"Lemon, I'm sure you're aware of the Great-American-State-Fair's unfortunate cancellations. Nevertheless we still have Vanilla Ice, Milli, and the state of Florida"
*Tracy walks in with blue skin*
"LIZ LEMON, I FELL ASLEEP IN THE LINCOLN REFLECTING POOL AND THEY PAINTED OVER ME"
When I say the country is institutionally rigged for Republicans I’m talking about how Virginia gets their maps struck down after a two year process involving multiple legislative sessions and a statewide referendum but Tennessee can just decide not to enfranchise Memphis anymore
“9-1-1 what’s your emergency?”
“There’s someone in the house. He’s trying to kill me.”
“Okay, what I want you to do is get to your ballroom.”
“I don’t have a ballroom.”
“…Then may God have mercy on your soul.”
Brendan Carr’s authoritarian warning — that networks risk their broadcasting licenses for Iran war reporting that the government doesn’t like — is outrageous. When the government demands the press become a state mouthpiece under the threat of punishment, something has gone very wrong.
In 2019, Carr said: “Should the government censor speech it doesn’t like? Of course not. The FCC does not have a roving mandate to police speech in the name of the ‘public interest.’” But today, Carr cites the “public interest” to blatantly threaten news outlets because the president doesn’t like their reporting.
Again and again, Carr’s tenure as FCC chairman has been marked by his shameless willingness to bully and threaten our free press. But even by Carr’s standards, today’s hypocrisy is shocking — and dangerous.
The American people demand uncensored news about the men and women serving in our armed forces. Our right to a free press is one of the core American freedoms those in uniform have sworn to support and defend. It is long past time for our government officials to remember their own oaths to uphold the Constitution — starting with the First Amendment.
Like many ppl, I have a recurring anxiety dream about showing up on test day and realizing I didn’t do any of the work or attend a single class, and the admin’s explanation of/outlook on the Iran War has basically been that dream manifested in the realm of foreign affairs