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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 3260876" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong><a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/3dayyj/why-marsha-blackburns-rise-is-bad-news-for-net-neutrality-and-science" target="_blank">Why Marsha Blackburn’s Rise Is Bad News for Net Neutrality and Science - Motherboard</a></strong></p><p></p><p><em>Blackburn has received mountains of campaign cash from telecom and fossil fuel companies.</em></p><p></p><p>Big Telecom's <a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/meet-marsha-blackburn-big-telecoms-best-friend-in-congress" target="_blank">best friend in Congress</a> just got a very big promotion.</p><p></p><p>Rep. Marsha Blackburn, the arch-conservative Tennessee Republican who has received mountains of campaign cash from the telecom industry, has been <a href="https://energycommerce.house.gov/news-center/press-releases/walden-announces-subcommittee-chairs-and-vice-chairs-115th-congress" target="_blank">chosen by the GOP</a> to lead a key Congressional subcommittee with broad jurisdiction over cable, phone, and internet issues.</p><p></p><p>For years, Blackburn has worked tirelessly to <a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/meet-marsha-blackburn-big-telecoms-best-friend-in-congress" target="_blank">undermine pro-consumer policies</a> advanced by the Federal Communications Commission—policies that have invariably been opposed by the very corporate giants that have poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into her campaign coffers. </p><p></p><p>In particular, Blackburn has waged a <a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/and-here-is-the-bill-attempting-to-roll-back-the-new-net-neutrality-rules" target="_blank">relentless campaign</a> against the FCC's policy <a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/net-neutrality-passes-but-the-fight-isnt-over" target="_blank">safeguarding net neutrality</a>, the principle that all internet content should be equally accessible, which she has disparaged as "<a href="http://blackburn.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=370181" target="_blank">socialistic</a>."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 3260876, member: 1"] [B][URL='https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/3dayyj/why-marsha-blackburns-rise-is-bad-news-for-net-neutrality-and-science']Why Marsha Blackburn’s Rise Is Bad News for Net Neutrality and Science - Motherboard[/URL][/B] [I]Blackburn has received mountains of campaign cash from telecom and fossil fuel companies.[/I] Big Telecom's [URL='http://motherboard.vice.com/read/meet-marsha-blackburn-big-telecoms-best-friend-in-congress']best friend in Congress[/URL] just got a very big promotion. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, the arch-conservative Tennessee Republican who has received mountains of campaign cash from the telecom industry, has been [URL='https://energycommerce.house.gov/news-center/press-releases/walden-announces-subcommittee-chairs-and-vice-chairs-115th-congress']chosen by the GOP[/URL] to lead a key Congressional subcommittee with broad jurisdiction over cable, phone, and internet issues. For years, Blackburn has worked tirelessly to [URL='http://motherboard.vice.com/read/meet-marsha-blackburn-big-telecoms-best-friend-in-congress']undermine pro-consumer policies[/URL] advanced by the Federal Communications Commission—policies that have invariably been opposed by the very corporate giants that have poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into her campaign coffers. In particular, Blackburn has waged a [URL='http://motherboard.vice.com/read/and-here-is-the-bill-attempting-to-roll-back-the-new-net-neutrality-rules']relentless campaign[/URL] against the FCC's policy [URL='http://motherboard.vice.com/read/net-neutrality-passes-but-the-fight-isnt-over']safeguarding net neutrality[/URL], the principle that all internet content should be equally accessible, which she has disparaged as "[URL='http://blackburn.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=370181']socialistic[/URL]." [/QUOTE]
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