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THE FCC JUST VOTED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE INTERNET
TheHighWire.com ^ | Nov 15 2023 | STEVEN MIDDENDORP

Posted on 11/16/2023 12:39:58 PM PST by Aquamarine

The FCC voted today on a plan that gives the Federal government full control over the Internet. The plan passed by a 3-2 margin. A press release posted immediately after the meeting stated, in part, “Under the new rules, the Commission can investigate possible instances of discrimination of broadband access, work with companies to solve problems, facilitate mediation, and, when necessary, penalize companies for violating the rules. The FCC will review consumer complaints of digital discrimination of access through an improved consumer complaint portal and staff will meet monthly to assess trends in complaint patterns. Finally, the Commission adopted model policies and best practices that will support states, local and Tribal governments in their efforts to combat digital discrimination.”

The decision means that the Biden Administration is well on its way to implementing the plan that FCC commissioner Brendan Carr said “…reads like a planning document drawn up in the faculty lounge of a university’s Soviet Studies Department.” Commissioner Carr sent out his letter of dissent last week to warn the public about this “unlawful power grab” that “chooses central planning over free market capitalism.”

The plan is marketed as though it will prevent digital discrimination and a way to ensure equal access to broadband internet in the United States. While equal access is a component of liberty and freedom, this plan gives sweeping access and regulatory control over all aspects of the Internet business. According to the plan document, the FCC would have the power to regulate the following aspects as it relates to each Internet Service Provider:

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arrestbrendancarr; brendancarr; civilwar; defundfcc; fcc; fccsedition; freespeech; internet; internetcontrol; marxisttyranny; netneutrality; policestate
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To: Aquamarine

If feral government bureaucrats can create laws by diktat, why do we need Congress?


41 posted on 11/16/2023 2:02:54 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Aquamarine

Speech suppression. Typical of those seeking absolute power.


42 posted on 11/16/2023 2:07:28 PM PST by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: Aquamarine
So, what's the shelf-life of Free Republic?

Do we make it past 4 of July 2024?

43 posted on 11/16/2023 2:09:06 PM PST by G Larry (It is RACIST to impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants by importing Cheap ILLEGAL Labor!)
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To: mewzilla
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44 posted on 11/16/2023 2:09:30 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
the FCC isn’t congress and cant write or create laws.

Well the 1st Amendment says not even congress can interfere with FREE SPEECH!!!

45 posted on 11/16/2023 2:11:00 PM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tench_Coxe

(Just in time for 2024.)

Woohoo!!! 🎉🎉🎉

Daniel 7:23
King James Version

23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel%207%3A23&version=KJV

Daniel 7:7-10
King James Version

7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel+7%3A7-10&version=KJV


46 posted on 11/16/2023 2:11:44 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Aquamarine

How do they just vote themselves this power?


47 posted on 11/16/2023 2:14:22 PM PST by dljordan
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To: No name given

>It’s time for another American Revolution

Sure, you can fire the first shot


48 posted on 11/16/2023 2:17:28 PM PST by nevadapatriot
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To: Aquamarine
The FCC will review consumer complaints of digital discrimination of access

well since the vast major of the internet is run by libs, then I guess start sending in those complaints boys and girls….

49 posted on 11/16/2023 2:19:45 PM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: dljordan

“How do they just vote themselves this power?”

Because,like everything else this administration does, they know it’s unconstitutional, but they also know they can implement it, and it’ll be tied up in court forever before it’s stopped.


50 posted on 11/16/2023 2:20:07 PM PST by Salty Longshanks
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

?why do we need Congress?

To maintain the illusion of a republic.


51 posted on 11/16/2023 2:25:24 PM PST by conservativeimage (Divorce the Deep State Peacefully: Become a State National: https://tasa.americanstatenationals.org)
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To: Aquamarine

The FCC voted today on a plan that gives the Federal
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government full control over the Internet.

Wink


52 posted on 11/16/2023 2:30:39 PM PST by Vaduz (....)
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To: Mariner

Or their favorite word: “Bringing equity to the net”.

“There’s too many conservative websites! It’s not equitable, therefore Freerepublic is banned”


53 posted on 11/16/2023 2:32:36 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: Aquamarine; All
Thank you for referencing that article Aquamarine. Please note that the following critique is directed at the referenced article and not at you.

"THE FCC JUST VOTED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE INTERNET"


FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument

FCC has been added to the list of post-FDR era, politically correct but unconstitutional federal government regulators (read: stolen state powers) imo.

"Article I, Section 1: All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives [and non-popularly-elected bureaucrats running Federal Reserve, IRS, EPA, BLM, FDA, NIH, CDC, FWS, DHS, DOL, USDA, FCC, etc.]"

The FCC is just another example of post-17th Amendment ratification career federal lawmakers protecting their voting records by letting a constitutionally undefined federal regulatory agency run by non-popularly elected bureaucrats get away with stealing state powers to dictate unconstitutional federal government policies.

More specifically, given that Internet businesses are based on contracts, not commerce (correction welcome), the post-Civil War Supreme Court had clarified in Paul v. Virginia that contracts are not commerce, the federal government therefore having no Commerce Clause power (1.8.3) to regulate contracts.


54 posted on 11/16/2023 2:44:19 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: Aquamarine

Time to defund the FCC.


55 posted on 11/16/2023 2:45:49 PM PST by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell)
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To: Aquamarine

Has everyone had enough commie nonsense yet?


56 posted on 11/16/2023 2:47:30 PM PST by dforest
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To: Aquamarine

“The FCC voted today on a plan that gives the Federal government full control over the Internet.”

I’m sure this amused the people at the NSA who’ve had control of our phones and internet for decades now.


57 posted on 11/16/2023 2:49:55 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Tench_Coxe
Just in time for 2024.

I guess using the FBI, IRS and DOJ against conservative Americans wasn't enough. Maybe 51 'intelligence' thugs can sign a letter saying 'shutting down conservative speech is necessary for our nation's security'... (meaning the security of white liberal elite power freaks)

58 posted on 11/16/2023 2:51:18 PM PST by GOPJ (When white liberal 'elites' say we must 'save democracy' they mean 'save white liberal elite power'.)
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To: Aquamarine

bttt


59 posted on 11/16/2023 2:56:50 PM PST by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Never be slave e in a new Socialist America .)
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To: Amendment10

Interesting


60 posted on 11/16/2023 2:57:02 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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