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Trump FCC Chair Who Demanded Jimmy Kimmel Suspension Once Slammed Censoring ‘Late-Night Comedians’
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr also once said Trump bears responsibility for the “political violence” on January 6.
This Republican Attempt to Scuttle Federal Land Plans Could Cause Great Upheaval
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the spring of 1996, lawmakers quietly buried a rider in a humdrum bill meant to make life easier for small businesses. That addition, the Congressional Review Act, granted Congress the power to kill new federal regulations with a simple […]
As The Far Right Rises, Don’t Be Ezra Klein
I am reluctant to keep going after the New York Times’ Ezra Klein, because I recently published a long review of his book Abundance (co-written with Derek Thompson), which was, well, not positive. I don’t want this to end up like my disagreement with “rationalist” writer Sam Harris, which concluded with him calling me “mentally unwell” for writing at such great length about him. (I had actually only written one article, but admittedly it was very long.) There are more things in heaven and earth than Ezra Klein’s bad opinions, and I promise to put a lengthy moratorium on Klein criticism from today forward.
Trump plans tax and criminal probes to target groups he accuses of fomenting political violence
The moves are part of a Republican-led crackdown against those critical of assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk
China tech companies tout AI chip advancements
China is hailing new AI chip advancements, as the country increasingly signals its desire to undercut US giant Nvidia.
Kimmel’s suspension prompts free-speech Republicans to reconsider their boundaries
One Republican said she no longer considers the First Amendment to “be sort of the ultimate right,” as she would “in normal circumstances.”
Staggering Death Toll Rises to 32 in Single-Deadliest Israeli Strike on Journalists
Unable to strike Ansarallah's military capabilities in Yemen, Israel has attacked its civilian cabinet members and a major press building in recent weeks.
Trump Will Always Fail to Meet the Moment. It’s Up to Us to Fill the Moral Void
Where other US leaders attempted to heal America in the wake of political violence, Trump and his cronies have inflamed the country with alarming speed and zealotry.