Ted Cruz Isn’t the Only Politician Talking Nonsense About Tech Companies and Election Integrity

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Today’s Reason Roundtable podcast begins with this gem of hyperbolic WTFery, from a politician people used to routinely characterize as both libertarian-leaning and smart, Sen. Ted Cruz (R–Texas):

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Rountablists Nick Gillespie, Peter Suderman, Matt Welch, and special guest star Eric Boehm bounce from there to last week’s godawful congressional grilling of Big Tech execs, President Donald Trump’s election-delay trial balloon, the logistic headaches of counting mail-in ballots, the great TikTok wars, competing proposals for the next federal corona-package, and the deeply weird return of professional sports.

Audio production by Ian Keyser and Regan Taylor.

Music: “Wicked Things” by Quincas Moreira

Relevant links from the show:

What Should Have Happened at the Big Tech Antitrust Hearing,” by Austin Bragg and Andrew Heaton

Microsoft May Save TikTok From Trump’s Clutches, After President Proposes Ban on Chinese Video App,” by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

The Return of Sports Is Great. It’s Also Deeply Weird,” by Eric Boehm

Congress Wants To Regulate Big Tech. They Still Don’t Understand It,” by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

Don’t Expand Coronavirus Unemployment Insurance,” by Veronique de Rugy

Congress Used the Antitrust Hearing To Peddle Petty Grievances Against Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google,” by Eric Boehm

A Congressman Asked Mark Zuckerberg Why Facebook Censored Donald Trump Jr., but That Was Twitter,” by Robby Soave

Senate Republicans’ $1 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill Includes Billions for New Fighter Jets, Attack Helicopters, and Missiles,” by Christian Britschgi

The Next Coronavirus Stimulus Plan: More Spending, Smaller Unemployment Benefits, and Tax Breaks for Going Out To Eat,” by Eric Boehm


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