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Danny Davis
@dannydavis· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2022

Today's hearing illustrates the dangers of allowing McKinsey to operate behind its code of silence.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 25, 2022

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters), are necessarily absent.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 25, 2022

last week, America and Illinois lost a hero. Lorenzo Cervantes was his name. He had been a steelworker living in the small town of Sterling, IL, in the Rock River Valley. That is an hour or two west of Chicago. Mr. Cervantes was 98 years…

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 21, 2022

Do we allow our democracy to wither? Or do we make it better? That's the choice we face.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 21, 2022

People like Putin, and Steve Bannon, for that matter, understand it’s not necessary for people to believe this information in order to weaken democratic institutions.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 21, 2022

If Congress is too polarized to pass anything, we probably won't make the kind of progress we need. If Republican elected officials, with a few notable courageous exceptions, and I'm not going to mention them, because I don't want them to…

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 21, 2022

These companies need to have some other North Star other than just making money and increasing market share. Fix the problem that in part they helped create, but also to stand for something bigger.

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod· Democratic · IL· Apr 21, 2022

I am not a fan of Marjorie Taylor Greene, I am in even less of a fan of insurrection, because I'm a big fan of democracy.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 21, 2022

Democratic backsliding isn’t restricted to distant lands. Right here, in the United States of America, we just saw a sitting president deny the clear results of an election and help incite a violent insurrection at the nation’s Capitol.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 20, 2022

Democratic backsliding isn’t restricted to distant lands. Right here in the United States of America, we just saw a sitting president deny the clear results of an election and help incite a violent insurrection at the nation’s Capitol.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 20, 2022

Like all advances in technology, this progress has had unintended consequences. It`s sometimes come at a price. And in this case, we see that our new information eco-system is turbo charging some of humanities` worst impulses.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 20, 2022

Around one in five Americans is still willing to put themselves at risk and put their families at risk rather than get vaccinated. People are dying because of misinformation.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 20, 2022

Tech platforms need to accept that they play a unique role in how -- we, as a people and people around the world are consuming information and that their decisions have an impact on every aspect of society. With that power comes…

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 20, 2022

These companies need to have some other north star, other than just making money and increasing market share. Fix the problem that in part they helped create.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 20, 2022

Today, as we speak, a majority of Republicans still insist that President Biden`s victory was not legitimate. People like Putin and Steve Bannon for that matter. Understand it`s not necessary for people to believe disinformation in order…

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