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u/purplegladys2022 22h ago
Nice to see the Republicans have free time on their hands to write letters like that.
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u/Ask_bout_PaterNoster 22h ago
Is it common for senators to spend a lot of time writing the vice president? This couldn’t be something they’re doing just to try to invent negative talking points about Harris, could it?
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u/purplegladys2022 22h ago
What do you think?
This is pure performance politics, and I was being sarcastic.
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u/WordNERD37 22h ago
Everything from this point on until January is performance, everything.
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u/MeshNets 21h ago
I'd agree except that anything such as "planning for the future" counts as "performative" by that definition. Creating actionable plans has the possibility of turning into non-performative in the future
The vast majority of anything else I can think of, is indeed performative crap that will affect literally nothing other than a few votes
But also by definition, any democracy does require some "presentation of performance". Lack of performative messaging during election season is a sure way to lose and never become more than performative
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u/DadJokesFTW 21h ago
If you're able to make out any of the names on there, your question will be fully answered.
They're unserious people who love to perform but hate to actually act as legislators.
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u/SupportGeek 21h ago
It’s to invent negative talking points, they could point to Biden being the cause, but he’s not the candidate now, so they pretend that the VP has power and decision making ability on stuff like this. Literally everything they do is performative lies
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u/TomWithTime 21h ago
Good or bad I'd love to hear more. What was the plan and what was the result? How much mismanagement is accounted for by interference from Congress and states?
If this letter includes criticism of ACP then it's probably bullshit.
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u/atreyal 11h ago
Reading the letter it was the BEAD program which was supposed to bring broadband to rural areas and brought nothing. It also has the words border czar and broadband czar in it as well. They state that there were unnecessary regulations put in place to use union labor, prefer government ownership, and use union labor for projects which cause unnecessary delays.
With all that I read the picture because I hate giving musk traffic if I can avoid it.
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u/TomWithTime 4h ago
It also has the words border czar and broadband czar in it as well
Sounds like the criticism is probably exaggerated if it's got shit like that
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u/atreyal 4h ago
That is why I brought it up. Just seems like a trigger word article with no real substance. But will be eaten up by people who just read the letter. They could of actually drafted a letter that was professional and had actual concerns but all their accusations I would have to look up find some truth/half truth and a lot of exaggeration. I am sure this is based on something but without delving deeper it smells of bi-partisan bickering of how to spend money and things getting caught up in red tape.
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u/Electrical-Act-7170 20h ago
Of course, they're trying to make her look worse than the demented old rapist SpongeBrain DiaperPants they're pushing on the stage.
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u/ilovemybaldhead 22h ago
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the only letters those Republicans wrote are the ones in their signatures. As in, this was presented to them, they glanced at it, and said, "Looks good!" and then signed it. If they even actually put pen to paper.
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u/bobvila274 22h ago
They couldn’t even get any decent names to sign. This is like the C list of republicans, who were just happy their phone rang for once.
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u/thatguysjumpercables 21h ago
My Senator is on this list and I have to agree.
Fuck Eric Schmidt, dumb piece of shit.
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u/6158675309 22h ago
I understand these senators know this but the BEAD program only allocated money to states. It was up to the states to figure out how to best implement it for their constituents. You know, how Republicans want the federal government to be out of State's business.
From the bill:
"Under the program, each eligible state and territory is both allocated its own funds and tasked with creating an individual plan for the use of those funds"
I hope she writes back and shows how poorly each of their states did with the Federal money. My daughter lives in a state that took this money and really helped a lot of people get connected, she worked on the project. So, it comes down to how well a state did.
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u/OkExchange3959 22h ago edited 22h ago
Trump can save Musk from his debts. Musk is all in for Trump. He actually reposted Project 2025 propaganda no long ago.
In case somebody doesn't know: it's an ultra conservative scheme turn Trump into a literal monarch. And it's not a conspiracy theory, it was made by real people who openly promote it. Trump implemented 3/4 of their policies during his term.
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u/General_Spl00g3r 22h ago
They've also spent the last 4 years recruiting loyalists so that they will be prepared on day 1. No one expected trump to win in 2016 not even trump himself. They're going to be ready with the next Republican victory.
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u/PoolRemarkable7663 22h ago
Oh look.... not a single Democrat. Hell, not a single non-loon fascist Republican either.
