Reparations say they feel betrayed over a vote that did not happen in california. One of the authors of the legislation is here to respond and later, who is the alberta in your life according to Director Lee daniels Glenn Closest character in the deliverance is a part of the fabric of the black community. And thats not even the most viral thing coming from this movie. Were going to talk about it a lot coming up sounds riveting. Have a great show, right . Thanks so much. Lets do it well first of all, we are three days out from the harris trump debate. Its really hard to predict whats going to happen tomorrow, much less on tuesday but we will see something we have never seen before a black woman on the president ial Debate Stage as the nominee of a major party think about what you will or the politics, but a country that has never elected a black Woman Governor may soon elect a black woman president. The precedents we do have are those infamous moments from former President Trumps debate
Sen. Graham i think we have senator blumenthal remotely, is that correct . Is it ok if we move forward . Sen. Blumenthal absolutely. Sen. Graham this is about censorship and suppression of the 2020 election. Sort of a deep dive when it comes to twitter and facebook about the platforms and the decisions they make, how they make them, can we do better, chemically do we need to do better . The first thing i want to talk about here is health risk associated with social media. A 2018 Pew Research Center survey of nearly 750 13 to 17yearolds found that 45 are online almost constantly and 97 use social media platforms such as youtube, facebook, instagram, or snapchat. If so why are we having this hearing . The products that these two companies offer, people like and they use. So the bottom line is theyve probably been more successful than their wildest dreams, and theyre having to make decisions that offend people on the left and the right. And what were trying to do is look at section 230 an
It was fourth of july weekend of 2017 and i was six months into my activism of trying to warn america about the threat from internet platforms like facebook. And i realized i needed to find a way to go to washington, d. C. And didnt know anyone. And a friend said you need to meet barry so as it happened, he was in new england for the fourth of july weekend and so was i, so we met at a hotel in boston and at this point, im terrified because i had been watching all the things that happened in 2016 and im beginning to get the sense that facebook and other internet platforms are so big that theres nothing we can do and hes got the hair, the tie, the suit, he sits back and proceeds to explain we will control these guys by bringing back antitrust law. At that point i had spent the better part of four years and antitrust was defunct. He says no you just have to believe in miracles. He said we are going to get back and restore capitalism in america. Im looking at him and i think that he is fro
Good morning, everybody. I think we have senator blumenthal remotely, is that correct . Mr. Chairman. Is it okay, senator blumenthal, if we move forward . Absolutely. Thanks very much. Okay, ill make a brief Opening Statement and this is about censorship, suppression and the 2020 election, sort of a deep dive, when it comes to twitter and facebook, about the platforms and the decisions they make, how they make them. Can we do better . Do we need to do better . So the first thing i want to talk about here is Health Risks Associated with social media. A 2018 Research Center survey of nearly 750 13 to 17yearolds found that 45 are online almost constantly. A 97 use social media platforms such as youtube, facebook, instagram or snapchat. So why are we having this hearing . The products that these two Companies Offer people like and they use. So the bottom line is, theyve probably been more successful than their wildest dreams. And theyre having to make decisions that offend people on the le
The man who didnt get it, charles hughes, Supreme Court justice, all but won the election in 1915. In fact, when president Woodrow Wilson went to bed the night Election Night, he thought he was beaten. If he would have been elected how American History goes in several different directions, on suffrage for women, civil rights. What does he do on Foreign Policy . Germany baited us into war. Hes the one you could write novels about. Charles evans hughes who is on the Supreme Court and then left the Supreme Court when he ran for president and then went back on the Supreme Court. One of the finest minds on the court. Fellow justice called Charles Evans hughes, the greatest in our great line of chief justices. Why hughes . Robert jackson provided part of the answer when he was attorney general. Jackson said that hughes, quote, looks like god and talks like god, end quote. 1916 footage of charles hughes, that years president ial nominee campaigned soon after the Republican National convention