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Capitol Report: Zuckerberg, Dorsey get a Congressional tongue lashing, but does DC have more punishment in store?

It has become something of a routine ritual for CEOs of the nation's biggest tech companies to appear befor.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMar 26th, 2021

MarketWatch First Take: Congress is fed up with Big Tech. Now what?

The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January appears to have been the last straw for Congress, which is poised to step in to try and put the brakes on Big Tech and its inability to stop misinformation and hate speech on its platforms......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMar 26th, 2021

Capitol Report: ‘Hate can have no safe harbor in America,’ Biden says as he meets Asian-Americans in Atlanta after shootings

President Joe Biden visits Atlanta on Friday to meet with Asian-American leaders in the wake of shootings that left eight people dead, including six women of Asian descent......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMar 20th, 2021

America"s oldest college debate society votes to strip Ted Cruz of a prestigious Princeton honor for public service

Members of Princeton's debating society were unhappy at Cruz's support of voter fraud claims in the 2020 election and his role in the Capitol attack. Princeton University's American Whig-Cliosophic Society has voted to rescind its highes.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 6th, 2021

After the Capitol attack, lawmakers were quick to increase security for themselves. But after countless school shootings, we haven"t seen any gun reform.

240,000 children have experienced gun violence in schools and Congress has done nothing. Will Lawmakers finally do something after the Capitol riot? Rep. Rep. Ruben Gallego on a chair directing traffic as staffers and House members get safet.....»»

Category: dealsSource: nytMar 6th, 2021

Buchanan: Who Really Imperils The Republic?

Buchanan: Who Really Imperils The Republic? Authored by Pat Buchanan via Buchanan.org, “That attack, that siege” of the Capitol, FBI Director Chris Wray told Congress, “was criminal behavior, plain and simple, and it wa.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeMar 5th, 2021

Marco CEO Jeff Gau to retire, hand over leadership to Doug Albregts

After nearly two years as president, Doug Albregts will soon step up as CEO of St. Cloud-based Marco, a business technology provider......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 4th, 2021

Proud Boys deployed tactical measures in coordinated attack on the Capitol, court documents say

Members of the far-right group dressed "incognito," carried tactical radios, and split up on January 6, in order to avoid detection, new court documents say. In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 file photo Ethan Nordean, with backward baseball hat .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 2nd, 2021

A Proud Boys leader acquired a lookalike"s passport to possibly flee the country following Capitol attack, court documents say

Ethan Nordean told law enforcement officers that the passport belonged to his wife's ex-boyfriend .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 2nd, 2021

CEOs Showed Leadership in 2020-21

Barry Ritholtz, a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, sees a shift to ESG in corporate America. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene and Lisa Abramowicz on “Bloomberg Surveillance.” Ritholtz&.....»»

Category: smallbizSource: nytFeb 25th, 2021

Capitol Report: CEOs for Goldman, Google, Intel among the 160 executives supporting Biden’s $1.9 trillion aid plan

CEOs from more than 160 companies voice support for President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion relief plan in a letter out Wednesday......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchFeb 25th, 2021

Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund reveals he never saw an FBI warning about the deadly January 6 attack

Chief Sund and the acting Metropolitan Police Dep.....»»

Category: worldSource: nytFeb 23rd, 2021

Activist shareholders pressing companies to disclose more of their political activity after Capitol attack

Companies that suspended political giving after the Capitol attack face investor pressure to go further......»»

Category: topSource: washpostFeb 23rd, 2021

Capitol Report: The Biden stimulus plan moved forward today; here are the biggest parts of it

The House Budget Committee approved Monday a $1.92 trillion bill to carry out President Joe Biden's coronavirus, the first step toward likely House passage by the end of the week......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchFeb 22nd, 2021

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says "Texans should continue to demand" Cruz"s resignation over his role in the Capitol attack amid intense backlash over Cancun trip

"If Sen. Cruz had resigned back in January after helping gin up a violent insurrection ... he could've taken his vacation in peace," AOC said. Getty Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday again called on Sen. Ted Cruz to resign over the Capit.....»»

Category: worldSource: nytFeb 18th, 2021

Parler, right-wing Twitter alternative, says it’s back but glitches abound

The right-wing friendly social network Parler, which was forced offline following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by s.....»»

Category: topSource: chicagotribuneFeb 16th, 2021

Key Words: Pelosi says censure is no substitute for impeachment-trial conviction after Senate’s second Trump acquittal

Fifty-eight percent of Americans, according to new poll, believe Trump should have been found guilty inciting the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol — after 57% of senators voted to convict......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchFeb 15th, 2021

Impeachment manager chokes up describing "terrifying banging" on House chamber doors amid Capitol attack

"For the first time in more than 200 years, the seat of our government was .....»»

Category: smallbizSource: nytFeb 10th, 2021

"Shocking violence, bloodshed, and pain": Impeachment manager warns parents about letting children watch graphic footage from the Capitol attack

"We do urge parents and teachers to exercise close review of what young people are watchin.....»»

Category: smallbizSource: nytFeb 10th, 2021

A majority of the people arrested for Capitol riot had a history of financial trouble

A trail of bankruptcies, tax problems and bad debts raises questions for researchers trying to understand the motivations for the attack......»»

Category: topSource: washpostFeb 10th, 2021