Biden Speaks On Protests, Google's Antitrust Trial, Russian Neighbor's Protests

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🗓️ 3 May 2024

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After more than a week of silence, President Biden addressed the pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses Thursday seeking a balanced approach to a divisive issue. "Google" has been its own verb for years now, which the federal government argues is illegal. (The search engine, that is — not the verb itself.) And protests are engulfing the former Soviet republic of Georgia over a proposed "foreign agents law" that could move the country away from the west and toward Russia.

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0:00.0	President Biden spoke at the end of a week when police shut down many campus
0:07.1	demonstrations. There's the right to protest but not the right to cause chaos.
0:12.1	He preached common even-handedness in regard to issues
0:14.8	that are emotional and polarizing, did it help?
0:17.0	I'm Steve Insky with Michelle Martin,
0:18.9	and this is up first from NPR News.
0:23.0	Google once adopted the motto don't be evil.
0:26.0	Now the government calls it an illegal monopoly.
0:29.0	What are closing arguments in an antitrust trial?
0:31.0	And there are protests in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia
0:35.0	over a proposed foreign agents law.
0:37.5	If it passes, the EU and NATO might not let Georgia in,
0:40.7	is Russia behind it.
0:42.0	We either have to ensure our future by becoming a member of NATO and the European Union
0:48.2	or we will not exist in 10 to 15 years.
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