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Congress made CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google sweat during the hearing
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook testified before Congress about how they use their market power to destroy their competitors. Unlike other tech hearings, this one had minimal exaggeration and politicians came prepared. The tech titans didn’t seem ready …
Read More »Acting CBP Commissioner dismisses Elizabeth Warren’s “ridiculous” claim about the election
Acting Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Mark Morgan criticized Senator Elizabeth Warren’s “ridiculous and outrageous” claim that President Trump could deploy federal forces to prevent a peaceful transfer of power if the former Vice President Joe Biden wins the 2020 election. Morgan made the comment during an …
Read More »Congress forced Silicon Valley to answer for its misdeeds. It was a glorious sight | Matt Stoller | Opinion
“ORour founders would not bow to a king, we should not bow to the emperors of the online economy. “This is how Congressman David Cicilline began the remarkable hearing on Wednesday in the Antitrust Subcommittee, where four tech CEOs: Apple’s Tim Cook Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Sundar Pichai of Google …
Read More »MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ implies Trump has financial ties to hydroxychloroquine: ‘Follow the money’
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” namesake Joe Scarborough hinted Thursday that President Trump is somehow benefiting from hydroxychloroquine, which the president has branded as a possible treatment for COVID-19. “You have the president running to raise funds without a mask on a crowd of people. You have him retweeting a woman talking …
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