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Report: Former MSNBC Wunderkind Luke Russert Wages War on Childhood Wonder

March 3, 2021 MadMadNews Reposted Filed Under: INVESTIGATIONS, Washington Free Beacon

Luke Russert, the former MSNBC wunderkind who retired from journalism at age 30 to pursue “other endeavors,” is back in the news again.

The former journo is at the center of a heated controversy that has roiled Georgetown’s historic district, the wealthy enclave of Washington, D.C., where Russert resides. Georgetown University science professor Newton Howard has come under fire from Russert, among others, for placing large sculptures of two iconic Transformers characters, Bumblebee and Optimus Prime, in front of his $4 million home.

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DCist reports:

Howard assumed putting the sculptures—one standing taller than 10 feet, the other roughly six feet—outside wouldn’t be a problem; they occupy space on either side of his front door that had been taken up by two brick planter boxes before.

The reaction was immediate. “Children absolutely love them,” he says. And so do others: “I’m in awe of your Transformers statues,” wrote a Georgetown student in a note he left outside Howard’s house.

Russert, who vehemently disagrees with the happy children, lashed out Monday during a meeting of the Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood Commission. The sculptures were a safety hazard, he argued, and would attract unsavory visitors who park illegally so that their children can take photos with the Transformers. Russert subtly implied that allowing the statues to remain would be tantamount to endorsing Soviet communism in America.

“What’s to stop someone from putting up a statue of Joseph Stalin and saying, ‘Well, this is provocative, it’s art, it speaks to me,'” Russert said. “They are a nuisance, they are an eyesore, and they detract from the spirit of the neighborhood.”

Sorry, kids.

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DAZN Taps Kevin Mayer, Former Disney and TikTok Exec, as Chairman of Sports Streamer

March 3, 2021 MadMadNews Reposted Filed Under: ENTERTAINMENT, Variety

Kevin Mayer, former top Disney executive and ex-CEO of TikTok, has been named chairman of DAZN, a global sports-streaming service, the company announced. Mayer, who worked at the Walt Disney Co. for more than two decades and led the launch of Disney Plus, will replace John Skipper, the former ESPN chief who had joined DAZN […]

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12 Leadership Lessons from Envoy Founder and CEO Larry Gadea

March 3, 2021 MadMadNews Reposted Filed Under: BUSINESS, Entrepreneur Magazine

How the former Google and Twitter software prodigy built a workplace platform that has helped facilitate four million safe returns to the office.

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McEnany SLAMS WH Press for Maligning Her Character, ‘Disparate, Unfair’ Treatment

March 2, 2021 MadMadNews Reposted Filed Under: INVESTIGATIONS, Newsbusters

In her first interview since the end of the Trump administration, former White House Press Secretary and newly-minted Fox News contributor Kayleigh McEnany spoke Tuesday about what she viewed as a “disparate” and “unfair” treatment from liberal journalists that refused to give her “a modicum of respect” while current Press Secretary Jen Psaki has been able to skate by relatively unscathed.

Speaking with Harris Faulkner, McEnany said that, when asked to evaluate how she was treated in the briefing room, it was “disparate, unfair in the sense of….a Democrat woman standing at that podium would never have had a Playboy reporter in the back of the room shouting at her as she left, and nor should a Democrat woman ever have to face that, and nor should a Republican woman.”

 

 

Building on having name-checked carnival barker Brian Karem, McEnany added that there should be “a modicum of respect that I think reporters and those at the podium in a political role should have for one another,” but was sullied by “reporters who were more interested in being political operatives, let’s say, than journalists.”

McEnany left viewers to conjure up which reporters she was talking about and, in contrast to many of the reporters she dealt with, she took the high road by making clear that “there are some incredible reporters who, to this day, represent the kind of journalism I think is good.”

Later, McEnany said her time as President Trump’s top spokesperson was often “very personal” as journalists and other opponents tried to “malign” her “character” with “horrible things that — charges they make against people behind the podium, me[.]” 

On Psaki’s tenure, Faulkner said that she didn’t want to have McEnany give Psaki a letter grade, so she instead wondered: “[H]ow is her job different by the way she is treated than your job was and the way that you were treated?”

