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Variety<p>Trump Payout Just the Latest – and Most Blatant – Political Interference at FCC: ‘Sad That It’s Come to This’<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Variety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Variety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarkFowler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkFowler</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShariRedstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShariRedstone</span></a></p><p><a href="https://variety.com/2025/film/news/fcc-trump-suit-paramount-cbs-60-minutes-1236447184/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">variety.com/2025/film/news/fcc</span><span class="invisible">-trump-suit-paramount-cbs-60-minutes-1236447184/</span></a></p>
Glyn Moody<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> Boss Brendan <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Carr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Carr</span></a> Ignores The Law, Encourages Prison Telecom Monopolies To Rip Off Inmate Families - <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/08/trump-fcc-boss-brendan-carr-ignores-the-law-encourages-prison-telecom-monopolies-to-rip-off-inmate-families/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/07/08/trump-</span><span class="invisible">fcc-boss-brendan-carr-ignores-the-law-encourages-prison-telecom-monopolies-to-rip-off-inmate-families/</span></a> these people are so depressingly and consistently cruel...what horrible human beings they are</p>
Nonilex<p>The sale of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Paramount" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paramount</span></a> would end the Redstone family’s decades-long control of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBS</span></a> News &amp; Paramount Pictures &amp; put it in the hands of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DavidEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidEllison</span></a>, the son of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LarryEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LarryEllison</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> who has backed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.</p><p>Brendan Carr, the chairman of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a>, has said that Trump’s lawsuit against Paramount was not linked to the FCC’s review of the company’s merger w/Skydance🙄. Paramount has also said that the 2 issues were unrelated🙄.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kagan</span></a> writes: "Under our <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nondelegation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nondelegation</span></a> precedents, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> sufficiently guided &amp; constrained the discretion that it lodged with the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> to implement the universal-service contribution scheme. And the FCC, in turn, has retained all decision-making authority within that sphere, relying on the ‘corporation’ only for nonbinding advice. Nothing in those arrangements, either separately or together, violates the Constitution."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ERate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ERate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phone</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/subsidies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>subsidies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> <br>🧵</p>
Nonilex<p>The next opinion is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> v. Consumers' Research [anti-woke folk]</p><p>It is by Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kagan</span></a>, &amp; the vote is 6-3 again. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gorsuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gorsuch</span></a> dissents, joined by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-354_0861.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pd</span><span class="invisible">f/24-354_0861.pdf</span></a></p><p>It holds that neither <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>'s delegation of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> to the FCC or the FCC's delegation of power to the private corporation violated a theory known as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nondelegation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nondelegation</span></a> doctrine.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ERate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ERate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phone</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/subsidies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>subsidies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> <br>🧵</p>
Nonilex<p>There are 6 cases remaining:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> Coalition v. Paxton — <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> law that requires <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/porn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>porn</span></a> sites to verify age.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> v. Consumers’ Research — consumer *protection* group devoted to fighting “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/woke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>woke</span></a>” corporations contends that E-Rate phone &amp; internet subsidies for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> communities violates the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nondelegation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nondelegation</span></a> doctrine</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br>🧵<br><a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/06/remaining-supreme-court-cases/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scotusblog.com/2025/06/remaini</span><span class="invisible">ng-supreme-court-cases/</span></a></p>
Dr. John Barentine FRAS<p>"Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation to auction anywhere from 600 to 800 megahertz of spectrum without specifying protections for scientific research, despite concerns from scientists who say access to certain bands allows unique observations in astronomy and atmospheric science."</p><p><a href="https://www.aip.org/fyi/spectrum-auctions-raise-concerns-for-scientists" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aip.org/fyi/spectrum-auctions-</span><span class="invisible">raise-concerns-for-scientists</span></a></p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/RadioAstronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioAstronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/RadioSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioSpectrum</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Policy</span></a></p>
