From The National Right To Work Committee:
I have huge news!
Senator Rand Paul just reintroduced the National Right to Work Act (S. 391) to END forced-union dues in America once and for all!
As you know, Harry Reid spent the last 8 years using his power as Senate Majority Leader to stonewall you and me on the National Right to Work Act at virtually every turn.
And he paid the price when the American people rejected his forced-dues agenda and FIRED him as Majority Leader.
Now you and I have the largest Right to Work numbers in Congressional history!
This is the greatest opportunity to get a vote on the National Right to Work Act in nearly a decade.
Will you be a part of history and join Senator Rand Paul by signing your petition?
Your signature on the petition to your Congressman and Senators is what's needed to bust through the opposition and force a vote on the National Right to Work Act.
If you've already signed your petition, please forward this to as many friends and family members as you can RIGHT AWAY.
With control of the White House up for grabs in less than two short years, it's crucial that you and I do everything in our power to strike at Big Labor's multi-BILLION dollar forced-dues warchest.
So please sign your National Right to Work Petition immediately.
I know Senator Paul will be thrilled to see the tidal wave of grassroots support from supporters like you willing to stand with him in the fight for worker freedom.
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Saturday, February 7, 2015
The effort to Audit The Fed may fall apart
From RANDPAC:
The Fed's attack dogs are snarling and ready to pounce.
Federal Reserve cronies are firing off personal attacks because they see the rising tide of support for Senator Rand Paul's Audit the Fed bill (S.264).
That's why RANDPAC's launched the "Stand with Rand Audit the Fed" Money Bomb.
You see, the national news may be portraying this fight as "Rand Paul v. the Federal Reserve."
But the truth of the matter is Senator Paul can't win this fight without you in his corner.
It's because of your phone calls, emails, petitions, and grassroots activism that Audit the Fed passed the House last year with over 300 votes!
And because the grassroots turned out to fire Fed apologists in Congress, the new Republican majorities in Congress presents our best chance to force a vote to finally hold the Fed accountable for over 100 years of economy-wrecking policies.
But I'm afraid, without your immediate support, this chance may slip through our fingers.
And that would be a DISASTER.
All the taxes. All the tax increases. The 18 trillion in debt.
Every single of one of President Obama's disastrous policies are enabled by the unaccountable Federal Reserve.
To stop President Obama from drowning America in an ocean of red ink you have to stop the Fed.
That's why it's vital you chip in your most generous contribution to RANDPAC's "Stand with Rand Audit the Fed" Money Bomb IMMEDIATELY.
Without your help, all the momentum our movement built during the 2014 elections will fall apart.
Senator Paul is counting on you,
The Team at RANDPAC
The Fed's attack dogs are snarling and ready to pounce.
Federal Reserve cronies are firing off personal attacks because they see the rising tide of support for Senator Rand Paul's Audit the Fed bill (S.264).
That's why RANDPAC's launched the "Stand with Rand Audit the Fed" Money Bomb.
You see, the national news may be portraying this fight as "Rand Paul v. the Federal Reserve."
But the truth of the matter is Senator Paul can't win this fight without you in his corner.
It's because of your phone calls, emails, petitions, and grassroots activism that Audit the Fed passed the House last year with over 300 votes!
And because the grassroots turned out to fire Fed apologists in Congress, the new Republican majorities in Congress presents our best chance to force a vote to finally hold the Fed accountable for over 100 years of economy-wrecking policies.
But I'm afraid, without your immediate support, this chance may slip through our fingers.
And that would be a DISASTER.
All the taxes. All the tax increases. The 18 trillion in debt.
Every single of one of President Obama's disastrous policies are enabled by the unaccountable Federal Reserve.
To stop President Obama from drowning America in an ocean of red ink you have to stop the Fed.
That's why it's vital you chip in your most generous contribution to RANDPAC's "Stand with Rand Audit the Fed" Money Bomb IMMEDIATELY.
Without your help, all the momentum our movement built during the 2014 elections will fall apart.
