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POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook NET NEUTRALITY’s Bay State backers — LYNCH would ‘consider voting for’ BAKER — JACKSON departs Boston City Council

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12/14/2017 07:15 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Rebecca Morin ( rmorin@politico.com ; @RebeccaMorin_) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. BAY STATE PUSHBACK TO NET NEUTRALITY CHANGE -  Ahead of today's expected " total repeal " of net neutrality provisions by the FCC, Massachusetts Democrats were among those scrambling the jets to intervene. Sen.  Elizabeth Warren  took to the Senate floor yesterday to call on Senate Majority Leader  Mitch McConnell  to avoid delay in seating Sen.-elect  Doug Jones , and also offered remarks on net neutrality  -  both of which were  cut into videos shared on Warren's social media platforms . On Facebook, Warren said the FCC's vote is "paving the way for giant internet companies to block access and charge more. FCC Chairman  Ajit Pai  has barreled full speed ahead despite disturbing reports that potentially tens of thousands of comments submitted ...

Andy Borowitz | Devastated Roy Moore Consoles Himself by Heading to Mall

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13 December 17 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News SLOW DOWN, PAY A LITTLE ATTENTION TO FUNDING: We have way more potential donors than we need, it's not even close. Really it's not even the money people don't want to give, it's the time it takes to get involved. Reader Supported News - is - community involvement. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Andy Borowitz | Devastated Roy Moore Consoles Himself by Heading to Mall    Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker   Borowitz writes: "Moments after his stunning defeat in Alabama's special U.S. Senate election, the Republican candidate, Roy Moore, told reporters that he was planning to cheer himself up by 'heading to the mall.'"   READ MORE FCC Set to Roll Back Digital Civil Rights With Thursday's Vote to Repeal Net Neutrality   Democracy Now!   Excerpt: "The FCC, on Thursday, is going to overturn the 2015 net neutrality ...

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL)

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  link . Congressman announces cancer diagnosis months after characterizing illness as a personal failing When reality intervenes on rhetoric. THINKPROGRESS.ORG Congressman announces cancer diagnosis months after characterizing illness as a personal failing When reality intervenes on rhetoric. https://thinkprogress.org/mo-brooks-cancer-health-care-comments-0d472b2bc9ef/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

In Alabama Senate Race, Big Law Backed a Winner

TODAY'S TOP STORIES In Alabama Senate Race, Big Law Backed a Winner Doug Jones, a name partner at Birmingham’s Jones & Hawley and a former partner at Haskell Slaughter and Whatley Drake,...  READ MORE » US Justice Department Will Back Joe Arpaio in Appeal to Erase Contempt Verdict "The government has entered an appearance in this case and intends to represent the government's interests in this appeal,"...  READ MORE » With Luttig as GC, Boeing Lands Fleet of Former SCOTUS Clerks Boeing’s executive vice president and general counsel J. Michael Luttig has been staffing the company's law department...  READ MORE » What's Next After the Kozinski Allegations? Here's How Courts Handle Misconduct Claims. In the normal judicial misconduct case, a federal appeals court would handle the complaint internally. But the sexual...  READ MORE » Federal Judicial Nominee Flunks 'Motion in Limine' Definition at Senate Hearing Feder...

Jonathan Chait | Voters to Roy Moore: F*ck You and the Horse You Rode in On

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13 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News IS "SURVIVING DECEMBER" THE NEW NORMAL? Increasingly, December is becoming a fundraising nightmare. Traditionally, December was always considered a month where we would get a year-end boost. It's not only no longer that, it's rapidly becoming the worst month of the year. No traction at all on donations. Big concern. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Jonathan Chait | Voters to Roy Moore: F*ck You and the Horse You Rode in On    Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine   Chait writes: "Roy Moore is Donald Trump, but more so. He is a buffoon, a racist, authoritarian demagogue, and a sexual predator. In all these qualities, save buffoonery, he exceeds Trump."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

How safe is your child’s school zone? This map will show you.

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MAP ON  LINK Alarming amount of car crashes outside schools, study says | Digital Short ABC Action News Published on Dec 13, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvHmsiIqQS8 (0:55 sec video segment) ----------------------------------------------------------------- ABC Action News Published on Dec 13, 2017   Are your kids safe walking to school or even getting off the bus near school? A Florida law firm dug through the FL Department of Motor Vehicle records to find out the number of crashes within 500 feet of schools— and it’s alarming! How safe is your child’s school zone? This map will show you. BY HOWARD COHEN DECEMBER 12, 2017 04:57 PM UPDATED DECEMBER 12, 2017 05:28 PM The School for Advanced Studies and New World School of the Arts, both on Miami Dade College’s Wolfson campus in downtown Miami, are the most dangerous schools in Florida when taking into account vehicle crash data, according to a new study. The company, ...