With a bushy white moustache, the signature top hat, monocle and a fake bag of money, the Monopoly Man has been associated with Capitol Hill…
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Panel with Saikat Chakrabarti (Chief of Staff to Rep. Ocasio-Cortez) and Virginia Delegate Lee Carter. Starts at 1:18:00.
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It takes some preparation before Monopoly Man can appear and twirl their mustache for the cameras. For a little more than a year…
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My second Ask Me Anything on Reddit, which focused on my appearance at the Google hearing. More than 1,000 Reddit users asked questions and posted comments.
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As Google CEO Sundar Pichai was being grilled by the US Congress' lawmakers, a man with a white moustache grabbed the limelight…
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On Tuesday morning, when Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified before the House Judiciary Committee about his company’s data collection practices, there was a familiar mustachioed face in the crowd…
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Activist Ian Madrigal, who describes himself as ‘lawyer, activist and professional troublemaker’, demonstrated a masterclass in witty trolling…
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If it wasn’t already obvious that the congresspeople on the House Judiciary Committee really don’t get how the internet works, it was made quite clear today by their questioning of the CEO of Google…
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As predicted, all eyes were focused on Google CEO Sundar Pichai when he testified in front of Congress on Tuesday. But perhaps of more interest to spectators was a face in the background…
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Internet trolls have many talents: They are often funny, know how to get online communities talking, and are as close as anyone to mastering the mysterious art of going viral…
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A person dressed as the mustachioed character from the popular game Monopoly was back in congress on Tuesday for Google CEO Sundar Pichai's hearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee…
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On Tuesday morning, Google CEO Sundar Pichai appeared on Capitol Hill for the first time to testify before Congress about a number of controversies surrounding the search giant over the past year…
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Ian Madrigal dressed as Monopoly’s Rich Uncle Pennybags at Google's House hearing Dec. 11. It wasn't the first time Madrigal stole the show…
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A person dressed as the Monopoly man spurred national coverage when they showed up to a Senate Banking Committee hearing on the Equifax data breach, spreading long-lasting joy across the Internet in October…
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Ian Madrigal used humor to highlight the way that forced arbitration impacts average Americans -- and went viral…
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Rich Uncle Pennybags is back in Washington. Better known as the Monopoly Man, activist Ian Madrigal attended a Senate hearing donning a board-game-inspired costume for the second time in recent weeks…
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How do you educate people about something extremely boring — but extremely important? Put it to music? Tell jokes? For Ian Madrigal, a campaign manager for Americans for Financial Reform and Public Citizen…
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The Monopoly Man, who went viral during the Equifax Senate hearing joined Ben Kissel on 'Fox News Talk' and explained why they dressed as the board game mascot…
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Public Citizen Arbitration Campaign Manager Ian Madrigal attended former Equifax CEO Richard Smith’s Senate hearing while dressed as ‘Monopoly Man’…
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