We won Comcast backs off from the merger

From Fight For The Future:

Big news: Comcast officially called it quits on merging with Time Warner! The mega-deal that would have given them control over more than half the country’s Internet users is dead.1

It was supposed to be the largest cable merger ever, combining the two largest, most hated cable companies into a single, massive political and economic monopoly. And now, thanks to hundreds of thousands of people like you taking action, that deal is not going to happen. This happened because of our power and ability to work together.

This win means we should be smart and take steps right now to protect the free and open Internet. We know Comcast is putting more energy into attacking net neutrality in Congress and in the courts, trying to get their way by throwing huge amounts of money anywhere they can.

That’s why we created Comcast Customer Help — a site where you can see which members of Congress are doing Comcast’s bidding and make them stop. Click here to check out the worst offenders.

2015 has been an amazing year for Internet users because we’ve made it a terrible year for Comcast's schemes to control the Internet. Together, we won net neutrality and put an end to their schemes to be a gatekeeper to what we see and do on the Internet. Today, we stopped them from merging with Time Warner and creating a single, hyper-powerful cable monopoly.

We beat a monopoly twice in one year. That never happens. We're in this interesting moment where because we've been smart, coordinated, and powerful, we're creating a domino of wins in our issue area. Everything little thing you do now can have an exponential effect for good.

That's why we can’t stop here. Comcast is trying to use special rules in Congress to overturn the new net neutrality rules — and given the millions of dollars they spend every year lobbying Congress, we can’t let up for a second.

Help us hold Comcast’s biggest Congressional allies accountable. Check out Comcast Customer Help now.

For the Internet,
Fight for the Future

P.S. This huge win is proof that the campaigns we’re running work -- and a reminder that when we come together as Internet users we wield an incredible amount of influence.

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Internet slowdown protest a success

From Fight For The Future:

Thanks to you, the Internet Slowdown was a resounding success. More people took action to defend net neutrality in one day than ever before in history.

Click here to check out this inspiring infographic showing what we did together on September 10th. It will seriously make your day, unless you happen to be a Comcast lobbyist.

Have a look. Like what you see?

Please chip in $5 so we can keep the fight going.

The slowdown was so big it was impossible to ignore. Several members of Congress tweeted about how their phones were ringing off the hook, and we dominated the mainstream news headlines. More than 40,000 websites took part, including many of the most popular sites in the world, and at the peak of the day, there were more than 1,000 phone calls to congress every minute!

This changes everything. Victory is more tangible now than ever before. But we still need to bring it home. Now that we’ve shown our strength, the giant Cable companies that are lobbying tooth and nail to destroy net neutrality will redouble their efforts, and work every connection they have to keep the public’s voice from being heard in Washington, DC.

There’s only one solution: we have to fight even harder, and grow our movement even larger, and we have to be ready to battle for the net for the long haul.

Organizing the Internet Slowdown day and hosting the website used up a huge amount of our resources. Will you chip in $5 (or more!) today to make sure we can keep the pressure on while we have so much momentum?

Yes, I will chip in today to save net neutrality!

All of us here at Fight for the Future are so proud of the Internet right now. Now more than ever it's so clear how powerful the Internet really is as a platform for free speech, and how absolutely critical it is that we not only fight for it, but we fight to win.

With gratitude and determination,
-Tiffiniy, Holmes, Evan, Jeff, Kevin, Vasjen, and Jessica
Fight for the Future

P.S. The deadline to submit comments to the FCC is this Monday, September 15th. We’re helping plan protests on that day in NYC and Philadelphia. There’s still time to submit a comment. If you haven’t yet, what are you waiting for?! Here’s the link.

P.P.S We really want everyone to see this infographic, it’s so epic! Check it out here.

A Public Advocate success story

From Public Advocate:

Obama has launched his latest attack on real marriage and on the U.S. military.

Citing the recent Supreme Court decision to gut the Defense of Marriage Act, the Obama Administration and the Pentagon are ordering states to legitimize homosexual "marriage" through their individual National Guard units.

Obama is insisting that even pro-marriage states -- the majority of states -- must recognize homosexual "marriage" in the National Guard by extending real marriage benefits to homosexual "spouses!"

This will effectively make them "gay marriage" states.

Texas has so far refused to comply with Obama's attempt to force homosexual "marriage" on their state.

Louisiana and Mississippi have also announced that they will not allow the Obama Administration to force their states to change their marriage laws through their National Guards.

Sadly, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has declared that he will comply with this mandate -- even though Virginia legally protects real marriage!

But the pro-Family Movement in Virginia is striking back.

Long time Public Advocate ally Delegate Bob Marshall confronted Virginia's governor with the truth that other conservative states are refusing to comply.

Marshall and Public Advocate have worked together before to expose McDonnell's support for the radical Homosexual Agenda.

In a series of fights last year, we tried to prevent the appointment of radical homosexual activist Thorne-Begland as a judge in the state capitol.

But Governor Bob McDonnell actually praised the appointment.

And now, according to Del. Marshall, McDonnell is going to use this policy change to radically alter the Virginia tax code to recognize homosexual "marriage."

Since McDonnell dismissed Marshall's letter, Public Advocate supporters in Virginia sprang into action.

They poured thousands of phone calls into McDonnell's office, and sent hundreds of emails to Marshall to show their support.

But this fight is far from over.

It's up to Public Advocate to show President Obama that he cannot force his homosexual agenda upon America.

And you can be sure that the Virginia governor is going to continue hearing from Public Advocate until he opts to support pro-Family values.

For the Family,

HON. EUGENE DELGAUDIO
President, Public Advocate of the U.S.

P.S. Will you chip in $5 or $10 to help Public Advocate fight the Homosexual Lobby?