Five Things - Issue #525

Interesting profile of a young Senator, written in 1974.

Big Tech threatens democracy. Few have considered a practical solution: taking away the platforms’ role as gatekeepers of content.

Hardline conservative Friedrich Merz makes a bid for the CDU leadership.

Fox News acknowledged Trump’s loss. Facebook and Twitter cracked down on election lies. But true believers can get their misinformation elsewhere.

The government banned the jeans, but smugglers found a way to hook the youth up with contraband anyway.

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