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  • #NetNeutrality: Mignon Clyburn, Biggest Defender of Open Internet, Stepping Down From FCC

    Mignon Clyburn, a Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission who was one of only two people to vote in favor of keeping the rules of net neutrality in place, announced Tuesday that she would be stepping down from her position. Clyburn made her announcement at an FCC meeting, Politico reports, and she will leave her…

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  • Donald Trump Hates Jeff Sessions So Much, He Is Now in Support of Legalized Marijuana

    Donald Trump hates Jeff Sessions with a passion. Sessions thought he was going to be a Trump guy, coming out all early in support of Trump for president. He thought he was in for sure when Trump put him up for the U.S. attorney general job. He was probably like, “I’m in there!” Poor, stupid…

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  • There’s Nothing Wrong With Having Dating Preferences

    I recently went on the world’s longest first date. It was in Vegas, it lasted 48 hours and it was magnificent. He treated me like a queen and never said no to anything I asked. I’ll tell you about the date in a separate column, because it warrants its own space, but the significance of…

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  • NRA Admits to Taking Money From Russian Contributors

    The National Rifle Association acknowledged to Congress in writing last week that it has accepted contributions from 23 Russians—or Americans living in Russia—since 2015. In a letter to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the NRA said it had received just over $2,500 from these people—most of which was for “routine payments” for membership dues or magazine…

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  • Even the Philly DA Thinks Meek Mill Should Get a New Trial, but the Judge Still Won’t Let Him Go

    Philadelphia’s newly elected district attorney, Larry Krasner, is really about that criminal-justice reform life, it would seem. His office said in open court on Monday that Meek Mill should get a new trial for his gun- and drug-charge conviction. That puts Meek one step closer to getting the freedom he has been seeking since being…

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  • Starbucks Witness: Implicit Bias Exists and White People Need to Speak Up When They See It

    When two black men were arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks on Thursday for simply sitting there, being black and minding their business, people in the store who witnessed it were outraged, including Melissa DePino—whose video recording of the arrest went viral on social media. DePino, a 50-year-old writer who says she visits that same Starbucks…

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  • Trump Orders Retaliation Strikes Against Syria 

    On Friday evening, Donald Trump announced that there would be precision missile strikes conducted against Syria in retaliation for alleged chemical weapons attacks that occurred on April 7 in Douma. The White House called for the press pool to gather shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Friday, and the president made his announcement from the White…

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  • Shook: After Cohen Raids, Trump’s Lawyers Reportedly No Longer Want Him to Talk to Mueller

    The FBI raids on Michael Cohen’s office, home and New York City hotel room apparently have Donald Trump’s lawyers so shook, they are now re-evaluating whether or not they want their client to do a sit-down with special counsel Robert Mueller for an interview. Sources close to the matter told CNN that attorneys for the…

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  • White Nationalist Richard Spencer Just Got Kicked Off Facebook

    How is it that at the same time Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was in front of Congress giving testimony that said his company does “not allow hate groups” on its platform, white nationalist and king of the “alt-right” Richard Spencer managed to have not one, but two pages representing his hate ideology active on the…

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  • #NetNeutrality: Where Are We Now?

    Although the issue of net neutrality may not be making the headlines as it was earlier this year, the fight for the open internet still continues. Do not be lulled into a false sense of security, thinking that everything will be OK. We still need legislation that will protect us from prioritized content, bandwidth/data throttling…

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