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JD Vance says Big Tech has "too much power" (www.cbsnews.com)
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Vice President JD Vance said Saturday that "we believe fundamentally that big tech does have too much power," despite the prominent positioning of tech CEOs at President Trump's inauguration last week.

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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I agree, but I also think the same about him (and he basically has no power until Trump chokes on a filet-o-fish).

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, tiebreaking vote in the Senate doesn't mean.much when it's so heavily weighted on one side that a tie is impossible

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Three senators need to defect from the R's for it to be a tie. It's not insanely one-sided. It's just that they're well-trained to goose-step in sync.