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It Turns Out that Deplatforming Works.
After Twitter and Facebook banned Donald Trump and over 70,000 QAnon-related accounts, two things quickly became apparent: 1) it was the right thing to do and had a salutary effect on public discourse, and 2) tech moguls have a frightening amount of control over democracy and public discourse.
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America first
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Biden's return to Paris pact just a first step on U.S. climate action
As Joe Biden leads the United States back into the Paris Agreement on climate change, after taking office Wednesday, diplomats and green groups will breathe a collective sigh of relief - before urging him to step up cuts to U.S. emissions.
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Free college could become a reality under a Biden administration
President-elect Biden promised to make community college tuition-free. Such a plan could increase the number of students and their incomes over time.
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Trump to issue around 100 pardons and commutations Tuesday, sources say
President Donald Trump is preparing to issue around 100 pardons and commutations on his final full day in office Tuesday, according to three people familiar with the matter, a major batch of clemency actions that includes white collar criminals, high-profile rappers and others but -- as of now -- is not expected to include Trump himself.
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The word "Orwellian" has lost all meaning
How the right made the word "Orwellian" an empty cliché.
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'I’m facing a prison sentence': US Capitol rioters plead with Trump for pardons
Arrested Trump supporters say they were ‘listening’ to the president
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The far right embraces violence because it has no real political program
Theatrical brutality makes people believe they have power, even if they don’t.
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Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang announces NYC mayoral run
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang officially announced he is running for mayor of New York City.
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Republicans Are Tough on Terrorism Until the Terrorists Are Republicans
The same lawmakers who obsessed over Benghazi are downplaying the attack on the Capitol.
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GOP lawmakers dodge metal detectors added after Capitol riots, blast them as an ‘atrocity’
A group of GOP lawmakers in the House, angered by new security rules, bypassed the magnetometers or pushed past security despite setting off the alarm.
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Famed Atheist Richard Dawkins Defends Trump’s Twitter Ban
Though famed atheist Richard Dawkins has often criticized political correctness and advocated free speech, he ultimately supported Twitter's decision to permanently ban President Trump from its platform.
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House GOP leader tells members to quit spreading lies on riot, antifa
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told members of his GOP conference on a call Monday that the riot at the Capitol was not caused by antifa, urging lawmakers not to further spread misinformation about the pro-Trump mob that stormed the House and Senate last week.
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In blow to Trump, golf’s PGA strips major championship from Trump-owned course
As he faces a lonely end to his presidency, Donald Trump learned Sunday evening that, in the wake of last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol, he has lost one of the relationships he values most: his partnership with the Professional Golfers' Association. While the embattled president has been hunkered down to try and preserve his political career, the PGA of America, the proprietors of one of golf's four major championship tournaments, announced that it plans to move its 2022 PGA Championship away from Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J.
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The Roots of Josh Hawley’s Rage
Why do so many Republicans appear to be at war with both truth and democracy?
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Every Deleted Parler Post, Many With Users' Location Data, Has Been Archived
In the wake of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by scores of President Trump’s supporters, a lone researcher began an effort to catalogue the posts of social media users across Parler, a platform founded to provide conservative users a safe haven for uninhibited “free speech” — but which ultimately devolved into a hotbed of far-right conspiracy theories, unchecked racism, and death threats aimed at prominent politicians.
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US intelligence agencies have 180 days to share what they know about UFOs, thanks to the Covid-19 relief and spending bill
When President Donald Trump signed the $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law in December, so began the 180-day countdown for US intelligence agencies to tell Congress what they know about UFOs.
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Amazon is removing Parler from its web hosting service, meaning the platform will go offline Sunday if it can't find another host
Amazon's decision came amid calls for the company to stop providing services to Parler, after people used the site to plan the deadly Capitol riots.
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The Guy Who Built a Trump Twitter Archive Says He’ll Follow Him to Parler If He Has To
“I wasn't thinking that it would just disappear one day.”
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Parler's CEO John Matze responded angrily after Jack Dorsey endorsed Apple's removal of the social network favored by conservatives
John Matze and Jack Dorsey, the CEOs of Parler and Twitter were at at odds with each other, and posted on their own sites about Apple's ban of Parler.
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