Senator Paul is counting on you,
The Team at RANDPAC
U.S. tax payers are to pick up the tab for sex change operations for illegal aliens
From Public Advocate:
The Obama Administration is rolling out the red carpet for transsexual illegal immigrants.
And you're footing the bill.
Testimony from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission highlighted the special treatment.
Transsexual illegal immigrants detained by ICE have their sex change hormone therapy paid for by American taxpayers like you and me.
But that's not all we're paying for.
Transsexual illegal immigrants arrested anywhere in America are entitled to transportation to a special detention facility in Los Angeles.
All they have to do is claim they "fear for their safety in detention due to their gender identity or sexual orientation."
Meanwhile, Christian bakers are threatened with hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines if they choose not to support homosexual "marriage."
Pastors of home churches are arrested for holding meetings on their own property.
Obama's IRS is threatening to punish churches for exercising political free speech.
But transsexual lawless illegal immigrants are given special treatment on the backs of hardworking Americans.
It makes my blood boil.
There is absolutely a war on Christianity being waged.
That's why I continue to spearhead Public Advocate's fight to restore the Religious Liberties our country was founded on.
And it's your continued support that keeps us on the frontlines.
For the Family,
HON. EUGENE DELGAUDIO
President, Public Advocate of the U.S.
P.S. If you haven't signed your Protect Religious Liberty Directive to your U.S. Senators and Representative, please click here to sign right away!
And once you've signed, please chip in $10 or $20 to help Public Advocate fight back against the radical Homosexual Lobby and the Left's war on Christianity.
The Obama Administration is rolling out the red carpet for transsexual illegal immigrants.
And you're footing the bill.
Testimony from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission highlighted the special treatment.
Transsexual illegal immigrants detained by ICE have their sex change hormone therapy paid for by American taxpayers like you and me.
But that's not all we're paying for.
Transsexual illegal immigrants arrested anywhere in America are entitled to transportation to a special detention facility in Los Angeles.
All they have to do is claim they "fear for their safety in detention due to their gender identity or sexual orientation."
Meanwhile, Christian bakers are threatened with hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines if they choose not to support homosexual "marriage."
Pastors of home churches are arrested for holding meetings on their own property.
Obama's IRS is threatening to punish churches for exercising political free speech.
But transsexual lawless illegal immigrants are given special treatment on the backs of hardworking Americans.
It makes my blood boil.
There is absolutely a war on Christianity being waged.
That's why I continue to spearhead Public Advocate's fight to restore the Religious Liberties our country was founded on.
And it's your continued support that keeps us on the frontlines.
For the Family,
HON. EUGENE DELGAUDIO
President, Public Advocate of the U.S.
P.S. If you haven't signed your Protect Religious Liberty Directive to your U.S. Senators and Representative, please click here to sign right away!
And once you've signed, please chip in $10 or $20 to help Public Advocate fight back against the radical Homosexual Lobby and the Left's war on Christianity.
Friday, February 6, 2015
Tell the Republicans not to give into the rainbow mafia
From Public Advocate:
All the work you and I did to expose the Homosexual Lobby's handpicked candidates is at risk.
America sent pro-Family majorities to Congress to roll back the six years of damage wrought by Barack Obama and the Homosexual Lobby.
Behind the scenes, the Homosexual Lobby is bullying or bribing Republican Congressional leadership to pass their radical agenda.
Public Advocate has been fighting against the Left's war to tear down Traditional Values and criminalize Christianity since 1981.
And the stakes are higher than ever.
Insiders say more and more Republicans in Congress are paying heed to the Left's lies.
They say the march of protected-class status for homosexuals is inevitable.
They're using the momentum from their victories redefining marriage in the courts to say Republicans must support homosexual "marriage" or risk standing "on the wrong side of history."
The Homosexual Lobby is desperate to swing Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to their side during the final two years of Barack Obama's term.
