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Commentary: EPA Director Scott Pruitt’s awful media office (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 05/22/2018 - 15:57Jennifer Rubin: If Clinton’s email prompted an investigation, so should Trump’s cellphone use (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 05/22/2018 - 15:42
European lawmakers told Mark Zuckerberg they could regulate – or break up – Facebook
European lawmakers pilloried Mark Zuckerberg at a hearing for Facebook’s recent privacy and misinformation mishaps and raised the possibility of new regulation, a more realistic threat than what the social media giant faces in the United States. Opening a hearing with key leaders of the European Parliament, the body's president, Antonio Tajani, described it as an "alarming scandal" that Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy, could access the names, "likes" and other personal information of 87 million Facebook users. "The price paid by the users is in many cases data in exchange for f
China’s ZTE has long been on Washington’s radar, for quite a few reasons. Here’s the story. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 05/22/2018 - 06:35Justice Department calls for inquiry after PresidenTrump demands probe into whether FBI ‘infiltrated or surveilled’ his campaign (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 05/21/2018 - 06:21President Trump means business when he attacks the media (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 05/20/2018 - 13:26Fake Facebook accounts and online lies multiply in hours after Santa Fe school shooting (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 05/20/2018 - 13:25‘Thank you,’ now get out of here! The difficult job of a Trump press wrangler (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 05/18/2018 - 16:25
President Trump personally pushed postmaster general to double rates on Amazon, other firms
Apparently, President Donald Trump has personally pushed US Postmaster General Megan Brennan to double the rate the Postal Service charges Amazon.com and other firms to ship packages, a dramatic move that probably would cost these companies billions of dollars. Brennan has so far resisted Trump’s demand, explaining in multiple conversations occurring in 2018 and last that these arrangements are bound by contracts and must be reviewed by a regulatory commission, apparently.