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We’ve long explored how powerful regional broadband monopolies have dominated America, resulting in spotty access, high prices, slow speeds, and terrible customer service. We’ve also long discussed how the U.S. government has done little to actually fix the problem, ranging from outright coddling monopolies (Trump) to performative fixes (the Biden FCC) that don’t take aim […]
2025-10-08 21:54:08 UTC
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The figures speak for themselves.
2025-10-08 21:31:15 UTC
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 Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses — Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE, 404 Media has learned. The app, called Eyes Up, differs from other banned apps such as ICEBlock which were designed …
2025-10-08 21:15:02 UTC
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Jeff Charles / Townhall:
Pro-Hamas Mobs Shut Down Streets on the Anniversary of Israel's Darkest Day — Pro-Hamas protesters commemorated the anniversary of the October 7 attacks on Israel by doing what they do best: Getting arrested for behaving like petulant thugs in Boston, Massachusetts.
2025-10-08 20:25:00 UTC
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NBC News:
Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say — A decision is not expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.
2025-10-08 20:20:00 UTC
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Pablo Manríquez / Migrant Insider:
Exclusive: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class — WASHINGTON — Apple has quietly removed DeICER, a civic-reporting app used to log immigration enforcement activity, from its App Store after a law enforcement complaint — invoking a rule normally reserved for protecting marginalized groups from hate speech.
2025-10-08 20:15:00 UTC
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Andrew Howard / Politico:
Republicans could draw 19 more House seats after an upcoming Supreme Court ruling … While a ruling in time for next year's midterms is unlikely, the organizations behind the report said that it's not out of the question. Taken together, the groups identified 27 total seats that Republicans …
2025-10-08 20:15:00 UTC
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Stephen Totilo / Game File:
Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin's Creed last year — Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File — In July of last year, word began to trickle through Ubisoft that an ambitious new installment of the company's top franchise, Assassin's Creed, had been cancelled.
2025-10-08 20:05:03 UTC
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El Paso Matters:
‘The church cannot be silent,’ Pope Leo XIV tells El Pasoans in Vatican meeting on mass deportation fears — Editor's Note: 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8: This story has been updated with additional comments from Pope Leo XIV. — Pope Leo XIV's eyes grew misty Wednesday as an El Paso delegation led …
2025-10-08 20:00:34 UTC
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Washington Post:
Hegseth's sprawling hunt for Charlie Kirk critics spans nearly 300 investigations — The inquiry, resulting in a smattering of disciplinary action so far, follows an extraordinary Pentagon directive aimed at silencing criticism of the slain activist and Trump supporter.
2025-10-08 19:55:00 UTC
Washington Post
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
California governor candidate Katie Porter cuts off interview after testy Trump exchange — California gubernatorial candidate and former Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) tried to end an interview with a reporter after she was asked what she would say to voters in the state who voted for President Trump.
2025-10-08 19:50:00 UTC
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US Department of Justice:
Florida Man Arrested on Federal Criminal Complaint Alleging He Maliciously Started What Became the Palisades Fire — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California — LOS ANGELES - A former Pacific Palisades resident now living in Florida has been arrested …
2025-10-08 19:15:00 UTC
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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data — The large number of reassignments reflect a vast reshaping of the agency and could put other priorities at risk — Nearly a quarter of FBI agents across the country are currently assigned to immigration enforcement …
2025-10-08 19:15:00 UTC
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Speaker clashes with Dem senators over Epstein files amid shutdown — Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday had a heated, face-to-face exchange with two Democratic senators Wednesday over the government shutdown and the swearing-in of Arizona's Democratic Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva …
2025-10-08 18:40:00 UTC
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump — The three agents were fired after Kash Patel disclosed that Jack Smith's team obtained phone records of members of Congress, which the Smith report itself referenced. — WASHINGTON — The FBI has fired …
2025-10-08 18:30:01 UTC
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So let me get this straight. The same administration that claims fentanyl is such a dire threat that it justifies sweeping tariffs against Canada, Mexico, and China is simultaneously pulling federal agents off drug interdiction duties to chase undocumented landscapers in Pennsylvania. The same political movement that built its base partly on QAnon fantasies about […]
2025-10-08 17:57:08 UTC
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2025-10-08 17:53:00 UTC
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Jacqueline Sweet / Rolling Stone:
The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America — The right loves the accounts, which often rail against supposed voter fraud. They're run by a Macedonian who illegally donated to a U.S. House candidate — The right-wing information sphere on social media is shaped by large …
2025-10-08 17:50:00 UTC
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Associated Press:
Trump says Illinois governor and Chicago mayor should be jailed as they oppose Guard deployment — President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the Illinois governor and Chicago mayor, both Democrats, should be jailed as they oppose his deployment of National Guard troops for his immigration …
2025-10-08 17:05:01 UTC
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Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine that would limit absentee voting and impose voter ID requirements.
