Don’t Overlook How Bad This Lesser-Known Trump Nominee Is

Don’t Overlook How Bad This Lesser-Known Trump Nominee Is

A look at Brendan Carr, Trump’s pick for chair of the Federal Communications Commission, and the way he has incorrectly been pitched as a “free speech advocate.” Then, Lucy Dean Stockton, an editor and reporter at The Lever, joins the program to discuss the very specific way Trump could erase many of President Joe Biden’s recent regulatory wins. Plus! a conversation with Jared Holt, a senior research analyst at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, about the growing threats of hate, extremism and misinformation online.


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The Real Reason McCarthy Put Santos on the Science Committee

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Two Reasons Vince McMahon Would Sell WWE to the Saudis

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