The Trump administration-controlled FCC plans to repeal net neutrality rules in a vote soon. I look at why that’s bad news for anyone not a telco/ISP.
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Tag: Donald Trump
What are the advantages of PBS?
What are the advantages of PBS in the era of streaming services and impending federal budget cuts? Plenty, even for single Detroit mothers.
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Trump inadvertently boosts sales of John Lewis’ “March” graphic novel
For once, some good came of Donald Trump’s Twitter ranting: sales of John Lewis’ “March” graphic novels shot to the top of Amazon’s best-seller list.
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Only 33% of Americans trust news most of the time?
A recent Reuters survey shows only 33% of Americans have trust in news most of the time. How does this compare to those in other nations?
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Because voting matters: A list of online voter registration resources
This year’s election is definitely like none I’ve ever seen in my lifetime, and I voted in 2000’s election. This is particularly so on the Republicans’ side, with the party’s nominee for president being Donald Trump, someone who until recently I’d relegated to 80s nostalgia and reality shows I don’t watch.
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How to stream the Democratic and Republican National Conventions
Cord-cutters who also happen to be into politics (or just following whatever Donald Trump will say or do next) will be happy to know that a cable subscription won’t be necessary to follow the Democrats’ and Republicans’ national conventions next week. Below, I’ve listed a few ways to view streaming coverage of the conventions online.
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Donald Trump in cartoons
Donald Trump, 1980s business and pop cultural icon, for some reason’s managed to linger in the public pop cultural landscape since[…]
Read more How do Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton fare on technology issues?
It’s another presidential election year here in the United States. Of course, there’s been plenty of press coverage of the candidates[…]
Read more Favorite articles roundup for week ending December 12, 2015
A roundup of noteworthy articles from the past week, from the Golden Globe Awards nominees to tech industry backlash against Trump’s anti-Muslim remarks to listings of the top-selling books of 2015.
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“Bloom County” is back as a webcomic
“Bloom County” is Berkeley Breathed’s classic 1980s comic strip that satirized that decade’s social and political culture, in a hilarious[…]
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