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Cruz is chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, which has oversight jurisdiction over the FCC.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz says FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sounded like an organized crime boss threatening the ABC network’s broadcasting licenses over comments by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.

The Texas Republican also emphasized how much he hates what Kimmel said about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk — and how much he likes and works closely with Carr.

Having high-ranking federal officials threaten a network in such a way, however, is “dangerous as hell” because it presents a slippery slope that could end with conservatives facing government censorship down the road, Cruz said.

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[–] Flickerby@lemmy.zip 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine I'd end up in a timeline where Ted Cruz made a good point.

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

He only made it, because he fears it could potentially backfire on the fascists. He is right, but for the wrong reasons.

[–] uss_entrepreneur@startrek.website 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Ted Cruz pisses his pants because he likes the warm feeling between his legs. Fuck him.

But this isn’t bad reasoning necessarily, to use on a man in the Oval Office with the mental capacity of a 5 year old. Hell it’s the logic I use for my kid some times.

If you do this bad thing to someone are you ok with them doing it to you? No? Then don’t do that.

Pissboy is just getting on Donnie’s level, which admittedly, is very close to his own.