Happen right now on capitol hill 4 of the most powerful men in the u. S. Tech industry are being questioned on whether their platforms have violated antitrust laws in recent years as theyve risen to dominate the internet Rachel Blevins is joining us now to discuss the latest developments there as a ritual who is testifying today and what led us to this point where this hearing comes after more than a year of Research Conducted by the house judiciary subcommittee and which available to 4 of the Top Tech Companies here in the u. S. To ask questions about whether they are unfairly stifling their much smaller competitors now of course were still dealing with the corona virus pandemic so this hearing was carried out virtually and the testimonies included this. Apple and google. Facebook and amazon now all of these companies have been accused of manipulating their search results to promote their own products and interest so this hearing is still going on right now as we speak what have been
Greetings and sell you take its boy it was a celebration of political grandstanding partisan hackery and outright lying to the public it was on full display in full swing this week from both democrats and republicans as everybodys favorite befuddled looking president ial bootlicking yes man u. S. Attorney general william barr took the stand in front of the u. S. House Judiciary Committee to answer for a wide range of questionable and possibly political motivated decisions coming out of his Office Decisions like using chemical weapons to clear out protesters in Lafayette Square for Trumps Campaign buyable photo op here in d. C. Or sending them to u. S. Cities to provoke protesters and inflame hostilities to bolster the president s Campaign Theme of law and order you know those kind of all american Decision Making is to come out of an attorney general but while a a. G. Barr and the politicians questioning emerged definitely wearing their political beliefs and agenda on their sleeves it a
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Us year go ahead with your story. Can board of voted to dismantle its Police Department tonight, a long way for the group who initiated this resolution. Wednesday night a celebration moments after the Oakland Unified School District Voted to eliminate its Police Department this has been a i or humanity. A fight to value black and brown students just a black is when black organizing project the organization has been calling to remove police from oakland schools for the last decade, this is very historic for members and for the people of oat bran. And we are really hoping that we can set a or what. Remove Police Free Schools looks like throughout the country wednesday night board of educators approved the george floyd resolution calling to eliminate the districts Police Department in the wake of George Floyds death districts are looking to join the Police Free Schools Movement District proposed a resolution earlier this month. The resolution calls for redirecting money spent on police in