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FTC chair warns Google about Gmail’s ‘partisan’ spam filters

FTC chair warns Google about Gmail’s ‘partisan’ spam filters

Andrew Ferguson, the Trump-appointed chair of the Federal Trade Commission, recently expressed concern that “Alphabet’s administration of Gmail is designed to have partisan effects.” In a letter addressed to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Ferguson pointed to a recent story in the New York Post describing complaints by Targeted Victory (a consulting and PR firm that’s worked with the Republican National …

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Use of Appropriated Funds for Illegal Lobbying and Partisan Political Activity by Federal Grantees – The White House

Use of Appropriated Funds for Illegal Lobbying and Partisan Political Activity by Federal Grantees – The White House

MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SUBJECT:       Use of Appropriated Funds for Illegal Lobbying and Partisan Political Activity by   Federal Grantees By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct: Section 1.  Investigations Into Use of Federal Grant Funds.  Federal funding reviews by my Administration …

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Lightning-fast partisan redistricting reflects new America

Lightning-fast partisan redistricting reflects new America

In an evening social media post about a supremely partisan battle that could reshape American political power for generations, President Trump sounded ebullient. “Big WIN for the Great State of Texas!!! Everything Passed, on our way to FIVE more Congressional seats and saving your Rights, your Freedoms, and your Country, itself,” Trump wrote, of the nation’s most populous red state …

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Partisan balance at risk as Texas and California redraw House seats

Partisan balance at risk as Texas and California redraw House seats

As Texas Republicans and California Democrats redraw U.S. House districts to their advantage ahead of next year’s elections, they’re potentially disrupting a rare partisan balance in American politics. The 220-215 majority that Republicans won over Democrats in last year’s elections almost perfectly aligns with the share of the vote the two parties received in districts across the U.S., according to …

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Ketanji Brown Jackson Slams Conservative Justices As Partisan Hacks

Ketanji Brown Jackson Slams Conservative Justices As Partisan Hacks

Supreme Court justices routinely trade barbs in their opinions and dissents, but it’s pretty rare for a sitting justice to plainly state that their colleagues are merely a bunch of partisan hacks. But that’s essentially what Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson did in her dissent in a case about President Donald Trump’s cancellation of National Institutes of Health grants. The court’s …

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Sydney Sweeney Jeans Ad Company American Eagle Addresses Partisan Uproar

Sydney Sweeney Jeans Ad Company American Eagle Addresses Partisan Uproar

Conservative media and Vice President JD Vance may be filling hours of time and social media posts galore mocking a supposed progressive knee jerk reaction to the wordplay in Sydney Sweeney‘s American Eagle ad campaign, but the clothing company itself has stood back from the fracas – until now. Accused by a few stray voices on the Internet of promoting …

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