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President-elect Biden Names Senior White House Staff as Transition Standoff Continues (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 11/18/2020 - 06:25Sen Mike Lee op-ed: One Agency for Antitrust (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 11/18/2020 - 06:25Confirmation Mischief at the FCC
Approving federal judges is a priority for Mitch McConnell during the lame-duck session of Congress, but Republicans shouldn’t dither on confirming Nathan Simington to the Federal Communications Commission. He will be needed to oppose internet regulation early in a Biden Presidency. Simington’s confirmation is in jeopardy because of—who else?—President Trump. Republicans would be committing self-sabotage by scotching Simington’s confirmation.
GOP senators berate Facebook, Twitter CEOs, who say they did the best they could during election
The CEOs of Twitter and Facebook defended their efforts to reduce the spread of online disinformation about the presidential election and the integrity of the US voting system as they faced an onslaught of criticism from Senate Republicans who accused the tech giants of censoring conservative views and favoring Democrats.