By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--February 2, 2017
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" Lawyers for tech giant Google crowded outside the offices of Californian Senator Dianne Feinstein in an effort to convince her to oppose President Trump's appointment of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General. (Breitbart ) "In a tweet sent out by Priya Sanger, Products and Payments Counsel at Google, Sanger wrote "#GoogleLawyers at #SenFeinstein 's office asking her to oppose #JeffSessions for #AttorneyGeneral (phones not working, not taking chances)" "The image featured approximately 13 alleged Google lawyers all appeared at the offices in an effort to pressure Californian Senator Dianne Feinstein into opposing the appointment of Jeff Sessions to Attorney General. Sanger tweeted that they couldn't reach Feinstein by phone so chose to make an attempt to talk to her in person. "Popular outcry may have made answering machine full," wrote Sanger, But Senator just tweeted she hears her constituents loud and clear. Hopefully that means she's voting no." "Google has recently been quite vocal about their active opposition of the Trump administration, Google employees and executives held rallies at Google offices across the United States on Monday in protest of President Trump's temporary travel halt from nations associated with terrorism. One of the rallies had Google CEO Sundar Pichai speak out against the temporary travel halt alongside Google CEO Sergey Brin."
"Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet, stated in one of the company's end-of-week meetings that President Trump's administration would continue to do "evil things as they've done in the immigration area." Schmidt reportedly told employees that the "tone of this government is very much economic growth."(Breitbart) "He stated, "I think at the end of the day, they are going to do these evil things as they've done in the immigration area and perhaps some others. But the core focus is going to be to get the growth rate in the country -- which is roughly one-and-a-half to two percent -- up another point by simply pushing through increases in federal spending and overcoming the Tea Party." Silicon Valley tech companies such as Google may soon see their relationship with the Trump administration even further strained as President Trump is reportedly set to announce reforms of the H-1B visa system (heavily used by tech companies) according to a report from Bloomberg Tech."
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"Google campuses filled yesterday with employees holding large signs that read "Make America Think Again," and the former Google motto, "Don't Be Evil," as they gathered to protest the recent immigration halt enacted by President Trump. Google's campus in Mountain View, California, hosted one of the largest protests, which featured multiple speakers including Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Google founder Sergey Brin, immigrants associated with the company. "One of the speakers at the event, Iranian-born product manager Soufi Esmaelizadeh, spoke to the crowd, explaining that she was temporarily stuck in limbo over the past week when attempting to return to the U.S. from Switzerland. "This executive order is racist, unconstitutional and needs to be revoked," Esmaelizadeh said to loud cheers from the crowd of Google employees. "CEO Sunar Pichai spoke to the crowd about the difficulties that the company faces attempting to deal with the visa complications many of their foreign employees encountered, thanking all those who appeared at the march. He said, "Every step, I felt the support of 65,000 people behind me." He continued, "There are some values that you should never be compromising on, we need to stand together. The fight will continue." "Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google parent company Alphabet, also spoke out against President Trump's immigration halt last Thursday when reports of the temporary travel halt first began to surface. Schmidt stated in one of the company's end-of-week meetings that President Trump's administration would continue to do "evil things as they've done in the immigration area." "Schmidt reportedly told employees that the "tone of this government is very much economic growth." He further stated, "I think at the end of the day, they are going to do these evil things as they've done in the immigration area and perhaps some others. "But the core focus is going to be to get the growth rate in the country -- which is roughly one-and-a-half to two percent -- up another point by simply pushing through increases in federal spending and overcoming the Tea Party."Given their overblown loyalty to Obama and Clinton and their obvious defiance to Trump and his cabinet, all Google White House employees and street demonstrators should bear close watching. Steve Bannon and Kellyanne Conway, isn't it high time you started Googling---Google?! Related:
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