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I'm one of the people who has had part of their identity used to submit false comments. Found out when a journalist emailed me asking me to do a survey and some additional comments months ago. I proceeded to sign up for an API key[1] to confirm what was being claimed and turns out, it was true. The API is a bit limited, but I was also able to do searches using the falsely submitted comment to find others like it as w…
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(not) surprisingly, republicans have all but disappeared from that chat. at the federal level, both parties only care about state rights when it suits them.
Gun laws, abortion, the trans bathroom thing in NC...all recent issues that the GOP sided on states rights vs. federal regs On healthcare policy in particular the state specific policies continue to be enforced by the GOP. These aren’t positions I agree with btw I’m just pointing out recent examples. I think it’s fair to say Democrats would rather have centralized healthcare, gun laws, lgbt policies, and abortion acc…
All things they brought up before the current administration took office. All things that they've decided now to defer to the Federal government to, now.
"I think it’s fair to say Democrats would rather have centralized healthcare, gun laws, lgbt policies, and abortion access, rather than leaving it to the states to decide."
To be perfectly honest, it makes absolutely zero sense for some of those, abortion and LGBT policies in particular, to change your basic human rights just because you moved 5 miles.
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I remember hearing that the no-lobbying executive order was loopholed pretty badly. Does it actually apply here?
Depends how cynical you are. He could technically lobby 'other parts' of the government according to this article but it does not specify, only reiterates you can't lobby your former agency for 5 years. Serving 5 years in a government position when you could be an exec at a Telecom company is a gigantic opportunity cost so the point here is that he's not getting paid off, unless fraudulently, which can't be completel…
The revocation of the Net Neutrality rules became a foregone conclusion once Donald Trump was elected. The sad reality is there's not much we, Eric Schneidermann or anyone else can do about it. There are 5 FCC commissioners but only 3 may be of the same party. Ajit Pai, Brendan Carr and Michael O'Rielly are locks to vote in favor, so it will pass, 3-2. At this point the best thing people can do is prepare to vote in…
Congress could still take action to keep this from happening. It's a long shot, but the folks in Congress still don't really want to be tossed out next time they're up. They're hoping people will not notice this is happening or will not realize its effect until much later, and on not being blamed for it by the folks that do notice and care. We should all be making it clear that not only do we know and care about this…
This letter has nothing to do with the substance of the regulations. It amounts to finger pointing about "illegal conduct". Probably the next thing, we will hear the Russians are behind all of this... Why can't the FTC regulate or prosecute monoplies, which is its job, instead a bunch arbitrary rules by the FCC?
The revocation of the Net Neutrality rules became a foregone conclusion once Donald Trump was elected. The sad reality is there's not much we, Eric Schneidermann or anyone else can do about it. There are 5 FCC commissioners but only 3 may be of the same party. Ajit Pai, Brendan Carr and Michael O'Rielly are locks to vote in favor, so it will pass, 3-2. At this point the best thing people can do is prepare to vote in…
If the FCC is cooperating with criminals to cover up fraud, can they be RICO'd?
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Let's wait and see where he ends up. If he doesn't immediately go back to telecom after his appointment is over, then I'll agree bringing up his history wasn't warranted.
I'm curious, where would you expect someone with years of experience in a specific industry to go after public office? Besides public office, of course.
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Let's wait and see where he ends up. If he doesn't immediately go back to telecom after his appointment is over, then I'll agree bringing up his history wasn't warranted.
I'm curious, where would you expect someone with years of experience in a specific industry to go after public office? Besides public office, of course.
Are there any legitimate arguments for anti-net neutrality proponents? Or is it just more "republicans prefer less regulations"?
Listen to the latest "Fifth Column" podcast where they interview this "evil" Ajit Pai guy. I think he makes a strong case that regulating monopolies is the role of the FTC or state's attorney generals and not the FCC and there is no real market failure here. http://wethefifth.com/ https://play.radiopublic.com/the-fifth-column-analysis-comme...
The revocation of the Net Neutrality rules became a foregone conclusion once Donald Trump was elected. The sad reality is there's not much we, Eric Schneidermann or anyone else can do about it. There are 5 FCC commissioners but only 3 may be of the same party. Ajit Pai, Brendan Carr and Michael O'Rielly are locks to vote in favor, so it will pass, 3-2. At this point the best thing people can do is prepare to vote in…
If Ajit Pai continues to obstruct investigations, I would consider it obstruction of justice. That's something that an Attorney General should seriously consider in the current light.