After yesterdays's expulsion of two Tennessee state lawmakers โ Rep. Justin Jones (D) and Rep. Justin Pearson (D) โ for leading gun control rallies following the Nashville shooting, a third lawmaker involved in the demonstrations explains why she was spared the axe. โ Read the rest
Today, the Federal Communications Commission proposed rules to implement the Safe Connections Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law last December. Advocates consider the law a landmark move to stop tech abuse. Under the law, mobile service providers are required to help survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence access resources and maintain critical lines of communication with friends, family, and support organizations.
Under the proposed rules, mobile service providers are required to separate a survivorโs line from a shared or family plan within two business days. Service providers must also โomit records of calls or text messages to certain hotlines from consumer-facing call and text message logs,โ so that abusers cannot see when survivors are seeking help. Additionally, the FCC plans to launch a โLifelineโ program, providing emergency communications support for up to six months for survivors who canโt afford to pay for mobile services.
โThese proposed rules would help survivors obtain separate service lines from shared accounts that include their abusers, protect the privacy of calls made by survivors to domestic abuse hotlines, and provide support for survivors who suffer from financial hardship through our affordability programs,โ the FCCโs announcement said.
Yesterday the GOP called in former Twitter executives to try to make them admit that Twitter had been a hotbed of censorial socialists under the watch of libertarian Jack Dorsey. But AOC reminded everyone in the House yesterday that Twitter made a special effort to amplify then-President Trump's threats, incitements to violence, and racism. โ Read the rest
A Los Angeles-area man suspected of having committed a rash of random public assaults has been arrested and his Tesla Model X seized. 36-year-old Nathaniel Walter Radimak was booked for two outstanding warrants, and assault with a deadly weapon, over ten people have come forward claiming he assaulted them, several dramatically caught on video. โ Read the rest