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Major GOP tech critics sought funding from Google

Davis acknowledged in a statement to POLITICO that Google’s outside attorneys were among the “many law firms, lobby shops, corporations and other entities” he spoke to after leaving the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he had been chief counsel for nominations to Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) until 2019. But Davis added: “It didn’t go anywhere. And that was back before we knew how bad Google really was.” “Thank God I didn’t work with Google,” he said. “I dodged a… Source link

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How Google won over biggest critics of San Jose megacampus

Google’s “Downtown West” proposal is Google’s fist mix-used campus, comprising of 80 sprawling acres in downtown San Jose. Sitelab Urban Studio Google‘s path to its massive tech campus planning in San Jose began with activists chaining themselves to chairs inside City Hall over the city’s decision to sell public land to the tech giant. It ended with some of its biggest opponents signing its praises. Last month, the San Jose City Council approved Google’s plan for a mixed-use megacampus that… Source link

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Former Rubio spokesman says Trump may be GOP’s ‘Iraq War.’ Critics note the Iraq War was the GOP’s ‘Iraq War.’

The New York Times ‘Volatile’ Voters Could Still Decide the Election. They Tend to Dislike Trump. John Holland, 74, is proud to call himself a political independent, and he has always made a point of voting for the candidate he prefers, not a party to which he had sworn allegiance. In mid-October he told a New York Times/Siena College poll he was unconvinced by either President Donald Trump or Joe Biden.Ultimately, Holland, a retired education-technology professional in Minnesota, did choose,… Source link

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