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US Congressman Opens Climate Change Denial Conference with Rant Against Water Fluoridation
The elderly crowd at the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas loved it, but lobbyists for the oil and gas industry can't be happy with such a goofy display.
Is Elon Musk Going to War with General Stanley McChrystal?
Elon Musk is currently locked in a bitter dispute with Lockheed Martin and Boeing for contracts worth billions of dollars—and now the lobbying firm tied to a notorious retired general is joining the party.
Republicans Try to Win Back Asian Americans, if White Bankers in Hong Kong Count
The GOP knows it faces a demographic time bomb, but is this really the best solution the party could come up with?
How Community Groups Were Duped Into Joining an Anti-Net Neutrality Coalition
A look at their coalition member list reveals a random assortment of companies and groups, many of which say they never intended to sign up.
Community Groups Were Duped Into Joining the Telecom Industry's Anti-Net-Neutrality Coalition
What do an environmental group in Ohio, a small military radio program, and a network of rural hospitals in Texas all have in common? They apparently got bamboozled into helping kill net neutrality.
Cable Companies Are Astroturfing Fake Consumer Support To End Net Neutrality
If cable company-created front groups and other organizations are to be believed, advocates demand the FCC carry on its current path.
Cable Companies Are Astroturfing Fake Consumer Support to End Net Neutrality
The anti-net-neutrality group Broadband for America claims to be "a coalition of 300 internet consumer advocates, content providers, and engineers." After a little digging, VICE has discovered they are in fact a who's who of ISP industry presidents and...
How India's New Prime Minister Won Over the Tea Party
The incoming prime minister of India may well be the first world leader to record a welcome message for an US political action committee.
How India's New Prime Minister Won Over the Tea Party
Narendra Modi may be the first world leader to record a welcome message for an American political action committee.
The Democratic Party's Future Is Awash in Dark Money
Amid talk of a left-wing revival inspired by populists like NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and US Senator Elizabeth Warren, corporate titans from finance to natural gas to big retail to telecom are trying to reshape the party of Obama.
Why the New Members of the FCC Are About to Kill the Internet
The open internet may soon become a thing of the past as the FCC is one of many agencies that have fallen victim to regulatory capture.
Former Comcast and Verizon Attorneys Now Manage the FCC and Are About to Kill the Internet
The federal regulatory agency is stacked with shady lawyers who recently worked for Internet Service Providers that stand to benefit tremendously from the defeat of net neutrality.