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This Week In Techdirt History: February 27th – March 5th

2 years 10 months ago
Five Years Ago This week in 2017, new FCC boss Ajit Pai was getting down to work: moving to kill broadband privacy protections, falsely claiming benefits from his attacks on net neutrality (which he also called a mistake), and scaling back rules that forced ISPs to be clear about usage caps and hidden fees. On […]
Leigh Beadon

Most Russians probably support the Ukraine war. Here’s why.

2 years 10 months ago
Do ordinary Russians support the Ukraine war? No one can say for sure, but a best guess is that most of them do. Why is this? It's not so hard to figure out. First off, as background, Russians spent centuries resenting the cultural and economic dominance of the West. They especially resented it because it ...continue reading "Most Russians probably support the Ukraine war. Here’s why."
Kevin Drum

St. Louis bar shooting leaves 2 victims with critical injuries

2 years 10 months ago
ST. LOUIS--Police say four to five men fired shots into a North St. Louis bar early Saturday morning, sending two victims to the hospital with what has been described as critical injuries. Authorities were called to the Diamond Squared Bar at North Prairie and St. Louis Avenue just after midnight after receiving multiple calls for [...]
Gregg Palermo

White Christians of all types prefer Republicans to Democrats

2 years 10 months ago
Here is a chart from Ryan Burge: The most interesting part of this is that every single white Christian group feels closer to Republicans than Democrats. That includes not just white evangelicals, but white mainstream Protestants and white Catholics. It's only the white atheists and non-Christians who feel closer to Democrats. Also interesting: Every white ...continue reading "White Christians of all types prefer Republicans to Democrats"
Kevin Drum