McEnany first made clear that she “wish[es] her all the best” and “left her a note saying that much” along with the fact that they had met once before. 

That said, McEnany said Psaki briefings are “different in a big way,” recalling how, in “one of the early press briefings, and she was asked about the Antifa riots, and I believe she said that she hadn’t spoken to the President about that, and they let her move on whereas if I would have been asked that about violence on the other side of the aisle, that wouldn’t have been an answer that — that flew, nor should it have and so, I think just the standards are different.”

She added that, despite that, Americans “are so smart” and “so wise,” so “they see the difference” in contrast to the way they are now versus McEnany’s where she “gave a voice to the forgotten man and woman” by “nam[ing] names of people who — who were not acknowledged often by the press like David Dorn,” Secoriea Turner, and LeGend Taliferro.”

The interview also touched on how McEnany had wanted to give a final briefing to recap the administration’s many, many successes, but the events of (and fallout from) January 6 inhibited that (click “expand”):

FAULKNER: I want to go down that personal road and let people get to know you even more. Was there anything that you wanted to say, or do as you were leaving, on your last day at the White House? What was that day like?

MCENANY: Yes. You know, I wanted to do a press briefing on the way out about all of the great achievements of this administration and all of the good that I felt that the President had done. We didn’t get the opportunity to do that because obviously with January 6, it just was something that was not tenable. We were — the last days were sad. We were packing boxes; we were sad that this was one of the last events that happened on the way out the door and, you know, so I wish we could have that opportunity to have that legacy press briefing as it was, but it was a somber time. 

To see the relevant FNC transcript from March 2, click “expand.”

FNC’s The Faulkner Focus
March 2, 2021
11:27 a.m. Eastern

HARRIS FAULKNER: Former Trump White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, never afraid to mix it up with reporters, as you know. And more of my exclusive interview. She opened up about being a new mom while doing that job. But, we started with how she was treated in the press room and what she is seeing now with the Biden team.  

KAYLEIGH MCENANY: I would say disparate, unfair in the sense of a — and I said this to my staff often — often — a Democrat woman standing at that podium would never have had a Playboy reporter in the back of the room shouting at her as she left, and nor should a Democrat woman ever have to face that, and nor should a Republican woman. There’s a modicum of respect that I think reporters and those at the podium in a political role should have for one another and there are some incredible reporters who, to this day, represent the kind of journalism I think is good. But it was very clear. I think we don’t need to name names, but I think the audience would be well aware — [FAULKNER LAUGHS] — of some of the reporters who were more interested in being political operatives, let’s say, than journalists, and I think they made themselves known.

FAULKNER: I — I don’t want to put you on the spot with Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary for the Biden administration, so maybe this is a better way to ask it rather than what grade would you give her — how is her job different by the way she is treated than your job was and the way that you were treated? I think that’s fair.

MCENANY: Yes, that’s a — that’s a great question. I mean, look, first, I wish her all the best. I left her a note saying that much. We’ve had — we’ve met previously one time and she was very kind and so were her colleagues that [sic] in the press shop and I left her a note, I wish her the best. But it’s different in a big way. I’ll never forget watching one of the early press briefings, and she was asked about the Antifa riots, and I believe she said that she hadn’t spoken to the president about that, and they let her move on whereas if I would have been asked that about violence on the other side of the aisle, that wouldn’t have been an answer that — that flew, nor should it have and so, I think just the standards are different. But I think the American people are so smart, so wise, they see the difference, and what I love is — is they’re able to discern for themselves what is true and what is not. One thing I do want to say, just back in the point of the briefings — and I’m so proud of — as — my legacy as press secretary and my press shop as press secretary is, I really feel we gave a voice to the forgotten man and woman and that’s a phase President Trump used and, you know, I believe he did that when he changed the Republican Party. But at the podium, we named names of people who — who were not acknowledged often by the press like David Dorn, an amazing police officer who lost his life —

FAULKNER: I remember that.

