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Cory Doctorow: How Big Tech Captured Culture | The Agenda

#360 – Tim Urban: Tribalism, Marxism, Liberalism, Social Justice, and Politics | Lex Fridman Podcast

The roots of polarization might be found in, among other factors, the political realignment and nationalization that began in the sixties, and were then sacralized, on the right, by the rise of talk radio and cable news. These dynamics have served to flatten our political identities, weakening our ability or inclination to find compromise.

The New Yorker • How Harmful Is Social Media?

How Barbenheimer Launched a Nationwide Union Movement

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violating election law after making large donations to the DNC (which were later returned); and Chinese-born John Huang—a DNC fundraiser and Commerce Department official in the Clinton administration—was convicted of campaign finance fraud.

Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote

West Virginia, almost all white, was a Democratic state until 2000 (since that year it’s voted Republican in every presidential election). If you look at county-by-county national electoral maps, 2000 is the year when vast rural areas turned decisively and permanently red. Something more than just the Democrats’ principled embrace of the Black free

George Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal

Clinton is under fire for the discovery that she used private servers for classified government business as secretary of state, and that she destroyed thousands of emails that had been subpoenaed. Clinton aide Cheryl Mills emails colleagues the following optional scenarios to use the media to spin Hillary’s email controversy:

Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote

Republicans Plot Lawsuits to Overturn a Trump Loss. Harris Plans to Fight Back

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Should the Government Break Up Big Tech? A Soho Forum Debate

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