Tech is about to get hammered in Congress

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Tech CEO hearings. Tougher AI and data center guardrails. Investigations of Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts. The gates are open for Democrats once they regain control of committee gavels come January after a historic win of majorities in both the House and Senate on Tuesday.

“LAWYER UP,” the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee wrote on X in a message aimed at the Trump administration as well as “corporate corruption” shortly after networks like NBC News projected Democratic control of the House. “Subpoenas,” Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) posted. It’s clear tech executives will also be caught in Democrats’ crosshairs. “They are going to need to plant new forests for all of the subpoenas we’ll be printing,” Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) posted in response to a comment that asked, “Live televised trials of Big Tech executives when?”

“They are going to need to plant...

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