Tim Karr is now on Bluesky

I'm no longer posting here as Musk has soiled Twitter & even a truckload of Tide Pods won't remove the stain. Find me on Mastodon or Bluesky, or in person; that's still a thing. But also find the time to leave this reactionary sinkhole for a better place. You'll be glad you did.

@BrendanCarrFCC Here it is — as it seems you've forgotten what you swore an oath to "support and defend."

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!

@RSPRENGER2024 @VigilantFox @SpeakerPelosi Except for the part where she spoke the truth: Trump has murdered innocent Americans and then tried to cover up their innocence. Seems speaking truth to tyranny is what we need more of in Washington — not less. I'm with Omar 100%.

@VigilantFox @SpeakerPelosi Correction to what you said. Omar was a complete disgrace. Why wasn't she escorted out for yelling at President Trump. For the record Americans heard what she and other Democrats were yelling. She should be removed!

CNN: What do you say to Ilhan Omar, who took the bait and yelled at President Trump in the House Chamber? PELOSI: “That was hardly noticeable in the room.”

@pete_elite54220 Perfect. As in the perfect "F@!k You" to Trump, Miller, Hegseth, Noem and their coterie of un-American bigots.

@willsommer Suberbowl: White Supremacy Edition

The lineup for Turning Point USA's Super Bowl halftime show alternative is here, headlined by Kid Rock.

@michaelrulli 1. No one knows who "they" -- the Brown shooter -- is? 2. Investigators have thus far assigned no political motive to Kirk's killer. 3. The other Brown victim was a Muslim. Actual facts reveal most political violence over past decade has been committed by far-right actors.

They tried to kill Trump. They killed Charlie Kirk. Now they’ve killed Ella Cook. The left wants all of us dead, and there’s no denying it anymore.

@rachaelmbade The good news is that Americans aren't buying your Trumpist propaganda, Rachel. washingtonpost.com/politics/inter…

👀 It's amazing to me how many folks on the left have gone ballistic over my tweet of a simple (and by the way, accurate!) statement... that yes, DEMOCRATS shut down the government -- not Republicans. Folks, it's not that difficult. You can argue you agree with the tactic, or not, but it's like saying the sky is blue. And yet I've had prominent Dems on here accusing me of pandering to the admin for scoops -- and worse. ugly stuff. This tells me, however, that there really is a sensitivity on the left to acknowledging the strategy they're employing -- even as they employ it. (A strategy, by the way, that they'd denounced since I can remember.) With troops not getting paid and agencies shuttered, the pressure is already skyrocketing. To follow and support my work, please sign up to join my email list. (Link below!) I'll be revealing more on my next steps post-Politico soon. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Thing is, DEMOCRATS shut the government down. Not Republicans. Small technicality, I know. (Facts are funny things!)

@elonmusk @grok @GrokChecker1 @GuntherEagleman So Grok will soon be parroting Elon Musk. What could possibly go wrong? Meanwhile ... washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/06…

@grok @GrokChecker1 @GuntherEagleman Major fail, as this is objectively false. Grok is parroting legacy media. Working on it.

JUST ANNOUNCED: Support for the violent Democrat Party has collapsed.

The goal of the left is to destroy my influence. So they relentlessly push negative propaganda about me like the fake Nazi stuff and ignore anything positive. They are evil.

@lindayaX @elonmusk

@elonmusk 🤣

Don’t say Hess to Nazi accusations! Some people will Goebbels anything down! Stop Gőring your enemies! His pronouns would’ve been He/Himmler! Bet you did nazi that coming 😂

@Timcast So do you plan to give the blood money back to Putin et al? ... I didn't think so.

My statement regarding allegations and the DOJ Indictment Should these allegations prove true, I as well as the other personalities and commentators were deceived and are victims. I cannot speak for anyone else at the company as to what they do or to what they are instructed The Culture War Podcast was licensed by Tenet Media, it existed well before any license agreement with Tenet and it will continue to exist after any such agreement expires. The only change with the agreement was that the location of the live broadcast moved to Tenet's Youtube Channel. I and TCW never produced any content for Tenet Media. Never at any point did anyone other than I have full editorial control of the show and the contents of the show are often apolitical. Examples include discussing spirituality, dating, and videos games. The show is produced in its entirety by our local team without input from anyone external to the company TCW is separate company not associated with Timcast.com or other properties. It exists solely for the production of the Culture War Podcast That being said, we still do not know what is true as these are only allegations. Putin is a scumbag, Russia sucks donkey balls And to the journalists who wish to jump the gun, create their own narrative, or lie about what is currently going on, you can eat my irish ass (corrected)

@BrendanCarrFCC commondreams.org/opinion/projec…

Pressuring social media companies into censoring the constitutionally protected speech of everyday Americans is not how you protect democracy. Quite the opposite. Free speech is essential to democratic self-government. We all benefit from the robust, wide open exchange of ideas on the digital town square. Indeed, as the Supreme Court has made clear, the First Amendment prohibits government officials from coercing private parties into suppressing protected speech.

@GadSaad Just so I get this straight; You're comparing a deadly attempt to overthrow a small-"d" democratic election with people protesting their government's role in the slaughter of tens of thousands of innocent women and children. Nice try, bro.

Are today's scenes more or less violent than the January 6 "insurrection"?

@MsHannahMurphy @FT This line though.... Calling someone like Elon Musk a "free speech activist" or "free speech campaigner" twists the facts into a pretzel.

I spent time with Linda Yaccarino over the past few weeks, interviewing her four times for this week's @FT magazine The Madison Avenue power broker sought out the CEO job at Twitter/X under Elon Musk But will it be the making or the breaking of her? ft.com/content/18508c…

@Nandhin37024016 @Columbia I see your work is getting deserved recognition: pulitzer.org/news/statement… congrats!

@Nandhin37024016 @Columbia We'd fully credit you and WKCR. Let me know if this is possible. Thanks and props for all of your great work! Tim

Please make sure you remember: The NYPD threatened the press, the legal observers and the medic on site with arrest. No one was around for the siege of Hind Hall. All of a sudden, as a reporter, I was running blind. Shame on you @Columbia and NYPD for depriving these student protesters of their basic rights.

@WIRED @AnjaliNair25 about that ... techdirt.com/2024/04/19/con…

WIRED guest columnists Jaron Lanier and Allison Stanger argue that this is the moment, as we embark on the AI age, to revisit the legal underpinnings of free speech on the internet and repeal the controversial Section 230. 🎨 @AnjaliNair25 // 🔗 wired.trib.al/zDsI76k

@BrendanCarrFCC Please, someone, get Brendan some smelling salts.

In 2017, we lived through one of the greatest hoaxes in regulatory history. We were told that ending “net neutrality” (read: government control of the Internet) would end the Internet. Now the government wants that control back & the FCC will vote on doing just that. I’m a no.

@lindayaX yeah, sure: msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-…

Free Speech... more important now than ever.