Billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s political advocacy firm FWD.us is publicly driving for a proposal to grant amnesty to illegal alien DREAMers who enlist in the U.S. military with a pair of new attack ads against Rep. Steve King (R-IA).
One of Europe’s most powerful media tycoons has accused Google of seeking to create a digital ‘superstate’ outside the control of national regulators and privacy laws. Mathias Döpfner, head of the giant German multi-media company Axel Springer, says Wir haben
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg’s FWD.us, which was formed to lobby Congress to pass amnesty legislation, sent a letter signed by more than 100 Chicago high-tech executives to the Illinois GOP congressional delegation calling for immigration reform legislation that would result
On Monday, a resolution to honor the late labor leader Cesar Chavez failed to get through the Senate because Democrats did not want to acknowledge that Chavez was against illegal immigration and supported stricter border security. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ),
Joe Green, who co-founded the pro-amnesty FWD.us lobbying group with Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, likened America’s immigration policies to the Soviet Union in pressing his case for comprehensive immigration reform and more high-tech visas that would lower the wages of
The notion that there is a shortage of American high-tech workers has been parroted as if it were an indisputable fact by members of congress Congress, academia, and the mainstream press. It has been the impetus behind the relentless campaign
A pro-amnesty group associated with Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a 60-second ad Monday targeting House Republicans on immigration reform legislation that includes amnesty and more high-tech work visas. The ad asks why Republicans are “cooling, retreating and
Facebook yesterday added another global brand and 450 million new users to its growing collection of social media properties when it agreed a $19 billion cash and stock deal for fast growing, five-year old startup WhatsApp. WhatsApp is a text,
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for up to $19 billion in cash and stock, by far the company’s largest acquisition. The world’s biggest social networking company said Wednesday that it is paying $12 billion
FWD.us, the pro-amnesty brainchild of Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, made a big splash at the House GOP retreat last week in Cambridge, Maryland, with a packet distributed to every lawmaker touting the benefits of a big, comprehensive reform bill. However,
Zach Snyder, the director of the upcoming Batman vs. Superman movie, has made the interesting choice of Jesse Eisenberg as the next actor to play Lex Luthor, Superman’s most formidable enemy, a choice that has caused controversy among comics fans.
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, and his pro-amnesty FWD.us group, has been one of the biggest proponents of amnesty, but that did not stop President Barack Obama from dissing Facebook last week. Obama reportedly was talking with millennials about Snapchat, Instagram,
The lobbyists that make up Washington’s permanent political class in the country’s “Boomtown” are banking on comprehensive immigration reform in 2014 to pad their profit margins even during a time when the country is revolting against them. According to a
(AP) Facebook to sell 70M shares, 41M of them from CEOMENLO PARK, Calif.Facebook plans to offer 70 million shares of its Class A stock in a sale that includes more than 41 million shares from chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg,
Silicon Valley companies, Democrats, President Barack Obama, and Republican lawmakers and journalists in support of comprehensive immigration reform have repeated the mantra that more high-tech visas and temporary work permits are needed in an immigration reform bill because the country
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) said on Sunday that billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg should either drop his lobbying for amnesty via FWD.us or come with him for a real first-hand look at how America’s borders are not secure. “If Mr.
Billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg defended President Barack Obama’s troubled Obamacare website HealthCare.gov in an interview with ABC News’ This Week in which he pushed for amnesty. “You know, sometimes stuff doesn’t work when you want it to. We’ve certainly
While billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is scheduled to appear on ABC News’s “This Week” on Sunday morning, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) National Council president Chris Crane is calling on Zuckerberg to suspend his amnesty lobbying efforts until he
On Friday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg “doesn’t get to dictate” to Congress and Americans what they should do regarding comprehensive immigration reform and a pathway to citizenship. Sessions has warned the House to “be on
On Wednesday, twenty illegal immigrant “DREAMers” at a 24-hour “Hackathon” organized by Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg worked on creating technologies that they can use to promote a pathway to citizenship for themselves and pressure Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform.
(AP) Facebook to open office near Harvard campusCAMBRIDGE, Mass.Facebook confirmed Thursday that it is opening a Boston-area office in suburban Cambridge, just a couple of miles from where the website was founded in Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard University dorm room. The
Special interests lobbying for amnesty–including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s FWD.us, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the National Council of La Raza–have taken to Twitter to further coordinate their pro-amnesty advocacy. The Chamber, La Raza and FWD.us, among others, have
On November 5, Defending Main Street, one of the most prominent Republican establishment groups formed with the intent of destroying the Tea Party, will meet with wealthy Wall Street donors to begin building up its war chest before the 2014
The New York Times reports Tuesday that Silicon Valley is breeding a secessionist movement. It is attracting tech gurus who are frustrated with society’s refusal to listen to them, and its insistence on regulating them. Entrepreneur Balaji S. Srinivasan, who is leading
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg set a new record for corporate compensation in 2012 with a package worth more than $2.278 billion, according to a survey by a corporate governance firm. The report by GMI Ratings showed Zuckerberg’s salary of $503,000