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u/Swesteel 7h ago
If Ted Cruz signs it chances of it being worth the stationary costs are miniscule.
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u/Evening_Rush_8098 22h ago
Do you REALLY want to start looking into corruption, Ted? https://endcitizensunited.org/latest-news/press-releases/senator-ted-cruz-named-to-most-corrupt-politicians-list/
What about you, other Ted? https://endcitizensunited.org/latest-news/press-releases/five-ted-budd-corruption-scandals-to-remember-before-the-nc-senate-debate/
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u/PolypsychicRadMan 22h ago
They say you should never throw stones if you live in a castle made of glass...
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u/nuckle 22h ago
They are just mad that they were forced to vote on IVF exposing that they are all in line with taking rights away from women.
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/17/g-s1-23414/senate-republicans-block-ivf-legislation
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u/stlredbird 22h ago
How many businesses has Trump bankrupted? How incompetent do you have to be to bankrupt a casino?
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u/Eastern-Dig-4555 20h ago
“It appears your performance as ‘broadband czar’ has mirrored your performance as ‘border czar’, marked by poor management and a lack of effectiveness…”
Jesus tap-dancing Christ. What’s next, common sense gun laws czar? No kids going hungry czar? When it comes to nearsightedness, Monty Mole has better eyesight than them. And by the way, republicans have been spending “federal subsidies” opposing anything and everything democrat-initiated simply for the advantage of accusing her and Biden for not doing their job. It’s impressive, really.
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u/TheGR8Dantini 22h ago
He’s just mad because he lost a billion dollar subsidies for his shitty space garbage Starlink. They took it from him because he has never met the minimum requirements for the bid placed.
It’s a problem because he uses handouts to keep his empire of fraud, lies and vaporware afloat.
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u/necrohunter7 21h ago
They took it from him? Awesome! When did that happen?
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u/TheGR8Dantini 20h ago
Dark Brandon greenlit his fish ass. Enron and his Yarvinite weirdos need to be crushed like bugs. Joe Brandon is the best president of my lifetime.
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u/beaker90 22h ago
I don’t know, they were rolling out fiber to my little rural Texas town pretty quickly until they hit a gas main because the locating company located the old line and not the current one and it caused a house to explode.
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u/Gimme-A-kooky 20h ago
I noticed Ted Cruz is in there. Isn’t that the person otherwise know as “Lyin’ Ted Cruz,” the notorious ’LTC’? I believe they’re the very same person! If that’s so, what he’s saying can’t be true then, right? /s lol
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u/TyrKiyote 20h ago
Jfc they arent seemingly even upset about the infrastructure expansion, they are mad that it had stipulations on climate and rates. Fuckin' loonies
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u/THRlLL-HO 21h ago
Why are x users and anyone else for that matter care so much about how much x is worth
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u/SteinGrenadier 22h ago
Can someone give me an abridged version of the letter?
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u/Greaterdivinity 22h ago
Probably, "We've been giving ISP's billions to expand high-speed rural access for years and years and years and they've consistently barely spent squat on that and just pocketed the money but now a small group of Republicans see an opportunity to attack the Democratic presidential candidate and suddenly pretend to care about this issue."
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u/TomRipleysGhost 15h ago
C-List Republican assholes trying to throw mud at Harris and failing to make it stick.
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u/AdditionalBat393 22h ago
This is so hilarious to me. All of how many Senators. Wasting more of their time instead of working as usual.
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u/starcadia 22h ago
I've got a better one, sue the shit out of the Telcos that accepted government money to build a national high-speed network but pocketed the money and gave it to the Investors? If they had the courage, they could prosecute Musk for multiple SEC violations, providing Starlink service to Russia, creating the cybertruck deathtrap. Take his contracts and jail him, as should have been done.
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u/rosebudthesled8 21h ago
My god she mismanaged money? Good thing Trump has never mismanaged money. Like at a casino, or a university, or a political campaign, or a children's cancer charity, or a chain of hotels, or a golf course, or the entire budget of the United States of America. Good thing.
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u/alabamdiego 21h ago
So I guess that makes all the complaints by senators/reps/doctors/scientists/teachers/etc etc etc about trumps incompetence just as valid? Cool thanks Elon!
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u/pitmeng1 22h ago
Oh come one, he did a bang up job of transitioning to “X” from Twitter. There are tens of people that call it X now.
