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☆ Why Republicans think their Senate majority could last the decade: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Plus, politics reporters Allan Smith and Vaughn Hillyard examine how Donald Trump's transition team is turning to the much-maligned Project 2025 to fill jobs in the administration. I think it bodes well for us to keep the majority through the rest of the decade,” Daines, of Montana, told NBC News. “They made themselves nuclear,” Howard Lutnick, the co-chair of Trump’s transition and his nominee to serve as commerce secretary, told CNBC in September. But with the campaign over, Trump’s transition team is turning to Project 2025 to help staff the next administration. Both Homan and Ratcliffe were listed as contributors to Project 2025, while Carr wrote a chapter on the FCC.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court could further weaken the power of federal agencies by agreeing on Friday to hear a dispute over a Federal Communications Commission program that requires companies to subsidize telecommunications services in underserved areas. The FCC case raises two interlinked issues, one of which concerns the broad question of whether Congress exceeded its powers. The FCC turned to the Supreme Court after the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. The Supreme Court earlier this year issued a series of rulings against federal agencies, including one overturning a 40-year-old precedent that gave leeway to agencies to interpret laws written ambiguously. Three of them serve on the Supreme Court.

Persons: WASHINGTON —, Andrew Oldham, Donald Trump's Organizations: Federal Communications Commission, FCC, Consumers, Research, Universal Service Fund, Universal Service Administrative Company, New, Circuit, Conservative, Oldham, Trump Locations: New Orleans

“They made themselves nuclear,” Howard Lutnick, the co-chair of Trump’s transition and his nominee to serve as Commerce Secretary, told CNBC in September. But with the campaign over, Trump’s transition team is turning to Project 2025 to help staff the next administration. Both Homan and Ratcliffe were listed as contributors to Project 2025, while Carr authored a chapter on the FCC. Brendan Carr, a contributor to Project 2025, is Trump's pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission. For instance, the Project 2025 policy blueprint and Trump’s “Agenda 47” featured similar ideas on mass deportations and slashing the federal bureaucracy.

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☆ How the news media is quietly preparing for a hostile second Trump administration
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“You can just tell by the nominees for cabinet positions and agency heads that this will be an administration of retribution,” Baron added. Trump’s impending return to power was a theme of the conversations at the Committee to Protect Journalists gala. Attendees discussed the need to report without fear or favor, to be open-minded but clear-eyed about what actions the Trump administration might take, and to avoid fearmongering but to consider a range of possibilities. Here are some of the specific concerns that have arisen among members of the media:In the second Trump term, legal threats and frivolous lawsuits could pile up, costing newsrooms money and time. The Trump administration could reinstate the Justice Department’s past practice of pursuing reporters’ records in leak investigations.

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☆ The fate of MSNBC could be in Trump’s hands
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

It’s true that analysts expect the Trump administration to generally be less hostile to mergers. Yet it’s also true that some Republicans – including some tapped to join the Trump administration – have been described as “Khanservatives” because they’ve called for tougher, not weaker, antitrust scrutiny. Earlier this year, Gaetz told NOTUS that the FCC chair’s work “inspired me” and he expressed hope she stays in power for a Trump administration. As Gaetz fights to survive a tough nomination process to be attorney general, Comcast dropped a bombshell in the media industry by spinning off MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Oxygen and other networks. “It’s hard not to look at the spinoff of CNBC and MSNBC as potentially a response to the new administration,” said Petro.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, Donald Trump, ” Craig Moffett, MoffettNathanson, Brendan Carr, Trump’s, Kamala Harris, Carr, Skydance’s, ”, Moffett, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Sonnenfeld, Gaetz, Vance, Lina Khan, it’s, they’ve, JD Vance, Khan, Biden, Matt Gaetz, NOTUS, “, Brian Roberts, Will Trump, Frank Louthan, Raymond James, It’s, Louthan, Lee Petro, Dickinson, it’s “, Petro Organizations: New, New York CNN, Department, T’s, CNN, Timer Warner, Trump, Comcast, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC, DOJ, Federal Communications Commission, FCC, Paramount, Fox News, CBS, Yale, Leadership, Time Warner, Biden, Federal Trade, ”, Washington DC Locations: New York, Florida, USA

