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FCC Reinstates Pre-2015 Internet Regulatory Regime, Jimmy Kimmel Hardest Hit

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, June 14 2018

In 2015, the Obama Administration's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided in its wisdom that the internet was somehow broken. In order to "fix" it, the Obama FCC determined that what internet service suddenly required was greater regulation as a "public utility" under a statutory provision enacted in the 1930s to govern copper-wire telephone service. What immediately followed shouldn't surprise anyone: The amount of money invested in network infrastructure by internet providers declined for the first time in history outside of a recession. …

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Step One to Stop False Accusations: Exposure

	Incontrovertible fact: People lie. They fudge little things, like their height or weight. They exaggerate…
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Trump-Russia: The Bank-Shot Investigation

	On May 22, a man named Evgeny Freidman, the owner of more than 800 taxi licenses in New York City, pleaded…
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Trump's Budget: $984 Billion Deficit Next Year

	When you read the budget message President Donald Trump sent Congress earlier this year, you soon come…
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