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Michael O’Reilly was nominated by Obama in 2013. Before that, he worked for the Republican Whip office under Cornyn, and before that, he worked for Sununu. He thinks internet access is “not a necessity.” He has a Bachelor’s degree in Poli Sci, from 1983, and no higher education. Odds are he’s never attended school nor worked at a job where internet access was part of daily activities; it’s almost certain he’s never done job-hunting in the last 20 years. Here’s his LinkedIn Profile.

Brendan Carr is a Trump appointee from August 2017. His background is in law, not politics. His legal degree is from
Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, in 2005. Here’s his LinkedIn Profile; he uses some of its social media options. He made a post saying, “Returning to the 2015 regulatory status quo will not unleash a Mad Max version of the Internet,” and linked to his WaPo op-ed piece, No, the FCC Is Not Killing the Internet, from Nov 2017. He claims that putting the internet back under FTC control, instead of FCC, will bring stronger laws to bear and make any violations subject to Sherman Act and other lawsuits.

And we all know how well lawsuits work to keep corporations from screwing people over, right?