the Republican goal here is to drive more money and power to right wing propaganda companies pretending to be local news broadcasters (like Sinclair broadcasting) but as usual a reader would have absolutely no idea of this reading U.S. journalism coverage of it [FCC Chair Launches Inquiry Int...](
FCC Chair Launches Inquiry Into NBCU Over Treatment Of Local Stations
Brendan Carr wants to look at network affiliation agreements.
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this captures the logical and legal incoherence of the Brendan Carr FCC. It claims all the legal authority in the world to bully companies who aren't racist or feckless enough, yet somehow no authority to police things that actually matter to real people, like broadband affordability [FCC to eliminate gigabit speed...](
Ars Technica
FCC to eliminate gigabit speed goal and scrap analysis of broadband prices
Analysis of broadband affordability deemed "extraneous" by FCC chair.
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I spent 20 years listening to Republicans whine about the "fairness doctrine," now they're installing babysitters at a major news network to ensure it fecklessly kisses the president's ass. [FCC to Appoint a Babysitter to...](
Gizmodo
FCC to Appoint a Babysitter to Make Sure CBS Isn't Anti-Trump
FCC commissioner Brendan Carr says CBS will have a "bias monitor."
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"populism" is....making it easier for regional telecom companies to rip off captive customers and hiding all evidence of market failure [FCC to eliminate gigabit speed...](
Ars Technica
FCC to eliminate gigabit speed goal and scrap analysis of broadband prices
Analysis of broadband affordability deemed "extraneous" by FCC chair.
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The NYT story on the Colbert firing doesn't even mention the fact that CBS is now owned by the right wing billionaire Ellison family, a very close political ally to Trump. Kind of relevant, yeah? [CBS Canceling ‘Late Show With ...](
CBS Canceling ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ After Next Season
The show will end in May, the network said, calling it “a purely financial decision.”
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bad news for Intercept comment section post-leftist rubes suckered by the lie that Trump was anti war [Revealed: Trump has launched a...](
The Telegraph
Revealed: Trump has launched as many air strikes in five months as Biden did in four years
Despite pledging not to engage in conflict overseas, the US president has sharply escalated attacks
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two top reality TV stars debate socially acceptable levels of racist secret police violence and other tales of modern American exceptionalism [Joe Rogan ‘pushed Trump to bac...](
The Independent
Joe Rogan ‘pushed Trump to back off on mass deportations’ at a private dinner
Podcast host, whose endorsement is credited with helping Trump secure the presidency, reportedly dined with him and UFC boss Dana White on June 30
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Bezos rumored to be buying Condé Nast, which would include Vogue, Teen Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired, Architectural Digest, and Ars Technica. Wired and Teen Vogue have done some of the best reporting in the Trump era. Ars Technica one of a handful of good remaining tech pubs. [Bezos to buy Vogue as a gift t...](
The Economic Times
Bezos to buy Vogue as a gift to new wife? Insiders link deal to Sanchez’s cover shoot, could cost him billions
Buzz surrounds Jeff Bezos possibly acquiring Condé Nast. This comes amid Lauren Sanchez
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today the Trump FTC is taking a break from not protecting consumers to hold a workshop demonizing trans people just the sort of "extension of the Line Khan antitrust legacy" guys like Matt Stoller predicted, of course [US FTC workshop criticizing me...](https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-ftc-workshop-criticizing-medical-care-transgender-youth-draws-staff-2025-07-02/ )
It's almost as if he's not actually very bright [Musk Is Struggling to Understa...](
Futurism
Musk Is Struggling to Understand What's Happening Around Him, Says Former Tesla Exec
Now that Trump's so-called "big, beautiful bill" has passed through Congress, Tesla's crisis could soon take a major turn for the worse
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