Democrats are alarmed by the number of residents fleeing blue states, but "Instead of trying to fix the policies" that push people away, liberal lawmakers "Want to impose those unpopular mandates nationwide," observes Liz Peek at The Hill.
To "Eliminate the competition between states that they are losing," lefties are "Pushing bills that would put the federal government in charge of states' labor laws, fiscal policies and voting rules" - from stimulus funds that prohibit state-level tax cuts to ballot-box "Reforms" intended to enhance blue turnout in red places.
Thursday's congressional tech hearings saw Democrats trying to get around the First Amendment, recruiting Facebook and Twitter to "Abridge the freedom of speech," warn the editors at the Washington Examiner.
Knowing they can't outright ban pro-life opinion or stories like The Post's Hunter Files, Democrats seek instead to "Limit the public square to a handful of companies and then pressure those companies to do the censoring."
At Vox, Peter Kafka sums up Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's "Message for Washington: We're happy to change the way we run Facebook. Just tell us how." That was the upshot of Zuck's testimony before Congress Thursday.
Everyone in Washington "Wants to do. . . something about Facebook," from GOPers worried about censorship of conservative views to Democrats who think the platform might "Destabilize democracy." Facebook's answer: Congress should force it and other platforms to put "Systems in place for identifying unlawful content and removing it." In exchange, Congress would leave in place Section 230 protections that allow Facebook to act as a publisher without a publisher's liabilities.
The effort needn't be entirely successful, so long as Facebook is seen spending "a lot of time and money" trying.
https://nypost.com/2021/03/28/democrats-targeting-red-states-and-other-commentary/
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