I still think it's pretty wild that corrupt oligarchs destroyed the entirety of U.S. consumer protection and corporate oversight and it's barely written about by journalists or policy folks just not really of any serious interest
Republicans really stickin' it to their supposed enemies in "big tech" [Ted Cruz bill: States that reg...](
Ars Technica
Ted Cruz bill: States that regulate AI will be cut out of $42B broadband fund
Cruz attempt to tie broadband funding to AI laws called "undemocratic and cruel."
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DOGE brutality was the ultimate manifestation of the "free market" libertarian movement's generational quest to portray the destruction of federal governance and corporate oversight as the path to utopia many of those think tankers should be ostracized almost as intensely as the fascists RE:
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Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social)
“.. after wiping out entire offices, in some cases imperiling key services such as weather forecasting and the drug approval process.” 🤡 @...
*raises hand* a consolidated corporate media dominated by affluent brunchlords wants to supplant real journalism that challenges wealth and power with hollow, pseudo-journalistic infotainment that better serves and reflects the right wing, corporatist views of ownership RE:
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Adam Gurri (@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com)
What is the point of this guy, what a completely useless person to have the audience he does in our moment https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/jake...
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The U.S. broadband digital divide got measurably worse last year, thanks in part to Republicans killing a popular federal program that gave low-income Americans a $30 discount off of their monthly broadband bill: [The Broadband Divide Worsened ...](
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The Broadband Divide Worsened in 32 States in 2024, Ookla Reports
New data shows internet performance gaps are growing between urban and rural areas despite improved broadband speeds.
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this was Verizon's reward for buckling under Trump's demands that they be more racist, and sitting on their hands while Elon Musk steals their $2 billion FAA contract [Verizon wins FCC approval for ...](
Los Angeles Times
Verizon wins FCC approval for $9.6-billion Frontier acquisition
The FCC approval paves the way for the biggest U.S. phone company to expand its high-speed internet business.
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whoops you helped fund the election of an incoherent fascist operating at a third grade reading level [Industry groups are not happy ...](
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Industry groups are not happy about the imminent demise of Energy Star
The program has saved consumers billions of dollars since its inception.
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love 2 wake up every day and write about how ignorant assclowns are making life shittier for people who repeatedly cheer against their own best interests [Trump Declares High-Speed Inte...](
Trump Declares High-Speed Internet Program ‘Racist’ and ‘Unconstitutional’
President Trump denounced the Biden-era Digital Equity Act as “woke handouts based on race,” raging in a social media post against a broad effo...
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I was JUST saying to myself, "self, I'd love to watch a c-tier fashy-apologist comedian playing a caricature of an even dumber person interview a charisma-less damp walnut going through a very public midlife crisis" https://porcini.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:xtg6uhgsy2j7k2a6qtcood2w&cid=bafkreihljly5sf33heooq7ejnk3d4lnmbea23roqffaxd3qzvanuzkkwwe
Over at The Verge I wrote about how Brendan Carr has transformed our top media and telecom regulator into a dangerous, incoherent, grievance-fueled censorship and harassment machine: [Brendan Carr’s FCC is an anti-...](
The Verge
Brendan Carr’s FCC is an anti-consumer, rights-trampling harassment machine
The White House’s personal censor.
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