☆ Comcast doesn't want its cable TV networks anymore
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

One of the country's biggest cable TV companies doesn't want its cable networks anymore. That's the pitch Comcast is making Wednesday as it announces plans to split off almost all of its cable TV networks into a new company. Into the spinco goes every cable network Comcast owns except for Bravo. For the record: Comcast says it thinks the cable networks it is ditching can be successful on their own. And as I said last month: Comcast is getting rid of its basic cable networks for the same reason everyone who owns basic cable networks would like to get rid of their cable networks.

Persons: Brian Roberts, Trump, Kamala Harris, Brendan Carr, Trump's Organizations: Cable, Comcast, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC, NBC, Paramount, Warner Bros, Discovery, Disney, Federal Communications Commission, CBS, Fox News Locations: USA

☆ Trump's picks are giving Big Tech plenty of reasons to be nervous
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementDonald Trump has selected several Big Tech critics for top roles in his second administration. A number of his picks have been harsh critics of the Big Tech industry. Tom Williams/CQ Roll CallTrump's pick for attorney general, former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, has for years criticized Big Tech companies. Anna MoneymakerVice President-elect JD Vance cut his teeth in venture capital, and has long been a proponent for breaking up Big Tech. AdvertisementVance said that his experience in Silicon Valley taught him to be weary of Big Tech.

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☆ SpaceX gears up to catch Starship again — and Donald Trump may join Elon Musk for the launch
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementSpaceX is planning to launch Starship for the sixth time on Tuesday. Reports suggest that President-elect Trump may join Elon Musk for the launch. Elon Musk and Donald Trump have been inseparable since the election — and now Trump will reportedly attend the latest launch of Musk's giant Starship rocket. SpaceX is set to conduct the sixth test flight of Starship, the 165-foot spacecraft that Musk wants to use to take humanity to Mars, on Tuesday. Multiple reports on Monday suggested that Donald Trump is planning to attend the Starship launch — another indication of just how important a role Musk will likely play in the next administration.

Persons: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Google's Sundar Pichai, Joe Rogan, Kid Rock, Chris Unger, Brendan Carr, Carr, Mars, CHANDAN KHANNA, Musk, Starship's Organizations: SpaceX, Trump, Elon, UFC, PAC, Department of Government, Federal Communications Commission, Getty, Federal Aviation Authority, Business Locations: SpaceX's Starbase, Texas, New York City

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump announced Sunday that he has selected Brendan Carr to be chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Carr is the top Republican commissioner on the FCC, the government agency tasked with regulating radio, television and cable communications. "Commissioner Carr is a warrior for Free Speech, and has fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans’ Freedoms, and held back our Economy," Trump said in a. In his chapter, Carr suggested TikTok should be banned if it fails to disentangle from its China-based parent company — an issue on which Trump held conflicting views before he joined the app himself this year. "Congress should do so by ensuring that Internet companies no longer have carte blanche to censor protected speech while maintaining their Section 230 protections," Carr wrote in Project 2025's book.

Persons: Donald Trump, Brendan Carr, Carr, Trump, TikTok Organizations: WASHINGTON, Federal Communications Commission, FCC, Freedoms, Innovators, Communications Locations: America, Big Tech, China

☆ Trump's new FCC pick is a win for Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Bryan Metzger | Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Carr is an ally of Elon Musk and has previously gone to bat for his company, Starlink. President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Brendan Carr to chair the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) isn't just a win for conservative opponents of Big Tech. Elon Musk has transformed long-dormant industries, and he’s developed a first principles “production algorithm” to deliver results. In 2022, the FCC denied SpaceX nearly $886 million in government subsidies to provide satellite internet access in rural areas via the company's Starlink service. It's still proving itself as a viable internet service provider and is relatively expensive for the quality, CNN reported in August.

