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Warren leads Senate Democrats call on VA to protect veterans from misinformation Vietnam Veterans

Warren leads Senate Democrats call on VA to protect veterans from misinformation

A group of Senate Democrats led by Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenPressley experiencing flu-like symptoms, being tested for COVID-19 How the business loan program would work in the T coronavirus package Gendered disinformation might have cost Warren the nomination and us our lives MORE (D-Mass.) has sharply criticized the Department of…
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March 6, 2020
Coronavirus Confirmed Cases Worldwide Climb To Over 100,000 Boris Johnson

Coronavirus Confirmed Cases Worldwide Climb To Over 100,000

Coronavirus Confirmed Cases Worldwide Climb To Over 100,000 (theguardian.com) Posted by msmash on Friday March 06, 2020 @10:00AM from the where-things-stand dept. The number of coronavirus cases has reached 100,276, with 55,694 recovered and 3,404 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering. From a…
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March 6, 2020
Lawmakers Slam China-Controlled Truck Maker BYD As Threat To US China's Social Credit System

Lawmakers Slam China-Controlled Truck Maker BYD As Threat To US

Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD faced criticism Thursday from both sides of the political aisle and from geopolitical experts for undercutting U.S. transportation equipment suppliers. Opponents also called out the manufacturer as a threat to American security.At a hearing on Capitol Hill, BYD, along with railcar manufacturer China Railway Rolling…
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March 6, 2020
Trump Administration to Collect DNA From Immigrants Taken Into Custody Privacy Concerns

Trump Administration to Collect DNA From Immigrants Taken Into Custody

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration plans to begin taking DNA samples from migrants crossing the border or held in detention for use in a federal criminal database, a significant expansion of immigration laws that is certain to raise privacy concerns.The new rule, posted by the Justice Department on Friday and set to…
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March 6, 2020
How Humanity Could Last Forever Climate Change

How Humanity Could Last Forever

Forever WeekForever WeekThis week we're exploring all things eternal, endless, and infinite.Our species will face no shortage of existential risks in the coming decades, whether it be from nuclear war, climate change, a bioengineered pandemic, artificial superintelligence, molecular nanotechnology, or threats we have yet to conceive. Despair, cynicism, and misanthropy…
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March 6, 2020