The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed billionaires such as Julian Sinclair Smith to buy up vast swathes of our nation's media.

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Much like Jeff Bezos piloting the Washington Post cutting off fuel to the journalist engines.

Corrupt right-wing politicians and their doppelganger centrist liberal counterparts support privatization of government functions solely to divert public funds into private pockets, not coincidentally pockets belonging to their wealthy supporters. End the for-profit looting of government services.

Rejoice, friends
Big government is over
From now on, instead of community
You will be left
In the marketplace
To fend for yourselves
Claw for yourselves
Stab for yourselves
Guard for yourselves
What little money, savings, dignity, and shelter you have left

-- Jello Biafra, Every Home A Prison 1997

That is interesting. Apparently it is ironic that Jackson Browne was the guilty party dragging Winslow Arizona into the range of our hearing, according to an interview with Browne:
web.archive.org/web/20110714...

A wave may be described as a superposition of plane waves, but it often turns out that most of these plane waves are evanescent.

Gerrymandering is anti-democratiic cheating that demoralizes the out-party, thereby suppressing turnout. Weak turnout affects all races, even for statewide offices. Gerrymandering needs to be eliminated.

Tangentially it is worth noting that the Washington Free Beacon puts a heavy right-wing spin on all of its reporting. For an example see its description of RMI as a "China-Tied Think Tank", and the associated presentation of the American Energy Institute as an unbiased source.

LoL. He should be prosecuted, where is the "Justice for All" ?

Far less concerned with the victory speech in light of the million dollar checks.