Persons: Trump, Brendan Carr, Carr, Elon Musk, Donald Trump's, isn't, It's, Musk, he’s, It’s, JySzEtCsyj — Brendan Carr, it's, —, Starlink, Trump's, Michael Romano, NTCA, Carr's, he's Organizations: Federal Communications Commission, Big Tech, Department of Government, Republican, Trump, GOP, Administrative State, Twitter, FCC, SpaceX, POLITICO, CNN, Senate Locations: Administrative, Brazil, American

☆ Trump picked a Project 2025 coauthor to run the FCC. Here's what it means for Big Tech.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

He's the author of the FCC chapter of Project 2025, which hopes to cut Big Tech's immunity for content moderation. Carr's stance on Big TechIn his Project 2025 chapter, Carr writes that one of his four main goals for the FCC is "Reining in Big Tech." His interpretation of the section would give Big Tech immunity only against being compelled to take down content. AdvertisementHe proposed that Big Tech firms be compelled to make public their traffic and monetization algorithms, saying they now operate in a "black box." Carr's two other points in his Project 2025 chapter are to increase accountability measures for federal tech programs and to drive hard to develop 5G infrastructure.

Persons: Donald Trump, Brendan Carr, Carr, that's, Trump Organizations: Federal Communications Commission, FCC, Republican, Republicans, Department of Education, Innovators, Big Tech, Communications, Universal Service Fund, China's Locations: America, Big Tech, China, Russia, Iran

☆ Trump taps Brendan Carr to chair Federal Communications Commission
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Brendan Carr speaks during a House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Hearing titled Connecting America. President-elect Donald Trump will tap Brendan Carr, a critic of the Biden administration's telecom policies and Big Tech, as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, he said in a statement on Sunday. Carr, 45, is currently the top Republican on the FCC, the independent agency that regulates telecommunications. Last week, Carr wrote to Meta's Facebook, Alphabet's Google , Apple and Microsoft saying they had taken steps to censor Americans. Trump also sued CBS over its "60 Minutes" interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.

Persons: Brendan Carr, Donald Trump, Carr, Joe Biden's, Disney's, Trump, Kamala Harris Organizations: Energy, Communications, Technology, Biden, Big Tech, Federal Communications Commission, Republican, FCC, Elon, SpaceX, Commerce Department's, Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Sunday, Disney's ABC, NBC, Paramount, CBS

☆ Brendan Carr wrote the FCC chapter in ‘Project 2025.’ Now he’s Trump’s pick for the agency
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New York CNN —President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, wasted no time in stating his priorities on Sunday night. Carr is now the senior Republican at the agency, which meant he was widely expected to get the chairman appointment. As chairman, Carr may be able to steer generous federal subsidies to Starlink. In his Project 2025 chapter, Carr laid out an agenda for the federal agency under a future Trump administration. The FCC chairman during Trump’s first term in office, Ajit Pai, had a very different set of priorities.

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“We take this type of targeting very seriously.”The FBI said it “is aware of the offensive and racist text messages sent to individuals around the country and is in contact with the Justice Department and other federal authorities on the matter,” according to a statement Thursday. At least some appear to have been sent through TextNow in what the company believes “is a widespread, coordinated attack,” it told CNN on Friday. Texts addressed recipients by nameScreenshots of the texts shared with CNN and appearing on social media show the racist messages addressed the recipients by name. Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland said in a statement Thursday that some of its students received the racist texts. CNN affiliates have also reported instances of students receiving the racist texts in South Carolina, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, among other states.

