This is peak Colbert. The more you try to suppress him, the louder he gets.
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so did they do this intentionally, expecting this kneejerk response so the show wouldn’t then trigger equal time…in order to keep Crockett off the couch?
Man, if the US had more people like this guy we might all get out of this mess.
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>If Kimmel or Colbert want to continue to do their programming, and they don’t want to have to comply with this requirement, then they can go to a cable channel or a podcast or a streaming service, and that’s fine,” Carr said in the clip.
Well you got your wish, Carr
PsychedelicsRgood on
Highly recommend. Watch it
raem6911 on
Well now, who’d a thunk it would get so much attention. Pretty much any one that doesn’t have their head up their ass.
QuitStockingMe on
Something something Barbara Streisand’s house
Dhb223 on
Does it push the viewers from passive late night show fans to preaching to the choir viral sharing?
QuiGonColdGin on
Of course it did. Me personally, I wouldn’t have been aware of the interview until I saw the attention it was getting on social media, so I watched it. Congratulations FCC!
Choice-of-SteinsGate on
Trump has appointed loyalists into director positions within agencies like the FCC where they carry out his authoritarian whims against his critics in the media; applying regulatory pressures on companies to silence those who criticize him and/or his policies.
It shouldn’t have to be said, but if you have any principles at all, you don’t submit to the demands of a wanna-be dictator hell bent on tightening the government’s grip on the media—no matter the cost.
Because as a consequence of surrendering to Trump’s unconstitutional attacks against the media, he emerges feeling more empowered than ever as his administration continues its aggressive campaign against free speech and the free press.
Trump appointed Brendan Carr to head the FCC. Carr authored a chapter in Project 2025’s “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise,” which outlined FCC policies for a future Trump administration.
Carr previously served as the agency’s general counsel and as an aide to FCC commissioner Ajit Pai, you know, the guy who wanted to repeal net neutrality rules.
Unsurprisingly, Carr also supports changes to Section 230 and opposes net neutrality protections.
He publicly accused social media platforms of being biased against the Trump reelection campaign. During an on-air interview with Lou Dobbs Tonight on Fox News, Carr stated that “Since the 2016 election, the far left has hopped from hoax to hoax to hoax to explain how it lost to President Trump at the ballot box.”
He has also made baseless accusations against Adam Schiff, someone who Trump has a personal vendetta against; accusing him of overseeing a “secret and partisan surveillance machine.”
In other words, Trump’s decision to appoint Carr as FCC director is just another example of the many conflicts of interest that plague this administration.
One of the most successful and central aims of said administration, as outlined in Project 2025 of course, is the establishment of a unitary executive beholden to no one. Basically an effort to turn the presidency into a monarch.
This has involved giving the president unilateral authority over just about anything; including his excessive use of executive orders to enact authoritarian policies; a large percentage of which have been deemed or challenged as unconstitutional.
It involves giving Trump unrestricted powers over Congress and the judiciary; allowing him to flout checks and balances, defy court orders and abuse impoundment procedures to take control of the government’s purse.
Despite Trump’s claim that this is the “most transparent administration in history,” that same administration is orchestrating cover ups of massive scandals, eliminating practically all areas of independent oversight, and stacking the government with loyalists, billionaires and rich, corporate interests.
So even though Trump says that hiring should be based solely on “merit,” his administration’s approach to staffing is founded on rampant cronyism, corruption and favoritism.
Trump has abused his powers to make independent agencies subordinate to him. He’s turned the DOJ into his own personal legal arm, which he’s weaponizing against his political opponents, his critics, and anyone who has tried to hold him accountable in the past.
Trump has used the FCC to apply regulatory pressures on media organizations that don’t provide him with constant positive publicity. He’s putting economic advisors on the Fed board who align with him on monetary policy. He’s firing heads of agencies and institutions without cause and replacing them with kowtowing loyalists who will suppress or manipulate information and advance his policy goals.
His administration is also stripping civil servants of their protections in order to replace knowledgeable and qualified staff with incompetent lackeys whose only qualifications are that they pledge their undying fealty to Trump.
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I wouldn’t have even known this existed
Kingfisher910 on
When I watched around 2pm the YT video had 10.5 million views
Envoyager on
I’m not religious and I’d love to be friends with him
SultryPetalz on
They tried so hard to silence him and now everyone’s watching it. Streisand effect in full swing lol.
SummerSun75 on
Independents go from plus-seven way, way, way down, off the screen, to minus-30 points. That’s a 37-point drop in the net approval for Donald Trump among independents on the issue of jobs and employment.”
Inspectorgadget4250 on
Comedic genius or just a genius move by Colbert
sweetbeards on
Isn’t this the Streisand effect?
DFu4ever on
The only thing saving us from this administration is how completely fucking incompetent they are in so many ways.
They have broken so many things and hurt so many people, but if they weren’t as fucking stupid as they are…it would be far far worse.
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Stephen Colbert’s interview with Texas state Representative James Talarico is one of his most viewed ever.
It was a good interview!
The interview is available on YouTube and the FCC does not want you to see it. Don’t forget the popcorn!
It’s amazing how long we’ve known about the Streisand Effect and people still do things like this.
