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And not Comcast, Walmart, AT&T? ... I wonder why

appstateguy 7y ago
To be fair, they tried to go after AT&T to kill the Time Warner deal (because they own CNN), but the judge basically threw out the case.
djflutt3rshy 7y ago
Gotta give money to the winning team... Alphabet: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000067823&cycle=2018 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000067823&cy... Apple: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000021754&cycle=2018 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000021754&cy... Amazon: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000023883&cycle=2018 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000023883&cy... Facebook: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000033563&cycle=2018 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000033563&cy... --- Comcast: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000461&cycle=2018 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000461&cy... Walmart: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000367&cycle=2018 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000367&cy... AT&T: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000076&cycle=2018 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000076&cy...
- scribu 7y ago
  It's interesting that every company in that list (except Walmart) had a massive spike in contributions to the blue team starting in 2016.
- noelsusman 7y ago
  To be clear, it's illegal for corporations to give money directly to federal candidates. This is a tally of donations from employees of those companies, which makes this a function of workforce ideological leanings more than anything else.
studentrob 7y ago
Comcast and AT&T have the ability to force consumers to pay more with no chance of losing revenue. Regional broadband monopolies + no net neutrality allows them to, 1, Zero-rate their own video services [1] 2, Throttle competitors like Netflix 3, Charge competitors more, passing on costs to consumers [1] https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2019/02/13/isps-are-violating-the-old-net-neutrality-rules/ https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2019/02/13/isps-are-violating-t...

To be fair, they tried to go after AT&T to kill the Time Warner deal (because they own CNN), but the judge basically threw out the case.

djflutt3rshy 7y ago

Gotta give money to the winning team... Alphabet: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000067823&cycle=2018 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000067823&cy... Apple: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000021754&cycle=2018 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000021754&cy... Amazon: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000023883&cycle=2018 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000023883&cy... Facebook: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000033563&cycle=2018 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000033563&cy... --- Comcast: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000461&cycle=2018 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000461&cy... Walmart: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000367&cycle=2018 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000367&cy... AT&T: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000076&cycle=2018 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000076&cy...

scribu 7y ago
It's interesting that every company in that list (except Walmart) had a massive spike in contributions to the blue team starting in 2016.
noelsusman 7y ago
To be clear, it's illegal for corporations to give money directly to federal candidates. This is a tally of donations from employees of those companies, which makes this a function of workforce ideological leanings more than anything else.

studentrob 7y ago

Comcast and AT&T have the ability to force consumers to pay more with no chance of losing revenue. Regional broadband monopolies + no net neutrality allows them to, 1, Zero-rate their own video services [1] 2, Throttle competitors like Netflix 3, Charge competitors more, passing on costs to consumers [1] https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2019/02/13/isps-are-violating-the-old-net-neutrality-rules/ https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2019/02/13/isps-are-violating-t...