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Michael Calabrese

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Director, Wireless Future at New America's Open Technology Institute -- and advocate for digital equity, open spectrum and all things wireless.

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New America @newamerica.org · 06/07/2026
How should the U.S. prepare for the 2027 World Radiocommunication Conference? A new Wireless Future report identifies five priorities for the U.S. delegation as countries negotiate the spectrum rules that will shape global connectivity. 🌐 go.newamerica.org/wrc-27-priorities…
A group of people in formal attire are seated in an auditorium, focused on a presentation. The text below the image reads: "Leading on LEO Satellite Policy: U.S. Priorities for the 2027 World Radiocommunication Conference" by Michael Calabrese, Kristian Stout, Jessica Dine, and Gerald Adams
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Trump’s Pentagon wants $80 billion to cover the cost of his illegal war on Iran. That money could… -Extend ACA subsidies for 2.5 years -Cover SNAP benefits for 35 million people -Cover Medicaid for 23 million children It’s not about what we can afford. It’s about our priorities.
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Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 25/05/2026
One of many striking statements about AI in Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical “Magnifica Humanitas” (Latin for “Magnificent Humanity”):“No computational system, however sophisticated, can create a heart that gives itself, or a conscience that discerns good from evil.”
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Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)
ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [ Multimedia ] ___________________________
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Trump called fallen service members "losers" and "suckers" — according to his chief of staff — he accused soldiers with PTSD of not being "strong," demeaned POWs, and insulted Gold Star parents & a widow. When he pretends to honor service members, don't believe it.
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Forget the lame DNC autopsy: The real reason Democrats lost in 2024 open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
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The real reason Democrats lost in 2024
The DNC "autopsy" omits the biggest reason Democrats lost in 2024. In doing so, it fails to prepare the party for the future
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
We are excited to support the Digital Opportunity Foundation Act. To see returns on our investments in digital infrastructure & #AI, we need to support a hub for funding, resource sharing & developing best practices around adoption & digital upskilling. www.lujan.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
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Luján, Matsui Introduce Legislation to Expand Digital Opportunity, Inclusion, and Literacy - Senator Ben Ray Luján
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, and U.S. Representative Doris Matsui (D-C...
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Passing the Digital Opportunity Foundation Act is critical to closing the #digitaldivide! Congress must enable sustainable investments in digital literacy & adoption if we want Americans to be prepared for emerging technologies like #AI. www.lujan.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
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Luján, Matsui Introduce Legislation to Expand Digital Opportunity, Inclusion, and Literacy - Senator Ben Ray Luján
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, and U.S. Representative Doris Matsui (D-C...
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Technology & Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · 21/05/2026
OTI is excited to support the Digital Opportunity Foundation Act. To see returns on our investments in digital infrastructure & #AI, we need to support a hub for funding, resource sharing & developing best practices around adoption & digital upskilling. www.lujan.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
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Luján, Matsui Introduce Legislation to Expand Digital Opportunity, Inclusion, and Literacy - Senator Ben Ray Luján
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, and U.S. Representative Doris Matsui (D-C...
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The #UniversalServiceFund (#USF) is central to closing the #DigitalDivide, but its full potential for the future requires major reforms, according to a new @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org report by OTI’s @jessicadine.bsky.social and @tabularaza.net. Read more: www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...
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Bridging the Gap: Funding Universal Service in the Broadband Era
The key tool meant to help everyone in the United States access communications services is stuck in the past. Here are the paths forward.
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The full potential of #UniversalServiceFund (#USF) to close the #DigitalDivide can’t be realized without major reforms, starting with the contribution base! So says OTI's new report by @jessicadine.bsky.social & @tabularaza.net @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...
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Bridging the Gap: Funding Universal Service in the Broadband Era
The key tool meant to help everyone in the United States access communications services is stuck in the past. Here are the paths forward.
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
By implementing privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), public agencies can enhance security, maintain public trust, and comply with evolving #privacy regulations, according to a new report by @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org’s @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social: www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...
