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Deepfake Detection AI is Catching Up to Fakes
As Congress studies deepfakes, detection AI from startups and a Facebook-Microsoft challenge is already racing the fakers.
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Amor Fati: On the End of 71 Republic
After nearly 3 years of consistent and dedicated journalism, 71 Republic is coming to an end. To some, this may not mean much. To others, this is probably coming quite unexpectedly. So I wanted to express my thoughts on the end and answer a couple of possible questions. Every written piece is structured to answer a central question. That’s the thesis of the writing.
I hope to answer why 71 Republic is ending, what my intention was behind 71 Republic, and my final thoughts on the matter.
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WikiLeaks for Everything: The Path to Freedom
Elections can't free anyone — the future belongs to building a WikiLeaks for everything.
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Sex Work Decriminalization Bill in NY Will to improve the lives of Sex Workers
The New York Senate introduced a sex work decriminalization bill covering some offenses.
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Missouri Bars Reformed Criminals From Serving in Democratic Government
In Missouri, convicted criminals, even after serving their time and reforming, lack the ability to hold any form of public office.
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Dissolve the Government: An Idea More American than Apple Pie
Though still unpopular, the radical push to dissolve the government entirely has more deeply American roots than anything else in today's political landscape
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The Kurdish People Made a Deal With the Devil
America has abandoned the Kurds for a century — while arming every neighbor that boxes them in.
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Biden Blunders: Candidate Forgets Party Affiliation
After a controversial comment about the capital gains tax, the Libertarian Party is trying to groom Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden for their own nomination.
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Joker: The Mainstream Media Wants a Mass Shooting
Joker broke box-office records while the press all but begged for a tragedy to blame on it.
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Kurdistan: A Deep History of US Betrayal
President Trump's decision to remove troops from Kurdistan is the latest of many instances in which the US has betrayed the Kurdish people.
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The Hong Kong Protestors Should Invite Charlie Wilson
If Washington once armed Afghan rebels, what does it owe Hong Kong's?
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D.C. Politics Is a Deep-Rooted Cancer
Politics is increasingly losing its principles as the people grow more disaffected, but it isn't too late for America to turn its back on its hyperpartisan ways
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Abolishing Gun-Free Zones is the Solution to Mass Shootings
If you want a stop mass shootings, put armed security in gun-free zones.
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Paul Joseph Watson Is No Free Speech Extremist
After a Twitter spat, it becomes obvious that despite his adopted title, Paul Joseph Watson cares little for legitimate free speech.
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Watch Out for Iranian Imperialism in the Middle East
Though the Iranian regime doesn't deploy massive armies to conquer countries, it uses proxies to mask its increasing control over the Middle East.
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Vapes and E-cigs 96% Safer Than Cigarettes, Study Reveals
The science says vapes carry four percent of a cigarette's harm — the ban push says otherwise.
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Vaping Deaths: How the Media Misrepresents the "Vape Epidemic"
The media is all over the vaping epidemic, but their reporting on six deaths is a misrepresentation that will cost Americans a basic human right.
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What Is Israel Hiding From Us About 9/11?
When the Five Dancing Israelis smiled as the Twin Towers burned, it was a dead giveaway that the State of Israel was hiding something about 9/11.
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Israelis Had Prior Knowledge of 9/11, FBI Reports Suggest
Released FBI reports yield evidence that the Five Dancing Israelis, who danced and cheered as the 9/11 attacks occurred, knew the attacks were coming.
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Tristan da Cunha: A Libertarian Paradise?
Tristan da Cunha may be a British Overseas Territory, but its simple lifestyle and relative autonomy offer a change from the bustle of modern life.
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Live PD Exposes the Unjust Reality of Policing
Live PD is a TV show that films the nation's law enforcement engaging in unlawful practices on a daily basis, and the American population doesn't care.
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Kathy Zhu, Conservapedia, and Politics as Social Clubs
Conservapedia and Kathu Zhu alike use pop-culture to center politics around social cliques, placing too much influence on personal preferences.
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The Amazon Rainforest Should Be Privatized
The Amazon rainforest is a beautiful and essential natural resource.
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DHS' Domestic Extremism Lexicon Calls You a Terrorist
Slipping under the eye of the mainstream media, the DHS' 2009 Domestic Extremism Lexicon labeled antiwar "extremists" as domestic terror threats.
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Ireland Belongs to the Irish
Though the media focus on the economic hurdles of a hard border, the bigger question of why the British still own any of Ireland in the first place remains.