If bank bosses have learned one thing since the financial crisis, it’s that it’s much easier to inflict pain on an individual than a big, faceless company – and it’s really hard to hurt six faceless companies at the same time. That’s why the financial bosses who appeared before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday were mostly as bland as can be. Shareholders probably wouldn’t have it any other way.
Facebook Oversight Board Co-chair Michael McConnell explains the board s decision to uphold Donald Trump s ban from the platform
This is a rush transcript from Fox News Sunday, May 9, 2021. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
CHRIS WALLACE, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: I m Chris Wallace.
Facebook s independent oversight board maintains that temporary ban on Donald Trump, but sends the case back to the social media giant.
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WALLACE (voice-over): Now, Facebook has six months to make a final decision. What does it mean for Mr. Trump s ability to get out his message and raise money as it considers another run for president? And what does it mean for the push in Congress to regulate big tech?
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Democrats have to grab a bunch of Republican-held US Senate seats in 2022 in order to expand control of a chamber that has proven to be the biggest barrier to the progressive changes proposed by the Biden administration and approved by the House of Representatives.
Some 2022 races are already understood as essential. Everyone knows that Democrats have to go big in Pennsylvania, where Republican Senator Pat Toomey’s decision not to seek reelection has created an open-seat race in a state where the party won the governorship in 2018 and the presidential race in 2020. The same goes for Wisconsin, where Democrats are already lining up to take on Senator Ron Johnson, a wild-eyed conspirac