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California man arrested for threatening to kill FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's family over net neutrality
A 33-year-old resident of Norwalk, California was arrested today for sending threatening emails to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai last year, according to the US Department of Justice. The threats, sent by an individual named Makara Man, were made primarily in the second of three messages sent to Pai's official FCC email accounts in late December, just days after the FCC voted to repeal net neutrality protections.
The first email allegedly accused Pai of causing the suicide of a teenager through his actions that led to the net neutrality vote. The second email contained an explicit threat against members of Pai's family, as well as a listing of three locations in and around Arlington, Virginia where Pai is said to live. The third email allegedly contained a photo of Pai and a separate photo of Pai and his family.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Sunday July 01 2018, @10:25PM (1 child)
51% of the people did, we needed 52. I'm convinced this is some kind of power gamble that the parties play, running so tight on the issues that elections come out on a knife edge - maximize power when you win, and when you lose it still gives maximal negotiation power.
If the politicians would take a hard stand on the issues deep into winning territory, they'd be stuck with that stance, unable to horse-trade for favors after the election.
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(Score: 1) by Sulla on Monday July 02 2018, @01:10AM
The answer of course was that Ajit would have been on the board regardless of who the president was, he was recommended by Obama and got a "bi-partisan" vote in both houses of the legislature.
The parties do this alot, you are correct. If they cared about abortion they would have codified something when Obama held both houses, same for almost all of the issues the Dems say they care about. Republicans have had similar times where they had the ability to act but sat on their hands. Afterall, if either side dealt witht he gun issue it would be one less issue to argue about at election time.
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