Spreading Freedom: Google And The War For The Web

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WASHINGTON -- You can't swing a dead cat video in Washington lately without hitting a lobbyist, consultant, attorney or adviser on retainer to Google or one of its tech rivals. Google, whose top executives have long been a bottomless cup of campaign coffee for Democrats, is finally entering its bipartisan phase, theatrically hiring Republican

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The shift in political strategy comes as Google faces a serious antitrust threat

Yay, trust-busting!

Microsoft responds that it makes no secret of its lobbying or its efforts to rein Google in

...oh.

WHY CAN'T WE EVER HAVE NICE THINGS FOR NICE REASONS? Goddamn human nature. Ugh.