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Stephen Miller, Channeling Trump, Has Built More Power Than Ever
The New York Times ^ | Jan. 16, 2025 | Updated 8:23 p.m. ET | Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, David A. Fahrenthold and Charlie Savage

Posted on 01/17/2025 7:12:40 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

When Stephen Miller met with Mark Zuckerberg at Mar-a-Lago late last year, the 39-year-old Trump adviser was in a position of power that would have been unimaginable a decade ago.

Back then, Mr. Miller was a mere Senate staffer railing about the evils of immigration. Now he was holding forth on U.S. policy with the billionaire chief executive of Meta, a man he had vilified for years as a globalist bent on destroying the nation.

The scale had flipped.

Mr. Miller told Mr. Zuckerberg that he had an opportunity to help reform America, but it would be on President-elect Donald J. Trump’s terms. He made clear that Mr. Trump would crack down on immigration and go to war against the diversity, equity and inclusion, or D.E.I., culture that had been embraced by Meta and much of corporate America in recent years.

Mr. Zuckerberg was amenable. He signaled to Mr. Miller and his colleagues, including other senior Trump advisers, that he would do nothing to obstruct the Trump agenda, according to three people with knowledge of the meeting, who asked for anonymity to discuss a private conversation. Mr. Zuckerberg said he would instead focus solely on building tech products.

Mr. Zuckerberg blamed his former chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, for an inclusivity initiative at Facebook that encouraged employees’ self-expression in the workplace, according to one of the people with knowledge of the meeting. He said new guidelines and a series of layoffs amounted to a reset and that more changes were coming.

Earlier this month, Mr. Zuckerberg’s political lieutenants previewed the changes to Mr. Miller in a private briefing. And on Jan. 10, Mr. Zuckerberg made them official: Meta would abolish its D.E.I. policy.

The meeting at Mar-a-Lago on Nov. 27 represented more than just another tech billionaire bending...

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: california; charliesavage; davidafahrenthold; enemieslist; enemyjournalists; h1b; jonathanswan; maggiehaberman; maralago; naziyouthtimes; nytsedition; stephenmiller; trump; zuckerberg
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To: OftheOhio

Let’s not forget another traitor that now lives in Cyprus.


41 posted on 01/18/2025 4:44:38 AM PST by OftheOhio (never could dance but always could fight - Romeo company)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The fact that BILL GATES is worming himself in to Pres Trump’s administration bothers the hell out of me.

IMO Gates is an evil opportunist, but he’s very good at it.


42 posted on 01/18/2025 5:20:00 AM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (Hail to Pitt!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Miller is everything a commumications person should be.


43 posted on 01/18/2025 6:27:52 AM PST by AAABEST (That time Washington DC became a corrupted, existential threat to us all...)
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To: JimRed

Nothing’s wrong with it, the left is simply losing their minds and calling him any name they can.


44 posted on 01/18/2025 7:10:56 AM PST by packagingguy
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To: poconopundit

The Zuck is a Machiavellian. He thinks he can just cruise through the next for years. If he does fire the fluff, then we know he is serious. But right now, I think he feels he has Trump right where he wants him.........which I hope is his greatest mistake.

Zuck purposefully curtailed speech and it revealed a culture of leftist fascism, a modern version of Joseph Goebbels.And he funded the Senile Criminal enterprise of Joseph Biden to the tune of 430 million dollars to “get out the vote” by ballot harvesting under Covid rules, a huge cheating operation that elected a senile old man who nearly ruined the country.I do not have the slightest inclination to cut Zuck any slack at all.

I want the rule changed that private enterprise can violate speech and privacy rights.Zuck is kissing the Trump a$$ to make sure that rule is not changed.

Zuck also sent data on Facebook members to China.A little known fact.


45 posted on 01/18/2025 7:16:19 AM PST by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: JimRed

The Zuck is a Machiavellian. He thinks he can just cruise through the next for years. If he does fire the fluff, then we know he is serious. But right now, I think he feels he has Trump right where he wants him.........which I hope is his greatest mistake.

