Current Events > LIVE: FCC voting on Net Neutrality

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Just read the verge article. America keeps on getting worse. So excited to be throttled and forced to pay the highest premiums. MAGA imbeciles ruined the country and now they ruined the internet

Somewhere, Putin is laughing his ass off
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Donald Trump is a modern day hero. We are the good guys.
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SavenForever posted...

DK9292 posted...

I'm mad about something, so I will go ahead and take it out on you because I feel like it!

FTFY

Also, this just affects America, so I don't know why you are going all YEE HAAAAAAW YEE HAAAAAAAW on me.

It doesn't. EVERYTHING America does eventually trickles down over here.
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RIP internet
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--kresnik-- posted...

Donald Trump is a modern day hero. We are the good guys.

The champion of shady industry and corporate bigotry. What a hero...
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Burgess posted...

Saying someone needs to be killed over this is a little much.

I don't think so. Not anymore.
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Antifar posted...

Why is this in particular the policy that has folks reaching for the guillotines?

Straw that broke the camel's back
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but for real

the fact that individual people are "donating" that much money should ring all the alarm bells. <_< It should be illegal and those that participate in it should be locked up for trying to subvert and pervert the FCC's job
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tremain07 posted...

Mo Brooks, Alabama, $26,000
Ron Estes, Kansas, $13,807
Thomas Massie, Kentucky, $25,000
Ralph Norman, South Carolina, $15,050
John Moolenaar, Michigan, $25,000
Neal Dunn, Florida, $18,500
Mike Bishop, Michigan, $68,250
Alex Mooney, West Virginia, $17,750
Glenn GT Thompson, Pennsylvania, $70,500
Blaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri, $105,000
Paul Gosar, Arizona, $12,250
Richard W. Allen, Georgia, $24,250
Kevin Cramer, North Dakota, $168,500
Greg Walden, Oregon, $1,605,986
Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee, $600,999
Billy Long, Missouri, $221,500
Gregg Harper, Mississippi, $245,200
Brett Guthrie, Kentucky, $398,500
Bill Johnson, Ohio, $196,666
Jeff Duncan, South Carolina, $41,830
Earl Buddy Carter, Georgia, $39,250
Susan Brooks, Indiana, $168,500
Gus Bilirakis, Florida, $234,400
Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma, $141,750
Mimi Walters, California, $161,500
Joe Barton, Texas, $1,262,757
Bill Flores, Texas, $127,500
Pete Olson, Texas, $220,500
Morgan Griffith, Virginia, $198,900
Tim Walberg, Michigan, $131,850
Fred Upton, Michigan, $1,590,125
Joe Wilson, South Carolina, $104,750
Martha McSally, Arizona, $84,936
Blake Farenthold, Texas, $64,250
Steve Womack, Arkansas, $104,750
Tom Marino, Pennsylvania, $130,700
Louie Gohmert, Texas, $85,055
Walter Jones, North Carolina, $72,800
Leonard Lance, New Jersey, $290,550
Steve Chabot, Ohio, $332,083
Bob Goodlatte, Virginia, $815,099
Andy Biggs, Arizona, $19,500
Mark Walker, North Carolina, $35,750
Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin, $21,200
Ken Buck, Colorado, $79,350
Larry Bucshon, Indiana, $71,750
Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee, $42,00
David Rouzer, North Carolina, $34,300
Paul Mitchell, Michigan, $18,000
Hal Rogers, Kentucky, $360,450
Doug Collins, Georgia, $103,600
Ralph Abraham, Louisiana, $27,300
Mark Meadows, North Carolina, $14,500
Michael McCaul, Texas, $216,500
Jeb Hensarling, Texas, $270,198
Mike Simpson, Idaho, $125,200
Tom Emmer, Minnesota, $28,500
Randy Weber, Texas, $13,750
Rob Woodall, Georgia, $60,250
Ted Budd, North Carolina, $15,500
Ken Calvert, California, $219,212
Diane Black, Tennessee, $104,750
Virginia Foxx, North Carolina, $115,700
Sam Johnson, Texas, $219,785
James Comer, Kentucky, $22,750
Trey Gowdy, South Carolina, $83,250
Lamar Smith, Texas, $810,462
Steven A King, Iowa, $210,810
George Holding, North Carolina, $97,750
Rob Wittman, Virginia, $57,250
John Lee Ratcliffe, Texas, $53,950
Jason Lewis, Minnesota, $21,050
Jim Banks, Indiana, $16,303
Bill Huizenga, Michigan, $34,000
Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania, $202,500
Steven Russell, Oklahoma, $23,500
Adrian Smith, Nebraska, $165,834
Jody B Hice, Georgia, $21,000
Richard Hudson, North Carolina, $136,750
Douglas L Lamborn, Colorado, $110,543
Chris Collins, New York, $151,060
Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, Washington, $673,530
Brad Wenstrup, Ohio, $33,750
Andy Barr, Kentucky, $51,100
All gave Ajit money to repeal NN, no wonder he gave no fucks

