MysterVuiMar 8, 2023
Dan Gillmor

My contempt for Big Telecom has risen another notch with its foul -- and successful -- smear campaign against FCC nominee Gigi Sohn. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/bidens-fcc-pick-withdraws-regrets-that-isps-get-to-choose-their-regulators/

As Gigi said in withdrawing, the American people are the losers to a cartel that defines everything wrong with business and politics.

Biden FCC nominee withdraws, blaming cable lobby and “unlimited dark money“

Gigi Sohn gives up amid opposition from Republicans and Democrat Joe Manchin.

Ars Technica
Mar 7, 2023 at 9:35pmWeb
Show threadDan GillmorMar 7, 2023
Save some contempt for the Biden administration and Senate Democrats, who sat on their hands throughout the onslaught of lies -- they are cowards.
Show threadSpaceLifeFormMar 8, 2023

@dangillmor

I read the situation from another angle.

It may be about collecting metadata intel.

Show threadStephen JeromeMar 8, 2023
@dangillmor This is so sad, and just furthers my idea that most in D.C. care nothing about actually helping citizens, but rather just stay elected by using big corps' money (and the dark money.)