{"id":6758,"date":"2017-04-11T17:51:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T17:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6758"},"modified":"2017-04-07T17:51:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T17:51:44","slug":"linked-the-265-members-of-congress-who-sold-you-out-to-isps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/04\/11\/linked-the-265-members-of-congress-who-sold-you-out-to-isps\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;The 265 members of Congress who sold you out to ISPs&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3177,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.theverge.com\\\/2017\\\/3\\\/29\\\/15100620\\\/congress-fcc-isp-web-browsing-privacy-fire-sale&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251003153148\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.theverge.com\\\/2017\\\/3\\\/29\\\/15100620\\\/congress-fcc-isp-web-browsing-privacy-fire-sale&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 03:16:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-20 09:56:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-14 21:32:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-26 00:05:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-08 20:41:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-25 05:39:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-03 09:06:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 02:01:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 12:36:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 01:25:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 10:04:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 10:04:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/3\/29\/15100620\/congress-fcc-isp-web-browsing-privacy-fire-sale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via The Verge<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>So here is a list of the lawmakers who voted to betray you, and how much money they received from the telecom industry in their most recent election cycle.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Look for your state, call up your representative and promise to not give them your vote next election. There is no term limit on our representatives. Like mobsters, they make millions voting for corporations and live for free on taxpayer dollars that you contribute every paycheck. The only way to hurt them is to vote for another candidate next election. Unfortunately, they too will be corrupted.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I hate sentences that start with \u201cSo\u2026\u201d It\u2019s lazy and if you read all of the posts that start with So, you can remove So and nothing was lost, nor does the sentence now fail to make sense. So is a plague and we as bloggers should avoid using it. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s grammatically incorrect but it\u2019s really annoying and I start reading the blog in a valley-girl accent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via The Verge: So here is a list of the lawmakers who voted to betray you, and how&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-04-11T17:52:03Z","apple_news_api_id":"f8114fdd-4736-4371-b038-340bb6634705","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-04-11T17:52:03Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A-BFP3Uc2Q3GwODQLtmNHBQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a6dbab72-c794-3987-8514-c419907b32a3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1L0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6511,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/01\/12\/linked-why-the-trump-machine-is-built-to-last-beyond-the-election\/","url_meta":{"origin":6758,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Why the Trump Machine Is Built to Last Beyond the Election&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via Bloomberg: Trump believes he possesses hidden strength that may only materialize at the ballot box. 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What is relevant is: What am I building that lasts?\u201d\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6612,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/01\/29\/linked-what-the-hell-just-happened\/","url_meta":{"origin":6758,"position":2},"title":"Linked: &#8220;What the Hell Just Happened?&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via DavePell (a medium blog): The Next Few Months: There can be no tolerance of acts of hate perpetrated by those who feel emboldened by this slim victory. But it doesn\u2019t mean shit if I say it or if Obama says it. Trump has to say it. (And sadly, as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7177,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/11\/08\/linked-donald-trump-campaign-ramps-up-2020-re-election-fundraising\/","url_meta":{"origin":6758,"position":3},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Donald Trump campaign ramps up 2020 re-election fundraising&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"November 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via PublicIntegrity: $67,867: Amount Rubio\u2019s 2016 presidential campaign earned renting out information about its supporters. $146,425: Amount Fiorina\u2019s presidential campaign transferred to a pro-Fiorina super PAC. $700: Amount the campaign of Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, spent to rent a hay bale. That\u2019s a lot less than the $14,500 her campaign\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8390,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2020\/10\/28\/linked-this-is-the-coronavirus-election\/","url_meta":{"origin":6758,"position":4},"title":"Linked: &#8220;This Is the Coronavirus Election&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Via DaringFireball (A politics & tech blog): We all miss so many people, and so many places. Real leadership can and will instill collective patience that many lack or are simply running short of individually. A sense that we\u2019re in this together, and that the quickest (if not only) way\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6850,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/04\/26\/linked-not-ok-google\/","url_meta":{"origin":6758,"position":5},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Not Ok, Google&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via Stratechery: Fake news, on the other hand, tells people who\u2019ve already made up their minds what they want to hear. Certainly it\u2019s not ideal, but the tradeoffs in dealing with the problem, at least in terms of Facebook, are very problematic. 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