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As politics grows even more polarized and our political dialogue continues to weaken, opportunities for bipartisan cooperation have become few and far between. However, recent actions by the U.S. House of Representatives and the Supreme Court have presented an issue that cries out for bipartisan unity – the protection of free speech.
In March, the House passed H.R.1, a bill that, in part, regulates who can or cannot exercise their free speech rights leading up to an election. (In the Senate, this bill is known as S.1.) For instance, organizations participating in mundane issue-based advocacy could be subject to disclosure requirements if they even make a reference to a candidate or elected official in their advertisements.
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American and British authorities said Friday that Russian state-sponsored hackers exploited major vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Exchange Server, which were previously used by at least one Chinese state-sponsored hacking group to compromise potentially thousands of organizations. Meanwhile, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing hard for more cyber funding in the annual appropriations bills, and Google child care workers are pushing for a transportation stipend from the company.
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TWO HACKS COLLIDE: Russian state-sponsored hackers were among those to exploit recently uncovered vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Exchange Server email application, which potentially compromised thousands of organizations, a coalition of American and British federal agencies warned Friday.