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Big Tech Gets Hammered by Both Sides in House Antitrust Hearing
(Headline USA) Fending off accusations of stifling competition and engaging in unfair practices such as systemic bias, four Big Tech CEOs attempted to defend their companies before Congress as a House panel capped its yearlong investigation of market dominance in the industry.
The powerful CEOs---Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos,...
Brennan Complains that CIA Blocked Access While Writing Trump-Bashing Book
Corrupt Obama-era CIA Director John Brennan complained in his upcoming memoir that President Donald Trump successfully blocked him from accessing classified records while he was writing the book.
Intelligence agency employees are typically granted access to classified material they worked on while the federal government reviews their manuscripts.
The Trump administration,...
Portland Mayor Demands Sit-Down w/ DHS after Refusing to Meet Last Week
Several days after insisting that he would not meet with Trump administration officials, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler demanded a meeting with the Department of Homeland Security over the deteriorating conditions across the city.
Commissioner @JoAnnPDX and I are calling for an immediate meeting with Department of Homeland Security leadership on...
Breitbart Says It Has Virtually Disappeared from Google Search Results Since 2016
As representatives from Google and other top tech companies prepared to take heat from an antitrust hearing in the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Breitbart offered new ammo for some of the conservative House members to use while grilling CEO Sundar Pichai.
The widely read conservative site outlined several ways...
Oregon Governor Says Federal Agents Will Start Leaving Portland
(Headline USA) Federal agents who have clashed with protesters in Portland, Oregon, will begin a “phased withdrawal” from the city, Gov. Kate Brown said Wednesday.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said in a statement the plan negotiated with Brown over the last 24 hours includes a “robust presence” of Oregon...
School ‘Counselor’ Among Riotous Thugs Who Beat Up Wisc. State Senator
(Associated Press) Prosecutors charged two Madison women Wednesday with attacking a Wisconsin state senator during a chaotic night of violence outside the state Capitol last month.
Kerida O'Reilly, 33, and Samantha Hamer, 26, were each charged with one count of being a party to substantial battery, a felony punishable by up...
Police Agencies Pull Out of DNC After Officials Neuter Them
(Associated Press) More than 100 police agencies are withdrawing from agreements to send personnel to bolster security at next month's Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, in part because they're concerned about a recent directive ordering police in the city to stop using tear gas to control crowds.
A citizen oversight commission...
Trump Dismisses Virus Aid for Democrat-Run Cities
(Associated Press) President Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed Democratic demands to include aid for cash-strapped cities in a new coronavirus relief package and lashed out at Republicans, saying they should “go back to school” if they reject money for a new FBI building in downtown Washington, D.C.
Trump, speaking alongside Treasury...
US to Bring 6,400 Troops Home from Germany; Move 5,600 More
(Associated Press) Spurred on by President Donald Trump's demand to pull troops out of Germany, the U.S. will bring about 6,400 forces home and shift about 5,600 to other countries in Europe, U.S. defense leaders said Wednesday, detailing a Pentagon plan that will cost billions of dollars and take years...
Biden Seen w/ Notes About Kamala Shortly After Politico ‘Accidentally’ Publishes VP ‘Pick’
Politico was forced to issue an apology on Tuesday after it “accidentally” published a story that said presidential candidate Joe Biden had chosen Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as his running mate.
"Joe Biden chose Kamala Harris to become his running mate for the 2020 election on Aug. 1, two weeks...
Democrats Squirm as ‘Peaceful’ Protest Narrative Falls Apart
It’s getting harder and harder to portray violent Black Lives Matter and Antifa mobs as “peaceful” protestors, and Democrats and friendly news media outlets appear to know it.
After two months of sustained rioting and attacks on police, the narrative is shifting from innocent civil rights-oriented groups being abused by...
GOP Budget Hawks Stunned by Pork Slipped into COVID Relief Bill
The latest trillion-dollar economic stimulus, the CARES Act II, if passed, will placate many lower- and middle-class taxpayers with another round of $1,200 relief checks plus $500 for dependents of any age.
But fiscal conservatives are calling attention to the staggeringly sloppy franken-bill, even by Capitol Hill standards, according to...
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