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The case against Mark Zuckerberg: Insiders say Facebook's CEO chose growth over safety … Late last year, Mark Zuckerberg faced a choice: Comply with demands from Vietnam's ruling Communist Party to censor anti-government dissidents or risk getting knocked offline in one of Facebook's most lucrative Asian markets.
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Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
‘History Will Not Judge Us Kindly’ — Before I tell you what happened at exactly 2:28 p.m. on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, at the White House—and how it elicited a very specific reaction, some 2,400 miles away, in Menlo Park, California—you need to remember the mayhem of that day …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
How Frances Haugen Became a Power Player in the Facebook Leaks — In a time of mega-leaks, journalists' sources have become power players. Frances Haugen, the former Facebook product manager who shared company documents, led a meticulous media rollout. — Frances Haugen first met Jeff Horwitz …
Ellen Cushing / The Atlantic:
How Facebook Fails 90 Percent of Its Users — In the fall of 2019, Facebook launched a massive effort to combat the use of its platforms for human trafficking. Working around the clock, its employees searched Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram for keywords and hashtags …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Facebook Debates What to Do With Its Like and Share Buttons
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NBC News:
The Facebook Papers: Documents reveal internal fury and dissent over site's policies
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Cristiano Lima / Washington Post:
A whistleblower's power: Key takeaways from the Facebook Papers
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Clare Duffy / CNN:
The Facebook Papers may be the biggest crisis in the company's history
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Hunter Walker / Rolling Stone:
EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in ‘Dozens’ of Planning Meetings With Members of Congress and White House Staff — As the House investigation into the Jan. 6 attack heats up, some of the planners of the pro-Trump rallies that took place in Washington, D.C. …
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Khaleda Rahman / Newsweek:
AOC Calls for Expulsion of Any Members of Congress Involved in Planning January 6 Riot — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called for the expulsion of any member of Congress who helped plan the storming of the U.S. Capitol after a bombshell report alleged that several Republican lawmakers had co-ordinated with rally organizers.
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Associated Press:
AP source: Manchin agreeable to wealth tax for Biden plan — WASHINGTON (AP) — Pivotal Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin appears to be on board with White House proposals for new taxes on billionaires and certain corporations to help pay for President Joe Biden's scaled-back social services and climate change package.
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
What drives Sinema? A different view of politics
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Politico:
What's still in the Dem megabill? Cheat sheet on 12 big topics
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Manchin says framework ‘should’ be possible this week
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Sarah Mucha / Axios:
McAuliffe pivots to schools — In the closing weeks of their closely watched Virginia gubernatorial race, Terry McAuliffe is going after Glenn Youngkin on unlikely ground — public education — as he tries to reverse the Republican's surprisingly strong challenge.
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Garrett Epps / Washington Monthly:
Want to Know More About Critical Race Theory? Look at Virginia's Schools—For More Than 75 Years
Kate Scanlon / Washington Examiner:
James Carville: ‘I hate guys like Glenn Youngkin’
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ProPublica:
“The Liberty Way”: How Liberty University Discourages and Dismisses Students' Reports of Sexual Assaults — Note: This story includes descriptions of sexual violence and attempted suicide. — When Elizabeth Axley first told Liberty University officials she had been raped, she was confident they'd do the right thing.
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Liberty University threatened to punish students who reported being raped with conduct violations: report
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Jr. Is Hawking Shockingly Tacky ‘Alec Baldwin Kills People’ T-Shirts — The Trump son also posted a photoshopped pic of Baldwin wearing one of the Ts, three days after the accidental and fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins. — It's only been three days since Alec Baldwin accidentally shot …
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Christina Zhao / Newsweek:
Cowboys for Trump Founder Turns on Trump in Conference Speech Over Capitol Riot Charges — Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin, who is facing charges in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot, has turned on the former president in a conference speech for abandoning January 6 rioters and failing to deliver on a campaign promise.
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Christopher Hutton / Washington Examiner:
‘Cowboys for Trump’ founder turns on Trump during QAnon conference
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Margaret Renkl / New York Times:
Leaf Blowers Destroy the Environment — Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. — NASHVILLE — Into these perfect October afternoons, when light gleams on the red dogwood berries and the blue arrowwood berries …
Tom Burt / Microsoft On the Issues:
New activity from Russian actor Nobelium — Tom Burt - Corporate Vice President, Customer Security & Trust — Today, we're sharing the latest activity we've observed from the Russian nation-state actor Nobelium. This is the same actor behind the cyberattacks targeting SolarWinds customers …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Ignoring Sanctions, Russia Renews Broad Cybersurveillance Operation
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Trump team and Fox News alleged dead voters. Most cases were either debunked or actually involved Republicans. — President Donald Trump and those around him threw a multitude of voter-fraud conspiracy theories at the wall after the 2020 election. And few were as pervasive as the idea …
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Clare Ansberry / Wall Street Journal:
Young People Say Disconnect Keeps Them From Church — Half of people between 13 and 25 surveyed by a nonprofit said they felt out of sync with their houses of worship on race, gender, immigration and more — Several religious denominations have seen memberships fall in recent years, including among young adults and teens.
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Are Vaccine Boosters Widely Needed? Some Federal Advisers Have Misgivings. — “In our hearts, I think people don't quite agree with this notion of a booster dose,” said one leading vaccine expert. — Following a series of endorsements over the last month by scientific panels advising federal agencies …
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Revolver:
Meet Ray Epps: The Fed-Protected Provocateur Who Appears To Have Led The Very First 1/6 Attack On The U.S. Capitol — Experience Revolver without ads … In a House hearing on Thursday, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) questioned AG Merrick Garland about a mysterious man, Ray Epps …
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Disgraced former governor is recast as MAGA warrior in Senate bid — Missouri's open Senate race features a crowded cast of conservative characters. There's the self-described “farm girl,” the auctioneer on a bus tour, a state attorney general suing China, and the guy who stood on his lawn and pointed an AR-15 at protesters.
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Washington Examiner:
The Biden Left's totalitarianism — “Consider a country where a leader is elected in a free and fair election and then sets about chipping away slowly but surely at the pillars of democracy,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a recent speech in Ecuador .
John Lucas / The Federalist:
How The Rachel Levine ‘Four-Star Admiral’ Photo-Op Will Damage U.S. Security — While maneuvering his Third Army to relieve Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, Gen. George Patton would have been outranked by ‘first transgender admiral’ Rachel Levine. — To great public fanfare …
Jacob Gardenswartz / The American Independent:
Republican leaders support jobless benefits — for the unvaccinated — After ending pandemic-related unemployment benefits, some Republican officials now want assistance for workers who were fired for refusing to get vaccinated. — Last spring, just weeks before a deadly surge …
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Mitch Hotts / Macomb Daily:
Macomb County GOP on board with Trump election conspiracy theory — Party says ex-president won election by ‘wide margin’ in endorsing two state candidates — The Macomb County Republican Party is on-board with former President Donald Trump's assertions that 2020 presidential election …
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American Greatness:
Ground Zero of Woke — Universities are making themselves not just disliked and disreputable but ultimately irrelevant and replaceable. — Many of our once revered and most hallowed institutions are failing us. To mention only the most significant ones: our top-ranking military echelon …
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