Donna Edwards (A Better Democrat) or Al Wynn (D-Comcast)

It's day 3 of the online fundraiser for Donna Edwards. After reading today's post, everyone who cares about access to the internet and curtailing Comcast will want Donna in Congress.

Last week, John wrote a post about Comcast's abuse of its power. In September, the Washington Post reported that Comcast has been cutting off service to customers for allegedly using too much service without telling them how much was too much. Yesterday, Save The Internet.com filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission to rein in Comcast.

It's important to understand why Comcast feels like it can act this way -- with impunity. One reasons is because almost NO ONE stands up to them. Certainly not Al Wynn who might as well be the lobbyist for Comcast on the Hill. We will probably NEVER hear Rep. Al Wynn criticize Comcast. Last year, Wynn was one of the co-sponsors of H.R. 5252, which was THE anti-net neutrality bill pushed by the telecom industry. This year, he already got his campaign contribution from Comcast. Because Wynn is on the Energy and Commerce Committee, he could be a champion of consumers -- but he's not. He sides with industry.

This is another reason we need Donna Edwards in Congress. She knows whose side she is on, which you can see in this new video (Donna has a bit of laryngitis):


Every contribution made to Donna's campaign sends the message that we want better Democrats. Every contribution matters so, if you can give, donate $5, $10, $20 to her campaign. ActBlue makes it easy.

And, remember, Donna will be posting on AMERICAblog tomorrow afternoon and sticking around to answer questions. That's one good thing about blogging -- you can do it even with laryngitis.