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Meet the Project 2025 Co-Author Who Wants to Run the FCC If Trump Wins
You've probably heard of Project 2025—the not-so-secret plan the Heritage Foundation cooked up for the next Republican administration. Project 2025’s contents are so noxious, unpopular and anti-democratic that even Donald Trump has repeatedly tried to distance himself from them—though at least 140 former Trump officials contributed to the plan. What you might not know is that just one of Project 2025’s authors currently works for the federal government: Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr, the agency's senior Republican.
Joseph Torres: Future FCC Leaders Must Repair the Harms That Agency Policies Have Inflicted on Black and Brown Communities (Common Dreams)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 11/16/2021 - 17:11Progressives Applaud Biden Pick of Rosenworcel to Lead FCC Out of Carnage Left by Ajit Pai (Common Dreams)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 01/22/2021 - 06:51Voter Guide To Where 2020 Candidates Stand on Media and Tech Policy
Free Press Action released its 2020 Right to Connect Voter Guide, an analysis of presidential candidates’ positions on vital media and technology policies. It analyzes the positions of nine Democratic and Republican presidential candidates polling at 3 percent or above in recent national polls. Sens Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) stand out for their proposals to invest billions to expand internet access and rein in steep broadband prices that keep low-income families and people of color offline.
Q&A with Michael Copps: Trump Is Trying to Put FCC Out of Business
A Q&A with former Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps.