DWT has been covering vile right-wing New Mexico Democrat Marty Chavez for a decade. When he ran for mayor of Albuquerque in 2005 he opposed raising the minimum wage and ran as an anti-taxing, anti-spending and anti-liberal faux-Dem. The DCCC has always been interested in getting him into Congress; he's their kind of guy.
by KenPresident Obama is feeling some love at the moment, finally, over what appears to be a strong stand taken in the statement released yesterdayseeming to commit him to the protection of Net neutrality -- you know, like he promised when he was running for president way back whenever that was.
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No, sorry, I'm not even going to tell you about the coyote urine.by KenQuietly, and often not so quietly, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has served as a launching pad for gleefully troublemaking media talent. I would hate to try to rank the bulging roster of impressive Daily Show alums, but by any standard the amazing John Oliver is pretty amazing.
The path for an open Internet that functions without discrimination is evident: polls of the American people, the courts, federal communications law and reality all point to the Internet being treated as a common carrier, a public utility that operates without discrimination. The Chair of the FCC, Tom Wheeler, is saying he wants an open Internet without discrimination. Why isn’t he taking a path that leads there?
The Internet could end up being the saving factor or enslaving entity of mankind The Internet has become a beacon of truth, exposing evil and corruption, it has toppled unjust government regimes, given a voice to millions of otherwise powerless individuals, united the masses like nothing…Read more →
On May 15, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed rules that would threaten net neutrality.
This week, Rick Weiland, the populist Democrat running for open Senate seat in South Dakota, sent his supporters a statement called "The Lost Highway," and, of course, he was talking about the Internet. "Everybody," he began, "seems to think the so called net neutrality issue is incredibly complex. It isn't." Weiland isn't much loved by the Big Money interests or the Establishment shills from either party.
The campaign has pushed the door open, now we all have to go through it and raise our voices louder than Comcast’s lobbyists to save the people’s internet.
Submit your comment to the FCC here. At the end of the article is suggested language you can cut and paste as your comment to the FCC.
RT | May 16, 2014
United States President Barack Obama’s commitment to net neutrality is being questioned after the Federal Communications Commission officials appointed on his watch voted Thursday to advance a plan believed by many to be a blow to the open internet.