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☆ 'I got it wrong': Anthony Scaramucci tells BI 4 key reasons why Donald Trump won
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

He won the popular vote, he won the Electoral College vote, and so he's going to be president of the country." However, Scaramucci still believes Harris made some mistakes on messaging. 4 reasons why Trump won back the White HouseCandid as ever, Scaramucci settled on a quartet of reasons as to why Trump defeated Harris. Now that Trump appears to have won the popular vote, as well as the Electoral College, Scaramucci believes there are no more excuses for Democrats. He believes Trump critics, including himself, must take a hard look in the mirror before the next election.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris, Scaramucci, —, Anthony Scaramucci didn't, Trump, he's, Elon Musk, I'm, Joe Biden, Barack Obama's, Stephen Colbert, she's Organizations: Service, House, Electoral, Trump, Biden's, FCC, MSNBC, CNN, Electoral College Locations: Pennsylvania, American, America

Tech billionaire Elon Musk and his business empire stand to reap massive rewards if former President Donald Trump returns to the White House. Elon Musk joins former US President Donald Trump during a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Oct. 5, 2024. “I love Elon Musk,” Trump said at a rally in July. It’s not clear how Musk and Trump would navigate the ethical questions around a possible government role for the tech billionaire. “He would be in much less trouble in a Trump administration because Trump shares his hostility to regulation and regulators,” Richard Pierce, a law professor at George Washington University specializing in government regulation, told NBC News in an interview earlier this year.

Persons: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Musk, Trump, Vladimir Putin, SpaceX, ” Musk, Brian Hughes, ”, ” Hughes, Justin Merriman, ” Trump, “, walling, Kamala Harris, Harris, Biden, Larry Krasner, ” Richard Pierce, John Raoux, Angela Aneiros, ” Aneiros, Tesla, There’s, SpaceX countersued, • Tesla, ” SpaceX, Starlink, Justice Department —, Tucker Carlson, Carlson, he’s, SpaceX’s, Kamala Organizations: Tech, Trump, Musk’s, SpaceX, China —, U.S, Wall Street, NBC News, Boeing, Fox News, Bloomberg, Getty Images Trump, D.C, Trump Organization, Budget, America PAC, Philadelphia, George Washington University, Tesla, Co, Kennedy Space Center, Gonzaga University, university’s Center of Law, & Commerce, Justice Department, National, Traffic Safety Administration, Securities and Exchange Commission, Street, Justice, Employment, Commission, National Labor Relations Board, SEC, Twitter, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Safety, Health Administration, NLRB, Reuters, Defense Department, NASA, International, White, National Space Council Locations: China, United States, Taiwan, Ukraine, Washington, Trump’s, Pennsylvania, Butler, Pa, Palm Beach , Florida, Texas, California, Cape Canaveral, Fla, Los Angeles, Austin, Mars

☆ Amazon's satellite spending has investors on edge. The payoff may be worth the wait
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

For now, analysts and investors are looking to Amazon's third-quarter earnings report Thursday night for more clarity. Amazon hopes that Kuiper could bring broadband connectivity to some 400 million to 500 million households that currently lack it. Bank of America, on the other hand, estimates around $3.5 billion in Kuiper spending next year. The Kuiper spending estimates might seem steep, but the analysts aren't telling investors to dump shares. The "ultra-compact" version of the Project Kuiper Amazon

Persons: Jeff Marks, Andy Jassy, Kuiper's, Marks, Kuiper, Evercore, BofA, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley's, Starlink, Elon Musk's, EBITDA, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim Organizations: Amazon, Web Services, AWS, Wedbush Securities, Federal Communications Commission, FCC, Bank of America, FactSet, SpaceX, Viasat, CNBC Locations: Amazon's

