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📡The Affordable Connectivity Program (#ACP) funding is running out sooner than expected. Skye Downing, an ACP recipient and CTN employee, highlights its importance in this article from The American Prospect: "To some people, a $30 subsidy may not seem like a lot, but to those it does matter to, it is a lot." https://ow.ly/ty2K50QVfVj #BroadbandAccess #AffordableConnectivity #Internet4all
The FTC recently found that fracking CEO Scott Sheffield colluded with OPEC to fix oil prices, costing the average American over $2,100 a year. Sheffield is a GOP mega-donor, and has also contributed to some Democrats.
The Senate Finance Committee wants to create a new program to incentivize better practices. Critics say there’s an easier way: end kickbacks between suppliers and bulk purchasers.
In his weekly column The Infernal Triangle, Rick Perlstein explores how right-wing companies like the Black Rifle Coffee Company capitalize on veterans’ trauma and foment political division to make a profit.
