So who is this Brendan Thomas CARR axing the First Amendment - hmmm, no personal backround on Wiki

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Carr

Brendan Thomas Carr

.... In June 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Carr to serve as a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission. As commissioner, Carr initially focused on networks, though he began criticizing social media companies and China over perceived authoritarian policies later in his first term. He was involved in Project 2025 and wrote a section of The Heritage Foundation's Mandate for Leadership (2023).

In November 2024, president-elect Donald Trump named Carr as his chair of the Federal Communications Commission. He took office following Trump's second inauguration. During his tenure as head of the F.C.C., Carr has threatened to use the powers of the F.C.C. against media companies that host content critical of Trump and conservatives. ....

Carr heralded a shift in the Federal Communications Commission's purpose towards leveraging the bully pulpit against opponents of Trump's ideology.[40] An ally of Elon Musk,[40] he awarded Musk's SpaceX federal radio spectrum[41] and began an investigation into EchoStar over 5G deployment requirements, threatening to give satellite spectrum to SpaceX instead;[42] in response to the inquiry, EchoStar stopped paying interest payments.[43] In April, Carr urged European countries to sign contracts with SpaceX over Chinese competitors.[44] He eliminated a proposal that would have barred landlords from forcing bulk internet service on residents[45] and publicly questioned the Global Positioning System, seeking alternatives.[46] In a public notice, Carr asked for "unnecessary" regulations to remove.[47]

In February, Carr ordered investigations into diversity, equity, and inclusion practices at Comcast[48] and into KCBS over its coverage of immigration actions in San Jose, California.[49] In apparent response to Carr, Paramount Global, which had a merger pending before the Federal Communications Commission, ended its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.[50] In March, Carr told Bloomberg News that he would block any mergers involving companies with diversity, equity, and inclusion;[51] the following week, he announced that he had opened an investigation into The Walt Disney Company over its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.[52] Citing a complaint from Great American Media, Carr sent a letter to Google chief executive Sundar Pichai and YouTube executive Neal Mohan asking if YouTube TV was engaging in "faith-based discrimination".[53] The following month, T-Mobile closed its joint venture deal with Lumos Networks after agreeing to end its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.[54] The Federal Communications Commission approved Verizon's acquisition of Frontier Communications in May, assuring a commitment from Verizon that it would end its diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.[55] ....

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[MagickMuffin]

1. Here's his LinkedIn page

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-carr-0030b126

Perhaps someone could do a deep dive into the dark web. There’s probably some dirt about him there.

[UTUSN]

2. So far his dirt is sealed shut. - Um, Catholic University have something to do?

[MagickMuffin]

3. A Leo boy

Leo seems to be running a lot of the country. A king maker!

[Septua]

4. Carr was a big supporter of free speech till Trump redefined free speech.

https://www.newsweek.com/brendan-carr-fcc-jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-censorship-free-speech-2131682

Brendan Carr
@BrendanCarrFCC
Free speech is the counterweight—it is the check on government control.

That is why censorship is the authoritarian’s dream.

[UTUSN]

5. Well well - nothing like having a stalwart character.

Somebody who would never put himself enthralled to an unscrupulous boss. Or - hmmm - what would be the tipping factor to do so? (Sarcasm)