Zuck purposefully curtailed speech and it revealed a culture of leftist fascism, a modern version of Joseph Goebbels.And he funded the Senile Criminal enterprise of Joseph Biden to the tune of 430 million dollars to “get out the vote” by ballot harvesting under Covid rules, a huge cheating operation that elected a senile old man who nearly ruined the country.I do not have the slightest inclination to cut Zuck any slack at all.

I want the rule changed that private broadcasting enterprise can violate speech and privacy rights.Zuck is kissing the Trump a$$ to make sure that rule is not changed.

Zuck also sent data on Facebook members to China.A little known fact.Revealed by Fox News.


46 posted on 01/18/2025 7:23:51 AM PST by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: catnipman

The Zuck is a Machiavellian. He thinks he can just cruise through the next for years. If he does fire the fluff, then we know he is serious. But right now, I think he feels he has Trump right where he wants him.........which I hope is his greatest mistake.

Zuck purposefully curtailed speech and it revealed a culture of leftist fascism, a modern version of Joseph Goebbels.And he funded the Senile Criminal enterprise of Joseph Biden to the tune of 430 million dollars to “get out the vote” by ballot harvesting under Covid rules, a huge cheating operation that elected a senile old man who nearly ruined the country.I do not have the slightest inclination to cut Zuck any slack at all.

I want the rule changed that private enterprise can violate speech and privacy rights.Zuck is kissing the Trump a$$ to make sure that rule is not changed.

Zuck also sent data on Facebook members to China.A little known fact.


47 posted on 01/18/2025 7:24:43 AM PST by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: BipolarBob

You are right of course.I hope PDJT has that kind of plan in place.

The Zuck is a Machiavellian. He thinks he can just cruise through the next for years. If he does fire the fluff, then we know he is serious. But right now, I think he feels he has Trump right where he wants him.........which I hope is his greatest mistake.

Zuck purposefully curtailed speech and it revealed a culture of leftist fascism, a modern version of Joseph Goebbels.And he funded the Senile Criminal enterprise of Joseph Biden to the tune of 430 million dollars to “get out the vote” by ballot harvesting under Covid rules, a huge cheating operation that elected a senile old man who nearly ruined the country.I do not have the slightest inclination to cut Zuck any slack at all.

I want the rule changed that private enterprise can violate speech and privacy rights.Zuck is kissing the Trump a$$ to make sure that rule is not changed.

Zuck also sent data on Facebook members to China.A little known fact.


48 posted on 01/18/2025 7:25:51 AM PST by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: Bigg Red

We can hope he gave up all the FBI and CIA goons he’s been involved with.


49 posted on 01/18/2025 7:48:49 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (Democracy is dead. Long live the Republic!)
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To: poconopundit

“So aligning with Trump may serve the useful purpose of firing a huge number of employees.”

indeed ...

actually, our household has noticed and discussed that the 2024 wave election that swept MAGA Trump 47 and House and Senate majorities have provided cover for YUGE changes, including dumping DEI, political correctness, suppression of free speech, a lot of wokeism ...

a lot of the above was instituted because of pressure and under-the-table threats by the fascist Biden regime and CEOs are glad to be rid of it because it cuts into profits and morale ... OTOH, the true believers could just be chameleons dumping the above simply to try to align with the values of Trump 47 and the majority of those who elected him ...


50 posted on 01/18/2025 8:45:17 AM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The fact that BILL GATES is worming himself in to Pres Trump’s administration bothers the hell out of me.

IMO Gates is an evil opportunist, but he’s very good at it.


51 posted on 01/18/2025 12:55:41 PM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (Hail to Pitt!)
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To: FroggyTheGremlim
The fact that BILL GATES is worming himself in to Pres Trump’s administration...

Citation?

52 posted on 01/18/2025 12:57:33 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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