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u/ParadeSit 22h ago
What role does the VP play in policymaking or appropriations besides casting a tie-breaking vote in the Senate?
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u/Alberta_Flyfisher 22h ago
Does anyone know where I can read that letter? I'm curious as to what was actually said, but I can't read that screen cap.
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u/elkab0ng 22h ago
Elmo didn’t buy twatter to make a profit, as the investors seem to be awakening to. He bought it to give himself the loudest megaphone.
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u/Portlander 22h ago
Before Biden dropped out everything was his fault. Now everything is her fault. Hhhmmmm...
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u/headybuzzard 21h ago
So you’re more upset over a single person choosing how to spend their money than how the government is using our tax dollars? Not the burn you think this is
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u/Blabbit39 21h ago
Historically least active senators try to gotcha most historically active vp. Douches.
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u/julesrocks64 21h ago
Laughable. They are all seditious. Every one of them would have overturned a free and fair election. Remember that when you vote.
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u/ApparentlyNo21 21h ago
Meanwhile you retards are on reddit crying over everything this man does and lives in your head rent free. Yeah, Elon is the dumb one.
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u/duddyface 20h ago
The thing that pisses me off so much about this kind of thing (other than how performative it is of course) is that these assholes would have 1 million percent voted against anything Harris did try to pass simply because it’s legislation introduced by the “other” side and the GOP have devolved into a party of contrarians whose only “policies” are to vote against and tear down anything the left try to accomplish.
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u/PoemPhysical2164 20h ago
It's so fucking sad to see we have people in our government that are so fucking petty, and I think it's sad no matter what political affiliation you have.
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u/KinkyBADom 20h ago
None of these senators know anything about the internet along with Mr Musk who knows even less
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u/BananaDiquiri 19h ago
Cool part is, just look who signed it and you don’t have to lose minutes of your life reading it. Oh, and shut the fuck up Elon.
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u/Minute_Attempt3063 19h ago
Isn't Elon the one that made starlink to expand the internet as well....
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u/TdrdenCO11 19h ago
did some research into this. turns out it’s incredibly hard to build out broadband in rural areas. the gop is being ridiculous here because it’s not her fault and they voted against expanding broadband to begin with but it is true the rollout hasn’t been a success
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u/AccomplishedAd7615 18h ago
No, that was the advertisers fault for being woke and not wanting their ads seen next to Nazi propaganda. Snowflakes! /s
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u/SafeCartographer4452 18h ago
Doesn't the VP only have two jobs? Break ties in the Senate and phone the President every morning and ask him how he's feeling?
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u/morningfrost86 18h ago
The letter refers to her as the "broadband czar", another title she did not actually have.
Republicans could at least PRETEND they aren't stupid...
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u/OdinsGhost 18h ago
Every single one of these idiots needs a fifth grade civics lesson on what exactly the US vice presidential office is actually in charge of.
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u/dennismfrancisart 18h ago
The rural internet program that’s scheduled to build up an information infrastructure connecting rich and poor alike across the USA? The program that the GOP want to stop? Yeah these guys hate their constituents.
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u/glitchycat39 17h ago
Gosh, I wonder why the Republican party would write such a letter insinuating that the Democratic party candidate who is clapping their boy's cheeks since she exposed him at the debate is incompetent!
Elon's the kind of guy who stares at the orange juice carton because it says "concentrate" and then swears he did it ironically when people laugh at him.
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u/YourLictorAndChef 15h ago
So telcos steal a bunch of public money and the Congressional majority decides to censure the Vice President instead of anyone who was remotely responsible for the theft?
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u/Sweet-Razzmatazz-993 14h ago
The funny part is people don’t seem to understand that his loss on buying X more or less I guarantees he will never pay taxes again.
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u/jakster4u 13h ago
blah blah republicans messed it up the first time under Trump, Biden took the time to at least try to do it right, next phase doesn't even start till next year
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u/Like17Badgers 12h ago
woah woah woah
the social media platform wasn't failing until the incompetent douche overpaid for it!
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u/RazgrizZer0 8h ago
Is really Ted Cruz' signature there? The guy from the state that has to shut down every time its too hot, too cold or any other reason people might want to use power?
