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Jul 05 2022
Analysis
Landmark EU rules will finally put regulation of Big Tech to the test
Imagine an online world where what users want matters, and interoperability reigns. Friends could choose whichever messaging app they like and seamlessly chat cross-app. Any pre-installed app could be deleted on any device. Businesses could finally access their Facebook data, and smaller tech companies could be better positioned to compete with giants. Big Tech could even face consequences for
Ars TechnicaMar 02 2018
Opinion
OPINION: Why Sessions Is Right to Stand Up to Trump
Wednesday gave us a spectacle never before seen in the 228-year history of relations between American presidents and their attorneys general. President Trump publicly attacked Jeff Sessions, his attorney general, as “DISGRACEFUL” for refusing to unleash his prosecutors on Mr. Trump’s political enemies — seemingly suggesting that the attorney general should quit (and not very subtly at that).
New York Times (News)Jul 13 2022
Opinion
The Left and Right Are Living in Different Realities
The way Washington's spending grows, in libertarian mythos, goes like this: Republicans want to spend money on X but not Y, and Democrats want to spend money on Y but not X, so they reach a grand, bipartisan compromise to spend money on both X and Y, in ascending quantities, forever. It's simplistic, as myths are wont to be, but it tells some truth.
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ReasonAug 14 2022
Opinion
Democrats Beef Up Tax Enforcement, But Let Immigration Enforcement Languish
Enforcing laws has not exactly been the Democrats’ strong suit in recent years. At the federal level, the Biden administration has blatantly gutted border and immigration enforcement and is even defying court rulings ordering them to resume enforcement. At the state and local level, prosecutors have essentially nullified entire sections of criminal and civil codes by refusing to prosecute many
TownhallAug 19 2022
News
Democrat led cities see deserted downtowns, surging crime as residents flee
American cities such as San Francisco, Cleveland, and Portland rank high among Democrat led metropolises that have become barren of human activity in the wake of record-high crime, homelessness, and poor public services.
According to the Daily Mail, the downtown and urban centers of major US cities have seen activity drop by nearly 50 percent according to a study by the Institute of
The Post MillennialAug 19 2022
News
Fast-Food Workers Are Closing In on a Major Victory in California
Mysheka Ronquillo usually gets up around 6 in the morning to provide in-home care to two clients in Los Angeles. In the afternoon, Ronquillo then doubles back south to her second job at a Carl’s Jr. in Long Beach. After what can be an hours-long trek on public transit, her managers at the fast-food chain sometimes send her home without pay because there’s not enough work to do.
“They
Mother JonesMay 29 2019
News
Block the vote? The battle over ballots and the future of American democracy.
As partisanship becomes more correlated with demographics, voting itself is once again a crucial front in the battle between the two parties, with Democrats pushing for greater access and some GOP-led states tightening requirements. Eighth in our ‘Democracy Under Strain’ series.
President Lyndon B. Johnson used 50 pens to sign the Voting Rights Act into law. Television footage of the
Christian Science MonitorJun 21 2022
News
1/6 panel focuses on Trump’s pressure on elected officials
The House 1/6 committee outlined on Tuesday Donald Trump’s relentless pressure to overturn the 2020 presidential election, aiming to show it led to widespread personal threats on the stewards of American democracy --— election workers and local officials — who fended off the defeated president’s efforts.
The panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol resumed with a
Associated Press Fact CheckDec 08 2021
Fact Check
How many newly elected officials and Congressional candidates were ‘involved’ in the Capitol riot?
A PolitiFact reader forwarded us an emailed claim from a leading Democratic fundraising committee that piqued our interest.
The email, sent by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on behalf of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, read: "At least 10 people involved in the Capitol riots were just elected to state and local office. At least FIVE more are running for Congress."
PolitiFactJan 06 2022
News
Hawley Challenges Schumer, Pelosi to Disavow Antifa-Led Jan. 6 Vigil Featuring House Dems
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is calling on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to repudiate a Jan. 6 vigil organized by an Antifa outfit and featuring prominent House Democrats as speakers.
“I call on you to condemn the leaders of the ‘Candle Light Vigil for Democracy’ planned for today and to ask members in your caucuses to cancel
The Epoch Times