The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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For Net Neutrality Defenders, It's the Beginning of "Most Important Battle Yet"
"Any lawmaker, of any party, that fails to sign the discharge petition in support of the CRA will regret it come election time."
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Washington State Sticks It to the FCC, Passes its Own Net Neutrality Rules
Washington became the first state to pass its own laws governing net neutrality on Monday, countering the U.S. government's repeal of national regulations preventing Internet service providers from blocking or throttling content.
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The Next Stage of Net Neutrality Conflict Begins
There are multiple fronts of struggle to make net neutrality a reality: Congress, the courts, states and communities.
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22 States File Suit to "Stop the FFC's Illegal Rollback of Net Neutrality"
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is leading the effort to protect "an open internet—and the free exchange of ideas it allows," which he says "is critical to our democratic process."
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In Fight for Internet Freedom, Community Broadband Is Comcast's Achilles Heel
In cities and communities with a municipal broadband utility, local government provides internet access to all citizens, treating it as a public utility that is city-owned and city-operated – much like electricity, water and garbage pick-up.
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Snubbing FCC, States Are Writing Their Own Net Neutrality Laws
California, New York, Washington, and likely more states are challenging both internet providers and the reach of the federal government.
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Protests Nationwide as Vote on FCC's "Catastrophic" Plan to Kill Net Neutrality Looms
"Ajit Pai may be owned by Verizon, but he has to answer to Congress, and lawmakers have to answer to us, their constituents," said Evan Greer of Fight for the Future, which is helping lead the fight to preserve net neutrality.
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Act Out! [139] - A Way Out of the 2 Party Charade + #StopTheVote & #SaveTheNet + Oily Headlines
This week on Act Out!, some oil soaked headlines and lowlifes you need to be made aware of, PLUS your last chance to stand up for free speech in the digital age, as telecoms attempt on Dec. 14 to turn the internet into a series of toll roads and slow lanes.
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The FCC's Order Is Out, We've Read It, and Here's What You Need to Know
FCC Chair Ajit Pai’s draft is a lot of things: Thin on substance and reasoning, cruel, willfully naive — and it’s everything that ISPs like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon could have wanted (and more). It will end net neutrality and break the internet.
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FCC Chief Plans to Ditch Net Neutrality Rules
The commission will vote at a Dec. 14 meeting on a plan to rescind the rules championed by President Obama that treat internet service providers like public utilities.
