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It's Time to Build the Clean Grid of the Future
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America's current electricity grid is beyond outdated, it's ancient. The aging network of electricity transmission is standing in the way of cyber security and President Biden's clean energy goals. Who or what is standing in the way of our crucial grid upgrade? Fossil fuel-backed opposition groups pushing misinformation, writes PPI's Paul Bledsoe.
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** 💻 Tech Support 💻
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> Defending the Internet
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The free and open internet is getting less free and less open, write PPI's Caleb Watney and Alec Stapp. In a new piece, our in-house experts in tech and innovation chart how to protect the internet for all in an age of authoritarianism.
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** > The New Arms Race
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The U.S. Innovation and Competition Act passed last week with strong bipartisan support, catch this quick breakdown of the legislation featuring PPI's Caleb Watney.
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** > What's Your Platform?
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The Wall Street Journal reports on the latest in antitrust legislation from Congress, spotlighting Tech Policy Director Alec Stapp's take on potential platform restrictions.
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** > Broadband, Broadly
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PPI Executive Director Lindsay Lewis writes that connecting rural America to high-speed broadband is possible, and affordable, but we need to abandon the fantasy of government-owned and nonprofit networks.
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> Sound the Alarms
New reporting on the package of five antitrust bills dropped late last week stresses the alarm of pro-business advocates like PPI's Alec Stapp.
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** > Shooting Ourselves in the Foot
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An urgent memo to pro-growth Democrats from PPI President Will Marshall decries the harsh antitrust legislation proposed in the House last week as "wrecking the most vibrant part of our still-recovering economy."
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👂We're All Ears
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On this week's episode of Radically Pragmatic, Michael Mandel and Alec Stapp discuss the recent Investment Heroes report and what it says about corporate investment in the U.S. in 2020.
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On a special episode of the Neoliberal Podcast, Jeremiah welcomes Substack CEO Chris Best to talk – you guessed it – all things Substack. Media junkies won't want to miss it.
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🔥 Hot Off the Press
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In case you missed it, POLITICO's Influence newsletter featured Jack Karsten, our new Managing Director for the Innovation Frontier Project. Welcome, Jack, we're happy you're here!
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** > Climate Catch-Up
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With the "Climate President" in the White House, PPI's go-to climate expert Paul Bledsoe stays busy. Read up on the latest reporting featuring Paul's climate policy expertise.
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