department of justice
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Harvard’s scandalous treatment of Asian Americans cannot be allowed to stand.
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GovernmentLegal AffairsPolitics
Congress Should Invoke Revised Inherent Contempt Procedure in DOJ Subpoena Standoff
by William J. Murphy September 18, 2018The U.S. House should invoke a revised version of its historical inherent contempt enforcement power to address the refusal of DOJ officials to comply with congressional subpoenas seeking information such as occurred with the Clinton email and Russia investigations.
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Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross called Amazon’s recent $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods a “clever move” because it marries Amazon’s marketing and distribution expertise with a “high-quality, niche retailer.”
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Internet/Telecom
Google Takeaways from Trump Antitrust Chief’s Senate Confirmation Hearing
by Scott Cleland May 12, 2017What did the Senate confirmation hearing for President Trump’s nominee to head up the DOJ Antitrust Division, Makan Delrahim, tell us that’s relevant to the biggest pending global antitrust issue — Google? A lot.
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Internet/Telecom
Outdated Telecom Laws Pose a Challenge for Ajit Pai’s FCC
by Scott Cleland February 11, 2017The most modern part of America’s economy – communications – suffers under America’s most out-of-date law and most backward-looking regulation.
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Environment/EnergyFeaturedPolitics
Peter Gleick Resigns as President of Pacific Institute … Because of Fakegate?
by Joe Bast March 24, 2016Maybe The Heartland Institute never stood a chance against Peter Gleick, because DOJ already made up its mind that alarmists are the “good guys” and realists are the “bad guys” in the global warming debate. Maybe Gleick had political protection from the White House. Maybe political bias trumped justice?
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The Federal Communications Commission’s upcoming “incentive” auction of TV airwaves is already at war with itself.
Somehow the FCC imagines it can maximize the revenue necessary to incent TV broadcasters to sell their 600 MHz spectrum by minimizing actual revenue collection via dis-incenting, and even banning some wireless company bids.
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You have to be extremely stupid to send a couple of hundred armed government agents to confiscate some bullheaded rancher’s cattle without contemplating how the rest of the nation will interpret your actions.
What was obvious to voters who rejected Barack Obama’s run for the presidency the first and second time was the fact that he lacked any record of competency to be President. The rest voted for him because they wanted to say they helped elect the first black President of the United States and because they believed what this pathological liar said then and since.
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FeaturedInternet/Telecom
U.S. Wireless Competition Criticism “Believe It or Not”
by Scott Cleland March 13, 2014With due credit to “Ripley’s Believe it or Not!,”® so much odd and bizarre is happening in Washington in the “name” of “U.S. wireless competition criticism” that the topic calls for its own collection of: “Believe it or Not!”® oddities.
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The continuing scandal regarding National Security Agency monitoring of U.S. citizens’ and residents’ electronic communications makes one thing perfectly clear: If anyone is going to protect the public from unwanted snooping, the government isn’t it.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Duke Energy Fine for Bird Kills is All Show, No Substance
by Paul Chesser December 4, 2013Last week’s punishment/settlement between the Department of Justice and Duke Energy over bird deaths caused by its wind turbines gives evidence that the Obama administration needed a scapegoat, to defuse accusations that it applies a double-standard in enforcement of wildlife laws.
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EconomicsFeaturedInternet/TelecomPolitics
The FCC/DOJ’s one gigahertz spectrum charade
by Scott Cleland June 10, 2013The FCC and DOJ do not want to look ridiculous applying a spectrum cap to Verizon and AT&T and not Sprint when the FCC’s own Wireless Competition report shows that Sprint controls roughly twice as many MHz per population as either Verizon or AT&T.
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Environment/EnergyPolitics
Does DOJ Take Corporate Espionage Seriously?
by Joe Bast February 21, 2013Today’s Wall Street Journal has a Page 1 story titled “U.S. Ups Ante for Spying on Firms,” describing how “top administration officials” are promising to get tough on hacking and the…