2025-10-08 16:46:21 UTC
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
“The House is done”: Johnson rules out standalone vote on paying troops during shutdown — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday ruled out taking up legislation to ensure military paychecks keep flowing during the government shutdown, telling reporters the House “already had that vote.”
2025-10-08 16:30:01 UTC
Axios
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A brief-ish history of events leading up to this point: Kilmar Abrego Garcia was one of hundreds of migrants rounded up by ICE, denied of their due process rights, and dumped into an infamous torture prison in El Salvador, a country overseen by a man who claims he’s the world’s “coolest dictator.” Abrego Garcia, however, […]
2025-10-08 16:29:08 UTC
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Financial Times:
IMF and BoE warn AI boom risks ‘abrupt’ stock market correction — Kristalina Georgieva and UK financial stability watchdog say valuations are closing in on dotcom bubble levels — Global stock markets are at risk of a sudden correction as the artificial intelligence boom pushes valuations …
2025-10-08 16:00:04 UTC
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Live Updates: Longtime Trump Target James Comey to Appear in Court — The former F.B.I. director, scorned by the president since he ordered the inquiry into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia, will be arraigned in Virginia. — Here's the latest. — James B. Comey, the former F.B …
2025-10-08 15:15:01 UTC
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Jay Jones cancels Virginia fundraiser amid “two bullets” backlash — Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for attorney general in Virginia, has canceled a Thursday night fundraiser at the home of novelist David Baldacci, according to a person with the matter.
2025-10-08 15:15:01 UTC
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Chicago Tribune:
Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations — In a scathing critique of President Donald Trump, Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday accused the Republican president of deploying National Guard troops to the Democratic cities of Chicago …
2025-10-08 15:05:01 UTC
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Axios:
“Tennessee Three” member Justin Pearson runs to oust Rep. Steve Cohen — Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson, who rose to national prominence in 2023 when he was expelled from his legislative seat as one of the “Tennessee Three,” is launching a primary challenge against Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.).
2025-10-08 14:35:01 UTC
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Henry J. Farrell / New York Times:
What Civil Society Can Do to Beat Trumpism — President Trump is trying to seize power that he is not entitled to under the law or the Constitution. — But Mr. Trump will fail in remaking American politics if people and institutions coordinate against him, which is why his administration …
2025-10-08 14:20:01 UTC
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Henry J. Farrell / New York Times:
What Civil Society Can Do to Beat Trumpism — President Trump is trying to seize power that he is not entitled to under the law or the Constitution. — But Mr. Trump will fail in remaking American politics if people and institutions coordinate against him, which is why his administration …
2025-10-08 14:20:01 UTC
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Reuters:
Trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment — Trump threatens to jail Johnson, Pritzker — Former FBI chief due in court to face criminal charges — National Guard troops gather outside Chicago despite local opposition
2025-10-08 14:00:28 UTC
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis — In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers. — Dayen Labor Department food crisis
2025-10-08 13:45:01 UTC
American Prospect
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Dharna Noor / The Guardian:
More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows — Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy — Donald Trump has placed dozens of people with ties to the fossil fuel sector …
2025-10-08 13:40:01 UTC
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Inside Stephen Miller's Secret Plan to Normalize Trump's Dictator Rule — Stephen Miller has a theory about this political moment. As President Trump expands his lawbreaking and dictatorial rule, the powerful MAGA disinformation apparatus—at Miller's direction—is supercharging public attention …
2025-10-08 13:35:01 UTC
New Republic
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Calls for Jailing of Chicago Mayor and Illinois Governor — The president in a social-media post says Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker have failed to protect ICE — President Trump escalated his battle with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker …
2025-10-08 13:30:02 UTC
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Post Traumatic Disorder … Last Thursday, at least a half-dozen staffers on The Washington Post's opinion desk were quietly sent an email from the section's new editor, Adam O'Neal. The note, which surprised some of its recipients, informed them that their positions had been “impacted as part of our organizational change.”
