Democrat FCC Majority Votes to Restore Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules

The Democrat majority at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on Thursday to restore the Obama-era net neutrality rules.

During President Donald Trump’s administration, then-Chairman Ajit Pai had repealed them.

Leftists have long sought to capture more regulatory authority over the internet using Title II regulations.

Essentially, net neutrality regulations seek to prohibit internet service providers (ISPs), such as Comcast and Verizon, from blocking, slowing down, or allowing for “paid prioritization,” by which users can pay for faster, more consistent service.

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr told Breitbart News in an interview in April that net neutrality represents a leftist “power grab by the administrative state” and an “unlawful overreach.”

Allum Bokhari, a former Breitbart News reporter, explained:

The law of common carriage, mandated by the Title II regulations demanded by Democrats, is one of the solutions recommended by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to address tech censorship. Yet Democrats want the rule applied to service providers, which are not in the habit of kicking off internet users for their political viewpoints, while not recommending similar regulations on the companies and platforms that are actually responsible for suppressing online discourse over the past five years — companies like Google, YouTube, Twitter/X, and Facebook.

Progressives and Democrats lost their minds when the FCC repealed Net Neutrality under Trump, predicting the end of the internet as we know it, and a variety of other disasters. As Breitbart News predicted at the time, none of these doom-laden predictions came true, and in fact broadband speeds across the country improved.

Carr also lamented that the FCC moved to reenact net neutrality and not hold big tech accountable, which he said is the “greatest threat on the internet.”

https://www.fcc.gov/document/carr-title-ii-oral-dissent

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Secret Service Agent Assigned To Kamala Harris Hospitalized After Fighting Other Agents

A Secret Service agent assigned to protect Vice President Kamala Harris got into a physical altercation with several other agents Monday morning around 9 a.m. near Joint Base Andrews, located near Washington DC.

The agent in question was immediately "removed from their assignment," the Secret Service told the NY Post.

"A US Secret Service special agent supporting the Vice President’s departure from Joint Base Andrews began displaying behavior their colleagues found distressing," said Anthony Guglielmi, chief of communications.

According to CBS News, "the agent spouted gibberish, was speaking incoherently and provoked another officer physically," and "pushed the special agent in charge while they were near the lounge of Joint Base Andrews."

They were immediately handcuffed and detained by other Secret Service agents who intervened, and ambulances were called to the scene. An initial medical evaluation concluded that there was no indication of substance abuse.

The USSS remains in a temporary holding pattern until further information becomes available, the sources said. After the agent receives additional medical attention and further evaluation, it will be determined if they can return to work. An internal review will be conducted and the USSS will assess if the agent's top secret security clearance will be removed for medical or disciplinary reasons, sources explained. -NBC News

Harris was at the Naval Observatory at the time according to the USSS, and the incident had "no impact on her departure from Joint Base Andrews" on the day in question.

According to RealClearPolitics journalist Susan Crabtree, "there are DEI concerns among the USSS community about the hiring of this agent," adding "Other agents and officers within the USSS are asking questions about the agent’s hiring process, whether the USSS did enough to look into the agent’s background and monitor the agent’s mental well-being…"

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/kamala-harris-secret-service-agent-hospitalized-over-distressing-behavior

Judge Cannon Unseals Docs Alleging Jack Smith’s Lead Prosecutor Threatened Trump Valet Attorney and Tried to Bribe Him in Exchange For Client’s Testimony Against Trump

Judge Aileen Cannon on Wednesday unsealed more records related to Jack Smith’s classified documents case against Trump.

The newly unsealed documents detail allegations that Jack Smith’s prosecutor Jay Bratt threatened Stanley Woodward, an attorney for Trump’s valet driver Walt Nauta.

Jay Bratt tried to bribe Stanley Woodward and threatened him with a sinking judicial nomination if he didn’t get Walt Nauta to testify against Trump.

“Upon Mr. Woodward’s arrival at Main Justice, he was led to a conference room where Mr. Bratt awaited with what appeared to be a folder containing information about Mr. Woodward. Mr. Bratt thereupon told Mr. Woodward he didn’t consider to be a “Trump lawyer,” and he further said that he was aware that Mr. Woodward had been recommended to President Biden for an appointment to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Mr. Bratt followed up with words to the effect of “I wouldn’t want you to do anything to mess that up,”” according to the newly unsealed records.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/judge-cannon-unseals-docs-alleging-jack-smiths-lead/

Saudi’s NEOM ’city in the desert’ project falters amid Gaza war

Faced with financial, logistical, and geopolitical challenges, Riyadh has been forced to review its ambitious project, The Line, and critically reassess “economic normalization” with Israel.

Launched in 2017, Saudi Arabia’s NEOM, a sprawling high-tech development on the northwestern Red Sea coast, was introduced as the crown jewel of Vision 2030.

This futuristic desert megaproject, extending over some Jordanian and Egyptian territory, was cast as a bold leap toward economic diversification under the leadership of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS). But, recent geopolitical setbacks have raised significant concerns about the viability of some of NEOM's components.