Krzysztof Kołacz<p><strong>Elon Musk kontra Apple – konflikt o łączność satelitarną w iPhone’ach</strong></p><p>Elon Musk, szef SpaceX, próbował przekonać Apple do współpracy przy usłudze satelitarnej dla iPhone’a 14, podaje <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apples-satellite-ambitions-threatened-elon-musk-internal-resistance" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Information</a>.</p><p>Oferował 18-miesięczną wyłączność za 5 miliardów dolarów i późniejsze opłaty roczne w wysokości miliarda dolarów. Gdy Apple odmówiło, SpaceX ogłosiło współpracę z T-Mobile, umożliwiającą wysyłanie SMS-ów przez satelitę w miejscach bez zasięgu.</p><p>SpaceX złożyło też skargi prawne przeciwko Globalstar, partnerowi Apple, zarzucając firmie m.in. niewykorzystanie przyznanego pasma częstotliwości. W dokumentach regulacyjnych SpaceX wymieniło również Apple, co wywołało irytację w Cupertino.</p><p>Spór zaostrzył się, gdy Musk naciskał, by Apple wspierało usługę T-Mobile także na starszych modelach iPhone’ów, co firma zignorowała. Konflikt o satelity dołączył do wcześniejszych napięć na linii Musk–Apple, m.in. o prowizje App Store. Musk miał rozważać stworzenie własnego smartfona z usługami Starlinka, by uniezależnić się od Apple.</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://imagazine.pl/tag/app-store/" target="_blank">#AppStore</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://imagazine.pl/tag/apple/" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://imagazine.pl/tag/apple-vs-musk/" target="_blank">#AppleVsMusk</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://imagazine.pl/tag/elon-musk/" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://imagazine.pl/tag/fcc/" target="_blank">#FCC</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://imagazine.pl/tag/globalstar/" target="_blank">#Globalstar</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://imagazine.pl/tag/iphone-14/" target="_blank">#iPhone14</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://imagazine.pl/tag/konflikt-apple-musk/" target="_blank">#konfliktAppleMusk</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://imagazine.pl/tag/lacznosc-satelitarna/" target="_blank">#łącznośćSatelitarna</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://imagazine.pl/tag/smartfony/" target="_blank">#smartfony</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://imagazine.pl/tag/spacex/" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://imagazine.pl/tag/starlink/" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://imagazine.pl/tag/t-mobile/" target="_blank">#TMobile</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://imagazine.pl/tag/technologia/" target="_blank">#technologia</a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s appointee as chair of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a>, Brendan Carr, has launched investigations of the underwriting spots aired by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a> member stations. He claimed they were indistinguishable from commercials on for-profit networks, a violation of federal statute. (PBS &amp; NPR say they have worked closely with agency staffers for decades to ensure those spots adhere to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>.) Carr's FCC oversees to whom <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/licenses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>licenses</span></a> are granted to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broadcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broadcast</span></a> using the federal airwaves.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Verizon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Verizon</span></a>’s pledge to end <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> was outlined in a May 15 letter to the commission, which Carr shared on X Friday. “A good step forward for *equal* opportunity, *nondiscrimination*, &amp; the public interest,” the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> chair wrote. Shortly after he posted that, the FCC announced the approval of the Verizon - <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Frontier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Frontier</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/merger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>merger</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> Approves <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Verizon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Verizon</span></a>’s $20 Billion <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Frontier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Frontier</span></a> Acquisition After <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Telco</span></a> Committed to Eliminating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a>, Agency’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> Chair Says</p><p>After Verizon agreed to end its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> policies, the FCC—led by Trump-appointed chair Brendan Carr — approved the telco’s $20B deal to acquire <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FrontierCommunications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrontierCommunications</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://variety.com/2025/biz/news/fcc-approves-verizon-frontier-merger-eliminate-dei-carr-1236400724/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">variety.com/2025/biz/news/fcc-</span><span class="invisible">approves-verizon-frontier-merger-eliminate-dei-carr-1236400724/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“Welcome to the Trump <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a>: Weaponizing its merger authority to control speech and serve the MAGA agenda – and doing it without a full Commission vote on a Friday afternoon. No transparency.”<br>- Sen Markey</p><p>“Today, the FCC approved Verizon’s $20 billion acquisition of Frontier. </p><p>“The transaction will unleash billions of dollars in new infrastructure builds in communities across the country—including rural America.”<br>-CHM B Carr FCC</p><p>🔗 Full Release ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Variety<p>FCC Approves $20 Billion Verizon-Frontier Merger After Telco Committed to Eliminating DEI, Agency’s GOP Chairman Says<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Variety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Variety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BrendanCarr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrendanCarr</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Verizon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Verizon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://variety.com/2025/biz/news/fcc-approves-verizon-frontier-merger-eliminate-dei-carr-1236400724/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">variety.com/2025/biz/news/fcc-</span><span class="invisible">approves-verizon-frontier-merger-eliminate-dei-carr-1236400724/</span></a></p>