It's up to you and me to make sure the Republican majorities don't sell out the Traditional Values they were elected to uphold.
If Public Advocate is going to rally pro-Family opposition to the Gay Bill of Special Rights and the Left's war on Christianity and Real Marriage, there's no time to lose.
That’s why I’ve officially launched your Public Advocate into overdrive.
This battle will be like none before. You and I must pull out all the stops.
That's why it's critical for you to sign your petition to Speaker Boehner and Senate Majority Leader McConnell demanding they defend the Traditional Values they were elected to uphold.
Your signed petition is the first step in marshalling Republican opposition to the Homosexual Agenda and their war on Christianity, so it is vital you sign it at once.
You and I must prove to Congress that the overwhelming majority of Americans will not tolerate their attempts to force homosexuality into every aspect of our lives.
But there’s more.
As you know, the Homosexual Lobby hoards vast treasuries they can unleash at a moment’s notice to drown out our voices.
And the amount of money they spent during November's midterm elections shows the opposition is better funded than ever.
That’s why I need you to chip in an emergency donation of $10 or $20 along with your signed petition.
Your contribution will allow me to execute step two in my plan to defeat the radical Homosexual Agenda:
Alerting hundreds of thousands, hopefully millions, of pro-Family Americans to the danger of what’s lurking in Washington.
With our entire movement mobilized, our voices CAN rise above the noise of the radical Homosexual Lobby.
But we have to act quickly.
They are twisting arms and spreading lies behind the scenes in Congress!
By acting now, I can put Public Advocate’s 34 years of experience behind defeating the Homosexual Lobby's radical agenda.
Over the decades, you and I have defended Real Marriage and Religious Liberties from the Homosexual Lobby and Radical Left.
But this time we are facing a well-oiled machine that’s desperate to make the most of Barack Obama's final two years in the White House.
But if you and I fight harder and faster than ever before, we may be able to roll back their victories over the last six years.
I’m just worried it’s too late.
If the Homosexual Lobby can bully or trick the Republican Congress to pass the Gay Bill of Special Rights, it would create a protected class of citizens based on “sexual orientation.”
Employers would be forced to hire -- and be prevented from firing -- anyone who claims to be a member of this new protected class of homosexuals, bisexuals, and even so-called “transsexuals.”
Churches would be forced to hire homosexual youth pastors or face lawsuits for discrimination.
Schools would not be able to fire teachers who suddenly decide cross-dressing better “expresses” their “gender identity.”
This has been keeping me up for days.
We must rally pro-Family opposition to this bill to stop it from reaching President Obama’s desk.
Your signed petition and emergency contribution are crucial to doing just that.
When I flood Washington, D.C. with signed petitions from you and other pro-Family Americans, they will have no choice but to listen to us or pay a high price next election.
And only through your generous donation will I be able to compete with the radical homosexual tidal wave of special interest cash.
I am giving all I have to this new onslaught -- my money, my time and sometimes even my health.
Please chip in $10 or $20 as soon as possible.
Your donation of $20 will allow me to alert pro-Family Americans of the danger facing Traditional Values.
With their voices added to ours, Congress will have no choice but to listen and stop pandering to the radical homosexuals -- or face outraged pro-Family voters next election.
I still believe you and I can stop the radical homosexuals and their allies during the final two years of Barack Obama's presidency.
But if we are going to win this fight, we must act now.
For the Family,
HON. EUGENE DELGAUDIO
President, Public Advocate of the United States
P.S. The Homosexual Lobby is bullying or bribing Republican Congressional leadership to pass their radical agenda.
And they are desperate to make the most of Barack Obama's final two years in the White House.
That’s why I’ve officially launched your Public Advocate into overdrive, and I need your help to succeed.
Please click here to sign your petition to Speaker Boehner and Leader McConnell right away and chip in $10 or $20.
Thank you so much.
All the work you and I did to expose the Homosexual Lobby's handpicked candidates is at risk.
America sent pro-Family majorities to Congress to roll back the six years of damage wrought by Barack Obama and the Homosexual Lobby.
