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Trump Renominates Ajit Pai For Five More Years at the FCC (theverge.com)
According to Axios, Bloomberg, and several other publications, President Trump has nominated FCC chairman Ajit Pai for a second five-year term at the commission. "Pai's current term ended last June, though he's been able to stick around through the end of the year even without reconfirmation," reports The Verge. From the report: The nomination comes just days after Pai sat down with the president for a meeting, during which they're said to have "reconnected" but without actually discussing anything the commission is actively considering. Pai will need confirmation from the Senate for the nomination to be approved. He was first nominated in 2012 to fill the slot of a commissioner. With approval, he'll be able to stick around through at least the entirety of Trump's current term. The question now is when Trump will nominate people to fill the two slots still vacant at the commission. The FCC remains short staffed, with only three out of five seated leaders, which somewhat limits how quickly Pai is able to get through his agenda.
The Ajit Pai who is a son of immigrants (per Wikipedia)?
An Indian-American, the first Indian-American to hold an FCC chairmanship?
That Ajit Pai?
Wasn't Trump supposed to be a racist who hates all non-whites and wants to deport all immigrants?
Why would he meet with and re-nominate an Indian-American son of immigrants if that is so?
... so, of course, Trump wants him to stay. He's *destroying* net neutrality.
Didn't you know? Oppressing communists is an American tradition.
Good luck with that.
all i can say is that pai must be good for the US.
Sorry, U.S. labor got outsourced to China and given away to H-1B's from India. If you want to unionize them, you'll need to learn Chinese or Hindi.
Will he support Qualcomm?
Not anymore it isn't. Didn't you know? We're basically like bro's now with Russia!
If 1950's Republicans saw what was happening now in their party they'd have another heart attack.
You're still whining about Clinton?
Please, find something more relevant to complain about, trumpbots.
Bad joke is bad.
If 1950's Republicans saw what was happening now in their party they'd have another heart attack.
You're right in that that applies to any party from the 50's compared to the modern party. Not sure the point of that statement when it applies to everyone.
hillary should be in orange.. while the white house *is* orange. ya ya what she wasn't that smart, not technically illegal at the time, but still not that smart. pence is guilty of the same damn thing, you know. trump? guilty of far worse... what he's doing *right now* is far worse than anything hillary could have come up with.
You don't dispute his description of Trump, you attack him as liberal copy-pasta man.
The funniest thing is you don't even see it.
I should get one of those postings at the FCC!
Under this administration I'm totally the perfect candidate!
[1] I have no idea what the job is
[2] I will likely be incompetent.
[3] I own a sledgehammer.
See, complete and total qualifications!
Donald Trump, on a crusade to make Nixon look respectable
The 80's called. They want their anti-Soviet meme back!
Translation: Soviet != Russian
Like the Clinton supporters whining about how she really won.
He should make it through Trump's entire term, but he probably shouldn't personally visit any Red states.
I don't think the argument is that Trump is himself a racist,
Well DUH, in the eyes of the federal government, he is very much a racist. Trump has paid more in fines for his racist behavior than any other US citizen in history.
racists tolerate 'lesser races' so long as they occupy lower rungs on the social ladder. Only when racists have to compete with or serve their 'racial inferiors' does the bile start to flow.
oh yes EXACTLY, slave owners were NICE to slaves, they said kind things to them and treated them like fellow human beings.
WTF???
fuck over them godless liberal elitists with their internets and their immoral netflix and chill. Do you really think the typical rustbelt, bible-thumper who voted for Trump cares if the internet gets destroyed ?
Trump could tell them that destroying the internet would make it harder for companies to open factories in other countries and they'll come running into your local starbux tomorrow with a pair of wire-cutters trying to sabotage the wifi.
Unicode killed the ASCII-art *
You'd actually have a more accurate picture if you said "If 1950's democrats saw what was being done in their party, the republicans, today".
Considering that after the civil rights act was passed all the dixiecrats joined the republican party, the Southern Blue states all went redder than Lord Dampnut's spraytan and all the liberal republicans joined the democrats (contrary to a popular myth though - this did not include MLK - who never supported or joined EITHER party).
Unicode killed the ASCII-art *
You do realize that Putin is not a Marxist or Communist.
You do realize that the USSR has been dead and buried for over 25 years,
For years US Conservatives were saying that they had no issue with the Russian people - they had a problem with a philosophy that negated individual rights and promoted group values instead.
1950s Republicans (and Democrats) would be appalled at the contempt that the progressive left has for individual liberty.
Russia is just another country acting in what they think is their best interest. No different than France, Argentina or China (yup China ain't Maoist any more).
If you're scared of your govt then you need to further restrict its powers
Vote 3rd Party in 2016 and beyond
We must protect Americans. Everyone legally residing in America. Nobody else has a right to be protected.
If you feel like continuing a circle jerk, sure.