Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA), who has already announced her presidential campaign, has introduced a bill that would double down on one of the rare successful tech upgrade programs in the government today: the U.S. Digital Service. Ultimately she wants this quietly effective program to go from federal to state and local level, and command a much larger $65 million yearly budget.
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Why more politicians should livestream their own State of the Union response
History will be made following President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
Stacey Abrams will make history as the first black woman to deliver the official response to the State of the Union for either major party. The progressive Georgia Democrat, who also made history last year as the first ever gubernatorial nominee from a major party, is a great pick to deliver the response as a unifying voice among the party’s many wings and factions.
However, a bit of a controversy has been brewing online surrounding the alternative responses to the State of the Union.
Senators Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris have each announced that they will be delivering their own State of the Union responses via online platforms like Facebook and YouTube. Sanders, a rumored 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, has been criticized on social media for trying to “upstage” or “take the spotlight away from” Abrams. Harris, who has officially announced her 2020 presidential run, has also received criticism. Read more…
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Kamala Harris announces 2020 presidential bid
The California senator joins an already crowded field seeking the Democratic nomination. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, 2020 Presidential Election, and Us World
View More Kamala Harris announces 2020 presidential bidKavanaugh says he didn’t even watch Dr. Ford’s testimony
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Yes, you read that headline right.
Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate on Thursday about Kavanaugh’s alleged sexual assault.
Later during the hearing, Senator Kamala Harris asked Kavanaugh, “Did you watch Dr. Ford’s testimony?”
“I did not,” Kavanaugh admitted. “I planned to, but I did not. I was preparing mine.”
Americans were both furious and unconvinced that Kavanaugh claimed he didn’t watch his accuser’s testimony.
— Plotkarazzo (@Plotkarazzo) September 27, 2018
Kavanaugh says he didn’t watch Ford’s testimony but that he plans to. In ’91, Thomas told the committee that he didn’t watch Hill’s testimony, which prompted frustration from even some of his defenders on the panel.
— Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) September 27, 2018 Read more…
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View More Kavanaugh says he didn’t even watch Dr. Ford’s testimonySen. Harris tells federal agencies to get serious about facial recognition risks
Facial recognition technology presents myriad opportunities as well as risks, but it seems like the government tends to only consider the former when deploying it for law enforcement and clerical purposes. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) has written the FBI, FTC, and EEOC telling them they need to get with the program and face up to the very real biases and risks attending the controversial tech.
View More Sen. Harris tells federal agencies to get serious about facial recognition risksTwo Democratic senators donate funds from Shervin Pishevar to charities for women
Two Senate Democrats will donate funds they received from Shervin Pishevar to charitable organizations after the venture capitalist was accused of sexual harassment and assault by multiple women. According to Bloomberg, which first reported on th…
View More Two Democratic senators donate funds from Shervin Pishevar to charities for women‘Revenge porn’ bill would criminalize posting nude photos without consent nationwide
Enough is enough when it comes to posting explicit content, like photos or videos with nudity, without consent.
The practice, known as “revenge porn” or “sextortion,” has been in the spotlight recently due to high-profile cases involving celebr…
Senators introduce revenge porn bill
Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), Richard Burr (R-NC) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), as well as Rep. Jackie Speier introduced a bill today to address revenge porn. The bill, Ending Nonconsenual Online User Graphic Harassment (ENOUGH) Act of 2017, is d…
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