elections where he bucked Ohio’s rightward trend, Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is clinging to the narrowest of polling leads. If he loses to unpopular car salesman Bernie Moreno next month, he might have crypto to blame. Cryptocurrency companies are pouring tens of millions of dollars into the race through a super PAC in…
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Crypto Billionaires Could Flip the Senate to the GOP. Here’s What They Want.
After two elections where he bucked Ohio’s rightward trend, Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is clinging to the narrowest of polling leads. If he loses to unpopular car salesman Bernie Moreno next month, he might have crypto to blame. Cryptocurrency companies are pouring tens of millions of dollars into the race through a super PAC in…