Category Archives: Internet Issues

Losing Internet Neutrality: The Worst Is Yet To Come

Posted on May 19, 2018 by

Video @ 5 minutes We are two weeks away from losing internet neutrality. Monday June 11th is the date that the reigns of the internet are handed over to the corporations in this country. Expect them to wring out every … Continue reading →

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Vote To End Net Neutrality Scheduled For December 14th

Posted on November 25, 2017 by

Merry Christmas from the extreme right No one likes cable or satellite TV service. Think you will like it when the internet is like that? ~10 minutes One of the least discussed issues at stake during last year’s election was … Continue reading →

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End Of Net Neutrality Nearing Just Before Thanksgiving

Posted on November 18, 2017 by

On November 22nd, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is likely to announce the new rules they’ll use to end the Internet as we know it.1 Continue reading →

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ICYMI: Ajit Pai Reconfirmed For Five Years

Posted on October 8, 2017 by

From This Week Tonight from last May 20 minutes Expect An All Out Assault On Internet Neutrality Next From Lucia at FreePress.net: Yesterday (Monday) the Senate reconfirmed Trump’s FCC chairman, Ajit Pai. The 52–41 vote split mostly along party lines, with … Continue reading →

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Destroying Net Neutrality

Posted on September 30, 2017 by

From: Lucia, FreePress.net  Contact you senators to reject Ajit Pai FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is against Net Neutrality and affordable internet access. What’s he for? Letting a racist media empire get even more reach and power. Now some good news: … Continue reading →

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Flood The FCC With Comments For Net Neutrality

Posted on May 12, 2017 by

Action Alert from former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps: Donald Trump’s new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman wants to give big cable companies like Comcast and Verizon the power to censor what you can see and say online, or to charge … Continue reading →

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Save Net Neutrality!

Posted on March 11, 2017 by

Editor’s note: The following is an email from former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps. Copps tenure was highlighted by his continual fight to to end corporate dominance of the media and put the media back into the hands of the common … Continue reading →

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Ajit Pai: New FCC Chair Foe of Net Neutrality

Posted on January 28, 2017 by

An email from freepress.net Reactionary agenda Timothy Karr, FreePress.net Ajit Pai — a former Verizon lawyer — is now the head of the FCC. And he’s vowed to destroy Net Neutrality. The open internet is more important than ever — … Continue reading →

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Should Internet Access Be A Basic Right?

Posted on December 28, 2016 by

Thom Hartmann is the #1 Progressive talk show host in America.  If you think it strange that you’ve never heard of the #1 progressive talker in America,  it is because you live in Iowa where there is only conservative talk … Continue reading →

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Net Neutrality Back On Chopping Block

Posted on December 2, 2016 by

Action Alert from Demand Progress Trump has packed his transition team with Big Telecom lobbyists to help him destroy it.2 Jeffrey Eisenach has worked as a paid consultant for Verizon, and Mark Jamison is a former lobbyist for Sprint. Both … Continue reading →

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