No surprise most of them are from shitty states.
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A vote for the Republicans is a vote against everything that America stands for. If that's not readily apparent by now, I don't know what could possibly make it so.
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Lonestar2000 posted...

Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, Washington, $673,530

I support an open Internet, but there is a better way to ensure consumer protections without disrupting the free flow of information and innovation that has made it a cornerstone of the 21st Century economy.

she tweeted this out when it was repealed.

she's also a republican and served as a Representative in the state of Washington in the Bush era.

It bothers me she has that kind of money to just throw at these kinds of issues
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They keep using innovation as a buzzword but not a single one of them has actually explained what it's going to allow ISPs to do that they couldn't before.
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Douglas L Lamborn

Https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Lamborn
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...

They keep using innovation as a buzzword but not a single one of them has actually explained what it's going to allow ISPs to do that they couldn't before.

Right? How does being forced to treat packets equally harm innovation? I've yet to hear a response that wasn't just ignorant or a troll.

why the fuck are politicians buying out politicians?
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Rexdragon125 posted...

RchHomieQuanChi posted...

They keep using innovation as a buzzword but not a single one of them has actually explained what it's going to allow ISPs to do that they couldn't before.

Right? How does being forced to treat packets equally harm innovation? I've yet to hear a response that wasn't just ignorant or a troll.

so they can prioritize the packets of autonomous car development over cat videos!
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wackyteen posted...

why the fuck are politicians buying out politicians?

Because they're politicians.
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DK9292 posted...

wackyteen posted...

why the fuck are politicians buying out politicians?

Because they're politicians.

And it's their specialty.
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https://twitter.com/SenMarkey/status/941378914185895936

"I plan to introduce a Congressional Review Act resolution that would restore the Open Internet Order and reverse the @FCCs historic mistake of repealing #NetNeutrality. This fight is far from over."



"My fellow @SenateDems will fight the @FCCs repeal of #NetNeutrality in courts and in the halls of Congress. We will not allow massive broadband corporations to throttle our democracy."

https://t.co/jyhYvFDZzS

Washington (December 14, 2017) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and 15 other Senators today announced their plan to introduce a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution that would undo todays action by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and restore the 2015 net neutrality rules. Today, the FCC approved an item that guts the 2015 Open Internet Order, which the D.C. Circuit Court upheld in 2016. The Open Internet Order prohibited internet service providers from setting up internet fast and slow lanes and ensured they could not block or slow down internet traffic.

Donald Trumps FCC made an historic mistake today by overturning its net neutrality rules, and we cannot let it stand, said Senator Markey. Without strong net neutrality rules, entrepreneurs, inventors, small businesses, activists and all those who rely on a free and open internet will be at the mercy of big broadband companies that can block websites, slow down traffic and charge websites fees in order to increase their profits.

We will fight the FCCs decisions in the courts, and we will fight it in the halls of Congress, continued Senator Markey. With this CRA, Congress can correct the Commissions misguided and partisan decision and keep the internet in the hands of the people, not big corporations. Our Republicans colleagues have a choice - be on the right side of history and stand with the American people who support net neutrality, or hold hands with the big cable and broadband companies who only want to supercharge their profits at the expense of consumers and our economy.