Initially celebrated for its revolutionary design, The Line, a linear city within NEOM, was to redefine urban living. Yet, recent reports suggest a dramatic scaling back. Earlier this month, Bloomberg revealed a massive reduction in the metropolis’ scope – from 105 to 1.5 miles – and a decrease in likely inhabitants from 1.5 million to fewer than 300,000 by 2030. Furthermore, funding uncertainties and workforce reductions indicate a project in jeopardy.

While this adjustment does not signify a wholesale failure of Vision 2030, it does prompt a re-evaluation of the project’s most ambitious elements.

Experts suggest that The Line’s original scale was overly optimistic, lacking the necessary urban infrastructure for such an innovative endeavor. Financial and geopolitical challenges, including regional instability and insufficient foreign direct investment, further complicate NEOM’s future.

https://thecradle.co/articles/saudis-neom-city-in-the-desert-project-falters-amid-gaza-war

Secret Defence docs: we need a large civilian workforce for AUKUS nuclear submarine reactors

Nuclear workforce composition

In order to operate eight nuclear reactors, a civilian nuclear workforce of between 1,400 and 2,500 is needed. That includes developing highly skilled jobs in the areas of governance and regulations, management, production and sustainment, safety and assurance, science and health, test and evaluation, and training and education.

That breaks down further into specific jobs: managers and workers, cyber security specialists, solicitors, inspectors, engineers, chemists, metallurgists, medical practitioners, crane operators, electrical and mechanical fitters, nuclear welders and pipe fitters – just to name a few.

They need to have specialist nuclear qualifications, competencies and relevant industry experience.

https://michaelwest.com.au/nuclear-submarine-workforce-risks-revealed/

Israel’s war on Gaza live: UN says ‘preserve evidence’ of Gaza mass graves

Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, said it is “important that all forensic evidence be well preserved” from Gaza’s mass graves, but that a mandate from a UN legislative group is required to allow the world body to take legal possession of such material amid calls for an international investigation.

The Palestinian Civil Defence says it will cooperate with an independent investigation into three separate mass graves found in Gaza containing 392 bodies.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/26/israels-war-on-gaza-live-un-says-preserve-evidence-of-gaza-mass-graves

Military Situation On Israeli-Lebanese Border On April 25, 2024 (Map Update)

Hezbollah attacked the Mergaliot area with a suicide drone;

Hezbollah artillery shelled Israeli outposts in the occupied Shebaa Farms;

Hezbollah carried out 1650 attacks against the Israeli army positions in southern Lebanon in the last 200 days, according to Hezbollah;

Sirens sounded in the Kiryat Shemona area;

Israeli warplanes attacked the Naqoura area;

Israeli warplanes attacked the Houla area;

Israeli warplanes attacked the Marun al-Ras area area;

Hezbollah attacked a Merkava tank in the Metula area.

https://southfront.press/military-situation-on-israeli-lebanese-border-on-april-25-2024-map-update/

Biden Signs DEATH Of Internet Free Speech: Uni-Party Creates Information KILL SWITCH

https://www.bitchute.com/video/8aYYC3kC12Hp/

Israeli-Backed ‘NGO Monitor’ Tracks Pro-Palestine College Groups

Israeli-backed nonprofit, NGO Monitor, is tracking pro-Palestine groups across America's college campuses.

Israeli-backed NGO Monitor is tracking and monitoring pro-Palestine groups protesting across America’s college campuses.

NGO Monitor claimed in a press release these pro-Palestine protests are “tightly coordinated and well-funded by a network of radical and often antisemitic non-governmental organizations, including Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Within Our Lifetime, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, and Samidoun.”

It argued that they work to “undermine the economic, military and other ties between US and Israel, and to besiege and divide the US Jewish community.” It also asserted that these groups have supported and justified the Oct. 7 attack against Israel by Hamas and that many of these groups are tied to designated Palestinian terror organizations. There are no sources for these claims besides editorials and associated Jewish groups. Add to it, quite ironically, is the lack of transparent funding and structure, which is pretty standard for Zionist and Jewish NGOs.

The press release hammered away at several nonprofits, particularly Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP). It is supposed to be the “Jewish wing” supporting Palestinians, although the NGO Monitor insisted activists aren’t even Jewish, based on an opinion piece in The Times of Israel. JVP’s stated goal, according to NGO Monitor, is to eliminate US economic, military and political aid to Israel. If anything, that sounds like an isolationist or nationalist-populist pro-America group.

https://nationalfile.com/israeli-backed-ngo-monitor-tracks-pro-palestine-college-groups/

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Yuval Noah Harari: Israelis Support ‘Three-classes Solution’ to Palestinian Conflict

The prominent Israeli public intellectual says in CNN interview that Israelis have dropped the notion of a two-state solution and largely embraced a multi-tiered class system where Jews are on top

Israelis have given up on a two-state solution for the long-running conflict with the Palestinians and instead have largely embraced the establishment of a multi-tiered class system with Jews on top, Yuval Noah Harari, one of Israel’s most prominent public intellectuals claimed on Wednesday.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-11-24/ty-article/.premium/yuval-noah-harari-israelis-support-three-classes-solution-to-palestinian-conflict/00000184-a924-de44-a9f4-bd6d7f8f0000

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