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If we did resurrect the Fairness Doctrine, it would have vast, negative, unintended effects. You couldn't just target Tucker Carlson or whatever pundit/outlet you dislike.How do I know that? Because

Chairman @AjitPaiFCC intends to issue a rulemaking to “clarify” #Section230. While rulemaking power is theoretically limited, it is functionally vast. A dysfunctional Congress and deferential courts tend to let FCC

We've been here before. In 1961, President Kennedy was concerned about the rise of right-wing radio hurting his legislative agenda / reelection plans. So he looked about for a policy

You might have seen this meme on social media. It's a bad meme making a deceptive point. Why?1/ Because the annual number of TB cases in the US is actually

Are you alarmed at non-uniformed, camouflaged, paramilitary "law" enforcement who've been sent to Portland against the wishes of the duly elected governor and mayor in order to abduct people off

I think the thing to recognize about ethno-nationalist conservatives like @rr_reno is that they draw on a very old, exclusionary lineage. Take Reno's call for a new conservative fusionism, in

There are some pretty basic problems with Vance's argument. For one, it's built on the flawed, evidence-free belief that Americans don't produce anything anymore. Let me show you a little

I did a thread about how the FDA's premarket notification rules were delaying a boost in PPE production. But the FDA's regulatory morass has also been responsible for some part

Concerns about restrictions on church services were peaking today given the importance of the Easter holiday to the Christian religious calendar. Here's my case for why churches should submit to