A copy of the CRA can be found https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/CRA%20Net%20Neutrality%20.pdf.

Senator Markeys resolution of disapproval would rescind FCC Chairman Ajit Pais item and fully restore the Open Internet Order. CRA resolutions allow Congress to overturn regulatory actions at federal agencies with a simple majority vote in both chambers. In accordance with the Congressional Review Act, the Senators will formally introduce the resolution once the rule is submitted to both houses of Congress and published in the federal register. Congressman Mike Doyle (D-Penn.) plans to introduce a CRA resolution in the House of Representatives.

Other Senators co-sponsoring the CRA resolution include Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii.), Richard Blumenthal (DConn.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.)

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Maybe this will be incentive for people to step up and work on building free nation wide internet. Google? Tesla? Somebody? I think the future doesnt have room for greedy ISPs anyways. The future is having internet thats just another public infrastructure.
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I just went an email to my AG and will be trying to be more active in contacting. I am happy I live in Massachusetts because it is almost guaranteed we go Washington State's route against this ruling.

We have state rights. Like we did with gay marriage, we had that legal here before it was federally legal. This is something that even if the FCC is to make illegal, we as states have our rights too. I have faith in my AG. She's incredibly active.
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_OujiDoza_ posted...

https://twitter.com/SenMarkey/status/941378914185895936

"I plan to introduce a Congressional Review Act resolution that would restore the Open Internet Order and reverse the @FCCs historic mistake of repealing #NetNeutrality. This fight is far from over."



"My fellow @SenateDems will fight the @FCCs repeal of #NetNeutrality in courts and in the halls of Congress. We will not allow massive broadband corporations to throttle our democracy."

https://t.co/jyhYvFDZzS

Washington (December 14, 2017) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and 15 other Senators today announced their plan to introduce a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution that would undo todays action by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and restore the 2015 net neutrality rules. Today, the FCC approved an item that guts the 2015 Open Internet Order, which the D.C. Circuit Court upheld in 2016. The Open Internet Order prohibited internet service providers from setting up internet fast and slow lanes and ensured they could not block or slow down internet traffic.

Donald Trumps FCC made an historic mistake today by overturning its net neutrality rules, and we cannot let it stand, said Senator Markey. Without strong net neutrality rules, entrepreneurs, inventors, small businesses, activists and all those who rely on a free and open internet will be at the mercy of big broadband companies that can block websites, slow down traffic and charge websites fees in order to increase their profits.

We will fight the FCCs decisions in the courts, and we will fight it in the halls of Congress, continued Senator Markey. With this CRA, Congress can correct the Commissions misguided and partisan decision and keep the internet in the hands of the people, not big corporations. Our Republicans colleagues have a choice - be on the right side of history and stand with the American people who support net neutrality, or hold hands with the big cable and broadband companies who only want to supercharge their profits at the expense of consumers and our economy.

A copy of the CRA can be found https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/CRA%20Net%20Neutrality%20.pdf.

Senator Markeys resolution of disapproval would rescind FCC Chairman Ajit Pais item and fully restore the Open Internet Order. CRA resolutions allow Congress to overturn regulatory actions at federal agencies with a simple majority vote in both chambers. In accordance with the Congressional Review Act, the Senators will formally introduce the resolution once the rule is submitted to both houses of Congress and published in the federal register. Congressman Mike Doyle (D-Penn.) plans to introduce a CRA resolution in the House of Representatives.

Other Senators co-sponsoring the CRA resolution include Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii.), Richard Blumenthal (DConn.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.)

I fucking love my senators.
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Trump just said that he is draining the swamp.
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ImaAskAQuestion posted...

We have state rights.

Republicans don't give a shit about state rights unless it's against their agenda.
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https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-markey-leads-resolution-to-restore-fccs-net-neutrality-rules
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ImaAskAQuestion posted...

_OujiDoza_ posted...

https://twitter.com/SenMarkey/status/941378914185895936

"I plan to introduce a Congressional Review Act resolution that would restore the Open Internet Order and reverse the @FCCs historic mistake of repealing #NetNeutrality. This fight is far from over."



