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Op-Ed: As Big Tech Strikes Us Down, We Conservatives Become More Powerful Than They Ever Imagined

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(Stephen Strang) In the famously climactic encounter between Obi-Wan Kenobi and his former protege, Darth Vader, in the original “Star Wars” film, Darth taunts his old master by saying, “Your powers are weak, old man.”

Top Google Engineer Abandons Company, Reveals Big Tech Rewrote Algorithms to Target Trump

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(Kipp Jones) A Big Tech whistleblower said Google altered its algorithm in order to ensure that negative stories from the establishment media about former Present Donald Trump were what people saw when using the highest-trafficked website on the internet.

Gab’s Andrew Torba Responds after Dan Bongino Calls Him a ‘Clown’ and ‘Fraud’

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(Jack Hadfield) Gab’s Andrew Torba has responded to Dan Bongino describing him as a “clown” and a “fraud,” after Torba criticized what he considers to be the anti-free speech terms of service for using Rumble, the video platform Bongino recently invested in.

Snopes Co-Founder Wrote Under Fake Names in Now Deleted ‘Stories’ Targeting Trump, Bannon, and More.

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(Catherine Salgado) BuzzFeed News uncovered the evidence that Mikkelson wrote under an assumed identity for Snopes, and plagiarized extensively between 2015 and 2019. Mikkelson claimed to be a “bulwark in the fight against rumors and fake news. But he has been lying to the site’s tens of millions of readers,” noted Buzzfeed. In an internal review prompted by BuzzFeed News’ inquiries, Snopes confirmed Mikkelson wrote and published 54 articles containing plagiarized material from outlets such as Reuters and the Guardian. The articles were published under Mikkelson’s own name, the “Snopes byline,” and a pseudonym, and included topics such as “same-sex marriage licenses.”