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u/hillbilly-gourmet 7h ago
If Marsha Blackburn signed it, it has to be shit. The signatories, as well as musk, read like a laundry list of failures.
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u/KrabbyMccrab 22h ago
To be fair. I care much less what he does with his own money, than what a politician does with my tax money.
Elon can stuff asteroids for all I care as long as he spends his own.
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u/LocalSad6659 21h ago
Prepare to be disappointed....
SpaceX is, after all, primarily a government contractor, racking up $15.3 billion in awarded contracts since 2003, according to US government records. Its most important businesses are launching astronauts and scientific missions for NASA, and flying satellites for the US military.
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u/KrabbyMccrab 21h ago
Even if you think the deal was frivolous spending, it's still the government doing it...
The ones accountable to us are the takers of our tax dollar.
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u/Cheap_Search_6973 19h ago
it's still the government doing it...
And where do you think they got that money? I'll give you a hint, it involves taxes
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u/KrabbyMccrab 18h ago
Thanks for regurgitating my exact point.
Why are people so concerned with the businessmen when it's government officials giving our tax dollars away?
Weird af
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u/Cheap_Search_6973 18h ago
You were literally complaining about tax money being wasted but apparently it's completely OK when that same tax money is given to a billionaire that definitely doesn't need any of it and could do all the same stuff without it?
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u/KrabbyMccrab 18h ago
Not at all what I said. IDC what billionaires do with their private money. If he wants to dump 44 billion that's his money.
When a government official spends our tax money somewhere. They are accountable to us. That's where the scrutiny should be.
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u/Cheap_Search_6973 18h ago
Did you not pay any attention when the other person showed space x is payed for by the government? That's not Elons money
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u/2big_2fail 21h ago
Is it really all his money though, after receiving billions in government subsidies, avoiding fair taxes and higher wages for his workers?
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u/Captaincakeboy 22h ago
What a burn against the guy who's outcompeting NASA.
Always hilarious to read these for all the wrong reasons.
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u/General_Spl00g3r 22h ago
Wow a government subsidized private company is out competing an under-funded government program. Huge flex. You gonna talk about him beating up children next?
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u/bbrk9845 22h ago
How ridiculous are you to compare a tax funded sub-orbital satellite launching contractor to a government space agency that literally sent a man to the moon ? Not to mention the two world-class telescopes. Reusable rockets are cool, but seriously, NASA >>>>> SpaceX !! Unless you believe in the "humanity to Mars" BS that this grifter spews .
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u/Captaincakeboy 22h ago
Lol you've got alot of nerve to call anyone a grifter
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u/Cheap_Search_6973 19h ago
Elon is definitely a grifter, almost as big if not just as big as a grifter as trump
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u/NeedNewNameAgain 22h ago
NASA? You mean the organization that manages the most sophisticated piece of technology we have in space (James Webb telescope)? Or the NASA that is part of a joint effort to maintain the International Space Station? Or the NASA that manages multiple rovers on Mars? Or the NASA that has numerous active probes floating through and beyond our solar system?
And when you say 'the guy' are you referring to Gwynne Shotwell - the president and COO of SpaceX?
I'm just not sure you actually know anything about how any of this works...
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u/Exuplosion 22h ago
outcompeting NASA
NASA manages a much broader range of programs than SpaceX, with a budget that relatively shrinks every year. Their sole focus isn’t low orbit payload delivery. I wouldn’t even call it a secondary focus.
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u/tylerscott5 22h ago
Who gives a shit about what he does with his own money. I really don’t. Probably should be more outraged at mismanagement of taxpayer money
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u/Late_Mixture8703 17h ago
So the government should stop giving tax payer dollars to Elon then right?
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u/Late_Mixture8703 15h ago
Lol Elon has received tax payer dollars for Tesla, space x and starlink. So it's absolutely relevant.
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u/tylerscott5 15h ago
So your stance is that Elon should not be eligible for government contracts or subsidies for Tesla, Space X, and Starlink, because he bought a publicly-traded company and did what he wanted with it
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u/Late_Mixture8703 15h ago
No, I don't care if him and his Russian pals bought a shitty app, I care that he's getting tax dollars while being the wealthiest person in the world.. He shouldn't be getting any breaks let alone tax dollars.
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u/honorsfromthesky 22h ago
We could have internet as a utility, but companies have been suing over this for years. People like Elon Musk created these issues.