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Jul 21 2020
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Apple vows to be carbon neutral by 2030
Apple aims to ensure that within 10 years every product it sells will have a net zero impact on climate change, the tech giant announced Tuesday.
The big picture: The new goal is the latest by global technology companies looking to go big on climate change even while they face growing scrutiny over the main thrust of their businesses, namely antitrust concerns.
Where it stands:
AxiosMar 17 2020
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Now More than Ever, Free-Speech Dogma Is Worth Defending
‘Two things form the bedrock of any open society,” Salman Rushdie once noted, “freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don’t have those things, you don’t have a free country.”
Well, in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, “How Free Speech Dogma Failed Us in Charlottesville,” Michael Signer, the former mayor of Charlottesville, makes the argument that restricting speech is necessary
National Review (News)Oct 19 2020
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U.S. Supreme Court to review legality of Trump's 'remain in Mexico' asylum policy
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide the legality of one of President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies that has forced tens of thousands of migrants along the southern border to wait in Mexico, rather than entering the United States, while their asylum claims are processed.
The justices will hear a Trump administration appeal of a 2019 lower court ruling that
ReutersMay 24 2020
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Facebook Is Taking Down Posts That Cause Imminent Harm — But Not Posts That Cause Inevitable Harm
In January 2020, Facebook executives began paying attention to a new coronavirus spreading across the globe. The virus was deadly and highly contagious, and when the World Health Organization shared guidance about it, the company’s leadership dropped their typically hands-off approach to misinformation.
“We decided we would remove content that directly contradicted [the WHO] and could
BuzzFeed NewsJul 20 2020
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At least 120,000 Americans are needed to test COVID-19 vaccines. A 'very encouraging' 107,000 are so far signed up.
At a time when some Americans are concerned about the safety of a COVID-19 vaccine, tens of thousands have already volunteered to help bring oneinto existence.
As of last week, more than 107,000 people had signed up to take part in testing.
“That’s why we’re optimistic that we’re going to be able to get the trials enrolled in an expeditious way. I think we can do what we need to
USA TODAYMar 12 2015
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Clinton’s Email and the Privacy ‘Privilege’
Hillary Clinton says neither the federal government nor an independent third party has the right to review emails she sent as secretary of state if she deems them personal. “Government officials are granted the privacy of their personal, non-work related emails, including personal emails on .gov accounts,” her office says.
FactCheck.orgMar 12 2013
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Obama to appeal recess appointment ruling to Supreme Court
President Obama will elevate the controversy over his recess appointment powers to the highest level, with the National Labor Relations Board announcing Tuesday it will appeal to the Supreme Court a lower-court ruling that held his appointments to the board were illegal.
Washington TimesJan 03 2017
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Ethics? Not in this Congress, thanks to a secret vote by House Republicans
Democrats created the Office of Congressional Ethics in 2008, after three different members of the House were convicted on bribery-related charges and Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff put bribery at the center of his thriving business. In 2017, House Republicans held a secret vote taking the ethics—and the independence—out of the Office of Congressional Ethics. Instead, they’re creating an
Daily KosSep 25 2019
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Transcript of Trump’s call with Ukrainian president shows him offering U.S. assistance for Biden investigation
President Trump told his Ukrainian counterpart to work with the U.S. attorney general to investigate the conduct of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and offered to meet with the foreign leader at the White House after he promised to conduct such an inquiry, according to a newly-released transcript of the call.
Those statements and others in a July 25 phone call between Trump
Washington PostAug 25 2012
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Tea Party activists may keep low profile at first GOP convention
Next week marks the Tea Partys first Republican convention. But despite its role in helping the party win the House majority in 2010, the movement is expected to keep a relatively low profile inside the arena, activists say.
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