☆ CBS News rebuffs Trump’s legal threat over ‘60 Minutes’ interview
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-23 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Lawyers for CBS News are rebuffing a legal threat from Donald Trump over the network’s “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris, telling the former president his demands are based on a “faulty premise.”In a blunt letter to Trump’s legal counsel, the network on Wednesday said the First Amendment “fiercely protects” the editorial judgments made by “60 Minutes,” the network’s flagship newsmagazine. “For that reason,” CBS said, Trump has no legal basis to sue, “and I note that you do not identify one,” the letter from CBS News senior Vice President for legal affairs Gayle C. Sproul stated. When Trump backed out of a planned interview with “60 Minutes,” CBS went ahead with its plans to interview Harris and produced a Trump-less prime time special on October 7. “Editing is a necessity for all broadcasters to enable them to present the news in the time available, and that is what ’60 Minutes’ did here, as it does with its other reports,” she wrote. Trump has brought up “60 Minutes” on the campaign trail at least a dozen times in the past two weeks and has repeatedly asserted that CBS should lose its broadcast license.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, “, ”, Trump, Gayle C, Sproul, Bill Whitaker’s, Harris, Benjamin Netanyahu “, ” Harris, ” Trump, Edward Andrew Paltzik, Paltzik, CBS “, Kamala Harris’s, Whitaker, Harris “, ” Sproul Organizations: New, New York CNN, CBS News, ” CBS, Trump, Observers, CBS, Israeli, ”, CNN, Republican, FCC, WCBS Locations: New York, United States

☆ Trump’s growing threats to strip broadcast licenses send chills across industry
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But Donald Trump’s threats are not ordinary, either. He has imprecisely but repeatedly invoked the government’s licensing of broadcast TV airwaves and has said on at least 15 occasions that certain licenses should be revoked. Trump’s threats against CBS have been particularly intense in recent weeks. The threat from any politician to revoke a broadcast license simply because they disagree with the station’s content undermines this basic freedom.”Many of Trump’s threats conflate national networks and local stations. As president, Trump also said that TV licenses “must be challenged and, if appropriate, revoked,” but nothing came of it.

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☆ Top DeSantis attorneys penned cease-and-desist letters threatening to prosecute TV stations over abortion ad, affidavit says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Ron DeSantis penned the cease-and-desist letters sent by Florida’s health department threatening to criminally prosecute local TV stations over their airing of an abortion rights ad, the department’s former general counsel said in court documents. “I did not draft the letters or participate in any discussions about the letters prior to October 3,” Wilson wrote. Spokespersons for DeSantis and the Florida Department of Health did not immediately respond to CNN requests for comment. Wilson’s allegations come after local TV stations began airing an ad by Floridians Protecting Freedom, the group behind the state’s “Yes on 4 Campaign,” promoting a ballot measure seeking to overturn the state’s six-week abortion ban by enshrining abortion rights in the state’s constitution. Local TV stations also received support from FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, who said earlier this month that “threats against broadcast stations for airing content that conflicts with the government’s views are dangerous and undermine the fundamental principle of free speech.”

Persons: Ron DeSantis, John Wilson, Sam Elliot, Wilson, Ryan Newman, Jed Doty, “, ” Wilson, Newman, Doty, ” Newman, Caroline, ” Caroline, Floridians, Joseph Ladapo, Jessica Rosenworcel, ” Organizations: New, New York CNN, Gov, Florida’s Department of Health, DeSantis, Florida Department of Health, CNN, Floridians, Ladapo Locations: New York, Florida, Local

☆ Federal judge blasts DeSantis administration for threats against TV stations
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Liam Reilly | Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —“To keep it simple for the State of Florida: it’s the First Amendment, stupid.”That’s what a federal judge wrote Thursday as he sided with local TV stations in an extraordinary dispute over a pro-abortion rights television ad. “Florida has now banned abortions, even in cases like mine.”The state health department – part of Gov. John Wilson, the health department’s general counsel, sent cease-and-desist letters to multiple television stations airing the ad. The health department’s threats were so chilling that WINK, a CBS affiliate, pulled the ad from its broadcasts, Florida Politics reported. Other stations have continued to air the ad, some as recently as Thursday evening, according to the TVEyes video search service.

