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Oversight Board upholds former President Trump's suspension, finds Facebook failed to impose proper penalty — The Board has upheld Facebook's decision on January 7, 2021, to restrict then-President Donald Trump's access to posting content on his Facebook page and Instagram account.
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Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain:
Trump's New Blog Is a Trap — The only way to win is not to play … A Quick Thought on Facebook's Oversight Board Decision — This morning the Board delivered its long-awaited decision with this slippery, misleading headline: Oversight Board upholds former President Trump's suspension …
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Washington Post:
Facebook's Oversight Board upheld the social network's decision to ban Trump — Long-awaited ruling has implications for how social media companies govern speech by public officials and other powerful people — Facebook's Oversight Board on Wednesday upheld the social network's decision …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Social Network's Ban of Trump — A company-appointed panel ruled that the ban was justified at the time but added that the company should reassess its action and make a final decision in six months. — SAN FRANCISCO — A Facebook-appointed panel of journalists …
Michael Kruse / Politico:
The Facebook Ban Hurt Trump in Surprising Ways — STRONGSVILLE, Ohio— Joe Poldruhi wasn't sure what to believe about his local congressional race. He hadn't heard it straight from Donald Trump. — I had come to Ohio's 16th District to report on Trump's vengeance-fueled decision …
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Axios:
Trump and inner circle hang on Facebook verdict
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump launches new communications platform months after Twitter, Facebook ban
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The Guardian:
Trump criticizes Facebook ruling and says social media companies ‘must pay a political price’ - live
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Nick Clegg / About Facebook:
Oversight Board Upholds Facebook's Decision to Suspend Donald Trump's Accounts
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Politico:
Cheney isn't fighting McCarthy push to replace her in leadership — Liz Cheney is not fighting to hold onto her job as House GOP conference chair, even as top Republican leaders openly campaign to replace her in the No. 3 spot. — To the frustration of many fellow Republicans …
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Wall Street Journal:
Purging Liz Cheney — GOP leaders shouldn't have to lie about 2020 to keep their job. — By The Editorial Board — This should be a hopeful moment for House Republicans. While they're playing defense in the minority for now, their prospects for picking up the five net seats they need …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump's Big Lie Devoured the G.O.P. and Now Eyes Our Democracy — President Biden's early success in getting Americans vaccinated, pushing out stimulus checks and generally calming the surface of American life has been a blessing for the country. But it's also lulled many into thinking …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Ernst defends fellow Republican leader Cheney — but calls for intra-GOP peace — INDEPENDENCE, Iowa — Sen. Joni Ernst doesn't agree with Liz Cheney's opposition to former President Donald Trump. The Iowa Republican still says her fellow GOP leader has the right to stand her ground.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The effort to dump Liz Cheney is the consequence of a party that lost its way — The growing effort to remove Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from the third-ranking Republican leadership position in the House further accelerates her party's full capitulation to Donald Trump's big lie about the 2020 election.
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Marjorie Taylor Greene might have helped Liz Cheney survive this long
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Grace Segers / CBS News:
Scalise backs Stefanik to replace Cheney as GOP conference chair
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New York Times:
House Republicans Have Had Enough of Liz Cheney's Truth-Telling
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Steve Hayes / The Dispatch:
Kevin McCarthy's GOP is Tired of Hearing the Truth
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Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
Second-ranking House GOP leader backs ouster of Cheney
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Judge Says Barr Misled on How His Justice Dept. Viewed Trump's Actions — Judge Amy Berman Jackson said in a ruling that the misleading statements were similar to others that William P. Barr, the former attorney general, had made about the Mueller investigation.
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Secret William Barr memo saying not to charge Trump must be released, judge says
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Brad Stone / Bloomberg:
The Untold Story of How Jeff Bezos Beat the Tabloids — When a gossip rag went after the CEO, he retaliated with the brutal, brilliant efficiency he used to build his business empire. In an exclusive excerpt from the new book Amazon Unbound comes an unrivaled tale of money, sex, and power.
