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from48 hills
1 week ago

The billionaires really are running SF - 48 hills

"I'm going to lay out a hypothesis about why Trump's suddenly backing away from a crackdown in San Francisco (and possibly the rest of the Bay Area): 1) this place is organized, and 2) the wealthy, powerful people Trump listens to are especially vulnerable to organizing-driven-polarization. Two weeks ago, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff publicly mused that sending the National Guard to SF was a good idea. Now he's privately talking Trump out of it."
US politics
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Donald Trump backtracks on plans to surge' military to San Francisco

President Donald Trump credited tech billionaires Jensen Huang and Marc Benioff for persuading him to delay a planned National Guard surge to San Francisco.
UK politics
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Farage's Visit to DC Underscores Alliance Between Far Right and Tech Titans

Far-right politicians and allied tech figures portray deregulation and opposition to online content rules as a defense of free speech to resist new censorship laws.
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