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President Joe Biden and the White House regularly post to millions of followers on social media, talking about the economy on Facebook, sharing Christmas decorations on YouTube, showcasing pardoned turkeys on Instagram, posting about infrastructure on X, formerly Twitter. They’re even on Threads. But they aren’t speaking directly to 150 million Americans on TikTok. There’s no official @POTUS, White House or Biden-Harris 2024 account. You’ll find only one of the Republican presidential candidates there — and just 37…

After a bruising, losing battle over Proposition HH, a breakneck special session and a public plea from Gov. Jared Polis for local governments to lower their property tax rates, further relief appears to be a trickle more than a torrent for Coloradans. Few local officials have taken up Polis’ request so far, including in metro Denver. And Douglas County, which separately had pursued a 4% across-the-board cut to residential property values, was rebuffed Monday when a unanimous state board rejected the move, citing fairness…

Democrats urged President Biden to pursue trade policy that supports the European Union’s new regulations targeting the market power of tech giants, and to reject claims that the rules create barriers to trade, according to a letter sent Wednesday.   The letter is based around support for the EU’s Digital Markets ACT (DMA), which adds additional regulations for large tech companies and went into effect in May.   “We urge you to continue to reject claims that the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA)…

House Democrats on Thursday called on Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk to push back on the “rapid spread of abortion misinformation and disinformation,” with the lawmakers saying people are being discouraged from receiving abortion services due to “bad medical advice.” The Democratic representatives on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee said the misinformation and disinformation being spread online was putting people’s health at risk. “As the legal status of abortion changes across the country…

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are facing scrutiny from House Democrats over the spread of rampant abortion misinformation on Facebook, Instagram, and X (formerly Twitter).  A pair of letters issued by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, obtained exclusively by Rolling Stone, demand that Musk’s and Zuckerberg’s platforms take “immediate action to combat the spread of abortion misinformation,” and request that the companies deliver briefings to Congress on the matter by December 14. The letters’…

More than two dozen Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday accused X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, of failing to curb and profiting from misinformation and violent content related to the Israel-Hamas war. In a letter to X CEO Linda Yaccarino and owner Elon Musk, the lawmakers voiced concerns about the social media company’s “ongoing failure” to enforce its policies on “the promotion of misinformation and hateful, violent, and terroristic propaganda videos” since the outbreak of the conflict last month.…

Four of the seven bills passed by lawmakers during an emergency session aimed at softening property tax increases and providing other forms of relief to residents were signed into law Monday evening by Gov. Jared Polis, just hours after the legislature adjourned. The measures approved since Friday, in a session called after voters rejected Proposition HH this month, will affect nearly all Coloradans who are grappling with surging property taxes and a fast-rising cost of living. The owner of a typical $500,000 home will…

Colorado lawmakers have returned to the State Capitol on Monday morning for the fourth — and possibly final — day of a special session aimed at providing relief from skyrocketing property taxes, rents and other cost-of-living expenses for Coloradans. The House and Senate both reconvened shortly after 10 a.m.. Together they have five bills scheduled for final floor votes and, if needed, discussions to reconcile details between the versions passed by each chamber. The outstanding bills include the majority Democrats’ main…

SACRAMENTO —  The California Democratic Party Convention provided an opportunity for a show of unity as delegates and activists head into a high-stakes election year. But the weekend-long gathering proved to be anything but that. Democrats remained divided on the most pivotal issues facing the party and the nation: the raging war between Israel and Hamas and a 2024 California race featuring three popular party members, congressional veterans, hoping to win the seat held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein for more than…

HIALEAH, Fla. —  Alejandro Rodriguez, a Nicaraguan supporter of former President Trump, wanted to make clear that he opposes open borders.“The way I see it, if I have my door open, anybody can come in and out. Same thing with the borders,” Rodriguez said as he sold hats reading “Latina for Trump” outside a Trump rally in this 96% Latino south Florida city last week.Rodriguez, who is not a U.S. citizen, cannot vote for Trump in next year’s election. As a Nicaraguan, Alejandro Rodriguez can’t vote in the…