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(The Guardian) Trump picks Project 2025 co-author to lead FCC
US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he has selected Brendan Carr to be chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the independent agency that regulates telecommunications. Carr is a longtime member of the commission and served previously as the FCC’s general counsel. He has been unanimously confirmed by the Senate three times and was nominated by both Trump and Joe Biden to the commission.
The FCC is overseen by Congress, but Trump has suggested he wanted to bring it under tighter White House control, in part to use the agency to punish TV networks that cover him in a way he views unfavourably. “Commissioner Carr is a warrior for free speech, and has fought against the regulatory lawfare that has stifled Americans’ freedoms, and held back our economy,” Trump said.
Last week, Carr, a big tech critic, wrote to Meta’s Facebook, Alphabet’s Google, Apple and Microsoft saying they had taken steps to censor Americans. Carr said on Sunday the FCC must “restore free speech rights for everyday Americans”.
Carr has of late embraced Trump’s ideas about social media and tech. Carr wrote a section devoted to the FCC in “ Project 2025,” the right-wing plan for Trump’s presidency which would crack down on immigration, dismantle LGBTQ+ and abortion rights and diminish environmental protections. In a chapter of Project 2025, Carr argued that the FCC’s main goals should be “reining in Big Tech, promoting national security, unleashing economic prosperity, and ensuring FCC accountability and good governance.”
Linda McMahon expected to be announced as secretary of commerce - report
Several roles in Donald Trump’s new team, including the heads of the treasury, commerce and Labor departments are yet to be announced (you can view a full list of those who have been/could be offered key positions when Trump takes office in January here).
Reuters is reporting that Linda McMahon, a former Small Business Administration (SBA) director, is seen as the frontrunner to lead the commerce department, a federal government agency that promotes economic growth and job creation.
McMahon, 76, is a major donor and was an early supporter of the Republican president-elect when he first ran for the White House in 2015. This time, Trump tapped her to co-lead a transition team formed to help vet personnel and draft policy ahead of the 5 November election, which he decisively won.
McMahon is the co-founder and former CEO of the professional wrestling franchise WWE. She later served as director of the SBA, resigning in 2019, and went on to lead a pro-Trump political action committee that supported his 2020 reelection bid.
US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he has selected Brendan Carr to be chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the independent agency that regulates telecommunications. Carr is a longtime member of the commission and served previously as the FCC’s general counsel. He has been unanimously confirmed by the Senate three times and was nominated by both Trump and Joe Biden to the commission.
The FCC is overseen by Congress, but Trump has suggested he wanted to bring it under tighter White House control, in part to use the agency to punish TV networks that cover him in a way he views unfavourably. “Commissioner Carr is a warrior for free speech, and has fought against the regulatory lawfare that has stifled Americans’ freedoms, and held back our economy,” Trump said.
Last week, Carr, a big tech critic, wrote to Meta’s Facebook, Alphabet’s Google, Apple and Microsoft saying they had taken steps to censor Americans. Carr said on Sunday the FCC must “restore free speech rights for everyday Americans”.
Carr has of late embraced Trump’s ideas about social media and tech. Carr wrote a section devoted to the FCC in “ Project 2025,” the right-wing plan for Trump’s presidency which would crack down on immigration, dismantle LGBTQ+ and abortion rights and diminish environmental protections. In a chapter of Project 2025, Carr argued that the FCC’s main goals should be “reining in Big Tech, promoting national security, unleashing economic prosperity, and ensuring FCC accountability and good governance.”
Linda McMahon expected to be announced as secretary of commerce - report
Several roles in Donald Trump’s new team, including the heads of the treasury, commerce and Labor departments are yet to be announced (you can view a full list of those who have been/could be offered key positions when Trump takes office in January here).
Reuters is reporting that Linda McMahon, a former Small Business Administration (SBA) director, is seen as the frontrunner to lead the commerce department, a federal government agency that promotes economic growth and job creation.
McMahon, 76, is a major donor and was an early supporter of the Republican president-elect when he first ran for the White House in 2015. This time, Trump tapped her to co-lead a transition team formed to help vet personnel and draft policy ahead of the 5 November election, which he decisively won.
McMahon is the co-founder and former CEO of the professional wrestling franchise WWE. She later served as director of the SBA, resigning in 2019, and went on to lead a pro-Trump political action committee that supported his 2020 reelection bid.
