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[Link] Free Community College in the US Is Officially Dead
Read: 7/2/2022 www.vice.com
The Biden administration’s more than $45 billion plan to offer free community college to Americans is officially dead. The lofty promise from the president’s 2020 campaign, would have provided eligible students with the option to go to college for at least two years without any cost to them.
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[Link] The iPhone 13 Screen Is a Repair Nightmare That Could Destroy Repair Shops Forever
Read: 7/11/2021 www.vice.com
A tweak to the iPhone’s repairability that has been long prophesied and feared has finally come to pass, giving staggering new urgency for legislation that makes repair more accessible: The iPhone 13’s screen cannot be replaced without special software controlled by Apple.
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[Link] House Democrats Back Off Targeting Billionaire Tax Schemes and Swap in New Nicotine Levy
Read: 6/11/2021 theintercept.com
A new version of the Build Back Better Act that the House Rules Committee released Wednesday was amended to protect tax avoidance schemes used by the ultrawealthy in their estate planning.
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[Link] The U.S. Wants to Turn Both Coasts Into Massive OffshorWindfarms
Read: 17/10/2021 www.vice.com
The Biden administration is planning a rapid buildout of offshore wind turbines along the U.S. coastline.
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[Link] Biden sets himself apart by placing Afghanistan blame at predecessors’ feet
Read: 1/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
Victory speeches are easy; conceding defeat is much harder. On Tuesday, Joe Biden tacitly blamed his predecessors for the failure of America’s longest war but implied that, against all odds, one winner had emerged: him.
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[Link] Biden Assured Allies in June U.S. Would Ensure Kabul’s Stability
Read: 22/8/2021 www.bloomberg.com
President Joe Biden told key allies in June that he would maintain enough of a security presence in Afghanistan to ensure they could continue to operate in the capital following the main U.S.
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[Link] Joe Biden says he stands by US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Read: 17/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
US President Joe Biden says he stands squarely behind his decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, after the Taliban seized power in just over a week. Mr Biden said the collapse of the Afghan armed forces was quicker than anticipated, but insisted contingency plans were in place.
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[Link] Biden's Infrastructure Bill Will Try and Rebuild America's Forests
Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com
Wildfires have destroyed an average of 7 -million acres of American forest every year since 2000. This fragments ecosystems, kills off wildlife, and shrinks our best natural weapon against greenhouse gas emissions: trees. The latest version of the $1.
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[Link] Nancy Pelosi’s Surprise Flip on Student Debt Cancellation Came After Urging From Billionaire Power Couple
Read: 7/8/2021 theintercept.com
The drive to persuade President Joe Biden to cancel student debt took a major hit last week when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stunned Congress with a surprise statement in opposition.
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[Link] The Future of Cryptocurrency Is Being Decided in Biden's Infrastructure Bill
Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com
Two competing amendments to the Senate’s infrastructure bill may shape the future of cryptocurrency in the United States as senators fight over who must be subject to new tax reporting requirements.
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[Link] Senate Infrastructure Bill Would Invest $500 Million in “Smart City” Surveillance Technology
Read: 7/8/2021 theintercept.com
Buried in the Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure bill is a grant program that would distribute $500 million to cities to experiment with sensors, autonomous vehicles, drones, and other technologies intended to improve urban living standards. Under the $1.
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[Link] Biden Broadband Plan Weakened by Lobbying and ‘Bipartisan Compromise’
Read: 5/8/2021 www.vice.com
The Biden administration’s original $100 billion broadband plan has been steadily scaled back by “bipartisan compromise” and telecom lobbying.
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[Link] Biden asks Congress to extend COVID-19 eviction ban set to expire this week
Read: 30/7/2021 www.reuters.com
WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden asked Congress on Thursday to extend a moratorium on evictions to protect millions of U.S. renters and their families that is set to expire this week amid a deadly rise in coronavirus infections, the White House said.
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[Link] DACA: Joe Biden Pledges to Fight for Program after Judge Rules Against It
Read: 30/7/2021 www.teenvogue.com
The legal fight over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program continues. The Obama-era policy has provided hundreds of thousands of migrant Dreamers with legal protections against deportation.
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[Link] “Bad mergers” and noncompete clauses targeted in Biden executive order
Read: 14/7/2021 arstechnica.com
President Joe Biden announced his anticipated executive order today, and it’s a sweeping document that seeks to counter rising corporate consolidation and foster greater competition in everything from labor markets to mergers, banking, healthcare, device repairs, transportation, broadband, and mor
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