Behind the scenes, the Homosexual Lobby is bullying or bribing Republican Congressional leadership to pass their radical agenda.
Public Advocate has been fighting against the Left's war to tear down Traditional Values and criminalize Christianity since 1981.
And the stakes are higher than ever.
Insiders say more and more Republicans in Congress are paying heed to the Left's lies.
They say the march of protected-class status for homosexuals is inevitable.
They're using the momentum from their victories redefining marriage in the courts to say Republicans must support homosexual "marriage" or risk standing "on the wrong side of history."
The Homosexual Lobby is desperate to swing Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to their side during the final two years of Barack Obama's term.
It's up to you and me to make sure the Republican majorities don't sell out the Traditional Values they were elected to uphold.
If Public Advocate is going to rally pro-Family opposition to the Gay Bill of Special Rights and the Left's war on Christianity and Real Marriage, there's no time to lose.
That’s why I’ve officially launched your Public Advocate into overdrive.
This battle will be like none before. You and I must pull out all the stops.
That's why it's critical for you to sign your petition to Speaker Boehner and Senate Majority Leader McConnell demanding they defend the Traditional Values they were elected to uphold.
Your signed petition is the first step in marshalling Republican opposition to the Homosexual Agenda and their war on Christianity, so it is vital you sign it at once.
You and I must prove to Congress that the overwhelming majority of Americans will not tolerate their attempts to force homosexuality into every aspect of our lives.
But there’s more.
As you know, the Homosexual Lobby hoards vast treasuries they can unleash at a moment’s notice to drown out our voices.
And the amount of money they spent during November's midterm elections shows the opposition is better funded than ever.
That’s why I need you to chip in an emergency donation of $10 or $20 along with your signed petition.
Your contribution will allow me to execute step two in my plan to defeat the radical Homosexual Agenda:
Alerting hundreds of thousands, hopefully millions, of pro-Family Americans to the danger of what’s lurking in Washington.
With our entire movement mobilized, our voices CAN rise above the noise of the radical Homosexual Lobby.
But we have to act quickly.
They are twisting arms and spreading lies behind the scenes in Congress!
By acting now, I can put Public Advocate’s 34 years of experience behind defeating the Homosexual Lobby's radical agenda.
Over the decades, you and I have defended Real Marriage and Religious Liberties from the Homosexual Lobby and Radical Left.
But this time we are facing a well-oiled machine that’s desperate to make the most of Barack Obama's final two years in the White House.
But if you and I fight harder and faster than ever before, we may be able to roll back their victories over the last six years.
I’m just worried it’s too late.
If the Homosexual Lobby can bully or trick the Republican Congress to pass the Gay Bill of Special Rights, it would create a protected class of citizens based on “sexual orientation.”
Employers would be forced to hire -- and be prevented from firing -- anyone who claims to be a member of this new protected class of homosexuals, bisexuals, and even so-called “transsexuals.”
Churches would be forced to hire homosexual youth pastors or face lawsuits for discrimination.
Schools would not be able to fire teachers who suddenly decide cross-dressing better “expresses” their “gender identity.”
This has been keeping me up for days.
We must rally pro-Family opposition to this bill to stop it from reaching President Obama’s desk.
Your signed petition and emergency contribution are crucial to doing just that.
When I flood Washington, D.C. with signed petitions from you and other pro-Family Americans, they will have no choice but to listen to us or pay a high price next election.
And only through your generous donation will I be able to compete with the radical homosexual tidal wave of special interest cash.
I am giving all I have to this new onslaught -- my money, my time and sometimes even my health.
Please chip in $10 or $20 as soon as possible.
Your donation of $20 will allow me to alert pro-Family Americans of the danger facing Traditional Values.
With their voices added to ours, Congress will have no choice but to listen and stop pandering to the radical homosexuals -- or face outraged pro-Family voters next election.
I still believe you and I can stop the radical homosexuals and their allies during the final two years of Barack Obama's presidency.
