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Tributes paid as grime star Dot Rotten dies aged 37

https://misryoum.com/us/trending/tributes-paid-as-grime-star-dot-rotten-dies/

After receiving exposure on Rinse FM and SB:TV, he won a recording contract with Mercury Records, and made a number of guest appearances on other artists' records, including Ed Sheeran's Goodbye to You, Mz Bratt's Speeding By and Cher Lloyd's...

#Tributes #paid #grime #star #Dot #Rotten #dies #aged #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com

Five years after the deadly attackon the US Capitol, Donald Trump and other Republicans have engaged in a near-complete effort to #rewrite the history of the day and #erase it from the collective American memory.

On his first day in office, Trump #pardoned anyone involved in the attack, a move that affected some 1,500 people.
His administration has #paid $5m to settle a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of Ashli Babbitt, a rioter killed by a Capitol police officer as she attempted to breach doors near the House floor.
Hundreds of other rioters are also seeking millions of dollars in #compensation.
“The pardons issued last January sent a clear message to the American people:
💥political allegiance now matters more than criminal conduct.

But over the past year, we’ve also seen a sustained effort to rewrite the facts of January 6,
as if the historical record could be negotiated away or erased,”
said Gregory Rosen, who led the justice department unit that prosecuted January 6 cases.

“But Americans remember that day for a simple reason:
👉 we watched it happen.
And as long as we remember what it was
– unadulterated #mob #violence
– we can speak honestly about what it means for our democracy and our future.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/06/january-6-trump-us-capitol-attack?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Last week, the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the FCC,
rejecting its authority to classify broadband as a Title II “telecommunications service.”

In doing so, the court removed net neutrality protections for all Americans
and  took away the FCC’s ability to meaningfully regulate internet service providers.

This ruling fundamentally gets wrong the reality of internet service we all live with every day.
Nearly 80% of Americans view broadband access to be as important as water and electricity.
It is no longer an extra, non-necessary “information service,” as it was seen 40 years ago,
but it is a vital medium of communication in everyday life.

Business, health services, education, entertainment, our social lives, and more have increasingly moved online.
By ruling that broadband “information service” and not a “telecommunications service”
this court is saying that the ISPs that control your broadband access will continue to face little to no oversight for their actions.
This is intolerable.
Net neutrality is the principle that ISPs treat all data that travels over their network equally,
without improper discrimination in favor of particular apps, sites, or services.
At its core, net neutrality is a principle of equity and protector of innovation
—that, at least online, large monopolistic ISPs don’t get to determine winners and losers.
Net neutrality ensures that users determine their online experience, not ISPs.
As such, it is fundamental to user choice, access to information, and free expression online.

By removing protections against actions like #blocking, #throttling, and #paid #prioritization,
the court gives those willing and able to pay ISPs an advantage over those who are not.
It privileges large legacy corporations that have partnerships with the big ISPs,
and it means that newer, smaller, or niche services will have trouble competing, even if they offer a superior service.
It means that ISPs can throttle your service
–or that of, say, a fire department fighting the largest wildfire in state history.
They can block a service they don’t like.
In addition to charging you for access to the internet, they can charge services and websites for access to you, -- artificially driving up costs.
And where most Americans have little choice in home broadband providers, i
t means these ISPs will be able to exercise their #monopoly power not just on the price you pay for access, but how you access and engage with information as well.
Moving forward, now more than ever it becomes important for individual states to pass their own net neutrality laws,
or defend the ones they have on the books.
#California passed a gold standard net neutrality law in 2018 that has survivedjudicial scrutiny.
It is up to us to ensure it remains in place.
#Congress can also end this endless whiplash of reclassification and decide, once and for all, by passing a law classifying broadband internet services firmly under Title II.
Such proposals have been introduced before;
they ought to be introduced again.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/sixth-circuit-rules-against-net-neutrality-eff-will-continue-fight

#Conservative #Hategroup #OneMillionMoms claims #Wicked pushes ‘#LGBTQ Agenda,’ calls for a #Boycott.

Despite their name, the #group has one #paid #staffmember and far fewer #members than they claim, with just 18 #petition #signers at press time.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #Censorship #Astroturf #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/article296706854.html

#Convicted #felon #DonaldTrump #voted #illegally when he #cast #early #primaryballot in #PalmBeachCounty

In #Florida #convictedfelons may not #vote until their #sentences have been #served and they have #paid all outstanding #fines and #restitution.

https://www.floridabulldog.org/2024/08/trump-may-have-voted-illegally/