BREAKING: “YOU SHOULD RESIGN!” Trump’s FCC Chair goes full Orwell — threatens journalists, erases description of agency as “independent” from website mid-hearing.

BREAKING: “YOU SHOULD RESIGN!” Trump’s FCC Chair goes full Orwell — threatens journalists, erases description of agency as “independent” from website mid-hearing.

If you ever wondered what government censorship looks like in real time, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr just gave America a live demo.

During a fiery Senate hearing, President Donald Trump’s FCC chair was accused—flat-out—of turning the Federal Communications Commission into a political weapon, and then promptly proved the point by quietly rewriting reality itself.

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) unloaded on Carr after the FCC opened an investigation into a small San Francisco radio station for the apparent crime of… reporting facts. The station had covered a federal immigration raid using information released by the mayor, city council members, and community groups. Carr’s FCC responded by dangling the threat of pulling the station’s broadcast license.

That’s not regulation. That’s intimidation.

Markey called it what it was: a chilling attack on press freedom that led to a journalist being demoted and sent shockwaves through newsrooms nationwide. “You’re turning the Federal Communications Commission into the Federal Censorship Commission,” Markey thundered. “You should resign.”

Carr tried to talk over him — until even the Republican chair of the committee had to shut him down.

But the most jaw-dropping moment came next.

As Carr told senators that the FCC is “not formally… independent,” reporters noticed something astonishing: within minutes, the FCC scrubbed the word “independent” from its own website. Gone. Erased. Like it had never existed.

CNN called it “something out of 1984.” They weren’t exaggerating.

This is the same FCC chair who previously threatened ABC after Jimmy Kimmel dared to make a joke MAGA didn’t like—suggesting Disney could face “additional work” from regulators if the host wasn’t dealt with. Even Ted Cruz likened Carr’s behavior to a mob boss snarling, “Nice network you got there.”

Democrats hammered Carr for weaponizing the FCC’s vague “public interest” standard to bully media companies into silence. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez warned the agency is now being used to “intimidate government critics” and trample the First Amendment.

And let’s not miss the context: companies facing FCC scrutiny — including one seeking approval for a $6.2 billion merger — just happened to pull Kimmel off the air right after Carr’s threat. Carr insists it was their “own decision.” Sure.

When a regulator threatens licenses, rewrites official websites on the fly, and openly declares loyalty to presidential power over independence, the message is clear: criticize Trump at your own risk.

This isn’t oversight. It’s authoritarian cosplay — with a federal seal slapped on top.

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