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🚨 Senate Commerce officially sets plans to vote on FCC nominee Gigi Sohn at next Wednesday’s markup session

Also included: FTC nominee Alvaro Bedoya

Their confirmations would create Democratic majorities at the FCC and FTC respectively

Trump. Tucker. CPAC. Now the NY Republican Club. They’re fascists. They’re *TELLING YOU* they’re fascists. They’re even in NY–NY Times! Maybe write about THIS(!?) this week, force yourselves to skip the Jane Goodall expedition to the f*king diner in my neck of the woods?? https://twitter.com/letsgomathias/status/1486379926043439106

Nigeria will prioritise tax collection from its digital economy in 2022 and focus on non-resident firms with significant economic presence that generate turnover in the West African country, the country’s tax chief said on Thursday. https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigeria-prioritise-taxes-digital-non-resident-firms-2022-2022-01-20/

The last-minute push for a second and completely unnecessary hearing from Senator Wicker for FCC nominee @gigibsohn is about one thing: “Delay Delay Delay”

@SenatorCantwell and @commercedems should reject this call — it’s time for a fully functioning FCC https://www.dailydot.com/debug/gigi-sohn-fcc-nomination-republican-obstruction/

Fits with Google’s increasingly open interest in Pentagon work https://www.wired.com/story/3-years-maven-uproar-google-warms-pentagon/ https://twitter.com/_jack_poulson/status/1484268721094938630

Canada’s big telecom companies lobbied Ottawa nearly 400 times in 2021, more than once every single day. They’re also getting everything they want. Coincidence? Regulatory capture is real. New #ChoiceWords blog by @peternowak: https://blogs.teksavvy.com/three-telcos-in-a-trenchcoat-industry-policy-sway-needs-attention

@RichLightShed I think $MS will have to divest something, probably King, in order to get it done just so Anti Trust can pretend it’s paying attention. Plus it will pay for a large part of the deal. Good opening for $PLTK or $APP