Obama Wants the Internet Treated as a Utility, Presidential Campaign Season Is Now Underway, New York City Makes Marijuana a Ticketable Offense: P.M. Links

Alienated from congressional
Democrats, President Obama is
looking to achieve results through deals with Republicans and
through executive orders—which just might be mutually incompatible
tactics.
Oh yeah. Obama wants Internet service to be
classified and heavily regulated as a utility. What could go
wrong?
Welcome to the next presidential campaign cycle. Republican and
Democratic front-runners
Rand Paul and
Hillary Clinton are both hitting the trail in search of rubber
chicken. And support.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) also points out that the war against
ISIS lacks congressional authorization and is
illegal
Known for harsh enforcement of drug laws, New York City is
poised to
turn marijuana possession into a ticketable offense. The cops
will find some other reason to lay a beating on you.
With western sanctions hindering sale of Russian gold abroad,
the country’s
central bank stepped in to bridge the gap.
You may not have heard much about Ebola recently, but it’s
still a big concern in Sierra Leone, where
religious services are just about the only public gatherings
still taking place.
Convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal is suing
on First Amendment grounds to overturn a Pennsylvania law
specifically targeted at muzzling him. Way to make the guy a
martyr, geniuses.