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How to Protect Government Data with Privacy-Enhancing Technology
A practical guide to how PETs can help governments use our data responsibly and reduce privacy risks.
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Technology & Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · 09/07/2025
New #BEAD guidance from @commercegov.bsky.social’s Howard Lutnick will force states to “redo the results of years of planning on a draconian 90-day timeline,” which could lead to consumers paying more for lower quality #broadband, OTI's @jessicadine.bsky.social wrote in @newsweek.com:
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We're Pouring Billions into a Broadband Program Doomed to Fail | Opinion
We're about to see a perfect storm of rushed decisions from states and providers who don't have all the information they need. The likely outcome? Worse quality internet at higher prices for consumers...
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Technology & Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · 17/07/2025
In response to the challenges of age verification mandates & a recent #SCOTUS decision, the Open Technology Institute's new brief explores a path toward implementation that protects a person’s #privacy & #data security through zero-knowledge proofs. Learn more:
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Exploring Privacy-Preserving Age Verification: A Close Look at Zero-Knowledge Proofs
New America’s Open Technology Institute offers a path toward exploring privacy-preserving age verification.
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Politico @politico.com · 17/07/2025
EXCLUSIVE: Fired DOJ prosecutor Maurene Comey sends message to former colleagues, warning that ‘Fear is the tool of the tyrant.’
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Maurene Comey warns her former colleagues: ‘Fear is the tool of the tyrant’
“If a career prosecutor can be fired without reason, fear may seep into the decisions of those who remain. Do not let that happen,” she wrote.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Medicaid covers... -40% of births nationwide -50% of kids with special needs -72 million people in total Remember this as Republicans gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.  "Party of family values."
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
I'm attending Swing Left's event, “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: Rally · Volunteer organized for John Lewis Actions” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/swingleft/ev...
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GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: Rally · Volunteer organized for John Lewis Actions · Swing Left
### Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action ### to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the ...
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
In @techpolicypress, @lcoral.bsky.social (@newamerica.org) writes that to rebuild public trust in govt. & tech, public interest #technologists must double down on putting communities at the center of how our digital systems are designed & used. www.techpolicy.press/how-to-rebui...
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How to Rebuild Public Trust in Technology and Government | TechPolicy.Press
To rebuild public trust in government and technology, public interest technologists need to double down on centering communities, Lilian Coral writes.
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New America @newamerica.org · 20/06/2025
Thanks to AI, higher ed institutions find themselves at a crossroad: Take a leap of faith on innovation or abstain to ensure autonomy/student privacy? The answer, per @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social & Joel Yong: None of the above! 💡 @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org: go.newamerica.org/new-trolley-...
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The public’s waning trust in both government and technology companies has deepened. To rebuild it, public interest technologists need to double down on putting communities at the center of how our digital systems are designed and used, Lilian Coral writes.
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How to Rebuild Public Trust in Technology and Government | TechPolicy.Press
To rebuild public trust in government and technology, public interest technologists need to double down on centering communities, Lilian Coral writes.
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Hoping @maddow.msnbc.com will tell us why the NYT decided not to cover ~10 M Americans coming out to protest -- I cannot even find a squib (as the WashPo ran as a sidebar to their Trump Glorification stories). This had to be a top-level decision to surrender to Trump @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
"Interest has dramatically picked up in recent days. Sign-ups surpassed 5,000 — the capacity for the plaza where the rally is scheduled — and organizers are working with law enforcement to potentially close roads to ensure the safety of a larger crowd..." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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‘No Kings’ protests nationwide to push back on Trump’s ‘overreach’
On the same day as the president’s military parade in D.C., thousands of people are expected to protest what they call his dangerous brand of authoritarianism.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
""It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy," said Simon..." www.wnep.com/article/news...
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Wayne County community rally amid ICE raid at restaurant
Newswatch 16's Emily Kress spoke with people in the Honesdale community who are shaken after watching three restaurant employees get detained.
