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| + | * [https://money.cnn.com/2015/02/05/technology/fcc-net-neutrality-cases/index.html ''CNN'', "4 bad things Internet companies can't do anymore -- if the FCC gets its way", 2015/02/05] | ||
* [https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/isps-claim-to-love-net-neutrality-while-praising-death-of-net-neutrality-rules/ ''Ars Technica'', "Comcast and other ISPs celebrate imminent death of net neutrality rules", 2017/04/26] | * [https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/isps-claim-to-love-net-neutrality-while-praising-death-of-net-neutrality-rules/ ''Ars Technica'', "Comcast and other ISPs celebrate imminent death of net neutrality rules", 2017/04/26] | ||
* [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fcc-commissioner-tells-alec-to-help-squash-net-neutrality_us_590f7fefe4b046ea176aec9a ''Huffington Post'', "FCC Commissioner Tells ALEC To Help Squash Net Neutrality", 2017/05/08] | * [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fcc-commissioner-tells-alec-to-help-squash-net-neutrality_us_590f7fefe4b046ea176aec9a ''Huffington Post'', "FCC Commissioner Tells ALEC To Help Squash Net Neutrality", 2017/05/08] | ||
| + | * [https://thenextweb.com/business/2017/08/31/when-it-comes-to-net-neutrality-att-cant-be-trusted/ ''The Next Web'', "When it comes to net neutrality, AT&T can’t be trusted", 2017/08/31] | ||
* [https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/310145/alec-urges-fcc-to-block-state-broadband-laws.html ''Media Post'', "ALEC Urges FCC To Block State Broadband Laws", 2017/11/13] | * [https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/310145/alec-urges-fcc-to-block-state-broadband-laws.html ''Media Post'', "ALEC Urges FCC To Block State Broadband Laws", 2017/11/13] | ||
* [https://www.alec.org/article/alec-applauds-fcc-efforts-to-restoring-internet-freedom/ ''American Legislative Exchange Council'', "ALEC Applauds FCC Efforts to Restoring Internet Freedom", 2017/11/21] | * [https://www.alec.org/article/alec-applauds-fcc-efforts-to-restoring-internet-freedom/ ''American Legislative Exchange Council'', "ALEC Applauds FCC Efforts to Restoring Internet Freedom", 2017/11/21] | ||
* [https://www.wired.com/story/heres-how-the-end-of-net-neutrality-will-change-the-internet/ ''WIRED'', "Here's How the End of Net Neutrality Will Change the Internet", 2017/11/22] | * [https://www.wired.com/story/heres-how-the-end-of-net-neutrality-will-change-the-internet/ ''WIRED'', "Here's How the End of Net Neutrality Will Change the Internet", 2017/11/22] | ||
| + | * [https://wccftech.com/net-neutrality-abuses-timeline/ ''Wccftech'', "Before Net Neutrality, Internet Providers Consistently Abused Their Powers (Brief Timeline)", 2017/11/23] | ||
* [https://www.wired.com/story/fcc-plan-to-kill-net-neutrality-rules-could-hurt-students/ ''WIRED'', "FCC Plan to Kill Net Neutrality Rules Could Hurt Students", 2017/12/12] | * [https://www.wired.com/story/fcc-plan-to-kill-net-neutrality-rules-could-hurt-students/ ''WIRED'', "FCC Plan to Kill Net Neutrality Rules Could Hurt Students", 2017/12/12] | ||
* [https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2017/12/koch-nonprofit-presidents-anti-net-neutrality-campaign/ ''Open Secrets'', "Koch nonprofit president’s anti-net neutrality campaign", 2017/12/13] | * [https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2017/12/koch-nonprofit-presidents-anti-net-neutrality-campaign/ ''Open Secrets'', "Koch nonprofit president’s anti-net neutrality campaign", 2017/12/13] | ||
Revision as of 13:56, 8 October 2018
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is an association of state legislators and corporations.
Contents
History
Notable members
State legislators
Corporations
- AES Corporation
- Amazon (cut ties)
- Amoco
- Amway
- AT&T
- Bank of America (cut ties)
- Bell Helicopter
- Boeing
- BP America (cut ties)
- Charter Communications
- Chevron
- Comcast
- DCI Group (associated with Michael Connell's companies)
- Dow Chemical
- Exxon
- Fidelity Investments
- GEO Group (formerly Wackenhut's private prison division)
- Google (cut ties)
- Koch Industries
- Microsoft (cut ties)
- Monsanto
- Northrop Grumman (cut ties)
- Pfizer
- Shell
- Time Warner Cable
- Union Pacific Corporation (cut ties)
- Verizon
- Wal-Mart (cut ties)
- Williams Companies
Trade groups
Law firms
Non-profits
Conferences
Lobbying efforts
Political connections
Financiers
- Charles and David Koch
Lobbying allies
- US Chamber of Commerce
- Karl Rove
- Club for Growth
Officials and politicians
- Jack Kemp
- Tom DeLay
- Donald Rumsfeld
- John Boehner
- Katherine Harris
- Sonny Perdue - made governor of Georgia in the suspect 2002 Georgia election
- Tom Feeney
- Scott Walker
- Donald Trump administration (source)
- Mike Pence
- Scott Pruitt
- Tom Price
- Nikki Haley
- Rick Perry
- Mike Pompeo
References
External links
- Sourcewatch pages on ALEC
- Lowndes County GA old boy network and ALEC
Economic ideology
- The Atlantic, "McDonald's Can't Figure Out How Its Workers Survive on Minimum Wage", 2013/07/16
- Minyanville's Wall Street, "McDonald's Sample Budget Sheet Is Laughable, but Its Implications Are Not", 2013/07/27
- Institute for New Economic Thinking, "Meet the Economist Behind the One Percent’s Stealth Takeover of America" by Lynn Parramore, 2018/05/30
- CBS, "Minimum wage doesn't cover the rent anywhere in the U.S.", 2018/06/14
- Bloomberg, "Higher Minimum Wage Boosts Pay Without Reducing Jobs, Study Says", 2018/09/06
Prison abuses
- The Nation, "The Hidden History of ALEC and Prison Labor", 2011/08/01
- Corruption of prison guards (both public and private)
Net neutrality
- CNN, "4 bad things Internet companies can't do anymore -- if the FCC gets its way", 2015/02/05
- Ars Technica, "Comcast and other ISPs celebrate imminent death of net neutrality rules", 2017/04/26
- Huffington Post, "FCC Commissioner Tells ALEC To Help Squash Net Neutrality", 2017/05/08
- The Next Web, "When it comes to net neutrality, AT&T can’t be trusted", 2017/08/31
- Media Post, "ALEC Urges FCC To Block State Broadband Laws", 2017/11/13
- American Legislative Exchange Council, "ALEC Applauds FCC Efforts to Restoring Internet Freedom", 2017/11/21
- WIRED, "Here's How the End of Net Neutrality Will Change the Internet", 2017/11/22
- Wccftech, "Before Net Neutrality, Internet Providers Consistently Abused Their Powers (Brief Timeline)", 2017/11/23
- WIRED, "FCC Plan to Kill Net Neutrality Rules Could Hurt Students", 2017/12/12
- Open Secrets, "Koch nonprofit president’s anti-net neutrality campaign", 2017/12/13
