T-Mobile got in bed with Trump

Friend,
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai — friend to monster-sized corporations everywhere — announced on Monday that he's recommending approval of the T-Mobile/Sprint merger, a deal that would raise wireless prices for everyone.
Right now we're sending hundreds of calls to the Justice Department, which hasn't yet weighed in on the merger. Chip in whatever you can today to help stop T-Mobile/Sprint before it's too late.
Thanks!
Lucia

Friend,

Earlier this week, Trump’s sock-puppet FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, announced that he will recommend approval of the disastrous T-Mobile/Sprint merger — a move that would raise prices, crush competition and disproportionately impact low-income folks and people of color.

We can’t let Pai get away with it. Could you chip in today to help us stop the T-Mobile/Sprint merger?

There’s no time to lose: Before the merger is officially approved, the Department of Justice needs to weigh in and we’re doing everything we can to make sure they understand how harmful this merger will be to people like you.

Reports have leaked that the staff attorneys at the DoJ are against this deal. The law and facts are on our side, but this will be a political decision — which is why we need your help to ramp up the pressure right now.1

In the past 24 hours we’ve pushed hundreds of phone calls to the DoJ and attorneys general in states across the country. The Justice Department could make its decision any time in the next month but we need your support to end this deal.

Your gift of $10 — or whatever you can give — could make all the difference in the fight to stop this merger.

Here’s the truth: The T-Mobile/Sprint merger would hurt people. It would leave the United States with just 3 nationwide wireless providers — demolishing competition, raising prices and eliminating as many as 30,000 jobs across the country.

As if all of this weren’t enough, T-Mobile CEO John Legere got into bed with Trump to push this deal through. Since announcing the merger bid last year, Legere and other top company executives have spent $195,000 on hotel stays and other expenses at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C..2 This sure looks like an attempt to curry favor with the Trump administration.

We can’t let this sketchy deal go through: Donate to stop T-Mobile/Sprint before it’s too late.

Thanks for all that you do—

Lucia, Nilda, Collette and the rest of the Free Press team
freepress.net

P.S. This could be our last chance to stop the T-Mobile/Sprint deal: Chip in to stop this disastrous merger before it’s too late.

1. "Justice Department Staff Recommends Blocking T-Mobile Deal for Sprint; Decision Now With Top Antitrust Officials," Reuters, May 20, 2019: https://act.freepress.net/go/30943?t=9&akid=12778%2E10296224%2Eo8zxcg

2. “T-Mobile Spent $195,000 at Trump Hotel in D.C. Since Merger Announcement," Reuters, March 5, 2019: https://act.freepress.net/go/30944?t=11&akid=12778%2E10296224%2Eo8zxcg