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Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) introduced their two-page Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act, which restores the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) authority over telecom monopolies, authority that was stripped away by former President Donald Trump. It’s a well-intentioned effort to rein in the nation’s giant telecom monopolies. …
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Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images There have been a lot of shocking and disturbing revelations during the Jan. 6 hearings, incriminating both former president Donald Trump and his many cronies. But one of them was both humiliating and damning. Josh Hawley, the Missouri senator who was seen fist-bumping Trump supporters before the riot, was caught on video …
Analysis The fight over net neutrality is set to be renewed on Capitol Hill. But it very well could be a brief one. Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) are reportedly set to introduce legislation that would restore Title II authority to the internet, allowing the Federal Communications …
Leading tech advocates on Capitol Hill are planning to introduce a bill that would reinstate net neutrality on the internet, according to a report from the Washington Post. Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), along with Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) will reportedly introduce legislation that will restore Title II authority over the internet, allowing the …
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Via Jerone Davidson for Congress on Twitter These days, the GOP is falling all over themselves to outdo each other with outrageous ads involving guns. Lauren Boebert’s “I will carry my Glock” ad comes to mind, as does Marjorie Taylor Greene’s assault weapon giveaway video, and it’s no wonder that SNL roasted this routine all …
Getty Image Debra Messing reportedly went off on Joe Biden during a call between celebrity Democrats, activists, and the White House. The call was organized in the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned, and apparently, Messing was one of the more outspoken critics who blamed the administration for allowing abortion rights to be stripped …
Getty Image Susan Sarandon is a brilliant actress who arguably won her Oscar for the wrong movie. No offense to Dead Man Walking, in which she’s great, but what’s better than her forward, funny, fiercely independent yet thirsty turn in Bull Durham? Her politics are another matter. Sarandon is a longtime progressive, and she isn’t …
A group of Democrats in both the Senate and the House of Representatives are urging several federal agencies to stop using the facial recognition software by Clearview AI. Clearview AI is the controversial startup that created a database of billions of people’s photos without their knowledge by scraping public images from the internet and social …
In a rare display of bipartisanship, legislators from across the aisle came together this week in protest of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) use of facial recognition software. Last week it was revealed that the government agency had entered into a contract with ID.me, a private contractor that would allow the IRS to require taxpayers …
Getty Image Democratic senator Kyrsten Sinema is popular with Republicans, and with good reason: She keeps helping them block her party’s legislation. Last week, she joined Joe Manchin in shooting down attempts to change the filibuster, which Republicans were using to stop voting rights bills meant to counter restrictive voting laws enacted across several battle …
A trio of Democrats in Congress announced new legislation on Tuesday aimed at banning what has been described as “surveillance advertising.” Introduced by Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calf.), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), the “Banning Surveillance Advertising Act” aims to prohibit targeted ads based on a user’s personal data. The bill would bar advertisers …
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Getty Image Trump hasn’t officially announced that he’s running for president for a third time, but the party he seized in 2016 still seems to be cool with a failed blogger who now lives in resorts. Meanwhile, his successor, Joe Biden, claims that competing against him again would be fun. His former lawyer, Michael Cohen, …