2025-10-08 13:25:02 UTC
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Wants to Overhaul Drug Sales. A Company Tied to His Son Stands to Benefit. — Family members of President Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick are poised to benefit from efforts to remake the industry — WASHINGTON—The country's top drugmakers are set to meet in early December …
2025-10-08 13:20:03 UTC
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next — I don't like sending out “emergency” newsletters, but I've had my eye on the situation in Chicago all day and tonight Texas National Guard troops arrived on Illinois soil, in defiance of the wishes of the Illinois governor and the Illinois National Guard's adjutant general.
2025-10-08 13:00:04 UTC
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Bloomberg Law:
Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters — A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said. — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday morning filed …
2025-10-08 12:50:02 UTC
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ABC News:
Central witness undermines case against James Comey, prosecutors concluded: Sources — Ex-FBI Director James Comey is set to be arraigned on federal charges Wednesday. — FBI Director James Comey speaks during a news conference, March 24, 2016 in Washington.
2025-10-08 12:50:02 UTC
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Plestia Alaqad, who became a global name in the wake of Oct. 7, talks to Mehdi about her experience reporting on the Gaza genocide which she details in her new book, ‘The Eyes of Gaza.’
2025-10-08 12:32:16 UTC
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Just so you know: it’s not normal for your country’s voice communications networks to be completely hijacked by scammers and marketers, rendering it almost unusable. That’s literally not something people in most serious countries have to deal with. Yet we’ve largely normalized the fact that Americans are so inundated with unwanted scams and bullshit that […]
2025-10-08 12:28:08 UTC
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Associated Press:
Texas National Guard arrives in Illinois, as Gov. Pritzker calls for end of Trump administration's ‘authoritarian march’ — Gov. JB Pritzker accused the president of using troops for political gain. — Military personnel in uniform, with the Texas National Guard patch on …
2025-10-08 12:05:00 UTC
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Kristen Gelineau / Associated Press:
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died” because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. But in Myanmar, families tell The Associated Press …
2025-10-08 11:35:00 UTC
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CNN:
White House draws out mass federal firings timeline as GOP grows squeamish in funding fight — The Trump administration's strategy to swiftly roll out mass layoffs of federal workers during the government shutdown has shifted in recent days, administration officials familiar with the talks told CNN …
2025-10-08 08:55:00 UTC
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
GOP senator: ObamaCare messaging ‘very challenging,’ polls ‘asking the wrong questions’ — Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) said Democrats are taking Republicans “hostage” with their demands to extend ObamaCare tax credits, but he conceded that winning the public relations battle over the issue was “very challenging.”
2025-10-08 04:50:00 UTC
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NBC News:
Marjorie Taylor Greene doubles down on her unexpected break with Republicans over health care in shutdown fight — The MAGA firebrand sparked criticism from GOP leadership after giving voice to a key Democratic demand — extending expiring Obamacare funding to avoid premium hikes.
2025-10-08 03:40:01 UTC
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here — The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision. — To capture a democratic nation, authoritarians must control three sources of power: the intelligence agencies, the justice system, and the military.
2025-10-08 03:30:00 UTC
The Atlantic
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The rush to blame video games for all the world’s ills is, of course, nothing new. While some of the more novel examples of this blame-game include current Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s claim that video games are the reason the Medicaid is abused (yes, seriously), this nonsense is more commonly trotted out whenever […]
2025-10-08 03:20:22 UTC
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Josephine Walker / Axios:
“Insurrectionists”: Trump blasts Democrats over shutdown, immigration — President Trump called Democrats “insurrectionists” Tuesday and slammed the left for what he described as “kamikaze” attacks on America, invoking increasingly warlike rhetoric to describe the opposition party.
2025-10-08 02:20:00 UTC
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South Side Weekly:
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children — Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing. — Residents of a South Shore apartment building …
2025-10-08 00:50:00 UTC
South Side Weekly
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