“480 Minutes” - Colbert vs. CBS

Feb 20

Earlier this week CBS lawyers caved to new enforcement of a decades-old FCC rule currently being weaponized against TV shows that criticize Trump/speak truth. (The FCC itself issued an exception for this rule 20+ years ago admitting it was untenable to force shows to give “equal time” to every candidate running in a primary election). Due to pressure from the anti-free speech, pro-bullying administration, this interview did not air during The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as planned. Instead it was posted to YouTube, where it has now been viewed over 8 million times. Nice work, FCC chairman Carr, you just made James Talarico known to & liked by far more households than he otherwise would have been. The (effectively) censored video is in the Videos section below. Watch it & see why President Pedophile Poopy Pants didn’t want it aired.

The importance of standing up to the bully cannot be overstated — this administration will threaten, browbeat, & take legal action to prevent legal behavior it doesn’t like. Taking away basic, long-established human & civic rights has been a major focus of the Trump administration. What’s amazing is that for conservative members of Congress & Supreme Court justices & in the general public, freedom of speech & freedom of the press were sacred. Now it appears that a grotesque distortion of the 2nd Amendment is the most sacred right to so-called “conservatives” in the U.S., meanwhile those self-same gun-humpers sit in paralyzed silence as an out-of-control tyrannical administration occupies & crushes what previously were calm, safe, & free U.S. cities. Sad.

Tune in for today’s 480 Minutes program beginning at 9 a.m. Eastern U.S. Time. The show is live-hosted until 5 p.m. after which your host presents you with 2 hours of uninterrupted songs not heard during the previous 8 hours. After that the show will be rebroadcast in it's entirety on Friday evening beginning at 7 p.m., then again on Saturday at 5 a.m. & 3 p.m., & Sunday at 1 a.m. ET.

480 Minutes will include new 🎵 by Damon Albarn/Grian Chatten/Kae Tempest (War Child Compilation), Jon Hood (Switzerland, @JonHood._.music), Katzin (New York, NY, @KatzinSongs), New Candys (Venice, Italy, @NewCandys), & Sunday Mourners (Los Angeles, CA, @SundayMourners).

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