Exactly as predicted years ago. Project 2025 is still being followed, and they've accomplished over 50% of their stated goals in less than two years, with more to go.
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Fascism, without the white sheets covering up all the ugly
The only people who still vote for them are watching network television all day, every day while their brain matter slowly drips out of their ears.
Brendan Carr belongs in a a cell in the Hague.
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Meanwhile, Sinclair local stations happy they will get to finally wear MAGA lapel pins on air now
Its like the US is saying, yeah 1930s Germany, let's have some of that shit and none of you are doing anything about it.
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Fuck you.
This joker is responsible for upholding the constitution. Given that what he is saying and I assume doing is unconstitutional, will he being going to jail?
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Works for China.
This isn't new. It's always been this way. He's just finally saying the quiet part out loud.
The FCC has always asserted governance over the airwaves on the basis that only so many frequencies are available so regulations are required to ensure their limited availability goes toward the advancement of the public good.
Because the airwaves are freely available to anyone with an antenna, one of the ways the FCC "ensures the advancement of the public good" is regulating what's allowed to be shown and said on television under the basis that children are watching at home.
The FCC has a long and varied history of enforcing censorship on the airwaves. It used to be that women's periods couldn't be mentioned, it used to be that actors had to keep one foot on the floor so they didn't show "a man and woman in bed together."
Violators have always been subject to fines and revocation of their license. Corrective action has always been at the sole discretion of the FCC. The only thing that's changed is how openly aggressive the FCC has been wielding their authority.
Historically, the FCC has always been regarded as having too much power, but they've always managed to avoid regulation by wielding it responsibly and conservatively and generally not pissing off the public to much. The current administration is highlighting why this has been a mistake.
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