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SaltyPyrate 10 points ago +10 / -0

He takes donations from big tech. Sorry but that's a big red flag.

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JohnAdams 0 points ago +1 / -1

Not necessarily. I would gladly take money and continue to fight for freedom using it.

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SaltyPyrate 2 points ago +2 / -0

Dawg they don't give politicians money for no reason.

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OconusLurex 2 points ago +2 / -0

It'd be fine if it didn't affect his actions. But he wrote that internal guidance memo last year before the antitrust hearings with the 4 big tech companies, instructing members to avoid any antitrust threats, but instead ask BS questions about stuff like market and international competition, as well as the need to "highlight and examine bias" (which is just toothless talk if there are no actual consequences behind it. How long have we highlighted and examined bias while the censorship just gets worse?)

He wrote that the congress shouldn't do anything more because Barr's DOJ had ongoing investigations and that they should trust Barr to bring "the appropriate enforcement methods," and "given those investigations, calls to charge antitrust [the whole point of the hearing] are arguably premature." He even called any action interventionist and protectionist, and uses the muh stifling innovation talking point.

It was like a long instruction manual on how to appear as though they were doing something, while actually actively protecting those companies. One of the most dispiriting things I've ever read, because I really wanted him to be the real deal.