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R. Scott Pert

‘It’s Not a Threat, That’s a Penalty’: Pro-Trump FCC Chair Raises Prospect of Pulling CBS’s Broadcast License

> Trump has explicitly called for the #FCC to levy the “maximum fines and punishment” against #CBS and 60 Minutes, in particular, after recent coverage he did not care for.
mediaite.com/tv/its-not-a-thre #DonaldTrump

Mediaite · ‘It’s Not a Threat, That’s a Penalty’: Pro-Trump FCC Chair Raises Prospect of Pull ...By Alex Griffing
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Rob Carlson :ally: :BLM:

Online now at vees.net/hobbies/hamradio/swat

In early 1999 #Swatch set out to publicize its new “Swatch .beat Internet Time” by launching #Beatnik, a grapefruit‑size “mini‑Sputnik” #satellite from the Mir space station. The plan was to replay user‑submitted voice clips (each had to include the word *beat*) on the #hamradio frequencies between 145.8 and 146 MHz. Because ITU rules forbid any commercial traffic on ham frequencies, the idea threatened to turn protected #radio spectrum into a marketing platform.

In February of 1999, a young me stumbled onto the scheme while browsing Swatch’s website. I confirmed the frequency claim and posted the first public alert. That single e‑mail snowballed into the pages that aggregated press releases, contract excerpts, ITU citations, and template letters to regulators. The archive helped the ARRL, multiple #AMSAT groups, and hundreds of individual operators coordinate a unified protest that reached the #FCC, the Swiss and Russian telecom authorities, and the ITU’s Radiocommunication Bureau.

The pressure paid off. Beatnik was hand‑launched from #Mir on 16 April 1999, but its transmitter stayed off; Swatch later claimed its batteries were “donated” to the cosmonauts instead. No commercial messages ever hit the airwaves.

I recently found all the documents from that time and have converted them into consistent Markdown to republish. Watch this space!

vees.netSwatch Protest of 1999 | Rob Carlson
More from Rob Carlson :ally: :BLM:
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Kim Perales

Trump is abusing the office of the presidency to run a mob-like shakedown of Paramount & CBS News. In any previous admin -would be a massive scandal.

The #FCC CHM whom Trump installed, B Carr, is overseeing an investig of CBS News & the ongoing $8B sale of the NET’s parent corp, Paramount, to Skydance Media—while simultaneously Trump's suing CBS News for $20B, alleging 60 Mins deceptively edited an interview with Harris during last yr’s pres campaign.
#USPol #Corruption
motherjones.com/politics/2025/

Mother JonesTrump’s mob-like shakedown—a scandal starring “60 Minutes,” Paramount, and the FCCIn any other administration, this sleazy scheme would be a BFD.
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AnarchoNinaAnalyzes

After threatening to target the media several hundred times since he first announced his candidacy for President, Trump is now instructing his bootlicking Attorney General Pam Bondi to make his war on journalists possible. Although Bondi is acting in the context of hunting down leakers in the Department of Defense, the reality is that Downmarket Mussolini will almost certainly come for his critics in the media and the sources they speak to, next.

commondreams.org/news/bondi-jo

Bondi Shreds Biden-Era Protections for Journalists as Trump White House Hunts Leakers

"As part of a renewed crackdown on leaks, Bondi said she is issuing revised Justice Department regulations stating that media outlets "must answer subpoenas" related to efforts to uncover sources of unauthorized disclosures within the federal government.

"The policy contemplates the use of subpoenas, court orders, and search warrants to compel production of information and testimony by and relating to members of the news media, subject to the Privacy Protection Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000aa, and the approval of the department's leadership in some instances," the memo states. "The attorney general must also approve efforts to question or arrest members of the news media."

As I alluded to above, I find US corporate media's bloodless, minutiae-focused reporting on Bondi's actions here curious and alarming given that the Trump regime is giving itself the power to come after them and their journalists. Obviously the regime is acting in response to the embarrassing leaks surrounding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and the investigation DNI Tulsi Gabbard is conducting into those leaks. None of this is happening in a vacuum however, and I don't know who it serves to report only in the narrow context of the regime's narrative here.

Like let's cut the crap right? During his first administration, Trump's Department of Justice already tried to go after reporters to expose their sources. Trump is a guy who threatened journalists with implied carceral sexual assault if they didn't give up their sources, on the campaign trail. The Kelpto Kaiser has literally said negative reporting about himself and his regime should be "illegal." The regime is weaponizing the FCC and holding McCarthy-esque hearings lead by fascist conspiracy crank-turned Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene to target NPR and PBS for criticizing Trump and admitting LGBTQ people exist in American life. Trump is literally exerting so much pressure on CBS over the editing on a 60 Minutes segment featuring Kamala Harris (a woman he already beat in the 2024 US election) that the program's longtime editor resigned because the show's independence was compromised.

I honestly couldn't give a rats ass about warmongers working for a fascist regime who get caught leaking, but surely it doesn't take a psychic to realize that the would-be dictator already targeting media that criticizes or opposes his fascist agenda, is going to use new Department of Justice guidelines that let him more freely target media that criticize or oppose his fascist agenda, to further target media that criticizes or opposes his fascist agenda. This isn't rocket science here. For corporate media outlets to pretend this story is purely about internal leaks inside Pete Hegseth's staff strains credulity, and would appear to be very shortsighted indeed.

