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#NetNeutrality: California Lawmakers Introduce Open-Internet Legislation in Their State
Now that the Federal Communications Commission has voted to overturn net neutrality rules, California lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday that seeks to make sure the internet remains open and free for users in their state. State Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, introduced S.B. 822, a bill that would require telecommunication companies that…
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Bridging the Wage Gap: Ban Employers From Asking for Salary Histories
While everyone was celebrating the ushering in of recreational weed in California on New Year’s Day, another largely overlooked law went into effect that will make a huge difference in wage disparities for women and people of color. On Jan. 1, Assembly Bill 168—which was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown on Oct. 12,…
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Stop Dissing Me: Trump Lawyer Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Steve Bannon
Previously on White House Apprentice, Steve Bannon—who got kicked out of the house in August—was going around trash-talking Donald Trump, his administration, his family and the way he runs 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Trump came out on Wednesday denouncing Bannon and saying that he had “lost his mind” in an attempt to discredit his former chief…
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Trump Notwithstanding, Maine Gov. Paul LePage Might Be One of the Biggest Assholes in Politics
Paul LePage is the Tea Party Republican governor of Maine, and he might be one of the biggest assholes in politics. For those who forgot or may not remember, it was LePage who claimed that Maine’s heroin epidemic was spurred by guys named “D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty” who come to sell drugs and “impregnate a young…
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Amid Freezing Temperatures, Baltimore City Students Go to Class in Unheated Classrooms
Updated Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, 3:39 p.m. EST: Baltimore County Public Schools announced that all schools would be closed today, BuzzFeed reports. Schools around the country have shut down on account of the historic “bomb cyclone” storm battering much of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions today. As BuzzFeed reports, BCPS didn’t make it clear whether…
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Doug Jones’ Gay Son’s Side Eye of Mike Pence Is for All of Us Who Didn’t Vote for Trump
The gay son of Alabama’s newest senator, Doug Jones, just gave Vice President Mike Pence a pretty mean side eye with one look—and in that moment, he captured everything that everyone has ever felt about this deplorable administration. On Wednesday, Jones was sworn in on the Senate floor and then participated in a mock swearing-in…
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The Trump Administration Is Quietly Winning 1 Fight That Shows How White Supremacy Works
While we were wringing our hands about the travel ban or the nonsensical plans to staff a Game of Thrones-style wall so the Night’s Watch can keep out the Mexican wildlings, the Trump administration has quietly been instituting a scheme that will affect every aspect of U.S. law. His legislative failures may be notable, but…
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Here’s Why Trump’s Lawyers Are Trying to Block Release of Fire and Fury Book
On Tuesday, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, which is reportedly the most intimate look at the president’s first year in office, is set to be released next week, and neither Donald Trump nor his lawyers are happy about it. In fact, Trump’s lawyers are fixing to prevent the book’s release entirely. The…
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Ohio Police Officer Who Killed John Crawford III Claims There Was ‘Imminent Threat’
It’s been well over three years since John Crawford III was killed in an Ohio Walmart store while holding an air rifle, browsing though merchandise and chatting on the phone. Now, though, during a deposition in a federal lawsuit, Beavercreek, Ohio, Officer Sean Williams claims that he faced an “imminent threat” during his encounter with…
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Weed-Hating Jeff Sessions Crushes Obama-Era Policy That Ignored States Where Pot Is Legal
What happened to Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III that made him devoted to ruining the one pleasure that many of us have in this dismal administration? Did a weed-smoking teen with rolled-up sleeves and a souped-up Pontiac Thunderbird steal his girlfriend? Did a pot-smoking goon beat him up during a rowdy kegger at a Ku Klux…