Bits<p>For our friends in the <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> from the <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a>: On May 12, 2025, the FCC released an order to extend for one year an existing waiver of the requirement that television broadcasters provide an aural representation of visual, non-textual emergency information (such as radar maps or other graphics) on the secondary audio stream of video broadcasts. <br> <br>The order extends the waiver through May 27, 2026, or until there is a ruling on a separate NAB petition for rulemaking on the accessibility requirement, whichever is sooner. <br> <br>Link to the Memorandum Opinion and Order:<br><a href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-25-406A1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.fcc.gov/public/attachment</span><span class="invisible">s/DA-25-406A1.pdf</span></a><br> <br>Link to the NAB Petition for Rulemaking:<br><a href="https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/1115662625005/1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fcc.gov/ecfs/document/11156626</span><span class="invisible">25005/1</span></a><br> <br>For general information about the FCC’s television emergency information requirements, visit: <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/accessibility-emergency-information-television/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fcc.gov/consumers/guides/acces</span><span class="invisible">sibility-emergency-information-television/</span></a>. For more information about this specific proceeding, please contact Diana Sokolow, Media Bureau, Policy Division, at (202) 418-0588 or Diana.Sokolow@fcc.gov. Individuals who use videophones and are fluent in American Sign Language (ASL) may call the FCC’s ASL Consumer Support Line at 844‐432‐2275 (videophone).</p>
Variety<p>FCC Chief Brendan Carr Vows to ‘Constrain’ the Power of National Networks and Reform ‘Arcane Artificial Limits’ on TV Station Ownership<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Variety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Variety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BrendanCarr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrendanCarr</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a></p><p><a href="https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/fcc-brendan-carr-constrain-network-power-1236387349/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">variety.com/2025/tv/news/fcc-b</span><span class="invisible">rendan-carr-constrain-network-power-1236387349/</span></a></p>
Rob Carlson :ally: :BLM:<p>Online now at <a href="https://vees.net/hobbies/hamradio/swatch-protest/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vees.net/hobbies/hamradio/swat</span><span class="invisible">ch-protest/</span></a></p><p>In early 1999 <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/Swatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Swatch</span></a> set out to publicize its new “Swatch .beat Internet Time” by launching <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/Beatnik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Beatnik</span></a>, a grapefruit‑size “mini‑Sputnik” <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> from the Mir space station. The plan was to replay user‑submitted voice clips (each had to include the word *beat*) on the <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> frequencies between 145.8 and 146 MHz. Because ITU rules forbid any commercial traffic on ham frequencies, the idea threatened to turn protected <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> spectrum into a marketing platform.</p><p>In February of 1999, a young me stumbled onto the scheme while browsing Swatch’s website. I confirmed the frequency claim and posted the first public alert. That single e‑mail snowballed into the pages that aggregated press releases, contract excerpts, ITU citations, and template letters to regulators. The archive helped the ARRL, multiple <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/AMSAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AMSAT</span></a> groups, and hundreds of individual operators coordinate a unified protest that reached the <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a>, the Swiss and Russian telecom authorities, and the ITU’s Radiocommunication Bureau.</p><p>The pressure paid off. Beatnik was hand‑launched from <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/Mir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mir</span></a> on 16&nbsp;April 1999, but its transmitter stayed off; Swatch later claimed its batteries were “donated” to the cosmonauts instead. No commercial messages ever hit the airwaves. </p><p>I recently found all the documents from that time and have converted them into consistent Markdown to republish. Watch this space!</p>
Kim Perales<p>Trump is abusing the office of the presidency to run a mob-like shakedown of Paramount &amp; CBS News. In any previous admin -would be a massive scandal.</p><p>The <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> CHM whom Trump installed, B Carr, is overseeing an investig of CBS News &amp; the ongoing $8B sale of the NET’s parent corp, Paramount, to Skydance Media—while simultaneously Trump's suing CBS News for $20B, alleging 60 Mins deceptively edited an interview with Harris during last yr’s pres campaign.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/trump-paramount-skydance-60-minutes-cbs-brendan-carr-fcc-bill-owens/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">05/trump-paramount-skydance-60-minutes-cbs-brendan-carr-fcc-bill-owens/</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>After threatening to target the media several hundred times since he first announced his candidacy for President, Trump is now instructing his bootlicking Attorney General Pam Bondi to make his war on journalists possible. Although Bondi is acting in the context of hunting down leakers in the Department of Defense, the reality is that Downmarket Mussolini will almost certainly come for his critics in the media and the sources they speak to, next.