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Low-Energy Fridays: Can the president ban fracking? Well yes, but actually no.
Like fictional gubernatorial candidate Peter Russo from House of Cards, presidential nominee Kamala Harris is getting nailed ...
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Trust-busters look to undermine business at all costs
The trust-busters are back, and they want to ruin your cell phones. Following a wide-reaching case, they may get their way ...
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Watch Out for Rent-Control Madness
For the latest example of why “local control” is no kind of governing principle, I present readers with the example of ...
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Celebrating the First Continental Congress and America’s Founding Ideals
In a little less than two years, the United States will celebrate its semiquincentennial, marking 250 years since a group of ...
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The New Information Control
Autocrats have always attacked speech platforms and those who provide them, but recent actions by government officials in the ...
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The Great Jobs Deception
Claims of misinformation and disinformation have become commonplace in U.S. politics over the past several years, with what ...
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R Street Institute joint comments before the Federal Communications Commission regarding the 900 MHz band proposed reforms
COMMENTS OF ITIF AND R STREET INSTITUTE Before theFederal Communications CommissionWashington, D.C. In the Matter of:Nextnav Petition For Rulemaking WT Docket No. 24-240 September 5, 2024 INTRODUCTION ...
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Clicks, Compliance, and Consumers in the Tug-of-War Between Data Privacy and Advertising Personalization
Tormenting consumer eyes with irrelevant product advertising—like The Smart Clapper—on television shows with unclear ...
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Why, yes, let’s put California policies in the national spotlight
After Vice President Kamala Harris secured the Democratic nomination for president, many news outlets featured news stories ...
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Low Energy Fridays: Should we block the sun’s rays to fight climate change?
People have many ideas for addressing climate change. Proposed solutions range from the basic (plant a tree, or maybe a ...
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The Real Smokescreen is Nicotine Disinformation
The head of the American Lung Association (ALA) recently penned a letter to the editor (LTE) in The Washington Post in ...
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In private meetings and public town halls, Republicans and Democrats in Wisconsin and across US work to restore voter trust
Building trust in our election system means ensuring that one of the bedrock institutions of our democracy is protected and safe for future generations to come,” says Matt Germer, co-lead of a ...