GOP Assault on Net Neutrality

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Thursday September 30, 2010 · 11:03 AM PDT

2010/09/30 · 11:03

There are already hundreds of millions of reasons for progressives to get energized and vote this year - each one represented by the dollars Karl Rove is raking in to destroy Democrats with attack ads now that Citizens United opened the floodgates in an enormous threat to our own democracy.

But there's one more - and Joan McCarter just posted on it. There hasn’t been a lot of talk about it, but I promise you it’ll be a big deal if you wake up November 3rd to Republican control of this Congress.

John Kerry

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Wednesday April 14, 2010 · 4:28 AM PDT

2010/04/14 · 04:28

It would be at best sophomoric and at worst patronizing to stop by Daily Kos and “tell you” how important the Internet is to our economy and political culture now. But when you’re talking about almost 200 billion emails sent each day and more than $3 trillion in e-commerce a year ago, it’s more than clear we’ve just scratched the surface of what the Internet can do, both as a platform for commerce and discourse.

And so it’s far from surprising that the powerful interests have lined up on different sides of a huge fight going on in Washington; and it will probably be very familiar to you, after years of battling over net neutrality.

On one side are the telephone and cable companies who believe they should be in control because they own the wires that deliver the Internet to your house. On the other side is you, the consumer, and President Obama’s FCC, with a broad set of interests – making sure consumers are protected, users and content are not discriminated against, and broadband service is universally affordable and available.

John Kerry

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Saturday December 12, 2009 · 8:30 AM PST

2009/12/12 · 08:30

I’ve come here to this community for a discussion about many issues, from the war in Iraq to filibustering Sam Alito to stopping drilling in the Arctic --and many others.

And now I’m glad that the folks (special thanks to Meteor Blades and Patriot Daily) here are coordinating this period to try and focus discussion on an issue I’m working on hours and hours each week in the Senate -- climate change and the effort to build a new, clean energy economy to help address it.

A few times when I’ve been here, and then followed up on the comments, I’ve seen a thread run through the discussion: sort of a, “why is John Kerry preaching to the choir/we all get it.”

So – informed by that – let me skip the things I think we all know and already share – and I’ll hit a few points in the run-up to Copenhagen that I think have perhaps not been fleshed out as much and ought to be in the mix – ten things that are important to keep in the back of all of our minds as we both understand this process and help push it forward

John Kerry

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Wednesday September 30, 2009 · 11:33 AM PDT

2009/09/30 · 11:33

It’s on.

Today, Senator Boxer and I introduced our "Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act" that aims to put Americans back in charge of our energy future and our security – doing nothing less than reinventing the way America produces and uses energy. At the same time, it will help to put millions of Americans back to work, protect our children’s health and our environment, invest in homegrown innovation, and create a true 21st century economy.

After decades of debate, years of avoiding the challenge, billions spent on the status quo keeping us stuck in the past, it’s time for us to seize control of our energy future, our planet’s future, our security future, and our economic future.

John Kerry

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Friday July 31, 2009 · 10:45 AM PDT

2009/07/31 · 10:45

Nothing should surprise us anymore after we’ve seen powerful interests mislead about the science, twist the facts about climate change, resort to a whole host of tactics to try to hide a simple fact: the earth is in trouble because of manmade greenhouse gasses, our planet is getting closer and closer to a dangerous tipping point, and we must do something about this immediately.

But I have to say, this appears to be a desperate distortion too many.

As also written about on Kos here, the Charlottesville Daily Progress reported today that a DC lobbying firm working for big corporations opposed to climate action actually forged letters from major minority groups, pushing for delay and inaction. Details below ...

John Kerry

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Wednesday July 15, 2009 · 9:54 AM PDT

2009/07/15 · 09:54

In 2008, progressives took some giant steps forward in marshalling all the resources available to fight the distortions and use the truth to fight back.

Now we need to apply lessons learned to governing.

In this case, the names haven’t even changed – just the topics and the turf.