YouTube stream of the Talarico interview has close to 2.7 million views as of now.
It’s at 2.7M views and counting now. Watch it, share it, and keep spreading the word about this man! He has an amazing message and it’s worth hearing.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=3EuZR5bZt0gwjln-&v=oiTJ7Pz_59A&feature=youtu.be
This is peak Colbert. The more you try to suppress him, the louder he gets.
so did they do this intentionally, expecting this kneejerk response so the show wouldn’t then trigger equal time…in order to keep Crockett off the couch?
It was an excellent interview!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ7Pz_59A
Man, if the US had more people like this guy we might all get out of this mess.
>If Kimmel or Colbert want to continue to do their programming, and they don’t want to have to comply with this requirement, then they can go to a cable channel or a podcast or a streaming service, and that’s fine,” Carr said in the clip.
Well you got your wish, Carr
Highly recommend. Watch it
Well now, who’d a thunk it would get so much attention. Pretty much any one that doesn’t have their head up their ass.
Something something Barbara Streisand’s house
Does it push the viewers from passive late night show fans to preaching to the choir viral sharing?
Of course it did. Me personally, I wouldn’t have been aware of the interview until I saw the attention it was getting on social media, so I watched it. Congratulations FCC!
Trump has appointed loyalists into director positions within agencies like the FCC where they carry out his authoritarian whims against his critics in the media; applying regulatory pressures on companies to silence those who criticize him and/or his policies.
It shouldn’t have to be said, but if you have any principles at all, you don’t submit to the demands of a wanna-be dictator hell bent on tightening the government’s grip on the media—no matter the cost.
Because as a consequence of surrendering to Trump’s unconstitutional attacks against the media, he emerges feeling more empowered than ever as his administration continues its aggressive campaign against free speech and the free press.
Trump appointed Brendan Carr to head the FCC. Carr authored a chapter in Project 2025’s “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise,” which outlined FCC policies for a future Trump administration.
Carr previously served as the agency’s general counsel and as an aide to FCC commissioner Ajit Pai, you know, the guy who wanted to repeal net neutrality rules.
Unsurprisingly, Carr also supports changes to Section 230 and opposes net neutrality protections.
He publicly accused social media platforms of being biased against the Trump reelection campaign. During an on-air interview with Lou Dobbs Tonight on Fox News, Carr stated that “Since the 2016 election, the far left has hopped from hoax to hoax to hoax to explain how it lost to President Trump at the ballot box.”
He has also made baseless accusations against Adam Schiff, someone who Trump has a personal vendetta against; accusing him of overseeing a “secret and partisan surveillance machine.”
In other words, Trump’s decision to appoint Carr as FCC director is just another example of the many conflicts of interest that plague this administration.
One of the most successful and central aims of said administration, as outlined in Project 2025 of course, is the establishment of a unitary executive beholden to no one. Basically an effort to turn the presidency into a monarch.
This has involved giving the president unilateral authority over just about anything; including his excessive use of executive orders to enact authoritarian policies; a large percentage of which have been deemed or challenged as unconstitutional.
It involves giving Trump unrestricted powers over Congress and the judiciary; allowing him to flout checks and balances, defy court orders and abuse impoundment procedures to take control of the government’s purse.
Despite Trump’s claim that this is the “most transparent administration in history,” that same administration is orchestrating cover ups of massive scandals, eliminating practically all areas of independent oversight, and stacking the government with loyalists, billionaires and rich, corporate interests.
So even though Trump says that hiring should be based solely on “merit,” his administration’s approach to staffing is founded on rampant cronyism, corruption and favoritism.
Trump has abused his powers to make independent agencies subordinate to him. He’s turned the DOJ into his own personal legal arm, which he’s weaponizing against his political opponents, his critics, and anyone who has tried to hold him accountable in the past.
Trump has used the FCC to apply regulatory pressures on media organizations that don’t provide him with constant positive publicity. He’s putting economic advisors on the Fed board who align with him on monetary policy. He’s firing heads of agencies and institutions without cause and replacing them with kowtowing loyalists who will suppress or manipulate information and advance his policy goals.
His administration is also stripping civil servants of their protections in order to replace knowledgeable and qualified staff with incompetent lackeys whose only qualifications are that they pledge their undying fealty to Trump.
I wouldn’t have even known this existed
When I watched around 2pm the YT video had 10.5 million views
I’m not religious and I’d love to be friends with him
They tried so hard to silence him and now everyone’s watching it. Streisand effect in full swing lol.
Independents go from plus-seven way, way, way down, off the screen, to minus-30 points. That’s a 37-point drop in the net approval for Donald Trump among independents on the issue of jobs and employment.”
Comedic genius or just a genius move by Colbert
Isn’t this the Streisand effect?
The only thing saving us from this administration is how completely fucking incompetent they are in so many ways.
They have broken so many things and hurt so many people, but if they weren’t as fucking stupid as they are…it would be far far worse.
Thanks for the reminder time to watch it again
Of course it did.
Streisand!
Wooo, wooo, wooo-ooh, wooo, wooo, wooo-ooh
Wooo, wooo, wooo-ooh, wooo, wooo, wooo
[Barbra Streisand](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpxKKBLUP2g)