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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s war on the First Amendment

Brendan Carr has authority over the nation’s broadcasters. But in Trump’s second term, Carr has wielded that power to squelch free speech rights.

· 96 words· updated August 18, 2026 at 12:37 PM

As the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr has authority over the nation’s TV, radio, and internet. But since Donald Trump was elected to his second term, Carr has wielded that power to threaten broadcasters that have exercised their free speech rights to make jokes about the president. He was even able to get ABC to briefly pull Jimmy Kimmel from his late-night show. As The Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel has said, Carr’s mission is to “trash the First Amendment.” We’ll be following closely as the FCC chairman attempts to erode Americans’ constitutional rights.

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