Stories I published Sunday on Raw Story

The big story Sunday was of course the passage of health insurance reform in Congress. However my shift was over before the big vote. So these are stories from Sunday morning. Karl Rove’s meltdown on ABC Sunday morning drew a lot of attention. Republican leaders insisted on NBC that the racist and homophobic taunts by [...]

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New hybrids – Bibles in schools – O’Keefe the pimp

Get paid $30/hr to drive new ‘Vehicle-to-Grid’ hybrid car TOP STORIES Bible classes for public schools in Kentucky from Raw Story Wall Street’s bailout hustle by Matt Taibbi Powell rebukes Cheney, America is not ‘less safe’ because of Obama ACLU calls on UN human rights official to stop teen’s torture in prison INVESTIGATIVE NEWS Congress [...]

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How could anyone want these guys to get more powerful?

MEDIA CONSOLIDATION & THE PUBLIC INTEREST House effort urges DOJ & FCC to block Comcast acquisition of NBC-U Netflix warns Comcast-NBC merger could hurt open Internet Public interest groups warn Comcast takeover is anticompetitive Comcast-NBC merger no sure thing from Stop Big Media TOP STORIES Will George W Bush be next to appear before UK’s [...]

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Franken calls out Comcast, NBC caught lying to Congress

Sen. Franken rips into Comcast CEO by Josh Silver Franken makes CEO look like a tool from Consumerist CEO argues rules protect customers, lawyers argue rules unconstitutional Jeff Zucker lies to Congress from TechDirt NBC caught lying to Congress from Public Knowledge Boxee responds to Jeff Zucker to set the record straight Op-ed: Don’t let [...]

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Guest appearance on community radio KAOS

Broadband, consolidation and neutrality are my subjects this evening on Olympia’s community radio station KAOS. In order of their attribution on the show, here are the links to my sources from tonight’s 30 minutes. Stream or download the archived show by CLICKING HERE. Broadband money begins to flow from Broadband Breakfast The Killer App of [...]

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Round-up of global protests, Tech headlines

Andy Worthington: The human cost of Guantanamo from Truthout TOP 4 Supreme Court tosses out ruling to release torture photos Spitzer on Democracy Now: Geithner, Bernanke ‘complicit’ Dubya and Blair ‘misled public’ ‘could end up on trial’ New white house press pool rotation sparks debate from Politico PROTESTS AROUND THE GLOBE 20,000 climate activists march [...]

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America’s regression, Consolidation, Wars

TOP 4 America’s regression by Glenn Greenwald Liberal Dems take aim at war funding ‘The war is in Pakistan right now‘ says Jeremy Scahill Editors reporting to sales managers at Dallas newspaper AMERICA’S BIGGEST CABLE CO. WANTS MORE POWER Why the FCC should stop Comcast NBC from PC World Commissioner Copps on merger: ‘They face [...]

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Stop the Comcast NBC merger!

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Cobra subsidies expiring, Dubya ‘Let Bin Laden get away’

Cobra subsidies begin expiring for the unemployed from LA Times GE pact with Vivendi clears way for sale of NBC to Comcast TV in 10 years will know what shows we like, what music to offer from RAIN Ron Paul gains mainstream steam from Politico FBI viewed intel from ultra-right radio host as ‘irreplaceable’ Google [...]

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Opposition research, Students jailed, Bill Moyers retiring

Air America reporter Ana Marie Cox on opposition research journalism Students held in jail overnight without food in tuition hike protest Bill Moyers leaving weekly TV again, for good, in 2010 Spain mandates affordable broadband for all from CNET Seattle Times Editorial: Block NBC/Comcast deal Obama airs Cuba views in interview with dissident blogger Suit [...]

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Friday the 13th

Greens, independents want Nader to challenge Senator Dodd in Connecticut Groups mount proactive counterattack to Comcast buying NBC Blogging booms worldwide, repression at its heels from Newsdesk Dubya feared successor might revoke telecom spy immunity from Wired Tony Blair to face British Iraq Inquiry committee in January Lessons from the land of cheap broadband from [...]

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