Fight for the Future

Apparently, a handful of Democratic Reps are shopping around a letter that echoes internet service provider lobbyist talking points, incorrectly claiming that the Save the Internet Act to restore network neutrality is dead and calling for the creation of a disingenuous “bipartisan working group,” modeled after the one created in the Senate by Sens Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), who are widely seen as enemies of the effort to restore net neutrality. The group is rumored to be led by Reps Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) Scott Peters (D-CA) who together have taken hundreds of thousands

Sen Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) has doubled-down on her unwillingness to support the Save the Internet Act and overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net neutrality. In a letter to constituents, the senator brushes off concerns from citizens asking her to restore net neutrality by parroting cynical, 

AT&T apologized for for its “serious misjudgment” in hiring President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen to provide “insights” into how the new administration would handle issues like net neutrality and AT&T’s proposed merger with Time Warner Cable. Although Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai denied hearing from Cohen, new scheduling documents obtained through FOIA by corruption watchdog American Oversight show Chairman Pai met with with top AT&T executives at a private dinner in Barcelona a month after the company began paying Cohen.