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The same judge does not seem to recognize Twitter or Facebook as websites. — PolitiTweet.org

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Listening to the oral arguments on Texas's social media law and ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh One of the judges just conflated "interactive computer service" with "internet provider" — PolitiTweet.org

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@sherrick399 @donie You can. Here is the amended complaint. https://t.co/te4qNaa6Zh — PolitiTweet.org

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Twitter has declined to comment on the suit's dismissal. — PolitiTweet.org

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Judge Donato also dismissed for standing Trump's claim that Section 230 is unconstitutional. And he was unwilling to consider claims under Florida's social media law because it is already subject to an injunction. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump will have an opportunity to try again with an amended complaint but will not be permitted to add any new legal claims, the judge ruled. — PolitiTweet.org

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Yeah, in a lot of ways this case is moot already. https://t.co/NTMXEj2tE2 — PolitiTweet.org

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Just in: A federal judge has thrown out Donald Trump's suit against Twitter seeking to have his account reinstated, holding that his First Amendment rights were not violated because Twitter was not acting as an agent of the government (among other things). https://t.co/G13rmEsvhA https://t.co/J5vesJK3jE — PolitiTweet.org

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"Strange New Worlds" may be the best live-action Star Trek we've gotten in over a decade. Seventeen years, if you're counting. You might even say… It's been a long road — PolitiTweet.org

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Conservatives have long argued tech platforms are too eager to remove content, while liberals have said the opposite. But the leaked SCOTUS opinion could flip that around if red states pressure tech to remove abortion ads. Smart piece by @viaCristiano: https://t.co/JDZZmf2iQb — PolitiTweet.org

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Smalls met Biden today wearing his "Eat the Rich" jacket (photo distributed by the White House) https://t.co/F0SJGu9dSt — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's a really important piece about how Americans' vast digital footprints — search histories, location data, even period-tracking apps — could soon be used to enforce anti-abortion laws. From my colleagues Jennifer Korn and @claresduffy: https://t.co/aAJ6gxnEsv — PolitiTweet.org

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And this didn't make it into the story but, Gates also joked: "I just need to know where everybody is, [it] gets me so excited ... to have that 5G tracker in everybody's arm." — PolitiTweet.org

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One of the funnier things here is how Gates brings up the conspiracy theories *about him* "How does [Musk] feel about something that says vaccines kill people, or you know, that Bill Gates is tracking people — is that one of the things he thinks should be spread?" Gates asked. — PolitiTweet.org

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Bill Gates expresses doubts about Elon Musk's Twitter buy, saying Musk "actually could make it worse" and adds that the leaked draft SCOTUS decision overturning Roe is "pretty disappointing" https://t.co/aqYIW91DKY — PolitiTweet.org

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Smalls appeared before Congress wearing a New York Yankees ballcap and a red-and-black letterman jacket with "Eat the Rich" stitched on it. — PolitiTweet.org

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Later, Sen. Graham challenged Smalls on whether he availed himself of the existing legal process against Amazon. Smalls said NYAG filed a complaint on his behalf after he was fired. "There is a process that's not working," Smalls said. "That's your opinion," Graham replied. — PolitiTweet.org

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"I think it's in your best interest to realize that it's not a left or right thing," Smalls told Sen. Graham. "It's not a Democrat or Republican thing. It's a workers' issue ... you should listen because we do represent your constituents as well." — PolitiTweet.org

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After Graham defended Amazon in opening remarks, blasting Sen. Sanders for holding a hearing for the "demonization" of an individual company, Smalls told Graham: "You forgot that the people are the ones who make these companies operate." — PolitiTweet.org

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A series of remarkable exchanges this AM between Sen. Graham and Christian Smalls, the head of the Amazon Labor Union. — PolitiTweet.org

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New York City pension funds have sued Activision-Blizzard in search of records that could show whether CEO Bobby Kotick may have breached his fiduciary duties to investors: https://t.co/4E4SN3mE0f — PolitiTweet.org

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(Smalls is scheduled to testify in a Senate Budget Committee hearing Thursday chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders on Amazon and federal contracting.) https://t.co/OB4gpD1dGA — PolitiTweet.org

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Another detail: Smalls tells me and @saraashleyo he’s “looking forward” to visiting the Senate during his visit, in addition to the White House, but didn’t say if he has meetings with lawmakers’ offices lined up — or if he does, with whom. https://t.co/tz7zeV1dCZ — PolitiTweet.org

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Just in: @VP Harris and Labor Sec. Marty Walsh will meet **Thursday** at the White House, in person, with labor organizers including Christian Smalls of the Amazon Labor Union, per a WH official. Attendees also include organizers representing workers from Starbucks, REI & more. — PolitiTweet.org

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@kellymakena RIP — PolitiTweet.org

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My hands are sweating just watching this. — PolitiTweet.org

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The SEC says it's hiring more than a dozen new employees to enforce against cryptocurrency fraud and cybercrime, almost doubling the size of the unit charged with the mission: https://t.co/soW0jiOnON — PolitiTweet.org

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Specifically, the groups say marketers have an opportunity this week at @iab #NewFronts22 to preempt any brand damage resulting from Musk's takeover by making their forward-looking ad deals with Twitter contingent on platform policy changes under Musk: https://t.co/NIghjiIQtD — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JohnJHarwood: Susan Collins issues a statement of concern: "If this leaked draft opinion is the final decision and this reporting is a… — PolitiTweet.org

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Exclusive: Some of the nation's biggest advertisers including @CocaCola, @Disney and @KraftBrand are facing calls to boycott Twitter if Elon Musk rolls back the platform's content moderation policies. More than two dozen groups sent this letter today: https://t.co/NIghjiIQtD — PolitiTweet.org