Senate votes 49-47 to appoint Trump ally Nathan Simington to the FCC for a five-year term, which could mire the FCC in partisan gridlock (Karl Bode/VICE)

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Senate votes 49-47 to appoint Trump ally Nathan Simington to the FCC for a five-year term, which could mire the FCC in partisan gridlock  —  Nathan Simington’s was chosen to attack free speech and net neutrality.  He could gridlock internet policy for the next five years.