Last week, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand coupled a call for an end to America’s “endless wars” with denunciation of President’ Trump’s “unpredictable and often contradictory positions.” The junior senator from New York called for repealing the post 9/11 congressional resolution used to justify military intervention in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Somalia. As president, she said...
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Eric Swalwell Bows Out of Presidential Run
Rep. Swalwell of California’s 15th congressional district suspended his 2020 bid for President on July 8, 2019 after consistent low polling. Swalwell has announced his intention to run for re-election for his current House seat instead. His short-lived candidacy emphasized his work on the House Intelligence Committee in which he attacked the Trump administration on...
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Guaido Reverses Course; Opposition Will Join Venezuelan Negotiations
After the failure of the April 29 uprising to oust President Nicholas Maduro and second guessing in the Trump White House, the Venezuela opposition is embracing negotiations to end the country’s political ordeal. “The parties will meet this week in Barbados to move forward in the search for an agreed-upon and constitutional solution for the...
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Canadian Intelligence Gets Expanded Powers to Fight Election Interference
Canadian intelligence agencies have detected “overt and covert” attempts to interfere with the country’s October 2019 elections, according to a joint Toronto Star and Buzzfeed News investigation. ” Threat actors are seeking to influence the Canadian public and interfere with Canada’s democratic institutions and processes….For example, over the years (CSIS) has seen multiple instances of...
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China Surveillance App Targets Tourists in Xinjiang Province
No longer content with mass surveillance of their ethnic minority populations, the Chinese authorities have begun cybersurveillance of visitors to the northwestern province of Xinjiang. according to the New York Times. The Times reports that travelers, tourists and visitors to Xinjiang are now being required to turn over all of their electronic devices to the...