Senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick: Bipartisanship, Money in DC, Datacenters, Graham Platner
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(0:33) Bipartisanship in 2026, rejecting extremism
(6:37) All-time unpopularity in the Senate, the filibuster question, tribalism
(13:33) Fixing wealth concentration in the US
(19:51) Graham Platner, why extremism wins primaries, and what it means for the future
(28:12) How AI and energy are playing a part in PA's blue collar boom, dark money funding misinformation
(41:05) Insane level of money in politics, fixing the broken system
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Senator Mark Warner: Nobody’s Ready for What AI Could Do To Us
U.S. Senator Mark Warner is a three-term Virginia senator and vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Senator Warner joins Big Technology to discuss whether Washington is prepared for the economic and societal disruptions of rapidly advancing AI. Tune in to hear why Warner believes recent college graduate unemployment could surge from 9% to 30% and why he's more frightened than reassured about Congress's ability to respond at speed. We also cover the Anthropic-Pentagon relationship, AI romantic relationships, data center opposition polling, and the ongoing battle over congressional stock trading. Hit play for a rare conversation with one of the few senators who actually understands what's at stake.
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John Fetterman: The Rogue Democrat Who Broke Party Ranks
(0:00) David Friedberg welcomes Senator John Fetterman; SAVE Act thoughts
(1:08) The broken Democratic Party: TDS, what he stands for, why the party changed, losing bipartisanship, popularity with Republicans
(11:42) Iran exit strategy, NATO allies bail on the US
(17:42) Israel's influence, AIPAC, growing anti-Israel sentiment
(20:16) SAVE Act, why he supports voter ID but not this bill, election fraud
(26:41) Government shutdown, red lines with ICE and immigration, birthright citizenship, why Biden opened the border
(32:49) Debt death spiral, government fraud
(37:38) Why he's still a Democrat, national wealth tax, anti-AI sentiment, state of agriculture
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Sen. Mark Warner On What Trump Is Risking With War in Iran
As the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee and a member of the Gang of Eight, Virginia Sen. Mark Warner is among the select few members of Congress who get to sit in on top intelligence briefings. But with the war in Iran now in its third week, Warner says the administration still hasn’t presented any plans to meet President Trump’s demands for the regime’s “unconditional surrender.”
Kara and Sen. Warner talk about what he’s hearing from the administration about its timeline for the war, why the regime is unlikely to fall anytime soon, and why he thinks an unstable Iran could pose more of a risk to U.S. interests. They also talk about the risks the already unpopular war could pose if it drags on longer than the administration anticipates.
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BONUS INTERVIEW: Senator Mark Warner on Signalgate, Volt Typhoon and tariffs
In this extended interview the Vice Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senator Mark Warner, joins Risky Business host Patrick Gray to talk about:
The latest developments in the Signalgate scandal
Why America needs to be more aggressive in responding to Volt Typhoon
How tariffs are affecting American alliances
Why the Five Eyes alliance is sacrosanct
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Tech Regulation's Crucial Year — With Sen. Mark Warner
Senator Mark Warner takes us inside the battle to regulate Big Tech. Elected in 2008 and serving his third term in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Warner joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss whether we should regulate Big Tech and how the companies are fighting back — overtly and covertly. Ahead of the midterm elections, this year is crucial. In the second half, we also discuss whether members of Congress should trade individual stocks.
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Recode Decode: Senator Mark Warner
Mark Warner, the senior US Senator from Virginia, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about several interconnected policy issues affecting the 2020 elections, including the security of voter registries, the expectation of social media manipulation by Russia and other hostile foreign powers, and the newly announced impeachment inquiry into President Trump's phone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. Sen. Warner also talks about the potential of regulators breaking up tech giants and how the US government's relationship with those companies has improved since 2016, yet still calls for more oversight of their unprecedented power. Plus: Why he's "cautiously optimistic" about Republicans in the Senate embracing election reform and new privacy laws, his proposal for incentivizing companies to invest in their workers, and how Warner thinks Congress might be able to fix Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act without repealing it wholesale.
Editor's note: This interview was recorded the morning of Wednesday, September 25, before the release of the White House memo with a "transcript" of Trump's call with Zelensky.
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