Lauren Thomas / CNBC:
Peloton recalling all treadmills after reports of injuries, one death — Peloton announced Wednesday voluntary recalls of both its Tread+ and Tread treadmill machines over safety concerns. — The company is advising customers who already have the products to immediately stop using it and contact Peloton for a full refund.
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission:
CPSC and Peloton Announce: Recall of Tread+ Treadmills After One Child Death and 70 Incidents; Recall of Tread Treadmills Due to Risk of Injury
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
The U.S. Birthrate Has Dropped Again. The Pandemic May Be Accelerating the Decline. — Over all, the birthrate declined by 4 percent in 2020. Births were down most sharply in December, when babies conceived at the start of the health crisis would have been born.
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Janet Adamy / Wall Street Journal:
Births in U.S. Drop to Levels Not Seen Since 1979
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Signal Blog:
The Instagram ads Facebook won't show you — Companies like Facebook aren't building technology for you, they're building technology for your data. They collect everything they can from FB, Instagram, and WhatsApp in order to sell visibility into people and their lives.
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Larry McShane / New York Daily News:
Please buy this newspaper: A Daily News reporter begs a local owner to rescue the tabloid from Alden Global Capital — Like any good tabloid headline, it's simple, snappy and succinct: DAILY NEWS NEEDS NEW OWNER. — And not just any owner: a New York owner, someone who knows the city …
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Claire Williams / Morning Consult:
Biden's $1.8 Trillion American Families Plan Is Supported by Nearly 60% of Voters — While just 1 in 4 Republicans back the package, they expressed more support for the proposal's individual provisions — 86% of Democrats support Biden's plan, compared with 54% of independents and 25% of Republicans.
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Mariko Paulson / Issues:
President Biden's American Families Plan: Budgetary and Macroeconomic effects
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Jared Kushner founds “Abraham Accords Institute” — Jared Kushner is founding an organization called the Abraham Accords Institute for Peace, to work on deepening the normalization agreements he helped strike between Israel and Arab countries. — The big picture: The Abraham Accords …
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Strongmen who got cozy with Trump get the cold shoulder from Biden — The Biden administration has zinged Russia and China over human rights and alleged thuggery against their neighbors, cut off some arms sales to Saudi Arabia, and stiff-armed Turkey's increasingly authoritarian leader.
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CREW:
Trump family travel cost $140,000+ in just the first month post-presidency … Trump's adult children have cost taxpayers a lot of money over the years, but this time, it's different. CREW got records from the Secret Service that show that in just the thirty days after Donald Trump left the presidency …
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Jeff Schogol / Task & Purpose:
Eddie Gallagher now says SEALs intended to kill unarmed fighter and ‘nobody had a problem with it’ — Nearly two years after being found not guilty of killing an unarmed ISIS fighter, retired Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher has made an earth-shattering admission: Neither he nor any of the other SEALs …
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New York Times:
Why Democratic Departures From the House Have Republicans Salivating — A growing number of Democrats in battleground districts are retiring or leaving to seek higher office, imperiling the party's slim House majority and President Biden's expansive agenda.
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New York Times:
‘I Used to Like School’: An 11-Year-Old's Struggle With Pandemic Learning — Without home internet, Jordyn Coleman has had trouble learning during the coronavirus pandemic. He may have to repeat fifth grade because of absences and poor results. — CLARKSDALE, Miss. …
Amir Tibon / Haaretz:
Canadian Jews Protest ‘Antisemitic’ Allegations Against Former Ambassador to Israel — Jewish groups are angry after unnamed officials in Canada's Foreign Ministry claimed that Vivian Bercovici, who is Jewish, was ‘a spokesperson for the Israeli government’ while serving as ambassador in Tel Aviv
Aída Chávez / The Nation:
The Biden State Department Nominee Who Worked for Saudi Arabia and Big Oil — Financial disclosure forms reveal that one of the President's nominees, Jose Fernandez, worked for Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and fossil fuel companies like Chevron. — President Joe Biden's Clean …
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