Republicans in Congress have repealed the internet privacy rule. FCC Republicans are whacking net neutrality. The GOP is bashing our internet freedom.
GOP Whacking Internet Freedom
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Seven Biggest Cheers at Bernie Sanders Rally in Cleveland (video clips)
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On Monday night, a crowd of some 7000 packed into the Cleveland State University arena to see, hear and rally for Bernie Sanders, as he pursues the United States presidency. Sanders spoke for 80 minutes, laying out his platform, one …
Five Nominees to Congressional Corporate Toady Hall of Shame
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In a representative democracy legislators are supposed to guard and advance the welfare of the people. But some have blatantly and shamefully brushed the people aside, and proposed laws that mainly guard and advance the profits of the big corporation.…
Payback: A Model Bill for ALEC
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The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a shadow legislature that has given us many lousy laws. Populated by corporate agents and Republican office-holders, ALEC passes "model bills," which its lawmaker members take to their statehouses and push into law. In 2011, news journals dragged ALEC…
It’s Axiomatic — A Free Press Needs Net Neutrality
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Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. A.J. Liebling minted that axiom in the New Yorker magazine in 1960. Later that decade, researchers began work on creating packet-switching networks, and a U.S. government project created…