But if we are going to win this fight, we must act now.
For the Family,
HON. EUGENE DELGAUDIO
President, Public Advocate of the United States
P.S. The Homosexual Lobby is bullying or bribing Republican Congressional leadership to pass their radical agenda.
And they are desperate to make the most of Barack Obama's final two years in the White House.
That’s why I’ve officially launched your Public Advocate into overdrive, and I need your help to succeed.
Please click here to sign your petition to Speaker Boehner and Leader McConnell right away and chip in $10 or $20.
Thank you so much.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
We're so close to making Title II Net Neutrality a reality
Fight For The Future:
We've got chills as we write to you about this: we are on the brink of scoring the biggest victory in modern memory for the public and the Internet against some of the fiercest lobbies in the world.
The FCC Chairman just proposed rules for net neutrality, which will get voted on February 26th -- they plan on reclassifying Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, all telecom as a... Title II. Common. Carrier... meaning we keep the Internet equal for all.
Dollar for dollar, this is the biggest win against entrenched corruption and million dollar lobbyists in recent memory. No matter what happens next, this is a watershed moment for free speech.
We can celebrate soon, but first we have to finish the fight. Will you chip in?
But, it's also true we still have three weeks to go before these rules get voted on. Almost anything can happen in that time, and the details of the rules matter so much. We know our opponents in the Cable industry will use their exclusive access to the FCC and Congress to add loopholes and attack the process. This is our last moment to blow this fight out of the water and make it crystal clear that we will not let ANY loophole or monopoly behavior gut this historic win we've fought so hard for.
There's no doubt this is the moment we've all been fighting for. The FCC vote for net neutrality -- the most important vote of the FCC's entire history -- was a year in the making (and a decade of groundwork) and the result of coming together around smart, strategic mobilization at the FCC, the halls of Congress, across the political spectrum and around the world.
But, the Cable lobby knows exactly what they're going to do about it and they are unrolling their plans as we speak. We don't know all the details, but we know they are putting everything they've got into the next three weeks to mobilize the TV networks they own, the million dollar political lists they've bought, and the politicians they gave campaign contributions to (especially the ones who are already pushing a bill that could derail the vote).
It will all come down to February 26th, when the FCC votes on their rules. We know we can beat them, but on that day we'll either have done everything we needed to do to win real net neutrality or we'll lose it for a long time.
So, it's up to us to decide if we close the deal. And, we have only have three weeks to get your support and do it.
First, we're going to generate a massive avalanche of public opposition to Cable's plans by creatively distributing a ticking vote-countdown clock all across the web on thousands of websites and social media accounts. We'll generate such a determined outpouring of support for real net neutrality rules that we'll resoundingly save the open Internet and make it so politically toxic for any member of Congress and any FCC commissioner to be on the wrong side of history.
We moved mountains to get here. A year ago when net neutrality rules were struck down in court, Title II was off the table. We bravely came out for it when it was scary and built campaigns so the support would spread. No one expected us to set up camp outside the FCC offices for 10 days. And, when we created the Internet Slowdown protest and made the spinning wheel of death the iconic emblem of Cable's plans, and with our partners, helped drive a historic 4 million comments, we created the turning point for net neutrality that changed everything.
While millions of dollars and a host of lobbyists are a stone's throw away from every Congressional office and FCC staffer, we defied all odds and are winning, not on their terms of corruption and DC lobbying, but on our own -- the public banding together. Our fingerprints are all over these rules. We know exactly how to finish the job.
Are we ready to make the FCC vote on net neutrality the biggest moment for you, me, and everyone else? Oh yes.
All those sleepless nights. All that wrist pain. The rain and the cold streets. All of that has been worth it. And it's going to be worth going through it all again over the next three weeks.
It's been an overwhelming years worth of work. But we're not going to let up now. We’ve come so far. Not long ago most people didn’t have a clue what net neutrality even was. Now, we're mobilized and ready. Can you make a donation to help finish the job and save the free and open Internet?
