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@toddzwillich !!! — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s the original blog post where T-Mobile made the jobs claim. https://t.co/gVCEit8raL https://t.co/mJaEMDEiSa — PolitiTweet.org

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A year ago, T-Mobile promised that its merger with Sprint would be "jobs-positive from Day One and every day thereafter,” calling it a commitment and a fact. Now that the deal is complete, T-Mobile is reportedly laying off hundreds of Sprint workers: https://t.co/x1HQ2dSLX9 — PolitiTweet.org

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This is about to get interesting. https://t.co/KBPKstpbYU — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HalSinger: If I had to place a bet, it would be on the bogus collusion charge against automakers that settled with California, which wa… — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump campaign’s response: "All they are doing is giving us access to their contact information." — PolitiTweet.org

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Facebook, Google and Twitter are again testifying before Congress on Thursday as HPSCI holds a virtual hearing on election security: https://t.co/OFyM2opNI1 https://t.co/CBqdhexUGb — PolitiTweet.org

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Onlookers have repeatedly raised eyebrows at things like DOJ suddenly suing to block AT&T/Time-Warner (inline with Trump’s objections), taking Qualcomm’s side in FTC v. Qualcomm, and AG Barr’s personal role in the ongoing tech review amid Trump’s complaints of political bias. — PolitiTweet.org

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This testimony could have big ramifications in the tech and media world. — PolitiTweet.org

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House Judiciary says two agency whistleblowers are going to testify on the “unprecedented politicization” of DOJ… including “improperly motivated activity by the Antitrust Division” https://t.co/LU7VclWNhj https://t.co/zshkf00F9h — PolitiTweet.org

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Blumenthal also told me he agrees with Pelosi that advertisers pulling ads from tech platforms is one “potential tactic” for pressuring Big Tech, but that his “very strong preference” is still to have the federal gov’t regulate, e.g. with FTC enforcing against misleading ads. — PolitiTweet.org

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Blumenthal told me in a phone call today that despite Trump’s social media EO, which calls for AG Barr to help draft legislation clamping down on tech, Barr has not been involved in developing the EARN IT Act or, to the senator’s knowledge, any other Section 230 bill. — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Blumenthal says he and Rep. Schakowsky are sending a letter to the FTC today urging it to act against Google for allowing misleading advertisements on its platform, particularly surrounding scams related to federal stimulus money. — PolitiTweet.org

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Cicilline said the tech investigation will culminate in “a whole series of recommendations." Two ideas he says would be a “huge first step”: Requiring user consent before companies use or share consumer data; and banning platforms from favoring their own products and services. — PolitiTweet.org

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At this same event, House antitrust subcmte chair @RepCicilline challenges the idea that tech companies are engaging in editorial curation when their algorithms evaluate and rank user content in social feeds. It’s not 1A-protected curation, he argues. It’s a “business decision." — PolitiTweet.org

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“Hey, how long is this stick I’m holding?” “Oh, I dunno, it looks like it could be anywhere from a foot to 189 feet long." — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked whether this means just pressuring social platforms or yanking their ad dollars entirely, Pelosi said: “A combination thereof.” Pelosi cited Facebook’s advertising revenues before saying "consumers have to weigh in with advertisers as well." — PolitiTweet.org

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Speaker Pelosi just suggested advertisers must use their “tremendous leverage” over social media platforms to force them to more aggressively police their websites, at a virtual event hosted by George Washington University. https://t.co/dJH51meTtd — PolitiTweet.org

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The EU has opened two antitrust investigations of Apple — one looking at rules surrounding in-app payments and the other looking at integration of Apple Pay in iOS devices: https://t.co/enOrhVbCeG https://t.co/nV3BZck070 https://t.co/lhWGgFeJhR — PolitiTweet.org

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Sure, the money itself can be corrosive. But the chase, the need for it is toxic, too. Stewart argues that lawmakers are in control of their own schedules. True to an extent. But the critique also overlooks a critical piece of the system he’s trying to lift the curtain on. — PolitiTweet.org

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As @ezraklein wrote at the time, "if you spend all your time raising money, you don't spend it learning policy or getting to know your colleagues or listening to your constituents.” https://t.co/G3CaNlN6d8 — PolitiTweet.org

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Back in 2013, HuffPost got a hold of part of a slide deck presented to freshmen members of Congress. One of the slides depicted a “model” schedule. The 4 hours of “call time” is for fundraising. https://t.co/b1JSzyqSKc https://t.co/7tIyi3ZftQ — PolitiTweet.org

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Here, Jon Stewart unintentionally hits on another aspect of the money in politics problem he hammers at elsewhere in the interview. It’s not just that lawmakers “don’t have time” to hear about pressing issues, it’s that to them, time is literally money. https://t.co/JZgKwYyxfT https://t.co/OlkRwXucWg — PolitiTweet.org

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T-Mobile says it’s making progress fixing the outage that’s affecting some of their customers (and those, apparently, of other networks attempting to reach T-Mobile customers) https://t.co/rGwmsU0vPF — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @zackwhittaker: I just heard back from Level 3, denying an outage. "We do not currently have an outage impacting cellular carriers," sa… — PolitiTweet.org

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Both Verizon and AT&T tell me that the outages their customers may be experiencing right now likely have to do with T-Mobile’s outage, rather than any issue with Verizon or AT&T: https://t.co/1FTArmxfUY — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @gelles: CDC report on who is getting Covid-19: 33% Hispanic 22% Black 1.3% American Indian or Alaska Native "These findings suggest t… — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m so sorry this happened to you, @frankshyong https://t.co/36YXHMznbA https://t.co/z6mCwx18Z6 — PolitiTweet.org

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@rachelmetz Now do anagrams! — PolitiTweet.org