'BradCast' 2/9/2023 (House GOP Twitter/Hunter Biden laptop 'censorship' hearing crashes and burns)
b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 The long-awaited GOP-led House hearings are now underway, and as predicted, they are not going well. Republicans intended a hearing on Twitter's content moderation policies to bolster their bogus claims of alleged federal government censorship of the social media site before the 2020 election. But the hearing was a dud for Republicans, failing to produce any evidence that Joe Biden, the 'deep state,' or anyone violated the First Amendment when Twitter decided to place a temporary, 48-hour hold on sharing of a questionable New York Post article regarding a laptop purportedly abandoned by Joe Biden's son, Hunter.\\xa0 The hearing did reveal that then-President Trump and his administration frequently pressured Twitter to censor posts critical of Trump, and management altered its terms of service to accommodate Trump's violations. Also today:\\xa0 House Democrats have succeeded in saving the Office of Congressional Ethics, an independent watchdog that conducts real investigations, after overcoming House Republicans' scheme to effectively kill the ethics office through unworkable rules. Pennsylvania Democrats won full control of the statehouse after three special elections this week, thwarting a GOP power grab. Minnesota Democrats, after winning trifecta control of state government in 2022, are moving ahead with landmark legislation on women's reproductive rights, clean energy, and more. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'"