"He has more recently embraced Trump's ideas about social media and tech. He wrote a section devoted to the FCC in " Project 2025," a sweeping blueprint for gutting the federal workforce and dismantling federal agencies in a second Trump administration produced by the conservative Heritage Foundation. Trump has claimed he didn't know anything about Project 2025, but many of its themes have aligned with his statements."
"Carr was already a longtime member of the commission and served previously as the FCC's general counsel. He was unanimously confirmed by the Senate three times and both Trump and President Joe Biden nominated him to the commission. Before joining the commission as a staff member in 2012, he worked as an attorney at Wiley Rein LLP and clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit."
ABC removed Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr labeled Kimmel's comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination as "truly sick." Carr is a longtime FCC commissioner and was named chairman by President Donald Trump; he has launched investigations into ABC, CBS, and NBC News. Carr previously served as the FCC's general counsel, earned unanimous Senate confirmations, and received nominations from both Trump and Biden. He worked at Wiley Rein LLP and clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Carr endorsed Project 2025 recommendations for the FCC and has aligned with Trump-era tech and social media positions.
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