MCENANY: — and Secoriea Turner, a beautiful girl who lost her life to crime in the streets, and LeGend Taliferro, a young boy who was shot in his bed and lost his life and we brought attention to these stories and we brought attention to people who were victims of COVID in other ways. Like when I went to my cancer hospital at Moffitt Cancer Center for a mammogram and the halls were empty, and it made me sad because people were missing their regular mammograms and screenings, and we brought attention to that and to kids — in July, we were saying open the schools, the science is there, and there are devastating repercussions. So I — I feel we used the podium to really magnify these forgotten men and women and in tragic cases, children.

FAULKNER: Yeah. So much of what you said was packed with personal, and we don’t often get that from the person who is standing behind the lectern. There are always a million things we can cover and things to do, but that was personal and I — I wonder if that means something now as you watch the next person do the job that — that — that it was personal for you.

MCENANY: It was very personal and that’s why when people want to malign your character and say that you’ve lied and these horrible things that — charges they make against people behind the podium, me, they made these charges. We were painstaking and footnoting our sources, talking about what’s important, what message do we want to share today, and personalizing it.

FAULKNER: I want to go down that personal road and let people get to know you even more. Was there anything that you wanted to say, or do as you were leaving, on your last day at the White House? What was that day like?

MCENANY: Yes. You know, I wanted to do a press briefing on the way out about all of the great achievements of this administration and all of the good that I felt that the President had done. We didn’t get the opportunity to do that because obviously with January 6, it just was something that was not tenable. We were — the last days were sad. We were packing boxes; we were sad that this was one of the last events that happened on the way out the door and, you know, so I wish we could have that opportunity to have that legacy press briefing as it was, but it was a somber time.

Tagged With: administration, First, former, interview, since, Trump

Rumored Biden Nom for NASA Administrator Out of Touch, Experts Say

March 2, 2021 MadMadNews Reposted Filed Under: INVESTIGATIONS, Washington Free Beacon

The rumored nomination of former senator Bill Nelson for the top job at NASA is drawing criticism from space industry insiders who view the Florida Democrat as a dinosaur and question his commitment to moving the agency forward.

First reported by Breaking Defense, the rumor would infuriate many in the industry if true. Simon Porter, an astrophysicist on the New Horizons mission to Pluto, said on Twitter, “That would be incredibly dumb … Nelson represents everything NASA needs to get away from.”

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Nelson is “pushing hard” to become NASA administrator by leveraging his personal relationship with Biden, according to Ars Technica. But critics are pushing back, describing the 78-year-old ex-senator as a relic of the old guard whose track record supporting major in-house projects spells danger for the burgeoning commercial space industry.

Eli Dourado, a researcher at the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University, said he worries Nelson would take NASA in the wrong direction. “The agency has been at its best when it has worked to create new commercial capabilities that it can then leverage in its science mission. Nelson has made a career of opposing this approach, instead favoring big-dollar programs that create jobs in Florida.” One space insider who asked to remain nameless said, “Nelson would be a disaster.”

But Nelson does have a long history with NASA. As a congressman in 1986, he secured a nonprofessional spot on a space shuttle mission, spending six days in orbit. Nelson justified his ride-along in his 1988 memoir Mission: An American Congressman’s Voyage to Space, saying, “If I was going to speak about the space program accurately in Congress, I wanted to feel what the astronauts felt.”

Nelson is also closely linked to the Space Launch System (SLS), an expendable launch vehicle widely seen as a major NASA failure. The program was established in 2011 after congressional leaders including Nelson demanded a NASA program to build its own large rocket in exchange for an Obama administration push to open contracts to private companies, the Commercial Crew Program. As part of the deal, Congress required the SLS rocket to be largely built out of old Space Shuttle parts, which protected manufacturing jobs in Nelson’s home state.

More than a decade and $20 billion later, the SLS has yet to launch. A NASA inspector general report in 2019 found rampant cost overruns, performance issues, and “challenges with program management.” A December 2020 report from the GAO found NASA’s planned flight Artemis I, which would use the SLS system, was three years behind the schedule set by NASA in 2014 to measure performance. The Artemis program will purportedly land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024.