We've got chills as we write to you about this: we are on the brink of scoring the biggest victory in modern memory for the public and the Internet against some of the fiercest lobbies in the world.
The FCC Chairman just proposed rules for net neutrality, which will get voted on February 26th -- they plan on reclassifying Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, all telecom as a... Title II. Common. Carrier... meaning we keep the Internet equal for all.
Dollar for dollar, this is the biggest win against entrenched corruption and million dollar lobbyists in recent memory. No matter what happens next, this is a watershed moment for free speech.
We can celebrate soon, but first we have to finish the fight. Will you chip in?
But, it's also true we still have three weeks to go before these rules get voted on. Almost anything can happen in that time, and the details of the rules matter so much. We know our opponents in the Cable industry will use their exclusive access to the FCC and Congress to add loopholes and attack the process. This is our last moment to blow this fight out of the water and make it crystal clear that we will not let ANY loophole or monopoly behavior gut this historic win we've fought so hard for.
There's no doubt this is the moment we've all been fighting for. The FCC vote for net neutrality -- the most important vote of the FCC's entire history -- was a year in the making (and a decade of groundwork) and the result of coming together around smart, strategic mobilization at the FCC, the halls of Congress, across the political spectrum and around the world.
But, the Cable lobby knows exactly what they're going to do about it and they are unrolling their plans as we speak. We don't know all the details, but we know they are putting everything they've got into the next three weeks to mobilize the TV networks they own, the million dollar political lists they've bought, and the politicians they gave campaign contributions to (especially the ones who are already pushing a bill that could derail the vote).
It will all come down to February 26th, when the FCC votes on their rules. We know we can beat them, but on that day we'll either have done everything we needed to do to win real net neutrality or we'll lose it for a long time.
So, it's up to us to decide if we close the deal. And, we have only have three weeks to get your support and do it.
First, we're going to generate a massive avalanche of public opposition to Cable's plans by creatively distributing a ticking vote-countdown clock all across the web on thousands of websites and social media accounts. We'll generate such a determined outpouring of support for real net neutrality rules that we'll resoundingly save the open Internet and make it so politically toxic for any member of Congress and any FCC commissioner to be on the wrong side of history.
We moved mountains to get here. A year ago when net neutrality rules were struck down in court, Title II was off the table. We bravely came out for it when it was scary and built campaigns so the support would spread. No one expected us to set up camp outside the FCC offices for 10 days. And, when we created the Internet Slowdown protest and made the spinning wheel of death the iconic emblem of Cable's plans, and with our partners, helped drive a historic 4 million comments, we created the turning point for net neutrality that changed everything.
While millions of dollars and a host of lobbyists are a stone's throw away from every Congressional office and FCC staffer, we defied all odds and are winning, not on their terms of corruption and DC lobbying, but on our own -- the public banding together. Our fingerprints are all over these rules. We know exactly how to finish the job.
Are we ready to make the FCC vote on net neutrality the biggest moment for you, me, and everyone else? Oh yes.
All those sleepless nights. All that wrist pain. The rain and the cold streets. All of that has been worth it. And it's going to be worth going through it all again over the next three weeks.
It's been an overwhelming years worth of work. But we're not going to let up now. We’ve come so far. Not long ago most people didn’t have a clue what net neutrality even was. Now, we're mobilized and ready. Can you make a donation to help finish the job and save the free and open Internet?
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Net Neutrality edging closer to becoming a reality
From Demand Progress:
My, how the tables have turned.
Last January, a court struck down Net Neutrality at the behest of Verizon, Comcast and the other major ISPs -- some of America's most powerful, and most reviled, corporations.
But after a year of aggressive organizing and activism -- in which millions of Americans have taken part -- we're on the brink of achieving meaningful new Net Neutrality rules.
Perhaps no single thrust did more to force back the ISPs than the Internet Slowdown, during which nearly one million people told Congress and the FCC to support the open Internet.
