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Have I mentioned lately that media consolidation is bad and people who care about an informed electorate and democratic integrity should fight to restore federal media consolidation limits illegally destroyed by the Trump administration and FCC boss ...

If you thought we were done with the trademark bullying drama resulting from gas station and convenience store chain Buc-ee's, you were wrong. While we're still waiting for this corporation to take up John Oliver's request to sue him for creating ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica and the Texas Tribune. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have violated federal ethics law in significant ways when filing recent disclosures of ...

As the federal U.S. government has given up on consumer protection and corporate oversight, states have filled the void with various degrees of success. That's been particularly apparent in areas like telecom, where the corruption-fueled death of ...

Public furor is hard to maintain. It takes a concerted effort from people who have a lot to lose. Not only do they not have anything to gain (financially or otherwise) from engaging in protests, but they face the real possibility of arrests, job ...

The Ultimate Guitar Lessons Bundle has 9 courses teaching you everything from reading tablature and basic fingering to more advanced skills. You can start at the very beginning and work your way through lessons on strumming, ear training, and jamming ...

Being a GOP politician in the Trump era is defined by two things: publicly embarrassing yourself to show support for Trump's most dangerous policy ideas, and lying to your constituents about what those ideas will do to them. It is an inherently ...

Last week comedian Jimmy Kimmel said Jimmy Kimmel Live! and ABC wouldn't be airing an interview with Texas Democratic Senate hopeful James Talarico on broadcast because they were worried it would anger Trump's top censorship czar, FCC boss Brendan ...

As Pennsylvania continues to endure the worst of the current measles outbreaks ravaging the country, a fourth measles-associated death has now been confirmed. As of the time of this writing, the CDC's public website tracking case counts and deaths ...

Larry and David Ellison are desperate to get their unpopular $111 billion merger between Paramount/CBS and Warner Brothers across the finish line. So they've been engaging in no shortage of dodgy behavior to try and derail the only thing left ...