KOCH BROTHERS ARE CITIES' NEW OBSTACLE TO BUILDING BROADBAND👉 The three Republican commissioners now in power at the FCC voted this week to erase the agency's legal authority over high-speed Internet providers.12/16/17 wired.com/story/koch-bro…
Two Koch Insiders Are Creating a New Office Inside the FCC👉 The two officials launching the new office both have ties to George Mason University (GMU)—which has been funneling academic conservatives into government roles since becoming a major beneficiary of Koch money.
Both have either been employed by or had their academic work funded by the Kochs and by the telecommunications industry. And FCC records obtained by TYT show that one of them met with and corresponded with telecom industry representatives, one of whom was his wife.
An email obtained by TYT showed that one of them explicitly hoped to recruit officials for the new office at a telecom industry event.
Pai was once an associate general counsel for telecom giant Verizon. At a 2017 FCC event, Pai joked about being “a Verizon puppet” installed as FCC chairman. Pai’s meetings with Sinclair executives are the subject of a probe by the FCC inspector general. legacy.tyt.com/2018/05/24/two…
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