Democrats Introduce 'Save the Internet Act' To Restore Net Neutrality (cnet.com)

As expected, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House and Senate Democrats on Wednesday introduced the Save the Internet Act, which aims to restore open internet rules that were repealed in 2017. From a report: The Obama-era rules, which lasted from 2015 to 2018, banned broadband providers from slowing or blocking access to the internet or charging companies higher fees for faster access. Democrats in Congress have said the repeal allows for large broadband and wireless companies to "control people's online activities." "86 percent of Americans opposed Trump's assault on net neutrality, including 82 percent of Republicans," said Pelosi during the press conference on Wednesday. "With 'Save The Internet Act,' Democrats are honoring the will of the people." Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey tweeted out a copy of the bill on Wednesday, saying nearly every Democrat in the Senate had joined him to introduce it.

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Re:real comedy in all this

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

Partly correct, but the UN is a shitty choice. And insofar a it is partially controlled by non-free countries, you are flat out wrong.

Good. Now Stop Twitter/FB Censoring Conservatives

[Anonymous Coward]

That needs to happen - I'm sick of the techno-fascists in san Francisco.

Re:The point is to change how _you_ vote

[bobbied]

Bernie?

Yes PLEASE, give us Bernie, the guy who embraces the crazy left wing of your party... PLEASE! Talk about an entertaining election, the old aging socialist on the left and Trump standing clearly in the middle making Ole' Bernie look like the hypocritical leftist he is every day. It will be a land slide to the right, both in the House, the Senate AND the Whitehouse. It will be fun to watch... You do know that he's already behind in the polls right?

In fact, I may need to send Bernie a few dollars, just to make sure he has a chance this time.. That the Democrat party doesn't cheat him out of the primary win again with all their "super delegate" creative accounting and slight of hand.

I hear Hillary hasn't ruled out running yet... That would be fun too.

Seriously, if you think "Net Neutrality" or "Save the Internet" or what ever you want to call it today is going to help your chances, bring it on, power to you, whatever, just know, it's a show vote and nothing more. Also know that when push comes to shove, by the time the democrats get back into power this will be about as relevant as all the "blue laws" from the 60's are now.

Re:The point is to change how _you_ vote

[bobbied]

That was then...

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/elections/

THIS is today.

I do hate to tell you this (ok, not really), but by all appearances, Trump would win the election today with Sanders as his opponent with far fewer competitive states than the previous election with Hillary. The one you want on your ticket is Biden.... He's polling the best of the flock right now, even though he's not actually IN the race officially yet. But the star player doesn't take the field until near the end anyway as they don't have to, they already have the donors lined up and willing to give, they don't have to do the "generate excitement" thing with the media.