The FCC’s proposed rules are expected to be made public in just a day or two. They vote on the Feb 26th, and the ISPs will try to use the next few weeks to undermine everything that's good about the rules. All the while -- and for some time thereafter -- the biggest ISP shills in Congress will try to undercut us.
We need all hands on deck -- we have to mobilize as many users, social media accounts, and websites as possible to stand up and defend the net. (And run over the ISPs in the process.)
Thousands have already signed up, helping us reach more than 3.4 million people every day already. Will you join them?
Joining them is easy. All you have to do is click on the banner at the top of the webpage and protect the internet.
My, how the tables have turned.
Last January, a court struck down Net Neutrality at the behest of Verizon, Comcast and the other major ISPs -- some of America's most powerful, and most reviled, corporations.
But after a year of aggressive organizing and activism -- in which millions of Americans have taken part -- we're on the brink of achieving meaningful new Net Neutrality rules.
Perhaps no single thrust did more to force back the ISPs than the Internet Slowdown, during which nearly one million people told Congress and the FCC to support the open Internet.
The FCC’s proposed rules are expected to be made public in just a day or two. They vote on the Feb 26th, and the ISPs will try to use the next few weeks to undermine everything that's good about the rules. All the while -- and for some time thereafter -- the biggest ISP shills in Congress will try to undercut us.
We need all hands on deck -- we have to mobilize as many users, social media accounts, and websites as possible to stand up and defend the net. (And run over the ISPs in the process.)
Thousands have already signed up, helping us reach more than 3.4 million people every day already. Will you join them?
Joining them is easy. All you have to do is click on the banner at the top of the webpage and protect the internet.
Monday, February 2, 2015
The FCC is wavering on Net Neutrality
From Fight For The Future:
I know Evan emailed you earlier today, but this is urgent. Media reports are coming out about FCC's forthcoming rules, and for the most part they sound really, really good. But, there’s one important detail, a loophole that might still let Comcast mess with services like Netflix. Can you send the FCC an email right now?
(In most email apps–including gmail–this will start a new email to a list of key FCC employees. Then just click send. If it doesn’t work, reply to let us know.)
Things are moving really fast right now, and we’ll know more soon. But journalists at the Wall Street Journal have been briefed on the FCC’s latest plans, and it looks like the FCC will be giving cable companies like Comcast some ability to charge “interconnection fees.”
These fees are the reason Comcast forced broken and “buffering” video on millions of its own customers, just to extort money from Netflix.
We still don’t know the details of the rules yet. Probably even the Wall Street Journal hasn’t seen the exact text. And, if early reports are true, we could be looking at a huge victory for net neutrality. The rules look better than anybody ever thought the y’d be.
But we wanted to sound the alarm. As we move into the end game, we need the FCC to know we’re watching, and that we’re dead serious about getting net neutrality done right, with no loopholes for the cable companies to exploit. If there’s a big loophole (and it looks like there might be) let’s do everything we can to fix it right now. Are you with us?
Thanks for doing this.
Sincerely,
Holmes Wilson and the Fight for the Future team.
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If the links above don't work for you, here's the text of the email and who to send it to:
Subject: Don’t mess with Netflix
To: wheeler@fcc.gov
BCC:jonathan.sallet@fcc.gov,debra.weiner@fcc.gov,jacob.lewis@fcc.gov,michele.ellison@fcc.gov,mignon.clyburn@fcc.gov,adonis.hoffman@fcc.gov,rebekah.goodheart@fcc.gov,louis.peraertz@fcc.gov,daniel.alvarez@fcc.gov,ruth.milkman@fcc.gov,gigi.sohn@fcc.gov,philip.verveer@fcc.gov,maria.kirby@fcc.gov,diane.cornell@fcc.gov,renee.gregory@fcc.gov,matthew.berry@fcc.gov,nicholas.degani@fcc.gov,ajit.pai@fcc.gov,mike.orielly@fcc.gov,amy.bender@fcc.gov,shannon.gilson@fcc.gov,mark.wigfield@fcc.gov,kim.hart@fcc.gov,jonathan.chambers@fcc.gov,jon.wilkins@fcc.gov,julie.veach@fcc.gov,matthew.delnero@fcc.gov,roger.sherman@fcc.gov,kris.monteith@fcc.gov,team@fightforthefuture.org
Dear FCC,
I don't want Youtube, Netflix, Vimeo or *any* online video to look like this: http://gph.to/1D7oxY7
If you let cable companies charge interconnection fees, Comcast will keep slowing sites down until they cough up more cash.
