Discussion: Senate Votes To Kill Repeal Of Obama-Era 'Net Neutrality' Rule

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Good. I don’t want to drive on congested roads while rich people zoom along on nice new uncongested ones. Same with this.

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Well, I don’t want to be under the debris storm from their Uber air taxi collisions. Propeller chunks, bottled water and kidneys…oh my.

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Critics, including the Trump administration, said over-regulation was stifling innovation.

Stifling innovation? Stifling profits is more like it. US broadband service is shameful when comparing price with performance…

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Why is this a partisan issue? Most businesses are hurt. Most people are hurt. Only the telecoms benefit. Are the republicans so trumpified that all his actions are beyond reproach? Answer: yes.

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Ajit Pai. Most punchable face, & most kickable nuts. The line to do both starts here.

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Those nasty a** House creatures are sure to vote against this. They don’t want ANYTHING that is good for the country…they only want the money big Corp gives them.

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Except when over regulation benefits their deep-pocket donors and other nefarious Repuglicans, as in this case.

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But he has that comical huge coffee mug. He is so relatable! All is forgiven. /s

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Ajit Pai’s comment was “Please ask about my Reese’s mug, please, please, please.”

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“The Obama-era rule prevented providers such as AT&T, Comcast and Verizon from interfering with internet traffic and favoring their own sites and apps. Critics, including the Trump administration, said over-regulation was stifling innovation.”

When you see b.s. like the last sentence, above, you know the AP is at work.

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Should read "Grasping telecoms and their toadies, including the Trump administration…

Even if it goes nowhere in the House and the WH, keep it in the spotlight, guys.
Most of the thinking country supports you (and hopefully the House will flip in a few months).

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Certain institutions and rule of law are what make America great. In abandoning net neutrality, a simple rule of fairness, the MAGA people show they don’t understand the basics. Go back to Uzbekistan and leave us alone.

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Thune: why would anybody think that the broadband companies would take advantage of a profit opportunity created for them by their man on the inside?

I have to wonder how Trumpp has or will extract his fee for letting this go through.

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Maybe Cohen can get another pile of ATT cash to explain Trump’s thinking on this.

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You think what Facebook and Twitter did and what happened on their platforms is bad? Just wait until PACs can pay your ISP for an exclusivity contract.

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Once Republicans and corporatists break the Internet, there’s no going back. All the freedom we enjoy now… gone, just like we’re losing traditional American values now.

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A man’s word is his bond.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Money is the root of all evil.
America is about individual liberty.
Live and let live.
Do to others what you’d want done to you.
Don’t be a traitor.
Share.
Give.
Love is the answer.

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Not dead yet. Yay!

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Violence is never the answer. I will buy two tickets, please.