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FCC head says government-funded Trump ads are ‘normal’ and ‘don’t raise any red flags’ (www.nbcnews.com)

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Brendan Carr said the ads are “normal-course public service announcements” and nothing that would “merit any sort of” review by the Federal Communications Commission.

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr said Wednesday that new pro-Trump TV ads paid for with government funds don’t “merit any sort of FCC review.”

“It doesn’t strike me as anything at all out of the ordinary,” Carr said of the ads, which have aired across the country in recent weeks.

Asked about allegations that the ads are “propaganda,” Carr laughed.

The White House has “explained that these are just normal-course public service announcements, PSAs, that you see all the time. I don’t think there’s anything unique or different about it,” he said at a news conference.

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[-] Yuccagnocchiyaki@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

These are the reasons everyone thinking that voting is going to get rid of these pedophilic and traitorous parasites.

There is no mechanism for transferring leadership.

It just says at noon, on January 20th, the new president will be in charge.

So let's say Kamala or Newsome become president (I hope not but it is an example), do you think that Kash Patel, Todd blanche, Pete Hegseth, Russel Voght and Steven Miller are going to turn against Trump and arrest him for not leaving? You think Tom Homan and ICE are going to arrest him?

[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

What are you taking about? Any new president in 2028 would immediately fire those people and appoint competent people to go after them and Trump

This is what must happen

Any democrat running for office needs to be fully LAW AND ORDER bringing down the hammer on everyone in this admin

[-] Yuccagnocchiyaki@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Is firing someone a magical spell or something? What is the ENFORCEMENT mechanism? That's the point I am making. When we tell him to leave, and he says, "no", then what?

Also,

Hakeem Jeffries is secretly meeting with Jared Kushner

Schumer is cutting off funding to DSA and non corporate dem candidates (which helps MAGA)

AIPAC Dems are funding AIPAC Republicans over DSA and non corporate Democrats

Tammy duckworth is saying that we shouldn't impeach anybody and we should work with the regime.

They aren't going to go after anyone because most of them are all paid by the same SUPERPAC.

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