Common Dreams · Bondi Shreds Biden-Era Protections for Journalists as Trump White House Hunts Leakers | Common DreamsOne critic warned that President Donald Trump "almost certainly will abuse the legal system to investigate and prosecute his critics and the journalists they talk to."
#Fascism#Trump#PamBondi
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Spaceflight 🚀

#Amazon said it had established communications with all of the satellites, and the sequence of turning them on was “proceeding as planned.” The #FCC’s approval of the constellation came with a requirement that at least half 📊 the #satellites needed to be deployed by 📆 July 30, 2026. Industry analysts say the company could get an extension if it has demonstrated substantial progress by then nytimes.com/2025/04/28/science

An Atlas V rocket earlier this month when United Launch Alliance scrubbed the first flight of 27 Amazon Project Kuiper satellites because of poor weather.
The New York Times · Amazon Launches First 27 Project Kuiper Internet SatellitesBy Karen Weise
#ULA#Atlas#Kuiper
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JB aka J Lee

The FCC, once a telecom watchdog, is now Trump’s political cudgel. Under Carr, it’s targeting media critics, scrapping consumer protections, and hollowing out oversight.#FCC #MediaFreedom washingtonhorizon.com/carr-tra

Chaedrol's Washington Horizon · Carr transforms FCC from regulator to political enforcer in under 100 daysThe Verge flags the FCC’s stark transformation under Chairman Brendan Carr. Once a regulatory agency focused on telecom oversight and consumer protections, the FCC has increasingly served as an instrument of political retribution aligned with President Trump’s grievances. Carr, who lacks a voting majority, has sidestepped traditional policymaking
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Joe Ortiz

Here's @KarlBode with a very informative piece on the #FCC under chairman and censor-in-chief Brendan Carr as he approaches his first 100 days and it's a great takedown and bashing as you can expect from Karl.

He's anti-consumer, pro-censorship, very pro-telecom (mostly towards Starlink), human rights-killer and more.

theverge.com/tech/656653/brend

Hand puppeting the satellites on the FCC seal surrounded by falling dollar bills.
The Verge · Brendan Carr’s FCC is an anti-consumer, rights-trampling harassment machineBy Karl Bode
#censorship#humanrights#monopoly
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Dave Spector

@onthemedia this week takes on disinformation in #FCC attacks on journalism and news orgs and the attempt to rewrite and whitewash Nixon’s criminality as some left wing, “deep state” conspiracy, and the erasing people of color from US museums and official history.
wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/a

WNYC StudiosBrendan Carr’s F.C.C. Has Been Busy. Plus, Rewriting the History of Watergate. | On the Media | WNYC StudiosBrendan Carr’s report card, revising Watergate, and Trump’s war on museums
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Steve Stroh N8GNJ

Zero Retries 0198 -
zeroretries.org/p/zero-retries

* Credit Where Due - “Seattle” Inspirations for IP400
* IP400 Update 2025-04-18
* Software Defined Radio is THE Imperative for US Amateur Radio
* Some Selected Comments from FCC Docket GN 25-133
* A Vision for Open Innovation: ARDC’s Strategy

Zero Retries is an independent newsletter promoting tech innovation that is occurring in Amateur Radio. Now in its fourth year of publication, with 2600+ subscribers.
#hamradio #ip400 #sdr #fcc #ardc_73

Zero Retries · Zero Retries 0198By Steve Stroh N8GNJ
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AnarchoNinaAnalyzes

A collection of my Fediverse blog posts about fascism and current events, published from April 13th to 15th, 2025. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, I wrote a lot about the Trump regime, ICE, and nazi billionaires.

ninaillingworth.com/2025/04/15

The Skinny: Pork Reich on Parade

"If they get away with this, or even if they can just successfully use it to justify applying government pressure against an extremely large, well-funded news organization, there’s no limit to how far these nazis will take this. This is how a fascist regime transforms the entire media environment into pro-Trump, state news outlets and it won’t just stop with the Fox-ification of media orgs either."

Nina Illingworth Dot Com | "When the revolution is for everyone, everyone will be for the revolution" · The Skinny: Pork Reich on Parade | Nina Illingworth Dot Com - Part 2Today we're introducing a new spin on an old feature; plus a complete collection of my Fediverse blog posts from April 13th to April 15th, 2025. - Part 2
#Fascism#Trump#Blog
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Emory

a #thread about 222-225 MHz license grants:
> The #FCC continues to authorize non #amateurRadio operations in amateur #radio spectrum. <SNIP //@emory> The problem it brings is precedence, which is how many mechanisms of law work. The precedent set giving way to a case being made that they have greater need for the spectrum than we, and an opportunity for the FCC to auction or otherwise reallocate the band.

Company name is "CHAOS". spectrum we lose, we don't get back. 🎙️
groups.io/g/repeater-builder/m

groups.ioTHREAT TO 222-225MHz Spectrum Getting Worse with additional licenses issued outside of California
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