politics
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Riot Co-Founder Courageously Tweets, Deletes ‘Critical Race Theory’ Dog Whistle
16“Critical race theory” is the right’s latest buzz phrase in service of silencing discussion of America’s racist past and how it informs the country’s still very racist present. Last night, Riot co-founder and chairman Marc Merrill tweeted and quoted an article about how critical race theory is “a threat” from a journalist whose work informed…
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Activision Blizzard Hires Former Trump Administration Member Once Decried As ‘Bully’
Today, Activision Blizzard announced the promotion of Blizzard chief commercial officer and the chief operating officer Armin Zerza to CFO of the whole company. What it did not announce to the public is that it has also hired a new chief administrative officer: former Donald Trump administration member Brian Bulatao.
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Illinois Rep Becomes 723,556th Lawmaker To Threaten Banning Violent Video Games
Another year, another attempt to ban the sale of violent video games. U.S. House Bill 3531 is the brainchild of Illinois State representative Marcus Evans, Jr. and is actually an amendment to a U.S. statute passed in 2005 that already bans the sale of violent video games to minors. HB3531’s proposed changes would instead ban…
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GameStop Stock Has A Terrible Day, Still Closes At The Unthinkable Price Of $US200
A trading lockout on GameStop stock by a number of investing apps led to the saga’s weirdest day yet: class action lawsuits, calls for hearings on Capitol Hill, and the suggestion that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen might need to recuse herself from overseeing Wall Street’s latest shitshow because she took speaking fees from one of…