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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
A 10 year ban on state AI laws will have devastating consequences for workers, consumers, and kids. The consequence of AI on jobs is not getting enough attention in our politics. I make the case against the ban in this interview with the Verge. www.theverge.com/politics/681...
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A ban on state AI laws could smash Big Tech’s legal guardrails
Facial recognition and kids online safety laws could be impacted, too.
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS San Francisco” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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NO KINGS San Francisco · Indivisible
Indivisible SF and 50501SF are hosting a No Kings mass mobilization on June 14, 2025. We will gather at Dolores Park at 11:30 AM, and March at 12 NOON SHARP to Civic Center Plaza via Market St. There,...
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Huh? @LindseyGrahamSC is disturbing: Why are ICE arrests "covert"? ICE agents wear masks because to encourage them to be needlessly violent - exactly what Trump wants!
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Senate Republicans vote to widen the Homework Gap by repealing FCC Order that allows schools to use E-Rate funds to lend Wi-Fi hotspots to poor kids without home internet. @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org @opentechinst.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
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POLITICO Pro: Senate moves to ax Biden-era Wi-Fi hotspot rule
E-Rate is among the subsidies included in the Universal Service Fund, but Democrats argued it needed to be expanded to subsidize Wi-Fi hotspots.
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
New @SDGBenchmarks data shows that the world’s largest tech giants are still failing to create the guardrails needed to protect the rights of billions online, per the 2025 @rankingrights Index. None scored above 50%. Read more: bit.ly/RDR25 #RDR2025
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The 2025 Ranking Digital Rights Big Tech Edition
A comprehensive ranking of top big tech disclosed policies and practices affecting people’s rights to freedom of expression and privacy.
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Technology & Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · 18/04/2025
Check out this new @techpolicypress.bsky.social Q&A! Planetary Politics Senior Fellow Akash Kapur interviews Stefaan Verhulst (@sverhulst.bsky.social), co-founder of @thegovlab.org & @thedatatank.bsky.social. www.techpolicy.press/q-a-with-ste...
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A Q&A with Stefaan Verhulst, Co-Founder of The GovLab and The Data Tank | TechPolicy.Press
New America senior fellow Akash Kapur spoke to Verhulst about ways to enable private data to be reused for the public good.
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Tim Wu @superwuster.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
DOGE may well cost more than it saves www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump administration’s mass firings could leave federal government with ‘monumental’ bill, say experts
Lawyer says ‘astounding’ purge will cost government, after workers with positive reviews cut due to ‘poor performance’
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
By implementing privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), public agencies can enhance security, maintain public trust, and comply with evolving #privacy regulations, according to a new report by @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...
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How to Protect Government Data with Privacy-Enhancing Technology
A practical guide to how PETs can help governments use our data responsibly and reduce privacy risks.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Based on the replies l, it looks like there a lot of fed workers on @bsky.app I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I can't imagine the shit you are going through right now Thanks for your service to our country
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
By implementing privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), public agencies can enhance security, maintain public trust, and comply with evolving #privacy regulations. See this new report by @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org’s @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social: www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...
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How to Protect Government Data with Privacy-Enhancing Technology
A practical guide to how PETs can help governments use our data responsibly and reduce privacy risks.
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New America @newamerica.org · 21/03/2025
"Managing this moment means balancing the immediate crisis with the important big picture." @educationwork.newamerica.org 's Edward Conroy highlights the importance of staying focused in the midst of public policy chaos for The Thread. 🔗
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Holding onto Hope in 2025: Why Long-Term Policy Solutions Still Matter
Eddy Conroy shares why doing the important policy work keeps him optimistic about a better future for Americans beyond Trump’s second term.
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New America @newamerica.org · 21/03/2025
This #WorldPoetryDay, we celebrate the profound impact of poetry as a form of artistic expression and mirror to our shared human experiences. The Thread highlights New America Fellows and acclaimed poets @kaysarahsera.bsky.social and @clintsmithiii.bsky.social. ✒️
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World Poetry Day: Celebrating the Power of Poetry with Sarah Kay and Clint Smith
Explore the powerful poetry of former New America Fellows Sarah Kay and Clint Smith, reflecting on culture and the transformative power of words.
