Random Meet Ajit Pai, Man Who Pushed For Repeal Of Net Neutrality And Destroyed Internet (12 items)

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  (#5) He Drinks Out Of A Stupid Reese's Mug

  Pai has a penchant for drinking coffee out of an oversized mug emblazoned with the Reese's candy logo. He sipped from it throughout the meetings to repeal net neutrality. Perhaps it was a diversion. Perhaps it was meant to be funny. Perhaps he just likes drinking his coffee from a large mug. But one thing is certain: Mr. Pai, your killing of net neutrality is made no less serious, no less offensive, and no less destructive because you drink from an oh-so-wacky coffee cup. Get over yourself.
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  (#12) He Didn't Really Slide Into A Model's DMs

  As deliciously scandalous as it would be, Pai actually did not try to hit on model/social media personality/former adult actress Mia Khalifa on Instagram. The story gained traction in the wake of Pai's decision to repeal net neutrality. A satirical website posted a fake screenshot of Khalifa's Instagram DMs, and one of them purported to be a clunky pickup line from Pai. But it was all a grand joke from a website that specializes in "fauxtire." So, sadly, there is no scandal here.
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  (#4) His FCC Colleagues Don't Like Him, Either

  During his repeal of neutrality, two of Pai's colleagues spoke out in opposition to their boss's epically dumb decision. One of them, Mignon Clyburn, even drew up her own mocking alternative to the net neutrality issue. She took Pai's original repeal and performed a few edits. Actually, she changed the entire thing, starting with the title, switching "Restoring Internet Freedom" to "Retaining Internet Freedom." After Clyburn took her pen to Pai's proposal, only these words remained: "After further review of the record we affirm the 2015 Open Internet Order." Unfortunately, that's not how things worked out.
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  (#2) His Anti-Net Neutrality Video Featured A Pizzagate Conspiracy Theorist

  To push his gutting of net neutrality, Pai made a woefully misguided video entitled 7 Things You Can Still Do on the Internet After Net Neutrality. This alone is bad enough; do we really need an FCC chairman dressed in a Santa Claus suit or dancing the Harlem Shake? But it gets worse. During that now-infamous Harlem Shake, one of his fellow "dancers" was revealed to be Martina Markota, famous mostly for being a Pizzagate conspiracy theorist. Pizzagate, for those who don't know, is a ridiculous conspiracy theory about a Washington, D.C., pizza parlor and its supposed ties to a child sex ring run by Hillary Clinton. Yeah, Ajit, these are people you want to associate yourself with.
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  (#7) He Has Made The Bipartisan Issue Of Net Neutrality A Partisan One

  For all the right-wing whining about free speech and freedom of religion, you'd think net neutrality would be a no-brainer for them. It would be a way to ensure free speech, free action, and free religion without the interference of corporate interests. But ever since Pai took over the FCC - an institution he said he wanted to take a "weedwhacker" to - he's made it a priority to turn the right against net neutrality. And it's a worked. An issue that is clearly bipartisan has now become highly partisan, and this is due in large part to Pai's portrayal of a monetized internet as a "free internet."
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  (#11) He Lives In A Pretentious House

  Pai spent $1.4 million on his Arlington, Virginia, home. It has six bedrooms and six bathrooms. The property also features "a 40-foot lap pool, library, a whirlpool tub, and many walk-in closets." The man who killed net neutrality gets to lounge around in luxury while those who will be most impacted by his policies have to struggle to just keep a roof, any roof, over their heads. And Pai has been an FCC employee since 2012, so it should come as no shock who bought that $1.4 million house for him. We did.

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