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7 Jun, 4 tweets, 3 min read
While @MelissaRyan is on parental leave, @ggreeneva and I have been minding her CTRl-ALT-RIGHT DELETE newsletter.

Today I wrote about @Sen_JoeManchin's worship of a false idol: bipartisanship. link.medium.com/SFVV1OOLSgb
@Sen_JoeManchin made no critique of the For the People Act in the 1,000 words of platitudes he wrote for the Charleston Gazette-Mail today, announcing he will not support the Act because it doesn't have Republican support. It's just... bad thinking. medium.com/ctrlaltrightde…
The bill was written with input from bipartisan experts concerned about the erosion if democracy, as @CREWcrew has researched (see links). And as @Sifill_LDF points out, it answers issues HR4 does not. medium.com/ctrlaltrightde…
As @ThePlumLineGS and others linked suggest, all of this is happening against the backdrop of a historic, asymmetric assault on democracy led by the GOP. Manchin’s blindness- or complicity- is unacceptable. medium.com/ctrlaltrightde…

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This WSJ profile of Lina Khan contains a number of corporate anxieties but my favorite is the quivering tech lobbyist who says her ideas “could throw into question American innovation, economic exceptionalism, and consumer happiness for decades to come.”
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Still thinking about this quote and laughing.
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23 May
This week's @techpolicypress podcast takes on two issues: first, censorship on social media with @Thusi_Kumar and @AmarAmarasingam; second, kids on social media with @joejerome and @SNolanCollins. Listen via your favorite podcast player here: techpolicypress.captivate.fm/listen
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1/ Congress releases new draft legislation to form January 6 Commission. I'm reading through for what's new/significant since Pelosi's last draft.
2/ First big change is it removes the language on Congress's findings so far, Section 4 in Pelosi's draft, that referred to prior testimony from folks like FBI Director Wray that acknowledged threat of extremism. New draft moves straight into functions of the Commission.
3/ Second (and most substantial) change is that it reduces the number of Commissioners to 10 from 11. The Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader choose the Chairman, rather than the President.
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Most Americans won't pay attention to this. But it feels very significant... momentous. Even after January 6th, there is no turning back for the GOP. It is an anti-democratic party far more committed to white grievances than the constitution.
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9 May
Part I of this week's @techpolicypress podcast features a @StanfordCyber discussion on the Facebook Oversight Board decision with @alexstamos, @noUpside, @daphnehk, @MarietjeSchaake & board members @JulieOwono & Michael McConnell, moderated by @persily: techpolicy.press/the-sunday-sho…
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