Disinformation is simply speech, says the tech company’s head of public policy.
Conservatism
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Freedom of Speech Doesn’t Require Tech Companies to Carry Alex Jones’s Destructive Lies
The First Amendment’s protections do not mean that people have the right to be free of the consequences of what they say, or that companies have an obligation to provide them a platform.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Jeff Sessions and the Conservative Nostalgia for Harsh Sentencing
A new Republican bill would slap nonviolent criminals with 15-year mandatory minimum sentences. White-collar crimes, property crimes, and drug-related offenses would all count toward being considered a “career armed criminal.”
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Racism Is Alive, Well, and Won’t Be Deterred by Hate Rally’s Fizzle-Out
Americans should not be complacent about white supremacists and neo-Nazis after only a few dozen showed up in Washington. Whether accosting people of color in public spaces or drafting legislation in Congress, racists are all around us.
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White Supremacist-in-Chief Goes Golfing as D.C. Prepares for Hate Rally
The haters coming to town on Sunday love Trump. After all, he made them into somebodies.
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Q&A: We All Benefit from Welfare. Most of Us Just Don’t Realize It.
Americans benefit from government social programs more than ever. They also hate government more than ever.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Brett Kavanaugh’s Dangerous Right-Wing Judicial Activism
The D.C. Circuit Court judge poses a major threat to the high court and the country.
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Trump Didn’t Flout GOP Norms — He Epitomized Them
When the Cold War ended and the Soviet Union collapsed, the American Right was faced with a conundrum. For most of the 20th century, it had defined itself by its anti-communism, the sole idea on which all wings of the disparate conservative community could agree. Moreover, anti-communism gave the Republicans a handy club with which […]
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Trump the Destroyer
Defenders of the president like to laud him as a “disruptor.” But his attack on the British prime minister reveals him as a big-footed monster.
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Nebraska Voters Could Decide to Expand Medicaid
While many Republican governors have refused to expand Medicaid, some conservative-led states may have to resign themselves to letting direct democracy decide the question, thanks to the efforts of advocacy groups across the country. In Nebraska last week, advocacy group Insure the Good Life announced that it had received the number of required signatures for […]
