I Would. And I Am. And it Did.

Let's have more politics in the Federal Communications Commission. Right? Isn't that exactly what we need? I mean, before the FCC approves a license or a merger, it should make sure that company supports the politics of President Trump. Right?

So, if a company has DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) policies, the FCC should require it to abandon them. That company must be made to understand that Trump doesn't like DEI. That's the end of the question. This is Trump's world, and a company has no right to take its own political stance.

Well, what do you think? Would we be shocked if this actually happened?

I would. And I am. And it did.

The FCC approved Verizon's $20 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications on Friday (May 16)—but the approval came only after Verizon agreed to drop its DEI policies. I don't believe you could search the entire history of the FCC and find such a blatant injection of politics. I queried AI to find such a precedent and failed to find one.

The danger is free speech. The danger is the right to ascribe to the politics you choose. Freedom matters.

Freedom in America is rapidly eroding. ("Eroding" is a weak word. More correctly, it is collapsing.) Stories like this are becoming commonplace. They happen so often, we hardly notice.

The government should not be dictating what we believe. We should not be required to be submissive to Donald Trump's political agenda in order to get FCC approval. Can you not see how wrong this is—how dangerous, how at odds it is with everything America stands for?