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“It was a long hunt for both of them, because I wanted voices, on an external level, that feel like their element. Leah has a very smokey voice and Mamoudou has a real cool voice. I saw her in a movie called The Half of It and she was great in that. She suffered no …
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will be deadlocked at four commissioners—at least for now. Gigi Sohn, President Joe Biden’s nominee to fill out the FCC and a longtime internet rights advocate, told the White House she was withdrawing her nomination on Tuesday, according to the Washington Post. In a letter obtained by the Post, Sohn …
Republican lawmakers pushed back against Gigi Sohn on Tuesday by bombarding the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) nominee with a barrage of criticisms that even included made-up tweets. Appearing before the Senate Commerce Committee for her third confirmation hearing, Sohn, who was originally nominated by President Joe Biden in October 2021, was asked to respond to …
President Joe Biden will renominate Gigi Sohn to the Federal Communications Commission in 2023, hopeful the midterm victories of Sen. Rafael Warnock (D-Ga) and John Fetterman (D-Penn.) provide the extra votes needed to finally seat the media and telecom reformer. Sohn’s nomination has spent the better part of the last year in purgatory thanks to …
Tuesday’s runoff victory by Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) not only delivered Democrats a broader 51-seat majority in the Senate, it could finally break the dam on a parade of stalled Biden appointments, including popular telecom and media reformer Gigi Sohn. Sohn’s FCC nomination has been delayed for more than a year, the longest a candidate …
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Net neutrality proponents are calling out Senate Democrats after Gigi Sohn, President Joe Biden’s final nominee to fill out the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), still has not been confirmed after a year-long nomination process. Sohn was officially nominated by Biden on Oct. 26, 2021 and has yet to be confirmed by the Senate, the longest …
Gigi Sohn, the long-time public interest advocate who was nominated to be the fifth commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), defended herself against the “false” attacks that have been lobbed at her over the past several weeks during a hearing on Wednesday. Sohn appeared before the Senate Commerce Committee for a second confirmation hearing …
The Senate Commerce Committee announced late Wednesday that Gigi Sohn, President Joe Biden’s pick to be the fifth commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is scheduled to have a vote on her nomination next week. The committee announced that Sohn and around a dozen other nominees—including Alvaro Bedoya, Biden’s choice to be the fifth …
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A coalition of public interest groups are calling on the Senate to confirm Gigi Sohn, President Joe Biden’s pick to fill out the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as quickly as possible. In a release on Tuesday, several prominent groups said confirming Sohn swiftly was essential for the FCC to begin tackling numerous issues like restoring …
