Matt Wood
@mattfieldwood
VP of Policy at @freepress.bsky.social. Opinions on the rest are mine, all mine!
And that wasn't the first time. A few weeks earlier, Brendan went to CPAC and ran down how Trump was "winning" against the media. Because a president should be at war with journalists. And Brendan's a soldier in that war -- against CNN too. Not just broadcast outlets under his jurisdiction.
Does little Brendan at the FCC have *anything* to do with this deal, or anything he should opine on? Well, not if you ask 2025 Carr, who said this back before Netflix made the initial winning bid for WB and long before Paramount dislodged Netflix. #BlockTheMerger www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I've seen other people post about this, and I don't really quite care enough to investigate, but why are the Bluesky trending tags so inaccurate?? None of these look very "Ken Paxton" to me....
We at @freepress.bsky.social are outside & inside the FCC today, as the monthly public meeting takes place. The agenda is mostly technical issues. But we’re here to keep watch on Brendan Carr and demand accountability for his blatant censorship. #OpenMeeting #FirstAmendment #ImpeachCarr
More of your tax dollars hard at work, as Trump lights your money on fire to stroke his ego, intimidate Black and brown people, and invade his own capital city.
Here's the full takedown of Johnson's and House GOP leadership's fake warrant ploy, from @lizagoitein.bsky.social and @hannahajames.bsky.social at the @brennancenter.org. #FISA #Section702 #FakeWarrant #VoteNO @housedemocrats.bsky.social
I didn’t get traction the last time I posted this, but Trump‘s occupying army has been staying at Yours Truly hotel in DC for at least the last 6 weeks. Here they are again this morning, waiting to go out and intimidate people and occupy their own country’s capital city. @freedcproject.bsky.social
Senator Cantwell credited lobbyist arguments that broadcasters are "getting eaten alive" by "big tech." Meanwhile, broadcast conglomerate CEOs laugh all the way to the bank, bragging to Wall Street about how good their business is. #SenateCommerce Nexstar's CEO, quoted by @freepress.bsky.social:
LeGeyt claims regulations distort the video market and disadvantage broadcasters in advertising. Someone should have told that to his members before they went to Wall Street to brag about how great and how differentiated their broadcast local advertising market is! #SenateCommerce
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson opening up #NetInclusion 2026, calling out the immorality & fear underlying Trump’s attacks of diversity, equity and digital inclusion — as wealth flows up to Trump’s corrupt friends while people are terrorized by the government and starved of resources.
Former Republican @energycommerce.bsky.social Chairman Greg Walden joins a prestigious list with Elon Musk and Don Jr. of “people Brendan Carr wants to be photographed with,” here in the House before the #FCCOversight hearing starts.
Some MAGA people, who won’t know what this is, probably think it would be treason to post words like this. But it seems appropriate and necessary. No more ICE. No more masked terror.
On this dreadful day of the ICE assassination in Minnesota, seeing five of Trump‘s stormtroopers standing around in a peaceful metro station in downtown DC hits even harder.
When asked about his threats to broadcasters, and how they square with his prior tweets like this, Carr may pivot to how the FCC doesn’t have jurisdiction over social media. But this tweet was about broadcast ads and the “public interest” standard for TV. #FCCOversight #SenateCommerce #1stAmendment
Not the exact quote from the SG, as you have my description in there too. Here's the transcript though. www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
Especially when they work together and are practically indistinguishable from each other.
Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social lays out the Trump FCC’s immoral and inhumane attacks on inclusion, connection, dissent, and diversity of viewpoint at the @uccmediajustice.org #ParkerLecture2025.
Oh noes! Fox News just discovered that sometimes billionaires spend money on politics!! 😱😱😱😱
Hey @wmata.com — can you explain why even your own website and your own bus stops can’t agree on the schedule??
Imagine the guts to send a message from someone saying "the only thing that matters is winning elections!" when that same fool was sent as a surrogate to oppose incredibly popular, progressive, and young candidates.
I just sincerely hope that Brendan isn't hurt now by his cozy relationship with Musk. That would be such a shame....
But the URL for that George Floyd video on Verizon’s site at present simply says ‘page not found.’ It has gone missing — just like Verizon’s spine, its commitment to corporate responsibility, and its erstwhile concern for Black lives and the communities it serves. www.verizon.com/about/news/s...
At @cendemtech.bsky.social, FCC Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social situates the Trump administration’s attacks on the media and newsroom’s journalistic choices as part of a broader attack on the #1stAmendment and a campaign to quash all dissent.
At the Leadership Conference event on “Countering Trump’s FCC,” @agomezfcc.bsky.social describes attacks on expression, diversity, and inclusion as a vague legal assault used as a weapon to chill and instill fear. It’s a shame what this FCC is doing. And it is also bad for business too.