Greg and Dana stick up for Mark Zuckerberg.

"Insincere contrition in public, and cavalier arrogance in private."

In Breitbart, Allum Bokhari writes an article about Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook. Read it here.

"Silenced, but not Silent"

Lucas Nolan reports at Breitbart about an anonymous group of Facebook employees who supported the election of Donald Trump. The group was shut down in December of 2016 by Mark Zuckerberg. He said the group had been harassing other Facebook employees but did not give any specific examples.

Read more here.

Good news!

Facebook protection

This morning I listened to Victor Davis Hanson on the Laura Ingraham show. VDH was talking about Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg's opposition to tough border enforcement, despite the glaring fact of Zuckerberg owning three palatial residences, each protected by a wall.

This made me think of my 14-year-old son who has been banned from Facebook for one week. One of the things he likes to do with his 16-year-old brother is go to a nearby park to play basketball. People of all ethnic backgrounds challenge each other to pickup games. The other night the boys came home telling me what a great time they had. There was one black kid, three white kids, two Arabs, and two Asians. It was the first time most of them had ever seen each other. Right away they began teasing each other by making fun of stereotypes.

They called the Asian kids chow mein and Yao Ming, the black kid accused the Asians of being dog-eaters. Everybody accused the black kid of being the worst player there, unlike what might have been expected on a basketball court. The Arab kids were called Mohammed, Osama, and ISIS. The white kids were called names that indicated they were overprotected and overprivileged.

When my boys are back in New Mexico they engage in similar banter with Hispanic or Mexican peers. One of those peers jokingly messaged my son recently on Facebook to "go back to your house; maybe your mom will make you some Tostitos." My son responded, "If my mom ever made that beaner food for me, I'd throw it out and move out on the streets."

Facebook then suspended my son for one week for using racist language.

Principles over party

Hadas Gold reports at Politico,

Daily Caller editor-in-chief and Fox News contributor Tucker Carlson is not happy with how Glenn Beck acted at the Facebook meeting for conservatives this week.

In an interview, Carlson blasted the radio and television host, saying he was sucking up to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

"I went to that meeting expecting Beck to cry, rend his garments while quoting James Madison, but that's not at all what happened. He began the most extended assiduous suck-up I think I've ever seen a grown man commit. He acted like he was auditioning to be Mark Zuckerberg's manservant — it was awe-inspiring,' Carlson said. "I don't know what his agenda is; it's either he's looking to put his tanking Web properties up for sale or he just can't help himself. There's a billionaire there, so he sniffs the throne."

In April, Beck's company The Blaze laid off about 40 employees and announced that it was relocating its operations almost entirely to Texas, where it is headquartered. Matt Frucci, whose hiring to run The Blaze's television operation in New York was announced the same week of the layoffs, quietly departed the company about a week later. In an unsigned post, The Blaze announced a reorganization and said that the changes were made because the company had "grown into a company [Beck] no longer believed in" and urging people to "stay tuned" for the company's next chapter.
In a post after the meeting, Beck offered up high praise for Zuckerberg and his team, saying he "was convinced that Facebook is behaving appropriately and trying to do the right thing. They were humble, open, and listened intently to everyone in the room."

But Beck also hit on some of his fellow attendees for asking for what he called "affirmative action for conservatives."

"When did conservatives start demanding quotas AND diversity training AND less people from Ivy League Colleges. I sat there, looking around the room at 'our side' wondering, 'Who are we?' Who am I?'" Beck wrote. "What happened to us? When did we become them? When did we become the people who demand the Oscars add black actors based on race?"
Carlson said he was one person at the meeting who brought up increasing diversity at the company, and that Beck's description was a "total mischaracterization" of what he was trying to say.

"My point was a simple one, which is diversity is deeper than ethnicity," Carlson said. "You can look different but have the same values. That's not diversity; it's conformity. … You want people with different life experiences as a backstop against bad decision."

Carlson said he "despises" affirmative action but was "making a pretty conventional point."
"It's hardly a deep insight. [Beck] turns around and says 'You're acting like Jesse Jackson trying to shake down Facebook or demand quotas.' Which of course is the opposite of what I'm in favor of,' Carlson said.
A spokesperson for Beck's company The Blaze did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

UPDATE 7:56p.m.:
In a statement Beck responded to Carlson:
"I have no beef with Tucker or any other progressive Republican, I just disagree with shakedowns of private or publicly traded companies. It is a proven fact - and Small government Conservatives have made the case - that affirmative action, quotas and sensitivity training do not work. The movement on the right is split, just as it is on the left. The left is now choosing between progressives and Marxists while the right must choose between progressives and constitutionalists. There are those who believe winning at all costs is the goal. While I understand the frustration, a Conservative by definition conserves. I don't believe we wish to conserve winning or affirmative action --- I wish to conserve principles over party."

Are we at the beginning of a new era?

Why isn't Mark Zuckerberg running for president? Ann Althouse writes,

Why wouldn't he? Why aren't we just at the beginning of an era when self-made billionaires — one after another — present themselves for insertion into political power where they can try out all their brilliant, cool ideas on all of us?

Trump vs. Zuckerberg