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demmiblue

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Fri Oct 16, 2020, 04:02 PM Oct 2020

How Mark Zuckerberg Learned Politics

For more than a decade as he built Facebook Inc. into a global force, Mark Zuckerberg made it clear he didn’t care for politics. Early advisers strained to hold his attention in briefings about D.C. lawmakers, people familiar with the matter say, and he frequently said he would gladly leave the politics to others.

No longer. Mr. Zuckerberg is now an active political operator. He has dined with President Trump, talks regularly with White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, and has pressed lawmakers and officials to scrutinize...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-mark-zuckerberg-learned-politics-11602853200


I can't access the rest (paywall), but this popped up on my Twitter feed:

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How Mark Zuckerberg Learned Politics (Original Post) demmiblue Oct 2020 OP
The moscow mark was involved with Russian politics and financed . . . long ago empedocles Oct 2020 #1
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