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According to https://www.congress.gov/committee-schedule/weekly/2020/03/09?searchResultViewType=compact&KWICView=false, the last House hearing was March 12. Hearings could be held by video conference. Oversight is one of Congress’s duties. Maybe

Jim Fairlie @ Logie

JimFairlieLogie

My farming friends, Neil Parish amendment time the new U.K. Gov agri bill banning import of lower standard foods and welfare practice has been defeated, David Mundell, John Lamont Alistair

Dr. Reece Jones

ReeceJonesUH

You may have seen this map of the 100-mile border zone making the rounds recently. Did you ever wonder why they chose 100 miles? There must be a good reason

Jess

jessiprincey

Massive thread from John Sullivan’s Discord server. https://twitter.com/jessiprincey/status/1349875891829153792 https://twitter.com/jessiprincey/status/1349876427383046153 https://twitter.com/jessiprincey/status/1349877368521961473 https:

Daniel Desrochers

drdesrochers

Holy crap. A group of armed “protesters” stood in front of the governor’s house, called for him to come out and hung him in effigy.https://twitter.com/mattstonephotog/status/1264662447538962437 This was at a second

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thuletide

clear case of self-defensethe guy he shot in the head was a member of ANT!FA who threw a molotov directly at him, clearly the aggressor since Kyle was running awayKyle

Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty

JoAnnPDX

I am proud to be among the loud chorus of elected officials calling for the federal troops in Portland’s streets to go home. Their presence here has escalated tensions and

John Hayward

Doc_0

The 1st Amendment was vital because people have trouble resisting the urge to force others to submit to their religious beliefs. This is true of modern pseudo-religions too, like the

Peter Sagal

petersagal

The US Constitution has been rewritten constantly, almost since its ratification. Eg: Chief Justice John Marshall decided in 1803 that the Constitution allowed SCOTUS to strike down legislation if "unconstitutional."

Julian Sanchez

normative

Here’s an irrational thing about the assault on §230 that I haven’t seen emphasized enough. You can’t actually forbid platforms employing their judgment to curate (or “censor”) content. That’s protected

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Thanks for another thought-provoking, fascinating episode, @onthemedia! @Bobosphere, I listened especially carefully to the segment on Twitter, free speech, censorship, etc (it's always a treat when @karaswisher is on).https://www.wnycs

Andrew Crespo

AndrewMCrespo

Does not surprise me to see @ORDOJ's motion fail. As I've been saying for about a week now, the best way to get a judicial order protecting protesters in #PDX

manasataramgini

blog_supplement

25 years ago in the US left-liberal virtue signaling was not as prominent as today. It remained contained in certain circles and the 1st amendment still had a lot of

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

ThreadTHERE WE GO.@realDonaldTrump sprung the mother of all traps.This is one for the ages.https://wtop.com/coronavirus/2020/05/jesse-jackson-to-wtop-on-biden-trump-houses-of-worship-demand/ "Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is calling on people

Ari Cohn

AriCohn

Undeterred by the UT gov's veto of an unconstitutional (and preempted by #Section230) bill, @JStuartAdams wants states to press ahead with similar bills that would be struck down by for

Maria Sundaram, PhD

mariasundaram

OK... let's talk about this. Clicked through to find that the article is about Jacobson v. Massachusetts, to me one of the most interesting SCOTUS cases and something I think