Every American Internet user will suffer, and they’ll blame the FCC (and, likely, Obama) for not closing this loophole when they had the chance. I sincerely hope that the Wall Street Journal is wrong, and that your rules will ban these shakedown tactics outright.
Sincerely,
Everyone who watches video online.
I know Evan emailed you earlier today, but this is urgent. Media reports are coming out about FCC's forthcoming rules, and for the most part they sound really, really good. But, there’s one important detail, a loophole that might still let Comcast mess with services like Netflix. Can you send the FCC an email right now?
(In most email apps–including gmail–this will start a new email to a list of key FCC employees. Then just click send. If it doesn’t work, reply to let us know.)
Things are moving really fast right now, and we’ll know more soon. But journalists at the Wall Street Journal have been briefed on the FCC’s latest plans, and it looks like the FCC will be giving cable companies like Comcast some ability to charge “interconnection fees.”
These fees are the reason Comcast forced broken and “buffering” video on millions of its own customers, just to extort money from Netflix.
We still don’t know the details of the rules yet. Probably even the Wall Street Journal hasn’t seen the exact text. And, if early reports are true, we could be looking at a huge victory for net neutrality. The rules look better than anybody ever thought the y’d be.
But we wanted to sound the alarm. As we move into the end game, we need the FCC to know we’re watching, and that we’re dead serious about getting net neutrality done right, with no loopholes for the cable companies to exploit. If there’s a big loophole (and it looks like there might be) let’s do everything we can to fix it right now. Are you with us?
Thanks for doing this.
Sincerely,
Holmes Wilson and the Fight for the Future team.
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If the links above don't work for you, here's the text of the email and who to send it to:
Subject: Don’t mess with Netflix
To: wheeler@fcc.gov
BCC:jonathan.sallet@fcc.gov,debra.weiner@fcc.gov,jacob.lewis@fcc.gov,michele.ellison@fcc.gov,mignon.clyburn@fcc.gov,adonis.hoffman@fcc.gov,rebekah.goodheart@fcc.gov,louis.peraertz@fcc.gov,daniel.alvarez@fcc.gov,ruth.milkman@fcc.gov,gigi.sohn@fcc.gov,philip.verveer@fcc.gov,maria.kirby@fcc.gov,diane.cornell@fcc.gov,renee.gregory@fcc.gov,matthew.berry@fcc.gov,nicholas.degani@fcc.gov,ajit.pai@fcc.gov,mike.orielly@fcc.gov,amy.bender@fcc.gov,shannon.gilson@fcc.gov,mark.wigfield@fcc.gov,kim.hart@fcc.gov,jonathan.chambers@fcc.gov,jon.wilkins@fcc.gov,julie.veach@fcc.gov,matthew.delnero@fcc.gov,roger.sherman@fcc.gov,kris.monteith@fcc.gov,team@fightforthefuture.org
Dear FCC,
I don't want Youtube, Netflix, Vimeo or *any* online video to look like this: http://gph.to/1D7oxY7
If you let cable companies charge interconnection fees, Comcast will keep slowing sites down until they cough up more cash.
Every American Internet user will suffer, and they’ll blame the FCC (and, likely, Obama) for not closing this loophole when they had the chance. I sincerely hope that the Wall Street Journal is wrong, and that your rules will ban these shakedown tactics outright.
Sincerely,
Everyone who watches video online.
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