Persons: New York CNN —, Mark E, Walker, Caroline, ”, Ron DeSantis’s, –, John Wilson, Wilson, Joseph Ladapo, ” Wilson, “, ” Jae Williams, Jessica Rosenworcel Organizations: New, New York CNN, State of, Chief U.S, District, Northern, Northern District of, Gov, Tampa Bay Times, Miami Herald, CNN, Physicians for Human Rights, CBS, Florida Politics, Democratic, FCC Locations: New York, State of Florida, Northern District, Northern District of Florida, Florida

☆ Trump or Harris? Here are the 2024 stakes for airlines, banks, EVs, health care and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +18 min

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris face off in the ABC presidential debate on Sept. 10, 2024. The previous Trump administration didn't pursue those types of consumer protections. In contrast, Democrats, including Harris, have historically supported EVs and incentives such as those under the Biden administration's signature Inflation Reduction Act. Meanwhile, Harris, if elected, can build on existing efforts of the Biden administration to deliver savings to more patients, they said. Trump also led multiple efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, including its expansion of Medicaid to low-income adults.

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☆ Behind the scenes of the Trump movie Trump doesn't want you to see
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

That's because of a twisty backstory involving gun-shy Hollywood studios, a fledgling producer, and his father-in-law: Dan Snyder, a billionaire Trump supporter who initially bankrolled the movie. Related storiesYou got a Trump supporter to fund this movie, which in no way is a movie a Trump supporter would want to see, let alone fund. And so indirectly, a Republican Trump donor's money was paying for the production of this movie. The nightmare scenario would be that we shoot this movie and then Dan Snyder hates the movie and somehow is able to block it. AdvertisementThis will sound pretty cavalier from me, but: It seems like if there's an "unseeable Trump movie" that is going to immediately make people demand to see it.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Vanity Fair's Gabriel Sherman, —, Donald Trump, Gabriel Sherman, Sherman, Roy Cohn, Trump, Sebastian Stan, Bucky Barnes, Cohn, Succession's, Jeremy Strong, you'd, Dan Snyder, humanizes Trump, I've, humanize Donald Trump, I'm, Roger Ailes, It's Donald Trump's, Mark Rapaport, He's, Snyder, Ivana, Dan, who've, unseeable, Jeff Bezos, doesn't, mishegoss, Time Warner Organizations: Trump, Service, Marvel, Hollywood, Fox News, YouTube, Republican, Washington NFL, NFL, Republican Trump, Cannes, Telluride Film, MGM, Washington Post, FCC, Justice Department, Time Warner, CNN, Time, DOJ Locations: New York City, Cannes, French, France, America, Hollywood

☆ FCC chair denounces Trump’s calls for CBS to ‘lose its license’ over Harris’ ‘60 Minutes’ interview
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Federal Communications Commission chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel denounced former President Donald Trump’s “threats against free speech” Thursday after he attacked CBS and called for the network to “lose its license” over a recent “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. In recent days, the former president has lambasted the Harris interview, accusing CBS News of editing the sit-down with correspondent Bill Whitaker. “As I’ve said before, the First Amendment is a cornerstone of our democracy.”Trump’s attacks on CBS comes after he backed out of his own “60 Minutes” interview last week and has repeatedly fended off invitations from television networks, including CNN and Fox News, for additional debates, instead opting for sit-downs with right-wing media outlets. Following ABC’s Trump-Harris debate in September, Trump dialed into “Fox & Friends,” where he called for the Disney-owned network to have its license “take[n] away.”Rosenworcel’s statement is the second time this week she has spoken out in support of broadcasters. On Tuesday, the FCC chairwoman issued a statement calling threats from Florida’s Health Department to prosecute local TV stations over an abortion rights ad “dangerous,” and emphasizing that pressure from the state government “undermines the fundamental principle of free speech.”

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☆ Lasers could take broadband where fiber optics can’t
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

One solution could come from a technology called “free-space optics” (FSO), which uses lasers to transfer data through the air. Fog and rain, but even simple air turbulence, are enough to disrupt the signal, which also requires a stable, direct line of sight between transmitter and receiver. So, despite the advantage of not requiring any licensing or regulation, unlike radio signals such as 5G, FSO broadband has yet to materialize as a commercial reality. Now, Virginia-based company Attochron says it’s ready to launch its own version of it — after more than 20 years of development. Enabling, not replacingAccording to Chaffee, the advantages of bridging the last mile with lasers are many, starting with the fact that it’s comparatively cheaper than laying fiber optics cables.

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