SLS has been panned in the space industry as a boondoggle. “We don’t need a rocket made of re-tread space shuttle parts,” said one space insider who asked not to be identified. Its close competitor, SpaceX’s Starship, is on track to deliver larger payloads to space at much lower costs. On Monday, space company Rocket announced its new large reusable rocket. “Other than small launch vehicles, there’s no reason to be developing a fully expendable rocket after the year 2022. They’re obsolete,” said Joel Sercel, founder of space company Trans Astronautica.

Nelson would also be presiding over an agency whose greatest successes came when its average employee age was substantially lower than it is today. In 2018, a GAO report found that over half of NASA’s workforce was over 50 years old. By contrast, the average age of the mission control room that landed Apollo 11 was 28. Multiple space insiders suggested Nelson himself is out of touch with the new generation driving space innovation. Lori Garver, the former deputy administrator under Obama, said, “now is not the time to turn back the clock at NASA.”

In 2017, Nelson opposed President Trump’s pick for NASA administrator, former representative Jim Bridenstine, saying, “The head of NASA ought to be a space professional, not a politician.” Bridenstine, who stepped down in January, is now viewed as one of the best NASA administrators in decades.

Nelson’s nomination would cut against previous speculation that the Biden administration was looking to nominate a woman to the role. Eric Stallmer of Voyager Space Holdings told Politico “there are some fantastic women candidates out there that I think should be highly considered.” Two of those candidates, Ellen Stofan and Pam Melroy, served on Biden’s eight-person NASA transition team.

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Tagged With: bill, former, Nelson, nomination, rumored, Senator

Father of Former Marine Imprisoned in Venezuela Pleads With Biden For Safe Return

March 2, 2021 MadMadNews Reposted Filed Under: INVESTIGATIONS, Washington Free Beacon

The father of a former Marine being detained and tortured in Venezuela is pleading with the Biden administration to ramp up efforts to return his son home.

Matthew John Heath, a 39-year-old Knoxville resident, has been imprisoned by the communist Maduro government since October. The Venezuelan regime accuses Heath of acting on behalf of the CIA to destroy oil refineries and foment public unrest. Heath and his legal team pleaded not guilty to such charges, saying that evidence of such accusations was planted on him after his arrest. Robert Heath says he has not heard from his son since September and wants more attention on his son’s case from a national audience and the Biden administration alike.

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“It’s depressing for us here at home that we aren’t getting that recognition for what’s happened to Matthew and others. We haven’t seen any response to it,” Heath said. “I just don’t know what it would take to get that. I don’t know what else for a guy that’s been held and tortured to no end and is going to be tried and found guilty.”

The Tennessee native has not been allowed to communicate with the outside world with the exception of one slip of paper, fished from a dark cell floor by his legal team, which reads, “don’t WORRY. Han Solo always wins,” a message that Robert Heath said was intended to uplift the spirits of the former Marine’s son.

Credit: Givesendgo.com

Heath’s attorneys at the CASLA Institute, an international human rights group, said the Maduro regime has subjected Heath to brutal living conditions. A recent press release from CASLA alleged that the former Marine has been tortured with electric shocks, asphyxiated with plastic bags, and threatened with rape and death. Venezuelan military agents also confined Heath to a small cell—dubbed the “Doll Box” by his attorneys—on two separate occasions during his prison stay.

“U.S. citizen Matthew Heath deserves a public trial that respects all fair trial guarantees,” a State Department spokeswoman said. “We will continue to monitor Mr. Heath’s case closely and remain in close contact with his family and legal representatives.” The U.S. embassy in Colombia returned requests for comment.

Sean McFate, a Georgetown University professor and veteran, said Heath’s case has more to do with foreign policy than any personal decisions made by Heath.

“Heath is a victim of geopolitics; his case is tragic,” McFate said. “I highly suspect that the evidence is planted and that this is a show trial. This is just one more way for Maduro to get attention and to also do it for his own domestic political support…. U.S. veterans are particular targets because they can claim that veterans are mercenaries sent by the CIA to topple their government through regime change.”

In a Feb. 24 court appearance, Heath pleaded not guilty to terrorism, treason, and other charges. Heath’s father is now asking the State Department to do much more to advance his son’s case. The Biden administration’s approach thus far has consisted of one public statement, which affirms the need to protect Heath’s due process.

