I’ve been a Robert Reich fan for some time, and was terribly disappointed that he did not end up in the Obama Administration. Here, he gives the best 3 minutes on what the public plan is and how to get it passed I’ve yet seen.
Of course, in pointing out that good policy doesn’t just happen and that it needs work, he is singing from a hymn book I’ve been using myself for some time now.
Stay tuned . . . .
Cable TV cord-cutting accelerated by over 70% last year. These 7 charts explain how and why. https://www.wsj.com/articles/cord-cutting-accelerates-raising-pressure-on-cable-providers-11582149209 via @WSJ
“There has never been a wall of separation between Bloomberg’s private patronage and his political machine.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-bloomberg-philanthropy-silence_n_5e4c23fbc5b65f25da502fa5?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004 # via @HuffPostPol
Compare what former Sen. Harry Reid — who served as a Democrat in the Senate for 30 years and Majority Leader for 8 years — just said about Medicare For All, with what @pareene has written about the Democratic Party's behavior towards their own popular ideas:
2Today the @FCC seeks comment, at the direction of the US Appeals court, about the mess it made when it repealed #NetNeutrality. @freepress has the details. https://www.freepress.net/news/press-releases/direction-us-appeals-court-fcc-asks-public-weigh-harms-its-2017-net-neutrality
From @freepress: "It didn't have to be this way." Protecting #NetNeutrality under #TitleII would (and did) put the open internet on stable legal footing -- until Pai's repeal. https://www.freepress.net/news/press-releases/direction-us-appeals-court-fcc-asks-public-weigh-harms-its-2017-net-neutrality https://twitter.com/JRosenworcel/status/1230174997429342209
Care about #netneutrality? Want to fix the mess the FCC made when it rolled back open internet policies?
Time to speak up.
The FCC is asking for public comment on net neutrality matters the court said it got wrong.
This is our shot.
Let's do this.
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-20-168A1.pdf
