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Carr has undermined free speech and press freedom as he carries out Trump’s promises of retribution for those who report critically on his actions.

A vibrant, independent public-media system is essential to a healthy democracy. So it’s no wonder that Donald Trump and Elon Musk hate public media.

Trump, Musk and their billionaire oligarch cronies are staging an authoritarian takeover of the United States. Here’s how you can fight back.

While Bezos has little interest in the health of our democracy, he’s doing a bang-up job exposing the dangers of billionaire-controlled media.

They say democracy dies in darkness. But maybe it just happens when too many people who could do something about it refuse to open their eyes.

I testified before lawmakers about the unprecedented threat that Trump, Musk and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr pose to free speech, the free press and our democracy.

Carr has been staking out increasingly extreme and harmful positions. Here’s who will benefit — and who will bear the cost.

Carr is already threatening to use his position atop the FCC to shut down the speech of anyone who questions Trump’s leadership.

Either Brendan Carr doesn’t understand what the First Amendment is for or what real censorship is, or he’s just lying to the American people.

Trump is calling for the death of press freedom after calling for the death of journalists themselves on the campaign trail.