{"id":127333,"date":"2024-11-18T17:31:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T10:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127333"},"modified":"2024-11-18T17:31:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T10:31:46","slug":"trump-names-brendan-carr-senior-gop-leader-at-fcc-to-lead-the-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127333","title":{"rendered":"Trump names Brendan Carr, senior GOP leader at FCC, to lead the agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) \u2014 President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday named Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, as the new chairman of the agency tasked with regulating broadcasting, telecommunications and broadband. <\/p>\n<p>Carr is a longtime member of the commission and served previously as the FCC\u2019s general counsel. He has been unanimously confirmed by the Senate three times and was nominated by both Trump and President Joe Biden to the commission. <\/p>\n<p>The FCC is an independent agency that 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 doesn\u2019t like. <\/p>\n<p>Carr has of late embraced Trump\u2019s ideas about social media and tech. Carr wrote a section devoted to the FCC in \u201c <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-2024-conservatives-trump-heritage-857eb794e505f1c6710eb03fd5b58981\">Project 2025<\/a><\/span>,\u201d a sweeping blueprint for <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-2024-government-regulations-democrats-6badc3b424b9eff3ba51e0ec35a8d824\">gutting the federal workforce<\/a><\/span> and dismantling federal agencies in a second Trump administration produced by the conservative Heritage Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has claimed he doesn\u2019t know anything about Project 2025, but many of its themes have aligned with his statements. <\/p>\n<p>Carr said in a statement congratulating Trump on his win that he believed \u201cthe FCC will have an important role to play reining in Big Tech, ensuring that broadcasters operate in the public interest, and unleashing economic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"Infobox\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"What to know about Trump's second term: Staffing the administration: Here are the people Trump has picked for key positions so far. Plus, a look at recess appointments and how could Trump use them to fill his Cabinet.Follow all of our coverage as Donald Trump assembles his second administration.\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Infobox-items RichTextBody\">\n<p><b>What to know about Trump\u2019s second term:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Follow all of our coverage as <\/i><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\"><i>Donald Trump<\/i><\/a><\/span><i> assembles his second administration.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cCommissioner Carr is a warrior for Free Speech, and has fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans\u2019 Freedoms, and held back our Economy,\u201d Trump said in a statement on Sunday. \u201cHe will end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling America\u2019s Job Creators and Innovators, and ensure that the FCC delivers for rural America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The five-person commission has a 3-2 Democratic majority until next year, when Trump gets to appoint a new member. <\/p>\n<p>Carr has made appearances on Fox News Channel, including when he slammed Democratic Vice President <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/kamala-harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a><\/span> \u2019 appearance on \u201c <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/harris-unscheduled-new-york-visit-f58069ca1db9ec077b092a52bd118ac5\">Saturday Night Live\u201d the weekend before the election<\/a><\/span> &#8212; charging that the network didn\u2019t offer equal time to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Also a prolific writer of op-eds, Carr wrote in an <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/wsj.com\/opinion\/kamala-harris-rural-broadband-flop-her-project-is-stuck-in-slow-lane-regulation-2b84d0c2?st=pxtt7R&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion piece<\/a><\/span> for The Wall Street Journal last month decrying an FCC decision to revoke a federal award for Elon Musk\u2019s satellite service, Starlink. He said the move couldn\u2019t be explained \u201cby any objective application of the facts, the law or sound policy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my view, it amounted to nothing more than regulatory lawfare against one of the left\u2019s top targets: Mr. Musk,\u201d Carr wrote.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-fcc-chairman-carr-bf034fdd137e579c0c3e99681cc99541\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. 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