Prof. Sheizaf Rafaeli

University of Haifa

 Digital Culture/Clutter 

 

This talk outlines the disruptions, both positive and negative, that are brought about by our immersion in the digital. The scope and depth of aspects of impacted individual and collective activities, range from our privacy to our education, and from our livelihood to our security. One can form dystopian or utopian views of the direction in which we are marching. This talk aims to inform the discussion.

 

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    As their race for the US presidency comes down to the wire,
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    Kamala Harris and border security for Republican Donald Trump.


    In Arizona, their ideological duel has reached
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    And in this key southwestern state -- where the billionaire Trump lost to President
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    Since 2022, when the US Supreme Court ended the constitutional protection of federal abortion rights, Ireland,
    a registered nurse, has worked in several states where abortion is banned or severely limited.



    Those restrictions have had sometimes disastrous consequences for women having problem pregnancies
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    - 'Abortion is murder' -

    As Ireland carries her message to potential voters,
    she noted, particularly to young people who may be less likely
    to vote, that it was Donald Trump who appointed the
    three justices who tipped the Supreme Court against
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    "It's important to reiterate that Donald Trump and these abortion bans are one and the same," Ireland said.


    But in Tucson there is little unanimity among young voters.


    "I do think that abortion is murder," said Pedro Lopez, a 20-year-old college student.


    "There are cases of incest or rape" that merit exceptions, he
    conceded, "but that's very small."

    He also worries about the flow of undocumented migrants that have entered the country from Mexico during the Biden-Harris administration.

    "People that are entering the United States illegally... should be sent back to where they came from," he said.


    "My grandparents migrated from Mexico to the United States, and they did it the right way."

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    Anti-abortion activists demonstrate outside a clinic in Phoenix, Arizona
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    But the referendums may not have the clear impact on the race
    for the White House that activists hope.

    Polls show Trump and Harris running neck-and-neck in Arizona, with the Republican holding a very narrow
    lead.

    Both ballot questions, meantime, have drawn strong support and both appear likely to pass.


    So the abortion issue may not be "helping Democrats in the way that they would hope," said Jenny Brian, a professor of
    bioethics at Arizona State University.

    Many Republican women will vote both to protect abortion rights and to bring Trump back to the
    White House, Brian said.

    Though abortion is sometimes framed as a Democrat vs.
    Republican issue, the Republican Party includes "a broad spectrum of views on the topic," an issue that also raises conservatives' concerns about "government interference," she added.


    The same dynamic applies to immigration, with the tougher language on the
    Arizona ballot question finding support not just among Trump Republicans but also "moderates and even many Democrats," said
    John Kavanagh, a Republican and an Arizona state senator.


    The 74-year-old Kavanagh is unimpressed by Harris's recent toughening on migration, specifically her promise to maintain the partial closing of the border Biden ordered
    in recent months.

    The vice president, Kavanagh said, is "running away faster from her open-border policy than an illegal immigrant that runs away from the Border Patrol."

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    House is not named Kamala Harris.

    In her new No.1 New York Times best-selling memoir, Melania Trump shares a revealing look into her personal life and journey - from
    a childhood in small-town Slovenia, to globetrotting pursuits as
    a young model, to her courtship and marriage to one of the world's most
    famous men.

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    The bold, confident, free-thinking modern woman who may soon occupy the
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    The border is open and dangerous… a lot of fentanyl is coming over and killing our youth….

    The economy is really not great, inflation is high.'

    I've known and worked alongside Melania for
    many years, and regard her as a friend.

    She has been unfairly maligned and the target of so much speculation and prevarication.
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    Earlier this year, Melania and I lost our mothers just weeks apart.
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    After my divorce was finalized last year, Melania showed
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    And it was the same story when we worked together in the White House.
    While Jill Biden has insisted on being called 'Doctor', Melania
    was admired and beloved by the political and permanent staffers alike, asking after their
    children by name, welcoming them to events big and small, and treating them with inclusivity and respect.


    Known as a protective and present mother, Melania now uses her memoir to call out the 'sheer
    malice' of unfunny comic Rosie O'Donnell who, in 2016, tweeted despicable and totally unfounded claims about
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    It was just weeks after Trump had stunned the world and won, and the same liberal media and Hollywood types, who perpetuated every vicious
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    It was a shock to see such naked cruelty towards a First Child, especially
    when so many of us had treated Chelsea Clinton and the Obama daughters like Fabergé eggs.
    Kids (including mine) should always be off limits.





    I've known and worked alongside Melania for many
    years, and regard her as a friend. (Pictured together in 2018 visiting Cincinnati Children's Hospital
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    Earlier this year, Melania and I lost our
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    there for me. She and President Trump called, sent flowers,
    handwritten notes and checked in with me time and again. (Pictured:
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    But instead of going to war, Melania acted swiftly and tenderly to shield her son. She channeled
    maternal outrage into a first lady's focus on initiatives centered around children's wellness and cyberbullying awareness.
    Her 'Be Best' campaign remains a highlight of her time in office.



    Melania has never been one for preening and posturing.

    Other first ladies used their roles to land on the cover of fashion magazines, but she did
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    Even when I've suggested she push back on myriad false claims made by
    the media or ungrateful former staffers who have returned her
    trust in them with self-serving lies and revisionist history, she has declined, knowing
    that her silence is always more powerful.

    Behind closed doors, Trump has, for decades, regarded his wife as
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    lately, leader of the free world, it is Melania's opinion that he has consistently sought.


    Trump enjoys the company of plenty of friends, taking a range
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    I have witnessed their relationship up close, and it is one fundamentally built on mutual love and respect.
    Recently, as Barron was heading off for college and Melania was preparing to publish
    her memoir, I jokingly asked Trump how it might feel to be the second most popular
    man and the second most prominent author in the household.
    He chuckled and relented.

    Melania Trump has plenty to say and nothing to prove.
    She is not a typical political spouse rushing to the cameras on matters that are best handled privately,
    or loudly offering insights or slights about her husband's political opponents à la Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama.


    She is an asset, a partner, an equal who is neither trying to control - looking at you, Jill Biden - nor controlled by her
    partner. She is what many feminists insist they are: independent, a product of her own choices, comfortable in her own skin.

    She has been by Trump's side the entire time. Though never in his shadow.

    In fact, from that very first moment they descended the
    golden escalator, she's been leading the way.

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