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Old 10-23-2016, 11:37 AM
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Bye-Bye Net Neutrality

On the heels of their acquisition of DirecTV, AT&T is buying Time Warner for $85.4 billion. This comes about a year and a half after Comcast tried to buy TW for about half as much money ($45.2 billion). DoJ shot that one down. I wonder what a Clinton DoJ will do.

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Old 10-23-2016, 12:31 PM
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Loretta will go after those corporate fascists.
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Old 10-23-2016, 12:39 PM
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Loretta will go after those corporate fascists.
Perhaps, assuming she ends up staying on as AG. No decision on this will be made by the outgoing administration.
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Old 10-23-2016, 12:51 PM
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Internet chatter indicates she has a good chance of getting the nod. A conspiracy theorist might call it a payoff.
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Old 10-23-2016, 03:48 PM
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Internet chatter indicates she has a good chance of getting the nod. A conspiracy bullshitter might call it a payoff.
Fixed it for you.
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Old 10-23-2016, 11:39 PM
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Bernie is against the merger, but does he carry much weight?
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Old 10-23-2016, 11:41 PM
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I doubt he was consulted.

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Old 10-24-2016, 08:35 AM
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Fixed it for you.
Wasn't broken.
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Old 10-24-2016, 10:31 AM
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I think we could do without both the merger and the FCC's net neutrality rules.
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Old 10-24-2016, 11:05 AM
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If the FCC formulated them they are anything but neutral.
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