“There’s no true outcome in the court system that’s going to benefit Matthew in any way,” the elder Heath said. “Our State Department is following a line of due process, but there is no due process here. It just scares the crap out of me.”

The Biden administration thus far has spoken extensively about the need to return detained Americans home from countries such as Iran, Venezuela, and Russia. The administration also retained Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens, a Trump administration appointee who led a historically successful effort to bring Americans detained abroad home. Heath is one of nine Americans known to be held by the Maduro government. The Trump administration was able to secure the release of one American citizen from Venezuela in 2018 after nearly two years in the communist regime’s custody. The State Department, however, has not announced any moves toward bringing detained Americans back from overseas.

Heath’s father said he would like to see decisive action taken by the Biden administration.

“If the government doesn’t force something by being much stronger and stricter on their actions, then negotiation is the only other option,” Heath said. “When you sit down and think about it, this could be years and years…. At this point what difference does it make? Not antagonizing them has not worked.”

The Venezuelan embassy did not return a request for comment.

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‘The Bachelor’ Producers Condemn Racist Online Bullying of Rachel Lindsay Following Chris Harrison Interview

March 1, 2021 MadMadNews Reposted Filed Under: ENTERTAINMENT, Variety

Days after former “Bachelorette” Rachel Lindsay deleted her Instagram account due to online bullying, the producers of “The Bachelor” have released a statement in support of the star. The executive producers of the dating franchise are condemning all racist harassment of Lindsay, who they applaud for using her voice to educate the public. “As executive producers […]

Tagged With: after, Bachelorette”, days, former, Lindsay, Rachel

Update: The Sinking City Developer Frogwares Accuses Publisher Nacon of Piracy

March 1, 2021 MadMadNews Reposted Filed Under: ENTERTAINMENT, IGN

Update: Frogwares has accused former The Sinking City licensee and currently-listed Steam publisher Nacon of pirating a version of the game from another licensee, making changes to it, and then listing it for sale on Steam without the developer’s permission.

In a blog post today, Frogwares says that the new version of The Sinking City uploaded to Steam in late February by Nacon was not one given to the publisher by them, but rather a version licensed to online distributor Gamesplanet. Frogwares accuses Nacon of buying the game on Gamesplanet, hacking into it to remove certain identifiers like Gamesplanet logos and add the Nacon logo on certain splash screens, and then republishing the altered version of the game to Steam. Additionally, Frogwares notes that the version on Steam is the “Deluxe” version of the game — with extra content added that Nacon never had the license to distribute in the first place.

Frogwares specifically calls out Neopica, a Belgian studio behind games like the Hunting Simulator titles and Euro Truck Racing Championship that was acquired by Nacon late last year, as having a hand in the alteration of The Sinking City. Meanwhile, the studio says it does not believe either Gamesplanet or Steam were aware of the situation, saying that Nacon likely purchased the game legally from Gamesplanet and that Steam did not know the version uploaded to its servers was hacked.

The two companies remain in a legal battle in French courts over contract breaches, missed payments, intellectual property ownership, and more — with Frogwares saying it will now be adding pirachy and theft of intellectual property to the list of charges.

IGN has reached out to Nacon for comment.

Original story: The Sinking City has returned to Steam following its removal across multiple digital platforms, but developer Frogwares has said it did not create this version and that it does not recommend that anyone purchase it.

Frogwares took to Twitter to share this update, promising that more news was on the way soon regarding their warning.

“Frogwares has not created the version of @TheSinkingCity that is today on sale on @Steam. We do not recommend the purchase of this version. More news soon.” The developer wrote.

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The Sinking City was removed from Steam, the Epic Games Store, and the digital storefronts of Xbox One and PS4 on August 25, 2020, following Frogwares’ legal disputes with publisher BigBen Interactive and Nacon.

Frogwares accused these companies of repeatedly breaching contract, withholding at least €1 million in royalties, falsely implying ownership of the IP, and more.

During development of The Sinking City, Frogware alleged that BigBen and Nacon would pay for production milestones around 40 days later that agreed upon. Furthermore, these companies demanded that they be given the source code for The Sinking City despite their agreement saying that they could only sell the game and that they did not own the IP.

