This was after Bickert gave lawyer answers to the first two questions which defy any belief she is being forthright.
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) June 4, 2020
1) She doesn't remember if she knew about Cambridge Analytica breach when she gave evidence to Parliament in Feb 2018 in DC. cc @carolecadwalla. pic.twitter.com/j5sRNPTVic
We’ve discussed before but here is the issue in Facebook’s banning decision (whether you agree or disagree). This entire chain of execs from Bickert up to Zuckerberg report into and lobby DC interests. Same group that decided not to take action on shooting and looting post. /1
and Facebook's own Joel Kaplan who prompted employee to askthe obvious question\u2b06\ufe0f: "Is it a conflict of interest to have one policy executive influencing both staying on good terms with Trump and civil rights-related moderation?" https://t.co/xa2rbG4mVk
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) September 24, 2020
I mean look at the list:
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) June 3, 2020
Zuckerberg - $60B+ in $FB stock
Sheryl - ditto + former political operative
Nick - former MP, UK political operative
Joel - DC political animal
Bickert - misled Parliament on Cambridge Analytica, legal counsel on shutting down competitive apps controversy pic.twitter.com/fQYJc8WvV9
I don't want to get ahead of John sharing his highlights from his strong event but @nick_clegg spent 30min making his case, the audience was polled live asking if Facebook is prepared for the upcoming election and 95% of the audience picked "No." Maybe it was worse this morning? https://t.co/jkP7GOe1Hy pic.twitter.com/yWNphBD3ts
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) September 17, 2020
Facebook will NOT flag declarations by President Trump or any other candidate who prematurely declares victory in battleground states. The company only will flag claims stating that a candidate has won the overall election.https://t.co/7jKPSZ2fo8
— Jeff Horwitz (@JeffHorwitz) November 4, 2020
Amazing read. Don\u2019t touch my 1A but recognize microtargeting has minimized the collisions... \u201cit is wrong to censor ideas, because knowledge arises from the \u2018the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.\u2019\u201d https://t.co/jJqlwlaI2A
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) October 14, 2020
More from Government
CJI: our intention is to see if we can bring about an amicable resolution to the problem. That is why we asked you why don't you put the #FarmBills on hold. You want time for negotiation. If there is some sense of responsibility showing that you will not implement the laws
— Bar & Bench (@barandbench) January 11, 2021
So a committee of 'wise men/women' selected by the SC will stand in judgement over the law passed by
CJI: .....then we can form a committee with ICAR members to look into this. Till then you can continue to put the law on hold. Why will you insist on continuing the law anyhow
— Bar & Bench (@barandbench) January 11, 2021
Here is the thing - a law can be stayed based on usual methods, it can be held unconstitutional based on violation of the Constitution. There is no shortcut to this based on the say so of even a large number of people, merely because they are loud.
AG Venugopal: none of the petitions point to any provision of three farm acts stating that it is unconstitutional
— Bar & Bench (@barandbench) January 11, 2021
CJI: we are not declaring it unconstitutional
AG: laws cannot be stayed. This is drastic
Tomorrow can all the income tax payers also gather up at whichever maidan and ask for repealing the income tax law? It hurts us and we can protest quite loudly.
How can a law be stayed or over-turned based on the nuisance value of the protestors? It is anarchy to allow that.
"End of Sturgeon?"
Frankly, an appropriate response from @NicolaSturgeon might be to quote the infamous Mark Twain response to an erroneous 'obituary' known to all...
"The reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated."
https://t.co/Ce1xVVISR2
More accurately, the media have quoted:
"Ms Sturgeon said she had a “real job to do” and was focused on guiding Scotland through the Covid-19 pandemic."
It's very reassuring to hear that @scotgov and @ScotGovFM have prioritised safeguarding lives and Scotland, above all else.
"I’ll leave others to play games or politics. I have got a real job to do and people can decide themselves whether I am doing it well or not, but I am absolutely 100 per cent focused on leading this country through a pandemic."
💯% 😀👍
Making her priorities crystal clear!
“That’s what I’ve done since this time last year and it’s what I’m going to continue to do for absolutely as long as necessary.”
And again, making it absolutely crystal clear!
The tl;dr is that for years right-wing media have been excusing Trump's violent rhetoric by going, "Yes, but THE DEMOCRATS..." and then bending themselves into knots to pretend that Dems were calling for violence when they very, very clearly weren't.
And in fact, this predates Trump.
In 2008, Obama was talking about not backing down in the face of an ugly campaign. He said "If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun."
https://t.co/i5YaQJsKop
That quote was from the movie The Untouchables. And there's no way anybody reading that quote in good faith could conclude that he was talking about actual guns and knives. But it became a big talking point on the
In 2018, Obama-era Attorney General Eric Holder was speaking to a group of Georgia Democrats about GOP voter suppression. He riffed on Michelle Obama's "When they go low, we go high" line from the 2016 DNC.