"My fellow @SenateDems will fight the @FCCs repeal of #NetNeutrality in courts and in the halls of Congress. We will not allow massive broadband corporations to throttle our democracy."

https://t.co/jyhYvFDZzS

Washington (December 14, 2017) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and 15 other Senators today announced their plan to introduce a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution that would undo todays action by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and restore the 2015 net neutrality rules. Today, the FCC approved an item that guts the 2015 Open Internet Order, which the D.C. Circuit Court upheld in 2016. The Open Internet Order prohibited internet service providers from setting up internet fast and slow lanes and ensured they could not block or slow down internet traffic.

Donald Trumps FCC made an historic mistake today by overturning its net neutrality rules, and we cannot let it stand, said Senator Markey. Without strong net neutrality rules, entrepreneurs, inventors, small businesses, activists and all those who rely on a free and open internet will be at the mercy of big broadband companies that can block websites, slow down traffic and charge websites fees in order to increase their profits.

We will fight the FCCs decisions in the courts, and we will fight it in the halls of Congress, continued Senator Markey. With this CRA, Congress can correct the Commissions misguided and partisan decision and keep the internet in the hands of the people, not big corporations. Our Republicans colleagues have a choice - be on the right side of history and stand with the American people who support net neutrality, or hold hands with the big cable and broadband companies who only want to supercharge their profits at the expense of consumers and our economy.

A copy of the CRA can be found https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/CRA%20Net%20Neutrality%20.pdf.

Senator Markeys resolution of disapproval would rescind FCC Chairman Ajit Pais item and fully restore the Open Internet Order. CRA resolutions allow Congress to overturn regulatory actions at federal agencies with a simple majority vote in both chambers. In accordance with the Congressional Review Act, the Senators will formally introduce the resolution once the rule is submitted to both houses of Congress and published in the federal register. Congressman Mike Doyle (D-Penn.) plans to introduce a CRA resolution in the House of Representatives.

Other Senators co-sponsoring the CRA resolution include Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii.), Richard Blumenthal (DConn.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.)

I fucking love my senators.

This is really a golden opportunity for democrats to score points with the public. The current administration has set themselves up as villains

Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, Washington, $673,530



Was hoping even the Republicans in Washington would be smart enough to be against this. At least she was the only one.
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Axiom posted...

This is really a golden opportunity for democrats to score points with the public. The current administration has set themselves up as villains

It'll certainly make next year all the more interesting.
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At least I don't need to worry about the CA senators being against this.

Kamala Harris is awesome.
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If so many people are actually angry, why aren't the doing anything? I'm just seeing a lot of "Wow I'm upset"
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Why are people acting like this will impact their porn downloading or stuff like torrents?

It's not going to stop that.
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CapnMuffin posted...

Maybe this will be incentive for people to step up and work on building free nation wide internet. Google? Tesla? Somebody? I think the future doesnt have room for greedy ISPs anyways. The future is having internet thats just another public infrastructure.

Google tried with Google Fiber and was priced out by AT&T and Time Warner because they had to use the poles those companies owned and they charged Google 10k a pole. No company is going to want to get into the ISP business if Google can't. Unless they don't care about hemorrhaging money.
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Shiek120 posted...

If so many people are actually angry, why aren't the doing anything? I'm just seeing a lot of "Wow I'm upset"

Maybe some people will organize a march or something. Maybe instead of "free the nipple," it can be "free the web" and everyone can dress up as spiders or something.

https://twitter.com/KazHiraiCEO/status/941380464262221825
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Shiek120 posted...

If so many people are actually angry, why aren't the doing anything? I'm just seeing a lot of "Wow I'm upset"

A lot is getting done. There have been protests and there are now lawsuits being filed. Maybe you should look beyond gamefaqs, though I know that's probably difficult for you.
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ChainedRedone posted...

Shiek120 posted...

If so many people are actually angry, why aren't the doing anything? I'm just seeing a lot of "Wow I'm upset"

A lot is getting done. There have been protests and there are now lawsuits being filed. Maybe you should look beyond gamefaqs, though I know that's probably difficult for you.