When Frogwares declined, they said BigBen and Nacon stopped providing payments for four months.

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Frogwares began a legal battle with BigBen and Nacon in August 2019 over these issues and many more, including concerns over Frogwares’ Sherlock Holmes games.

The Sinking City, which is inspired by the works of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, was released in 2019. In our review, we said, “The Sinking City’s creation of a new Lovecraftian vision paired with compelling stories, exciting environments, and memorable characters make for one of the better Cthulhu lore games I’ve played. Its commitment to tastefully updating the storytelling methods, while preserving the setting and tone of Lovecraft shines through the tedium and frustration.”

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Father and son charged in Ghosn escape are handed over to Japan

March 1, 2021 MadMadNews Reposted Filed Under: MORE NEWS, NY Post

An American father and son accused of helping former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee Japan were handed over on Monday to Japanese authorities for extradition from the United States, their lawyer told the Associated Press. The US Supreme Court last month cleared the way for the extradition of US Army Special Forces veteran Michael…

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WATCH Trump at CPAC: Big Tech Should Be ‘Punished’ for Censoring Conservative Voices

March 1, 2021 MadMadNews Reposted Filed Under: INVESTIGATIONS, Newsbusters

Former President Donald Trump gave a powerful speech at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference. He asserted his leadership over the conservative movement and demanded an end to Big Tech censorship.

“The time has come to break up Big Tech monopolies and restore fair competition,” Trump proclaimed Feb. 28 at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Trump suggested multiple solutions, the first of which was the “repeal” of  “Section 230 Liability Protection.” Trump went on to suggest that “if the federal government refuses to act, then every state in the union where we have the votes, which is a lot of them, Big Tech giants, like Twitter, Google and Facebook, should be punished with major sanctions whenever they silence conservative voices.” 

Trump also mentioned the new initiatives to stop Big Tech censorship put forward by Florida and Texas as proof of concept: “Governor Ron Desantis of Florida, and in Texas, and in other states, are doing this. If they do what they’re doing, Florida —  and that legislation will pass — and Texas and others will have tremendous power to do what’s right and what’s fair.”

Trump made clear that there would be dire consequences if the problem of Big Tech censorship was not solved: “If Republicans can be censored for speaking the truth and calling out corruption, we will not have democracy, and we will have only left-wing tyranny.” He took time to remember how America, up until recently, was famous for its capacity to allow open debate: “In the past, we would debate,” he recounted. “Who knows who wins? You know, people go, they vote, [and then] they see what happens. But they would have an idea. They would disagree. The public would hear it. The debate and discourse would take place. And then somebody would make a decision. You would win. You would lose. The public would make up its mind.” 

But Trump observed that in 2021: “now there is no debate because they refuse to allow our side to even speak or be heard. They don’t want debate, because we have easy victories in a debate, very easy victories. It’s called common sense. It’s called other things, but it’s called common sense. So they don’t want to debate.”

Trump’s shoutout to proposed legislation in Florida and Texas was a major hit with the audience, and for good reason.

DeSantis (R-FL) had declared during a Feb. 2 press conference that “Floridians should have the privacy of their data and personal information protected, their ability to access and participate in online platforms protected, and their ability to participate in elections free from interference from Big Tech protected.” Under the anti-censorship rule DeSantis wishes to pass, “technology companies that de-platform a candidate during an election will face a daily fine of $100,000 until the candidate’s access to the platform is restored,” The Epoch Times summarized. DeSantis further suggested that “If a technology company promotes a candidate for office against another, the value of that free promotion must be recorded as a political campaign contribution enforced by the Florida Elections Commission.” 

As Trump also mentioned , Texas Republicans have introduced legislation to protect free speech as well. “What we would like to do is to give any Texan who’s being discriminated against the option to bring an action,” State Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-TX) explained in an interview. “We think that will get Facebook’s attention, get Twitter’s attention, and cause them to start treating Texans fairly.”

Conservatives are under attack. Contact your local representative and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency, clarity on “hate speech” and equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored, contact us at the Media Research Center contact form and help us hold Big Tech accountable.

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