Coming up in the fall, the US Senate is going to be debating what I think is the most important legislation we’ve considered in a long, long time to tackle global climate change which imperils everything from our economy to our national security.

But Governor Sarah Palin and a whole host of others are now leading the effort to ignore the costs of doing nothing and distort the costs of doing something.

It’s long overdue for the truth to fight back.

Yesterday, Governor Palin published an oped in the Washington Post that we can’t allow to stand unchallenged.

Follow me below the fold for more ...

John Kerry

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Friday April 24, 2009 · 11:49 AM PDT

2009/04/24 · 11:49

Today in the House there was a dramatic contrast between a Republican Party embracing the urgent need to take serious action about global climate change and one wedded to ideology.

Consider it a "tale of Two Testimonies."

About two years ago, Newt Gingrich and I had a civil, respectful debate on the environment. We disagreed on the way forward, but agreed on the urgency of the global climate change crisis. So it was disappointing to see Newt rehash the same tired formula today in his testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. He spent almost all of his prepared remarks saying the word most popular with his party: No. And he continued to use talking points and "facts" that have already been discredited many, many times.

John Kerry

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Monday November 03, 2008 · 10:15 AM PST

2008/11/03 · 10:15

Leave it all on the road. I see that that’s the slogan here, and as a competitive cyclist, I know the feeling. You can’t hold anything back, and you can’t take anything for granted.

The polls look good, but let me tell you, the early exit polls four years ago looked fantastic. But the cliché is true: polls don’t matter. Only votes do. And the large majority of those votes will be cast tomorrow. We have to do everything we possibly can to blow the Republican GOTV effort out of the water.

If we’re up by 4 in the polls in a state, we can win by 7. If we’re tied, we can win by 3. If we all do our best right now, we’ll not only win this election, but win the kind of mandate we need to actually change our country.

John Kerry

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Wednesday August 06, 2008 · 10:19 AM PDT

2008/08/06 · 10:19

A quick post to congratulate Daily Kos on your Orange2Blue program and, especially, to recommend one of the latest choices: Jon Powers.

It will be three years ago this fall that I met Jon Powers and there isn’t a more impressive young man getting involved in public life today.

John Kerry

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Wednesday May 14, 2008 · 12:00 PM PDT

2008/05/14 · 12:00

The GOP has resorted to outright lies in this campaign – and it’s only May.

The primary process isn’t even officially over yet, and prominent GOP officials – members of the leadership of the House – are already distorting Barack Obama’s words beyond any boundaries of truthfulness.

But -- as we saw last night in Mississippi -- if the GOP thinks they can steal this election with the old playbook of fears and smears, they have another thing coming.

Details below ...

John Kerry

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Tuesday May 06, 2008 · 8:15 AM PDT

2008/05/06 · 08:15

Like me, I know you’ll be following the election returns today – but it’s imperative that we not lose focus on some of the issues in play that may be obscured by the election – and I can tell you that if you’re watching the returns on television news, there’s one story you’re almost guaranteed not to see tonight.

It’s now been two weeks since the New York Times published their story on the Pentagon Pundits.

I wanted to call out the cavalry here because we still don’t know exactly what was going on and exactly what steps were taken to try to shape the news. You can help make sure we find out.

John Kerry

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Monday April 21, 2008 · 10:33 AM PDT

2008/04/21 · 10:33

It's good to be back here on Daily Kos - it's been a little while - and I understand you all are pretty interested in a vote happening in Pennsylvania tomorrow. Not surprisingly, I'm focused on that, too – I spent Saturday in Pennsylvania for Barack - but there's a very important event happening tomorrow which we can't afford to have lost in the shuffle.

The Senate Commerce Committee is holding a hearing on the future of the Internet, and a big part of that equation is net neutrality. I know net neutrality is important to a lot of you here, but Senators haven't heard from you in a while on the issue, and I want to make sure we keep this front and center - it's that important.

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