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@Clingdaddy1 @BrendanCarrFCC Since you asked. Article 1, Section 8, and also in the Preamble. "Provide for the general welfare."

@BrendanCarrFCC What right does the Federal Govt have to provide internet service? Where does the Constitution give the federal govt the right to use funds to provide this service? Starlink is awesome, but the Feral (federal) govt needs to be cut back to its Constitutional mandated roles.

Under President Biden, the FCC revoked an $885 million award that Starlink won to provide high-speed Internet to millions of Americans. Back then, the agency claimed that it was revoking the award because it was unlikely that Starlink could provide 100/20 Mbps service to 40% of locations by year end 2025. I dissented at the time, explaining that the FCC's decision could not be squared with any objective application of law, facts, or policy. The data clearly showed that Starlink was on track. Now, new Ookla data shows that well over that percentage of Speedtest user on Starlink did meet the 100/20 service level by year end 2025. The Biden era decision to revoke the award only slowed down efforts to bridge the digital divide and raised costs for doing so. ookla.com/articles/starl…

@BrendanCarrFCC My ISP is rolling out multi-gig symmetrical.

@BrendanCarrFCC 100/20. Whoop-d-do. This is 2026 Brendan.

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Good morning ☀️ and God bless America 🇺🇸

Trump learns that not everyone has a price - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/ac… via @FT

@EricLDaugh So by that logic, all vote counting will need to end at midnight on election day. That rarely happens anywhere or anytime.

🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court appears poised to STRIKE DOWN allowing mail-in ballots to be received days or weeks after election day Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon NAILS IT: "We argued in our brief that because Congress has these laws that refer to an election DAY, election day should mean election DAY, meaning the last day by which ballots can be received by the state and processed." "And so here, Mississippi allows it for five days, some states allow it for 10 days, up to 21 days, eight states don't even require a postmark on mail ballots." "I think that's actually going to be a positive development for voter confidence in the outcome of our elections, regardless of your party, because we're going to know that final means final, and there aren't some shenanigans with a bunch of people, your neighbor or whoever, delivering a dump of ballots into the mail after the election day." We need this for the republic! One ELECTION DAY.

US Treasury unveils brand new Trump-Epstein $1 coin newsthump.com/2025/10/06/us-… via @newsthump

@BrendanCarrFCC Carr is Trump's "Nickgeselle."

Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions - also known as the fake news - have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up. The law is clear. Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not. And frankly, changing course is in their own business interests since trust in legacy media has now fallen to an all time low of just 9% and are ratings disasters. The American people have subsidized broadcasters to the tune of billions of dollars by providing free access to the nation’s airwaves. It is very important to bring trust back into media, which has earned itself the label of fake news. When a political candidate is able to win a landslide election victory after in the face of hoaxes and distortions, there is something very wrong. It means the public has lost faith and confidence in the media. And we can’t allow that to happen. Time for change!

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@whaddatwit @RogerMarshallMD @DHSgov Do you not understand that it takes two to tango?

@RogerMarshallMD @DHSgov No. You're paid to listen to us. When was the last time you spoke to Kansans in an *open* forum? When was the last time you spoke to us without looking into a camera or reciting a script? When was the last time you listened to the reasons a voter disagrees with your "choices?"

Do Democrats just not understand what @DHSgov’s purpose is? Listen as I break down the security they’re denying the American people every day they keep DHS shut down.

@RepMann @HouseAgGOP That bill calls for Internet speeds for farmers that the FCC considers not Broadband and under-served.

Kansas agriculture depends on strong export markets. @HouseAgGOP begins marking up our 2026 Farm Bill tonight, which expands trade promotion programs, reduces unnecessary bureaucracy, and prioritizes American commodities in food assistance programs. This is what Kansans voted for.

Donald Trump struggles to explain why he launched another Middle Eastern war - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/ac… via @FT

@thechrisroberts @Daghdah No, I think that would be the right.

This is what the left fears more than anything else.

Power failure could undermine America’s AI ambitions - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/ac… via @FT

@RepMann @HouseGOP Nothing says freedom like wasting energy.

Washington has no right to steer Kansans’ energy decisions through one-size-fits-all mandates. Today, @HouseGOP passed the Homeowner Energy Freedom Act to repeal wasteful Department of Energy programs that pushed costly federal regulations on American families.

@RepMann We "original conservationists" have a lot to answer for.

Today, the Fish and Wildlife Service delisted the lesser prairie chicken as an endangered species, welcome news for Kansas farmers, ranchers, and energy producers who’ve had to jump through regulatory hoops to make decisions on how to manage their own land. I’ve worked since coming to Congress to reverse this Biden-era overreach, and I am glad to see this administration take action to restore common sense and recognize that American producers are the original conservationists of our land. agri-pulse.com/articles/24290…

@Starlink Just don't ask about upload speeds.

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Trump's New Tariffs Are Probably Illegal Too reason.com/2026/02/23/tru… via @reason