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Gavin Wax, the Far-Right Activist Who Vowed “Retribution,” Lands Role at the FCC
For the past six years, Gavin Wax has held court as the president of the New York Young Republican Club, a group he helped turn from a small, stodgy establishment outfit into “a vanguard of the Trump movement.” Under his leadership, the club has moved far to the right.
A Notorious Prison Tech Giant Is Poised to Cash In on Pell Grants for Incarcerated People (Mother Jones)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 16:23How Amazon Bullies, Manipulates, and Lies to Reporters (Mother Jones)
Submitted by grace@benton.org on Fri, 06/25/2021 - 10:07Facebook Manipulated the News You See to Appease Republicans, Insiders Say (Mother Jones)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 10/21/2020 - 16:53“The Left Can’t Meme”: How Right-Wing Groups Are Training the Next Generation of Social Media Warriors (Mother Jones)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 04/02/2019 - 11:03Another Giant Telecom Merger Could Kill Jobs and Leave Low-Income Consumers in the Lurch. It’s Happened Before.
In Jan 2018, T-Mobile completed its acquisition of a small Midwestern telecommunications company, Iowa Wireless Services (iWireless). While the company only provided service to 75,000 customers, many of its users had no other options. The service was precisely what rural communications advocates have asked for: affordable, effective, and accessible.
Documents Show NRA and Republican Candidates Coordinated Ads in Key Senate Races (Mother Jones)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 01/11/2019 - 12:33Inside House Democrats’ Plans to Investigate the FCC and Net Neutrality
Now that Democrats are about to take charge of the House in January, lawmakers plan to force some accountability on Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai. FCC oversight is a top priority for the House Commerce Committee in the upcoming session, according to committee members. “We plan to put the consumer first by pushing policies that protect net neutrality, promote public safety, and provide meaningful privacy and data security protections that are seriously lacking today,” said incoming-Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ).