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FCC Votes to Overturn Net Neutrality Regulations
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reclassified net neutrality from Title II to Title I of the Communications Act of 1934, slashing regulations on what Internet Service Providers (ISP) can do regarding internet speed. The five-member panel, w ...[Read more]
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FCC Set to Roll Back Digital Civil Rights with Thursday vote to Repeal Net Neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote Thursday on whether to repeal the landmark net neutrality protections passed under President Obama in 2015. Net neutrality is the principle that internet service providers treat web content equally and ...[Read more]
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All 535 members of Congress, and how much money they got from ISPs
The FCC is about to give massive internet service providers the power to divide the internet. It is at risk of becoming unrecognizable. A vital global utility that has been a boon to creative and economic freedom for people around the world may be turned ...[Read more]
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Republicans Now Turn Their Attention to Deregulating Wall Street With Key Hearing Tuesday
With GOP tax plan moving ahead and the Obamacare fight in the rearview mirror, Republicans in Congress are setting their sights next on deregulating Wall Street. Ten Democrats have co-sponsored a bill that would deregulate Wall Street. That makes the GOP- ...[Read more]
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Ryan pledges ‘entitlement reform’ in 2018
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Wednesday said House Republicans will aim to cut spending on Medicare, Medicaid and welfare programs next year as a way to trim the federal deficit. “We’re going to have to get back next year at entitlement reform, ...[Read more]
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Tens of thousands of Israelis protest against Netanyahu, corruption
About 20,000 Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday against government corruption and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is under criminal investigation over allegations of abuse of office. The demonstration was by far the largest of weekly anti ...[Read more]
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Rupert Murdoch says his newspapers have been remendously damaged by the digital age
Rupert Murdoch says his newspapers are struggling because digital advertising “has been has been tremendously damaging to print”. Speaking at News Corp’s AGM on Wednesday, the 86-year-old media tycoon said he did “not really” have any plans to b ...[Read more]
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UK prosecutors admit destroying key emails in Julian Assange case
The Crown Prosecution Service is facing embarrassment after admitting it destroyed key emails relating to the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is holed up in Ecuador’s London embassy fighting extradition. Email exchanges between the CPS and its Swe ...[Read more]
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Clinton Campaign Had Additional Signed Agreement With DNC In 2015
NPR has learned that Hillary Clinton's campaign had an agreement, separate from one also signed by Bernie Sanders' campaign, providing control over party decisions in exchange for relieving DNC debt. ...[Read more]
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Republican Plan Delivers Permanent Corporate Tax Cut
Republican lawmakers unveiled a sweeping rewrite of the tax code on Thursday, outlining a $1.5 trillion plan that will deliver a significant tax cut for corporations and more modest savings for middle-class families while tilting the United States closer, ...[Read more]
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Trump Dossier: Democrats Rocked by Another Clinton Scandal
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee allegedly funded political research into President Donald Trump that led to the production of a dossier alleging ties to Russia among other stories, in what appears to be a ...[Read more]
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