Why FCC Chief Brendan Carr May Be the Most Dangerous Man in Media

Jonathan Reiss

Carr’s most pronounced quality is his total fealty to Donald Trump — and he’s been busy weaponizing the FCC for the cause.
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Utah Was Shifting Away From the Death Penalty. Then Came Trump and Tyler Robinson.

Liliana Segura

The immediate calls for the execution of Charlie Kirk’s killer mark a resurgence of pro-death penalty politics in Utah and beyond.
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The Feds Want to Unmask Instagram Accounts That Identified Immigration Agents

Shawn Musgrave

StopICE.net filed a motion to quash a subpoena about an Instagram video that identified a Border Patrol agent.
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Jimmy Kimmel Wasn’t the Biggest Corporate Media Capitulation to Trump This Week

Eoin Higgins

The mainstream media barely made a peep about Trump’s latest attack on Mahmoud Khalil’s free speech rights.
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Trump Wants to Label Antifa a Terror Group. His Real Target Might Be a Lot Bigger.

Matt Sledge

The domestic terror designation might be a flop, but Trump will keep trying to find ways to crush the left.
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Why Is New York City Leasing Space to Israeli Military Suppliers?

Sanya Mansoor

Companies making drones and camouflage allegedly used by the Israeli military operate in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Activists want them out.
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Trump’s Idea of the Criminal Left Is a Fiction. A Coordinated Defense Against His Fascism Shouldn’t Be.

Natasha Lennard

The president describes a cartoonish fantasy of a George Soros-backed criminal network. If only the left were that good at collective defense.
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Democrats Slam Proposal to Give Marco Rubio the Power to Revoke Passports

Matt Sledge

In a hearing that formally killed the bill, one lawmaker called it an “attempt to subvert our Constitution’s right to free speech.”
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Israel Gives Evacuation Orders Before a Bombing. Many Gazan Families Can’t Afford to Leave.

Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi

Forced displacement inflicts a staggering emotional toll on families in Gaza. It also brings steep economic costs.
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Trump’s Cult of Power Cancels Free Speech

The Intercept Briefing

Adam Johnson of “Citations Needed” on the White House’s weaponization of Kirk’s death and the broader rightward tilt of the media.
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