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We’ve obtained leaked audio of a LinkedIn all-hands meeting, in which General Counsel Blake Lawit is heard saying the platform doesn’t distinguish between politicians and regular users, and that it won’t hesitate to “restrict speech” that runs afoul of its policies. He said: https://t.co/whTssD8fbA — PolitiTweet.org

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Earlier in the week, Huffman had been criticized by former reddit CEO @ekp over r/the_donald: https://t.co/SQl7Ibxic7 — PolitiTweet.org

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.@reddit CEO Steve Huffman acknowledges that “we should have quarantined [r/the_donald] sooner,” in a longer blog post about needing to accept responsibility and the work ahead: https://t.co/BYVLih62X5 — PolitiTweet.org

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The Facebook employee who quit over Zuckerberg’s handling of Trump’s posts tells ⁦@donie⁩ what he thinks of Zuck’s call: “He made the decision and then tried to find some way to connect it to principle, because that was convenient for him.” https://t.co/obU8Fzu3S5 — PolitiTweet.org

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@MattSepara Every Starfleet captain deserves a chance to be good, just as every admiral almost invariably turns out to be craven and corrupt. — PolitiTweet.org

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The series would wrestle with extremely relevant themes about the nature of violence, and its relationship to power… https://t.co/0ykNGxKJGS — PolitiTweet.org

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But a story like this gives you 1) a glimpse at the Mirror Universe from the common person’s perspective, which we’ve never really seen; and 2) spends the rest of the time on what’s happening on board the Buran. — PolitiTweet.org

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On the whole, I’m skeptical of Trek shows that spend too much time in the Mirror Universe. I’m not a huge fan of the way Discovery implemented it. — PolitiTweet.org

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Maybe this leads to a second season, maybe not. But it’s a self-contained story that lets Isaacs play the honorable Starfleet captain he should’ve been allowed to play from the start. — PolitiTweet.org

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In the event, the Buran emerges victorious, but not without great cost. Prime Lorca sacrifces himself and evacuates the remaining crew, who commit to doing what they can to make the Terran Empire a more just and peaceful society. — PolitiTweet.org

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Prime Lorca meets with his crew, gives a stirring ethical monologue, and persuades everyone to re-unite in the name of Starfleet’s highest values. And then they fight the Terran Empire in a space battle, the only space battle ever to be shown in this series. — PolitiTweet.org

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But since we know Mirror Lorca is already in the Prime Universe telling everyone the Buran is dead, I think the only way this ends is classically Star Trek. — PolitiTweet.org

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There are any number of ways you could resolve this. Maybe Lorca evacuates what’s left of his loyal crew and they scatter, while he faces down the Terrans alone. Or maybe the Buran’s friends come in to save the day with an escape plan back to the Prime Universe. — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s at this point, near the end of the series, that the worst happens. Somehow, the Terran Empire has found out about the Buran. Maybe one of the ship’s new friends sold them out? Perhaps there’s an Imperial sympathizer among the crew? Either way, the game is up. — PolitiTweet.org

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Prime Lorca and his crew struggle to keep from losing themselves in the Mirror Universe’s Hobbesian worldview, and must fight to hang onto that which makes them Starfleet. This tension leads to a mutiny, and an attempt on Lorca’s life (which would be SOP on a Terran vessel). — PolitiTweet.org

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Unfortunately, it turns out that condoning brutality has… unintended side effects. Some of the crew find they *like* operating this way, and have now been enabled — nay, encouraged — to act abusively toward their fellow crewmates with no repercussions. Power is everything. — PolitiTweet.org

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But rather than turn them in, the Buran’s new friends agree to help find ways to get the ship home. In the meantime, the Buran has to blend in with the Mirror Universe. As with the USS Discovery, the crew changes uniforms and adopts more violent mannerisms (at least in public). — PolitiTweet.org

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Some of these downtrodden folk quickly figure out there’s something… different about Prime Lorca. He’s too compassionate to be of the Mirror Universe. They soon discover the truth, much to Lorca's horror and that of his crew. Surely they’re doomed now that the secret is out. — PolitiTweet.org

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The next several episodes outline a desperate struggle to survive in the Mirror Universe. Damaged and sticking out like a sore thumb, the Buran and its crew go looking for help, and for the first time, we meet regular people who’ve been living under the brutal Terran Empire. — PolitiTweet.org

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According to Mirror Lorca, the Buran was completely lost, and he was the sole survivor: https://t.co/lMgDDRxK3f But in this series, we find out that the real USS Buran has simply traded places with Mirror Lorca’s own ship, and slipped into the Mirror Universe. — PolitiTweet.org

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Okay, here goes. I’m thinking, like, a 15-episode miniseries to start, showing Lorca and his crew struggling to come home from the Mirror Universe. We pick up at Lorca’s last known whereabouts in the Prime Universe — aboard the USS Buran, defending against a Klingon ambush. — PolitiTweet.org

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Jason Isaacs could return to Star Trek as Prime Lorca. Great, now my whole morning is going to be wasted on dreaming up potential stories for this. https://t.co/ukmEldBfXz — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/oaGxu3YPij — PolitiTweet.org

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I asked @publicknowledge’s Gene Kimmelman, a former DOJ antitrust official, what to make of all this. Here’s what he told me. https://t.co/V1FH7lI5Sm — PolitiTweet.org

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The questions for Google’s rival highlight how far things have progressed, particularly at DOJ, and highlight how regulators are beginning to evaluate potential remedies. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DuckDuckGo .@DuckDuckGo has also discussed this proposal with state and congressional officials who are also looking into Google, I’m told. — PolitiTweet.org

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DOJ officials scrutinizing Google for antitrust have recently asked @DuckDuckGo for details of a proposal to increase competition in mobile search, its founder tells me, indicating the investigation includes not just advertising but search and Android. — PolitiTweet.org

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Maryland's attorney general 👇 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @oliverdarcy: Remains unclear if the Cotton op-ed will be updated or removed, given NYT is now saying it doesn't meet its standards. R… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @EthanZ: I'm one of the "experts" they consulted, and I told them this would be total bullshit if they labeled Al Jazeera as state contr… — PolitiTweet.org