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Revealed: FCC chair Brendan Carr’s close coordination with White House and rightwing media

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr was very firm. “As a general rule, we don’t get into any discussions that happen with the White House or don’t happen with the White House,” the Chairman told Politico’s Dasha Burns in a recent interview. While Chairman Carr may not be keen to detail his relations with the Trump administration, a trove of FCC documents—obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request and lawsuit 

Redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears

An opaque White House office staffed largely by veterans of Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” has quietly rebuilt some of the federal government’s most sensitive websites—for passport applications, voter registration, prescription-drug pricing and children’s savings – in ways critics say appear to violate federal law.