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Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
'Carol's Journey': What Facebook knew about how it radicalized users — In the summer of 2019, a new Facebook user named Carol Smith signed up for the platform, describing herself as a politically conservative mother from Wilmington, North Carolina. Smith's account indicated an interest in politics …
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Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
New whistleblower claims Facebook allowed hate, illegal activity to go unchecked — Latest complaint to the SEC blames top leadership for failing to warn investors about serious problems at the company — A new whistleblower affidavit submitted by a former Facebook employee Friday alleges …
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New York Times:
What Happened When Facebook Employees Warned About Election Misinformation — Company documents show that the social network's employees repeatedly raised red flags about the spread of misinformation and conspiracies before and after the contested November vote.
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Washington Post:
Inside Facebook, Jan. 6 violence fueled anger, regret over missed warning signs … Relief flowed through Facebook in the days after the 2020 presidential election. The company had cracked down on misinformation, foreign interference and hate speech — and employees believed they had largely succeeded …
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CNN:
Not stopping ‘Stop the Steal:’ Facebook Papers paint damning picture of company's role in insurrection — (CNN Business)Just days after insurrectionists stormed the Capitol on January 6th, Facebook's Chief Operational Officer Sheryl Sandberg downplayed her company's role in what had happened.
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New Facebook Storm Nears as CNN, Fox Business and Other Outlets Team Up on Whistleblower Docs — It's not often that major news organizations coordinate to sift through a large trove of leaked company documents and agree not to publish stories about them until a certain date.
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ camera crew walked off the set in protest before the fatal shooting — Hours before actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer on the New Mexico set of “Rust” with a prop gun, a half-dozen camera crew workers walked off the set to protest working conditions.
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Wall Street Journal:
Alec Baldwin Film Set Was Hindered by Worker Complaints — Some workers filming ‘Rust,’ where Baldwin discharged prop firearm, were disgruntled; some walked off set — The movie set on which Alec Baldwin discharged a prop firearm in an incident that killed one person and wounded another …
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Associated Press:
Baldwin: Killing of cinematographer was ‘tragic accident’ — SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin said Friday that his killing of a cinematographer with a prop gun on a movie set was a “tragic accident” as authorities investigated the shooting, which also wounded the director.
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Allahpundit / HotAir:
Camera crew walked off set of Baldwin movie due to working conditions hours before shooting — Camera crews aren't responsible for handling props on the set, are they? — Even so, this LA Times scoop raises the obvious possibility that if the camera crew was disgruntled about labor conditions, maybe the prop master was too.
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Lauren del Valle / CNN:
Lev Parnas found guilty on campaign finance charges — New York (CNN)Rudy Giuliani's former associate Lev Parnas was convicted on six counts related to “influence buying” campaign finance schemes. — A jury of eight men and four women found Parnas guilty of scheming with co-conspirators …
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Giuliani associate convicted of campaign finance crimes
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Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Giuliani associate Lev Parnas convicted in campaign finance fraud case
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CNN:
House investigators target the money trail behind January 6 rally — ‘Peril’ details Trump's plans before Jan. 6 — (CNN)The House select committee is setting its sights on the financing behind events and people associated with January 6, CNN has learned, including money that funded pro-Trump …
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CNN:
'We're getting all kinds of threats': Judge says defiant US Capitol rioters are fueling threats from Trump supporters
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Jordan Weissmann / Slate:
Democrats Are Turning Their Big Spending Bill Into Absolute Trash — It feels like Democrats are losing the plot. — As the party began trying to piece together its big social spending and climate package, a split emerged between lawmakers who wanted to pass fewer programs (but do them well) …
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Washington Post:
Democrats move to finalize new ‘billionaire’ tax plan, targeting 700 wealthiest Americans as key source of revenue for spending plan — Senior Democrats are preparing a sweeping new tax plan that would aim to raise hundreds of billions of dollars from the fortunes of America's roughly 700 billionaires …
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Blake Apgar / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Las Vegas executive faces voter fraud charges in 2020 election — A Las Vegas business executive is facing two voter fraud charges related to the 2020 election, the attorney general's office announced Thursday. — Donald Kirk Hartle, 55, faces felony counts of voting more than once …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy's vile attack on Liz Cheney shows the dangers of a GOP House — For governments to function amid deep disagreements among their major players, they sometimes evolve shared understandings. Their premise is that in some conflicts, preserving the integrity of the system …
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Joseph R. Biden Jr / The White House:
Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies on the Temporary Certification Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy — Section 1. Policy. In the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act …
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Callie Patteson / New York Post:
DHS pays over $455K to build ‘security fencing’ around Biden's beach home — Build that wall! — The southern border with Mexico is seeing the highest levels of illegal border crossings in 35 years, but the Department of Homeland Security has found one access point it can shore up …
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CNN:
US nearing a formal agreement to use Pakistan's airspace to carry out military operations in Afghanistan — (CNN)The Biden administration has told lawmakers that the US is nearing a formalized agreement with Pakistan for use of its airspace to conduct military and intelligence operations in Afghanistan …
Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
Twitter admits bias in algorithm for rightwing politicians and news outlets — Home feed promotes rightwing tweets over those from the left, internal research finds — Twitter has admitted it amplifies more tweets from rightwing politicians and news outlets than content from leftwing sources.
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
The Biden Admin Said It Left 100 Americans in Afghanistan. They Now Admit It's Far More. — In off-the-record call with congressional staff, Biden admin says nearly 400 still stranded — The Biden administration is in touch with nearly 400 Americans who are stranded in Afghanistan …
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New York Times:
Return to Office Makes a Big Difference for Budding Lawyers — The generational divide on returning to the office is not neatly drawn. For some young professionals, even in a pandemic, showing up is more than half the battle. — It looked like a middle-aged person's idea of what a young person would find fun.
John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
Why does a democratic republic founded in opposition to monarchy tolerate billionaires? — They are never self-made. — In Thursday's post, I imagined a world in which conservatives placed equality at the center of their sensibilities. It was fun, though hardly realistic.
Chris English / LevittownNow.com:
School Board President Says Threats Unjustified, FBI Will Be Alerted — Mask mandates and other divisive issues created by the coronavirus pandemic and other societal realities have made it a very stressful time to be a school board member, Pennsbury School Board President Christine Toy-Dragoni …
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Associated Press:
Where are the workers? Cutoff of jobless aid spurs no influx — INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Earlier this year, an insistent cry arose from business leaders and Republican governors: Cut off a $300-a-week federal supplement for unemployed Americans. Many people, they argued …
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David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
The media slant on Joe Rogan and covid has been wrong. Journalists must do better. — Among media critics (and who, after all, is not a media critic — there is so much to criticize), one sees a dangerous trend. Reporters are increasingly urged to be definitive, to call out “liars” …
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