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PBC News & Comment: Under Siege, Zuckerberg Offers Weak Apologies

After stonewalling Cambridge Analytica data abuse, Facebook founder Zuckerberg gives 4 “exclusive” interviews and offers unconvincing apologies, promises to improve….–in Guardian op-ed, Barry Lynn and Matt Stoller offer 9-point plan for regulating Facebook

–with only 2 dissenters, Senate passes sex trafficking bill that makes platforms responsible for user content, a terrible idea

–Senate Intel members claim Russia is already meddling in midterm elections, without any evidence or details of how they might do that

–nobody’s read the bill, but House passes debt-driven $1.3 Trillion spending bill with lots of bad shit buried inside

–Trump exempts many allies from his tariffs, zeroing in on China while doubling the target amount and expanding the list of exports way beyond steel

–Trump’s lead lawyer on the Russia investigation, John Dowd, quits because Trump ignored his advice

–after Al Franken’s grilling caused Jeff Sessions to lie to Congress, the FBI investigated Sessions, who was unaware his underlings were probing him

NY Times exposes how Trump allies representing Saudis and UAE sought and bought influence in 45’s White House

–The Intercept reports that Saudi Prince MBS told pals he has Jared Kushner “in his pocket”

–Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi and her mother are both sentenced to 8 months in prison after Ahed slapped Israeli soldier and mom video’d it

–to fill Senate vacancy, Mississippi Gov. Bryant ignores Trump and names Cindy Hyde-Smith to replace Thad Cochran

–in latest essay, Caitlin Johnson offers 6 easy steps to eliminating paranoid conspiracy theorists

 

 

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