The Daily Populous

Saturday April 15th, 2017 morning edition

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US Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) was hosting a town hall meeting when a constituent asked about the decision to eliminate privacy rules.

The person in the audience was disputing the Republican argument that ISPs shouldn't face stricter requirements than websites such as Facebook.

But when it comes to Internet service providers, the person said, "I have one choice.

@JimPressOffice tells his constituents not to use the internet if they don't like his vote to sell out their privacy to advertisers.

Sensenbrenner did not address the fact that the privacy rules would have let customers make a choice about whether their data is tracked and used.

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), who introduced the resolution to eliminate privacy rules, was also confronted about the privacy rules at a town hall on Thursday.

A recent survey found that 72 percent of Republicans and 72 percent of Democrats opposed the rollback of privacy rules. »

TV News Poll: Bill O'Reilly Viewed Most Negatively Among News Figures

Authored by hollywoodreporter.com

TV News Poll: Bill O'Reilly Viewed Most Negatively Among News Figures.

Bill O'Reilly has been voted the most unfavorably viewed news figure, according to a poll conducted by the National Research Group and commissioned by The Hollywood Reporter.

Megyn Kelly and Rachel Maddow both tied at 17 percent "very unfavorable" responses, and Brian Williams was viewed very unfavorably by 14 percent. »

Pharmaceutical giant 'plotted to destroy cancer drugs to drive prices up 4000%'

Authored by independent.co.uk

Staff at Aspen Pharmacare reportedly plotted to destroy stocks of life-saving medicines during a price dispute with the Spanish health service in 2014.

Price rises for generic cancer drugs, such as those acquired by Aspen, cost the NHS in England around £380m a year for prescriptions dispensed outside hospitals, the European Cancer Congress has estimated.

7/13 Dying of a cancer caused by infection also comes in highly, linked to 3,421 cancer deaths a year. »

Sean Spicer Can't Explain Donald Trump's Flip-Flops

Authored by archive.is

During Thursday’s White House briefing, reporters wanted to know what had happened, and what this meant for other Trump positions—where they equally malleable?.

Luckily, there’s someone whose job is to answer those questions, giving the press information about the president’s thinking and direction: the White House press secretary.

Still, the correct answer is surely to defend whatever whatever the president says his policy is right now. »