While the internet has spent the day gleefully lambasting the fact that Facebook and its other properties are currently down, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has highlighted a darker side to the blackout: It’s a reminder of the tech giant’s stranglehold over the internet landscape — and the damage that does to …
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Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and BTS highlight Time‘s list of 2019’s “100 Most Influential People.” The newly unveiled collection is organized into “Titans,” “Icons,” “Leaders,” “Artists” and “Pioneers,” showcasing important figures in music, entertainment, politics, sports and business, among other fields. Each selection features a blurb written by another prominent …
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Conservatives have found a new, and seemingly made-up, criticism of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). According to the right-wing publication the Washington Examiner, which used the accusation in a headline, Ocasio-Cortez spoke with a “Southern drawl” during a speech on Friday at Al Sharpton’s National Action Network Convention in New York. …
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