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What A Day

You're Just Going To Have To Antitrust Us

What A Day

Crooked Media

News, Daily News

4.612K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

On the same day Facebook announced the launch of “Horizon Workrooms,” a virtual reality app for remote work meetings, the Federal Trade Commission filed an updated antitrust suit against the company. The FTC argues that Facebook tried to maintain a monopoly in the social media sphere through acquisitions of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014, and lessened the ability of contending apps like Vine to compete. Previously, a federal judge said the FTC failed to prove its contention that Facebook holds a monopoly, but with new FTC chair Lina Khan heading the more detailed suit this time around, Facebook may be forced to break up. House Democrats introduced HR 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which is expected to be taken up by Congress next week. HR 4 is less sweeping than HR 1, the For the People Act, but contains measures that reinstate oversight powers of the Voting Rights Act, and make it easier for courts and observers to block election law changes. Though HR 4 is more limited, only one Republican in the Senate, Lisa Murkowski, is likely to support it, which means Democrats need nine more Republicans to bypass the filibuster. And in headlines: Taliban members go door-to-door to hunt U.S. allies, OnlyFans bans sexually explicit videos, and Sha’carri Richardson returns to the track. For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's Friday, August 20th. I'm getting RISIC.

0:08.2

And I'm Bianca Aribindi and this is What A Day.

0:11.1

The podcast that promises to bring a Larry David,

0:13.9

Alan Dershowitz level of excitement to your morning routine.

0:17.8

Yeah, for not giving you the same energy as multi-millionaires

0:21.2

who are feuding over politics in a Martha's Vineyard grocery store,

0:24.2

we are not doing our jobs.

0:25.8

That's true. Tag yourself.

0:27.4

I am Alan Dershowitz's second t-shirt,

0:29.5

the one that says it's the Constitution's stupid.

0:32.0

Mm-hmm.

0:33.0

Uh, I am the speck of dirt that is getting larger on Larry's classes.

0:40.5

On today's show, Taliban fighters are reportedly going door to door

0:43.6

to hunt down those who collaborated with the US.

0:46.4

Plus, running star Shakari Richardson hits the track tomorrow.

0:49.7

That's right. But first yesterday was a big day for Facebook

0:52.9

when it wanted all of the headlines to be about this.

0:56.6

Mark, I'm in.

0:58.1

All right, welcome.

0:59.0

Oh my God, you've got freckles on your nose.

1:01.5

I have freckles in real life, too.

1:03.3

So I'm trying to do the best that I have.

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