And even before today a lot was being done. Ajit Pai just told everyone he doesn't care what the people want and he's going to do what he wants.
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This is not about Ajit Pai.

https://twitter.com/SpeakerRyan/status/941372079823310848
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ChainedRedone posted...

Shiek120 posted...

If so many people are actually angry, why aren't the doing anything? I'm just seeing a lot of "Wow I'm upset"

A lot is getting done. There have been protests and there are now lawsuits being filed. Maybe you should look beyond gamefaqs, though I know that's probably difficult for you.

Yeah? Then why did it go through lol

Sounds more like things are being done but not enough is being done.

How much of the general public votes for their elected officials outside of an R or a D next to their name? Do most of the people saying they're upset even know who their elected official is? No. Not at all. Most people are saying, "Wow this sucks, hope someone does something about it"
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Antifar posted...

This is not about Ajit Pai.

https://twitter.com/SpeakerRyan/status/941372079823310848

He's being killed in the comments. One can only hope the dumbass GOP senators keep gloating about this to their voters who don't want it so we can finally be rid of them.
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Shiek120 posted...

ChainedRedone posted...

Shiek120 posted...

If so many people are actually angry, why aren't the doing anything? I'm just seeing a lot of "Wow I'm upset"

A lot is getting done. There have been protests and there are now lawsuits being filed. Maybe you should look beyond gamefaqs, though I know that's probably difficult for you.

Yeah? Then why did it go through lol

Sounds more like things are being done but not enough is being done.

How much of the general public votes for their elected officials outside of an R or a D next to their name? Do most of the people saying they're upset even know who their elected official is? No. Not at all. Most people are saying, "Wow this sucks, hope someone does something about it"

It was handled in house, man. Americans had pretty much no say. It was a panel of 5 people that basically went and did whatever they wanted. Well, 3 iirc.

Also Ajit Paid got appointed. Not elected.

Edit: typo, but I left it because it seemed appropriate. Phone knows what's up lol

R_Jackal posted...

Also Ajit Paid got appointed.

By a guy who got 46% of the vote
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R_Jackal posted...

Shiek120 posted...

ChainedRedone posted...

Shiek120 posted...

If so many people are actually angry, why aren't the doing anything? I'm just seeing a lot of "Wow I'm upset"

A lot is getting done. There have been protests and there are now lawsuits being filed. Maybe you should look beyond gamefaqs, though I know that's probably difficult for you.

Yeah? Then why did it go through lol

Sounds more like things are being done but not enough is being done.

How much of the general public votes for their elected officials outside of an R or a D next to their name? Do most of the people saying they're upset even know who their elected official is? No. Not at all. Most people are saying, "Wow this sucks, hope someone does something about it"

It was handled in house, man. Americans had pretty much no say. It was a panel of 5 people that basically went and did whatever they wanted. Well, 3 iirc.

Also Ajit Paid got appointed. Not elected.

Edit: typo, but I left it because it seemed appropriate. Phone knows what's up lol

...why?
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More Republicans coming out on the side of Comcast
https://twitter.com/SteveScalise/status/941402382449115136
https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/941417218600038400
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Fuck the Republican Party
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Antifar posted...

More Republicans coming out on the side of Comcast
https://twitter.com/SteveScalise/status/941402382449115136
https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/941417218600038400

Cruz's last term confirmed.
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Yeah, that's gonna get hung around Cruz's neck like a burning tire next year.
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

Fuck the Republican Party

I know. It's funny that people have ever even thought they gave a damn about them at all.
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Antifar posted...

More Republicans coming out on the side of Comcast
https://twitter.com/SteveScalise/status/941402382449115136
https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/941417218600038400

Lmao I like how these guys are too stupid to realize how publicly stating that they're against net neutrality is going to hurt them

Axiom posted...

Lmao I like how these guys are too stupid to realize how publicly stating that they're against net neutrality is going to hurt them

They are the senator of Texas and a representative from rural Louisiana.
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