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Elon Musk Is Corrupting More Than Just Government www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/o...
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Opinion | Elon Musk Is Corrupting More Than Just Government
Silicon Valley is becoming all the things it once hated.
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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
If GOP lawmakers won't talk to voters about DOGE’s Medicaid cuts and Trump’s mass firings, I will. That’s why I’m hosting three Benefits Over Billionaires town halls in California to speak directly with voters betrayed by this administration. RSVP: linktr.ee/ro_khanna_to...
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
For a good laugh, read this @nytimes.com article - I've never read such tech illiteracy by not 1, but 4 reporters! They seem to think Starlink is a Wi-Fi service - and a cellular service - and then claim it is backhaul for WH fiber network! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
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Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex (Gift Article)
Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.
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Harold Feld @haroldfeld.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Warning from (now former) NTIA official that Lutnick is going at warp speed to shift BEAD money from local builds to SpaceX/StarLink, despite concerns about capacity and quality. www.politico.com/news/2025/03... (Oh yeah, and corruption 'n stuff.)
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Top broadband official exits Commerce Department with sharp Musk warning
“Stranding all or part of rural America with worse internet so that we can make the world's richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” Evan Feinman warned.
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Donald Trump is ignoring the constitution to go after his political enemies. We’ve been saying it for months. Trump's authoritarianism is a clear and present danger to our democracy.
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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Trump upending world order will cost America dearly
The decline of American influence is a gift to Russia and China.
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Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Here's the full email. Feinman's term ended and he was not reappointed. The Commerce Dept. is still weighing how it will change BEAD, but its stated preference for a low-cost, "tech neutral" use of funds could mean billions more for satellite operators like Starlink.
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Very good read - and hopefully Snyder's 2d scenario isn't the thing about Putin that Trump says only he knows.
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
There’s a slew of new info on the #Trump admin’s quick & vast executive actions. That’s why @lcoral.bsky.social of @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org is penning a series of articles to make sense of trends impacting #tech policy, starting with these first 30 days: www.newamerica.org/oti/blog/tru...
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Trump’s Tech Governance: Making Sense of the Administration’s First 30 Days
As the Trump administration concludes the first 30 days, three worrying trends emerge at the intersection of tech and democracy.
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Great to see 2 fired members of PCLOB suing ... Congress can create agencies like FTC, FCC as "independent" (and has for 90 years!). The President's role is to "faithfully execute the laws", not to re-write them. @opentechinst.bsky.social @newamerica.org www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/u...
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Two Members of Privacy Watchdog, Summarily Fired by Trump, File Lawsuit (Gift Article)
The case joins a rising number of legal challenges to President Trump’s firing spree that has violated limits on his power.
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
This post by @lcoral.bsky.social of @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org helps make sense of the initial flurry #Trump executive actions re tech . . . first in a series to make sense of trends impacting #tech policy, starting with these first 30 days @newamerica.org www.newamerica.org/oti/blog/tru...
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Trump’s Tech Governance: Making Sense of the Administration’s First 30 Days
As the Trump administration concludes the first 30 days, three worrying trends emerge at the intersection of tech and democracy.
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Michael Calabrese @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Agree! Awesome news that means the "Laboratory of the States" is the arena for protecting consumers online - not just net neutrality, but affordability, privacy, discrimination and more. @opentechinst.bsky.social @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
This is indeed brilliant
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Gigi Sohn @gbsohn.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I cancelled my subscription today. This was the straw that broke my back, though it probably should have months ago.
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Brian Fung @brianfung.me · 19/02/2025
Some toplines from today’s interview youtu.be/y3FYjfCPZZ8?...
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“Blatantly illegal”: Harold Feld of Public Knowledge on Trump’s new EO
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