</p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/bondi-journalism-protections" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/bondi-jo</span><span class="invisible">urnalism-protections</span></a></p><p>Bondi Shreds Biden-Era Protections for Journalists as Trump White House Hunts Leakers</p><p>"As part of a renewed crackdown on leaks, Bondi said she is issuing revised Justice Department regulations stating that media outlets "must answer subpoenas" related to efforts to uncover sources of unauthorized disclosures within the federal government.</p><p>"The policy contemplates the use of subpoenas, court orders, and search warrants to compel production of information and testimony by and relating to members of the news media, subject to the Privacy Protection Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000aa, and the approval of the department's leadership in some instances," the memo states. "The attorney general must also approve efforts to question or arrest members of the news media."</p><p>As I alluded to above, I find US corporate media's bloodless, minutiae-focused reporting on Bondi's actions here curious and alarming given that the Trump regime is giving itself the power to come after them and their journalists. Obviously the regime is acting in response to the embarrassing leaks surrounding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and the investigation DNI Tulsi Gabbard is conducting into those leaks. None of this is happening in a vacuum however, and I don't know who it serves to report only in the narrow context of the regime's narrative here. </p><p>Like let's cut the crap right? During his first administration, Trump's Department of Justice already tried to go after reporters to expose their sources. Trump is a guy who threatened journalists with implied carceral sexual assault if they didn't give up their sources, on the campaign trail. The Kelpto Kaiser has literally said negative reporting about himself and his regime should be "illegal." The regime is weaponizing the FCC and holding McCarthy-esque hearings lead by fascist conspiracy crank-turned Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene to target NPR and PBS for criticizing Trump and admitting LGBTQ people exist in American life. Trump is literally exerting so much pressure on CBS over the editing on a 60 Minutes segment featuring Kamala Harris (a woman he already beat in the 2024 US election) that the program's longtime editor resigned because the show's independence was compromised. </p><p>I honestly couldn't give a rats ass about warmongers working for a fascist regime who get caught leaking, but surely it doesn't take a psychic to realize that the would-be dictator already targeting media that criticizes or opposes his fascist agenda, is going to use new Department of Justice guidelines that let him more freely target media that criticize or oppose his fascist agenda, to further target media that criticizes or opposes his fascist agenda. This isn't rocket science here. For corporate media outlets to pretend this story is purely about internal leaks inside Pete Hegseth's staff strains credulity, and would appear to be very shortsighted indeed.</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Leaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Leaks</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/FreedomOfThePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfThePress</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/DoJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoJ</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Journalists</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/MTG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MTG</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/IdeologicalPolicing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IdeologicalPolicing</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/60Minutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>60Minutes</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBS</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> said it had established communications with all of the satellites, and the sequence of turning them on was “proceeding as planned.” The <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a>’s approval of the constellation came with a requirement that at least half 📊 the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a> needed to be deployed by 📆 July 30, 2026. Industry analysts say the company could get an extension if it has demonstrated substantial progress by then <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/science/amazon-kuiper-launch-ula.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/28/science</span><span class="invisible">/amazon-kuiper-launch-ula.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/ULA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ULA</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atlas</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Kuiper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kuiper</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>A collection of my Fediverse blog posts about fascism and current events, published from April 13th to 15th, 2025. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, I wrote a lot about the Trump regime, ICE, and nazi billionaires.</p><p><a href="https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2025/04/15/the-skinny-pork-reich-on-parade/2/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ninaillingworth.com/2025/04/15</span><span class="invisible">/the-skinny-pork-reich-on-parade/2/</span></a></p><p>The Skinny: Pork Reich on Parade</p><p>"If they get away with this, or even if they can just successfully use it to justify applying government pressure against an extremely large, well-funded news organization, there’s no limit to how far these nazis will take this. This is how a fascist regime transforms the entire media environment into pro-Trump, state news outlets and it won’t just stop with the Fox-ification of media orgs either."</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/CurrentEvents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentEvents</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/MassDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassDeportations</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/WhiteNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/TheSkinny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheSkinny</span></a></p>
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