Last year, authorities arrested Burke on charges related to access of unaired portions of an interview between Ye (formerly Kanye West) and Tucker Carlson. A court dismissed the wiretapping charges on Thursday, calling the government’s argument “legally insufficient.”
The White House has released a national security presidential memorandum on fighting “domestic terrorism,” which apparently includes doxing ICE agents. The document outlines a sweeping strategy to investigate and harass a broad swath of organizations and institutions that the White House claims are anti-American.
There are common recurrent motivations and indicia uniting this pattern of violent and terroristic activities under the umbrella of self-described “anti-fascism.” These movements portray foundational American principles (e.g., support for law enforcement and border control) as “fascist” to justify and encourage acts of violent revolution. This “anti-fascist” lie has become the organizing rallying cry used by domestic terrorists to wage a violent assault against democratic institutions, constitutional rights, and fundamental American liberties. Common threads animating this violent conduct include anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity; support for the overthrow of the United States Government; extremism on migration, race, and gender; and hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality.
[The White House]
Government officials are pledging to go after alleged left-wing organizations they believe are funding political violence.
Here’s Nilay, writing about the FCC going after Kimmel: “All that talk about the media being the enemy of the people is turning into concrete legal action against publishers, broadcasters, and platforms that don’t do what the Trump White House wants.”
Oh, wait! That’s actually Nilay talking about FCC overreach back in February, just one month into the Trump administration. This Decoder episode about how we got here is a worthwhile re-listen this week.
Is now really the time to put up ID checkpoints on the internet?
They’ve sent a letter asking for any communications the FCC had with ABC and other parties involved with Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, and asked Carr to detail exactly how he defines the “public interest” that broadcasters must adhere to. “Under your leadership, the FCC appears to be discarding Congress’s clear directive in the Communications Act to ensure broadcasters act in the “public interest” — and is instead requiring them to act in ‘Trump’s interest,’” they write.
The First Amendment matters, even if Disney and ABC were cowards, too.
With Jimmy Kimmel off the air for now, several party leaders issued a statement over the FCC Chairman’s actions, but what will they do about it?
