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The phenomenon of Donald Trump and the violent insurrection he incited are a sober reminder that American democracy is not settled. Trump may be the only president impeached twice for his venal conduct, but he is a symptom of the disease, not the disease.
The phenomenon of Donald Trump and the violent insurrection he incited are a sober reminder that American democracy is not settled. Trump may be the only president impeached twice for his venal conduct, but he is a symptom of the disease, not the disease.
Over the years, the big tech companies have made enormous amounts of money by monetizing discussions about politics. But now that Twitter and Facebook have silenced President Trump and have deeply alienated large portions of their user bases, their stock prices are tumbling. I figured that this would happen, but I didn’t anticipate that it would happen this rapidly. To be honest, what we are witnessing is nothing short of breathtaking. For example, at one point on Monday Twitter’s market value had fallen by five billion dollars…
As a result of the ban, Twitter stock fell 12 percent on Monday, and the share-price decline wiped $5 billion from the company’s $41 billion market capitalization.