Opening statements from Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger who testified on capitol hill today

Bari Weiss @bariweiss

I am dead. Couldn’t get to D.C., but nothing but love for @ShellenbergerMD and @mtaibbi who do a heroic job of not completely breaking down here.

Townhall.com @townhallcom

Through her line of questioning, Rep. Sylvia Garcia reveals she doesn't know who @bariweiss is and proceeds to ask a rather...awkwardly worded question. https://t.co/zjF6gRk33U

David Sacks @DavidSacks

Yellen was in Kiev last week to reassure Ukraine that US financial aid would continue. But she can't reassure 10,000+ small businesses that their deposits are safe. She says she's "monitoring" the situation. Give me a break.

Michael Shellenberger @ShellenbergerMD

“So-called journalists” @mtaibbi

Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi

1. TWITTER FILES: Statement to Congress THE CENSORSHIP-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Bari Weiss @bariweiss

@ShellenbergerMD @mtaibbi Looking fab

Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi

2. “MONITOR ALL TWEETS COMING FROM TRUMP’S PERSONAL ACCOUNT/BIDEN’S PERSONAL ACCOUNT” When #TwitterFiles reporters were given access to Twitter internal documents last year, we first focused on the company, which at times acted like a power above government.

Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi

3. But Twitter was more like a partner to government. With other tech firms it held a regular “industry meeting” with FBI and DHS, and developed a formal system for receiving thousands of content reports from every corner of government: HHS, Treasury, NSA, even local police: