[tw04]

It literally is about Trump being angry that Twitter fact checked his outright lies about mail-in voting.

There are absolutely other powers that stand to benefit, or are pushing the agenda as well, but to claim it's not a result of Trump's hissy fit is ridiculous.

https://deadline.com/2020/05/donald-trump-twitter-social-med...

The executive order was signed by exactly one individual who was completely open about why he was signing it.

[vorpalhex]

This was being proposed by Barr and co a few months ago, the current Twitter debacle (A tweetacle? Tweetgate?) just happens to be an excellent case to push it forward with support.

Before that it was proposed repeatedly by several Democrats, especially during the Birther nonsense.

[tw04]

I guess it's a good thing I already said other parties had an interest in the topic at hand.

Unless you know something I don't, Barr doesn't have the power to sign an executive order. Neither do any of the Democrats. There's exactly 1 reason the executive order was signed and it wasn't Democrats or Barr, nothing I stated was inaccurate. Appreciate the downvote because you don't like reality.

[A4ET8a8uTh0]

I think you are assuming that the order is a cause rather a convenient excuse to pursue a specific agenda. I appreciate the approach, by a person signing it is just a convenient lightning rod. Note that it seems to be working very well.

[tw04]

A convenient excuse for what? The president doesn't need an excuse to sign an executive order, he needs exactly 0 permission from anyone to do it. This isn't some new law drafted by congress that needs political cover to move through the process, it's an executive order.

[A4ET8a8uTh0]

I think I am going to stop here. I am not sure you are open to a discussion.

[g-b-r]

If he cares for re-election, he still needs excuses from time to time...

[pavon]

The DOJ report that was just released was the result of a year-long investigation by the anti-trust division of the DOJ. While it's release my have been accelerated by Trump's executive order, it certainly wasn't caused by Twitters recent fact checking, and it doesn't directly address some of the points in the executive order. Rather it focuses more on "big sites aren't doing enough to combat crime" than "conservative voices are being suppressed".