Concerned about the precedent the Paramount settlement sets for the First Amendment? Make sure you read @samgustin.com's article about how Trump is behaving like a Mafia boss -- with FCC chair Brendan Carr as his MAGA enforcer.

Trump’s FCC Chief Brendan Carr Is Acting More Like a Mob Enforcer Than a Federal Regulator
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I won’t equate my or my colleagues’ experiences as academics* with the more vulnerable communities targeted by the Trump administration. But there are some developments I’d like to share as an academic in a red state working at a public university. 1/

Sam reports that a plan before Congress to back a “cryptocurrency reserve” could mean “US taxpayers will be artificially subsidizing an industry-based-on-nothing whose financial gains flow disproportionally to wealthy asset holders” — including Trump and Musk. www.thenation.com/article/poli...